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BGSU band clinic to host premieres
The 52nd annual Band Music Reading and Directors Clinic at
Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts
Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 21-23, 2010,will feature the premieres
of several works, including pieces by guest conductor Ryan
Nowlin. All performances will be held in Kobacker Hall of
the Moore Musical Arts Center.
In addition to Nowlin, a BGSU graduate and director of bands at
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, this year’s three
other guest conductors are Richard Suddendorf, director emeritus
at Western Michigan University; Marty Lydecker, director of
bands at North Royalton High School, and author and composer
Bruce Pearson.
BGSU’s Bruce Moss will direct the BGSU Wind Symphony in a
concert of premieres, tributes and celebrations at 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 22. Assisting will be Nowlin and trombonist William
Mathis, a Bowling Green music faculty member.
The performance will include the world premiere of Nowlin’s
“Sounds of the Centennial,” winner of the BGSU Centennial
Fanfare Competition; the American premiere of Samuel Adler’s
“Concerto for Trombone” featuring Mathis, and the premiere of
Mark Camphouse’s “Two American Canvases” in this multistate
district of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma national honorary
band organizations. Tickets are $7 for students and senior
citizens and $10 for other adults in advance, and $10 and $13,
respectively, the day of the performance.
On Saturday, Jan. 23, Carol Hayward will conduct the BGSU
Concert Band in a 1:30 p.m. performance. The free performance
includes the premiere of “Through Peaceful Eyes” by Nowlin,
“Three Celtic Dances” by Brian Balmages, and “Sketches on a
Tudor Psalm” by Fisher Tull.
Also on Saturday, Nowlin, will direct the Middle School Honor
Band in a free, 2:30 p.m. concert. The clinic concludes with a
3:30 p.m. concert by the High School Honor Bands, directed by
Suddendorf and Pearson.
Each January, hundreds of middle- and high school band members,
their teachers and directors converge at BGSU for the event.
To learn more about the event, visit:
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/events/bandclinic/.
For tickets, call the Moore Center box office at
419-372-8171 or
1-800-589-2224. |
