Conductor’s Corner by Carmen Narveson

Fall 2015

B O A R D O F

D I R E C T O R S

• Ellen Grabau President

• Susan Lorenzen-Johnson

Vice President

• Jim McMullin Treasurer

• Theresa Hayden Secretary

• Jerry Barrett Member-at-Large

• Teresa Cerling and Carmen Narveson Ex-Officios

S T A F F

• Carmen Narveson Band Director

• Teresa Cerling Library Manager

• Beth Hennessy Library Clerk

F I N A N C E C O M M I T T E E

• Ellen Grabau

• Teresa Cerling

• Jim McMullin

• Barb Ames

B A N D L I B R A R I A N

• Carol Lenz

The Chatfield Brass Band playing

Variations on a Kitchen Sink by Don Gillis.

Let Me Introduce Myself

81 Library Lane, P.O. Box 578 Chatfield, MN 55923

www.chatfieldband.lib.mn.us 507-867-3275

Hours: M-T-W

8am—Noon; 1—4pm Central Time

Phone: 507-867-3275

Email: chatband@selco.info

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Happy Anniversary

Oh,

When the Saints

“Frugalhorn: A sensible and inexpensive brass instrument”

Printing courtesy of

Computer Danamics

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“Dill Piccolini: An exceedingly small wind instrument that plays only sour notes”

Library Update by Teresa Cerling, Library Manager

Greetings from the library! I am happy to report the library is doing well this year. We received a generous bequest from a former Chatfield resident, Alice Underleak Whitford. We have invested this in the expectation of using the interest to help pay for salary increases for the staff.

The library received another generous anonymous donation this year. This money was used to keep our two catalogers, Kirby Johnson and Valerie Wilson, on the payroll. They have added over 1900 new titles over the past year.

I want to thank the volunteers that helped with the annual fall cleanup at the library and the volunteers that came throughout the year to help with sorting music. We couldn’t do it without you!

2015 Accomplishments:

• 1900 new titles cataloged

• 542 volunteer hours

• 255 new and renewing members

• Orders to 50 states and 15 foreign countries

Some favorite titles found in our collection this year:

Cows May Come and Cows May Go, but the Bull Will Go

on Forever

That’s the Fellow I Want to Get — Intro: My Husband’s

Going [to] Leave Me, but the Boarder’s Going to Stay

Please consider making a contribution. We will use your dollars well. We are dedicated to getting more of this old music off the shelf and into the files and online catalog. This is our mission — to make this music available!

The Song Without a Name (© 1930)

It'll Take a Little Time (© 1932) by Beth Hennessy, Library Clerk

I’ve been working for the Chatfield Music Lending Library for almost six years. It’s been fun getting to know so many of you and helping you locate the music you want. I’ve spent time researching five-piece German band music, music by James Reese Europe, and many, many other topics you bring to my attention. I often wish I had more time to do that kind of work — it’s fascinating to see what’s out there and what we actually have in our collection. I see new and interesting titles on a daily basis (some of which end up as new parodies for my women’s

quartet, The Rhubarb Sisters).

When I can spend time on the phone, I love hearing your stories of working with your own bands and your history of playing music. But, truth be told, I have very little time available to just chat or do research. I rarely have a day when I don’t have a list of requests to be filled (we like this — keep those requests coming)! Since all our music has been donated and previously used, sometimes a lot has to be done to get a piece ready to send to you.

I have logged many hours with my handy dandy eraser and have wished all musicians knew about #2 pencils rather than ink or highlighters! Since we never send out our final original, some music requires a lot of time at the copy machine (trying to best fit music for copying on standard-size sheets of paper). And then even more time is spent taping multiple-paged parts together.

I also open the mail each day. I have opened packages of returned music and wished that our postal service had the funds to do a better job delivering mail to people in all areas of the country and world. Much is being automated these days and packages sometimes get mauled by machines. We have received packages that are lucky to have any parts remaining inside (please be careful and package things well when you return items). Some arrive with most of the parts missing. Some don’t make it at all.

