Issue 92 - June - North American Brass Band Association

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OverthepasiI monthsyouve probably
nolicesa ralherseries
otsporadic
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BandBidge magazinesshowingup on
your doorslepot compulerscreen.
NABBAhascontinued
to undergosome
significanl
changesin lhe way it does
businesswhich
hasincluded
movingthe
entire productionprocessof editing,
producing,
printing,and mailingto Chi
cago. The eleckonjcversionsot the
process
magazine,
andlhe stroamlined
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amounts
of moneyand improveihe efficiency
of
the process--amporlant
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organization
ofonly1000m€mb€rs
and
wilha limiledbudget.
Nowwearecaughtupwithourproduclion, you can enjoy in a morelimely
fashionsome of the very significani
rccentevents. In lhis issueyou can
eitherrcliveanolherwonderf
ulcompeliget a
tionfromLittleRock,or hopefully
good flavor for the variety and excitementthat
NABBAmembers
6xperi€nced
lhis year. I am gratefulto thosewho
volunieercd
to reviewlhe vadoussections of th6 cofip€tilionwhile I was
compl€lingmy own busy dutieslhal
weekend.Acrossfromthiscolumn,you
canreadhowNABBAis gettinghisloricalexposu
reatthe151stBritish
Openas
th6y are represenledby the lllinoi6
BrasgBand{PelerLipari),
aswellas
ihe
newlytormed
AthgnaBraasBand(Anita
C o c k e rH u n l ) a t t h e I W B C ,a n d
Cuyahoga Braaa Band (Keith
playinginoneofthiscountry's
Wlkinson)
greatconcerthalls.
Oneofthehighlights
ofthisyea/scompetition
washearingrcallyexcellent
new
brassbandsfromJamesMadisonand
Henderson
StatoUniversity,
Spokane,
OzarkI\Iountains
making
andStavanger
theirfirstappearance.Let'shopewe
seemlhemallagainandregularly.
Happyreading,
andbestwishesforyour
upcoming
brassbendactivities.
TheAthenaBrass Band is the brain- casetheverybestin brassbandreperchose
childof LauraLineberger,
a euphonium toireandforthissoecialoccasion
playerand
on originalworks
lib€rianwilh
theUniledSlates to placetheemphasis
band.Asw€llasluxuatingin
ArmyBand.Alhenawill performat the forbrass
acousticsof lhasfine
lnlernational
Women'sBrassConfeF the magnificent
the membeEof CVBBwere
enceheldJune17-21in Bloomington, auditorium
by thewarmresponse
totheh
lL. UponLaura'sorganization,
a group delighted
performance
large
ll
by
the
audaence.
of ladiesfrom variousNABBAbands
was
an
evening
the
m€mbers
of
certainly
convened
at the2002NABBAChampionships,held in Cincinnati,
Ohio.The thebandwillneverforgelandtheywere
toreceive
aninvitataon
toretum
resultofihis
meelingwastheenlhusias- delighted
pedoF
imm€diately
following
their
soon
tic formalionof AthonaBrassBand.
prog.am
CVBB'S
included
Folk
mance.
I\,lembers
ofthebandwereselecled
fiom
(Shostakovich
Fesfivs/
arr
SnelD,
Cel
NABBAbandslhroughoullhe United
(Condon),
(Bellstedt
arr
ebralion
Napot
States.AthenaErassBandwaschosen
phonium
Brand),Travis
Scott,
eu
soloisti
paying
as lhe nameof the €nsemble,
homagetoAth€na,
GoddessotWsdom,Deeplnside Tho SacrcdTenple (Bizel
TravisScottandWlliam
astheprolector
whowasregard€d
ofall arrWlkinson).
citiesand stales. Anila Cocker-Hun| Bauer,euphoniumsoloists;Gaudele/
EleSyfrcnA DownlandSuile
NABBAPresidenland direclorof the lNoy'oury):
(frefand):
Yarialiors on Laudate
BrassBand.isAth6na's
Cincinnali
conductor Soloistswiihlhe groupwill be Domrhum(Gregson).
Amy Nelson(comel,ChlcagoBlaaa
Band),LisaGalvin(tenorhorn,Br.3a Thellllnois BrasaBand(PeterLipari)
Bandof Col!mbu.)iStacyBaker(tuba, haveacceoledan invitationto oarliciL.xlngton Bra!. Band), and Laura pate in this yea6' 151stBritishOpen
lo be heldon September
(eupho- compelition
Lineberger
andGailRobertson
niums.SDlreaBraaagandandContral 13th.Indoingso,theyarelhellrslband
ofthecompetilion
FlorldaBra8s Band) At lheir IWBC inthe150yearhislory
fromoutsidethe UK and
performance
on Friday,June 21sl at to oarticioale
country.Theywil'com1:30o.m.AthenaBrassBandwillo€r- Commonw6allh
forma workbyAnn€lvlccinty
whichwas Detewilh sevenleenof ihe top brass
lJK.Thslestpieceforthe
commission€d
forlh€mbytheIWBC,as bandstromlhe
istwomovements
from7h€
well as brassbandfavorites.suchas compelition
"Venus"(Thebringerof
JoumeyintoFrcedomlaall),St ke up P/anels(Holst),
the Band(at. Richards)
and Celebl.a- peace)and "Jupite/'(Thebringerot
for brass band by
lror (Condon). For more informalion jollity),transcribed
Gay
aboutAthenaBrassBand.emailLaura StephenRoberts.OrganizerB€m
notesihat '\l/e ar€ managing
the most
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difficultbandconteslin the worldwith
of bandsand
easilythe bestcollection
of
One of the highlights
in lhe career
a
conduclors.
We
are
now
recognising
(Keith
CuyahogaValleyB.aaa Band
rather
responsibility
to
bands
worldwide
Wllkinson)
occurred
onAoril14thwhen
Hall,home than simplyto our domesticpeople.
lheyperfomedalSeverance
of the Cteveland
Orcheslra.Theyap- H[arry]M[ortime4and Margaretwere
ODen.a conpearedthereasgueslsotCaseWestem committedto
anexclusive
in
l4artin
tradiction
lerms.
Reserve
University,
CVBBproviding
ihe
[Mortimer]
first parl of th€ programand CWRU and I see lhe possibillyof makingthe
Symphon
icVVinds
th€secondhalf.The
CVBBprogramwas selectedto showconlinueclon page 6
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TheBnssBandBridge
(PaulDroste).
Bre$ BandotColumbuB
furil5, 2003;OhioChapterof the InternationalTrumpelGuild
Columbus,
OH.
Navigationlnn lspatke\ CometRoundabout(Rob€rtEaves),DanKing,RichardBurkhart,
andJ6m€sSlokes,
cornel
soloists;/ Sauvf,aLttht(an.Susi)tCa//
- 5. CossackWedding
otlt€ Cossacks
(Peler
Dance
GEham).
ChicagoBr.sB Eand (ColinHolman).
May4, 2003;Chicago
Temple,
Chicago,
lL. Preludefot an Occasio, (Gregson);
Finale frcn Wi iam Tell lRosginil
Hawkins);
S/avlscho
Fanbsre(Hohn€/
Kerwin),Amy
Nelson,
comelsolojst8r1'l
8a,4ey(an. Richards);caeltorce lctahan); Purctrinolo(Rimmetl:Walching
the Wheat(aft. Geehl),B€d Say,euphonium
sofoistiNorlremFestival
Med"
/oy (Richards);Finalefrcn Pinesol
Rome (Respighi/Snell);
Chicago(aft.
Forgie).
May31,2003;LakeForestCommunity
Cente.,LakeForest.lLAgincoutlSong
(afi. Howarth);Choraleaft! Toccat\
(Bulfa);A Timefot Peace(c'aham).
Joe Dymit,flugelhornsoloist;I€a fof
Two(an.Snell),AndrewK€ith,Teralyn
percussion
KeithandMarkTaylor,
soloists; Firar€ hon Synphony No. I
(Dvoravcordon);Spiril of Adventurc
(Norbury);Ite Tops (Powell);P/ec€
Hercique lF.?nckJRickatd)tStubernic
(Ford),
AndrewKeilh,TeralynKeithand
I\ra* Taylor,percussion
soloists;
Fmale
frcn The Pinasof Rome (Respighi/
Snell);Cblbago(an. Forgie)
June7, 2003;Gary UnitedMethodist
Church,Wheaton,lL- AgincouttSong
(arr. Howarlh);Choale and Toccata
(Bulla\ A Tine for Peace lctaham\,
JoeDymit,flugelhorn
soloisl;Gaellorco
(G?ham):Finalefrcm SymphonyNo.I
(DvoraUcordon);
Spiit of Adventue
(Nolbury);Ire Tops (Powell);Piec6
Helo,ilue(FrancuRickard):Teafor Two
(arr.Snelf),percussion
feal\lte:Final'
fron The Pines of Rome (Respighi/
Snell)
lllinoisBraEaB.nd (Lipari)rwith
guesl Gaeforce(Graham);Iha lrbh Elessi4g
hombone
soloblBrettBaker.March15. (Bacak/BEdnum);
Mo y on the Shorc
2003; Holy Cross LutheranChurch, (Grainger/Snelf);
TheGidI LefrBehind
Liberiyville,IL.
ThoStarSpangled
Ban- Me (arr. Langford)t
AnnieLauie laft.
|ler (arr. Himes);MidwestMdrch Newsome)i
/ish Medley(ar. Strain).
(Richards/Broadbent);
HaftnonyMusic
(Sparke);'HomolEnds
(Dewhilsi):.ye
SpiresBraE!B.nd (JohnSlezak).Oc'Ha,lL loher 12, 2002t Kussmaul
Bank andBftes(an.Wtlkinson);
The€tr6.
storm (Rimmer)i'Over the Rainbow Frededck Community College,
( B e a r c r o f t ) ; ' T 6 d d y T r o m b o n e Frederick,
MD. Star-Spangled
Banner
(Filfmore);
Resurgam(AaD:Mo y on (arr. Himes)iSuite:Henry V lwallo l
lhe Shorg(arr.Sn6ll);Nabucodonosor Walson),StevenJ. Hoochuk,
narratori
(Verdi/Rimm64;Two Paft lnvention Titanic Fantasy lat. Latch\ lndiana
( S p a r k e )J, o h n M e l i n ga n d T o m Jones and the Tenple ot Doon (ar.
Runty,euphonium
soloists;Cross ot
Faftl: The Gael tron Ths Lasl of lhs
Honoar(Rimnor).
Mohicanslatr. Duncan)iJam€s Eond
April'12.2003;FirslCongregalionalColleclion(atr. Richards);A touct of
Church,Elgin,lL ,'\rriththe ElginSym- Mancini latr. Frceh).
phonyYouth OrchestraBrassChoir. December
7, 2002;Kussmaul
Theatre,
Hdmony Music(Spatke):Mollyon the F r e d e r i c k C o m m u n i i y C o l l e g e ,
Shore (arr. Sn6ll): Midwesl March Frederick,
MD. Star-Spangl'd
Bannar
(Richards/Broadb6nl);
TwoPadlnven- laft - Hirnes| Thatuoclamationof Chistlion (Spark6),John Melingand Tom mas (an. Bufla);TheHutunCarcllatr.
