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The Community Band

of Brevard

Presents

Music of Space

Sunday, September 28, 1997 at 2:00 P.M.

North Brevard Senior Center, Titusville

Thursday, October 2, 1997 at 8:00 P.M.

Fine Arts Auditorium

Brevard Community College, Cocoa

Sunday, October 5, 1997 at 3:00 P.M.

Auditorium

Merritt Island High School

Featuring

Barbara Ziegler, Vocal Soloist

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The Community Band of Brevard exists to educate its members, to entertain its audiences, and to serve

its community. Specifically,

For members, The Community Band of Brevard will provide:

Enjoyable and meaningful music experiences;

Opportunities to utilize their music performing skills and broaden their music horizons;

Opportunities to develop and improve their performing skills both as individuals and as

an ensemble.

For audiences, The Community Band of Brevard will provide entertaining concerts of music performed

at the highest level of quality.

For the community, The Community Band of Brevard will provide its services, schedule permitting,

when requested to satisfy the needs of the entire or significant subsets of the community.

The musical director of the Community Band of Brevard is Mr. Marion Scott, Director of Bands at

Brevard Community College. Mr. Scott formed the Community Band of Brevard in 1985 to provide a

performance outlet for adult musicians in the area. The Band’s membership, currently numbering about

sixty, includes people of all ages representing many occupations.

The Community Band of Brevard takes seriously its responsibility to provide entertaining concerts at

the highest level of quality. That has always been our goal, but in June, 1992 the Band's members

formally committed to Philosophy, Purpose, and Vision statements which succinctly describe the

operating principles governing the Band's decisions and processes and which have produced a high

quality ensemble. That commitment has brought us several invitational performances of which we are

very proud. Those include: Florida Music Educators Convention (Tampa, January 1989); American

School Band Directors Association National Convention (Orlando, July 1989); Florida Bandmasters

Association Summer Convention (Ocala, July 1993 and Ocala, July 1997); and the Association of

Concert Bands National Convention (Gainesville, April 1995).

Most of our concerts have a specific purpose upon which the entire program focuses. Our concerts have

had many themes including Mozart, Sousa, Gilmore, Tchaikovsky, Black Composers, Women

Composers, American Composers, Movie Music and many more. Those themes have often led us to

include exceedingly difficult works, which we willingly do, and to include special guest artists which

we actively seek (e.g. a dancer from the Kirov Ballet and a violin soloist were in our Tchaikovsky

concert, and a nationally recognized trumpet player was in our Black Composers concert). These facts

exemplify the commitments of our members and Board of Directors to our purpose which is stated

above.

The Band gives several concerts throughout the year. Our concerts include many diverse musical

genres, composers, and often previously unpublished works for band. Each program is planned to

please a variety of musical tastes. If you wish more information about the Band, or wish to join, contact

Purpose and History

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Future Concerts

Community Band of Brevard, 1997-1998 Schedule

Winter Concert, with special tributes to Brahms and Schubert

December 12, 1997 (Friday) at 8:00 P.M . Merritt Island High School

December 14, 1997 (Sunday) at 3:00 P.M. BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

A March Concert, featuring marches in their infinite variety

March 1, 1998 (Sunday) at 2:00 P.M. North Brevard Senior Center

March 6, 1998 (Thursday) at 8:00 P.M. BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

March 8, 1998 (Sunday) at 3:00 P.M. Merritt Island High School

Celebrating the Earth

May 15, 1998 (Friday) at 8:00 P.M. BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

May 17, 1998 (Sunday) at 3:00 P.M. Merritt Island High School

Brevard Community College Ensembles, 1997-1998 Schedule

November 21, 1997 (Friday) Concert Band BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

November 25, 1997 (Tuesday) Orchestra BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

December 1-2, 1997 (Mon/Tues) Band Day BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

December 5, 1997 (Friday) Jazz Band BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

April 17, 1998 (Friday) Jazz Band BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

April 23, 1998 (Thursday) Orchestra BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

May 1, 1998 (Friday) Concert Band BCC, Cocoa, Fine Arts Auditorium

Schedule and thematic information is subject to change. Call 452-5725 or 725-9191 to confirm

details, or visit our web site at http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/~cbob/.

