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President's
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BringingCoalsto Newcastle
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TriangleCelebrate
15Years
BrassBandPrograms
On the RoadWithBlackDyke
NABBAXX FinalDetails
Smithand ChildsWow Floridians
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Band
Bridge
March
2002 TheBrass
This issueillustratesthe conlinuingexchange (lhe Bridgel) between brass
bands on eilher side of the Atlantic.
RecentlyBlackDykewereonourshores
andlheirvisalwas recordedlaithfullyand
enthusiastically
by Mark Freehfor you
io enjoy. Congratuiations
to lhe Atlanllc Bra$ Band for being able to host
such a monumentalevenl. Also one ol
England'slinest soloisls David Childs
visitedSl Louis,Clevelandand Flo da
and his improssivepertormancein Orlandoalongside
thai ol PhilipSmithis
sharedby FloberlQuigley, Incontrastto
thal, the Lake Wobegon grass Band
expe 6ncedihe lhrill of tlavelliflgto England and perlorminga concert tour,
iheirswitha Royaltouchloit. larn sure
lhat they were fine gmbassadorsilei's
hop€th6y6nt6rlhscompelilivearenaas
w€ll in lhe v€ry nearlulure.
Congralulations
lo lhe Trianglo Brass
Band as lhey celebralea season-long
seriesof concertsma*ing thehfitteenlh
anniversarywith guesl arlists, soloisls
and oiher specialevents.
The tw€nliethyear ol NABBAcompetilions is aboulto be upon us, an exciling
eventto be celebralingin the historyol
ourorganization.To markthal,lherewill
b€ lwentycompelingbrassbandsanda
largehostol soloand ensemblecompelilionslo refl€ctlhe vibrancyol our movem€nt. In addiliontothat, the Lexjngton
BrassEand willgivea Fridayevening
concert wilh slunning soloist Vincenl
DiMartino,
andtheBrass BandolBattle
Creek will lop off the weekend wilh a
GalaConcertcerlainto entertaineveryone in the audience. lt will be anolher
weekendnot to miss! For lhose bands
competang,
my besl wishes go lo you,
lhal you may be ableto give yourfinest
pedormancesand lhat you may enjoy
lhe very best that lhe spiritof competition and brass band camaraderiecan
produce. I look torwardlo seeing you
lh€re!
Happy readingand best wisheslor all
your upcomingbrass band activiliEs.
TheBrass
Band
Bridge March
2002
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Thefinalcountdown
is nowJorNABBA
XX,2002in Cincinnati.
Therearesome
firstiimerbandsattending,
anda record
numberof
solosand
ensembles,
I know
tirsihandthatlheCincinnati
hostshave
beenworkingdiligenllyto coverevery
detail.Thiswillbea greatweekendlor
everyonelll
Remember
theconcedon Fridaynighl,
7:00'8:15,
at the Princeton
Highschool
pfesentedby the fabulous
auditorium,
LEXINGTON
BRASSBANDandtheincomparableVlNCENTDilVARTlNO.
Aflerwards,from8:30to 9:45,willbe the
readingbandat the highschool,preparedby Dr. RonaldHolz,and at the
holel,the InteresiSessions,The sessionsandpresenters
areas iollows:
STARTING
AYOUTHBAND(RalphHotz)
FUNDRAISING(RobinWeatherall)
(Colin
ENTEFINGIHE COI\4PETITION
Holman)
RECFUITINGANDSTARTING
A BRASS
BAND(PaulDroste)and
The dates are set for meetingsin the
west, Las Vegas, February23rd week
end. Thiswillbeanimporlanitimelorus
to make future plans for our NABBA
members,who are also an important
part of this organizalion. lf you would
like 1o attend the meetings, coniact
Balph Hotz, [email protected].
I'm lookingforward10meeiingourwest-
WEBSITE(Chisiine Fowkes).
Plan to send some represeniatives,if
Youare intetestedin lhese ateas,
Eventhough,hostingis a lotof workand
planning,lhere
are bandscomingforlh
ihat want lo be involvedin the future.
This is a greai sign. At the OMEA
convention,lspokewiihJimGrayotThe
(Dwight Brass Band of Battle Creek, our Gala
HOSTING
A COMPETITION
Wages,
JohnWoody,
LisaBarnes,
Jelf Concerlband, The programlookstanLyons)
tastic and lhe soloists are lhe tops.
Donl miss this concertl!l
Can'twail lo see allof you in Cincinnati
forNABBAXX,2002l!l
Anita CockerHunl, President
MARKYOUR
DIARIES!!
NABBAXXI
NABBAXXII
Aprilll-12,2003
LittleRockAR
Hostedby Solid Brass
April16-17,2004
St LouisMO
Hostedbv theSt Louis BrassBand
bythe
GalaConcert
witha
lncollaboration
GrimethorpeCollieryBand
GalaInternational
BrassBandFestival
Bridqe
March
2002 TheBrass
Band
Sinceihe LakeWobegonBrassBand
was formedin 1992,membershave
concerttour
talkedaboula "pilgrimage'
to England,lhe
homeolthe
brassband.
Throughlhe year-longetforlsol Dick
Miller,LWBBChakmanand flugelhorn
player,lhelourbecamerealatythis
past
summer2001.With lhe assislanceot
Preferred
Adventures
KarcnJohnson's
iravelagency,I\rr.Millerafiangedconcerisal saxvenues,lhree
of whichwere
wilh hostbrassbands-The complete
lour schedul€
wasas lollows:
' Thursday,
July19,GuildHall,Wina co-concert
withlhe
ch€ster,England;
Bourn€mouth
ConcerlErass' Salurdayafiernoon,July 21, Welsh
NationalFolkI\ruseum,
Carditl,Wales
' Saturday
evening,
July21,Bishop
ol
LlandollHighSchool,Cardiff,Wales;a
co-concerl
withlhe Tongwynlais
Temperance
SilverBand
Band led by condLrctors
CharlesOlson
and MichaelHalslensonwas sel up on
lhe slage.Dir€ctlyin {rontof the LWBB
on the audiencelevellloor was the host
ASDA Slockb dge Band(a brassband
whichappearedin lhe movieFulll\ronty
playinga rousingrenditionot 'The Stnpper' and, as ol September,2001. the
currentSectionOne NationalChampion
ot GreatBrilain).Bolhbandsperfofmed
two sets. Highpointsol lhe eveningincludedASDA'sperformanceof Joaquin
Aodtigo's En Aranjuez Con Tu Amora
selectionteaturedin lhe movieBrassed
Of-and lhe LWBB'Srenderingof conduclor/composerHalsl€nson'scomposilion: lh6 H/i Caled Vetujery. Ihe
concerl conclud6dwith the combined
bands pedormrngJan Van der Roosl's
Cantehury Chorale and John Philip
Sousa's The Slars and Stripes ForeveL
Ihe concerllasteduntila bjl pasl 10:30
p.m. with the majorityol lhe audience
membersremainingunlil the last note
the organizersext6ndedlhe LWBB an
bandmembersio
invilalionforoneolthe
be inlroducedtolhe QueenI\rother-then
jusl a fewdaysshy ot her 101stbirlhday.
The band selecledthe organizerol the
tourandLWBBChairman,DickI\,4illertor
this high honor. Since that day, band
membersnow reler lo DickMilleras Sir
Richardl
The eighl day, six concerl tour would
seemto have nol letl adequaletime lor
sight'seeingand casualtime, but quite
to lhe conlrary as there were two otf
days: one was spent visiting/descendnearCardilf,
ingintolhe8ig Pitcoalmine
Wales,and lhe olherwas usedlo explore hisloricCambridgewith its Rivef
llatCaft , punls(manuallypole'propelled
bottomedboats)andCambridgeUniver
sily,lhe 13thc€ntury'centerol learning'
knownrcundthe world.
JerryChdslensen
LWBB Manager/Percussionist
' Sunday,July22, St. JamesChurch, Belore lhe band memberc began lhe
Birstwilh,
England
task ot pulting instrumenlsaway and
packingup, the two bands exchanged
gilts: lhe LWBB members presented
each ASDA memberwith a [,4innesola
slickandihe ASDA m€mb6rspres6nted
each LWAB member with a souvenrr
' Wednesday,
July 25, Sandringham ASDAnecktie.The carnaraderie
continFlowerShow,Sandringham
Estaie, ued as bolhbands(andaudiencememKing'sLynn,England
berswhoremained)
enjoyedsandwiches,
meats,cheesesand a seleclionol EnOn the eveningot July23rd,the fitth glishand lrish beer.Therewas lime lor
perlormance
on the LWBB'SEngland lalk amongst the players and many,
andWales2001concertlour,theaudi- many pholoswere taken.