Runty,euphoniumsoloisls:Oueer of Norltury),
DavidConklin,
cornetsoloisl;
the Night (Mozafllcolland
), James The FastiveS6aso, (arr. Calverl)i O
Sobacki,
sopmnocometsoloist;yar's" Holy Nightlafi. Wlkinson),W Kermit
lionson a Welshlheme(Kneal6),
Phil Britt,euphonium
soloi6ttVthenA Child
Klickman,
tenorhorn
soloist;"It6 G/sal ls Bom (at. Colland);An Australian
Gateof Ki6v (l\russorgsky);
"Carzon Chri'tnas laT Cutnow\ Mary's Boy
duodocin i toni lcabtiali).
Child(an.Sparke)iThrceKingsSwing
April27,2003:MaplePa ,lL. Hamony (arr.Himes);F/oslytte Srowma,(arr
Mrsic (Sparke); Mo y on Ih6 Shorc Smith),RonSmath,
basslrombone
solo(arr.Snell)iMidwostMarctr(Richards/ isl Pande of lhe Woode, So/diors(arr.
Ercadbgnl);T\,,/o
Padlnven bn(Spa*e), Langford);Sants Clausls Comin'To
JohnMelingand
TomRuniy,
euphonium Iown (arr.Dewhursi)i
SleighRide\an
9oloistsiQue€n of lhe Night lMozadJ Tomlinson).
Golland),
JamesSobacki,
sop€nocoF March8. 2003;KussmaulTheatre,
nelsoloistiyar'altonso, a WelshTheme Frederick Community College,
(Kneale),
PhilKlickman,
tenorhomso- Frederick,I\rD. SlarspangledBanner
loist;Pie Jesu (arr.SleadmanAllen); (arr. Himes);Ihe Certurbn (Sparke);
Cheekto Cheek(arr. Fernie);Holo Billante lctaham).LauraLineberger,
Dol/y (arr. Norman);Oklahomalar.
(Bulla);
euphonium
soloist;
S/nphonelte
Wright);
Sere,ado(Bourgeois);
Toccala Adagiofrcm Concieio deAraniuez\afi
(arl. Fan: ThB WaltonianlRicha'dsl Bolton),RandiBulla,tlugelhomsoloisl
Vvyss); Shieid of Libefty lRichatdsl The Spiit of Advenlua(Norbury);
Trb
Broadbent).
cor 8/rb(Langford),
StephenF€ncella,
HelbRader,Al BeithandRickGaskins,
lenor horn soloislsi The Ca of the
MotorCity Bra63Band(CraigStrain).
It4arch
16,2003iSoulhfield
Centerfor
continued
on pageI
lhe PerformingArts, Southfield,lrl.
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OVERVIEW
by RalphHotz and Colin Halman
ThisyearsNABBAcompetilion
in LittleRockwillberememberedasoneofthefinestcompetition
evenlshosledto date
On Thursday
April10,priorto the officialbeginning
of the
annualevent,Grimethorpe
Colliery(UK Coal)Bandper,
formedfor NABBAmembers
whowereintownearlyandfor
sponsorcof the event.This Enlerlainmenuchampionship
bandismaybethefinest
bandoflhislype
intheworldloday.
Theyareverymuchindemandalloverlheworldandproudly
exhibrttheirwondertulgraspof lhe enlertainmenl
concert.
playedthe fullgamutofmusicatthisprc-contest
Grimelhorpe
piecestoppedoff
concert.
Included
werepurelyentertaining
yariallors
with
on an Enigma(Sparke).!\hile playing
absolutely
superbly,the bandretaineda terrificsenseof
humor. GaryCutl,an extremelytalentedconduclor,
look
careof all lhe commentary
duringthe concer{.His humor
and conlrol of this famous extroveded band. which he
describesas a "wildlot," was somethingto behold.Theband
''hangs
together, whelheril is playinga conced logetheror
socializinglogerherinto the early hours of every morning
Ivlanyofthe padicipanlsal the annualNABBAConleslsee
each otheronly once a yeaf, and the gatheringsofold and
newfriendsheldformallyandinformallycontinuously
throughoul lhe weekend are an imoortant oart of brass band
fe llowship.Theweather was superbthroughout,andperfect
for a terrificFridayeveningBarbequehostedon the River
Fronlby SolidBrass.Aswellas Grimelhorpe
beingpresent,
the StavangerBrassEandbegantheirlJ.S.tourby compe!
ing in the ChampionshipSection. If only Grimethorpehad
cornpeledas well (as HawlhorneCity did in 1994)--thenwe
wouldhave had realworldclasscompetitionlGueslswere
alsolreatedtoalvlaslerclass,
a terrificGalaConcerl,andsix
bandsmakingNABBAXXI theirfirsl cohpetition. The new
NABBAcommission,Kevin Norbury'sSpitil of Adventure,
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It was my extremepleasureto reviewlhe high brass,ad!ll
technicaloortionof the NABBA solo comDetition.soloists
presentedvery differentpedormancesofa varietyofdiffer
enl pieces.All performersbroughtsomelhingpositiveto their
performances,
whetherilwas extremetechnicalpmliciency,
excellentarticulalion,or brilliantmusicality. Judge Brian
Burdittdeflnitelyhad some difficultdecisionsto make.
Competitionbeganwilh Tom Gabrielsen(CincinnaliBrass
Eand) perfo.mihgHeavenly Gales (Langworlhy)on Bb
cornet. Ivlr.Gabrielsen,from memory played some very
dramaticcadenzasand some difficulltechnicalpassages,
bul some minorrechnicalflaws and rhylhmicinaccuracies
Thesecondsoloistwas
kepthimoutof
therunningforprizes.
(NewEnglandBrassBand)who performed
StephanieWatts
FentasyThomeonBb cornet.Highlightsof her pedormance
maturesound,
agreatlowregister,and
wereabeautifuldark,
consislentarticulationin all ranges of lhe instrument. I
personallywould have liked io hear a more daring pertormance in terms of dynamic conirast and musicality.
continuedon page 11
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w ler, whichled to some noliceable
pitchissues.
lwishhehadlaken
a more
laid-backapproachlothemusic.
Roberl
(BrassBandofCentralFlorida)
Hinckley
peiofiied TheDebutanle(Cl6rke).His
performance
definitelyneededmore
ebbandflow.l,/iileMr.Hinckley
made
a strongeffortto providoa fleshytechnical performance,
he missedmany
create
opporlunities
to
the stibtlenuancesthat makethis style of comet
playingunique-Evenwitha fewchips,I
wasveryimpressedwilh
hislechnique,
oftheopeningthefie
andhisreslelemenl
playedand
wasbeautifully
relaxed.Our
flnalsoloislofthedaywasD€anPsarakis
(BrassBand of CentralFlorida).He
peiotmed Camivalof Venice(Atbanl
Leizden).His openingwasvery nicely
played,andthevarialions
wereallvery
fasl andflashy I wishthata fewclicks
hadbeensacrificed
on the melronome
to achievea morefocusedsoondand
phrasing.
music.Thatwasthe onlyweaknessin
thissection.lwouldralherheara piece
playeda littleslower,
butwithmusicality,
needsto
ebb,andflowEveryporformer
performwithjoy.
Stephanie's
carefullypreparedperformanceearnedherthethkdolaceprize.
(Easte.nlowaBrassBand)
PaulWaech
wasthelhi.dsoloistoftheday,performingFacilila(Hartman).
A verywellconBrass
Result : 1.AmyNelson(Chicago
trolled,soflopeningandtechnically
seBand),comet;2. PaulWaech(Eastem
cure cadenzasmafied Mr. waechs
lowaBrassEand),corn€t;3. Stephanie
secondplaceperfomance.HisperfoF
Watts(NewEnglandBrassBand).cor
mancewas somewhatreseryedemonel.
tionally,butdefinitely
wellprepared
and
polished.
technically
Next,DwightWages
Julie Vishis the soptanocomol pldyer
(Cincinnali
ErassBand)pBrformed
Arwithlhe Centnl OhioBrcssBandand
danleel ScheaolBarall.Thesoloopens
a NABBABoad Menb6r.
witha freelyplayed,dramalicpassage
melody.
Mr.Wages
followed
bya haunting
AdultHlghBrassSlowMelody
capturedlhe dancefeelof lhe 6chezo
section.Somemissednotesandint€rRevi,wed by Robin Weathgnll
vals causedby faligue,and possible
nerves.atlheendoftheoiecemarredan
ThetirsttoplaywasDonaldMcAfeefrom
otheMisecredibleperformanceOur
'D'isone
BrassBandof CentralFlorida.
winner,Amy Nelson(Chicompelilion
cometplayersand
of our finestsoprano
cagoB€ss Band)was nextto takelhe
he set tho bar highwith his extremoly
stage.She playedSlavischeFanlasy
ol Pray lo St.
musicalperformance
(Hohne/Kerwin).
Amy has a beautilul
Bbcornetl\Iy impressions
of lhis seclionwere G€gory(AlanHovhaness).
ofthisvery
sound,andhermemorization
posilive.Therewas defi- tisi Jay Cohenfrom ChicagoBrass
very
overall
lechnicalpi6c6,alongwilh her excep- nitelysomehardwork
andpractic€
byall Bandfollowed
withthetradilionalmelody
createda verymusical porlormers
lionalmusicality
paraphrase
I
will
a
comSomalimes
I
feel Like a Motherless
pertomanceTh6onlyscarymomentof
mentmadeto me by BrianBurdilt,our Chld.Unforlunately
nerves9olthebet
camewhenaccompa- judge:
ihe performance
lt seemedthal manyof lhe per- terof himcausingproblemsgettingthe
upandstarted
nist,SteveMarcushopped
formerswer€r€achingfor lhe perforI
dancingduringone of the interludes.
mance
levellalherthanjuslplaying
the
conlinuedon page 13
amhappyto r€porlthalhisfingersnever
left his handsduringlhis briefboutof
insanity.A lho.ough"shushing"frcm
Ms.NelsonendedSleve'ssponlaneous
danceEvenwiththeentics,thisperformancenotonlyshowedlechnicalprofi
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nexllo pedorm.DavidLucichpedormed
lhe Concertino
in Eb (Sachse)on so
oranocorn€l
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sopranocornel 3. CyndiScoglio(PraF
rie BrassEand),cornel.
wasexlremely
D visionthecompetition
rnstrumentlospeak
inpppassages
The
toughandagaincomplimenls
to adjudisecondmovementof OskarBohme's
cator BramGregsonfor his wise disRobin Weatherallis the NABBAMemCanceiain F 'l,inorwasihe choiceof
cerningjudgment
on someverydifficult
bership Secrelary.
CyndiScogliofrornPrairieBrassBand.
decisions.
