Time:
Friday
December, 21, 2018
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Location:
Skyline Ballroom W375E
Category
INTERNATIONAL BANDS
Performer Details
Performer Bio Synopsis
Banda Santa Cecilia Besana e Triuggio is an Italian Concert Band born from the cooperation between two Bands conducted by Dr. Armando Saldarini, Corpo Musicale S. Cecilia di Besana in Brianza and Corpo Musicale S. Cecilia di Triuggio.
Banda Santa Cecilia is a band composed for over ninety percent by people whose job or study has nothing to do with music: a real Amateur Band.
Banda Santa Cecilia Besana e Triuggio was born in the center of Brianza, a region located between two geographical locations known all over the world: the City of Milan, capital of Italian fashion, and Como Lake, an enchanted holiday resort.
From the beauty of the places and the industriousness of the people who live there, Banda Santa Cecilia Besana e Triuggio wants to take the strength to express, at levels of excellence, the music played by an amateur band and prove how cooperation can lead to impressive results.
Banda Santa Cecilia - Besana e Triuggio
Conductor's Bio
Dr. Armando Saldarini conducted numerous wind bands and orchestras both in Europe and in
the United States, receiving critical acclaim and achieving results in National and International
Contests. Among them, the first prize at the Windmaker 2006, an international competition for
wind band conductors held in Vienna. Dr. Saldarini received a Diploma in Trumpet
Performance and in Music Education from Como's Conservatory “G. Verdi”, Italy; the Diploma
in Wind Ensemble and Fanfare Conducting from the Rotterdam’s Conservatory, the
Netherlands; Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting (wind band and orchestra) from St.
Cloud State University, Minnesota, USA and DMA in Wind Band Conductingfrom The
University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi, USA. Dr. Saldarini has other notable activities
such as trumpet player, music teacher, judge in musical competitions and promoter of musical
events/activities. He played trumpet in several and different ensembles, performing from
classical to jazz, from pop to country music. These musical experiences enlarged his musical
horizon and improved his versatility. As music teacher he taught from elementary school to
the university. It is important the enormous success as recruiter that Dr. Saldarini had. He
founded the youth band of Besana Brianza and Triuggio. Both of these ensembles received
the highest prizes in national competitions. Dr. Saldarini promoted several musical
events/activities, among the others the Veniano Wind Orchestra (1998), co-founder of the
Federation Bands of Como (2000), artistic director of the International Band Festival of
Besana Brianza (2001-2009; 2016-present), promoter and artistic director of the musical
project Musica Viva! Summer Wind Band (2010-present), promoter and artistic director of the
Cultural Club Musica Viva! (2014-present) and promoter and conductor of the wind band
BeTri (2016-present). He is often requested as judge for National and International band
competitions.
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