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Dr.
William S. Carson
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 The original 1933 band version
of Spoon River by Percy Grainger, edited by Dr.
Carson and Mr. Naylor, now available from Southern Music.Listen to a recording by the "President's Own" United State Marine Band HERE! Click here to read Dr. Carson's article about the discovery of the original hand-copied parts. |
NEWS: Coe College Concert Band
involved in Daniel Kallman commissioning project.
Hear
Coe's
premiere of the new piece as demo recordings on Kallman's
website.
Welcome Steve Shanley
to the Full-time Faculty - Head of Music Education!
Music Scholarship Information
HERE,
(Including Full-Tuition Marshall
Scholarship)
For information on Dr. Carson's classes, please click HERE. For information on the Coe College Bands, please click HERE.
Click
HERE for information
about our August 2011
tour to Nashville,
New Orleans, Memphis, and a 7-day
cruise
in the Western Caribbean!
Click HERE for Coe College Concert Band and Jazz Band Audio/Video files, YouTube Links
Learn about the Coe College Bands' long and distinguished
of success!
Click here to learn more about our August 2008 tour to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai!
Click here for a slideshow of China tour photos!
Click here to see a picture of the band at the 1949 inauguration of President Harry S. Truman
Recent Accomplishments
►November, 2010: Twelve Coe band members selected for the 2010 Iow College All-Star Band
►November,
2009: Twelve
Coe band members selected for the 2009 Iow College All-Star
Band
►November, 2008: Ten Coe students selected for the 2008 Iowa College All-Star Band.
►August, 2008: Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band's trip to TAIWAN, HONG KONG, AND SHANGHAI
►March, 2007: two
students (Sara Johnson, trumpet, David Neff, euphonium) were
selected for the National Honor Band of the
College Band Directors National Association, ranking Coe among
the finest college band programs in the nation.
►November, 2006: Twelve Coe Band
Members were selected for the 2006 Iowa College All-Star
Band,
ranking the Coe College Concert Band as one of the
finest college bands in Iowa.
►May, 2006: The Coe Mozart Ensemble performs at the Iowa Bandmasters Convention
►March, 2006: Two
students were selected for the 2006 College Band Directors
National Association North Central Regional Honor Band,
ranking the Coe College Concert Band as one of the finest
college bands in the Midwest.
►November, 2005: Ten Coe students selected for the 2005 Iowa College All-Star Band.
►August, 2005: Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band perform in HAWAII and SOUTH KOREA.
►August, 2003: Touring Wind Ensemble and
Jazz Band's trip to ENGLAND and
SCOTLAND.
Click HERE for photos and video clips.Click
HERE for itinerary
information on the trip.
Click here for a large version of this picture
of the Touring Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Carson,
Director of Jazz Studies Steve Shanley directs the Coe College Touring
Jazz Ensemble at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
during the Bands' tour to England and Scotland in 2003.
| Departmental
Administrative
Assistant:
Bernadette Tiede (btiede@coe.edu) Student
Assistants:
Elise
Burnham (emburnham@coe.edu
) For more infomation on Music Faculty, click HERE |
New Horizons Band of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
hosted by Coe College
Alan
Lawrence, conductor
alawrenc@coe.edu
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| Check out our Band Library |  |
| our March Size Library |  |
| our Jazz Band Library |  |
| or our Small Ensemble
Libraries
Click here for the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band Library |
Click HERE for
information
about FRIENDS OF MUSIC AT COE: |
The bands administered by Dr. Carson include the Coe College Bands:
Coe College Concert Band (see the pic) : Coe
College Concert Band in Rehearsal - click here for
photos
Coe Gold Jazz
Ensemble (Big Band) directed by Steve Shanley
Coe Crimson
Jazz Ensemble (Jazz and Improvisation Laboratory)
Coe College/Cedar Rapids Symphony School Senior
Honor Band
Coe College/Cedar Rapids Symphony School Junior
Honor Band
Coe College/Cedar
Rapids Symphony School Elementary Honor Band
As well as the:
Bill Carson Big Band
Other instrumental ensembles at Coe College include:
The Coe College Drumline
The Coe College
Orchestra
The Bands annually present several major festivals:
COE COLLEGE
JAZZ SUMMIT
COE COLLEGE FESTIVAL OF BANDS
Coe's
Professor
of Art, Peter Thompson, is known for his paintings of
musicians.
See his paintings of
members of the Coe College Bands. 
Coe College Bands | Coe College Instrumental Music Schedule |
| Dr.
William S. Carson |
Carson Biographical
Information |
| Coe College
Bands History |
Coe College Honor Bands |
| Coe College
Jazz Summit |
Coe College Festival of
Bands |
| Cabaret
Information |
Cedar
Rapids Municipal Band |
This Web Page was designed
by Dr. William S. Carson
Coe College, 1220 First Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52402
Copyright © 2011-2012, Coe College. All rights reserved.
In April 2004, Coe College's instructor of Low Brass, Bill Behrens, was killed in a tragic automobile accident.
Click here for a Bill Behrens tribute site.
Click here for Information on the Low Brass Day in his memory, January 29, 2006.