At the Merritt Island High School Auditorium, food or drinks are not permitted inside the

auditorium facility.

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Chairman’s Message

Today’s concert was conceived to help initiate NASA’s 40th year, which begins this week

because the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 created NASA on October 1, 1958.

Those of us who live on the Space Coast have been able to witness first-hand some of the

greatest technological achievements of all time as NASA explored the solar system and beyond.

NASA’s presence at the Kennedy Space Center and at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

has allowed us to be part of history in a most unique way, something that few can claim, and for

that we are both proud and appreciative. It is fitting for the Community Band of Brevard to pay

tribute to NASA, and we do so today with a concert of music, all of which relates to space in

one way or another. We also wish NASA a long, successful, and exciting future as it develops

the International Space Station and makes plans for humans to return to the Moon and travel to

Mars.

This concert also marks the beginning of the Band’s thirteenth year. I am looking forward to the

concert season and I hope to see you here at our other concerts.

Enoch Moser

Chairman, Board of Directors

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Marion A. Scott, a native of South Carolina,

has taught in Brevard County, Florida

schools for 37 years. From 1959 to 1965 he

served as Band Director at Southwest Junior

High School in Melbourne. In 1965 he

founded the Merritt Island High School

Band when the school opened, and directed

the group until 1975. The school’s

instrumental program included a 230-piece

marching band, wind ensemble, symphonic

band, woodwind and brass ensemble

classes, concert band, two jazz ensembles,

and a jazz theory class. He is currently

Director of Bands at Brevard Community

College, Cocoa Campus.

Mr. Scott has earned the degrees of

Bachelor of Science in Music Education

from the University of Georgia, and Master

of Music in Performance from the

University of South Florida.

His professional affiliations include Phi

Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha, ASBDA (for

which he served as State Chairman),

MENC, NAJE, CBDNA, and the Florida

Music Educator’s Association. He has also been active in the Florida Bandmaster’s

Association, in which he has held the position of District Chairman of the FBA Board of

Directors, and has served on the FBA Stage Band Committee.

Mr. Scott has served as an adjudicator for concert, solo, ensemble, and stage band contests

throughout Florida. He has served as Conductor/Clinician for various music festivals

throughout Florida, such as All State Reading Bands in 1977 and 1978, All State Junior High

Concert Band in 1980, Brevard All County Junior High School Band in 1982, Hillsborough All

County High School Band in 1986, and the Brevard All County High School Band in 1988. In

1985 he established the Brevard Community Band (currently known as the Community Band of

Brevard).

Director of Bands

Marion Scott

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Associate Conductor

Laurent (Larry) Gareau is a graduate of

Montclair College in New Jersey with a

B.A. in Music Education. He received a

Masters Degree in Conducting from

Columbia University. Larry has been a

lifetime career music educator and

professional musician in the northern New

Jersey area. He studied trombone with Mr.

Allen Ostrander, formerly with the New

York Philharmonic Orchestra, who inspired

him in serious musical performance. Mr.

Gareau has guest conducted various civic

and honors groups and his high school

marching band was once undefeated in six

consecutive years of competition.

During his thirty seven year teaching tenure,

Larry has been a member of N.E.A.,

M.E.N.C, N.B.A., N.J.M.E.A., and Local

248 of the A.F.M. He recently retired and

moved to Merritt Island with his wife,

Joanne. They have three children and two

grandchildren.

Larry Gareau

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Guest Soloist

Ms. Barbara Ziegler, a native of Brevard

County, has an A.A. from Brevard

Community College and graduated Magna

cum laude from Florida State University

with a B.M. Ed. She is a student of Evelyn

Klepinger.

She has extensive experience as a soloist

throughout the state of Florida in works

such as Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio,

Haydn’s Creation, Handel’s Messiah, the

Magnificent by both C.P.E. Bach and V.

