The Stonewall Brigade Band, Inc. 2008

   The Stonewall Brigade Band Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.


All telephone numbers are area code 540

All officers, staff, and ensemble directors/coordinators are volunteers.

Band room telephone with voice mail  540-213-3880

Check here for last-minute announcements about band activities

Each board member has a voice mailbox, which is checked from time to time.

Board    Staff   Ensemble Directors  Assistant Directors   Committees   Composers/Arrangers

Board of Directors:


President: Hannah Bush  home 885-0093     mhbush@comcast.net

All information requests for the Stonewall Showcase of Bands should be directed to the president.

Vice President:  Greg Shrader cell 255-1211   mcdaddy23@verizon.net

  Information requests and comments about renovations to the band room should be directed to the vice president.


Secretary: Christine Wood  home 943-0851  woodwinds@ntelos.net

Treasurer:  Larry Carver home 885-5986 birdiecrc@cs.com
  

Business Manager: Roger Ergenbright   cell 290-8681     ergyusmc@yahoo.com
  
Performance requests, publicity questions, new member inquiries, requests for use of the band facilities, and calendar issues should be directed to the business manager.

Music Director: Bob Moody /H:885-3037   fax 885-6670  cell 294-9791    moody@northriver.coop or bob@bobmoody.org

   New music suggestions, new member inquiries, or web page issues may be directed to the music director.


Librarian: Cindy Hosaflook home 337-8027    hosaflook01@planetcomm.net

   Only the librarian is allowed to take any concert band music from the band room for any reason.

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Staff:

Facilities Coordinator: Gilmer Nuckles home 886-4516 cell 490-5940 gnuckles@verizon.net

Historian: Ray Waddell  home 248-0016    waddell01@comcast.net

Scott Harris (history consultant)   fourhobbits@comcast.net

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Ensemble Directors/Coordinators:

Contact an ensemble director/coordinator to arrange for that group to perform for your event (or contact the band business manager):

Christine Wood (flute choir) home 943-0851 woodfamily@ntelos.net

Margaret Helms (brass ensemble) home 886-9295 mfhelms1@adelphia.net

Andrea Kollarits (clarinet ensemble) home 886-1696 aluandrea@aol.com

David Taylor (Stonewall Brigade Mountain Saxhorn Band) home 943-9227  d_taylor4444@hotmail.com

Ensemble rehearsal and performance schedules are set by each group. All ensemble members are members of the concert band. Each ensemble maintains its own music library and library rules. Ensembles are part of the overall band program, including budget, facilities, constitution, and bylaws.  Additional ensembles may be created if there is sufficient interest.

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Assistant Music Directors (appointed by the Music Director): 

Ray Hoaster  home 886-2825 carolynandray@earthlink.net,
Frank Sampson  home 887-2334  franklin_sampson@rockbridge.k12.va.us

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Standing Committees include

Music Committee

Facilities Committee

Membership Committee

Nominating Committee (appointed annually by the President)

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Composers and Arrangers who have written for the band and its ensembles

Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century:

Augustus J. Turner, the band's first director

Jacob Rhinehart, organist of St. Paul's Church, Richmond

Will Ruebush, director in 1916

Leo J. Burnicke, director in 1930's

Contemporary Composers who live elsewhere:

Shawn Bentz, Indiana  "Under the Shade of the Trees"

Gary Fagan, Afton VA "For Those Who Have Gone Before"

Bryan Kidd, Stephens City VA "Burst of Glory"

Randy Cabell, Boyce VA "Virginia, Mother of Presidents"

Current members of the band:

Roger Ergenbright

Ray Hoaster

Cindy Hosaflook

Bob Moody

Greg Moody

Mark Swortzel

Al Winters

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