VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
AUGUST
2011
Bosco
Tech Concert Band Awarded
Forwarded
From Los Angeles Donauschwaben
by
Karl Seitz
Congratulations
to the Don Bosco Technical Institute Concert Band as Recipient of the 2011
Hans Schmelzer Music Award!
The Alemannia Music Foundation has selected the Don Bosco Technical
Institute Concert Band (Rosemead, California), as a recipient of the
Ensemble Component of the 2011 Hans Schmelzer Music Award.
The award was made in recognition of the efforts being made at the
school to develop its music program and provide students the
opportunity to study the music of Central and Eastern Europe. The
award includes a $600 grant to be used by the school for its music
program. The award selection committee cited the coming performance of
the Academic
Festival Overture by Johannes
Brahms by the Bosco Tech Concert Band as an excellent
example of the music of Central and Eastern Europe that has helped
shape contemporary and classical music development. In a letter to
Daniel Almanza, Bosco Tech Director of Bands, the committee stated,
“We know that by studying and performing such music, your students
will have a greater appreciation for the origins all genres of modern
music and will have a broader awareness of the rich spectrum of music
from around the world.” The performance was scheduled at the
school’s Tech Hall on May 19.
Don
Bosco Technical Institute Concert Band |
2011
Hans Schmelzer Music Award Recipient |
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Hans
Schmelzer
A number of our members have given generously of their
time but when it comes to music, fewer names quicker
to mind that Herr Schmelzer. From the beginning, Hans
Schemlzer has been volunteering his time to the Danube-Swabian community along with his band members.
The Hans Schmelzer Award was established in 2010 by
the Alemannia Music Foundation to promote the study of
Central and Eastern European music in high schools and
universities in Southern California.
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more information please go to www.alemanniamusic.org. |
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Hans
and his band played at this year's
Danube-Swabians
Day
on
July 31st at |
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The
Phoenix Club |
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