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The association has contributed to the wind and percussion band community through the spheres of literature, performance, and pedagogy. The ABA is responsible for the commissioning of many of the wind band's most revered works, including Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger , Pageant by Vincent Persichetti , Strange Humors by John Mackey , and ...
The Sousa/Ostwald Award is an annual award given by the American Bandmasters Association for a composition for concert band.It was first awarded in 1956, after band uniform suppliers Ernest and Adolph Ostwald established the ABA/Ostwald Award for the best band composition written in the previous year. [1]
He co-founded the Japanese Band Director's Association, [3] served as president of the American Bandmasters Association, and served on the board of directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. [2] Following years of vascular ailments, Yoder died April 4, 1990, in Hendersonville, North Carolina. [4]
Lincolnshire Posy is a musical composition by Percy Grainger for concert band commissioned in 1937 by the American Bandmasters Association. [1] Considered by John Bird, the author of Grainger's biography, to be his masterpiece, the 16-minute-long work has six movements, each adapted from folk songs that Grainger had collected on a 1905–1906 trip to Lincolnshire, England.
Joseph W. Hermann is a leading American wind band conductor and educator and is currently Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee. He is also the current President of the American Bandmasters Association.
Edwin Franko Goldman (January 1, 1878 – February 21, 1956) was an American composer and conductor. One of the most significant American band composers of the early 20th century, Goldman composed over 150 works, but is best known for his marches. He founded the renowned Goldman Band of New York City and the American Bandmasters Association ...
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Harding served as the treasurer of the American Bandmasters Association for several years. From 1937 to 1938, he was the ABA's President. From 1937 to 1938, he was the ABA's President. In 1956, he succeeded John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman as Honorary Life President.