New work commissioned in honour of Phi Beta Mu’s 75th anniversary
 Mark Camphouse |
The Executive Board of Phi Beta Mu International is pleased to announce that we have commissioned Mark Camphouse as the composer of a new work for wind band to honor the 75th anniversary of the International Bandmasters Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu. Professor Camphouse has agreed to compose a Grade 4 six-minute work for wind band to honor this important anniversary. Additionally, Mr. Camphouse would like for our anniversary composition to musically reflect on the 50th anniversary of the historic “I Have A Dream” speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King in August of 1963. The fee for chapter participation is $250. Chapters desiring to be members of this consortium [view participating Chapters to date] should make the cheque for fees payable to Phi Beta Mu International and indicate it is for the 75th Anniversary Commission Project. |
Please mail fees to:
David Lambert
Executive Secretary
3323 Meadowcreek Drive
Missouri City, Texas 77459
The deadline for fee submission is December 31, 2012.
Participating Chapters
| Alpha | (Texas) |
| Alpha Chi | (Virginia) |
| Alpha Theta | (Nebraska) |
| Epsilon | (Louisiana) |
| Eta | (Tennessee) |
| Iota | (Kansas) |
| Kappa | (Colorado) |
| Mu Alpha | (Alberta, CA) |
| Omicron | (Arkansas) |
| Rho | (Alabama) |
| Theta | (South Carolina) |
About Mark Camphouse
Mark Camphouse is Professor and Associate Director of the School of Music at George Mason University where he conducts the wind symphony and teaches courses in conducting and composition.
A product of the rich cultural life of Chicago, composer-conductor he was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1954. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in music from Northwestern University where he studied conducting with John P. Paynter, composition with Alan Stout, and trumpet with the late Vincent Cichowicz. A scholarship from the prestigious Civic Orchestra of Chicago (training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony) enabled Camphouse to study trumpet privately for two years with legendary Chicago Symphony Principal Trumpet Emeritus, Adolph Herseth.
Camphouse began composing at an early age, with the Colorado Philharmonic premiering his First Symphony when he was 17. His 25 published works for wind band (Alfred, Kjos, Southern, and TRN Music Companies) have received widespread critical acclaim and are performed widely in the US and abroad.
Mr. Camphouse has served as a guest conductor, lecturer and clinician in 42 states, Canada and Europe. He was elected to membership in the American Bandmasters Association in 1999 and has served as coordinator of the National Band Association Young Composer Mentor Project since 2000. He conceived and edited the unique four-volume book series for GIA Publications, Composers on Composing for Band. He was featured in a nationally broadcast interview on NPR’s “Weekend America,” focusing on his composition entitled A Movement for Rosa honoring late civil rights heroine Rosa Parks on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of her single act of courage sparking the modern Civil Rights movement.
He won the 15th Annual National Band Association Composition Competition in 1991, received the 1991 Radford University Dedmon Award for Professorial Excellence (Radford’s highest faculty honor), and attained regional finalist status in the prestigious White House Fellowship Competition in 1992. Virginia Governor Mark Warner presented Professor Camphouse with a 2002 Outstanding Faculty Award, sponsored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. This award is the Commonwealth’s highest honor for faculty at Virginia’s colleges and universities for demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and public service.