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THE LANSING CONCERT BAND - YESTERDAY AND TODAY The Lansing Concert Band is an all volunteer, ninety piece, adult concert band. This non-profit, community organization's charter is to serve Lansing and surrounding communities by providing quality musical entertainment. A classic example of the true community band, the Lansing Concert Band has enjoyed a long and colorful history. Originally formed as a drum and bugle corps in the 1920s, the Lansing Concert Band has undergone several reorganizations. It has won many honors, including state and national VFW championships, and several Michigan American Legion Championships. The Lansing Concert Band first became associated with Lansing Community College in the 1960s. Today, Lansing Community College is the primary sponsor of the Lansing Concert Band. In turn, the band represents Lansing Community College's music department, and student/players can earn college credit. The Lansing Concert Band's year-round activities include a traditional holiday concert, a children's concert for elementary students, and a pops concert, as well as performances for graduation exercises, mall concerts, and outdoor concerts in Frances Park. For the past several years, the band has been featured at the City of Lansing's Fourth of July celebration at Riverfront Park. Guest performers with the band have included conductors Dr. William D. Revelli, Dr. Harry Begin, David Catron, John Madden, Donald Flickinger, and Ken Bloomquist; and soloists Alan Siebert, Trumpet; Phil Sinder, Tuba; Curtis Olson, Trombone; John Endahl, French Horn; and Patti Richards, vocalist. From the 1920s to 2001, the Lansing Concert Band is proud of its accomplishments, and more than ever, the band is serious about its music and its commitment to the community. During this 2001-2002 concert season, the Lansing Concert Band will mark its 55th year and its 35th year as the Official Band of the City of Lansing, so designated in 1967 by the Mayor and the City Council of Lansing. Richard J. Suddendorf Music Director and Conductor Lansing Concert Band 1994-1999 Director of Band Emeritus Western Michigan University Richard J Suddendorf was Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Western Michigan University for twelve years, from 1979 until 1991. During his tenure at Western, the University Symphonic Band performed for the Midwestern Music Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the College Band Directors National Association convention in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Music Educators National Conference in Chicago. The same ensemble made four series of recordings for Carl Fisher and a series of cassettes for Boosey and Hawkes. Mr. Suddendorf conducted the University Symphonic Band and, in his last three years at Western, also the University Symphony Orchestra. Throughout his career at Western, he taught highly regarded conducting classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and served on the faculty for the School of Music's SEMINAR summer music program for high-school students. In 1981 he founded the Kalamazoo Youth Wind Ensemble (now the Kalamazoo Youth Symphonic Band), a special ensemble for outstanding high-school instrumentalists from the region. Prior to his tenure at Western, Mr. Suddendorf was at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, for nine years, 1970-1979 as Director of Bands, Instrumental Department Coordinator and Conductor of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, University Concert Band, and the University Symphony Orchestra. His Appointment at Capital followed fourteen years of teaching at the Ohio State University, 1956-1970, where he was Professor of Trumpet, Director of the University Brass Choir, Associate Conductor of the Ohio State Concert Band and a member of the Faculty Brass Quintet. Among his numerous professional honors and awards, Mr. Suddendorf received Distinguished Teaching awards from The Ohio State University, Capital University, and Western Michigan University. In 1975, he was elected to the American Bandmasters Association. He served as President of the Mid-American Conference Band Directors Association from 1982-1984. He received the Citation of Excellence Award from the National Band Association in March 1984. In April 1991, the Delta Iota Chapter of Phi MU Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity at Western Michigan University presented him the Orpheus Award for significant and lasting contributions to the cause of Music in America. Philip Sinder Philip Sinder, professor of tuba and euphonium, joined the Michigan State University School of Music faculty in 1982. His students are found throughout the United States in a variety of professional performance and education positions. Sinder received a Bachelor of Music degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University. Professor Sinder has performed and recorded as tubist with a variety of ensembles, including the Saint Louis Symphony, Houston Symphony, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Rochester Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit Chamber Winds, and the Colorado Music Festival. He frequently appears as a soloist, clinician, and