also known as the Bill Bell Festival in memory of Iowa's nationally renown pioneer tubist who grew up in Perry.
South Hamilton's Josh Gardner
Each year a performance ensemble
consisting entirely of tuba and euphonium players gathers to celebrate
Bill Bell's life and career.
The performance is part of the
Perry Community Concert Series. Music performed ranged in style from marches
to jazz.
South Hamilton graduate Matt Muessigmann with his horn which he recently rescued from an antique shop.
South Hamilton graduate Jim Kilmer, now from Ames
Will Groves of the Jewell-Kamrar area
Doug Peterson, an ISU Music Department graduate, with his double-bell euphonium
Paul Anderson, ISU Landscape Architecture Professor
Jeff Funderburk, tuba instructor
from the University of Northern Iowa, was the day's clinician and conductor.
Jeff demonstrated contemporary
compositions for the tuba accompanied by a synthesizer, performed jazz
duets with one of his senior UNI students,
and performed the Beatle's
Blackbird
during which he added harmony by singing and playing at the same time.