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Lydall retired, and Inspector W. Bramwell Smith was appointed supervisor of music for the force and served as music director of the band until In the RCMP sent its musicians across the Arctic for the first time, touring the full band to centres accessible to large aircraft. In it made a memorable series of appearances at Expo 70, Osaka.

In the course of nine days it was heard live by over half-a-million people and was viewed on TV by millions of Japanese and Canadians. An annual winter concert series at the NAC begun in continued until the mid s. During it appeared at the Ontario Place Forum , Toronto. In the band sent a group of musicians to Old Crow, YT, the forerunner of a permanent piece ensemble established in to travel to remote areas of the provinces and to communities of the Arctic accessible only by small aircraft. In the RCMP band was continuing the demanding schedule which has been typical of the musical ambassasor of Canada's national police force.

The RCMP band was disbanded in The documentation of early Canadian civilian bands was incomplete at this writing, and the choice of examples is therefore unavoidably haphazard. A former regimental band musician, Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis I, organized a civilian band at Quebec City in , but on his death in its activities ceased until Charles Sauvageau revived it in with some 15 players. It was known after as the Musique Canadienne. A band formed in Newmarket in was in considered the oldest surviving band in Ontario, performing several concerts each year under its conductor Bob Thiel.

It was the subject of a NFB film Goodbye to Sousa which featured William Grieg, who had spent 51 years in the band, 33 as director. By Confederation nearly all towns in eastern Canada had one or several bands; town band, temperance band, fire brigade band, and musical society band were typical. The band movement began to spread westward to the newly settled Prairies and British Columbia. Winnipeg had a city band in From the early s the Winnipeg Citizens Band was directed for 25 years by Sam Barrowclough, a music store proprietor who in had immigrated from Birkenhead, England.

This outstanding band frequently toured in the USA. Victoria had a band in ; and in the mids even the small settlement of Whitewood, Sask, had one, composed of a dozen French aristocrats who had immigrated in the hope of living the life of noblemen. Calgary's civilian band was formed in and, sponsored by the Odd Fellows, existed until , when its instruments, music, and uniforms were presented to the newly established Calgary Fire Brigade Band. One remarkable phenomenon of cross-cultural fertilization was the establishment of Indian brass bands among the Tsimshian and other west coast Indians of British Columbia under the influence of Anglican and Roman Catholic missionaries.

The bands were particularly numerous in the Prince Rupert area, and several, including those at Aiyansh, Kincolith, Nass River, Port Simpson and Squamish, have survived into the early s. The first is said to have been formed by the pioneer lay missionary William Duncan at the Tsimshian settlement of Metlakatla ca Duncan picked up a set of instruments in San Francisco and pressed a German bandmaster from Victoria into service as an instructor.

During the s and s several dozen bands were formed, and British bandmasters provided much of the training. The repertoire included marches, waltzes, operetta tunes, and popular songs. Indian brass bands frequently were invited to play in parades, at fairs and religious celebrations, or on ceremonial occasions. A somewhat similar encouragement of instrumental music on the Atlantic coast, where a small brass band survived at Nain, Labrador, in the late 20th century, is discussed under Moravian Missions in Labrador.

Edmond Hardy founded the Montreal Concert Band in and was its conductor for over 50 years. It performed at the Foreign Exhibition in Boston in The Montmorency band of St-Gregoire-de-Montmorency, Que, was founded earlier and celebrated its th anniversary in In Ontario the Belleville Band in imported a 'quartet' of saxophones soprano, alto, tenor, bass from a manufacturer in Paris.

By the Waterloo Musical Society Band was appearing regularly in the parks of Kitchener-Waterloo and the surrounding area. The latter was renamed the Brampton Citizens Band in , and the summer concerts initiated then were still being given in Emerson Dowens succeeded the first bandmaster, J. Crawford, in , and under his direction the band won one third, one second, and four first awards at the CNE's Ontario Amateur Bands Association competitions between and Buckle, but later the old name was resumed.