' Monday,July23, Stocksbridge
Victory Club,Shettield,Englandico-concertwilhlheASDAStocksbridge
Band.
ence began arrivingearly at the
Slocksbridge
VicloryClub (Sheffield,
England),
withmanyol the adultspur
chasinga pint of beer belorefinding
emptychairs
aroundthenumerous
small
lables.BytheslartoltheI p.m-concert,
allthechairsweretaken.Theremaining
audience
members
stoodatthebackol
the hall.
TheAnoka-bas€d
Lak6Wobegon
Brass
The sixlhandlinalconcertwas by invitalion to perform at the 120th Annual
FlowerShow,SandinghamEstate(one
of lhe Royal Familys sumner residences).Thiswas,ind6ed,a highhonor,
as the LWBB was lhe tirsl-everAmericanbandtopedormatthjsgrandevent.
This flower show is a lavo te of the
Qleen Motherwho makes an appearanceeachyear.on lhe dayollhe show,
TheBrass
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Bridge March
2002
FreeAd Space
AvailablcfbTNABBA
MemberBandsl
The Brurr 8.n.i 8/i./sd offers trce
QuaturPagcAd on a Iirsrcome,trrsr
The ds
s€rved
basisto memberbands.
\!ill only be usedif thereis unused
spacedvxilnblein the B/i/8d nd the
Edirorreserves
th€rightto reviseftead
ro fir rhcavailablcspacc.
Thc ld spacccanbe usedto seuyour
bandsnew recordingsor just to lell
peopleyouteout therel Oncea bards
lie€ ad appe,rrs,
fillt bandwill go lo
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sprce.
bandsa chancelo useavailable
Sendyour'crmeftready ads,noI'uger
th,.i3 ll2' by 4 ll2 1()th€Advenising
M.tnager
Rllph Hotz.
The Central Florida Band (Michael
Garasi)recentlyhostedand accompaniedworld-renowned
soloistsPhilSmilh
and David Childsin a challengingconcertofmusic,pedormedloa
nearcapacity audienceat lhe Universilyof Central
Florida,Orlando.A{sorecenty in attendancefor a shortvisii and pedormance
was Sandy Smith, solo horn with
Grimelhorpewho was joined by Robin
WealherallJromStLouisandFlalphHotz
lromUlah-KevinCramerwritesthatlhey
gavean "affesting"pedormance.cramer
will be a teaturedsoloiston their lvlarch
17thconcertal a local relirementcommunity,bolhvocally,visLrallyand
instru'
mentallyas Dorothyin SomewhereOver
beganwith DavidReed,the Eand'si rst
directionolTony Granados.Thestartol
direclor,who llew in lrom Ca ifomialo
rehearsalswasdelayedsothai siudents
conduct Farfare fat NABBA, lhe lisl
would not have a conflicl with their
prece ihe Band perfomed in its lirst
schoolsmarchrngband programs,The
concert.JackStamp,lhe directorofthe
Band has movedtheir rehearsalstrom
Band during lhe years of its Jirst two
SundayafternoonstoTuesdayevenlngs,
appearancesat lhe NABBAChampion- Thishasimproved
the members'ability
ships,came irom Pennsylvania
to conto consistenllyatlend rehearsals.The
ductConnotallors,
whichtheyperlormed Band cuarenuyhas 46 memberswho
in lhe HonorcDivislon
in 1988. Forthe wererecommended
bylhe rschoolband
resl of the concerl, IVusicDirector directorsand/or pr vate lesson teachlvlchael Votla, Jr. chose a variety of
ers. AlFDistriclaudilionswere heLdre'
SalvationArmy works, marches,and
cenlly,and 26 ol our membersqualilied
conlesl pieces that have all been perlo parlicipatein the All-DistrictClinic.
tormedbythe Eandduringtheirhistory.
Hall of thosewill participatein AllState
Dr. Volta conductedlhe Band in lhe
Auditionsin March. The Band's first
'Adaglo"
ltam Concefta de Aranjez w lh
concerl ol lhe year was at Sande6on
Bob Peckhamplayingthe llugelhorn HighSchoolonDecemberS. The first
salo, Fanhsia Brilliante on the Ai Rule
hali consisled ol classic brass band
Duringlhe pastthreeyears,l4otor City
Brilannialealu ng Et3Mallelon eupho- musicand a percussion
ensembleatBrassBandiCraigStrain)
hasproduced nium,theBands standardlhroughoutitsranged by two ol ihe band membefs.
a numberof programswhich have feahislatyAmazingGrace,alongwlthother
The second halt oJ the concert had a
tured voiceswlh brass band. These works, BrianDoyle,BesidentConduc- holidayilavorandincludeda luba-euphocolaborative elforts have been made
tor led lhe Bandin pertorming
"12 Daysol
William niumensemblepertorming
possibleby band arrangementswrillen
Himes' Fanlare and Denis Wright's Ho!selops.'TheBandisnowprepa
ng
by Cfa g Strain. MCBB has now comarrangemenlol Men af Ha ech. fhe
forBrassDayonMarchL TerryEverson
pjeledatotalol 13 programswilhTvocal
Bandalsorecognized
Mr.JimGoodmon, lrom Bosion lJnivercilyand Mike Kis
ensernblesncludingthe MadrigalCho'
Presidenland CEO ol Capitol Broad- trom ihe Universilyof North Carolinarale oi SoLrthlield,Cantata Academy casting Company. Th6 A.J. Fleicher ChapelHillwill lead masterclasses
durChorale,'l\,4acombers'
Foundalion, eslab sh6d
ShowChoirand
by
ing the day. That eveningtheywill solo
ihe ErazealDennardChorale.Charac- [,lr.Goodmon
s grandfaiher,
wasrespon- with the Youth Band at the Meymandi
teisticallyarlisticandhigh-energy,
these
siblefor purchasing
the orignal instfu- ConcertHallif Raleigh.Membersof the
programshavebecomeverypopularwith rnenlslor lhe Band,and Capjto Broad'
YoulhBandalsocommittedto atlending
MCBBaudiences
andmanychoradevocastingCompanyprovlded
the funding their second NABBA Championships.
tees afe now brass band lans,
lor the iirsl three years oi the bands
They are curently seleciingmusic lor
exslence. The Triangle Brass Band
this competilionand are excitedabout
The TriangleBrass Band beganthefi perlormedon December7 at lhe North participalingin lhe solo and ensemble
fallseasonbyperforming
aiihegradua- Ralegh Churchof lhe Nazafene. This
categoriesthrs year.
tion ceremoniesfor lhe Weekend ExChrislmasconcerlwas sharedwiih the
ecutive MBA programat Duke Un vercho r of the chLrrchand conduciedby
sily. This ceremony was specia beBrian Doyle. The Band was well recauseWes Tilley,one ot lhe orginal cejvedby lhisnewcornmunity.
ltwasa
BandNews&
mernbersof lhe band, was one ot lhe
wonderfulend to their iall season and
ConcertPrograms
graduates.
Wesiookaleaveoiabsence ihey look ioMard 1oconlin!ing our ce'
Pleasesend
yourconce
whilehe was in school,bul TBB has
ebrationol fiteen yearslhroughoulthe
jnclLde
programsandarticlesonrecent
recentlyrelurned, On November3, the
spring.Upcomng periormances
Band celebratedour FifleenthAnniver- be ng featuredal the International
Tuba
activitiesto ZAEBRIDC,
sary with a Gala Concerl in Durham, Euphonum Conlerence
in June2002,
We want to read
NorlhCarolina, This concerlbecamea
aboutyourband!
familyreunionas musicwas selecledto
TheTriangle
YouthBrassBandbegan
refect our {ifleen years. The concelt
rehearcalson November6 !nder the
SendYour
l,4arch
2002 TheBrass
Band
Bridge
BrassBandof CentralFlorida(Michael
Garasi).January12,2002;University
ol
CenlralFlorida,
O ando,FL,wilhPhilip
Smith,'cornetand DavidChilds,+euphonium. TheNalionalAnthen \Key)',
AIIegrcDeciso ftom The WaterMusic
\Handel)tAhapsodyon BritishSeaShanles (Osgood);Conceipiecefor Comet'
(Curnow);
SoagsinlheHeart'(Leidzen);
(Broughlon);
Excurs,bns'
Standingon
lhe Promises' loou{)t Folk Festival
(Shosrakovich);
Bll/iante+(Graham);
A
Lrt e Prayer+(Glennie);VatiedMood+
(Woodf
(Monli);Gabriel's
ield);Czandas+
Oboer(Morricone)i
Fr?htol the Bun ble
aee+(Rimsky-Korsakov);
IrishTunefrotn
CountyDetry\GrdingetJiBamardCasIIe
(Flichards);Ar€6e6qL,e'+(luffin)
6a€llolce'+(Graham),
try TisOf Thee(an-Btoughton/Freeh);lan . Langlotd):TheHolylvel(G raham),
TwoLyricPieceslctieglFrcehl;Benais- LeonVoslrez,euphonium
soloist;Dies
sance(Graham).
