On September 24, 2004, Dr. Matthew Frederick, assistant professor of trumpet and music at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia, presented a lecture recital entitled “The History, the Lives, and the Music of the Civil War Brass Band” at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

During the lecture Frederick discussed the origins of the brass band concept here in America and then gave a comparison of two bands, the 114th Pennsylvania Regimental Band and the 26th North Carolina Regimental Band. Following the lecture, Dr. Frederick performed music of the 26th North Carolina Regimental Band on period instruments such as bell-front rotary cornets and a soprano Eb over-the-shoulder rotary cornet.

Dr. Frederick was invited by Mr. David Alexander, professor of trumpet at Auburn University to present this lecture recital.

Websites:
Auburn University Department of Music
Music Department, Emory & Henry College