National Intercollegiate Band
| National Intercollegiate Band | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | NIB |
| Origin | Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States |
| Genres | Concert band music, concert marches |
| Years active | 1947–present |
| Labels | Mark Records, Century Records |
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| Website | nib |
| Members |
Organizational Directors Dr. Travis Cross Dr. Debra Traficante Commissioned Composer John Mackey Guest Conductor Anthony Maiello |
The National Intercollegiate Band (NIB) is a concert band, sponsored by honorary band fraternity and sorority Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, that performs every two years at the national convention of the two organizations. Organized in 1947, the NIB is the oldest national intercollegiate band in the United States, and is open to all collegiate band members regardless of membership in Kappa Kappa Psi or Tau Beta Sigma.
Since 1953, the National Intercollegiate Band has been the resident ensemble of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma's Commissioning Program, which has added thirty new works to the band repertoire since its inception and is the longest-running commissioning program for wind band music in the United States.
The National Intercollegiate Band has performed under the baton of some of the most renowned wind band conductors in the history of the ensemble, including William Revelli, Frederick Fennell, James Croft, and others, several of whom have been honored as inductees into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors.
In 1922, Kappa Kappa Psi announced its plan to hold the first national intercollegiate band contest in American history. A brief dispatch in the 1922 Baton explained, "Sometime within the next two years the Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity will hold a National Intercollegiate Band Contest. This enterprise will be the first of its kind ever attempted. As Music (sic) is becoming the foremost Art in America, our Fraternity aims to assist in so spreading the good work." This early announcement did not culminate in a contest, and the idea of a national intercollegiate band was not revisited again by Kappa Kappa Psi until the 1940s.
In the meantime, the first Kappa Kappa Psi-sponsored intercollegiate band was established by F. Lee Bowling in 1933, with musicians from the University of Colorado (home of the Alpha Iota chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi), the University of Denver (Alpha Lambda), Colorado State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts (Kappa), Colorado State College of Education (Alpha Theta), the Colorado School of Mines (Xi), and the University of Utah participating. In 1934, the University of Utah left the intercollegiate band and the University of Wyoming (Alpha Nu) took its place. The concerts held by this Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Band were sponsored by the local chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi and many members of the fraternity participated in the ensemble. The first concert of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Band was held in February 1933, and the band gave annual concerts during Denver Music Week. Bowling left the band's managership in 1937.
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