Nata,s (Golland);Mary's Boy Child
MotorCity BrassBand(CraigStrain). (Hairston/Dewhurst)i
The Nutc@cker
October
2S,2001;Southfield
centrefor 'Sweel' (Tchaikovsky/Frcehl;
Budolph
the Arts,Soulhtield,
NIl. "2001"from theRedNosedReindeer(Marks/Fernie).
AIso Sprach Zarathustrc(Sltaussl
Hoion)t Toccatain DMinor(Bach/Far); TriangleBrass gand. November3,
"l\,,lars"
trom Ihe P/anets(HolsvFlob- 2001;CarolinaTheatre,Durham,NC.
ens);DemBoneslan. Lang{ord),
Joe FanfareforN.A.B.B.A.
l9urnow),David
Grekin,FlichardPolk, Steve Fellner, Reed, Conductor;Festival Fanfate
FarlvlikeCase,JohnMarlin,trombonesolo- (Himes),BrianDoyle,CondLrctor;
isls;DisneySpectacular
(arr.Richards); tasyonBritishSeaSongs(arr.Langford),
"Adagio'
Ptocessionof the Nobles(Bimsky' lvlichael
VotlaJr.,Conductor;
Korsakov/Cuhow);
Heltet Skelter lrcm Concetlo de Ahnjuez lqodtigol
(Lemon,/woodtield),
flugelhorn
6oloLynnKoch,marimba Bolton),BobP€ckham,
soloist;Cavsof th€yy,hds(PecldBonnielsl; YearoftheDagon(Spa*e);March
Kline)Dar,seMacdble(SaintSaens/ Paraphrase:
Menol Ha ech\Ge(man/
Hucktidge),ln TheHal Ol TheMountain Wight), BrianDoyle,Conduclor;
Connolalions(Gregson),
JackStamp,ConKlrg (Grieg/Shain),
lmperlalBrass(PatrickBurns).Octoducto[ Farlas/a Billiante on the Ait
(Mark
ber28,2001
Sl
PetersEpiscopal
Church,
Spokane
Brlllsh
Brass
Band
Rule Britannia(Hartman/Holtz),Ed
;
Mofiistown,
NJ,andNovember
18,2001; Williams).
December
11,2001;SFCC Mallelt,€uphoniumsoloisl,Michael
Fircl Presbyl€rian
Spokane,
WA.Arsenal
Church,Fl€dBank, Auditorium,
lVan Votta,Jr., ConducloriAnazingGEce
NJ. The Star-Spangled
Bannetlaft. derRoosi);OvedL//e
h o minor(Handel/ (arr.Himes);FahousBrilishMarches
Elgar/Langtord)iPavane (Faute/ (afi.Langlord).
Leidzen); Heralds of Victory lqolz),
2001| NofihBal€ighChurch
AmazingGrace (Hine6), Appalachian langtotd\:Hytune d'Adieu(Berlioz/Wil- Decembe.T,
of lhe Nazaren€,Raleigh,NC. Brian
Mounlain Folk Song Sull€ (Curnow); liams),Eug€neJohnson,
lromboneso'
Chislmas
Trumpeter's
Lullaby(Anderson),
David loist; Ih6 Girl I Left BehindMe (a . Doylo,Fesid€ntConduc'lot.
Dash,comelsoloistiMy Countryns Of Langfod);8€auSoll(Debussy/Langtord)iTriplych (cwnow)t Grcensleeves
A ChistmasSuite
Jerryolson, (Kerkorian/Guplill);
Thee (Broughton/Freeh):
Manhattan lnprcmptufotTubalBatry),
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April13,2002,8;00p.m.
Tri-CountyAssembly
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Membersol the BBBCwill be in attendanceat lhe post'Galareception
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post-Gala
This
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and will not be availablethat weekend.
Bandswlll havelhis informaiionsenl lo them for pre-ordering
as part ol theiradvancemailingoJNABBAinfomationtrom the host band.
Band
Bridge
March
2002 TheBrass
hostedtwo
TheBrassBandofCentralFlorida(MichaelGarasi)
PhilipSmilh(NewYorkPhilhamonic),
world-renowned
soloisls,
inaconcerton
January
12,
comet,andDavidChilds,euphonium,
ol CenlralFlorida,O andowhichwas
2002,at lhe University
a publicradioslation
MC'dby DaveGlerumol 90.7WMFE-FM,
in centralFlo da.
Bermudaas a soloist.
PhilipSmithdisplayedhis technicalmasteryof lhe
cornetandlrumpet,togetherwithawam, singingslyle
evidentintheva ety
ofplaying.
Hisartislry
andskillwere
of stylesof musiclhat he pertotmed.Concertpiecefol
in double-tongudisplayed
IVr.Smilh'svirtuosity
Cor.nef
passages,
contrasted
by
ing and rapidsixleenth-note
morelyricalseclions.Hisfalher,DerekSmith,directed
gongsol theHean,a pieceoriginally
writtenlor Derek
Smith,cornetsoloist,in the 1950's, Excursiorswas
a composerof manylilm
writlenby BruceBroughlon,
scor€s. In this piece,Mr. Smilh deftlyplayedlhe
dfiving,
tlfie signalures
andpercussive,
unconventional
a latin-style
ftythmicmoliJs.SlandingonthePrcmiseq
gospelhymn,leatured
arrangement
of lhiswell-known
and
inthebeginning
6ection,
[/r. Smilhontheflugelhom
thenon lhekumpetin th€tiumphantlinalsection.
PhlllpSmithis currently
the P ncipalTrumpelol theNewYork
as
andhasbeena soloistwilhthe Philharmonic,
Philhamonic,
well as manyother orchestEsand bands. I\rr.Smilhhas
theGdteborg
BrassBand,Black
appeared
as Bandmasterwilh
DvkeMills.HannafordSllverBand,and numerousSalvation
Armybands.He is alsoa lormermemberof theNewYorkSlatf
BandollheSalvation
Army.DavldChilds,20yearsold,received
'lntenational
Year2000'.At
Euphonium
Playerofthe
theawad,
16yearsol ageD€vidbecamePincipalEuphonium
ollheworld
lamousBrighouse
& RastrickBandin England.As a soloist,
by wo d classensembles
includDavidhasbeenaccompanied
FlNcMSymphonyOrchesingtheBBC
Philharmonicorch6slra,
lra, NaiionalSwis6Army8and,andthe BlackDykeBand. He
trom
theaudience
oavidChildshada closerapportwith
hasalsolouredEurope,America,Canada,lheMiddleEasland
cornments
on his
theslart,withhisclearandengaging
music.He playedin a relaxedandconridenlmann€r,
edch
atterpedorming
smilingwithjoy andenthusiasm
pi6c€.Histechnical
andyelhe
abililywasunsurpassed,
mainlained
a verysensiliveandlyricalslyleof playing,
witha la€e warmsoundwhich,ill6dlhe concenhall. lt
wasamazinglo hoarsucha youngmusicianplaywith
and in sucha
completecommandol his Instrument,
malurestylo.ln Billiante,a lanlasyoa 'RuloB tlania",
overtheentkerange
rapidtonguing
Mr.Childsdisplay6d
,4 Liille
of lhe euphonium.EvelynGlenni6composod
P/ay€rin memoryof herlatelriend,whowaskilledin a
lragicclimbingaccident.[rlr.Childsplay6dlhe sampl€
beaulilulmelodyin a delicat€andsonoroushymnlike
slyle. Gabriel'sOboe,from lhe film "The Mission",
playing,
lyical andsensitive
featured
theexceplionally
forwhichMr.Childsissolamous.ln VariedMood,David
playeda varietyol ditlerent
slylesmusic,startingwitha
and
cadenza,
followed
byanexlended
lighljazzmelody,
by a rapidlechnicalsection.Hisvirtuosity
concluded
olusEnsembles
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TheBrass
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Bridge March
lor overtwo hours,captiTheaudiencesatenlhralled
virtuosity
& lyricismofthesetwo
vatedbythetechnical
performers.
experience
Thisconcertwasamemorable
butforallwhoattended,
notonlyforbrassenlhusiasts,
and was probablylhe bestconcertevergivenby the
for a completelisting].
BBCF. [SeeBandPrograms
Whata wonderfulopportunity
to hear
England
s premierband
inaction!Sponsor6dbytheAtlanticBrassBand,Black
Dyke Band(no more'[/lills")madea
lhree-daystopoverin New Jerseyon
th€irwayto Bemuda.
