In Taps Across America, buglers nationwide joined forces to honor the fallen
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Buy PhotoThe bugler at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. set the tome for musicians across the country who would take part in “Taps Across America later in the day. (Stars and Stripes)
SHAVERTOWN, Pa. (Tribune News Service) As he waited for 3 p.m. to arrive on Memorial Day, renowned trumpeter Bobby Baird said he has played taps more times than he cares to remember.
That s because Baird knows of the sacrifices of so many soldiers and he proudly sounds Taps every time to honor those brave men and women.
The board of directors of the Piedmont Wind Symphony in Winston-Salem recently hired Mark A. Norman as the organizationâs music director and conductor.
He replaces Matthew Troy, who left the position in early 2020 to lead the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory.
Norman has more than 30 years of experience as a conductor and tuba performer. He has been working closely with the Piedmont Wind Symphony on a recording project since late 2020, but his first day on the job as music director/conductor was Feb. 26.
He is also director of Instrumental Ensembles and a conducting faculty artist at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Parkway High School Band already had plenty to toot its horn about. Now, it has six reasons more.
Parkway alumnus Jeffrey Weaver, Sr. (pictured in white) reached out with a jaw-dropping offer. He wanted to donate his late father’s half-dozen trumpets to the Pride of Pantherland Band.
Making the donation especially significant was the elder Weaver was a career musician in the military, serving 25 years in both the U.S. Navy Band and U.S. Air Force Band. He acquired and played the custom-made instruments during his stint in the service, one dating back to 1956.
Weaver could have easily sold them for a lot of money, but chose to put them in the hands of youth to foster their love of music. He presented the trumpets to the Pride of Pantherland Band at a school ceremony, where student musicians put on a patriotic performance as a tribute to his late father’s service.
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HUNTINGTON â Composer and Marshall University professor emeritus Paul Whear, 95, died last week after a lifetime of creating music for audiences and performers alike.
âPaul did not write just to make Paul Whear a better person; he was not writing to satisfy his ego,â said Don Williams, professor emeritus at Marshall University and friend of Whear. âHe was writing for an audience, the audience and player, whether they were in junior high or a professional; he was able to write for them.â
A former professor of music theory and composition, Whear was known as a talented composer and conductor who demanded excellence from those who performed his work, Williams said.