Capt Buckle retired in Between and temporary bandmasters carried on, and in Capt William T. Atkins assumed the leadership of the band, serving for over 30 years. Under his direction the band by had gained 28 first awards at national and provincial music festivals. The Newmarket Ont Citizens' Band, established in the s, continued to flourish in By the s many manufacturing firms had company bands. The Calgary Citizens' Band was established in by A. He was succeeded as conductor in by Fred A.

Bagley, who served until The band ceased to function during World War II. One of the first Canadian bands to gain international renown was the Belleville Kilties Band, organized in Toronto in to assume some of the touring commitments which the 48th Highlanders Band could not fulfil. Its first bandmasters were Thomas P.


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Power and William F. At least half of this new group of 40 to 50 musicians had belonged to the 48th Highlanders Band. The band, supplemented by four dancers and singers, performed in the summer in parks and at fairs and during the winter on the vaudeville circuit. It travelled through 20 countries. The band ceased being a professional group in From to and again in it was under the direction of Alfred E. It disbanded in A new type of band about the turn of the 20th century was the studio band, organized for the specific purpose of recording see Roll Back the Years.

When civilian bandsmen joined the armed forces in World War I, many of their bands were unable to continue. Some, however, as mentioned in section 2 of this article, joined as complete units. The end of that war saw the dawning of a golden age of bands in Canada. This became an annual function of the band and continued to be in The main catalyst of the concert band movement was the organization of the CNE national band contest in Bands from almost every community in Canada competed, and as a result the Ontario Amateur Bands Association and the Canadian Bandmasters' Association , see Canadian Band Directors' Association were created.

The first women's band was formed in in Kitchener by Lieut George Ziegler and numbered 94 musicians at its zenith. With the formation of the Waterloo Band Festival in that city became a focus of band activity. In the railway porters of Winnipeg organized a band which became an instant success. A Toronto Symphony Band was formed in and flourished until Philippe Filion was the conductor in of the member Union musicale de Shawinigan Falls, which had been founded in This band also functioned as a symphony orchestra by adding string players. Arvida's band, the Fanfare d'Arvida, established in , was conducted after by J.

Boily and numbered 42 by When their members were called up for service in World War II, many civilian bands were forced to disperse, as they had been in similar circumstances 25 years before, and it was not until that they flourished again.


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  8. A few examples of post-war bands follow. The Calgary Concert Band was organized in by W. Leggett, and from to the early s it served also as the band of No. In the Burlington Ont Musical Society was organized, with three concert bands: On his retirement in Willett was succeeded by Gunther Loffelman. A new type of organization appeared in Winnipeg in when the Winnipeg Concert Band was organized as a co-operative and a limited company under the direction of Capt Albert Henry Yetman.

    The Delta BC Concert Band founded in celebrated its 30th anniversary in with a concert and band reunion. The Powell River Kiwanis Community Band founded in has performed widely in British Columbia's Sunshine Coast communities and has played many concerts for charitable organizations. Its conductor in was Bob Williams. Founded in the Sydney Mines Centennial Band, which draws members from the industrial communities of Cape Breton Island, has performed widely in the Atlantic provinces under its conductor Wilson Rowe. The Ottawa Community Concert Band, founded in as a night school class, has continued to thrive under conductor Tom Jennings.

    Composed largely of retired military musicians the group, conducted in by Jack Kopstein, himself a retired military musician and an EMC contributor, has performed some 20 concerts annually. The gala concert under its conductor Laurent Breton given to celebrate the band's tenth anniversary was attended by over persons. The city of Yellowknife, NWT organized a municipal band made up of students and local musicians under conductor Neil Nichol in As a musical unit, a pipe band usually consists of a pipe corps and a drum corps, the latter comprising side drums, a bass drum, and tenors the last optional.

    The earliest organized pipe bands in Canada were probably those of Highland regiments. The first Scottish regiments to see service in Canada mainly in Quebec and Nova Scotia were Montgomery's Highlanders , the 42nd Highlanders or , and the Fraser Highlanders This was before the days of pipe bands in the modern sense, but the Fraser Highlanders at least had 30 pipers and drummers.