We also hope you will be understanding about delivery times. Due to the closing of many sorting facilities, it is taking longer for mail to be delivered. We have reports of first class mail taking as long as two weeks to arrive. For just a few dollars more, it might be worth asking us to send things by Priority Mail (estimated delivery time is two days). The flat rate legal-size envelopes can fit most sets of concert-size music (sometimes even two sets) and only cost $5.25 for postage.

Thanks to all of you for continuing to use our services. We love helping you locate music to share with your own communities!

A few examples of the music in our BOA

(Band orchestra arrangement) collection.

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More Than Washington Post By Glen Tuomaala

Have you lost track of the number of times you’ve

played (or conducted) The Washington Post? You’re not alone. Written in 1889 by John Philip Sousa, it’s considered one of the best marches he ever composed, but there are dozens of other newspaper marches that you may have never discovered.

At the turn of the century, the American newspaper was a primary source of information. Having a newspaper in your town showed the world that it was a great place to live, and having more than one newspaper was a point of pride. This pride often created the opportunity for composers to create a march, quick-step, polka or dance for their newspaper.

As newspapers continue to vanish, their music remains (many examples of which are available at the Chatfield Music Lending Library). This is a partial list (A-N) of newspaper marches, but if you know of one or more that we may have forgotten, PLEASE send an email with that correction to: gatuomaala@StCloudState.edu

“Angus Dei: To play with a divinely beefy tone”

Buffalo News March

Chebanse Herald

Chicago American

Chicago Daily News

Chicago Evening Post

(Brooks)

Chicago Evening Post

(Fassett)

Chicago Herald March

Chicago Journal Two-Step

Chicago Post March

Chicago Record March

Chicago Times-Herald March

Chicago Tribune March

Cincinnati Enquirer March

Cincinnati Post (Simon)

Cincinnati Post (Klohr)

Cincinnati Post Golden

Jubilee

Cincinnati Tribune March

Cleveland News

Cleveland Press March

Cleveland Leader March

Columbia Post March

Daily Post March

Dallas Morning News

Denver Post March

Detroit Free Press

Detroit News

New York Journal’s March

Evening Leader March

Evening News March

Evening Press March

Evening Star March

Evening Wisconsin March

Hamiltonian March

Hartford Post March

Kansas City Journal March

Kansas City Post

Kansas City Star March

Keystone Gazette March

Lansing State Journal March

March “Morning Leader”

Milwaukee Sentinel March

Minneapolis Journal

Mobile Daily News March

Morning Times Triumphal

March

Naperville Sun

Nashville Banner

Nebraska Journal March

New Hartford

The New Yorker (Goldman)

The New Yorker (Hathaway)

New York Herald March and

Two-Step Dance

New York Herald Square One

-Step and March

New York Journal

New York Ledger

New York Tribune

New York Press March and

Two-Step

New York Times March

New York Times Color

Newport News March

News Sentinel March

Advocate Messenger

Algiers Herald March

Atchison Globe March

Atlanta Constitution

The Baltimore

The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore American

The Billboard March

Boston Herald March

Boston Post March

Sarrusophone

The sarrusophone is essentially a metal bassoon, the design of which borrowed heavily from saxophone design. Like the saxophone, sarrusophones came in sizes from sopranino through contrabass, but only the contrabass became popular. They are still made in Italy, and although they have been considered obsolete for 80 years or so, they are having a bit of a revival. Pictured is the University of Illinois Band's sarrusophone section from 1942. Included are soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, and contrabass sarrusophones.

Text taken from http://www.jayeaston.com/galleries/Unusual_instruments/Unusual_p_rothphone.html

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“Gaul Blatter: A French Horn player”

Chatfield Brass Band, Inc.

