Everything Band Podcast

Michael O'Connor joins me for a fascinating discussion of 19th Century band music in the United States. Topics: Mike's musical background as a euphonium player The development of te American band in the early 1800's and the types of instruments used during the 19th Century Claudio Grafullo, Thomas Coates, Patrick Gilmore and the impact of the American Civil War on band music in America The Golden Age of band music in the 1870's-1890's Links: Palm Beach Atlantic University Newberry Victorian Cornet Band Thomas Coates Brass Band Robert Hazen and Margaret Hindle Hazen - Music Men: Illustrated History of Brass Bands in America, 1800-1920 Kenneth Kreitner - Discoursing Sweet Music: Brass Bands and Community Life in Turn-of-the-Century Pennsylvania Biography: Dr. Michael O'Connor is a native of central New York but now makes his home in Jupiter, Florida. He is an Associate Professor of Music History at Palm Beach Atlantic University, but in his first career, he was the euphonium player for the Clyde Beatty-