Shedemonslrated
awidedynamic
range,
Youth grass Solo
beauliful
soundanda clearhighregisSimilarto the baritone,lhe lrue brass
ter. This was an excellenlchoiceof
bandenlhusrast
alwaysappreciates
a
Reviewe.l by Joel Pugh
musicfor
herandI pulherIntherunning.
fine tenorhornsolo,with ils lightpure
waswellaepreTheflugelhorn
wasnextinlhe handsof
sound.Thisinstrument
Oespitebeing lhe only one in lhis diviperformers.
sentedbytwodifferenl
Lisa
l\IichaelWarnertrom SpokaneBrltish
sion baritoneplayerDavid Dimmitwas
Sousafromthe SpokaneBritishBrass
BrassBand.He choselo performthe
certainlydeserying
of lhe lstplaceprize,
Bandplayedthe firsl movementfrom
secondmovementol ThrceEpisodes performing
Herman Bellstedls Napoli
(JoeTurrn) He hasa veryn ce sound
No.4. Havingheard
Mozai'sConcarta
It is alwaysfefreshnglo heara barilone
thrsclassicpieceperfomedmanytrmes
butfellafoulof theinherent
intonation played
well and lhis was certainlylhe
problems
of the inslrument.
NewEnonthe"olherhorn,itwasapleasureto
case wth this performance He perglandBrass
Band's
DennsCaron
hear the tenor horn renditionof thls
chose
foamed it from memory and demon- piece.
Thisisjustaddedproofthatnol
EtudeNo.2 by Charlierin a niceperforskated excellenltechniquewilh a solid
mance
nerves
cameintoplay,
only is lhe lenor horn is a legitimate
butagain
tempo lhal was complelelyunder conmedium,
butit hasa beauty
allitsownl
especially
in lhe passages
withwide
trol,whichresultedin a very fine perfor
pedormed
verywell,
showing
Bough
irom
Ms.
Sousa
intervalslurs EricaSpalks
good
dem'
command
in
allregisters
and
SaintLouisBrassBandis anolherfrrst
1 DavidDimmil(Ozarks[4ounBgsllls:
playet
sound
Medilaonstrating
lhe
light
characteristrc
classsopranoconel
provedlo be tain SritrshBrass Band),barilone
forwhichlhisinstrument
is known.The
lionfromlhais (I\rassenel)
particrpant
good
horn
was Cyn
othertenor
a
choice.After a slighllysheky
Joel Pugh ts lhe Direclorof Bands aI
gorgeous
alsofromtheSpokaneErilish
startshswarmed
inloa
sound
Sanchez,
Bemtdt State Universtly and lormel
BrassBand,pefiotming1812Riff(an.
wilha seemingly
effortless
upperregis'
dieclor ot the Heidelbee BrassBand.
got
PaulHaack).Aftera longdayof se.ious
nerves the better
ler Unforlunalely
He seryes on lhe NABBA boatd ot
pieces,lhrs tongue-rnconcedo-style
of her but she finishedwilh an overall
ch6€k"tributetoa romantic
masterpiece
solidperformance.
HowGrcalThouAt7
wasenjoyedby all. Ms. Sanchezperwaslho cholceof cornetplayerDennis
Adult Low Bras6Technical
form6dthesoloverywellin
thejazzstyle,
l\,,lodracek
lromthe EasternlowaErass
whichcanbedifficultto achieveon this
Band He hasa nicebigsoundanda
Reviewedby Joel Pugh.
goodsolidupperregister,
left the
in
inslrumenl.Heaperformance
especially
pppassages.
(aswellas
all
audience,
BramGregson)
Hehadsevera
I intonalion
NABBA look anolher step foMard in
problemsand unfortunately
smilesl Jim l\Iarshallof lhe Spokane
the final
lheirconlinuedgroMh by separatingthe
BriiishBrassBandwas the loneadult
highEbwasnot in hisrepertoire
today.
lechnicalsolosinto highbrassand low
performed
baritonepa icipant,performingG.F.
Finally
MalhewVangjel
Psa/m
bGss for the first time lhis year. This
Handel's/Richard
fron TwoPodmitsby JoeTurrin.This
PowellSonalai/l This
gifted young flugelhornplayerfrom move allowedfor a shoderday for the wasa verygoodchoiceto showoffihe
judges,but also in lhe fr.rlurewill permil
beautifllqualiliesof the barilone.Mr.
Jamesl\radisonUniversity
has an im
moreparticipanls
in eachsection.llwas
played
peccable
I\rarshall
wilh
sound,consislentlhroughout
theadagiosections
no surpise lo anybody affiliatedwith
therange.Hisrelaxedapproach
helped
a beautitullighttoneand the technical
great majorityof the
NABBA lhal
him give a tirst classperformance.
l'll participants lhe
seclionswitha similarlighltechnique,
were euphonium players.ll
makinglhe seleclionsoundlikeit was
wagerwe will see muchmoreof this
isnicetoatleasl
haveavenuewherelhis
taleni€dyounggenlleman.
originally
writtenfor baritone.
wonderfulinstrumentcan be ulilizedto
potential. Bul in additionto the
Results: 1. I\ratthewVangiel(Jarnes its full
plethora of euphoniumists,the tenor
MadisonUniversily),
flugel;2. Don
McAfee(BrassBandofCentraiFlorida), horn,baritonoand ttombonewere also
wellrepresented
IntheAdultLowBrass
continued
on page 14
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Bridge 13
Continuadhgm page 13
As pr€viouSly
mentioned,
the euphoniumsmad€upthebulkoflheparticipantr
anthisdivision.Wth the prcminent
role
playsin the brassband
thisinslrument
setting,
lhi6quantity
of participants
isnot
surpfising.
MettKennan
tromHenderson
StateUnive6ityBrassBandperfomed
one of the newervirtuosicsoloswritton
for euphonium, BIue Lake Fantasias.
p.oThis piec6is an unaccompanied
grammatacselection
prcmiered
by Brian
Bowman
st lheLeonard
Falcone
EuphoniumCompEtition,
whichtakesplac6al
the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Mr.
Kennanplayodthreeot the fivemovoment6of thissolo:I "Fkofly,"
lll ?llThat
Jazz'andv 'ParlyAntic6.'Thelechnicaldernands
inthissoloareextremsly
demanding
andnotoniydidhonavigalo
the technicalchallenges
succ$sfully,
buthealsoshowed
musicalmaturity
by
addingmanymlsical nuanc$ to the
music. ThomasRab6rof lhe Oza*
Mountain
BritishBras6Bandpedomed
one of lho groet hislo.ic€uphonium
sofos,ErikLeidzen'sSorg oftheBrolheL
Mr. Rabershowedcompletecommand
ofthissolobynotonlyperforming
itfroln
memory,bul also going b€yondlhe
technicaldBmands
to giv€a complete
musicalDodormance.His technioue
waseffoiless 6ndthelydcalwereplaygd
extremely
musically,
soaslo providothE
contrastintendedby the composer.
KendraGohrofthe Prairi€B€ss Band
gaveuBanotherrenditionof Bellstedt's
Napoli A6 is alwayslhe casewithgreat
music,il'sajoyto h€ardiffe.ent
intelpr€lalionsoflhe samepiec€,because
lhis
is wheleone'spersonalmusicalma*
canbemade.Ms-Gohrgavean
exciling
performance
of this wonderfulpiece.
Hertechnique
wascleanandlight.She
demonslrated
a greatcommandof the
exlremesin rangeand overallgevea
veryenjoyableperformance.
Thecompetition
wasveryclose,butthe
threeprizewinners
wereespecially
de-
14
seNingof this honor. The thirdplace
winnerwas Jeff Binnsof the St. Louis
BrassBandwith 8/,7arl9(PeterGfapi6ce,this
ham).Thoughnotanobscure
is a pioce thel deseNes much mole
attention
fromeuphoniumists
for it is a
greatthemeand va ationsolothat is
indicative
of Petercreham'sfantastic
wriling.Mr.Binnsshowedblazing
technique,rvhetheron
thedifficulttripletonguingsections,or lh€ fa6hy'finge/ sectionsin the finalvadation.His lyrical
playingin lhe minorv€riationshowed
greatcommandof lhg uppertessitura.
Also,lik6manyBritbheuphonium
solos,
lh€ oioceendson an'F" whichthls
gr€etas6urance.
soloistplayedwith
Well
Done!GEilRobertson
oftheBrassBand
of CantralFloridagarneredlh€ 2nd
placeseloction,
performing
the Herbert
L. Clarkgversionol The Cdmivalof
V€nc6. Playingthesolofromm€mory,
Ms.Robort8on
show6d
6 gorgeou6
cl€ar
dalk euphonium
soundin th€ opening
introduction
and them€,whichset the
tonefor vaiationsthal followed.Her
techniquewas extremelyimpressivo,
becaus€it truly s€€medeffortless. Of
additional
notewash6rincorpo€ting
the
diflicult
dynamic
inthetoughesl
contrasl
sectionsof the solo. She shouldbe
comm€nded
fot het originalcadenza
sheaddedto the pi€ce. Thecad€nza
certainlyshowedofi the soloistat her
bestand set up the ihrillingfinaleperfectly.The1st winnerin thoAdultLow
Bras6Technical
Divisionwentto Mark
DavidWndhamoftheHenderson
State
Brass Band playingthe Finalefrom
Lars-ErikLatsson'sCorceftinofot Ttunbone. This pieceis one of the mosl
populatlromboneconcertosand lhe
Finalgis a movementwhich
showcases
th6trombone
in a manner,
manythink
is
practically
impossiblel
HedemonslEted
a lruesymphonic
trombone
sound,had
complele crmmand of every regisler
andshoweda lighldoubletonguethat
is
theprcrcquisite
ne€d€dto evenatlempt
piece
thissolo.Mr.Windhamplayedlhis
flawlessly
andcertainlywasdeserving
of
ThoBras6
BandBddgeJune2003
thetoDo ze.
All of the Darticipants
shouldbe congratulatedfor thek wonde.fulperfor
mances! lt is evidentthal muchwoli
wentintoeachsoloanditwasextremev
enlight€ning
andenjoyable
fortheaudienceto hearsucha wonderfulcrosssectionof music. This is furtherevidenceof thegrowthin thequalityof the
NABBAbends,for if the individuals
conlinueto demonstrat€
this lev€lof
exp€rlise,
thebandslhemselves
willbe
the direcl beneficiaries. Congratul+
tionsto allwhop€rtomedl
(Henderson
Rolultlr 1.MarkWndham
Bra86Band),
lenorhom;
StateUniversily
(BrassBandofCentral
2.GailRobertson
Florida),euphonium;
3. Jeff Binns(St
Louis8r€ssBand),ouphonium
Joel Pugh is the Dircclor of Bdndsal
Benidji State University dnd fotmer
diroctorof lhe Heidelb9tgB.assBand.
He se/v6ao, the NABBAboard ol
Adult Low Blalr Slow Melody
R9viewedby RalphHotz
Th€playingintheAdultLowBrassSlow
MelodySectionwasofveryhighcaliber
Bandmasler
thisyear.RonWaiksnoris,
oflheNewYorkStaffBandoftheSalvationArmywasthisyealsjudgeandhis
task was difficultas the level of performancewasvery
high.Thewinner,Linda
Y6o, who now playsfor PrahieBrass
inlhe
Band,madeherparenls,whower€
audiencefor her oerformance.
oroud
jobplaying
the
Lindadid
acommondable
ewaze C,onceftolor Bass Trcmbone.