Vaughn Williams, as well as Vivaldi’s

Gloria. Barbara was featured soloist in two

European tours which covered Scandinavia,

and eastern and western Europe. She is well

known for recital and variety show

appearances as well as writing, coordinating

and narrating/singing in Madrigal Dinners

and period fashion shows.

Ms. Ziegler has directed choirs from

elementary school age through adult, and

served as a church choir director. She has

also taught voice, piano and bassoon

privately. Theatrically she has been

awarded best actress for Marion in Music

Man, and also played Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street, Laurey in Oklahoma, Fanny in Good Land,

Cinnamon in Saloon Keeper’s Daughter, Crane in Exit the Body, and the Cousin in Madame

Butterfly. To the above she is adding various radio/television commercials and movie

appearances.

Barbara Ziegler

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Community Band of Brevard Personnel

Flute/Piccolo: *Michael Freeman, Lead Engineer; *Barton Lipofsky, Physics Professor; Dina

McMillan, Guidance Counselor; Gwen Phelps, Volunteer Worker; *Ruth Schott, Restaurant Manager;

Nicole Stabile, Musician.

Oboe: *Jean Allan, Designer; Victoria Cabrera, Massage Therapist; Laura Earle, Veterinarian; Jane

Francoeur, Homemaker.

Clarinet: Elizabeth Boulter, Graduate Student; Judy Cook, V. P., Insurance Agency; Elise Curran,

Musician/Music Educator; Laurie Deremer, Educator (Retired); *Susan Eklund, Educator; Dorothy

Hibbard, Music Educator; Luke Matthew, Music Educator (Retired); *Enoch Moser, Engineer; Jeanna

Reicks, Teaching Assistant; David Tweed (Retired); *Gay Whitley, Catering Sales/Office Manager.

Bass Clarinet: Gary Parrill, Jr., College Student.

French Horn: Erin Beagley, High School Student; Anne Beyette, Homemaker; Laura Hirst, Student;

Robert Walters, U. S. Air Force (Retired).

Alto Saxophone: Charles Roesch, Music Educator; Jeffrey Vickers, Electrical Engineer.

Tenor Saxophone: William Casey, U. S. Army (Retired); *Philip Miller, Electrician (Retired).

Baritone Saxophone: Shawn Pence, Musician.

Trumpet/Cornet: Tiffany Ashton, College Student; Steven Davis, Electronics Engineer; Brian Furlong,

Meat Cutter; John Huntt, Process Analyst; Gregory Scott, College Student; *David Wilson, KSC

Groundskeeper.

Trombone: Laurent Gareau, Music Educator (Retired); William Imre, Engineer; David Scarborough,

R.N.; Richard Wood, V. P., Consulting/Engineering Co.; William Yoh, Music Educator.

Baritone/Euphonium: Howard Cmejla, V. P., Pharmaceutical Co. (Retired); Gerald Leach, Engineer.

Tuba: *Mario Camomilli, Electronic Engineer (Retired); James Higginbotham, College Student;

Edward Moran, Engineering Specialist.

String Bass: Daniel Heiney, College Student.

Percussion: *Russell Jones, Aerospace Technician; Heather Kern, High School Student; Phyllis

Robbins, Law Enforcement (Retired).

*Charter Member - participated in the premiere performance of the Band on November 21, 1985.

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Thus Spake Zarathustra .......................................................................................... Richard Strauss

Transcribed by Mark H. Hindsley

Star Trek Medley .............................................................................................Rosenman/Courage

Arranged by Robert W. Smith

Uranus, The Magician, from The Planets .................................................................. Gustav Holst

Arranged by James Curnow

Sure On This Shining Night (Op. 13, No. 3) .......................................................... Samuel Barber

Arranged by Gene Egge

Vocalist: Barbara Ziegler

Ain’t It Pretty, from Susannah ................................................................................. Carlisle Floyd

Arranged by Gene Egge

Vocalist: Barbara Ziegler

Selections from E.T. ................................................................................................ John Williams

Arranged by Frank Erickson

Mars, The Bringer of War, from The Planets ............................................................ Gustav Holst

