The Clark Terry Jazz Fest at UAPB!
March 31, 2008
Monday - April 7th
Media Day
Reynold’s Center
211 West 3rd
Conference Room
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Tuesday - April 8th
The Art of Jazz: An Art Competition for the Visual Artist Read more
High School Drummer Killed in Austin
March 29, 2008
Bud Gillett
DALLAS (CBS 11 News)
According to police, a 17-year-old student at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas was killed early Friday morning in Austin. He and the school band were on a field trip at the time.
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Band in need of $40,000 for an Event
March 29, 2008
By Tony Burchyns
Times-Herald
Having found their rhythm and beaten several high schools, Vallejo’s Springstowne Middle School marching band is now seeking $40,000 to compete in a national event.
And band members only have two weeks to raise the money.
The Wildcats have risen to the top of the marching band field in the last two years, winning
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Northern California Band Association competitions. Now the band’s 36-member drumline has been invited to the National.
GHASB Free Auxillary Clinic
March 27, 2008
The Staff of Greater Houston All Star Band Inc. will host a Free one day High School Auxillary Clinic.
For: Drummajors, Dancers, Twirlers, Colorguard ( … especially those that are trying out for the 08/09 season).
When: Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 9am till 1pm
Where: the Texas Southern University Band Hall
(Rollins/Stewart Music Building , 3100 Cleburne)
Come out, and learn new and exciting techinques for drummajors, dance, colorguards, and twirling. We have a dynamic staff that will help to enhance your skills for future tryouts or to elevate skills for seasoned “oldheads”. Teams are encouraged to enroll together. Dress comfortable!
For more information please contact the GHASB Staff at :
houall_star01@yahoo.com or Anthony “S.D.” at 281-222-2997
For more information about the 2008 Greater Houston Star Band Season:
www.greaterhoustonallstarband.com
BZ Media, LLC Signs to Shoot Documentary on Shaw High School Band Trip to Beijing Olympic Music Festival
March 26, 2008
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio,
March 26 /PRNewswire
BZ Media, LLC is pleased to announce that it has been granted exclusive rights to produce,
Mr.Wilson’s Kids: From East Cleveland to Beijing , a documentary on the
inspiring story of The Shaw High School Marching Band’s upcoming trip to
the Beijing 2008 Olympic International Music Festival. We are also
delighted that Progressive Insurance, Cleveland State University, Case
Western Reserve University, and Kent State University have signed on as
financial underwriters for Mr. Wilson’s Kids: From East Cleveland to
Beijing.
Martin Luther King High School band gets $75,000 closer to playing in China
March 26, 2008
Karen Bouffard / The Detroit News
DETROIT — The Martin Luther King High School Symphonic and Marching Band got a giant step closer to performing at a pre-Olympics festival in China after receiving a $75,000 gift from three local foundations Wednesday.
The band had already raised $105,000 toward the $250,000 it needs to accept an invitation to play at the festival, which will include music performances, sightseeing, cultural exchanges and a tour of Beijing.
The band is the only one in Michigan invited by Music Celebrations International, an organization that promotes musicianship around the globe, to perform at the event. The organization invited one band from each state to play in China July 1-17.
Florida A&M Director of Bands Honored by American Bandmasters Association
March 25, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida A&M University (FAMU) distinguished professor of music, chairman of the Department of Music and director of bands Julian E. White, Ph.D., and the FAMU Symphonic Wind Ensemble were honored at the 2008 American Bandmasters Association (ABA) Convention.
White was awarded the honor for being one of three African Americans in the American Bandmasters Association, and the only African American from a historically black college or university (HBCU). In addition to White making history, FAMU’s Wind Symphonic Ensemble was selected to perform as part of the welcome concert at the University of Miami’s Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, which featured seven nationally renowned composers and conductors.
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Michael Williams - South Carolina State University Drum Major To Be Laid To Rest
March 25, 2008
The last religious rites for South Carolina State student, Michael James Williams, will be held at noon, Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at New Bethel Sounds of Praise Pentecostal Fellowship, Summerville (Jedburg Section), with Bishop Allen H. Simmons, pastor officiating. Interment will be in St. John Baptist Church Cemetery in Ridgeville.
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Students march to Detroit’s drama
March 22, 2008
By Laura Berman
Columnist at Detnews.com (Source)
Now it’s the mortification of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that displaces other news.
An auto supplier who employs hundreds in the city, he has lost patience with the public melodrama, the spectacle of the city’s highest official as a distraction.
Like many others, he is waiting, or maybe just wishing, for the mayor to step down, to avoid dragging the city through a prolonged and public legal travail.
“It’s extremely damaging, bringing negative attention when we’re already down,” says Michael Layne, a Farmington Hills public relations executive, who knows a PR disaster when he sees one.
Went to an HBCU for band, stayed for the culture
March 20, 2008
Artis Olds, A Senior, Bandsmen and Drum Major at Central State University talks about The HBCU Experiance.
Source: Next Step Magazine
What made me attend an HBCU? Marching band!
Ever since I was a young boy growing up in Chicago, I have been in love with music. I was in the fifth grade when my love found a direction; I joined my school’s band program.
Now, as a senior at Central State University, my love for music is no weaker. Through my membership with the Invincible Marching Marauders, I have been pushed to a standard I was unaware I could reach.
