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Reviews
DVD - RSA 85 - A Birthday Celebration in Music
May 03 2008

The International Staff Band & The International Staff Songsters of The Salvation Army
CD 26044

The 85th birthday of that doyen of Salvationist composers, Lieutenant-Colonel Ray Steadman-Allen OF, is indeed a cause for celebration and, on 22 September 2007, The Salvation Army did him proud, with a concert of his own music at Fairfield Halls, Croydon.

Brass Bands of The Salvation Army - Their Mission and Music Volume Two
March 01 2008

Ronald W. Holz
CD 95490

This book is a sequel to Dr. Holz’s first volume, which concentrated on the bands themselves and their history and future. This second book is of a more technical nature and, in its first half, looks in considerable detail at the structure of a Salvation Army band and its evolution over the decades into the ensemble we know today.

Colour and Texture in the Brass Band Score
December 10 2005

Ray Steadman-Allen
CD 95362

This reprint of Lt. Col. Dr. Ray Steadman-Allenís 1980 publication is worth its weight in gold! It provides a unique opportunity to look over the shoulder, as it were, of one of the finest of all brass band composers and arrangers a real master-craftsman.

DVD - Sounds of Praise - The Salvation Army Gospel Arts Concert 2005
October 10 2005

Live from the Royal Albert Hall
CD 24643

In 1963, The Salvation Army, in conjunction with EMI records, unveiled to the record-buying public the first live LP, capturing the highlights of that year's Music Leaders Festival from the Royal Albert Hall. This innovation must have been a commercial success because the exercise was repeated year after year.