The Heart of it All 2024 Pride Band Alliance Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

Update #4: Concert Band Repertoire

Hello Pride Bands Alliance!

Can you believe that the conference is only 6 months away?!

The Columbus Conference team is hard at work making sure everything will be in place by the time all of you arrive in July. We have a LOT of big announcements this month, and even more big announcements planned for February.

But before we get into all of that, let’s first do the numbers!

Current Registration Numbers

Atlanta Freedom Band maintains its lead with 26 registrations, but Cleveland Pride Band is close behind with 21!

Triangle Pride Band is within striking distance of 20 registrations and a $100 Gift Card to Stanton’s Sheet Music!

Regular Conference Registration runs through May 31, 2024.

Tell your friends and bandmates to register soon before time runs out….

Proposed Concert Band Repertoire

We are excited to announce our proposed Concert Band repertoire for

“The Heart of It All!”

The Olentangy River Band

“AYO” by Katahj Copley
”Vulnerable Joy” by Jodie Blackshaw
”Let Me Be Frank With You” by John Mackey
”Defying Gravity” by Steven Reineke
”With Heart and Voice” by David Gillingham
”Spoon River” by Percy Grainer, arr. Bainum
”Highlights from Bye Bye Birdie” by Charles Strouse, arr. Custer

The Olentangy River Band will be playing the 1st movement of our commission piece written by Viet Cuong.

The Scioto River Band

The Scioto River Band will be playing the 2nd movement of our commission piece written by Viet Cuong.

”Fanfare Hayabusa” by Satoshi Yagisawa
”The Heart That Gives” by Andrew Boysen, Jr.
”Zoom” by Scott Boerma
”Fantasy on American Sailing Songs” by Clare Grundman
”Be Still and Still Moving” by Nicole Piunno
”110th St. Rumba” by Dana Suesse, arr. Tam
”The Genius of Ray Charles” by arr. Michael Brown

The names of our two bands, The Scioto and The Olentangy, come from the two rivers whose confluence, less than a mile from our concert venue, forms the heart of downtown Columbus.

Listening links for these pieces will be added to our conference website and sent out in the February 1st conference update. The scheduled date for music distribution is Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

The application for Guest Concert Band Artistic Directors has closed.

Thank you so much to those who applied! We received 18 applications for Guest ADs.

Our Artistic Team has already begun reviewing the applications with the plans to reach out to selected candidates toward the end of January.

We plan to announce the selections for Guest ADs in the February 1st update.

Big Band Auditions still open!

BIG BAND AUDITIONS

Auditions for the Big Band are open until April 1, 2024.

Our Big Band Artistic Team has begun work on music selection, and we hope to announce our big band tunes on Friday, March 1, 2024.

Those interested in auditioning will need to prepare a recording of themselves performing a jazz standard of their choice.

The Big Band performance is scheduled for

Friday, July 19th from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

in the Ballroom of the Downtown Renaissance Hotel by Marriott in Downtown Columbus.

We are programming two 30-minute sets of Big Band and Swing music with a 30-minute break between sets. Those participating in the Big Band are expected to have prepared all music prior to our first rehearsal in Columbus.

Big Band rehearsals are scheduled:

Wednesday, July 17th – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Thursday, July 18th, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Friday, July 19th, 9:00 am to 10:00 am

Chamber Recital sign ups are still open.

Interest forms for the Chamber Recital are still open through May 15th, 2024. Below is a link to the form:

CHAMBER RECITAL INTEREST FORM

Applications for the Chamber Recital will be open until May 15th, 2024.

We currently have 8 ensembles signed up, and several others have expressed interest in signing up! More info on the confirmed ensembles and opportunities to join them will be going out in the February 1st update.

The Chamber Recital is scheduled for:

Thursday, July 18th from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

in the historic Ohio Statehouse with performance spaces set up in the Statehouse Atrium and Rotunda. Each selected ensemble will be given a 15-minute time slot for their performance which will include set up and strike between sets.

Only one member from each ensemble is required to complete this form; the person completing this form will act as a representative for the ensemble to the Columbus Conference Team.

No official rehearsal times are placed on the conference schedule, however, limited rehearsal spaces will be made available at our host hotel on

Wednesday, July 17th and Thursday, July 18th.

Sign ups for these spaces will go out on June 1st.

We encourage all chamber groups to have their music as prepared as possible prior to the conference.

Questions? Concerns? Need Info? Contact us!

Any questions or requests for info can be directed to:

conference@columbuspridebands.org

Conference Inquiries

Also, don’t forget to join our Facebook page to connect with fellow conference attendees! Be on the lookout for updates to our Instagram page as well!

This conference is hosted by the Columbus Pride Bands. Check out our upcoming events at our band’s website!

The Columbus Pride Bands is a proud member of the following organizations:

The Association of Concert Bands Website