Town Band Banter hosts, Doc and Dave visit with one of their amazing friends, Dr. Marvin Wasser. He retired after 41 years of serving as an outstanding Pediatrician in Cranston, RI. However, the span of his musical experiences stretches much longer than that, almost 7 decades! The diversity of his musical experiences is amazing: Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, and all of the saxophones in classical and jazz settings. We know you will enjoy getting to know Dr. Wasser! If you wish to contact him, please contact us through the podcast website: info@TownBandBanter.com and we will make sure he gets the message. Share the episode with your friends and anyone who you want to be your friend. Enjoy!!

Town Band Banter hosts, Doc and Dave visit with one of their amazing friends, Dr. Marvin Wasser. He retired after 41 years of serving as an outstanding Pediatrician in Cranston, RI. However, the span of his musical experiences stretches much longer than that, almost 7 decades! The diversity of his musical experiences is amazing: Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, and all of the saxophones in classical and jazz settings. We know you will enjoy getting to know Dr. Wasser! If you wish to contact him, please contact us through the podcast website: info@TownBandBanter.com and we will make sure he gets the message. Share the episode with your friends and anyone who you want to be your friend. Enjoy!!

This episode features one of the most outstanding music educators of our time and definitely one of the most humble, Dr. Orin Richard Bundy. He retired as Director of the Penn State Blue Band. His story of a guy who had to rely on his natural talent, inspirational work ethic and humble brilliance throughout his storied career. His insights about community band are also very interesting. A great visit!!

This episode features one of the most outstanding music educators of our time and definitely one of the most humble, Dr. Orin Richard Bundy. He retired as Director of the Penn State Blue Band. His story of a guy who had to rely on his natural talent, inspirational work ethic and humble brilliance throughout his storied career. His insights about community band are spot on, just as expected. A great visit!!

Doc and Dave are at their best with humorous reflections about entering the world of podcasting and many of the surprising things they learned about community bands and delivering digital content. Plans for an exciting line up of guests and goals for the next season leads to an uplifting close, for now. In the mean time, "Just Keep on Playin!"

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We had a great visit with New England musician, outstanding music educator and consummate music advocate Dr. David Neves. He traces his mother's wisdom during his early interest in playing Alto Sax through participation in Portuguese Bands, School Bands, General Business Bands, and All-State Ensembles leading to a music education major at Berkeley College, being named RI Teacher of the Year, and elected both President of RIMEA and eventually MENC Eastern Division. After retiring from RI teaching, Dr. Neves served as Arts Coordinator for the Needham, MA school district and is currently directing RIPYWE (Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble: dneves@ri-philharmonic.org)), Coordinator of Music Education for The University of Rhode Island and his life-long passion as Advocacy Co-Chair for RIMEA. Buckle-up for a fascinating story of accomplishment with a few memorable gems along the way!

This episode features our guest Alison Patton, Director of the Westerly Band. She leads a band that has a very long and storied history in the southern most town of Rhode Island. The band has a rather unique role in the community and some very creative recruiting mechanisms that keep things fresh and sustainable.

The band can be contacted at: WesterlyBand@Yahoo.com

Dr. Brian Cardany is the director of one of the oldest community bands in the nation, The American Band of Providence, RI. The band's original charter was in 1837 and it has been performing mostly continuously since then. Dr. Cardany provided an entertaining and informative sketch about the bands storied history, the current triumphs of the band and his path to becoming it's director.

Here are a few samples of The American Band available online:

https://youtu.be/_N0jrqMs2cM?si=pYq0qB_CzBXjSEV5

https://youtu.be/mtNUBe4spK0?si=tII66QGiS2ol9zDp

If you would like to contact Dr. Cardany, his e-mail is bcardany@uri.edu