SaraAlbert,principal
lrombone
of Brass
Bandof CentralFlorida.Dlac€dsecond
and playedbeautifully
in ihe mostdiffrcull pieceattempted
by anyonein this
continuedon page 15
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lrcn page 14
competitive section, Romanza
fortenorkombone
Appassiorala
byvon
All who pedormedplayedvery well.
SorneoflheoLrtslanding
soloistswho
did
nol receiveawards,butwho stoodoul
were WilhamBritt, euphoniumplayer
fromlhe SpiresBrassBandp ayinga
near flawlessperformanceof the
Tessarini
Sonalain F Malbrmovement
#2 NicoleKline,tenofhornfrornBrass
Bandof CenlraI Florida ikewiseplayed
splendidly
in a HowardSnellarrange
mentof E/egyby Shostakovich
OurNABBAbands
haveraised
thestandardol musicaland technicalplaying
Theqlalityofourmusicians
hasrisento
higherand higherlevels,and we will
individual
conlinuelo hearoutstanding
soloistsin the individual
andensemble
competitions.
\ryhelher
thecornpetition
is in the solo competitions
or the ensemblecompetilions,
or in theChampF
onshipBandCompetition,
lhebarhas,
and is, beingraised. lt was very
impressive
to bea listeneralthisyear's
competition.Thejudgeshad,andwill
havein thefuture,havetheirhandslull
evaluatingour NABBAmusiciansand
to thesoloor
bands Vvletherlistening
ensemble
compelition,
orthebandsectioncontest,the listeneris lreat€dto a
higherand higherstandardof performanceseachyear
Resultsi 1. LindaYeo (PrairieBrass
Band),basstrombone;2. SaraAlberl
(BrassBandof CentralFlorida),trom(Henderson
bone;3.TylerBraxton
Slale
University
BrassBand),hombone
RalphHolz is a nenber of the Rocky
MountainB|asswo',s and the NABBA
Boad of Directors
lefi lo righl J a mes Curnow,BrianBu.dilt,John de Salmeand Ray Faff discussthe liner
poinlsof Monlage(Graham)
AdultBrassEnsomblos
of Bal/of Flro(PeterSmalley)wasthe
mosttechnically
difficultpiece.There
Reviewedby JacksonM Hill
wasno roomfot errorin lhispiec6and
I applaudlheir ef{ort.TubaTimefrom
llwasa greatprivilege
lo bea partof lhe [4otorCitychoseTubamoble
(TomRitter
NABBAleam lo hear lhese fine en- George)Theyshowedextremely
good
semblesperform.Vvhenthese small loneand balance.I reallyenjoyedlhis
groupsget togethertheylearnhowlo
performance.
TheChicagoBrassBand
qualityandpre- Players,the largestof all of the enblendanddeveloplone
cisionwith
theirinslrumenls.
Therootsof
choseThgB/andenbury
Consembles,
brass bandingare developedin this certo#3.Thegroupdidalllherightthings
environmentl\ranyof the ensembles fromlonequality,
blendlo
technicaland
showedgreatpreparation.
Donolforgel presentagrealperformance.
Thisqualthe ensembleasonly as goodas the ily of performance
transfersto the full
weakesiplayer.Musicselectioncan sizeChicagoBrassBand.
helpwiththisproblem.
Inlheensembl€
onemust
6nvironment,
Allof thegroupsperformed
well. Some thinkof thegroupwhefeallvoicesneed
groups,l thought,
gaveoutslanding
per- to be balanced.The brassbandtone
groups, qualitymuststart at lhe cornetsand
formances.
BothJamesMadison
The TromboneQuartetand The Blue transferdownthrolghlhe othervoices.
StoneBrassshowed
thalthecollege
has We have made remadableprogress
a realunderstanding
ofbrassbandmusic.
continuedon page 16
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June2003
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continuedfrgm page 15
polyrhythms
and difi€rentdynamicsin
each
hand.
Thiswasmugicmaking
atan
fromlastyearto nowand I recommend
enremelyhighlevel.Christopherwa3
a
thalallb€sgban& havewo*ing brass
real
showmanwho
broughtlhe
audienc€
ensembles
a3partof theirorganization.
to theirfeelfor a slandingovation.
S€e you in Charleslon,
VW in 20M.
Lets break rocordsfor th6 numberof
parlicipanls.
R€lulb: 1. ChicagoBrassBandPlsyelsi 2. Bluestone
Brasg(Jamesliadison);3. TubaTime(MotorCity Brass
Band)
JacksonHillis a baitone playerandthe
foundarof lhe BrassBand of the TiSt€to
Result8: 1. Chrislopher
Karabin(Prairi6 BrassBand);2. Andrw K€ith(Chicago E|ass Band);3. DewieDowdy
(BrassBandof th6Tri-State)
AdultPercu!!lon Enaombler
Raviowod
by RobinWeathercI
Eolhent.iesin this sectionperformed
wondedully.
Jam€sMadi6on
Univelsity
Percussionchose Trio Per Uno
Adult PorcualionSolor
(Zivkovic),
a complicated
mulli-instrumentworkwith
manydynamic
levelsand
Revievtedby Robin Weatheftll
persistent
driving,
rhylhm.This group
wereall butfaulllessin theirinterprelaThisis thg lirsl yesr th6aehas beena
lion. Th€ChicagoPercussion
Project
separslePercussion
SoloCompetilion. pedodned
on one Marimba,Slubemic
TeralynKeithfron ChicagoBrassBand (Mark
Ford).Theyplayednot onlythe
pedormedGreetingslrcm Concetlofor
balsbutalsotheresonators.
Theyarea
(Rasauro),
Manimba
withtirstclassplayfin6groupotplayels
buttheydidnthav6
ingagainsettingthe bar highfor ihose
lheextrsgparkofenlhusiagmthat
made
following.Excellenttechniquemadea
JamesMadision
Univelsity
lhewinnels
very difUcullwo* sounddoc€ptively
in my mind.
hard
ea3y.Hgrl€flhandmallet3weretoo
formytasl€makingthelow6roctaves
ot
ReBultsr1. Jamesl\4adison
2. Chicago
the inslrumentsoundtoo p€rcussive,
Percussion
Proj€ct
Andr€wKeith,alsofromChicagoBrass
Band,gaveus Foolp€fh(Samu€ls)
exRobin Wealhemllis lha NABBAMenhibitingoxcellentdynamic,good balbetship Secrctary.
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lhe hands.Thel\rarimba
is a difficultinstrumenton which lo
READINGBAND
displayanything
buttechnique,
Andrew
maderealmusic. DewieDowdyfrom
Oeanizedand Reviewadby RonaldW.
Monis
B€ssBandoftheTri-Statechose
Holz
Goldenburg's
lranscriptionof Bach's
ViolinConcatloin A minor.Againhard
On Fridayeveningof NABBA2003,a
mallets
failedto bringoultheich colors good
sizebandfomed on the stageof
of the Marimba.Nervousness
also remainauditoiuminlheRobinson
Cenler
sull€din a coupleof major memory just prior
p.m..In 90 minutesa
lo
5:00
lapses.ThefinalperfomerwasChris- gEat
dealof musicwas readand we
lopherKa€bin
fromPraineBrdssgand- evenhad
a shodNABBAmeeting$,herein
H€ chosoa multi-instrument
soloby Al
membersof the NABBAEoardwere
Payson,S/avlcD€nse.This was 6n
introduced
by Pr€sident
AnilaHuntto
excellentchoice of music, requiring
the memb€rship
at large.Theconduc-
16
TheBnssBand
BddgeJune2003
tors in this sessionincludedAdjudicators BrianBurditt.JamesCumow.Ray
Farr, Bram Gregson,Ken Moor6,RonaldWaiksnoris,
NABBAPresidontAnila
Hunt,NAB&qControllers
JohndeSalme
and RonaldW Hoh, and SolidBrass
composerTroy
Helm.Specialmention
mustbe madeofthe helpgivenby key
playersof Grimethorpe
CollieryBand,
as wellas somememb€rsot the Solid
Brassof Little Rock,lhroughoutih€
session. Severalsoloistsfrom thes€
bandswerefeatured
aswell
[s€ebelow],
cornat,Now
as TerryEveGon,princlpal
EnglandBressBand. NABBABoard
memberFrank Northwas especially
helpfulincoordinating
lhemanyassignin
necessary
mentsandsetupchang€s
Alllh€partsgot
lhepercussionseclion.
coveredif sometimeswe had some
and
interesting
balancesr
7 Eflatbasses
1 B flat bassat one tame;1 soprano
cornatto balancea bandof 70+.
Thereviewfollowstheod€roflh€ readingsession.Attheendofeachpubligher
wo*s received
I havelistedadditional
that will be usedat the ReadingBand
s€ssionoftheAshland
Bra53BandF€stival, Saturday,June 21, Anila Hunt,
presiding.
Inthiswaywehavebeenable
tog€tasmanyofthepiecesgubmittedlo
us featuredat a NABSAeveni.
Unlessotherwis€
noted.tho InsirumentationsuDDlied
for €achilem revi€w€d
followstraditionalB.itishbr€ss band
supply
scoring.MostBritishpublishers
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ratingsystBmisasfollows:
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and HymniG/eal Receivedtranscription.
ofbrass
bandscoring
andwillbe
suitable deerner.(Philip
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piece
for a widevarietyof settingsandocca- imaginative
is a fanfaresettingof
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ern Erass(StephenBulla)
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lwo successive,fairly traditionalsetrepienocornel.At least3 goodpercusslonistare requiredand everysection
continuedon page 18
Bandfare(WilliamGordon). Level lvl.
getsa technicalwofkout.
OurReading
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TheBnss
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continued
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tings. The 3/2 processional
musicreturns,leadingto lhe final,triumphant
thedral,or a hall that would enhance
sucna concept.
a 'London' Theme
spicingup a program!Collinsondeftly
handlesthebrassbandscore,providing
lotsofcolorcontrasts.
andt€xluralshifts
Thiswouldbefun to workup.
Band(DavidKing)in aclion
Stavangeramss
verse3 ofthehymntune.Thecodacalls
for offstagetrombonos,who must play
inlo the distance'
theirmusic'receding
and nol synchronouswiththe remainder
oflhe band.So, the spatialdimensions
of the musicmake it a bit of challenge,
thoughthe notesthemselvesare no real
hurdles.Thiswouldbe a splendidpiece
for presentationin a large church, ca-
18
LevelM.Thisfanta{RobertCollinson).
form
sia takeslhe
of a scheeo-varaationson the nutseryrhymeLondon
Bridgels Fallingoown. Thisshort,
wolk makeseveryone
work,
whimsical
butnotexcessively
so. Thecomposer,
aslhescorenotestellus,
hashistongue
inhischeekduring
thismusicalromp.A
rightin
suilablebitofmusicalhumorjust
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continued
frcmpage 18
modified
bluesscale.ln between
is the
mainpartof the work,a driving,energeticallegromarkedquarternoteequal
for Cometand BrassBand 140-'160.