adjudicator, and has been a featured artist at several International Tuba-Euphonium Conferences and at the United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference. Sinder has commissioned and/or premiered over a dozen solo and chamber works featuring the tuba. In 1995 he released his first solo tuba compact disc recording, entitled "Aerodynamics", on Mark Records. Philip Sinder currently performs as a member of the Beaumont Brass (MSU faculty quintet), the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, and the Brass Band of Battle Creek, of which he is a founding member. Sinder also serves as the director of the Michigan State University Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. He is an active member of the International Tuba-Euphonium Association, is a member of the Board of Trustees at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and is on the Executive Board for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival. James Curnow is president, composer, and educational consultant for Curnow Music Press, Inc., publishers of significant music for concert band, symphonic band and brass band. He also serves as Composer-in Residence on the faculty of Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. His formal training was received at Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) and at Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan), where he was a euphonium student of Leonard Falcone and a conducting student of Dr. Harry Begian. James Curnow As a conductor, clinician, arranger, and composer, Mr. Curnow has traveled throughout North America, Australia, and Europe where his music has received wide acclaim. He has won several awards for band compositions and has been commissioned to write over one-hundred works for band including The Olympic Fanfare and Theme for the Olympic Flag, which was premiered in Texas by the Houston Symphonic Band at the Texas Bandmaster's Association Convention in 1996. On this CD is his arrangement of John Williams' Midway March, and compositions of Concertino for Tuba and Band, Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew, and Silver Celebration, commissioned in 1992 by the Lansing Concert Band to commemorate its' Twenty-fifth anniversary as the official band of the City of Lansing. Joseph Lulloff - saxophonist Saxophonist Joseph Lulloff is one of the most sought after performance artists and clinicians of today. Acclaimed internationally for his innovative style and unparalleled virtuosity, Mr. Lulloff has been described by colleague Branford Marsalis as "a marvelous musician" whose "knowledge of music, along with his ability to embrace music normally considered outside the sphere makes him a joy to listen to." Mr. Lulloff performs regularly as a soloist in many of the most prestigious concert venues in the United States, Europe, South America, and Japan, as well as with leading symphony orchestras in America and abroad. A recipient of numerous awards for solo performance, including the Concert Artists Guild Award in 1985 (which included his debut at Carnegie Hall, after which the New York Times hailed his expertise and musicality), the Pro Musicus International Music Award (1987) and the 1995 Teacher/Scholar Award from Michigan State University, Mr. Lulloff has been featured at World Saxophone Congresses in Tokyo, Japan; Valencia, Spain; Nuremburg, Germany; Montreal, Canada, and Chicago. Critics regarded his three concert tours of Japan with pianist/composer Philip Strange as unqualified successes. As a highly sought after clinician, Mr. Lulloff regularly shares his artistic insights at major universities and conservatories throughout the United States, Canada, South America and Japan. In addition to an active solo career, Mr. Lulloff has appeared as principal saxophonist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra and the Flint Symphony Orchestra. Equally adept with both classical and jazz repertoire, Mr. Lulloff is featured both as a soloist and ensemble member in numerous recordings on the Arabesque, RCA, Albany, AUR, Veriatza, and Channel Classics labels. His premiere solo recording with pianist Philip Hosford, titled Interplay, features classical and contemporary saxophone works by Poulenc, Vaughan-Williams, Desenclos, Cooper and Ruggiero. Currently a member of the music faculty at Michigan State University as Professor of Saxophone Performance , Mr. Lulloff's success as one of the nation's leading saxophone instructors is evidenced by the prolific careers of his students who have performed with major symphony orchestras and the premiere bands of the U.S. Military and secured teaching and performance positions throughout the United States. Check out the artist's website: http://www.lansingconcertband.org Track List: 1. Overture to Candide 2. Concertino for Tuba and Band 3. Silver Celebration 4. On A Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss 5. Tribute to Rudy Wiedoft 6. Pentland Hills 7. Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew 8. Hosts of Freedom 9. When You Wish Upon a Star 10. Eternal Father Strong to Save 11. Midway March 12. On the Mall Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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