The Thirteenth East Coast Band Conference

Name: The Thirteenth East Coast Band Conference
Start: 2025-03-22T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-22T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Ringgold Band, Inc.

Schedule

Sat Mar 22 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Ringgold Band, Inc. | Reading, PA

The thirteenth East Coast Band Conference will again be hosted by the Ringgold Band in Reading, PA. The date is Saturday, March 22,2025.
The conference, dedicated to band history and repertoire, will consist of 30-minute talks from 9 a.m. until noon and an open rehearsal of rare band works from 2 to 4 p.m. Both events will take place in the Ringgold band's rehearsal room at 3539-A Freemont St., Laureldale, PA 19605. The rehearsal room is a veritable museum of Ringgold Band history and by extension Reading band history. There is ample free parking at the site.
Members of the Ringgold Band, directed by Chuck Ebersole, will form the core of players at the rehearsal. You are encouraged to bring your instrument and augment the band. If you choose to do so, please write to Chuck Ebersole at 147 Walnut St., Mohnton, PA 19540 or email him at [email protected] and let him know.
If you wish to have a rare band work performed at the rehearsal, please inform Mr. Ebersole and then send him a xeroxed copy of the score and parts well in advance of the conference so the band can rehearse it beforehand. If you wish to conduct the work yourself, let him know.
The conference is free of charge and there is no formal registration. In order to estimate the attendance, however, please notify me at [email protected] of your intent to attend. I hope to
see you there.
Here is the list of the 30-minute presentations in the morning:
1) Jim Shufelt -The Carlisle, PA Band
2) William Rehrig - Out of Hiding: Music That Has Been Accumulating
Dust for Far Too Long
3) Timothy Kaiser - "Good Music at the Disposal of Everyone": Inside
the Frank Simon Archive
4) Jon Mitchell - Juan Morel Campos and the Ponce, Puerto Rico Municipal Band
5) Dave Detwhiler - Sousaphone Milestones in Sousa's Incredible Band
6) Jari Villanueva - A History of Taps (with reference to bands)
Sincerely yours,
Harrington E. "Kit" Crissey, Jr.