It’s the last day of the 2012 Music for All National Festival, and it’s been a busy day of National Concert Band Festival concerts, Middle School National Music Festival concerts, master classes and rehearsals. We enjoyed listening to the Jazz Band of America concert and the Honor Orchestra of America concert last night. The students sounded great!
Tonight, participants will enjoy a very special High School and Middle School Gala Awards Banquet in the Grand Ballroom at the JW Marriott. Festival participants will enjoy a formal dinner. They’ll also listen to guest speakers, and there will be special award presentations to students and ensembles.
Tonight’s Gala Awards Banquet will also feature a very special presentation. Four individuals will be inducted into Music for All’s Bands of America (BOA) Hall of Fame tonight. The 2012 inductees are Charles “Chuck” Campbell, Chuck Henson, and Stu and Sharon Holzer.
The Bands of America Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have greatly impacted Bands of America, which is a program of Music for All, as well as the nation’s band activity and music education. Hall of Fame members are recognized permanently in the Bands of America “Hall of Fame” in Music for All’s corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Congratulations to all inductees!
The Honor Orchestra of America’s second performance will take place tonight at Hilbert Circle Theatre at 7:00 p.m. And, the Honor Band of America will perform tonight at 8:00 p.m. at Clowes Memorial Hall. The Honor Band will be conducted by Col. Lowell Graham, Chairman of the Music Department at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has held numerous conducting positions, including that of the Commander and Conductor of the United States Air Force’s premier musical organization in Washington, DC. The Honor Band will perform Overture to “Colas Breugnon” by Dmitri Kabalevsky, The Warriors by Percy Aldridge Grainger, Brooke’s Chicago Marine Band March by Roland F. Seitz, Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa – II. after “The Thunderer” by Ira Hearshen, and Overture in Five Flat by Julie Giroux.
We’ve enjoyed a great week and weekend of wonderful music making! We hope you enjoy this evening’s concerts.
