This episode takes the listener through a game day with the Marching Illini. We will be visited by several guests, including Scott Schwartz (Director, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music), H. Robert Reynolds (retired Director of Bands, University of Michigan), Dr. J. Ashley Jarrell (Director of Instrumental Music, University of North Georgia), and Dr. Eli Fieldsteel (Assistant Professor of Composition-Theory and Director of the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois).
New to this episode is a segment called "Source Material." Composers are invited to talk about one piece of music they have composed and give us their analysis of the work.
supplemental materials
From the Archives
J.P. Sousa's Illinois Audition Results
Original Score for the "University of Illinois March"
Source Material - Eli Fieldsteel and "Singularity"
Full Recording More Information on the Piece on Dr. Fieldsteel's website