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THIS F IRST ATTEMPT AT DEVEL0PING C0MMUNICATI0NS . . . . . . among Amer ican bnass bands andour en needed fo r a good wh ' i1e" I t i s hopedtha t there w i l l be enough in te res t on the par t o f a l l the readers to agree w j th th is need,and to be w i l l i ng to send i tems o f in te res t fo r fu tu re j ssues . Knowing there is ac t ' i v i t y"ou t there" i s one th ing , bu t f ind ing ou t what i s go ing on in severa ' l par ts o f our count rycan be no t on ly s t imu ' la t ing , bu t mos t he lp fu ' l . So w i th your k ind indu lgence , th i s f i r s tI ' Jews le t te r is sent ou t . We hope you f ind i t in fo rmat ive and usefu l .

PERMIT US THIS PERSONAL COMMENT regard ' ing our memorandum o f February 4 ,1980,wh ich inv i ted brass bands, conductors o f b rass bands, e tc . to reg ' i s te r the i r g roup. The most' impor tan t i tem o f bus iness as fa r as ge t t ' i ng s ta r ted w i th some k ind o f b rass band reg is t ry i sto compi le a l ' i s t o f names o f those in te res ted in b rass bands whether they ac tua l l y a re ac t ivein a b rass band a t p resent o r no t " Severa l phone ca l l s and le t te rs concern ing th is fac t wererece ived and made us rea l i ze tha t we had made an er ro r in no t inc lud ing those k inds o f b rassband en thus ias ts ' i n the in i t i a1 reg is t ry . So , . r . by a1 l means , send us your name andaddress ' i f you have ' in te res ts in b rass bands and in see ing i f i t i s poss ' ib le to have somek ' ind o f an organ iza t ion fo rmed "on th is s ide o f the At lan t ic " " For the immedia te fu tu re ,no dues w i l l be requ i red as our ac t i v i t i es w i l l be l im j ted by des ign^ The f i r s t goa l w i l lbe to deve lop a reg is t ry , then we ' l l se t o ther goa ls as needed . I t ' i s no t ce r ta jn howmuch in te res t w i l l be s t imu la ted by th is suggested s ta r t , however , i t was fe l t tha t the t imewas appropr ia te to a t tempt jus t such a un ion or assoc ia t ion . From your comments , we wou ldgather there is agreement " ALSO, the February 4 memorandum vvas sent to severa l peop le inEng land and th js has brought fo r th p roposed he1p. For ins tance, Mr" Ter ry Moss , D i rec to r o fBoosey & l lawkes Mus ' i c PUbl ishers in London, has wr i t ten to o f fe r a se lec t ser ies o f b rassband mus ic in manuscr ip t ava i lab ' le on ly f rom h is London o f f i ce . He ind ica tes , . . . " I shou ldbe happy to le t you have pho tocop ' ies a t 5 pounds per se t " " The l i s t i nc ludes : "Her i tage"by A lan Langford , "Honesty" and "The Beast o f B lack Mounta in" by A . P- Jackman, "HappyEnd ing" by C"Wat te rs , "Journey 's End" by J .Shakespeare , "N ' igh ts o f G ladness" by C . Anc ' l i f f e ,"The 0 ld Haunted Co l l ie ry " by John Scot t , "Jub ' i lee Hoe Down" by Don Lusher , "Haford He igh ts"by R . Dav ' ies , "F ree As A j r " ,by B" Ke1 ' l y , "Mus ic For a Pagean t " by S . Fon teyn and "Barw ickGreen" by A" Wood" A l l o f these se lec t jons were wr i t ten as "mus ic fo r f i lm, rad io andte lev is ion"

