Band marks decade of learning

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By Communications Staff
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Don Wright Faculty of Music New Horizons Band (NHB) is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a concert on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.

The concert, at the Paul Davenport Theatre, will feature the different levels of bands within the NHB program (beginner to advanced) playing a range of tunes from classical to jazz. The two advanced bands will also join forces to perform With Glowing Hearts, a piece by London composer Jeff Christmas, who was commissioned by the band to commemorate the 10th anniversary.
 
“This special concert caps off our 10th anniversary in a special way,” says band spokesperson Mark Kearney. “We performed in Europe this past summer, we’ve produced a special anniversary booklet about the history of our band program, and now we’re premiering a piece by one of London’s best composers.”
 
In addition to the current members performing at the concert, the NHB is contacting anyone who has played in the program over the past decade to come to the concert and to bring their instruments if they wish to play a tune from the past repertoire. Past conductors and instructors with the program have also been invited, Kearney says.
 
The New Horizons Band is open to adult musicians of any skill level, including absolute beginners. The London band was formed in 1999, was the first one of its kind in Canada, and is one of the largest in North America.  The NHB concept was the result of a groundbreaking course by professor Roy Ernst at the University of Rochester, N.Y. Eastman School of Music in the early 1990s.  
 
Ernst was awarded an honorary degree from Western at last spring’s convocation.
 

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