    This musical unit was revived in for the Canadian centennial. In the later 18th century Highland regiments began to be raised in Canada itself, the earliest being the Royal Highland Emigrants ; later called the 84th Highlanders and the Argyle, or 74th, Highlanders These, together with the Highland companies of various Canadian regiments and Highland regiments from Scotland stationed in Canada, helped to keep bagpipe playing alive, as they did in Scotland itself, at a time when private playing and the wearing of the kilt were proscribed.

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    Most Canadian Highland regiments were volunteer reserve units militia , of which the oldest 5th Highland Regiment of Hamilton was founded in Of these, the most influential musically came to be the 48th Highlanders of Canada , founded in Many other reserve units have had or still have pipe bands. The pipe band scene in Canada has been transformed by the gradual introduction of civilian bands. After the s as these bands proliferated, particularly in British Columbia, Ontario, and the Maritimes, standards of playing improved dramatically.

    For competition, pipe bands are classified by the provincial pipe band societies into four grades: Most of these bands are heard by the general public only in the competitions at annual Highland Games, of which there are many in each province. Canadian bands also compete at games in Scotland and the USA.

    Some of the Canadian Highland Games are quite old; but the most important annual pipe band competitions have been established in Ontario, at Maxville the largest in North America , Ottawa, and Toronto. The last-mentioned was begun as part of the Scottish World Festival at the CNE , and many of the best bands in Scotland have flown over for it. On these occasions the international panel of judges several times has placed Canadian bands in the prize list, and in the grade 1 competition was won by Guelph Pipe Band.

    Nevertheless, grade 1 Canadian bands at that time outnumberd those in Scotland and, as the results of international competitions attest, were, after , on a level with Scotland's best. See also Bagpipe, Great Highland ; Scotland. Bands came into favour in Canadian schools at the beginning of the 20th century. Wind and percussion instruments and colourful uniforms exerted a strong attraction on teenagers, and educators, parents, and civic leaders recognized very early the worth of the band as an adjunct to school games, dances, and other events.

    They also saw in it not only an attractive music-teaching device but an excellent means of building co-operative and co-ordinated behaviour and stimulating school spirit. More recently, bands have become accepted as vehicles for international cultural and educational exchange. Many Canadian school bands have undertaken tours in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, winning awards and recognition.

    For the first half of the 20th century, school bands functioned mostly as extracurricular performing organizations, and they often were dependent for members upon students who had lessons with private teachers or training from the Salvation Army or other community organizations with a strong interest in music. Several youth bands were formed outside the school systems in the early part of the century. One or two may be mentioned as examples.

    After World War II the youth band movement took a new lease on life. A nationwide groundswell of interest in instrumental instruction in schools was reflected by the degree program in school music established at the University of Toronto in Techniques for group instruction introduced into the program by Robert Rosevear did much to refine and systematize youth band teaching methods generally.

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    Educators in the other provinces also showed a new concern with instrumental training and applied new ingenuities to the solving of its problems. The efforts of these educators were opportune, coming as they did at a time when there was a growing demand for ensembles in which young musicians could participate; hundreds of such ensembles were formed. The s saw a proliferation of university performance programs particularly for wind and percussion performers as well as teacher training programs in classroom band instruction.

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    During the late s several universities introduced dual degree programs which combined the requirements of performance and teaching degrees. With the increased availability of highly trained instructors the school band movement prospered throughout the s. Although intended to become an annual or biennial entity the band was not convened again until at the CMEA convention in Vancouver.

    In Canada Youth on Tour, a federally registered non-profit organization was established to provide 'Canada's outstanding student players with an opportunity to perform the finest concert band literature in an organization of musical excellence while showcasing the cultural achievements of Canada's youth on the "international stage"'. On the basis of Canada-wide auditions the organization has selected some 50 performers annually for a month-long European performance tour.

    After World War II a variety of summer band camps have flourished across the country, most privately sponsored, though some funded by provincial governments responding to the perceived training needs of band instructors and students alike. In a permanent force navy band was recruited in Toronto under the direction of Lieut Alfred E.