R0BERT BERNAT 0F PITTSBURGH WRITES that he has compie ted the f i rs t s tep inofganiz ing the River Ci ty_Brass Band, a Br l t ish- type brass band" The RCBB is nowincorporated as a non-prof i t corporat ion under the laws of Pennsy lvania and Bob ls tak ingthe next s teps in fur ther ing h is goal o f estab l ish ing th is profess ional brass band" One ofthe goals of thls band wil l be to encourage and foster the development of other brass bands,both profess ional and amateur , in the reg lon. Other purposes as spel ' led out in the by ' lawswould be to: present brass band concerts in Southwestern Pennsylvania and the tr i -statearea of Pennsy lvania,Ohio,and West V l rg in ia ; to preserve and nur ture the brass bandheri t i lge; and to create a greater publ lc awareness of the musical heri tage of that part ofPennsy lvania. Bob lnd lcates there are severa l o ther a ims of th is brass 6and whlch hre notspec i f lca l ly spe l led out in the by laws but would inc lude such goa ls as increas ing pub l icand private support for community-based arts groups and other chari table undertakingsthrough presenting benefl t concerts for those purposes, Bob is to be applauded for hls veryf lne start . l , le look forward to hearing more from him and the RCBB and wil l certainly passon any and a l l in format ion recelved.

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MARK ELR0D FROM 0X0N HILL, MARYLAND REP0RTS about his work wi th the "Her i tageAmericana"" This is "a Mid 19th Century Cornet lSaxhorn Brass Band" conducted by Dr" RobertGaro fa lo" Th is band is assoc ia ted w i th Catho l i c Un ivers i ty Schoo l o f Mus ic in Wash ing ton ,D" C" I t i s , in h is words , "an Amer ican- type brass band o f the C iv i l War e ra and usesauthent ic instruments of the per iod. These instruments come from my own personal col lect ionand none of them post date 1867"" Mark states that the band has recent ly made a record ofmi l i ta ry band mus ic o f the Confederacy and ind ica tes these are fo r sa le fo r $6 .00 inc lud ingpostage" He also informs us that the band accepts engagements s imi ' lar to their appearancesbefore the Eas tern D iv is ion o f the Co l lege Band D i rec tors Nat iona l Assoc ia t ion , theAssociated Concert Bands of America convent ion in Bur l ington, Vermont ( t t r is coming May 4-7)and others. Anyone interested in the records or performances should contact Mark at :1301 Potomac Heights Dr ive, Oxon Hi l ' l , Mary ' land 20022.

THE NATIONAL BRASS BAND 0F NEI,.J ZEALAND 1980 TOUR C0NCERTS " are as follows:

October 22Er ie C iv ic Mus ic Assoc ia t ion

0ctober 24Mich igan State Univers i ty

0ctober 27Univers i ty o f I l l ino is a t Urbana

0ctober 28Ferr is State Univers i ty

0ctober 29Western Kentucky

October 3'l - November IN" C" Sta te Univers i ty , Ra le igh

November 2Kennedy Center , Washington, D" C"

November 3Radford Co'l I ege

November 7 & IBayfront Center, St" Petersburg

November 9Saratoga, F' lor ida

November I 1Greenwood, S" C"

November l3Monroe, La"

more concer ts w i l l be inc iuded" For

E1wood Emerick Management596 Crystal Lalte RoadAkron,Ohio 44313

September 29 - 0ctober 4Los Angeles County Fair

October 90maha, Nebraska

0ctober I 0Iowa State Universi ty

0ctober I lI l l i no is S ta te Un ivers i ty a t Norman

0ctober I 2Andrews Un ivers i ty , M ich igan

0ctober I 3E lkhar t Concer t C ' lub

0ctober l4F ] in t , M ich igan

October I 5Crews Audi tori um, I ndi anapo'l i s

0ctober I 6Performing Arts Ha] ' l , Mar lon, Ohio

0ctober I 70h io S ta te Un lvers i ty

October l8Mt" Lebanon Concer t Assoc ia t ion , P i t t sburgh

0ctober 20Stambaugh Audi tor ium, Youngstown, 0hio

Th is l i s t i s no t - comple te as we unders tand a fewaddit ional inTi f f iat ion, contact :

THE NoRTH cARoLTNA srnrr-uNMiTi snnmo.e s me to he lp th i s wr i te r rea1 ize a long-t ime goa j o f work ' ing w i th a Br i t i sh- type brass band. Th js semester , the band has per fo rmedwi th the NCSU Women 's Chora l€ , w i th the NCSU P ipes & Drums, and w i l l hos t the Th i rd Annua lMassed Brass Band Fes t iva l " Wi th the Chora le , Ma lco lm Arno ld*s SONG 0F FREED0M 0p.

