PDF Band Music Blog » Composers http://www.pdfbandmusic.com/blog A place for your comments about beginning band, intermediate band, concert band, sheet music, band music Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Jerry Frazier Compositions http://www.pdfbandmusic.com/blog/pdfband_composers/new-jerry-frazier-compositions http://www.pdfbandmusic.com/blog/pdfband_composers/new-jerry-frazier-compositions#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:13:00 +0000 admin http://www.pdfbandmusic.com/blog/sheet-music/new-jerry-frazier-compositions Jerry Frazier is consistently producing excellent new beginning compositions that are very playable and enjoyable for students.  Each new piece is consistent in that the ranges and rhythms are playable by 1st year students.  What makes Jerry’s work special is that he writes two percussion parts.  One percussion part is simple and playable by the first year student.  The optional percussion part will challenge the more advanced players and when played, make the compositions fuller and more enjoyable.

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Ron Judd Retires

DoDDs is losing one of it’s premier music educators shortly. After 38 years Ron Judd, the music director of Rota High School, is casing his baton and moving on to North Carolina.

Mr. Judd’s career in DoDDs includes assignments in Iceland; Lajes Field in the Azores; Nuernberg, Hohenfels, Wuerzburg in Germany; and Rota, Spain. He notes that after what seems like hundreds of concerts, festivals, football games, pep rallies and more playings of the Star Spangled Banner than can be counted, he is excited about living in America for the first time in many years.

Tributes to Ron:
Rebecca Brashier–Thank you for your early guidance when I was a new DoDDS teacher in Bamberg in 1976 and had no clue what the next 30 years would bring!!  From those days of the huge band programs in Nuernberg to Ebeneezer Sneezer and faculty recitals in Wuerzburg, we will miss you.
Donald Kinghorn–Ron was a great mentor to me while in Rota.  This is certainly not a "coda"–more like a bridge between the first 2 sections of a great march and what I can only assume will be 2 outstanding trios to come.  Ron, Thanks for everything. 
Jeff Pellaton–Gone but not forgotten. 
Tom Tucker–Ron is the consumate music educator. Not once in those 38 years did Ron ever shortchange students of a quality music experience. He is also one heck of a trumpet player. Ron will be missed.

Ron’s retirement will be loss for DoDDs but at same time it will be a significant gain to PDF Band Music. Ron will now have time to display his arranging and composing talents and we are excited about upcoming Ron Judd beginning band titles.

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Regards
Your PDF Band Music Team

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