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October 31, 2011

Parker lectures on Sousa at College Music Society national conference

Submitted by Craig B. Parker

Craig B. Parker, associate professor of music history, presented his paper "Sousa's Band in the South Pacific" Oct. 20 at the 54th national conference of the College Music Society in Richmond, Va.  This lecture detailed the Sousa Band's performances in Australia and New Zealand during the band's 13-month round-the-world tour undertaken in 1910-11.