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.-pub-lished hy HpnrepsXus'icljmited of 64 Dear Street, London I^JIV 6AU, was perfonrned-alar5;--r w i th severa l pa t r io t i c se lec t ions espec ia ' l l y a r ranged fo r the two groups combjned. The

ArnoJd se lec t ion is about 25 minu tes in length , fo r t reb ' le vo ices and brass band, ra ther n ice ,easy to per fo rm, and u t i l i zes an unusua l tex t " I t i s recorded on the Sounds o f Brass Ser ies ,Vo lume 13 issued by Decca (No. SB3 '13) " The band presented "a mus ica l sa lu te to GordonLangford" dur ing the E leventh Annua l Concer t o f Mus ic From the Br i t i sh Is les . Th js concer talso featured the NCSU Pipes & Drums" Among the Langford arrangements the band performedwere "The I r i sh Washerwoman" fea tur ing a t rombone quar te t , "March ing w i th Sousa" , "The Gi r lI Le f t Beh ind" , and "Men o f Har lech" " A lso , the Geof f rey Brand ar rangement o f "Napo1 i " and"Rondo from Concerto No" 3", arranged by Endr ich Siebert were performed. The Massed BrassBand Fes t iva l b r ings the Sa lva t ion Army 's Nor th and South Caro l ina D iv is iona l Band and theNorth and South Carol ina Youth Band to the State campus for an ent i re day. Together wi ththe NCSU Brass Band, a

. |00 plus brass band is formed and rehearses for the day ( the music issent ou t to the var ious bands in advance) and conc ludes w i th a concer t tha t even ing"

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AND SPEA$ING 0F THE. SALVATION ARMY " word has reached us regarding the Internat ionalS ta f f Band 's 1980 Tour " The ten ta t i ve schedu le i s as fo l lows:

lctober 3-4Det ro i t , M ich igan

October 5Roya l 0ak , Mich ' igan - morn ingRockford, I ' l

' l i noi s. - even'i ng

October 6Ch icago , I l l i no is

October 7Mi nneapo l i s , M i nnesota

October 8St . Lou is , M issour i

0ctober 90maha, Nebraska

0c tober l l - . |2Seat t le , Wash ing ton

October I 3San Franc isco , Ca l i fo rn ia

October l4 -15Los Ange les , Ca l i fo rn ia

0ctober l6Phoen ix , Ar izona

October I 7Tu l sa , 0k lahoma

October I 9At lan ta , Georg ia

0ctober 20Jackson, Mi ss i ss i pp ' i

0ctober 2lTampa, F lo r ida

0ctober 22Char ' lo t te , N" C"

0ctober 23Wash ing ton , D .C.

October 24New York , N" Y"

0ctober 26Hempstead, N. Y .

0ctober 27Ph i lade l ph ia , Pennsy lvan ia

0ctober 28P i t t sburgh , Pennsy ' l van ia

October 29Buf fa lo , N .Y .

October 30A lbany , N . Y .

