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The Northshore Concert Band (NCB) is a 100-member concert band based in Evanston, Illinois and performs throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Currently in its 57th season, the NCB has become widely known and respected for its musical excellence, leadership in community band music, and service to music education. ==History== NCB was founded in 1956 and led for 40 years by the late John P. Paynter, who was director of bands at Northwestern University, an accomplished arranger, and president of many band organizations, including the Midwest Clinic and the American Bandmasters Association. Highlights of NCB’s history include performance and clinician appearances at the annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, performing with the Chicago Symphony Chorus at Orchestra Hall, and many appearances at band festivals and conferences throughout the United States and Europe. Additional highlights include performances with internationally-renowned guest artists including Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Adolph Herseth, John Houseman, Wynton Marsalis, Allen Vizzutti, and William Warfield. Performances with prominent guest conductors have included Harry Begian, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Frederick Fennell, Donald Hunsberger, Karel Husa, and H. Robert Reynolds. NCB performs several concerts a year in the Chicago metropolitan area which include a subscription concert series at Northwestern University’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 About Us )〕 educational outreach programs at area schools, many summer concerts at the invitation of various communities and venues, and professional band festivals and conferences.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 NCB Performance History )〕 The band has toured in Canada and Europe and extensively throughout the United States. In 2001,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 NCB Historical Timeline 2001 )〕 NCB was the first band from the United States invited to perform at the Festival des Anches d’Azur in La Croix Valmer, France. In 2012,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Northshore Concert Band Announces Performing Tour to Europe )〕 the band returned to Europe and performed in Switzerland and Germany on a joint venture with Blasorchester Niederschopfheim, a German community wind band with a 100-year history. NCB musical leadership is provided by Artistic Director, Dr. Mallory Thompson, and Assistant Conductor, Daniel J. Farris. Dr. Thompson first conducted the Northshore Concert Band in April 1999 and was named principal guest conductor that same season. In 2003, Dr. Thompson accepted an expanded role as NCB Artistic Director. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northshore Concert Band」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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