Statement of Financial Income and Expense

October 2014 through September 2015 (unaudited)

Revenues and Gains

Bequests 110,000.00

Program service revenue 26,784.09

Contributions 30,613.74

Grants & government support 4,120.00

Memberships 7,973.38

Investment revenue 4,230.63

Sales & Other 374.04

Total Revenue and Gains $ 183,081.73

Expenses

Salary and benefits 32,898.38

Administrative 16,631.45

Occupancy 6,598.59

Artist fees 3,810.00

SELCO contract 4,129.10

Investment, Grant & Other 2,054.92

Total Expenses $ 66,122.44

Statement of Financial Position

As of Sept. 30, 2015 (unaudited)

Cash & cash equivalents 3,664.37

Savings & short term investments 12,524.71

Accounts Receivable 3,189.33

Sheet Music Inventory 870,884.19

Long term investments 177,817.74

Fixed assets 241,024.48

Total Assets $1,309,104.82

Liabilities 1,523.20

Equity 1,307,581.62

Total Liabilities & Equity $1,309,104.82

Please contact us if we have made any errors or omissions.

Chesapeake Brass Band

Francis Chew

Circleville Pumpkin Show Band

David Ciucevich, Jr.

Gerald & Shirley Clemens

Columbia Community Band

Community Band of Brevard

Paul Comstock

Charles Conrad

Rich & Elaine Copeland

Cornucopia Concert Band

Corvallis Community Band

Michael Cox

Christopher Crommett

Brent Croushorn

Mary Culbert

Cullman Community Band

Norman & Judy Dahl

Daly City All Stars

Danville Community Band

Nathan Davidson

Keith Davis

Victoria Davis

Don Deal

William Deer

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$500 + Chosen Valley Community

Foundation

Gateway Goodtime Band

$201 - $500 Al & Shirley Ackerman

Canton American Legion Band

Susan Lorenzen-Johnson

James & Kathy McMullin

Pleasanton Community Concert

Band

Wits’ End Theatre Inc.

$100 - $200 American Legion Bailey-Kinnear

Post 197

Barb Ames

Anthony’s Wood Fire Pizza

Vesta Buetow

C. L. Barnhouse Company

Ed & Joy Cable

James & Donna Caneen

Central AZ Concert Band

Roy & Teresa Cerling

Sarah Cole

Compton Heights Concert Band

F & M Community Bank

First John Philip Sousa Memorial

Band

James Guilbeau

Grady Hallman

Shelley Hilsman

JJ’s Pickup Band

Kenji Kawashima

John Leipprandt

Daniel Lopez

James Martin

Dean & Teresa Narveson

New Horizons Band of Dallas

Northern Winds Concert Band

Elizabeth Pierson

Plano Community Band

Mark Rogers

Fred Schumacher

Timothy Sliter

Becky & John Stranges

The Monument Brass

The Notochords

JoAnn Tiedemann

Glen Tuomaala

Kent & Joanne Turner

Robert Wig

Van H. Winkle

Albert Zagorsky

Andrew Zeratsky

Up to $99 Becky & Paige Ackiss

Adrian College

Alan Anderson

Gillian Anderson

John Anderson

William Anderson

Diana Appler

Aurora American Legion Band

Patricia Backhaus

Robin Barry & Ashley Hanks

Bruce Bartels

Pamela Barton

Dr. Richard Beach

Max Bearden

David Becker

Diana Blake

Bloomington Community Band

Christopher Bomar

Antonio Borges

Jonathan Bourne-May

Branch County Community Band

Keith Brion

Dawn Buck

Buffalo Bill Band

Calhoun Isles Community Band

Nancy A. Campbell & Ed Pierce

Carl Cantaluppi

Canton Comic Opera Company

Carlisle Band, Inc.

Lee Ann Carlsted

Castle Rock Band

Alex Cauthen

Cedar Falls Band, Inc.