0ctober 3lBos ton , Mass "

AND FR9M CHARLES LJETWILER 0F R0CKVILLE, MD. t^ lE HEAR that the Rockvi l le BrassBand, a Br i t ish-type brass band was formed in

'1976 and has been able to present 22 concerts

in such a shor t t ime w i th another one coming up on Apr i l 27 , A sampl ing o f pas t concer tsshows tha t some o f the se lec t ions p layed were : "L igh t Cava l ry Over tu re" , "S lavon ic RhapsodyNo. 2 " (F r iedemann) , Vaughan-Wi l l i ams ' "Fo1k Song Su i te " , "Una Voce Poco Fa" f rom "TheBarber o f Sev i11e" , the Sa lva t ion Army 's Chr is tmas Caro l Book , and many marches . 0n theup-coming Apr i l p resen ta t ion they w i l l p lay Ho ls t ' s "F i rs t Su i te " , Vaughan-Wi l l i ams ' "Var ia t ionsfor Bras i B lnd" , ' "Ba l le t Mus ic f iom t^J i l i i am Te l '1 " , "Rondo f rom Horn Concer to No. 4" (Mozar t ) ,"Hungar ian March" , "L 'A r ' l es iene Su i te " (B ize t ) , and se lec t ions o f l i gh te r mus jc " The concer tsand programs presented inc ' lude Smi thson ian Concer ts , L ib rary ccncer ts , p rograms a t shopp ingmal ls , nurs ' ing homes, pub l i c schoo ls , rad io p rograms on bo th FM and AM, and a Rad io thon fo rthe Nat iona' l Symphony 0rchestra" Char les indicates the RBB pract ices each Wednesday evening(p rov id ing i t i sn ' t a ho l iday ) fo r abou t 50 weeks a year . The i r conduc to r i s R ichard Faz io "Th is band may be reached th rough Char les a t 11123 Schuy ' l k i l l Road, Rockv i l le , Mary land 20852"

JOHN VJZANSK_I, PRESIDENT 0.F THE BUFFAL0 SILVER BAND . wrote to say that band isin te res ted , in p romot ing the Br i t i sh- type brass band in th is count ry " He a lso s ta ted tha t theBuf fa lo S i l ver Band " i s ce lebra t ing i t s 65 th Ann iversary in

' |980" . John ind ica ted

tha t "our l ib ra ry cons is ts o f over tu io thousand p ieces" . They have captured the F i rs tP lace a t the In te rna t iona l B rass Band Championsh ip fou r t jmes a t the C .N.E . ' i n Toron to ,Canada and Second a t the K iwanas Fes t iva l in N iagara Fa1 ls , Canada Accord ing to John, th isband is not sponsored. Theirs is a subscr ipt ion band as al l support comes from the donat ionsthe members give each week. The band present ly numbers 34 members, This band may be reachedthrough John at 36 Lamson Road, Kenmore, N. Y. 14223,

THE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY BMSS BAND'S C0NDUCT0R Professor Richard To' l1ey sentcop ies o f some recent concer ts wh ich inc luded the fo1 lowing se lec t ions : "A l le lu ia " byJ" Ga]1us , t ranscr ibed by Car l K inde ' l ; "The March o f the Hera ld" by H" N icho ' l s , a r rangedby Gordon MacKenz ie ; "Jesu, Joy o f Man 's Des i r ing" by Bach, a r ranged by Er ic Ba l ' l ; "F inga l ' sCave" by Mende lssohn, a r ranged by Scho ' les Da le ; "K iw i on Parade" by L . Franc is ; "TheLondonderry Air" arranged by Gordon Colman; "The Gir ' l in Sat in" by L" Anderson, arranged byRobert Barsett i ; "Mars" f rom "The Planets" by Ho1st, arranged by Norman Richardson" Accord-ing to the programs mai led , D ick has a very ' la rge program in opera t ion w i th over 60par t i c ipants in h is p rogram.

