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Since 1959..................P.O. Box
302, Concord MA 01742............Published Semi-annually
Fall 1996 Newsletter
Fall Concert
Trumpeter Natalo Paella to Perform
Summer of '96: Almost Perfect!
Young Artist Competition
Very Long Range Planning
Concord Band Lauded at Boston Band Festival
It's Time to Make Your Holiday Pops Reservations
Coming Events
Previous Issues of Notes:
Fall Concert Saturday, October 26
The Concord Band will open its 1996-97 season under the baton of Music
Director, Dr. William G. McManus, on
October 26 at 8:15 at its permanent home, 51 Walden in Concord. The concert
will feature a number of works never before performed by the Concord Band
as well as a guest appearance by trumpeter, Natalo
Paella. The first half of the concert will feature Malcom Arnold's
English Dances for Band and Scenes from La Boheme, arranged
by Jerry Bilik.
Malcom Arnold's mastery of orchestration is evident throughout the score of
English Dances, a four movement suite which was completed by Arnold
in 1951. This past year, the Concord Band performed his Prelude,
Siciliano, and Rondo. Arnold's beautiful folk-like melodies in the
English Dances are delightful and sure to charm our audience. The
first half of the concert will close with a performance of Dimitri
Shostakovitch's Folk Dances, a work in one movement filled with the
joy and exuberance of the Russian people.
Scenes from La Boheme is a brand new work for concert band dedicated
to the memory of William D. Revelli, former Director of Bands at the
University of Michigan. To honor his former teacher, composer Jerry Bilik
had asked Revelli to name his favorite musical work so that he could turn
it into a concert setting for band. Revelli responded that he especially
loved Mimi's aria from the last act of Puccini's La Boheme. Revelli
had an opportunity to hear Bilik's new score recorded by the US Army Band
several weeks before he died.
Guest trumpeter Natalo Paella will be featured in the
Sachse Concertino in E♭, composed in 1871 for E♭ trumpet
and brass band.
The Concord Band will be performing the piece in its original form,
employing only brass instruments. The full Band will accompany Paella in
the Concertino for Trumpet and Band by Frank Erickson.
The concert will close with a performance of John Barnes Chance's exciting
Incantation and Dance. The Concord Band has performed several of
Chance's compositions for band in the past under the direction of Music
Director Emeritus, Bill Toland, including
the well known Variations on a Korean Folk Song.
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Trumpeter Natalo Paella to Perform with the Concord Band
One of Boston's best known free-lance trumpet players, Natalo Paella, will
be the guest soloist at the Concord Band's Fall Concert on Saturday,
October 26th at 51 Walden in Concord. Mr. Paella's illustrious career
includes performing for 15 years with the Boston Pops and Esplanade
Orchestras under the direction of the late Arthur Fiedler, as well as the
Boston Symphony Orchestra under the batons of Pierre Monteux, Charles
Munch, Leonard Bernstein and Erich Leinsdorf.
For 26 years, Mr. Paella was principal trumpet at the Boston Colonial
Theater, playing for such musicals as A Chorus Line, Porgy and
Bess, Man of La Mancha, Annie, and many others. He has
played back-up for Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne, Rosemary Clooney, Sergio
Franchi, Jack Jones, and the stars of the Lawrence Welk show under the
direction of Myron Floren.
Until his retirement as Professor Emeritus, he was a full professor at the
University of Massachusetts at Lowell, specializing in Studio Trumpet,
Brass Pedagogy, Brass Ensembles, and Studio Jazz Orchestra. He attended the
Eastman School of Music and the US Navy School of Music, and was a
scholarship student in the Berkshire Tanglewood Orchestra. He earned a
Bachelor of Music Degree from Louisiana State University and a Master of
Music from the New England Conservatory.
With the Concord Band, Mr. Paella will be performing the Sachse
Concertino for E♭ trumpet and brass band and Concertino for
Band by Frank Erickson. With any luck, the audience may be able to
prompt an encore or two out of him!
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Summer of '96: Almost Perfect!
While the Summer of 1996 may not have been quite the perfect 10 of the
previous summer, the Concord Band managed to perform nine of the ten
scheduled concerts during the past summer season. Although the skies
threatened several concerts, only the Band's opener at Fruitlands Museums
in Harvard was rained out.
Highlights of the 1996 season included guest performances by jazz great
Phil Wilson, vocalist Linda Nigro, and the winners of the 1996 Concord Band
Young Artist Competition, flutist, Denise Gaz, and percussionist, Tim
Moore. (See related story.) Our own members,
saxophonists Dick O'Connor and Gerry Kriedberg also made solo appearances
with the Band.
The Band enjoyed another extremely successful season at its summer home at
Fruitlands Museums, performing before large and appreciative audiences at
this most beautiful setting. On the Fourth of July, even though the skies
had been threatening most of the day, the Band members and their families
enjoyed a picnic at Fruitlands between the annual Picnic in the Park in
Concord and the evening concert at Fruitlands.
