1999 Band History Conference

Centre College and the Great American Brass Band Festival invite you to participate in the 1999 Conference on American Band History. The conference will be presented on Friday, June 11, in Weisiger Theatre of the Norton Center for the Arts on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. The history conference's theme is "Instruments, Bands and the Populace'' and it is set for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The registration fee of $25.00 covers all conference materials and presentations, as well as lunch and refreshments at the morning and afternoon breaks. Early registration is requested. Other events of the GREAT AMERICAN BRASS BAND FESTIVAL will continue through Sunday, June 13.

Click here for registration form.

PROGRAM

9:00 a.m.
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Frank Cipolla, Program Chair
Professor Emeritus
SUNY-Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

9:15 a.m.
BAND INSTRUMENT COLLECTING AND COLLECTING
Mark Elrod
Collector and Researcher
Germantown, Maryland

9:45 a.m.
THE KEYED BUGLE AND 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN BANDS
Stephen K. Charpie
Professional Musician and Researcher
Los Angeles, California

10:30 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.
Ragtime Orchestration: Classic Rags in 3-D
David Reffkin, Performer/Ragtime Specialist
San Francisco, California

11:00 a.m.
A.F. THAVIU AND HIS BAND
Fred Crane
Professor Emeritus
University of Iowa
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa

11:30 a.m.
BEYOND NOVELTY: WOMEN'S BRASS BANDS IN THE MIDWEST AND GREAT PLAINS
Elaine B. Bradshaw
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma

12:00 noon
Picnic and Outdoor Concert
Olde Towne Brass
Huntsville, Alabama

1:30 p.m.
ZOBO: THE MUSICAL WONDER
George Foreman
Centre College
Danville, Kentucky

2:00 p.m.
THE WIND ENSEMBLE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Donald Hunsberger
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, New York

2:30 p.m.
Break

3:00 p.m.
DISCUSSION: THE INTELLECTUALIZATION OF AMERICAN BANDS
Frank Cipolla
George Foreman
Donald Hunsberger

3:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE BY U.S. BRASS WORKS
Vincent DiMartino, Trumpet
Rich Illman, Trumpet
Lisa O. Bontrager, Horn
Scott Hartman, Trombone
Marty Erickson, Tuba