[AMS-announce] CONF: The Band in 19th-Century America, State University of New York at Fredonia, October 3-4, 2008

[Announcements for the AMS]

"The Band in 19th-Century America" - A Symposium Hosted by the
School of Music, State University of New York at Fredonia
October 3-4, 2008.  All events are free and open to the public.  For more
information contact Jim Davis at davisj at fredonia.edu.

FRIDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2008
12:00pm: ³The Keyed Bugle²
Ralph Dudgeon (SUNY  Cortland)

6:30pm:  "Wind Scoring Practices in the 19th Century - An Overview of
Writing from 1810-1890"
-Donald Hunsberger (Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music)

8:00pm:  Concert of Early American Music for Winds and Brass, Fredonia
Concert Band

SATURDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2009
11:00am:  ³The Band in the Age of Gilmore and Sousa²
-Frank Cipolla (Professor Emeritus, SUNY  Buffalo)

1:30pm:  ³The Military Band in Civil War America²
-Jim Davis, (SUNY - Fredonia)

3:00pm:  Concert of Civil War Band Music, Fredonia Wind Symphony

6:30pm:  ³Band Composers of the Late 19th-Century²
-George Foreman (Centre College)

8:00pm:  Concert of the Music of Sousa and Contemporaries, Fredonia Wind
Ensemble