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Since 1993, Marshall Community Band has over featured 30 soloists. Soloists may be band members or guest artists. Guest artists have included Martin Erickson (tuba), Byron Autrey (cornet), Ken Bauman (trumpet), Larry Ochiltree (drum set), Daniel Neesley (tuba), Luis Maldonado (euphonium), Philip Sinder (tuba), Scott Thornburg (cornet), and Alison Shaw (xylophone). The musicians shown below will be featured during the 2008 summer season of six concerts.
John Marshell plays principal trumpet for the Marshall Community Band summer season and often steps up front as a featured soloist. During the rest of the year, John plays principal trumpet for the KCC Concert Band, Marshall Brass Quartet, and The Hometowners (German Band). John plays solo cornet in the Capital City Brass Band in Lansing. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1956 and played for two years in the University of Michigan Symphonic Band and Marching Band under William D. Revelli. John was a founding member of the Brass Band of Battle Creek. He is the retired manager of Ferree's Tool of Battle Creek which manufactures musical instrument repair equipment.
John is an excellent cornetist and he has played several of the difficult professional solos. John was our featured soloist for our first concert at the new Frances Stevens Stuart Band Shell on June 16, 2004. The following year, he played Grand Russian Fantasia, a famous cornet solo written by Jules Levy, for concert #3. In 2006, he played Bride of the Waves written by Herbert L. Clarke. For the 2008 season, he has selected Nelley Gray by W.P. Chambers.
Chris Griffith moved to Kalamazoo eight years ago from Northbrook (IL) where she taught a studio of 30 flute students. She has a B.S. in Education (K-9) with a minor in music from Southern Ilinois University. Chris is a member of the Kalamazoo Concert Band, Kalamazoo College & Community Orchestra (and Woodwind Quintet), West Michigan Flute Association, Ein Prosit German Band, Blue Lake International Adult Community Band, Quintessence Woodwind Quintet, Holland American Legion Band, Windiana Tour Band, Kalamazoo Valley Community College Band, and the Marshall Community Band. In 2005, Chris and husband John (euphonium) toured Germany, Denmark, and France with the Blue Lake International Adult Community Band performing several concerts throughout Europe. In 2006, they toured China for two weeks with the Windiana Concert Band from Valparaiso University in Indiana. This year they will be making their 4th Blue Lake tour, visiting France and Germany. She played a piccolo solo called The Wren in 2006. For 2007, she chose La Tourterelle, another fancy piccolo solo by French flutist, Eugene Damare. For 2008, she will play Skylark Polka.
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