For the second year, the Band performed at Maudslay State Park in
Newburyport, where former Governor and Presidential candidate Michael
Dukakis was in the audience. A former trumpet player in the Brookline High
School Band under the direction of John Corley (now of MIT), Mr. Dukakis
reported that he was extremely impressed with the Band's performance.
During the final week of the season, the Band performed at Payson Park in
Belmont, home town of the Band's Music Director, Bill McManus. Vocalist
Linda Nigro of Hudson joined with the Band in this concert to the great
delight of the audience. Linda, who sang three Gershwin standards with the
Band, had also sung with the Band at Fruitlands earlier in the season. The
Band has already been invited to return to the Payson Park Music Festival
next year.
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Young Artist Competition
Belmont High School flutist, Denise Gaz, and
Billerica High School percussionist, Timothy
Moore, were selected as the winners of the first annual Concord Band
Young Artist Competition. Each student won a $500 scholarship and the
opportunity to perform with the Concord Band in the 1996 Spring Pops
Concerts, held at 51 Walden in April, as well as at a summer concert at
Fruitlands Museums.
Although the original intention of the Concord Band Board of Directors was
to name a single winner, the audition committee, which included Board
member and oboist, Susan Console, Music Director Bill McManus and french
horn player, Kathryn Troup, was unable to choose only a single winner.
Denise, a 16 year-old sophomore, performed Baroque and Blue from
Claude Bolling's Suite for flute and Jazz Trio, arranged for band by
Robert O'Brien.
Timothy Moore, also 16 and a sophomore, performed Peter Tanner's
composition for marimba and concert band entitled Concert Piece.
Denise and Tim joined forces (with each other and the band) for a
delightful performance of Leyden's Serenade for a Picket Fence.
The Concord Band Young Artist Competition, which was made possible through
a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, was such a success that
the Concord Band Board has decided to make it an annual event. Plans are
now under way for the second annual competition, which will be held early
in 1997.
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Very Long Range Planning
Because the Concord Band is a public charity, gifts to the Band are
deductible for federal income tax purposes, and many of you have generously
supported the Band over the years.
In addition to annual giving, the Band welcomes special gifts which may
have significant tax planning benefits to the donor. Among the types of
gifts that might be considered are the following:
- gifts of appreciated, marketable property, such as publicly traded stock
- bequests or other legacies left in a will
- memorial funds, often established to receive gifts in memory of a
departed loved one in lieu of funeral flowers
- "planned giving" of substantial sums, through trust funds or other
contingent instruments
We had already decided to devote our fund-raising space in this issue to
alternative forms of financial support when the following conversation took
place. It was just after last July 4th's Picnic in the Park Concert as we
were loading up our equipment for the short trip back to 51 Walden.
"Say, Dan," asked a long-time Band supporter, "what's the official name of
the Concord Band?"
"The Concord Band Association, A Non-Profit Trust," I replied. "Why do you
ask?"
"I'm revising my will," he replied.
"I see," said I. "Thank you for thinking about the Band."
"Don't plan on spending the money any time too soon!" he cautioned.
That brief interchange reminded me that its time to revise my will
it's been almost twenty years since the last revision and my circumstances
have changed substantially since then. I'll be remembering the Band in my
will ("and to The Concord Band, which always wanted to be remembered in my
will: Hi guys!"). Or maybe make the Band the beneficiary of a life
insurance policy. All kidding aside, why don't you give serious
consideration to including the Band in your very long range plans. So much
for the hereafter; the Band also needs your financial support now to be
able to continue to provide the community with the best in concert band
music. Please send your contribution to the Concord Band, Box 302, Concord,
MA 01742.
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Concord Band Lauded at Boston Band Festival
The Concord Band, under the baton of Dr. William McManus, made a triumphant
return to the Boston Festival of Bands on Saturday, June 1, 1996, at
Faneuil Hall, Boston. The Band's performance, which included Alfred Reed's
Armenian Dances, was enthusiastically received by the large audience
which included many musicians from other bands appearing at the
festival. The organizing committee was delighted that the Concord Band had
returned to the festival after a year's hiatus, and promised the Band a
prime time performance in next year's festival.
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It's Time to Make Your Concord Band Holiday Pops Reservations
Be sure to make your reservations early for the Concord Band's annual
Holiday Pops concerts, to be held at 51 Walden on December 13th and 14th.
What better way to celebrate the holiday season than to enjoy an evening of
great music and fun in the festive 51 Walden holiday atmosphere. Concord
Band Holiday Pops is a tradition in Concord and sells out early. Plan a
great evening out with your friends and neighbors and the Concord
Band. Table seating is available at $12 per person ($48 for a table of
four; $72 for a table of six) and includes beverages and snacks. Don't be
disappointed—make your reservations today! Reservations can be phoned in
to (508) 897-9969.
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Coming Events
FALL CONCERT Saturday, October 26, 51 Walden, Concord 8:15 PM.
HOLIDAY POPS Friday and Saturday, December 13 and 14.
For reservations, or call (508) 897-9969.
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