Chatfield Music Lending Library | Music Lending Library

Time 2020-10-28 07:03:00

Web Name: Chatfield Music Lending Library | Music Lending Library

WebSite: http://chatfieldband.lib.mn.us

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____________________________________________________________CHATFIELD MUSIC LIBRARYNow OpenPlease note our new Music Library hoursThe Music Library will be open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:00am to 3:00pm CDT and open Wednesdays from 9:00am to noon. CDTWe look forward to resuming our band music loans and assisting our patrons with excellent customer service!Thank you!______________________________________________________________The Chatfield Music Lending Library is dedicated to keeping the spirit and tradition of band music alive in America and the World.By operating a renowned library that features one of the most extensive collections of concert band music in the worldHow did tiny Chatfield, Minn., become home to the world s largest collection of brass band music?Check it out at:  ClassicalMPR.org Article____________________________________________________________Check out KSMQ s Off 90 episode featuring the Chatfield Brass Band and Music Lending Library. This program gives an excellent overview of the work we do and the people behind our success.Our HistoryBandTown USA . . . The City of Chatfield, established in 1853, has a long association with bands and performance. The first band was organized in 1883. In 1885 the Chatfield town council set up a tax appropriation to fund summer band concerts. The summer band concerts and the tax levy that supports them still exist today!Somewhere along the way, the Chatfield Town Band dissolved but was revived again by Jim Perkins in 1969. Perkins gleaned the names of band members from old high school yearbooks and sent out invitations to the first rehearsal of the new Chatfield Brass Band. Sixteen people attended the first rehearsal, six of them playing tuba! Through Perkins tireless promotion, the band grew to nearly 50 members.Word of Chatfield s unique music reputation spread throughout the country. In 1973, the library and band incorporated and achieved tax exempt status. In 1983, the city s post office received permission to use a special cancellation stamp reading Bandtown USA, 125th Anniversary, 1853 -1978. The post office also received about 40,000 13-cent stamps to commemorate the event. Governor Anderson proclaimed Chatfield Bandtown USA in 1978. The US Navy Band, Swiss Bands, and other international bands have performed in Chatfield.One problem facing the band was the unavailability of sheet music. Not just any sheet music, but the hard to come by kind; the challenging pieces rarely played today. Perkins sent requests to high schools to send him their unneeded music. Thus began the Chatfield Brass Band Music Lending Library. Pieces came from all over the country in boxes, thirty to sixty at a time. The music was first stored at Perkins home, and then at Chatfield City Hall. Music took over the storerooms, the men s shower stalls and spilled out into the hallways.Perkins eventually received money from the state legislature to build a 3000 square foot building on land he donated. Today inside the music library, stacks of filing cabinets contain thousands of catalogued pieces of music. Bands from as far away as Australia and Japan have borrowed from this valuable collection.The majority of the financial support comes from memberships and donations. The library relies heavily on volunteers to process musical donations.Please indicate if your donation goes to the band, library or endowment fund on the Paypal window.The Chatfield Brass Band and Music Lending Library is designated as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization for tax deduction purposes.

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