The
administrators
at the University of Washington need to know of the high regard
in which I and
the other members of the College Band Directors National
Association now hold
you and the University of Washington – both institutionally and
musically. We had
high regard for you before, but had no idea that your school had
the resources
and facilities for such an important conference, and the
generosity to open the
campus to college faculty, students and administrators from
around the world.
[The UW Wind Ensemble performance] was not just good, not just
worthy of the
conference, but world-class! It was brilliantly programmed (so
as to be an
enviable model for many of us), expertly played, artistically
superb, and
pioneered genuine interdisciplinary collaborations with
technology, the world
of video games, and film.
Thomas C. Duffy, DMA|
Professor (adj) of Music
| Director of University Bands
Yale University | Immediate
Past President,
CBDNA
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I
want to thank you for your hard
work in presenting the 2011
CBDNA National
Conference recently on your campus. I have attended many such conferences over the past
thirty years, but have never attended one any better
prepared and
executed
than yours. Having hosted such
events
myself, I know from firsthand-experience the
time
and energy that
is required to
bring to life a major conference such as
this.
I
also want to congratulate
you for
the inspired performance that closed
the conference.
It would have been enough
to simply play host to the event, but you also gave us the pleasure of experiencing your
many
musical
talents in a concert performance quite unlike any we have ever
heard at a CBDNA event. From the opening reel of Halo to the final notes of Mackey, this was a truly inspired and imaginative program.
Bravo for a job well done.
Rest assured that you made a lasting
impression
on all of the attendees.
This
was one of the most enjoyable, entertaining,
educational and
enlightening conferences
in recent memory. I will
reflect fondly upon
my experiences on your campus for a long
time
to come.
Patrick
Dunnigan, Ph.D. | Director of Bands
| Florida State University
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Thank
YOU Tim! It
was an inspiring conference and all of your students were
fantastic, both
musically and professionally.
Sarah McQoin | Director of
Bands | Texas Tech
University
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I have
hosted two
College Band Directors National Association National
Conferences: one during my
tenure at The Ohio State University, and the other in my present
position at
the University of Minnesota. Hosting a National Conference of
this magnitude
with over four hundred people in attendance is a daunting task.
Professor
Salzman and his staff did an outstanding job of ensuring that
the conference
was organized with a schedule that was able to successfully
facilitate a
multitude of performances, dress rehearsals, clinic sessions,
and meetings over
four days. My colleagues join me in congratulating Professor
Salzman and the
University of Washington for hosting one of the most memorable
and productive
conferences in recent history.
Additionally,
it was
our pleasure to hear the University of Washington Wind Ensemble
in concert on
Saturday afternoon, March 26, 2011, and again in conjunction
with the Seattle
Symphony that evening. The Saturday afternoon concert was
outstanding, expertly
programmed, and led by Professor Salzman with a great sense of
artistry,
sensitivity, and commitment. It was a special pleasure to hear
members of your
School of Music faculty who were featured prominently in this
concert. The
University of Washington School of Music was represented with
great distinction
by your students and by your faculty. The evening collaboration
with the
Seattle Symphony was a wonderful tribute to the music of Alan
Hovhanness
conducted by Gerard Schwartz; a wonderful example of an
important community
connection between the University and a major arts organization
in Seattle.
Craig Kirchhoff | Professor of
Music | Director
of University Bands
University of Minnesota
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…a huge thank you for the absolutely
incredible job
you and your staff did hosting this year's CBDNA National Conference. I truly
cannot imagine the
work that must have gone into planning and executing such a
massive event but I
want to thank you most sincerely for making it one to remember.
From the
concerts to the presentations, the event was perfect in every way! I particularly enjoyed the level of
involvement by
the Seattle Symphony and Maestro Schwarz. To hear him say that he will mention University
programs when
discussing the cultural landscape of the city was uplifting and
energizing.
Secondly, I want to congratulate you
and your fine
ensemble on two stunning performances. Not only was the concert
at Meany well-crafted,
thought provoking, and played with the utmost musicality, it
showed tremendous
courage. In my opinion, these convention performances should
serve as a vehicle
for us as a profession to stretch our conventional notions of
what a concert
should be. Your use of video
clips, film and a
jazz trio with the ensemble was a breath of fresh air and I for
one couldn't
have enjoyed it more! All the better things were when
we headed downtown
that night and heard and watched Maestro Schwarz conduct your
ensemble in front of a packed and enthusiastic
audience. While
sitting there before the concert I couldn't help but think that
so much was on
the line for us as a profession. Would
the
audience accept a wind band? Would they feel that the level of
performance was
up to the professional standards that they have come to expect?
Of course the
ensemble performed magnificently and the audience loved it. This
was a truly
special moment for us in the wind band world.
Robert J.Ambrose | Director of Bands | Associate
Director |
School of Music
Georgia State
University
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Thanks
for doing
such a great job of hosting the CBDNA conference. Everything I
had heard about
Seattle and UW was true – an incredible setting for a phenomenal
conference and
I completely fell in love with the city! The performances of the
UW Wind
Ensemble on Saturday were superb. The programming was incredibly
imaginative
and the performances were inspiring. I look forward in
particular to performing
the Huck Hodge piece and appreciate being able to be part of the
consortium. Bravo and thanks to you and everybody involved
with the
conference.