Alt6riheirarrivalfromthe Philadelphia
Airport,a bus ride io the hoteland a
quickmeal,BlackDykewenl direclly
intoa rehearsal.I immediately
teltlikeI
was backin Englandas I sal backto
drinkinlheamazingbrassbandsounds
thal wouldfill the nextcoupleol days.
The bandwas in greallorm. ll was a
ditlerenl
bandlhathadplayed
inCarnegie
Hallin 1993.Thisbandhad a veryrelax6dNick Childsal the helm which
s€emedlo createa veryhappy'Dyke."
Fromthebeginning
shainsol ayoung19
yearoldlad,lheirnew
player,
1slbadton€
playingNapoliwilh astoundingtechnaqueto ltesf S,ireSlory,lh€y romped
lhroughlhe rehearsal.Afler a 'social
time',as onlythe Englishknowhowto
do,il wasofflo bedas theiel lagbegan
to sel in.
Altera shortrehearsal
andsoundcheck,
theyopenedthe doorslo enthusiastic
stldenls and brassband loverswho
lilledlhebeautilul
recitalhall.Duringthe
next2 y, humorJilledhours.lhe audiencewaslrealedto anotherdisplayot
ElackDyke'swizardry.
Howie. A gorgeous seclion sound.
Varioustypesof'Vibratos'weredemonslraled by Brett Baker and No. 2 man,
Chris Turner. Chris Turner illustrated
this by bringingthe house down with a
Mendeztype solo, Sparlsf' Eyes. Nick
Childs,alsootthe ChildsBroth6rs'fame,
joinedRogerWebsterand
DavidThomton
to talkaboul'Presentationand Nerves"
olthesoloisi. This led into 'Tricksol the
Trade' whichjinishedthe clinic.
TheclinicopenedwithMldwest
Marchal
breakneck
spe€dwilhdazzlingdouble
tonguingin the trio section. Roger
Websterand Ben Rapp(repiano)lollowedthiswitha discussion
on 'Warm The awesome playing ol Bernslein's
Up'techniqu€s.
A lovelyperlormance
ol
SomewhercandAmeica inspiredmany
lheQueenoftheNighlAria(Mozarl)
was queslionstrom the audience.The last
lhenhead by Michellelbbotsonon Eb exhilaralingnumber was Toccalain D
sopranocornelwhich
ledinto'BreathingMinorlgachlFar). Whata greatending
andSound'.TheoldchestnulBugler's toaveryinfomaliveatternoon.
Nolbeing
Holidaycaughteveryone'sattenlion tooconcernedwithlhe SuperBowlwhich
playedby the backrowcomets. Brett was in progress,"Dyke" went into anBakerlhen joined FlogerWebsterlo
otherrehearsal,Anolherbusrid€,a stop
speakaboul'Produclion.'
lor dinneral lhe'Country Kilchen' and
presented
RoberlFlichardson
a llawless
rendilion
of Nrpolionthebaritone.
avery
undeftaledandmisunderstood
instrumenlin the brassband. 'Technique'
wasthenexliopicandwasdisplayed
by
playerand
Attera casualbreakfaslSundaymorn- thetlugelhofn
bandstandup
ing,lhe
bandboarded
a busiorajourney comic,JohnDoylewilhthehelpol David
lo lhe lJniversity
of Delaware
lo playa
Thornlon
oneuphonium.
Juslhowmuch
clinic/demonstration.
This clinicwas lechnique
doiwoguysneed. . . ihiswas
hostedbyTheChesapeake
BrassBand, overwhelming.
Achange
otpacebrought
The Universityol Delawareand lheir John Doylebackwaththe t€nor horn
direclorEd Hockersmith
and Rich seclionlo enlertainus wilh a ragtime
piecearanged
Fischer.
bysolohomplayer,
Leslie
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more socialjzingbrcughtlhe day lo an
end,
On I\rondaymoming,afteranearlybreaktast.the banddepartedforwilliamstown
HighSchoolwherelhey weregreetedby
aboul500 younghighschoolmusicians
frombandsfrcmalloverthearea-In no
time Black Dyke had these kids in the
palmof lheirhands.Again,a similarand
verythoroughclinicwasontheway.The
band againdelivereda tast movinghumorouspres€ntation.The altentiveyoun9
peoplerespond€dwilh intelligentquestionsas lhey linedlhe aisleto speakinlo
the microphone.You could hear a pin
drop as FlogerWebster demonstrated
how sotthe couldproducea note.The 2
'/2hour sessionendedwith cheersaller
lhe tinal number,by Peler Graham
Gaelfarce,
l\,4osl
bandswouldhave restedatterlhat
butnot Dyke-Theywentinloyetanother
rehearsalto pul the linishingtoucheson
continued on paqe 12
Mafch
Brass
Band
Bridge 11
2002The
conlinuedfrcm page 11
the evening'sperformance,
Back on the bus, a wonderful llalian
dinnerandthe bandwasheadedbacklo
WilliamstownHigh School lo presenl
lhe concertlhat everyonewas waiting
lor. Dyke enthusiastscame oul of lhe
woodworkandasfarasfromCali{orniato
hear the reigning2001 BritishNational
Champions.As the doors opened,the
NABBA
RENEWALDATE!!
March1
Thisdateholdsforallmembersandmemberbands,
ALL Registrations
at
NABBAwillbe basedon
Ex6cutiv€
Administrator
B6rt
Wiley'sListing.
Besureyouandyourband
arerenewed.Youmaybe
chargeda registration
fee at
NABBA
you
if
are notregisleredby
thattime.
Newmembersregistering
duringtheyearmaybe
eligible
for backissuesof
The BrassBandBridge
whereavailable
Contact
BertWileyat:
P.O.Box2438
Cullowhee,
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Telephone;(A2q 293-7469
[email protected]
havebeenquileproudof his virtuosic
Army
studenl.Nextwasthe Salvation
A1len,
TheEter
"gem"byBaySteadmanralOuesl Allhoughplayedimpeccably
by slar trombonistBrett Baker,this
w terfeltthatband'sinlerpretalion
and
temposwerenot quileon. For some
reason,thatsomelimes
happenswhen
conlestingbandsplay SA music. JosephCook,a humorous
twenty{ouryear
playerwowed
old
Eb
bass
theaudience
SlraightintoFuss/a, ard LudmiIa,Dyke
in Flossini's
with
his
tlare
and
virtuosaty
didn'tlighten
incredupJorasecondwith
even
singing
Laryo
Al
Factotum
and
iblelechniq!e and only 3 solo comets.
very
f
unny....
"Figaro"'Figaro"
(FlogerWebsterwas
waitingin thewings
hallquicklyfilledlo nearcapacity,everyonescampe ng to geta goodseat. You
couldfeelthe anlicipalionandelectriciiy
in the air as BlackDyke filed into posilion. NickChildsgavethedownbeatand
theyweteofl. Queensburymarch,Dyke's
signaturetune, filledthe hall as smiles
appearedon the laces of the exciled
for the next item) They werc like a
whi wind givingany orchestraa run for
theirmoney.Nexlwas ComelCorcedo
by Torstein Aargard Neilson. Floger
Webslerdidn't miss a thing as h6 displayed true arlisiry in lhis fairly long,
modern and taxing concerto. In one
sectiontherewas a septetplayingfrom
lhe backollhehallwhichcr€ateda greal
eftect. Nextup was Gregsons Laudale
Dominum, a Salvalion Army classic
keonlyanticipaledby the SA bandsmen
spinkl6d lhroughoutth6 hall. lt was an
excellentperlormancewilh unbelievable
Eb sopranocometwork by pelite[,4ich'
elle lbbolsonwho pouredit on all night.
SymphonicDanceslrcm WestSide SIory
(8emst6in/Crees)endedlhe lircl halfol
lhe programwilh class. The dynamic
rangeofthe bandwasbreathtaking
ighl
up io ihe stiringpower{ulending.
was a buzzin
Duringthe Intervallhere
people
mobbedthe
CDtablelo
theairas
maxe purcnases,
Thesecondhallopenedwithcornetsand
trombonessuroundingthe back of lhe
band. John Williamswouldhave loved
the soundandperformancealhisOlympic Fanlareand Theme,an apprcpiate
choiceatthisiime.Twenly{ouryearold
David Thorniontook center slage and
roaredthrough PhilipSparke'sditficull
euphoniumwork, Pantomime, Watch
Mead ! ActuallyStevenwould
out, I\,4r.
TheBrass
Band
Bridge Mafch
2002
Thebandchangedpositions
againlor a
verysensiiive
rendedng
oftheeverpopu'
latAirFrcmSuilein DbyJ.S.Bach(arr.