Cedar Valley Big Band

Central Michigan University

Charlevoix City Band

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Jonathan Denslow

Darren Depuydt

Mark M. Drake

Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative

East Rochester Fire Department

Band

Carl Ehrke

Encore Concert Band

Marion Erickson

Hendrik Espag

Ferris State University

Carl Fetkenhour

George Foeller

Fond du Lac Symphonic Band

Richard Foote

Scott Foster

Edward Franks

Dr. Don French

Stevan Galbreath

Raymond Galela

Dennis Gamble

Garden State Symphonic Band

Tom Gellert

Roger Gerber

Howard Gluckman

Stephen Goldeck

Richard Gordon

Tim & Susan Gossman

Michael Grant

Mark Grauer

Greendale Village Band

Greenwood Concert Band

William & Myrthis Griffith

Steven Grimo

Matt Haban

Jon Hall

Warren E. Hancock, Jr.

Ted Hanman

Mary Anne Harp

Sharon Hassel

Theresa Hayden

Earl Heartt

Bernard Helfter

William Henderson

Edward Hendrickson

Heritage Brass Band

Rita Hermie

Stan Hinton

Bob Hitman

Stuart Holoman

John Hoover

Dick Houtkooper

Karen & Terry Huckstadt

Rick Hudson

Hudson Valley Symphonic Wind

Ensemble, Inc.

Paul Husby

John Immerso

Leisha Kadansky

Jay Kahn

Ernest Kappahn

Kevin Kasper

Robert G. Kauffman

Richard D. Keane

Keene State College Band

Thomas Keister

Gregory Kim

Edward P. Kingsbury

Tom Knoflicek

Knowlton Harmony Band

Rita Knudson

Erika Kohlmeyer

Larry & Kathleen Krob

Marlyn Krueger

Heather Krueggel

John T. Kuehl

Trevor La Cost

Lafayette Band, Inc.

Lake Trails Community Band

Lansing Concert Band

Lebanon Community Concert

Band

Elaine Lee

Carol Lenz

Lewis Liddell

Leland Lillehaug

Frances Long

Karen Long

Joanne Lovejoy

Douglas MacCoy

Byron Macdonald

Richard MacLagan

Douglas MacLeod

Sergio Manriquez

Marshall Rotary Band

Betty Masoner

John Mayer

Lyle & Vicky Mays

Walter McClelland

Ione McIntyre

Kevin McKee

Karen McLeod

Donald Meehan

Cheri Mello

Antonio Mendoza

Mercer Community Band

Metropolitan Wind Symphony

Jon Meyer

Midland Community Band

Minneapolis Police Band

Minot City Band

Montana Community Foundation

William & Lisa Montelbano

Montgomery County Concert

Band

Wayne Mooney

Jimmy Moore

Janet & Barry Morrison

Richard Moskop

Jerry & Elsie Narveson

David & Virginia Neill

New Horizon’s Band

New Jersey Workshop for the Arts

Duane & Mary Newell

Jon Nicholson

Noank-Mystic Community Band

North Port Concert Band, Inc.

Northwest Connecticut Band

Jerome & Sharyol O’Connor

Richard Olson

Ted & Wanda Olson

Orcas Island Community Band

David Overly

Oyster Bay-East Norwich

Community Band

John Palof

Alan Parshley

Mike Pearce

Andrew Pease

Jim Pekol

Margaret Perkins

Curt & Barbara Peterson

Mark Petty

Mark Pezzano

Pieces 08

Gary Poirer

Ian Polster

Post 530 Greenhills American

Legion

Poulney-Granville Town Band, Inc.

William & Denise Preller

Reading Civic Concert Band, Inc.

Redlands 4th of July Band

Ronald Reed

Evan Reichard

Repasz Band

Richmond Concert Band

George Rigby

Joy Riggs

Riverpointe Community Band

Rivers Edge Concert Band

Rochester Pops Orchestra

Jim Romand

Carl & Wendy Rosenkilde

Raymond Rust

Bob Ryan

Sahib Shrine Band

Nathan Schallert

Joel Schilling

Wayne Schliewe

Wendy Schmehl

Charles Schmidt

Schoharie Valley Concert Band

Dale Schultz

Richard R. Schwartz

Robert Sclater

Serenissima Music, Inc.