Intermission (10 Minutes)

Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets ...................................................... Gustav Holst

Zodiac, Concert March ............................................................................................ Charles Carter

The Purple Twilight (A Memorial to the Crew of the Challenger) ..................... Robert Longfield

Per Aspera ad Astra (Through Trouble to the Stars) .......................................................... Urbach

Conducted by Larry Gareau

When Stars Begin to Fall (My Lord, What a Morning) ............................................. Fred J. Allen

Star Wars Medley .................................................................................................... John Williams

Arranged by James H. Burden

Program

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Program Notes

In Alphabetical Order by Composer

Fred J. Allen Life details not available

When Stars Begin to Fall

When Stars Begin to Fall is a band arrangement of the spiritual which is also known as My Lord, What a Morning.

Fred J. Allen is a music teacher at Stephen F.

Austin State University where he also serves as

director of bands. He is a member of the College

Band Directors National Association, the Texas

Music Educators Association, and the Phi Beta

Mu honorary music fraternity.

Samuel Barber Born March 9, 1910, West Chester, Pennsylvania Died March 23, 1981, New York

Sure On a Shining Night

Barber originally wrote Sure On a Shining Night in 1938 for voice and piano. Its text is by James Agee and its first performance was on April 4, 1941 at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Barber later arranged it for orchestra and voice. He conducted the CBS Symphony Orchestra in the first performance of that version in a radio broadcast on May 5, 1945.

Barber began the study of piano at age six and

composed his first music at the age of seven. He

graduated from Curtis Institute and taught there

for a short period. After that, he earned his living

primarily by composing. He was one of the most

important of American composers and won many

awards including two Pulitzer Prizes (1935,

1936). Among his best known works are

Commando March (an original work for band),

Medea (a ballet), A Stopwatch and an Ordnance

Map, The School for Scandal Overture, and

Adagio for Strings.

Charles Carter Born July 10, 1926, Ponca City, Oklahoma

Zodiac March

Zodiac March is dedicated to Dr. Manley R. Whitcomb, former Director of Bands, Florida State University. In astronomy, the zodiac is a band of the celestial sphere extending about 8° to either side of the ecliptic that represents the path of the principal planets, the moon, and the sun. In astrology, this band is divided into 12 equal parts called signs, each 30° wide, bearing the name of a constellation for which it was originally named but with which it no longer coincides owing to the precession of the equinoxes.

Charles Edward Carter grew up in

Worthington, Ohio. After serving his country

during World War II, he attended Ohio State

University, the Eastman School of Music, and

Florida State University. For a time he taught and

arranged for Ohio State University, and then

joined Florida State University where he

arranged for the bands and served as professor of

theory and harmony.

Mr. Carter has published many works. He

serves as a clinician and guest conductor

throughout the country.

Alexander Courage Born December 10, 1919, Philadelphia

Star Trek Medley

In 1965 NBC executives rejected the pilot for a Star Trek television series and directed that another be made. The result was Star Trek - Where No Man Has Gone Before. Alexander Courage composed the music and was the musical conductor for the second pilot, which was actually aired as episode number 3 after The Man Trap and Charlie X. His music is represented in

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this medley.

Also in this medley is music by Leonard Rosenman from the 1986 movie, Star Trek IV: The Voyage.

Carlisle Floyd Born June 11,1926, Latta, South Carolina

Ain’t It a Pretty Night? From Susannah

Susannah is Carlisle Floyd’s best known opera. He wrote it as a response to McCarthyism, which was rampant at that time. After its premiere at FSU in 1955, it was staged at New York’s City Center and received the New York Music Critics Circle Award for the best opera of the year. It is based on the apocryphal Book of Susannah. Susannah is one of the few American operas to gain a foothold in the repertoire of both American and international opera companies.

Early in the story, Susannah Polk, a beautiful and innocent nineteen-year-old girl, is sitting on her front porch in New Hope Valley, Tennessee and talking to her friend, Little Bat. She sings Ain’t It a Pretty Night? as she looks at the stars and thinks about what it would be like to leave her home town and travel beyond the mountains.