Music
Snell)withsuchcontrol.Cartoon
was a "hooll" The bandlet oul all lhe
siops on this Peter Grahamtour de
hustyle,precision,
lorce, Technique,
mor ... it had it all. A veryveryclever
pieceoi musicandplayodfanlasiically.
Finallythelastnumber,andDykereally
pouredil on wilh Procesgionto lhe
Mlnsl€r Theaudience
wasalreadyon
A maglheirleetd!ing lh€finalchord.
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nlficenlpedormance
DidI saylastnurnber?Nota chanceI
Thisaudience
wouldneverl6avewithout
perlormance
hearing
more,A maru6lous
ol Gaelforce
by PeletGtahamonlywhet
everyone's
appetilefor the lastencore,
lhe Lucernesonghy ElgarHowarlh,a
the
bitleavingPhilGoodwin,
humorous
p ncipalEbbassplayeron siagealone
himwilhaknockuntilthebandrejoined
out ending. Althougheveryonewere
again on their feel, Black Dyke had
finallyfinishedwith noies still ringing
lhe hall.
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Directions
Thecompetitlon
willbe heldin Sharonville,
OHwhichis 20 minuiesnorthof downtown
Cincinnati,
45 minuiesnorthof creater
Cincinnali
Airporl(locatedin K€niuckyl)
and40 minutessouthof DaytonOHairport.
Performance/Competition
Venues
Thocompetitions
willbe heldat the FadissonHoiel(ChesterFd.,Sharonville)
andat Princeton
HighSchool,whichis localed
lessthana half-mile
lroft the Radisson.
FridavBandrehearsal
limesareas follows:Timesgivenareset-uptimes- Rehearsals
begin15minuteslater
RadlssonHot6ll
5:15 Tiangl€YoulhBrassBandMarquisNorth,Fladisson
6:30 Tristate Bra66Band- P ncetonBallroom,
Radisson;
BrassBandof Columbls- MarquisNorlh,Fladisson
7145 lllinoisBrassBand Princeton
Ballroom,
Radissont
St LouisBrassBand- MarquisNorth,Radisson
9:00 AllStarBlassandPercussionPrinceton
Ballroom,
RadissoniBrass
Bandot CentralFlorida- l\4arquis
North,Fladisson
PrlncetonHlgh Schoot:
- Princelon
2:30 CentralOhioBrassBand- PincetonHS Bandroom:
Svracuse
BrassEnsemble
HS lvalthewsAuditoium
SolidBras6ot LittleRock Prjnceton
HSn€wchoirroom:Cuyahoga
ValleyBrassBand- Princeton
HSorchestra
room
3:45 AtlanticBrassBand- P ncetonHS Bandroomt
Commonwealth
BrassBand- Princelon
HS Matthews
Auditorium
All StarStatlBrass- Princelon
HSnewchoirroom;JuniorVarsityAll Stars- P ncetonHS orchestra
room
5:00 EaslernlowaBrassBand P/ncetonHS Bandroom;
Sunshine
BrassBand- P ncotonHS lratlhowsAuditoium
MotorCity- BrassBand- P.incelonHS newchoirroom;VarsityAll - StarBB- Princeton
HSorchestraroom
- P ncetonHS Bandroom;
6:15 Lexington
SpiresBrassBand- PincelonHSorchesharoom
SalurdavComoelilions
EandCompelilion
timesareas follows:
Wam-up- Prjnceton
BallRoom- begins45 minutesaheadof performance
timegiven:
CompetitionGrandBallRoom-Radisson
Hotel
8145 ExplorerBand1
9:30 YouthBand1
10:15 YouthBand2
11:00OpenBand1
BREAK 30 Min
12.15Challenge
Band1
1.00 Challenge
Band2
1:45 Challenge
Band3
2.30 Challenge
Band4
3.15 Challenge
Band5
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TheBrass
Band
BridgeMarch
2002
Warm-up- Princeton
HSOrch.room - begins40 min.aheado{ perlormance
timegiven
CompetitionIvlafthews
Auditoiurn- Princeton
HiohSchooj
8:00 Honors
Band1
8:40 HonorsBand2
9:20 HonorsBand3
BREAK 20 N,4iN
'10120HonorsBand4
11:00 ChampBand1
11:40 ChampBand2
BREAK 40 Min
1r00 ChampBand3
1:40 ChampEand4
2:20 ChampBand5
BFEAK 20 [,lin
3:20 CharnpBand6
4:00 ChampBand7
4:40 ChanpBand8
Specilicinfomationon thesolo/ensemble
wamlp andpertormanc€
limeswillbeavailable
onihe hostwebsite(seeabove)by
3/3t02.
Accommodations
MainHotelrRadisson
HotelCincinnati,
11320ChesterBd,Sharonville
(513)772-1720'Fa* (513)772OH45246Telephone:
(800)333-3333
6466" Reservaiionsr
SpecialFoomRater$89(plustax).UsecodetNABBAto getihisrate.Thisincludes
a lull
holbreaktasl
buftetandFreeParking.A ireeshutileto andlromPrinceton
guesls.Therewillbe
HSis available
for Radisson
NOshltlle servicelo ihe GalaConcert.
EventsSchedule
Fridav12 Aoril:
9.00 a.m.
NABBA Board Meeting
11:30a.m.
Solo and EnsembleCompetitions
commence.
Eachsoloisrensemble
wilJhavea 15 minulereserued
warrnupperjodwhichwill be 30 minutespriorto their pedormancelime.
7.00 p.m. Concert by the Lexington Brass Eand (RonaldW Holz)and guest sotoistVincentDil\rartino
8.45p.m.NABBA FeadingBand and InierestSessions.
Specilictopicsfor the lnterestsessionsare: 1) Enteing a NABBACompetition(Holman),2) Hostinga
NABBACompelition(Wages/Lyons/Barnes),
3)Starlinga Youlh Band (Aho/Kohring),
4)Fund
Baising(Weatherall),
s)Recruiling(Droste),6)WebSite Des'gn(Fowkes).The organizersot the lnterest
sesssionswould like each band lo send an emailto Anita CockerHunti achuntband@aol,com to let her
knowwhal sessionsyou will have someoneatlendtrom your band,and how many personnelwill be atlend
ing- This will help greatlywith planningol logistics.
Saturday13 April:
Band Compelitions
Geoflrey Brand, Frank Renton, James Curnow, Richard E. Holz, Bram cregson and Colin Holman, adiudicators
8.00 p.m. Gala Concerlwilh the Brass Band of Battle Creek. Tri,CountyAssemblyoI God,7350 Dixie Hwy (Rt 4), 1/2minorlh ot | 275. Fairfield,OH. [,4embers
of the BBBCw'll be in attendanceat the post-cala receptionat the Badisson
lollowingthe concert. This post-Galareceptionwillcost $7-50and licketsmusl be purchasedin advanceand wjll
not be availablethat weekend. Bandswill havethis inlormationsentto them for pre-orde ng as part of theiradvance
mailingoJ NABBAinformationfrom the host band.
March
2002TheBrass
Band
Bridge 15
Ustedjn Alphabelical
Orderby Tjtle
Reviews
by RonaldW. Holz
LiveBrassBandConcertRecordinos
BidgewaterHallLive:2001Geat Notthen B/assArE Festival.
VariousBands
and soloists,includingBlack Dyk€ 1i
Foden3Courtois2i Sl, HelensYouth
3; Wllllans Fahey4; RoyalNorlh..n
Colleg€ot MuslcBraaaBand5. Egon
SFZ106.TT75:59.Progfam.
OvetTure
lo Ruslan und Ludmi a 1 lclinka/
Hatgteavesri ThePresident2(German);
Tuba Solo._Sw66l Georyia grcwn 3
((Richads),Soloisl,Sl€veSykes;Mf,
Jums3 (Catherall);
Bo6ge 3lHazell/
Baryl: Folk Festival4 (Shostakovich/
Snelf);Euphoniumsolo-Camival of
yenice5 (Remington),
SoloistDerek
Kane;Euphonium
Solc-A Lil e Prayers
(Glenni6/Childs);
SymphonicDances
ftom West glde Story 1 (Bernstein/
Crees);Ovarons(Elieby);ComelSoloCapice lor Comelanc!Bard 2 {Himes),
SoloislCadSaunders;
Oveft!rcto Tha
Force ol Destlny 4 (VerdiAvrighl)i
Gaeltorce1 lc]ahamJ, Thehish Blessing 2 (BacaldBradnum
).
