1996 Band History Conference

American Circus Bands:
History, Music &
Performers

Friday, June 14, 1996

in the Weisiger Theatre of
the Norton Center for the
Arts at Centre College

Centre College and the Great American Brass Band Festival cordially invite you to attend the fifth national conference devoted to band history. The 1996 conference will focus on circus music, circus bands, and circus band stars. The program features circus music authorities from around the country and will feature performances of circus music.

Program

9:15 a.m. - Opening Remarks Frank Cipolla, Program Chair
Professor Emeritus, SUNY/Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

9:30 a.m. - Center Ring Concerts - The Role of Circus Bands
Charles Conrad, Music Director, Indianapolis Symphonic Band

10 a.m. - Big Horn from the Great Plains - P.G. Lowery
Clifford Watkins, Professor and Chair,
Department of Music, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

10:30 a.m. - Coffee Break

11 a.m. - Traditional Music of the Circus: Composers and Performers
Robert Peckham, Editor, Circus Fanfare magazine
Performance by the Windjammers Center Ring Concert Band
William Roosa, Conductor

Noon - Lunch break

1:15 p.m. - Cowboy Bands of the Old West - The Dodge City Cowboy Band and Buffalo Bill Wild West Show Band
Richard Birkemeier, Associate Dean, College of the Arts,
California State University at Long Beach, California

1:45 p.m. Merle Evans - A Relative Perspective Fred Evans, nephew of Merle Evans

2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Circus Music Charles Conrad, Moderator
Patricia Backhaus, Leader, Helen May Butler Band
Paul Bierly, Henry Fillmore Biographer
Robert P. Hills, Composer and Arranger
Ron Keller, Conductor, Naperville Municipal Band

3 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. Lecture demonstration on the music of the American Civil War
MSG Arthur B. Himmelberger
United States Military Academy West Point, New York

Please print, complete and return the registration form with $20 to: Band History Conference, Great American Brass Band Festival, P.O. Box 429, Danville, KY 40423-0429. This registration fee includes all conference materials, the morning coffee break, and lunch. Early registration is requested.

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For more information, contact: Norton Center for the Arts, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky 40422 or call (606)236-4692