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      The Coe College Festival of Bands 2012:

Larry Neeck, Guest Conductor/Composer

April 19-22, 2012

William S. Carson, D.M.A.

Director of Bands

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The Coe College Festival of Bands 

Traditionally held each year in April, Coe's Festival of Bands brings a major guest conductor to campus to assist in the celebration of the many facets of band music. 

The Guest Artist

Larry Neeck

Larry Neeck

Larry Neeck is an internationally recognized composer, with numerous works for concert band and jazz ensemble published by C.L. Barnhouse Company. As a composer, he has been commissioned to write for concert band, jazz ensemble, and orchestra, and for artists such as acclaimed jazz violinist Regina Carter, and saxophonist James Carter. He has received numerous ASCAP awards for his compositions, and often works as a guest conductor and clinician. His CDs, “Swing Machine,” recorded by the Studio “A” Big Band, and “Midnight Escape,” recorded by the Washington Winds, are available from Walking Frog Records.

Mr. Neeck holds a B.A. in Music from the University of Pittsburgh, and an M.M. in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music. In addition to composing, Mr. Neeck teaches instrumental music in the Webster (NY) Central School District. He directs concert bands, jazz ensembles, and is co-founder and director of the Willink Middle School Student/Parent Band.

  

The Festival Concerts

On Saturday, April 21, at 8:00 p.m. in Sinclair Auditorium, Larry Neeck will conduct the Coe College Concert Band in several of his own compositions.  Neeck will also work with the Elementary Honor Bands, which will perform at 4:00 p.m. that day and with the Coe Junior and Senior Honor Bands, who will present their Festival concert on Sunday, April 22, at 4:00 p.m.  Also featured during the Festival, on Thursday, April 19, at 8:00, will be a free concert by the Kirkwood Community College Concert Band, directed by Dr. Beth Zamzow, and the New Horizons Band of Cedar Rapids, conducted by Alan Lawrence. Tickets for the Honor Band concerts will be available through the Coe College Box Office (319-399-8600) and tickets for the Coe College Concert Band performance will be available at the door.

The Coe College Festival of Bands, under the administration of Dr. Carson, was established in 1994 and has featured a number of respected composers and conductors:

 
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