Wo us€dlo hearcomplaints
in th€ Britishbrasspres6aboulBridgewater
Hall,
a spotquicklyabandoned
for theOpen
Conteslbut still lsed for lhe popular
GreatNorthernBrassArts Feslival,ot
whichthislive-CDi6 a document
ol 12
holrs of non-stoobrassmusicin Seotember.2001. Whateverthose mav
havebeenprobloms,
engitherecording
neershavesolv€dany ditficulti€s
lhey
mavhavefacedandhavecom€uDw(h
a splondid,brillianlprogramfealuring
severaltopbands,a greatyouthband,
andoulstanding
soloists.lt musthave
beenquitea challengeto choosewho
andwhatgotfeatur€d.BlackDykegels
the most play time, but Fodensand
Faireydont tak6 a backseatin what
they deliver. Muchof the mal€ial is
familiar,yetat leastoneworkstoodout
l6
to m€,BillHimes'CaprbefotConetand
Irass Ban4givena warm,enlhuslastic
interprctation
by CadSaunders.We've
heardilonotherrecordings,
bullhisone
leapsoutwithgrealveNe.
Ther6ismuch
10commendthrolghoutthe disc.You
won'tbedisaoDoinl€dl
Epic BEss: Highlightsof the 2001 NationalFinalsGalaConcedpluswinning
test piece perlormance.
Black Dyke
Band1 (NicholasChild6);
Internatlonal
Staff Band 2 (StephenCobb)iSymphonlcBrassof London3 {EricCr€es);
BlackDykeand ISBMassedBand4.
SP&SLtd. SPS 153 CD. TT 71:31.
Ptogtarf': Toccatain D Minor1 lBach/
(G'a?Fan);EuphoniumSolo-Bilkntel
ham),SoloistOavidTholnlon;Toccata
homSuiteGothioue
/
lBoellmann/Ball);
KnowThouArtMina2lBallantin€);
F€ioice! Th6 Lotd /s K/rg 2 (Downie);
Dance Episodeslrcm QaJhzlpva 3
(Benstein/Crees);Albion 1 lvan dol
Ffoosl)iCom€tDuel-wordeiul words
4 {H€alon),SoloistsDavidDawsand
BogerWebstortPinesol the Appian
Waytrcn Ejnps_9lLl9np4 (Respighi/
Snell);The Lost Chord 4 (Sullivan/
Langford).
givessolid
Thisexcellent
liverecording
evidencethatlhe lamentedlossof the
GalaConcert
lollowing
theNational
Brass
BandChampionshipsmaybe
moreshortliv6dthanpredicted.
Thelruestarsollhe
recording
areBlackDyke,whonolonly
playthebrillaanl
pertormance
winning
of
Albion,butalsodeliverlhegoodsat the
Gala Concertin grandstyle flhis is
BlackDvke's17thNationalChamoionshipll. The ISBalsoshowitselta lopclassoutlil.Whata simplygorgeous.
classicsoundand stylelhey otleron
Ballanline's
eleganlsefling'MyJesusL
LoveThee",lhis beinga tuneby lsaac
Unsworth.The cornetduet teafi of
(BlackDyke)andDavid
FlogerWebster
Daws{lSB)addsa wonderlul
bit of lun
lhatyoucanlolloweventhoughyou
were
notthere.YoucannotseeWebsterand
TheBrass
Band
Bridgelrarch
2002
Daws switchingband tunics but the
lovelybrochurelikesleevejactel conlains photosto confirmthe antics,as
well as containingPeterWilson'sfine
romThe
ovoruiewof
theday,republishedf
BrilishBandsman.
You won'l wantto
missRogelssinging
themiddle
debutin
of HeatodsWondeiul WordslThe only
for mewastheminimal
disappointment
involvement
on the recording
ot SymphonicBrassot London,jusl one shorl
Bemsteinexcerpt.Forwhileth€yplay
solidly,prolessionally.
in contrast
to the
oth€rtwobands,
I wasnotasimpressed;
I exDected
moreand better{theseare
playersin th€ Lonlhe bestsymphonlc
don ar6a),On€ has lo wonderal how
puttheirprogramtogetherl
quicklythey
wo*s, lhe
Ot the lwo new large-scale
Oowniesymphonicvaiaiions on lhe
Lod ls
hymn-lune,
Gopsal,(Flejoicethe
King)eppearsto belhe betterwolkand
last.b€comepartofthe
onelhatshould
regularrepedoire,
nottatedasmanyl€sl
piec€sare,to iust one day in th€ sun.
Downi€speaksmuchmoreboldlyh6r€,
imaginaandwithgomenewlwislslohis
tive hamonicand scoringgitts. The
climaxol lhework,justbeforeiherelurn
of the mainlune, is 6ther star ingly
dilferent
andmuslhavesurorised
ouitea
lew who thought they kn€w thas
composer's
style. A/b/brtis a fascinatingwork,wilhallkindsol wonderlulcolor
includingdistance-mancombinations,
agedlanfares. ll you knowVan der
workis a conFoost'sStoneherge,lhis
ol a seriesexploingearlyBrit
tinuation
piece,it
ishhislory.A veryatmosph€ric
rccallsmanyetlectsfrom r€centtilm
scores.I did not warmto ii; olhersno
doubtwill- Th6r€is a grealsuccession
onthedisc,even
otprogram'chestnuls"
fanfareto
Flichard
StraLrss
io lheopening
ZaralhustG,whichstartsmarvelously
andtubaoclave
withanincrediblsorgan
pedal,onlyto be marredsomeralher
openingnotesJrom
a lewc€runluneful
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continued from page 16
i
i
came under his pen's control, The
Capiccio Espanol except is a tightly
nets or trumpetsl Aiter that, it's whai
compact
summaryof the original,lastgreatmassedefforlsare allabout and it
jusl aboui 5 minutes. The band is
ing
geis your brass band adrenalingets
trulybrillianlhere. Threebandsoloists,
flowing.This productionis one to savor
includingihe direclor'sdaughter,are
over and over again. May it serve as
heardto goodadvantage,withexcellenl
lurtherimpetusloriherevivalof the Gala
presence.The finallwoculswil con,
Concertin lhe Royal Albert Hall. The
I nue to be specialtreats for me, two
smartcombination
ol twotop-flightbrass
movemenls(2 & 4) from Sleadmanbands from lhe two greai lraditions,
Allen's lhemes from the New World
alongrepresenlaiivesof the symphonic
SymphonylDvatak).Publishednearly
scene, rs a great combinalion,espeyears ago, lhe Finalemvt is still a
40
ciallyif they keep the programmingbalgreatrepresenlative
ofthe brassband's
anced, as they certainly have in this
approach
to
the
classics,
so olten in
disc. Highlyrecommended.
condensedlorm, but satisfyingnonetheless.lt historically
accuracyis someNABBAMembergand Recordinos
times slrelched - like the final chord
being held todissimo nstead of the
Arcund the World. Cuyahoga Valley
originald minuendo,in this contexltl
BrassBand{KeithWilkinson).
Marshall
works.Why,levenremember
the ISB
ArtsProduclionsWBAS-1
823[VCBBCD
underBernardAdamsinsertinganaddi0021. TT 70:31. P(ogtan: When the
tronal,loudlrombonechord,justbefore
ga/r,ls (Langtord);Amarican Civil Wal
lhattina note(andfiany bandsimitaled
Farlasy (BilildHiries);WalzingMatilda
lhat sacrilegel).Ted l/|arshall'srecord(Langlotd)t Capicc io Espagnol(Rimskying wizardryreallylet'slhis aggressive
Kor6akov^/l/ilkinson);
EuphoniumSololeapoulotth6speakers.
Allinall,
Camival of Venice(Arban^Vilkinson); band
produclion.Conthis
is
averysatrsfying
Pines ol lhe Appian Way |rcfi Pines of
graiulationslo Cuyahoga and Keith
EgDe (Respighi/Snell)iGrcensleeves
program ol
(Snell); Famous British Marches Wilkinsonlor a fine new
good, variedbrassband musicplayed
(Langford);AitoHorn Solo-The Larkin
wilh real razzle-dazzle!
lhe ClearAit lLanglotd),SoloislDebbie
Wilkinsont Trepakfrom Nulcracket Suite
BrassBanclChrislmas.BrassBand of
(Tchaikovsky/Wilkinson)i The
Columbus{PaulDroste).8RC RecordShephetd's Song lRicf,atds): NoNe gian
ings CD 1016. TT 70:47. Program:
Darce#2(Grieg/1/vilkinson)i
FlugeSololntradaan 'RegentSquare"(Downie)i
-Korsakov/Barry);
Songof India (Rimsky
The Bells of Christmas lgula); Lo, How
God and Counlry lHimes); Thenesfrom
a Rose (l/ontgomery);Adesle Fidelis
TheNew WorldSynphony, Mvls 2 and 4
([rontgomery)iGa!dele (Norbury);
(Dvorak/Steadman-Allen).
