The Coe College Festival of Bands 2010:

Len Orcino, Guest Conductor/Composer

April 15-18, 2010

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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 Artists

Len Orcino

Len Orcino is retired after teaching 35 years in northeastern Ohio’s public and private schools. His experience includes elementary, high school, community college and the last 23 years at the middle school level. He received the Bachelor and Master of Music Education degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and has done additional graduate work in jazz education at North Texas State University. He has considerable performance experience as a jazz pianist and big band leader and sideman, and also as a tubaist with various orchestras, bands and brass ensembles. Len has composed works for many ensembles whom he has taught or with which he has performed over his career. Currently, Len plays euphonium in the Lakeland Community College Civic Band.

The Festival Concerts

On Saturday, April 17, at 8:00 p.m. in Sinclair Auditorium, Len Orcino will conduct the Coe College Concert Band in several of his own compositions. Orcino 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 18, at 4:00 p.m. Also featured during the Festival, on Thursday, April 15, 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:

2011: James Swearingen, Capital University, conductor/composer
2010: Len Orcino, Barnhouse publications, conductor/composer
2009: Robert W. Smith, Barnhouse publications, conductor/composer
2008: Rob Grice, Barnhouse publications, conductor/composer
2007: James Swearingen, Capital University, conductor/composer
2006: Ed Huckeby, Northeastern State University (Oklahoma), conductor/composer
2005: David Holsinger, Lee University, conductor/composer, David Shaffer, Miami University, conductor/composer
2004: Barry Kopetz, Capital University, conductor/composer
2003: Quincy Hilliard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, conductor/composer/narrator
Fall 2001: Michael Daugherty, University of Michigan, conductor/composer
Spring 2001: David Gillingham, Central Michigan University, conductor/composer
2000: Frank Ticheli, conductor/composer
1999: Alfred Reed, conductor/composer
1998: David Holsinger, conductor/composer
1997: Quincy Hilliard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, conductor/composer
1996: Michael D. Hanes, Southern Illinois University, Jerry Owen, conductor/composer
1995: Richard Mayne, University of Colorado - Boulder
1994: Richard E. Strange, Arizona State University

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