Andrew Mast, DMA | Director of
Bands | Associate
Professor of Music
Lawrence University
Conservatory of Music
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I
sincerely enjoyed
your performance of Precious
Metal at
the CBDNA conference and I'm sorry I missed telling you in
person. I thought
the entire conference was very organized, and the students and
faculty at UW
are fantastic musicians. Since we are members of the Precious Metal consortium, it was a pleasure to
hear the piece live
for my first time. I thought the second movement was
particularly well done,
given the difficulty of the somewhat aleatoric nature of
that movement and
the sound-descriptions of the different "sheens."
Congratulations
again on a great performance, and to the entire UW faculty for a
fantastic
conference.
James L. Tully | Director of
Bands | Coastal
Carolina University
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…from
Twitter:
Blown
away by Univ.
O' Washington. A truly artistic/immersive/entertaining
experience. New Music
Fans, this is where It's At.
Jonathan Newman | Composer |
New York City
Never
has an hour of
live music gone faster than the first half of the UW
winds...whoa!
Chad Nicholson | Director of
Bands | Indiana
University - Fort Wayne
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Last
March, I
had the pleasure of attending the CBDNA National Conference
hosted by the
University of Washington. As an alumnus (BA/BM, Music Education,
‘97), I could
not have been more proud of my alma mater. Tim Salzman and the
UW Wind Ensemble
did a spectacular job as hosts to some of the most prominent
conductors,
composers and musicians in the country. I hope the faculty and
staff at
Washington are as proud of this successful event as many of the
alumni who were
in attendance.
Dr. Emily A. Moss | Director
of Bands | California
State University Los Angeles
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Please
forgive the
lateness of this e-mail, but I wanted to express again (in
writing this time)
how much I enjoyed your performance, program, and the wonderful
job you did
hosting the conference on your beautiful campus in a terrific
city. Congratulations
to you and your students. Please also give Donna my best — she
sounded terrific
— and what a joy to see her again.
Robert W. Rumbelow, DMA |
Director of Bands |
University of Illinois
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Simply
put....thank
you for everything you did to make this a truly extraordinary
conference. You and your students gave two terrific performances
that were
highlights for me and I thank you for that. Although I have not
ever hosted a
conference of this magnitude, I can imagine what a monumental
task this was and
you did it with grace, humility and made it look easy. It was
particularly
gratifying for me to witness your personal stamp on your
community. Your
incredible musicianship, vision, compassion and pride in your
community was
noticed and admired by all. Thank you!
Glen Adsit | Director of Bands
| Associate
Director of Instrumental Studies
The Hartt School
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First,
congratulations for a wonderful concert last week. Your program
was one of the
most interesting I have seen at a CBDNA conference and the
students performed
beautifully. The trio was unbelievably good! As you know, I left
Washington in
1986, about the time you arrived. As one who grew up in
Washington, I know some
of the history of the band program at UW, and what I heard from
your group last
Saturday confirms the outstanding work you have done to build
the program. Please
pass along my congratulations to your students for their
outstanding
performance.
Secondly,
we are all
grateful to you, your students, faculty and staff for hosting
the National
Conference. From my perspective, the conference went off without
a hitch. It
was well organized and everyone was friendly and helpful.
Special thanks to Vu
and Erin!! Having a national conference in the Pacific Northwest
was long over
due and UW/Seattle was definitely the right choice.
On
behalf of our
organization and our members, thank you for this significant
contribution to
our profession.
Eric Rombach-Kendall |
President CBDNA | Professor
of Music/Director of Bands
University of New Mexico
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Congratulations
on a
terrifically organized conference, and a spectacular performance
on Saturday.
Dr. Evan Feldman | Wind
Ensemble Conductor |
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate
Studies | The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Congratulations
again
on the fabulously successful CBDNA Conference you and your staff
hosted
last week. It was a triumph, both organizationally and
musically. Your group's
Saturday performances – both in the afternoon, and in the
evening downtown –
were wonderfully effective.
Richard Clary | Professor of
Music | Director
of Wind Ensemble Studies
The Florida State University
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I would like to extend my
congratulations on a
job well done in hosting the 2011 National Conference of the
College Band
Directors National Association. Everything was done in a
first-class manner,
including the wonderful performance given by the University of
Washington Wind
Ensemble. Yours is a wonderful campus (and concert hall!) in one
of the most
interesting places I have had the pleasure to visit. It was my
first trip to
the Northwest and I plan to return as often as I can!
I would also like to thank your
fantastic
graduate students, in particular, Vu Nguyen and Erin Bodnar.
Both were
professional, diligent and thorough in handling so many details.
Rod
Schueller | Director of Bands | Texas State University
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Congratulations
on a
very special closing CBDNA concert last week in Seattle! The
concert was thought
provoking and well-prepared. It was great to see Donna Shinn
play the Sparr and
Erik Reed playing principal trumpet as well. Two very special
people!
The
concert was particularly
extraordinary in that you were so preoccupied with organizing an
amazing
conference on top of the concert preparation. Bravo to
everyone!!
Joseph Missal | Director of
Bands | Oklahoma
State University
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I
wanted to write
and congratulate you on a highly successful and engaging
conference. I
recognize the immense amount of work and planning that something
like that entails
and I hope you are feeling awfully good about it all!
Cynthia Johnston Turner |
Associate Professor |
Director of Wind Ensembles
Cornell University
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What a
great concert
on Saturday—the perfect way to end the conference. I know you
are very proud of
the work the ensemble put forward, and I'm also sure you are as
proud of the
grad students who helped run the conference—they were terrific
too. As always I
am very proud to be a UW alumni, even more so now after the
conference, and
especially after the Wind Ensemble performance—thanks!
Alexander R. Treviño,
Ph.D. | Director of
Athletic Bands | Associate Director of Bands | Old Dominion
University