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- All-District Band

Every Spring, the Northwest District Bandmaster's Association holds a weekend clinic where high school band members come and rehearse for three days and then hold a concert. The Rho Tau Chapter is responsible for providing manpower and making sure that everything runs smoothly.



- American Music Review

The American Music Review (AMR) is a concert dedicated to American composers. This may include any type of American music, from classical to rock-and-roll. This concert is usually held on the Sunday prior to the beginning of the Contemporary Music Festival.



- Christmas Songfest

Christmas Songfest is an extension of the Mills Music Mission which is held in early December and is a project open to anyone who wishes to participate. The Rho Tau Chapter and its guests visit the locoal hospitals, retirement centers, or community centers and sing Christmas carols to those who may not get to hear them.



- Contemporary Music Festival

Every Spring, the Rho Tau Chapter brings in a contemporary composer to be featured in this week long festival. There is a concert each night of the festival featuring works of that composer and other contemporary works. The first Contemporary Music Festival was held in 1969, just two years after the Rho Tau Chapter was founded.



- Marching Band Festival

The Appalachian Marching Band Festival is a long-lived tradition of the Rho Tau Chapter. This event takes place in October or early November and is an educational service to all the marching band programs around the area. Generally anywhere from 20-30 bands from North Carolina, south Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia participate in the festival. For more information about the Marching Band Festival, please visit the Festival's Website, http://www.appbandfestival.org.



- Mills Music Mission

Ossian Everett Mills, the "Father of Sinfonia," devoted significant amounts of his time to uplifting the souls of the less fortunate with the beauty and power of music. On the late 1880's, he and several others began cisiting the residents of Boston hospitals on Easter and Christmas day to sing songs and five flowers to the patients. As the singers walked through the wards singing carols and hymns, each room was changed into a place of good cheer and happiness. The Rho Tau Chapter carries on this tradition by visiting local institutions, spreading the message of music and good cheer.



- Western Regional Orchestra

Every Spring, the Western District Orchestra Director's Association holds a weekend clinic where high school orchestra members come and rehearse for three days and then hold a concert. The Rho Tau Chapter is responsible for providing manpower and making sure that everything runs smoothly.


 

 
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