TromboneSolo-An9e/6OrHlgh(Bulla),
Soloist Jeff Kellet: Jingle Bells
Cuyahoga'ssecond commercialcom(Ashmore);Calo/ of lhe Drum (Davis/
pacl disc recordingconlainsampleeviSusi)lwhlle Chlislmas(Berlin/Sparke);
denceoftheir meteoricrisein jusl a few
Tuba
Solo-Froso,/lhe Snowman(Smith),
yearsfrom Challenge10Championship
Soloist
Tony Zilincikt cod Rest Yau
level band. Much of that credii goes to
(N,4ontgomery);
Three Kings Swing
lheir dynamic music director,Keith
Variationsan
a German Carcl
\Hines);
Wilkinson,
who is alsoon displayhere
([,4ontgomCaral
of
the
Bel/s
\Crnow);
as a giftedarrangerand transcriberior
ery);
GoodKing Wenceslas(Montgomthe brassband.Onefourlhofthe pieces
ery),CornetSolorstTony
PhilipptChdsl-
mas Rejoicingl6otdon); Winter WonderIand/Letlt Snow(Att. Susi),BassTrombone SoloistTodd Cunningham;Yerl,
yeni(Galvjn);7he Flrsl Noel(lvlonlgomery); The Chistnas Song(ar. Sparke);
Hallelujah Chatus (Handel/Wright);
Seasor'sGreerl?gs(Anderson).
Severalof our NABBA-memberbands
have been coming out with Christmas
CDs in recenlyears. The BBC'SBrass
BandChristmasranksatlhe top ofthese
etlorts,providing22 contraslingcaroland
seasonalsongarangemenlsplayedwith
care and classic restraint. The styles
range from country Chrislmas lo
IVlannheim
Sleamroller'sversionof Veni
Veni(arrangedby BBC'stinesolohornisl,
Lisa Galvinwilh the permissionol Chip
Davis). Over 10 years ago Paul Drosle
gaveme avinylrecord
oltheOSUBrass
Choir playing,among other ilems, severalcarolarrang€menls
by EdwardI\,4ontgomery. Six olthe6e are here included,
as adapted tor British brass band by
RogerCichy.This givesth6 albuma true
(seeabove)
Columbusvoice,
Foursoloisls
play in a wide rangeof slyles,fromTony
Zilincik'stuba swing on Frosly to Jeff
Kellers noblesoundon B!lla's neo-classic Angel's On High. The penultimate
track is a live recordingof the band and
three area church choirs on Handels
Hallelujah
Chorus,astranscribed
byDenis
Wight (witten in D fJatmajorlorobvious
reasons), Paul Drosle receivedirom
Wrighl's widow Wright's complele aF
rangemento{ Messiah. How nice to
includethiscommunity'lypeetlorlwhich
so many of our NABBA bands are involvedln each year. The choir is never
goodbalanceprevais. The
overuhelmed,
recordingofihe bandon the remainderof
the albumis a bit dislantand al a sotler
dynamicthan I expecled,thoughit certainlyavoidsihe close-mrcrophone
efleci
lhatmarssomebrassbandalbums.Yet
the restraned styleofthe band'splaying
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2002 TheBrass
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is thereioreenhanced. The BBC has
never been a loud, brashygroup;they
have always played with restrainland
good slyle. That is no exceptionherein
lhis fine Chistmas album.Anotherwinner by a ChampionshiplevelNABBA
bandl
BrassBandRecordings{Non-Salvation
&try)
Ambassadorsof 8rass. Goeteborg
Brass Band (BengtEklund).
Doyen.
DOYCD117.TT61:54.Ptogtam.
The
Champions\Wllcox)t Overlute to The
Forceof DestinylVetdiM
ight);Piccolo
TrumpotSolo-Trumpel Voluntaty
(Bennett),
SoloistViktorKisnitchenko;
/
KnowThau
Atl Minel9allantine);
Trombone Quadel-Round Midnight(Monk/
Hafiptonl; AtleborcughSulte(Arnold);
Flug6lhorn
Solo-P/eJesu(Faure/cay),
SoloislUlrikaHolm:Euphonium
SoloGlotiausLiberction\Bosanko),
Soloisl
PatrikRandetalk;PaganiniVarialions
(Wilby).
ll hasbeenqlile a lew yearssincethe
lastCDby thisexcellent
Swedishbrass
bandlocaled
nearthe
borderol
Sweden
group
andNorway.
A championship-level
lhatwowediheinternational
brasscommuniiya few yearsago at ihe ITGSummilBrassConlerence.
coeteborg
usually'holdsils own"al suchprestigiousconieslsas the European,The
PaganiniVa atiansperformance
containedhereisaveryexciling,
live
secure,
presentation
fromthe2000European
in
Birmingham.
Thebandsporlsexcellent
playersin all the key spots. Their
teadingoI TheForceof Desrnyoveriure
isjuslnotanother'same-old,
same-old'
eventintheworldbrassbanddiscs.The
ftumpet Voluntary
is also noi lhe expectedClarketune,butby anotherBrilplayed
ishcontemporary,
JohnBennett,
beautilullyon piccolokumpet by
Kisnilchenko.
Anotherunexpected
cui
istheexcellenltrombonequarletversion
ol RoundMidnighl.lhe basslrombone,
AndersHelman,I rememberas a line
developingplayerback in 1989 when I
was guestconductorofthe SA'sNorwegian NationalSchoolof [,4usic.He and
his companionsreally can playl The
album has ihe mark ot the classical
aboutit, qualitymusicand perlormance
at every turn. The Malcolm Arnold
Attlebarough Suilewasnew and ol much
inlerest to me, as was Bfam Gay's
excellenl arrangementot lhe Faure's
lovelyPle Jesu(nol to be conlusedwilh
ihe Lloyd Webber Ple Jesu that pays
homage1oit).Thei.excellentflugelhorn
playerreallyshineson lhistuneand in
the Paganini,a work you can not play
unless you have lhe finesl ol
flugelhorn
sls. This is a classyCD. I
hope we don't have to wait so long ior
lheir next recording.
Dove Descending:Music ot PhilipWilby.
'Fodens Courlols Band (Nicholas
Childs), +Royal Northern Wlnd Orchestra (JamesGouflay)wiih Choir oi
LincolnCollege,Oxlord. Doyen.DPY
CD 106.TT 56:32. Program: +,4PassianFor Ou nmes,' DoveDescending.
This "composer'schoice' disc conlains
only two large-scaleworks by the acclairnedBritishcomposer,PhilipWilby.
The seconditemmightbe lamiliarloour
readers,as it has been used as a lest
piecein the lasl few years. Here,however,thecomposeradds
to perlormance
the oplionalorgan part lhal would not
havebeenheardon thedayofa contesl.
Wilby is a deeplyreligiousman, whose
faith comes lorth in his works, nearly
everyoneol which for brass band has
some level of meaning relatedto his
beliels. ln lhis work he rellectson the
mysteryof ihe Incamationol the Chrisl
via the descentof the Holy Spiril,symbolized
byadove.Inaprevious
revjewol
this work I mentionedhow the Nativity
sectjonoithischallengingpiece,thetilth
partot a seven-pa11
workdividedintolwo
large seclions, is especiallybeautilul
and may be played sepalalely,somethingI hopelodoone
Chrislmasseason.
NicholasChilds and Fodensprovidea
con amorelive pedormance,and in the
presenceof, and we m!sl imagine,the
blessingof lhe composer. The other
work is a 38-minuie sacred work, A
PassionFor Our Times,which is really
intendedlor liturgicaluse, wilh the sacred [,,lassto tollow it. However,the
Passionhasbeengivenseveraltimesas
a concertwork, and it would be in this
conle)dthat mosl of us wou d experience il, lhoughwe wouldnot see lhe
danceor visualartthal is a majorpartof
the compleleexperience.Wilbycallslor
windensemble,choir,organ,vocalsoloist,and spokennarralion,ll is a poweF
f!1,modemwork.The recording,
whichis
live,is notasclearasI wouldlikeittobe,
much ot the instrumonlalcolor and atticulalionbeing slightlyblurfed. Fortunately the narrationis very clear and
distinci,li maybe avery ditlicultwo*lo
recod, but I an not convincedI hav€
heardadelinilivereading
of lhis Passion.