Concetlino
Thesoloistpartcallsforgood
(Barrie
Gott)SoloistTerryEverson,
New agilaty,
especially
in negotiating
intervai
EnglandBrassBand.SoloistLevel[rlD; leapsbeyondanoclave.Thebandparts
BandLevelI\LNABBAispleased
to now are straightforward,
thoughLloydcalls
include
theAustralian
firml\Iuso'sI\redia for 4 good percussionist
includinga
in our list of publishers.One of their ratherinvolved
mallelpad (calledKeymajorcontributors
is BarrieGott,a ver- boards)
callingforvibes,bells,andxylosatilemusician,
ananger,
andcomposer. phone. Theotherthreeparlsare timln lhis A'B'A fom work Barriechal- pani,dromset,andauxiliary,
the latter
lengesthe risingcornetsoloislin areas beingtheleastimportant.
Therearenot
oftoneproduction,
double-tongu
ing,and manytobasoloswrittenin a contefiposustained
melodicpassages.
Therange rarystylethat are nol kitschyor silly.
doesnotexceedC abovetheslaffand, Thalis not lhe casehere,and so luba
exceptfor one doublelonguingpas- playerstakenoteofthisinteresting
new
sage, is reallyof moderaletechnical
level.Thebandpartsarestraightforward
and shouldnot provedifficullto learn. For AshlandFestivali Gospe/Iraln
TheAsectionoflheworkisitselfdivided (BarrieGotl)i Caiistlona:A Highland
inlo 3 sections,the middlehavingan Bal/ad(JoeCook)
atkactivebroadlune,themainthemeof
theoutersectionsbasedon lhe Lydian Rosehilll\rusic,PO Box48,Aylesbury,
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then callsfor a comploteda capoof
sectionA, followedby a 6hortCodetla. Suite:/s/andMuslc(StuartJohnson)
Onecautionary
note- lhefullscorewas LevelME.
Thisisatour-movemeni
suile
printedin v6rysmalltypesize,andmay
originallycommissioned
bytheShanklin
haveto beenlarged.An atlraclivework TownErassBand.Wereadmovement
idealforbothaspidngsoloistandestab- 4, Shanklin
Pier,duringwhich
thecomlishedplayers.
poserseekstoportraythedestruction
of
the famousShanklinPierd!ringa terTubaSolor6el Dow, (GrahamLloyd) rificnightslorm.Lotsof fireworksand
SoloistShewnCrowther,Grimethorpe fun for developing
bandsiTheother3
Band.SoloistLevell\4DiBandLevelM. movements
are: 1) MarchiShanklin
GrahamLloyddescibeshis letin-jazz Towni2) RylstonGardens;
3)TheTuba
androckinflectedconcedsolofortuba OntheDowns.Thelast-n
amedfeatures
andbrassbandasfollows:"GelDownis thetubas,andrecallsan incident
when
looselybasedona progression
ofmixed a memberof lhe band,afterpracticing
maiorand
minorthids
lnthe on the nearbydowns,was alraid to
descending
basswithpedectflft
h combination
above confesshispracticeto a neighbor
who
eachbassnoie. At rehearsal58 lhe askedifhetoohadheafdstrange
nds
sou
chordprogression
is looselya '12-ba/ downonthebeachlJohnson
writeswell
set up with foufthvoicingsabovethe formoderate
levelbands
andihisatlracbass."Thesolopart
iscompletelywrittentive,programmaiic
suite,whelherused
out,thoughgivingan improvisatory
feel in ilsentirety
orinexcerpts,
willpaogram
at tlmes. Lloydopensand closesthe well. Thereis just the rightmixof the
workwith shod slowsectionsusinga
seriousandlhe humorous
here,and it
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foryouthbandsand NABBAbandsjusl
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al appropriate
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continuedon page 20
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andauxiliary
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primaryftylhmicmotiveof thelheme),
the themeilself,flve vaiations.and a
codareflective
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ments),andof mod€rately
difficult
t€chlotsoffull blown,fully-scored
mofienls
nical
level.
Movement
1
follows
the
gave
h6re.Th€R€ading
Bandaudience
tradilionalDatteln
ofaslowintrofollowed
ot/ileovationlo our Grimelhome
solo2
by a symphonic
allegro.Movement
ists.whowgreSomehowable
lo beheard
makes
retercnce
use
the
to
and
of
overthemassof 70+playercl
Grogorianchant melodyVictima€
paschalilaudes,a B€quencefor
Eastgr
A UniveBWSuite(Der€kBroadbent);
Sunday.l\rovomsnt
lhreeis in 6/8time,
Level[4E.This three-movement
suile
markedAllegrocon bdo,and exploils
wascommissioned
by lhe EastAnglian
pattems.Helmbdngs
hemiola
rhythmic
BrassBandAssociation
for its' Youlh
back referencesto the two previous
Commissions€nd
Training
Proj€ct
2002viacaclictreatment,
the8ymmovemenls
2003. Designed
for developing
bands phony
ending
with
a
lransformaiion
of
We
andplayels,it 6ucceeds
admarably.
molive.
This
thgflrstmovementsopening
1, TheGrealGate
onlyreadmov€ment
while
musicis immediately
accessible
Houseof St. John's,whichsounded
power ll is
also
having
a
cediain
lasting
tenificplayedbythelargemassedband.
conservativein tems of modemstyle.
They read it quile easily. The olher
butthalshouldproveto itsadvantage.
I
movements
alsorcflectonotherscenes
lookfoMardto h€adngSymphony
#2,
Movemeht
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atCambridge
Univetsity.
whichTroysaysis just aboutreadyl
22
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ForAshfandFogtival:Fanfarcfor BEss
Eard (Holme).
GRIMETHORPE
MASTERCLASS
Gary Cutt and "GnnEy' tE.fonned a
forty-five ninute masbrclaaaFa.qt
audlencson F
and re3Dongivo
providing
eF
themostleaEang
evening,
petizerto ihewonderfulGalgConcedlo
evening.
comethofollowing
TheirprogramIncludedAllen'sXn,gltl
Templar match, complete with a de
scriptionof lhe WhitFridaymarchconprobg€lsplayed
lestswhelethis
maach
ablymorethananyother.Gdmethorpe
also p€dormedResurgamin tdbuteto
EricBall'6csntenery.GaryCutl'sintrG
ductionincluded
thefaclthattheywere
reading,"
though
h€ evenseemed
"just
happywith th€ fantasticperformance
they produced,leavingthe audience
spellbound.To be fair, Grirnethorpe
Rosurgaan
i9likeanAmencan
"reading"
band"reading"Ihe Starsand Slrir€s
(atleastintems offamiliarity)butlhis
did
giving
prev€nt
trom
an
excepnot
them
pedomance;even
tionallyreverential
Garyseomedsalisfiedby lhe rendition.
The bandalsoincludeda p€dormance
of localcomposer
TroyHelm'sFanfarB
confo. ErassBard wilhthecomposer
queslion
ducting.Following
aninformal
and answel s€ssaon.the band conclud€dtheirclinicat jusi th6 righttime
witheveryone's
appetite
whettedforthe
followingevening.ll was a wonderful
musicallaunchintothe eveningof socerlainly
lhehottop|c
cializing
together,
of conveFalionduringthe barbeque,
anda bnllientwayforourho3lstoselthe
dayof bandcomlonefor thefollowing
p€tations.
continued
onpage23
conlinuedfrom page 22
program.Afler an energeticopening,
the solidtirstchairplayers,cornet,euBANDCOMPETITIONS
Kelh Wilkinsonis the MusicDircctorof
phonaum,
flugeiand trombone,played
lhe
Cuyahoga
Valley
Brass
Band
fluid
soloseclions.
E/sa'sProcessio,to
OPENSECTION
theCalhedralisa difficultworkto pulloff.
CHALLENGE
SECTION
Intonalion
suffered,dynamicscreplup
Reviewedby Keilh Wilkinson
too high,but neverlheless
Spokane
Reviewecl
by
Robin
Weatherall
piece.
lot
broughl
a
ofconviction
lo
this
lhadthepleasure
lhisyearolannouncptenty
There
was
cerlainly
in
ot
energy
Ingfortheperformances
intheOpenand
The
Chellenge
justshodof
Section
testpiece,
Ihe
theteslpiece
itwas
bui
being
HonorsDivisions
Spintof Advenlurewascommissioned convincing
enough
lo be in contention.
from
Kevin
Nolbury
for
the
compeiilion.
l\rarkWlliams
and
Spokane
ErilishBrass
The first band to lake lhe stagewas
proud
Band
can
be
very
showing
ofthei
James Madi3onUniversityBrass
Spir6s
Brass
(John
Band
Slezak)made
and
I
hopetoseethem
atlhecompelilion
Band(KevinStees),thesolepedormers
a gfeatslarllo lhe day'scompelitron
lt
again.ThefinalbandwasHonderson
intheOpenDivision.
ThisDivision
allows
rs
amazing
how
rapidly
lhe
slandard
of
Stato univeGity Brass Band (Wes
theinclusion
ofnon-slandard
brass
band
progressed
yea
brass
ban
ds
has
in
2
1
rs
Bransline).
They openedwilh Festiye
inslrumentetion
(primarily
k!mpetsand
on
competition.
The
march
cerluron
Oya.turc(Shostakovich)
Goodsound,
frenchhorns)so il is alwaysinieresling
program.
opened
their
The
slrenglh
of
lots
ofene€y,lhe
future
ofbrass
bandto hearlhedifferenltimbreproduced
by
lhe
lowerend
of
the
good
young
band
was
apparent
ing
is
in
hands
with
these
lheband.I wasimmediately
rmpressed
goodstrongp6rfor- people.Nexlcamea solidperfofinance
wrththis band'soverallgraspof a lrue fromthestartanda
giv6nwilhonlya fewminor of a verydifticult
mance
was
work,BatbelsAdagio.
brassbandso!nd andconcepldespite
flutfs
lam
afan
of
Nobury's
music
and
Wes
Branstine
kepl
the dynamicswell
the inclusionof some"foreign"instruThe
Spinl
of
Advenlure
is
a
welcome
under
conlrol,
and
inlonation
wasvery
menls.
addition
tothereperlohe.
Spiresgavea good.Thetestpiece
hadlotsof energy,
tidyandtheyplayedgood
They openedwtlh LondonOvefture solid readingwilh someinspiredmo- wasgenerally
ments.
The
bass
section
did
an
admidynamics.
The
slandard
ot playing
in
(SparkE),
anextremely
demanding
work
j
o
b
r
a
b
l
e
S
p
i
r
e
s
c
l
o
s
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d
year
w
i
t
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Challenge
Seciion
advances
every
recently
usedasthetestpieceat NABBA
(Stephen
Bulla),a cham- andeveryone
of thesebandsdida fine
fortheHonorsDivisionToday'spertor- Symphonette
rng
job
work.
Theslowfiovemenl
had
some
Congratulations
lo €achandevery
mancewaS
anoutstandjng
one demonprobiems
rntonatpn
but
lhe
final
mov€Player.
stratinga greatsound,goodensemble
produced
playing.
menl
some
very
fine
andverysecureinlonalion.