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prcK JR.E)/ARTHEN. |ROM WAYNESVTLLE, N" C. CALLEp " " " t he o the r day . D ick i s head ing

up one o f the two brass band p i lo t p ro jec ts wh ich are be ing a t tempted in Nor th Caro l ina"He was de l igh ted to te l l us tha t Dayco, Inc" , makers o f foam rubber p roduc ts , w i l l sponsortha t b rass band" These two brass band pro jec ts a re poss ' ib le because o f the ass js tance g ivenear iy in the p lann ing s tages by the Yamaha In te rna t iona l Corp" to the fo rmat ion o f theseac t jv i t ies" These programs are mov ing a long due to the c lose assoc ia t ion o f two loca lYamaha dea lers , Duncan Mus ic Company o f Wins ton-Sa lem, N" C" and Bur rage Mus ic Company o fRa le igh , N" C . D ick an t i c ipa tes tha t the Dayco Brass Band w i l l be ab le to func t ' i on in shor to rder and p lans to g ive the i r f i r s t concer t somet ime around the f i rs t o f June"

JACK WYNN, CONDUCTOR OF THE CAPITOL ENGLISH BRASS BAND, I^JROTE ABOUT thatBr i t ' i sh - type brass band loca ted in Sa ' l t Lake C i ty , U tah" I t has been in opera t ion s ince1972 and they have booked eight performances so far th is year^ Th' is band is sponsored by theCap ' i to1 Glass and A luminum Corp" o f Sa l t Lake C i ty . In fac t , tha t band was s ta r ted byDoug las Brown, Pres ident o f Cap ' i to l G lass . Doug regu ia r ly a t tends the Roya ' l A lber t Ha l lcon tes ts and each t jme br ings back mus ic and some ins t ruments fo r the band" Jack in fo rms ustha t they have "a f ine l ib ra ry" " He sent a long a beaut i fu l co lo r photograph o f theband" Due to the meager funds ava i lab le fo r th i s News le t te r , i t w i " l l be imposs ib le to sharei t w i th the readers "

BRASS BAND MUSIC IS AVAILABLE on th is s ide o f the At ' lan t ic " In add i t ion to thet ine t rand theR"Smi th&Company 's . l0%d iscoun t ,B i ] lH imeshassevera l se lec t ions wh ich have been ar ranged fo r the Sa lva t ion Army ins t rumenta t ion and theyare ava i lab le d i rec t ' l y f rom h im. H is address ' i s : C lO the Sa lva t ion Army Mus ic Bureau , 860Nor th Dearborn S t ree t , Ch icago , I l l j no is 606 .10" B i l l a l so in fo rms us tha t S tud io P /R,224 South Lebanon St ree t , Lebanon, I l l i no is 46052 is soon to pub l i sh a b rass band ser ieswh ich w i l l i nc lude h is mus ic , as we l l as mus ic by J im Curnow and Bruce Brough ton . The mus icf rom these th ree ou ts tand ' ing composers wr i t ten spec ' i f i ca l l y fo r b rass bands is a f ine add i t ionto the l i te ra tu re .

INTERESJFD IN. STUDYING BRASS BANDS UNDER ROY NEWS0ME and other Br i t ish experts??Then you w ' i '11 be in te res ted to ' learn tha t p lans are under way to o f fe r a th ree-week brassband program fo r Amer ican par t i c ipants a t the Un ivers i ty o f Lancas ter f rom Ju ly 25 th roughAugust

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work ing ou t the de ta i l s o f such an o f fe r ing over the pas t year and we bo th a re exc i ted aboutthe po ten t ' ia i a course such as th is ho lds . Nor th Caro l ina Sta te Un ivers i ty w i " l1 sponsor th isand w i l l be send ing ou t in fo rmat ion in the Fa l l " I f you rece ived th is News le t te r , then youwi l l rece ive the pr in ted brochure . Anyone e lse want ing in fo rmat ion may inqu i re in care o four re tu rn address , . c . those reques t ing mu l t ip le cop ' ies fo r d i s t r ibu t " ion w i l ' l be supp l ied"l , . je a re p leased tha t th is i s be ing ar ranged and hope tha t everyone w i l l share in our p leasure .I t p romises to be reward ing . Be on the lookout fo r the brochure around October l ,1980.PLEASE NOTE: Up to three hours of undergraduate credi t may be earned by those whopar t i c ipa te in th is summer o f fe r ing"

UNTIL NEXT T IME tha t ' s i inz fo r now. Le t ' s hear f rom you I

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