Carlisle Floyd’s aptitude for music was

evident at an early age. He studied at Converse

College in Spartanburg and received Bachelors

and Masters degrees from Syracuse University.

In 1947 he joined the faculty of Florida State

University. In 1976 he became a professor of

music at the University of Houston. He is the

artistic director of the Houston Opera Studio. His

first critical and public acclaim came from

Susannah, which he premiered at Florida State in

1955. He has written a number of operas

including: Susannah, Slow Dusk, The Passion of

Jonathan Wade, The Sojourner and Mollie

Sinclair, Of Mice and Men, Bilby’s Doll, and

Willie Stark.

Gustav Holst Born September 21, 1874, Cheltenham, England Died May 24, 1934, London

The Planets

The Planets is an orchestral suite composed by Holst in 1915 and first performed in 1918. Each of its seven movements portrays the astrological nature of one planet.

Jupiter

Subtitled The Bringer of Jollity, Jupiter maintains a happy and festive mood throughout. In painting a picture of a fat, jolly man, Holst uses several ideas which come close to folksongs in style and which manifest his love for dance.

Mars

Mars, the first movement of The Planets and subtitled The Bringer of War, was completely in Holst’s mind in 1914 when World War I was a looming threat. Its relentless 5/4 rhythm suggests the relentless destruction of war. The composer’s skilled use of harmony and rhythm produces a startling and emotional effect. The composer himself transcribed Mars for band in 1924.

Uranus

Uranus, subtitled The Magician, is a rough comedy consisting of a large, lumbering scherzo based primarily on the movement’s first four notes.

Gustav Theodore von Holst studied

composition at London's Royal College of Music.

He was a professional trombonist and a teacher

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(St. Paul's Girls' School, Morley College, and the

Royal College of Music). His compositions

reflect many influences including Hindu

mysticism, English folk music, and astrology.

Holst created three of the greatest works in the

band repertoire: First Suite in E-Flat, Second

Suite in F for Military Band, and Hammersmith,

Prelude and Scherzo. These three works stand

almost alone in that they were first written for

band and then transcribed for orchestra.

Robert Longfield Born July 15, 1947, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Purple Twilight

January 28, 1986 - a date etched in our collective consciousness as clearly as that horrific fireball with its white cascading streamers was etched against a perfect morning sky. When the Space Shuttle Challenger roared into the heavens that day it carried with it the best of us - male, female, black, white, Japanese American, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant - American heroes who paid the price of progress with the ultimate sacrifice.

Robert Longfield was one of over 11,000 applicants for the Teacher-in-Space Program, an appointment ultimately awarded to Challenger astronaut Christa McAuliffe.

The Purple Twilight was written as a memorial to the crew of Shuttle Mission 51-L, the “Challenger Seven” as they came to be known. Rather than mourn their tragic passing, it celebrates the spirit of adventure and romance which led them to reach for the stars.

The Purple Twilight was commissioned by the Novi, Michigan High School Band. {Music description provided by the publisher.}

Longfield is an award-winning composer and

educator. Born and raised in Grand Rapids,

Michigan, he received a Bachelor of Music

Education from the University of Michigan

where he studied under Jerry Bilik, Paul Boylan,

George Cavender, and William Revelli. He also

received a Masters of Music in Conducting from

the University of Miami where he studied with

Alfred Reed.

Longfield has been the band director at Miami

(Florida) Palmetto Senior High School since

1987. A member of the American Society of

Composers, Authors and Publishers, he has

written and published many original works and

band arrangements of works by others. High

school and university bands throughout the

United States have performed Longfield’s works,

including performances at several major bowl

games and the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Richard Strauss Born June 11, 1864, Munich, Germany Died September 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Thus Spake Zarathustra is based on Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical treatise of the same name. In Nietzsche’s work, Zarathustra withdraws from society to his mountain retreat where he attains great wisdom. He then returns to the world and shares his profound insights with society. Strauss’ tone poem opens with a prelude portraying a dawn in which Zarathustra greets the sun, and which perhaps suggests the dawn of human consciousness. That brief prelude, which was made famous by its use in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, opens our concert.