Thelreach'
Nextupwere
N€wEnglandBrassBand RobinWealherall
is lhg NABBAMenerouscadenzas
were€xtremly
wellex(DougYeo).
They
openedwith
IreUgtl
bership
Secretary
eculed- indeedthesoloistsplayedwilh
authority
lhro!ghout.Thedayhadcom- of TheWoddlDeanGoffin).A beautiopening,
thebandplayed HONORS
SECTION
mencedal an extremely
highstandardl fullycontrolled
wilhlasteandmusicality.
Thetestpiece
gol oft to a grealstart,wilhsolidtenor Revigwedby Keilh Wilkinson
Thebandcontinued
withiheteslpiecepe.cussionand a
homs,enthusiastic
KevinNorbury'sSpirilOl Advenlurc.I
memorable
comel
solo.Nextwasa cor- We movedon to lhe Hono6 Division
was very Interested
lo hear this new
nel
l'd
solo
Ralhet
HaveJesusfeatur- which,in my opjnion,is lhe seclionat
NABBAcommission
and wasn'tal all
ing
lhe
band's
starplayerTerry
Ev6rson. NABBAwhich has made the most
disappointed.We have a wonderful
produces
Terry
a
wonderful
sound
and Progressin recentyears. We were
additionto the repertoire
whichl'll be
the
band
did
an
admjrablejob
of
accomanticipating
sixaccomplished
bandsled
usingwithmybandassoonas possible.
panyinghirn,neveroverpowedng
and
by
etperienced
and
very
capable
musiIntheiestpiecethis
bandcontinuedwilh
tasteful.
Spokane
British
Bra6s
Band
cians,
A
feast
was
in
storel
lhe samestylishplayingthal theyhad
([Iark Wlliafis) cam6 a long way to
demonslraled
in th€irchoicepiece. In
compete,
Washington
Stateis far from Tocelebratelhe
100thanniversaryof
the
fact, the performanceof this young
Little
Rock,
butwellworth
thejourney
for
groupfrornflrst noleio lastwas at a
theseline players. MusicFor Grcenremarkably
consislent
conlinuedon page24
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wich lEdwatdGregson)openedtheir
June2003
TheBrass
Band
Bridge 23
@ntinuedhdn pdge 23
loday'spertormance.Theycontinued to it endtherewerea numberofinsec$
wilh 'Mid All The ftaflic (aft Leonad
ritieswhichmeantlhetiheperformano!
co.npGe/8birtha workby EricBall,7he
Ballantine).
an arrang€m€nt
ofthelune didn'treallycometo life. In conlras[
Urrdaunlsd,had been selecledas lhe
"Shenandoah."
Agein,the band'sfull lheir flnal piece, /mag6s For Erass
tesbiece.Thechallenges
in thismusic
soundimpressedandthercwasa good (Stephen Bulb) wirs much more a9
Her€ not technical;ratherthey were in
unde6landingarouM lh6 ba.d d the sured wifr lols of v€ry pleasingmothemo|esublleareasofbalance,
conlrcl
conduclofs and anange/s inE{i'is,
rErt!. lt wG ai irBldirg .+dd
and intonation.Therewerenumerous
not leaslin theiratternptat a lrue bgEio lhb day'sco.np€tlionthat w€ had nor
expos€dareaa,not leasl the opening
style. MCBBconclud€dwith Fanlrsy h6ard two periomances ot lhe sam
molifannouncedin octavesat pianispiece,thesecondonebeingdkectedby
For Brass Band (MalcolmAmold), a
simoby thoba99gection.Thercwasa
piecewhich,whilewritlenin ons nbveme compoger.
furtherchallenge
forconducto6
to make
ment,
conlains
four
vsry
6pidifforEnt
lhe piecehangtogethermusically- a
sod6s. Theopeningd€monstEled
an We continuedwith SholdonThoat..
necessity
to explorelhespidtual
conlent
appropriately
energoticstyle,theD€nc€ Bl.la Band (JamesKur3hngr)who
beingimponant
in o.derto achievothb.
showedgood''feel",the exposedElegy chosolo divestraightinlotheleacher
contaaned
a few ins€curemoment6and ousop€ningofihe tesFiece.Didlsay
Firstto tako lho challengewas Conlr.l
llwasn't
wasdifficult?
lhatthiBb€ginning
the finalsectionwessuitably'teiy'.
OhloBr.!! B.nd ffonyZilincik).Thsy
forthi€bandwhosebassegw€r€exc+
openedwith
theleglpiece
Endverycrsdtoo
ClnqihnallBlaa! BBnd(AnitaCocker- lent - and at a true pianigsimo,
ilablyovorc€me
th€majo.ityofthediffipiecethey produced
a
nexl
wisely,
chose
Throughout
the
H
u
nt)
came
and
they,
cultiesin th6 pieqe.Additionally
it wag
mafied,unto openwitha marchralherthanlaunch very musicalpedormance
hadm€naged
evid€nt
thaltheconductor
by a numberof accidenB
straightintothe difiicultop€ningof the fortunqtely.
get
to
to theheartof thismovingmusic.
te8tpiec€. Th€irchoicewaaFlyingThe Their choice piece was tel/is yat4
They continued v,ith Roydl Pa*s
Ersezo(PhillpSp6*o) and thei. perfor- tions(PhilipSpafte). This is a tough
(Geo.geLloyd).I wasimpr$s€dbytho
mancewas chaEcted3edby som€very piecebutit suitedthisbandwhotumed
unity
contrcll6d
opening
andanabsolut€
d|3rhythmicplaying,excellenldynamics in an extremelyfine pedormance
the
lhroughoulthe band in catchang
v€ryablesolo
anda goodsenseof bslancebasedon playinggoodensemble,
frequ€ntt€mpo
chsnge6
inth€firstmovebsssseclion.CBB's istgand a very musicalreading.The
averyfull€oundlng
menl.Th6secondmovementwa8u/dtten
ratharby
pedormance
tooktheaudi€nc€
of the lerlpiec€wa9 ex- qui€t€nding
in memory
ofbandsmen
killedbyterrors!rpnsel
tr€melycompelenl
butalsocontained
a
istsandthebandtriedextremely
hardto
few momenlsof insecudty.lt s€6med,
findtheoassion
inthemusic.Afewsmall
Pl.lrle Braaa
for me, that it hadn'tquile happened Lasllo taketh€stagew€s
blemilhgsw€renowcr€epingintothe someho$r.In th6arfinal piece, ,mages Band(DallasNiermoyer).
Thisisavery
- a resultof tiring
band'spedorman@
(StephenBulla),the band youthfulbandwhichplayswitha matuFor
Erass
perhaps.Thelaslmovem€nt
displayed
immediatelyappear€dto be more 9e- riv beyondthe yearsof the playe6
gooddynamiccontrasls
andwasmostly
and
withtheteslpigce
cureand"athome".ltwasanauthorita- Theycommenced
lidilyperlorm€d.The HonoFDivision, tiv€perform6nce
wilh good
of thisdiflicultmusic. gaveus a fine performance
2003,hedcommenced
at anextrem€ly
andverycapablesoloigts.ll
dynamics
highl€vel.
p€rformance
lackBandnumber4 wasOza.kMountain6 waga verymeasured
B.ltlsh Braa! B.nd (StephenBulla) ingjusta liftle,perhaps,in the required
We nexllistenedto irotor City Baaaa and therewes addedinterestin this passion.Theyconlinled(andbroughl
B.nd (CraigSl€in) and lhisbandalso performance
in thefactthallhe band's our dayto an end)withSp€clrum(Gilchose to slarl with the testpiece. The choicepieceswerebothw.ittenby their be.i Vinter). a series of episodesdeprecadousopeningdemonstrated
some conductor.Theycommenced
wiihthe scribingall the coloG of the rainbow.
intonationprcblemswhichpercist€dfor
recentFestivalMarch.MontclaiCitadel Therewasa goodatlemplbYbandand
muchof the performance.This band (Stephen
Bulla).Theopeningwasalittle conduclorlo capturelhedifi€r€ntmoods
an imDressive
full band
demonslrated
unsteadv
butthereaft
erlheDodormance of the fiusic and good soloi9tgwere
soundandtherewasa goodundorstand- wasveryrhyihmicaland
good againin evidence.This was a greal
displayed
ing of lhe requireddynamiccontrasts.
dynamicconlrasts.
Thisverybusymarch
creThenumerous
exposedpassages
was playedin a mostlyvery cleanwaycontinuedon Pdge25
ated some difficultiesfor the band in Thetestoiecehada ralherunsettledleel
24
TheBrass
Band
BddgeJun€2003
continuedftom page 24
conclusion
lo the conlesl
Afterhearingallsix bandsin the HonorsDivision.
I
wasgladlwasserving
asannouncerand
nolasan
adjudicatorWe hadlistened
to lolsol highqualy
playing
bulnobandhadsurvivedlheday
unscathed,
particulady
in thelestpiece.Theadjudicalors
were
goingto havea very difficulttime assessinglhe
parformances
lo decidethe correclorderof merit
and therewas cenainlyno un ormityof oprnrcn
amongtheaudience
aboullhepossible
outcomeA
very close-ninrace was beingpredicledby all.
Beyondtheresult,though,we needto congralulale
eachofourHonorsbandson
anextremely
highlevel
ol perfodnance.lt was a mosl interesting
and
enjoyable
time listeningto the fruitsof theirhard
work. H€adiestCongratulations
to themalll
Nexlwas the Eastornlowa Brass Band (EarleDickinson).lt's
alwaysa pleasureto see them in costumeenjoyingth€ir music
maktng. They openedwith VaughanWilliams'Vaialions. fhe
beginningwasa bilshaky,butthebandsoonsettledin.Again,aswith
Chicago,lhe lechnicalaspeclsseemedto be in line, but here,
problems
intonation
wereevidentThebassesplayedtheirvarialion
verywell,
andlhebandseemedlopickupaflerthat,buttheyseemed
to havedifficulty
rnaintaining
thoseinlensemoments.Theendingof
thisworkis hardto pulloff,andthisreviewertelt
thatlheyhadplayed
it a littleloo safe. Morlagewasnextfor EIBB.Theyopeningwasa
b unlidy.btitthingssolidafied
asth€yprogress€d.
Thereweresome
finemoments
throughout,
but intonalion
issuesand a slightlackof
confidence
marredan olheMisegoodperformance.
lt wasa good
continuedon page 26
Keith Wilkinson is the Music Direclot ol lhe
CuyahogaVallayBmssBand
BeforeTelevision.Before
Radio,the country's major
gource of entertainmentwas
ths ConcerlBand. . ,
CHAMPIONSHIP
SECTION
Reviewedby Tony Zilincik
As alwaysat NABBA,lhe Chafipionship
seclion
compelition
is the most eagerlyawailed Wlh the
StavangerBrassin allendance.
their NoMegian
Championship
in hand,theoutcomeseemedlo be
a foregoneconclusion.
ButlheChicago
Erass
Band
wasuntriedat contesl,andsomeof lheoldguardot
theChampionshipsectionwerenotpresent.
ltwas
set uplo be an interesting
day.