Halsofllo Doyenlor makingtheeffort,lor
thisislhekindofhomagetoalivingwf
iler
that so rarely happens in lhis day of
profit-drivenrecordinginduslry.
lmages fot Bftss' Wllllams Fairey
Band (PhillipMccann)-AngloRecords
AR 002-3. TT 74:23. Ptogram: Gala
Fanfarc from Five Festive Fanfarcs
lspatke\ Navigationlnn(Sparke)iCor
nelsolo-Canzane and Cap ce lgulla),
Soloist Brian faybt; Panis Angelicts
(Francl?Sparke);
Feel,ngyoong(Moen);
Time Remembered lspatke)t Fanlarc
Bilannica (Hosay); South Down Piclule9(Sparke); Sh,psto, Prcl udelgulla);
Flying lhe Breeze (Spatke); Fanfarc and
Jubiloso\Cv'now); EuphoniumSoloJoshua Fit lhe Baitle (Court), Soloist
Steve Miles;lmages lot Brcss (gulla).
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worksverywelll.Thealbumonlyconlains one movemenlol DougCourl's
Spitituel Fantasylot solo euphonium
and band,bul lhis one sampleshould
whettheappetileof manyplayers,and
again,like lhe Bulla cornel solo, of
moderate
technical
chall6nge.
Perhaps
lheonewolkthatmighlcatchlhe mosl
attenlionis Jim Cunow'sFanlateand
Jubloso,a sequelto his best-selling
FanfareandFlourishes,Usinglhesame
basicfomlla, Jlm selectsthis lime,
inslead ol the Baroque masler
(his Preludeto Te Deum
Charp€nlior
was lhe main tune in Flourishes),
a
granddancetuneby lhe Renaissance
composerTilman
susato,a melodythat
yournayrecallirom
DelloJoio's
Scenes
from Th6Louwe. Anotherbestseller
seemsto be the resull!Thisdisccontains 16 line new piecesor arrangementsandFaireyBanddoesan excellenljobgivingyouperlormances
lhalwill
helpyoudecidewhatyouwantlo feais
lurc.That'sa problem,
becauselhere
good
so much
maleialon thisdisc.
Clack. a gitted organisl and musacal
academic.Clackreliredas bandmaster
last Spnng, bd nol belore completing
Thisdisccontainsexcellent
readingsof
thisgoodrecording.EricBallhadaclose
new musictrom PhilipSparke'snew
association
overlhe yearswilhlhiscorps
publishing
firm,AngloMusic,as wellas
album
band,including
a memorialvinyl
jna new
fromhisAmerican
counterparts
with him conducting. There are lour
MusicPress,
collaborative
eftorl,Curnow
wonderlulEricBallpiecesrccordedhere,
all recordedby DeHaskeSoundSeF
includinghis medilativemaslerpiece
vices.Philipis represented
by a tine
Sanctuary,a work based on his own
shorltanfare,a grealnewmarch(Nayi'
part-songIn the Secret ol Thy
choral
galior /rr) withsometraditional
swagPresence.Ball'sConslarllrustisamong
ger, and severalgood,shortconcert
linesi examplesol the longerselection
worksand affangemenls,His elegiac
formin SAmusic.The readingol Jewels,
Time Renembered,witten ,or NSKBall's chamber masierpiecelor 2 corBHP Band's60th anniversary,
should
nets, allo, and euphonium,is a joy to
standlhelestot time,and SouthDown
havenow in my colleclion.Two rousing
Plclur€sjojns lhal wondsrlulgroupol
marchestrom days past are unearthed
Spa*e's moderate-level
worksthat all
and revived;theyare by two ol lhe linesl
our bandsenjoy playing.Flemember
brassband marchwriters,Gullidgeand
CelticSuit4 well, hereis a porlraitot
Coles, Two concerlworksroundoulthe
lhe Sussexcounlryside
thal all bands
program.Ditm€/sJoMardlookingsuate
willfindveryusetulandplayable.Flying
Tiumphanl Faith lhat dates back to
lhe Breeze,wrinenlor lhe professional
1950 and Peler Graham'svery recenl
JapaneseBreezeBrassgand is a bit
Benaissance,lhe sequel lo Shine As
moreol a strelch.bulnol beyondmany
th€ L/oh( bolh played solidly here by
ol our NABBAbands. StephenBulla
Chalk Farm. A pair ol good soloists
appearsin thelwolongestworks,
a line
Salvation
ArmvBrassBands
round olt the program includingsolo
newcornetsolool ert€ndedlenglh(12
euphoniumJonalhanEvans,who also
minutes)
andthsn€wlyrevised
v6rsion
of
Emblem
oltheAmy.Ch6lkFermBand plays second-chaireuphoniumin lhe
/mages/n 8rass.Whilemostlyoiginal
(MichaelClack).Doyen DOYCD 180. lSB. I understandEvansis now acting
music,the Carzone ard Capdcedoes
TT 73146.Programr Emblemof the bandmasieraiChalkFarm,solhere are
uselhe Welshtune"SuoGan'in the
Amy lcullidge); TheGreatestol Theso indicalionsthe bandwill slill be in good
slow€rmid-portion.
Thewholeempha- (Brighl)i
lor
Corn€tSolo-Iuck€r(L€idz€n), hands.Thisdiscis one padiculafly
sis ol lhe worki6 on lhe lyricalsideol
Eric
Ball's
music
and
SA
Soloist
Daniel
Newell;
studenls
oi
Sancluary\Ball)l
cornetplaying,avoidinglechnicaldisEuphoniumSolo-Hatbour Lighls music/musichislory,
play;thisisa tinenewoftering
ol moderportrailo{the
aleditliculty.
Bulla'ssound
Ballle ol lwo Jima, /mages,has attractedmuchatlention
andSlephenhas
madesom€subtlochangesin lhe publishedv€rsion(lhe linal measures,
lor
Inslance).
Thisisinspired
music.bands
and audienceswarmingto it easily.
Betterhavea goodpercussion
sectionl
Try Steve'sfovelyotfertory)ikeShipton
P/e/ude,a four-verse
seftingof an Englishhymnlune tirsl collectedand aF
rangedby Vaughan
Williams.I'veused
Sleve'sorchestral
versionof Shiplonlo
goodetfectwilhmycollegeorchestra;
il
(Bearcrott),SoloislJonathanEvansi
(GfaConsIant TrustlBall); Henalssanc€
ham)',SerenilylBalll',Unda.nled(Coles)i
BrassOuarlel-Jewe/s(8all);Ti un phanl
Faith(Ditme4.
Sjuans Musikar. Stockhom Clladel
Band (TorygynHasnon).FestivalFACO
0'f1.TT64:24.Pfogram:Fanlare.Hymn,
and Thanksgiving lBigh't); Comet SoloHeavenly Gales (Langworlhy),Soloisl
ChalkFarmBand,oneot themostillus- Ove Ericson; French losgood): Vadalriousin the historyol SA music,has tions on 'Teta Eeala'(Cumow);Slar
recently
wasonelimelhemosttraveled lake (Ball);EuphoniumSolo-The ConSoloislFlichbandinlheSA,rackingupanincredible queror(Steadman-Allen),
recordof international
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touring.
be the band's'LastHufrah',a linal
poignant
memoryol a grealband,who
wereledbacktotheheighlsof in recenl
yearsbythekesteemed
direclor,
Michael
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Fesfryal(Shotsakovitch/Cordn€4;'Let
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alalenledgroupoi youngerSalvationist
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areatocollaborateon adynamic,engaging musical program that both show'
casesAlessi'ssuperbsoloskillsandthe
talents ot these rising musicians.The
titlelune, Song ol Exuberance,is symbolic ot the enlire disc: great verve,
vilality, energy. Condon's solo dales
from the late 1960s and had slid inlo
relativeobscurity;not any moreI Hereis
lhe innovaliveCondon in limbre, har
mony, and rhylhm. This is one of the
earlieslSA wo*s lo r€llectjazz styles,
especiallywith a Latin infleclion. The
other gr6al paca-seltingsolo recorded
hereis Steadman-Allen's
Etenal Quest.
Alessi'siniriguinginie|preiationallows
us lo seethisworkin a newlight,notvia
a proc€ssionol "oflicial' interpr€tations,
starting with John Cobb back in lhe
1950s.He makeshisownpersonalstaiementofpilgrimage,
andwehearthework
ditferenlly.The powerofAl6ssi'ssound
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volum€,but ot depth and slrength. Yet
he iscapableto the mostsublle,elegant
phrasesal the sottesldynamic.Thiswill
becomea lreasuredalbumfor all brass
playersior the solo playingalone.Then
youtak€intoaccounlthislineband,led
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betore. What the band also captures
well,however,is the old SA marchstyle
in somewhatobscure,but good march,
Beaumont,by GeorgeDickens,his one
claim to compositionaltame, This an
excellentdisc and special credit must
go to Gordon Wa.d, DivisionalMusic
DirectorforlheSA in GreaterNew York
(and regularconductorof Metro Erass)
andbandmanagerAaronVanderweele.
lor havinglhe visionto see this projecl
through lo complelion. While such a
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