Carolyn Sherrill

Joseph Showalter

George Sinnott

Louis Sinoff

SMCWS

Les Smith

Southeast Nebraska Community

Band

Southlake Community Band

Ronald Sowden

St. Petersburg Community Band

Raymond Stakemas

William R. Stedman

Steve Strange

David Strickler

Swansea Community Band

Kristine Swenson

Curtis & Marcella Sykora

Karen Syverson

Glenn Tadina

The Eagles Band, Inc.

Maynard Thompson

Thornapple Wind Band

Dave Thornton

Gary Tipton

Top Brass

Howard Toplansky

Transylvania University

Trinity Central Band

Robert Ullery & Helga Vaishvila

Evelyn Underleak

University of Akron

Patricia Vaida

Ted Vives

Trevor Wagler

W. B. Wandel

Wellington Winds

Warren Wernick

West Valley Pops Band

Paulette Westphal

John Wetzel

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Please contact us if we have made any errors or omissions. Thank you!!

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Memorials & Honorariums

In Honor of Jerry Westland Richard D. Keane

In memory of John Willamon Al & Shirley Ackerman

Susan Lorenzen Johnson

Margaret Perkins

Carol Lenz

Chatfield Brass Band members

In memory of Helen Spelhaug

Marion Erickson

In memory of Donna Haagenson Elaine Lee

In memory of Rodney Copeman Curt & Barbara Peterson

In memory of Linda Jackson Carl & Wendy Rosenkilde

In memory of Tom Nagel Evelyn Underleak

In memory of Richard A. Nelson

Richard Moskop

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The Chatfield Music Lending

Library exists to collect, repair, catalog, store and make available — on a loan-

basis — all types of band music, especially

music no longer being published.

The Chatfield Brass Band provides an opportunity for amateur

instrumentalists of all ages and

abilities to play in a first rate

performing group. The band strives

to give our members the experience

of playing many types of music, with

special attention to playing

traditional band music. We serve our

community and neighbors by

performing for celebrations and

parades, and we take pride in

continuing the tradition of Chatfield

as “Bandtown U.S.A.”

Check the date!

The date on your mailing label is the

date your membership expires.

Library memberships are effective for

one year from the date paid. The

library depends on memberships to

help support operations, so please

take a minute and send in your dues

today.

$100 Encore Level

$50 Finale level

$25 Intermezzo Level

$15 Overture Level

Hours M-T-W 8-12; 1-4 CT

A b o u t U s

Our mission is to preserve band music and continue the legacy of its performance.

The Chatfield Brass Band, Inc. is a 501 c(3) not-for-profit organization that relies on memberships, contributions and user fees

for operations. There are four ways you can help us:

1. Annual Library memberships:

Overture $15________ Intermezzo $25________ Finale $50________ Encore $100________

2. General Library Donations $__________

3. General Band Donations $____________

4. James Perkins Endowment Fund, named after our founder, is administered by the Rochester Area Foundation. It was estab-

lished to provide long term financial stability for the library. $__________

Please make checks payable to Chatfield Brass Band, Inc. Your name or e-mail address will not be shared with or sold to any

organization. Your gift is tax deductible under current tax laws. Thank You!

Name____________________________________________ E-mail __________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________________________________________________

City_______________________________________________ State ________________Zip _______________________

Country___________________________________________________________________________________________

Moe Whittemore

Philip Wilkinson

William Williams

Alex & Marguerite Wilson

Michael Wilson

Windsor Band

Lori Winkels

Dan Winkleski

Douglas Wood

Ivan Woods

Mike Woolley

Sandra Wyatt

Jeff Yaeger

Zionsville Concert Band

Harvey Zoll

In-Kind Donations

Band of Infidels

Central AZ Concert Band

Charlevoix City Band

Corning Area Community Band

Encore Concert Band

Alice Ernster

Mike Gaffron

Groth Music

Jack Mixter

John Mobilio

Plano Community Band

Robert Polansky

Charles Torian

Joan Witter Please contact us if we have made any errors or omissions. Thank you!!

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The Chatfield Brass Band