Thefarstbandto competewas the new Chicago
gra33Band. Wlh ColinHolmanat lhe helm and
somevery familiarfacesin lhe band,muchwas
expected
oftheirfirstcontest.
Theyopenedwithlhe
testpiece, Graham'sMonlage.Thebandplayed
very cleanlyand with greatconlrol. The hicky
perticuwashandled
opening
wellandthesoloists,
preclse.
Amy
larly
Nelson,werevery
Thebands
performance,
however,cameoff musicallyrather
flat. Thereneverseemedto be a timewhenthey
"wentfor it. Thesamescenarioheldkue for Piet
Swerts'Craiq. Theyplayedall lhe notes,butthe
excitementwasjuslnotthere
Theyhedsetthestage
fortechnicalprecision,
bul it is ahraysa challenge
to foreseewhatihe adjudicators
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performance,
butnottheb€silhisband
can offer,
The BraEaBand ot Contral Flo.ida
(lilichaolJ. Garasi)play€dnext,and
ooenedwith the testDiece.Fromthe
oulset,it was clearthat theyhadlruly
graspedlhe natureof lhe work. Lively
and rhythmicallyprecise, lhe band
greatconfidence
displayed
andenergy.
Therewerea few nicksandsctatches,
and lhe occasional
overblown
section,
but the bandreallycaptur€dthe spirit.
The qu€stionagainwas whelherthe
judgeswantedclean
andtidy,or exciting
and driven...theplol thickened. The
new
bandconiinued
withthe relatively
Arbior.Withcornetssplayedoutbehind
the band,they carriedoff the atmosphedcwork wilh greal int€nsityand
underslanding.
OnecouldlEllthatthey
wercreallyenjoyingtheirwork. Again,
the occasional
overblown
smearwould
erupt,and lhe cometswouldget a bil
trumDeUike.
rom
butthatdidnold6tractf
Forthis reviewot,
a fineperformanc€.
hadclaimedthelopseal
CenlralFlorida
for thelimebeing.
Eachsectionof thebandshowedgood
formandtheygavethepieceanexciiing
close. lt wasnowa closecallbelween
CentralFlorida
andSl.Louis-Theywere
technically
on parwilheacholher,bul
the overallnod.to lhis reviewer.
was
directed
eversoslightlysoulhward,
but
it wastoocloseto call.
R€sults:
Tony Zilincik is the Music Di'gctor ot
the CentralOhioB/EssBandanda Iuba
player with the B''ss Band of Columbus
ll is alwaysa treatto havea bandfrom
outsjdeNorthAmericaat the competi GALA CONCERT
lion.Beingrelativ€ly
newatthis,
it'sgood
for us to se€firslhand
whelhaooens
in
Nobody
couldb6possiblyfeeling
brassed
given
lh€worldwherecomp€tilion
ismorethan oft by the slunningp€rformance
anannuelevent.
TheStavahgga
Braaa by the Grimethorpe
CollieryBand,a
Bandopenedwiththetestpiece.They Galaconcerlthatwagthe bestI could
playedwith great lechnicalprccision ever rememberattending.The Solid
s
andconsummate
musicianship.
Some Brassstaffwho
organized
thisweekend
of the fasttemoimavhavebeenover- festivalshouldb€heartily
congratulaled
done.butthe musrcdid notsufler and notonlyforgetlingusallsmoothly
lo lhls
the bandhandledlhe challenge.The poiniinthew€ekend,
butalsoforprovi&
lo
soloistswere
impeccable,
conclusion
andtheinleF ing such a sp€ctacular
pr€tation
of Or.Kingseemedlo beright NABEAXXI.
on. Moslevidenlwasthefactlhat the
bandsodouslyenioyedwhallheywere Thebandprovided
a concertlo rememnot,musF
doing.Ihey werehavingfun! Thereal ber,brassbandenlhusiastor
tteat,how€ver,
camewilhtheirsecond callyrefined,visuallyinspiredand bnl'
selection,
twomovem6ntsf
romSparke's lianilyconceived,
with a strongslamp
Hymn ol the Highlands. Wth music fiomthemusicalhand
of ElgarHowarth
standsremoved,the band assumed in evidence.
slagedpositionsaroundthe stagewith
Dr.Kingseat€dquiellyinthelhirdcornet crimelhoDeopenedand closedwith
seclion.Th6bandhadmemorized
lhe
Howarth's
arrangement
ol the Luceme
musicand chofeographed
movemenis Song,a cl€vervehicleto get the band
thatbroughtall soloiststo theforeand bothonandoffthestage.Aflera bravura
addeda real flairlo the oerformance. renditionof Rus/a, and Ludni a, lhey
Thelessonto be learnedhereis thatit then troopedout a wonderfularray ol
doesn'talwayshaveto be businoss
as soloists.RichardMarshalland Sandy
usual. Remember
lhat CentralFlorida Smith both provided exemplary
wasdoingthis,lool
Stavangerhandled
charalcedsticpedomances
of popular
lhe breakneck
speedswithgreatclarity items.Michael
DoddandShaunHudson
andconfidence,
andthequietsections provided
thesoftshoe
thecolumesand
werctenderand
impagsioned.
Theyhad shufflein their tributeto Laureland
effeclivelyperfomedGalaConcerlI as
Ha.dy-inadditionto somebrillianteuthelongslandingovalionproved.The phoniumplaying. Only NigelFielding
ChamoionshiD
in his
Sectionwinnerwas seemedskangelyuncomfortable
crowned
butwehadtowailandseewho solo contribulion,
lhoughhis soprano
playingin the band was wonderful.
wouldwintheAmedcansection-
AnotherColin Holmanled groupwas
n6xt. \ryhata deuntinglask indeedto
lakelwobandsin thg samedivision.lt
had be6ndonebeforeand il's always
interesting
toseehowlhebandswillfare
whencompared
lo eacholher.TheSt.
Loula Bleea Bandooenedwith Morl6geand,LikeCentralFlorida,
theyhad
com6 lo pley. Exhibitinga diffe.ent
approachlhan
Chicago,
St.Louisplayed
greal
with
yes,butwith
verve;controlled,
a bil more abandon. The intonation
problems
that had plaguedthe section
thatdaydidnotesc6poSt. Louis.They
navigatedmost of the rhythmictraps
well,andplayeda brillianlending.The
bands secondselectjonwes Sparke's
Pariita.As is thecasewithmostSparke
lestpieces,
lherewerelotsof notes,and
pieceprovedto be a
St.Louisplayedthemallwilhgreatrelish. A verydifficulttest
greatchallenge
to allandprovided
foran
26
exciting
afternoonCongralulations
lod
oands,
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continuedon page 27
continuedfrcm page 26
I
EbBasssoloisl;Czard€s(Monti),
Shaun
CroMher,
Eb
Bass
soloist;
Orglaslic
Weavedinto the anticswere Shaun
Darce (Respighi/Srnithl:
Galopftom
CroMhe/sconlinuing
attempls
to playa
Wliam
Tell
(Rossini);
Oveiurc
Luceme
solo,likea naughtyEnglishschoolboy
(arr.
Sorg
Howarth).
lryingto be firstlo answera queslion,
andcontinually
deniedtheopportunity.
Ot course,the audience'ssympathy
NextyearsNABBACompetition
willbe
eventuallybroughthim foMard for a
held
in
Charleston,
W€sl
Virginia.
Feahiladouslenditionof lhe CuckooSong
tured
al
thatcompetitionwillbe
a
NABBA
(despitethe thwartingattemptsof the
otherbandmembers),
andthencrown- GalaBand,whichwillbe compisedof
lhebestofthebestbrassplayersAmeica
ingil alt ottwith Czardas.
hasto offer.Onlyonem€mber
perband
permitted
participale.
will
be
to
Out.
Thebandlostnoopportunity
toshowits
playerswhodo
standing
not
belong
toa
hengthandtineseein Wlhy'sPaganini
particapaiing
and
compeling
band
are
Varialionsand Respighi'sOrg,asalc
especially
encouraged
to
apply.
The
Darce.Thesewerebalanced
withGoff
ll
Richards'Bll/ Bailey.Manbo Caliente bandwill reheaFefor twoand days
priorto nexlyearscontest.
and EleanorRlgby. AdjudicatorRay imm€dialely
Participation
will be limitedto NABBA
Farr,whohas in pastyearsconducted
members,
and
willbeselecled
andnotithe band,fedth€min B/ueRondoa la
lied
al
latef
a
dat6.
Contacl
Robin
Iurk. Therewas no queslioning
the
Weatheralf
l6nod,om@sb
cgl
ob
al.
netol
band'sconsistentabilityto thrillmus!
Ralph
Hotz
lerodomsolo
@aol.conol
callyand entertaininspiralionally.
For your
interesl
in
recommending
oulstandthe first NABBAin eleventhat I have
ing
your
individuals
from
band.
attended,
anddespilea
150minuteGala
Concor|l slillwanted
to hearmor6.This
was brassbandingat its best,and the llrakeplansnowto attendnexty€ar's
Aprill6-17,2004
wilhdetails
at
audiencein Litlle Rock were royally contest,
www.nabba2004.con
treat6d.
Program:Lrc6m6Song(arr,Howarth);
Ruslan and Ludnilla (Glinkal
Hargreaves);
Chanya,(lveson),Richard l\rarshall,
cornetsoloist;PoslHom
Ga/op(Koenig),RichardMarshat',
posthornsoioist; Pavane lFautel
Langford);4,7 Bailey(arr. Richards);
Ev€ryree,(arr.Catherall),
SandySmith
lenorhornsoloist;PaganiniVaiations
(Wlby);AghcourlSorg(arf.Howarth);
MamboCaliente(afi. Smith);Nessun
Doma latr. Ker1,i,in),
Nigel Fielding,
sop€nocornetsoloist;BlueRondoa la
Iu,'k{arr.Edwards),
RayFaft conduclor', Eleanor Rigby lafi. Fetnie); AnolherF,reMess(Smilh),MichaelDodd
andSha!nHudson,
euphoniu
msoloists;
McAtlhurPa* (aft.Catherall);
Cuckoo
Song(arr.Howadh),ShaunCroMher,
G€hamtoexcerptittirstlyasanEbtenor
hornsolowithbrassband,and nowin
thisversjonfora Bbsoloist.lfyou usea
pa.tfor
flugelhom
soloisl,theflugelhom
lhebandisnotmissedas
itdoublesother
voicesthroughout.
Thisisa grealoppoF
tunity for any expressivecornet or
flugelhorn
soloistinanyNABBAbandto
befeatured.
Thesolopadonlyascends
to a highwrittenA once--otheMise,
the
remainder
of the parl fils conveniently
inlothe middlerange. Expressive
and
sensitiveplayingand condlclingare a
musl. This new arrangemeni
should
quicklyostablish
itselfinlherepertoire
of
brassbandseverywhere.
Piece Heroiquo(Cesar Franck/Tony
Rickard),
2003.Fullscorewith
optional
organ part. 7 minutes. Ivlodorately
difficull.