Richard Strauss was the son of a leading

French horn player. His musical talent was

recognized at an early age and his father had him

trained in strict classical traditions. He took harp

lessons at the age of four, composed his first

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song at the age of six, and began serious study of

composition and orchestration at the age of

eleven. Strauss was very successful as both a

conductor and a composer. He conducted

extensively in Europe and the United States. Of

his compositions, he is best known for his

symphonic tone poems and his operas. His

compositions typically convey specific events or

ideas (program music) and contain rich,

harmonic orchestral sounds and soaring

melodies. He also composed several marches for

military band.

Ernst Urbach Born 1872, Burg/Wuppertal, Germany Died 1927, St. Blasien, Germany

Per Aspera ad Astra

This march’s title is Latin for “through trouble to the stars”. Kansas’ state motto, “Ad astra per aspera”, is quite similar. In both cases the message is ‘persevere through rough times to reach the top’.

Per Aspera ad Astra was composed early in Urbach’s career (his Opus 4). It is his most popular march and is considered by some to be one of the greatest marches ever written.

Ernst Urbach (he sometimes used the

pseudonym Ernst Rubach) was the son of a

pianist. His own instrument was the flute which

he played in Berlin’s orchestras. Urbach devoted

his life to music and was well known and

respected as a composer. His march, Regina-

Queen, is the “defile march” of the Swedish

Navy.

John Williams Born February 8, 1932, Flushing, New York

E.T.

The Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece, is one of the most popular movies of all time. It tells the touching and sometimes comical story of a homesick alien botanist who is stranded on Earth. The powerful emotions in the story are greatly enhanced by John Williams’ music, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, one of four Oscars won by the movie.

The Band will play a medley from the movie which includes: Adventure on Earth, E.T. and Elliot, and Over the Moon.

Star Wars Medley

Star Wars, an imaginative update of Flash Gordon, is one of the most popular films of all time especially now that it has been updated and re-released. John Williams’ brilliant score for the 1977 movie is full of high adventure and soaring spirits in keeping with the character of the film itself. It won the Academy Award for the Best Original Score. Because of the current popularity of the movie, the publisher has recently reprinted James Burden’s fine arrangement, which retains all the fire and excitement, tension and exuberance of the original score.

John Williams is the son of a studio musician.

When he was a teenager his family moved to Los

Angeles where he attended Los Angeles City

College. He gained a great reputation as a

composer and conductor of music for the movies.

In 1980 he succeeded Arthur Fiedler as

conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra a

position he recently relinquished.

Program Notes by Enoch Moser

Copyright ©1997

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The Community Band of Brevard, under the direction of Marion Scott, was formed in 1985

to provide a performance outlet for adult musicians in the area. The membership includes band

directors, teachers, college and high school students, engineers, retirees, and many others.

The Band gives several concerts throughout the year. Most are free and open to the public.

Each program is planned to please a variety of musical tastes.

If you wish more information about the Band, or wish to join, contact Enoch Moser at (407)

452-5725, or see our web site at http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/~cbob/.

Board of Directors

Conductor ................................................................................................................... Marion Scott

Associate Conductor .................................................................................................. Larry Gareau

Chairman .................................................................................................................... Enoch Moser

Vice Chairman ............................................................................................................... Jean Allan

Personnel Manager ................................................................................................. Howard Cmejla

Business Manager ..................................................................................................... William Imre

Publicity Manager .................................................................................................... Mike Freeman

Librarian ............................................................................................................... Dorothy Hibbard

Secretary .............................................................................................................. Victoria Cabrera

Community Band of Brevard

The Community Band of Brevard is sponsored by Brevard Community College.

BCC Support Staff:

Wright Kerr, Technical Operations Manager

Jack Doyle, Lighting

Steve Rossi, Sound

Graphics and publicity materials were done by Mike Freeman.

The printed program was produced by CompuTrac, Titusville.

Acknowledgments