    By the end of the war 14 naval bands had been formed. The Naden band gave several performances during the British Columbia centennial celebrations in and has appeared at Grey Cup celebrations when these have been held in Vancouver. McGuire and later under Maj B. Bogisch and Capt George L. In the band toured in Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa, and in it performed in the former former Soviet Union. It was followed shortly afterwards by the No. An extremely popular dance orchestra, the RCAF Streamliners, drawn from the headquarters band, appeared throughout England.

    The cessation of hostilities in brought about a reduction in personnel in air force bands, but the Central Band of the RCAF continued to flourish. In it moved to Air Force Headquarters in Edmonton and reverted to the old name. It has toured in Canada and has appeared regularly in Ottawa at welcoming ceremonies for visiting heads of state and other dignitaries including the Pope and US presidents Reagan and Bush.

    Nine members of the band constitute the Canadian Forces String Ensemble in , 6 violins, cello, bass, and piano which has regularly performed at functions of the Governor General and has been available as required to the Secretary of State and agencies of the Canadian government. On special occasions the ensemble has been augmented by flute and clarinet. The Central Band played on Parliament Hill each summer for the daily changing of the guard ceremonies until when those duties were assumed by the Band of the Ceremonial Guard, a summertime reserve unit.

    Canadian regular force bands have travelled extensively throughout the world and have maintained active performing schedules in their home regions, appearing in concerts, parades, and tattoos, often before Canadian service personnel stationed abroad. In six bands performed at the World's Fair in Seattle, Wash, for a massed band tattoo.

    During Canada's centennial year several bands played an active role in the performances of the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo in 40 cities across Canada. The following are typical of activities after The full band which has been the regular pit band for the annual Nova Scotia Tattoo visited Marseilles, France in , in celebrated the 50th anniversary of music in the Canadian Navy and toured Europe giving special concerts at the International Music Parade in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Royal Canadian Regiment Band was the ceremonial band for the Silver Broom curling championships in Fredericton, NB in , was duty band in New Brunswick for the royal visit of , and in Holland took part in celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the liberation.

    The Royal 22nd Regiment band began daily summertime Changing of the Guard Ceremonies at the Quebec Citadel in , performed on the Plains of Abraham on behalf of the Commission of the Battlefields in and in gave several performances in honour of their regiment's 75th anniversary.

    The Royal Canadian Artillery band in fulfilled engagements, performing before some , spectators in Canada and Europe, then in provided the nucleus for a cross-Canada tour of Canadian Forces musicians. The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry band toured Australia in to help celebrate that country's th anniversary, taking part in a military tattoo and playing concerts in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania and in Melbourne, appearing before some six million spectators in all. The Naden Band, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in , released a recording titled The Golden Tribute and visited Vladivostok in the former USSR with the Second Canadian Destroyer Squadron, appearing in several venues and giving a concert in the city's Philharmonic Hall which included a performance of Tchaikovsky's Overture.

    The Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo. Fraser, Capain Derek Stannard dir. Fraser and Capt F. Royal Canadian Air Force. Combined Bands of Maritime: Naval Reserve, Lieut-Cdr J. McGuire conductor; Stadacona, Lieut R. McCallum conductor; Naden, Lieut G. The Stadacona Band of the Maritime Command. Kopstein, Jack and Pearson, Ian V.

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    Lincoln and Welland Regimental Band, W. Falconi Principal Dir of Music. Many municipal police forces also have maintained their own bands and some continued to do so in This band, with both police and civilian members, has travelled extensively through North America performing at parades, festivals and concerts. The Music of the R. McGill University Records Canada's Champion Regimental Band: Marine corps, University of Michigan. Marche militaire, Marches militaires. Marschen en marschmuziek in het Nederlandsche leger der achttiende eeuw University of Michigan.

    Marschen in gebruik bij het Nederlandsche leger gedurende den Spaanschen successie-orrlog, University of Michigan. Memoirs of the Royal artillery band: Military music University of Michigan. Original letters of J. Also, original letters of Butta Fuoco and David Hume, tr.


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