Cesar Franck composedthe P/ece
Herciqueas one of the Trols Pleces
pourGrandOrguein 1878for thejnauguration
ofthenewCavaille-Coll
organat
theTrocadero
in Paris.This6killfuland
slirringarrangement,
whichincludes
an
optionalorgan part for addadcolor,
retainsthe characterot the original,
whiletransferring
it to the sonoityof a
brassband. Of course,lhe musicrequiresconsiderable
staminaand suslainedphrasing
for everyone.Theoppartifused(whynot?)really
tionalorgan
makesfor an impressive
conceditem.
Thescoring
ismosteffective,
withlhefull
band cominglogelherfor lhe closing
statementswhich
alsotakesolocomets
RosehillMusic
1 and2 up to writtenhighC#'sandD's
(thoughtheyare dolbled withthe soA TimeforPeace(PelerGraham),
2003. prano).lf you are lookingfor the next
Fuli scorewjth Bb soloist(cornetor
E/sa's P,rocession,here it is*an ideel
flugelhom).2 1/2minutes.Moderatety concertcloserwitha orandstand
finish.
easy.
Oneofthemostmemorable
andmoving
momentsin PeterGraham's7he Essenceof Iine (usedas theChampionship lestpiecein 1995)is A Timefor
Peace.Thebeautyof
lhistheme
hasled
June2003
TheBrass
Band
Bddge 27
The RightSleior
Eells
by Thonas A. Myers
Past Presidentand Past Editol
fof
Several
designs
bellsexcaslsleigh
istandcomenamed
Swedish,Swiss
Ausldan,
andsoon
They mrghthave
been used on
sleighs,but many
oflhese,especially
are
thelargerones,
lhal
noisemakers
soundmorelikecow
lhemusbellslhan
we
cal instrumonls
seek,
percussion
lhave searched
divesin
London,dingyanliqueshops,midwest
countryhardware
storesin snowyfarm
lerrilory,horseharnessshops,the archivesofNewEngland
newspapers,
and
myelusive
thewildsoflheinterneltofind
music
target:
thebestsleigh
bellsforthe
of Christmas
andwinter.
- let's
Yes,thepfessedmetalversions
callthosejingle bells arereadilyavailmusicstore.Tr!ebells
ableatyourlocal
for horseandsleighusuallyarecastin
brassandarelouder,clearer,andmore
piercinglhan the pfessedmetaljingle
bells.Jinglebellsaregoodforioysand
doors;sleighbells are authenlicand
soundbetterfor mostmusic.
Howdidth€useof bellsonhorsescome
about?Whontheonlytrsvelinsnowwas
on foot,on horseback,or in a horselhal
drawnsleigh,tolksquicklyrealized
inthesnow,
neitherthe
horse,
ihesl6igh,
norlhe humansdtademuchsound.At
night,lhesleighoperators
driving
through
(who,
course,
could
not see
the city
of
unaware
through
thecitybuildings)were
of anotherdg runningacrosstheirpath
unlilitwastoo
latetostopattheiniersection. Ouch. Thatprobablywas before
accislopsignswereinvented.
Similar
pedeslridentsoccurred
to unobservant
ans crossingin front of oncomingbul
silenthooves.So as a safelywarning
device,bells were fastenedto each
horse'sharness,
usuallyon
a removable
theirrump.
straparound
theirchestoron
Somepeoplecorrectlycallthemhorse
bells, but "horsebells ring, are you
listening?"
doesn'tseemlowork,
doesit.
s
Thebestsleighbe
i havefoundcome
fromthe OleySled
and
Works
ForgedaleSleigh
B6llsin Pennsylvanla
(wvw.fiWadale.clir'
polaLx.htnor call
610-698-1989)and
cost$10 Perbell
Thes6 acornshapedb6lls ate
basedon a desrgn
thal is morelhana
centuryold.
lo stadandstopon cuewithlhe music.AlthoughSousa's
1925perfomancein Clevelandofhis wonderfulmarch
The Black Ho6e lroop includedhorseson the stage
be
oursleigh
belllreadmillsurelywould
behindtheband,
a disaster.
lf our sleighbell performance
is to be Threetasksneedto be solvedfora wondedulsleighbell
slergh
bells.the ghtsuspension
trulyauthenlic,
inthepercussion
section perfomance-therighl
playing
and
the
righl
methods.
syslem
withsleighbells,
we needa horsefjtted
trottingalongin tempoon a snow-covallofwhichmustbeabie
eredtreadmill,
28
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BridgeJune2003
Thesoundof each
acornbell varies
duetothet€dilional
sand-casnngprocessusedlo make
them.Aswithcymbals,youcandnve
yourselfnutsplay
ingmixandmatch,
byadding
aswellas
or sublraclinglhe
n u m b e ro f b e l l s
used.Andlikecymcontinued
on page29
continuedl-'
'.,
t
bals tr.e. .n Fri!--tE/4e
number
Se.e_ 5a'ar-rE:ahritnum
r!..l.
to gve a ntce
cr i-r:rrE orten beilssound
::r0?r ldrt
:*4. rE te much nicer on the ears,
accaJs€youcen playon the quieterand
sweetersideof lhe bellsand stillgetthe
volumeyou
needfora|agingbrassband
or orcnestra.
The RightSusoension
Syslem
and Plavinol\4ethods
Nornatterhowyou
holditandmanipulate
il a longharnessslrapofsleighbellsis
cumbersomeand not a precisemLrsical
insttumenl.lt alsois proneto sounding
beforeand afterihe propertime. On the
olherhand,a shorltinklingofthe sleigh
bellson a harnessstrap as an intormal
solo wh le you preparefor the musicto
begin might be pertectto increasethe
anticipalionof L€royAnderson'sS/e('h
Rlde, especiallyif the condLrctorhas
approved the process as pad of the
show. The same prepa€tory tinkling
probablywould nol be welcomebefore
I\rahler,Mozart,orProkofiev.
ltdepends
on ihe setling- familyor formal
Hereis a bettersuspensionsystem. By
creatrngasleighbellclusteraithebottom
of a fig!re-eightstrap (slarl wilh a cowhidestrip1.5incheswide,catalognum-
ber
4532-00
lrom
- or use a bell),
www tandyleather.com
severaladvantageshappen:
.
lhe bell cluster becomesan
easilyconlrolledmusicalinstrumentinstead oi a messy coil of noise,
.
lhe tona qual(yand dynamics
canbe adlusledby howyou hrtorglance
the holdinghand with the performance
nano,
.
lhe clustercan Sounddelcate
or can overpowerthe bsnd
.
the upper loop can b€ used to
hang the bells on a percusslonstand,
then move lhem silentlyto the playing
positionandreturn-withoutaudienceor
conductofattention,and
.
you retain a bil of the visual
heritage
ofthesleighbellharness
forthe
(hey,
audience
it's slill show biz).
Of cource,I hadlo usea cymbalknot.
The lealherihongsihat holdthe bells
continuedon page 30
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Band
Bridge 29
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Bernard/ RichardSmith / Gordon
Langfo.d,
shouldbeknottedthengluedto bosure
thebellsdon'tfdll duringa performanc€. .
The Ba s of Chistnas by
Th€loatherthongscomewilhthebells;
Stephen
Bulla,
youal8ocouldu36bootlaceg.
.
Clrn:sfmasInipfych by James
Thesebellscanbepainfully
loud,soear
Curnow.
proteclion
is a mustfor you andthose
aroundyor.r(pleasesee musician's
oar .
Fanfarc Jubilosoby Jahes
plugs al www.atynotic.com).
Curnow,
.
Troika(MidnighlSleighRid€)
from LieutenantKije Suite by Serge
ProkofiEv/ Ray Fan,
.
The Be s: The Silver Sleigh
Bel/sby SergeiRachmaninoff,
and
.
Cl,flstmas Swing by Dizzy
Stratford.
ForNABBAmembers,
I havenegotiaied
price
a special
of S80.00(US)for the
Judoingthe Sound
.
S/elgltRideby FrederickOelius cluslerolnineacornsleighbells(tested
(thisis his1889orchestrated
voBionof for goodsound)assembled
on the riv\Men I first gol the acorn bells,as
pianoworkNoNegianSleigh etedfigu.e-eight
1887
his
strap in naturalor
playedthem.They
ah,vays,
I immediately
Rideithe orchestratedS/6,i9,Rde also blackleather-madeby JohnandJune
soundod
morcpromising
thantheother
is included
as thefirstwo* in his 1890 Ketnorat Forgedale
SleighBells,plus
sleighb€llslown. Butth€onlyeffective
Three
Small
Tone
Poems),
good
po6lageand
6alestax.Thigofferis
l€sl is playingthemin contexlwiththe
onlyto NABBAmembers
andendsDeintended
music.A nearbycompact
disc .
TtrBe KlngsSwhg by Wlliam cember31, 2003.Thoyalsoareoffering
of Erik Leizd6n's Chistnas Joy was
(notscoredforsloigh
Hames
bells;tasle- to us a 25 percontdiscounton all theil
usodfor th€ inglanllyavailable
€valuaqui€tsleighbellrollg
fully
€dd
a
fow
near traditional
sl€ighbell6€lsandb€autiful
greatwith
tion.Thesleigh
bellssounded
lheendoftheintroduction
asstalsinthe woodensleds,goodlhroughth66ndof
lhe musicandwereeasilycontrclled
in
sky(similarlo
Bulla's
moteextensive
use lhgyear Pleasecontactthemdirectlyal
volumeandcolor.
Playedconectly,
thoy
of horizontalwind
chim€sin F,TBstorm) (610)698-1989and mentionNABBA
do havemagacl
andp€rhapsto eachbeatin therobust andTomMyersto gettheclusterspecial
secondskain.lhaveapologizEd
to Bill. andthe discounl.
Altematives
Perfomance
sinceth6sleighbellss6emtowolkin his
nicejazzs€tling),
All my besl to you for many holiday
Hey,Tom,that'salotofmoneyand
a lot
s€asonsto comel
gleigh
just
of horsingaround
for
bglls. .
TheSleighRide,GalopbyHans
Well,yes,butconsiderthatthey
willlast
C- Lumbye.
foryourlifelimoandwillb€ appreciat€d
by you,as wellas by yourconductors, .
FourthSymphonyby Gustav
audiences,
bands,and hears.
Mahler,
ChislnasJoytopsmylistof musicwith
sleighbells. Here are sev€ralmor€
worksyou mightperfom that will enyourholiday
courageyou
to upgrade
kat.
.
The Musical Sleigh Ride by
LeopoldlVozarl,
.
"SfeighRide'fromThraeGerA.
nan Dances(K. 605)by Wolfgang
.
l\,,tarch
Medley- Season's
you
l\Iozart{if
wanlaninter6sting
sourcGreelirgsby JamesAnde6on,
pudstswill
ingchallenge,
orchestra
need
lo
find
five
sets
bells
ot
several
sleigh
.
S/etgt Rite by LeroyAndersion
tunedtolhespecified
C, E,F,G,andA),
/ EmeslTomlinson,
.
Frcstyth9 Snowmanby Steve
.
A ChristnasFesrVa,(Medley)
Nelson/ JackRollins/ SandySmith,
tradataonal
/ LercyAnderson,
'
JingleBellsby JohnPierpoini,
'
Winter Wondeiand by Felix
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