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Top instrumental students to perform with high school honor band at Bradley

Peoria, IL (April 13, 2011) Dr. Bruce Moss, Director of Bands at Bowling Green State University, will conduct the 26th Bradley University High School Honor Band on Tuesday, April 19, in a 7:30 p.m. program at Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue.  

The performance will feature 100 of the top instrumental students from 46 central Illinois high schools. The Bradley Symphonic Winds, under the direction of Dr. David Vroman, will open the performance. Admission is $5 for adults and free to students.  

Dr. Bruce Moss, professor of music education and director of band activities at Bowling Green State University since 1994, holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois. Prior to completing his doctorate in music education at Ohio State University, he served as chairman of the music department and director of bands at the York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois for 11 years. His many years of public school teaching were honored in 1986 when he served as co-conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Leonard Slatkin, in a special work featuring his high school students. University and high school ensembles under his direction have performed at both state and national conventions, as well as major high schools and universities throughout Canada and the United States. Moss is also a new music reviewer for The Instrumentalist magazine. Since 1980, he has been music director of the Wheaton Municipal Band in Illinois, a professional summer community ensemble that is regarded as one of the finest of its kind in the nation.


Media Advisory: Television may video rehearsal between 1:30 and 4 p.m. – but not the concert in the evening.  Thank you.