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Our Conductor, Bill Kerr William T. Kerr William T. Kerr is our conductor, after playing in the Clarinet section since November 2016. Mr. Kerr graduated from Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA with a Bachelor of Music Education degree. His Master of Science in Education was received at Long Island University, NY. He began his career teaching and directing the Choir and Band program at Mullens High School in West Virginia. Then he returned to his home state and taught band for 32 years at Valley Stream North High School, New York. The band program grew from 30 students to over 175 when he retired in 2015; that growth created an additional full-time band director position and a new band facility. Over those years his band was invited to play at many events around New York City, including: a West Point Football game, the annual Newsday Marching Band Festival, a Disney theatre opening, welcome for returning Gulf War troops and a cameo appearance in the Nickelodeon TV show The Naked Brothers Band. Mr. Kerr had wonderful opportunities to work with great conductor/teachers over the years including: Howard Rockwin (Mepham HS); Barry Beeber and Dr. Janita Byars (Kennedy HS); Drs. Grover Pittman and Clarence Martin (Westminster), Dr. Anthony Maiello (George Mason University) and Dr. Peter Boonshaft (Hofstra University). Communities all around Long Island benefited from Mr. Kerr as conductor or clarinetist for over 50 musicals, so he knows the scores for great shows like Anything Goes, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma!, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Evita, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, Hello Dolly and Show Boat. Mr. Kerr was privileged to have a variety of clarinet instructors: Vincent Heikler, Dr. Janita Byars, Ann Hetrick, Louis Coletta, and Vincent (Jimmy) Abato (New York Metropolitan Opera). Mr. Kerr maintained a clarinet, flute and saxophone studio for 15 years, developing the talents of music students and guiding them thru the NY School Music Association Spring Festivals. Every year, Mr. Kerr’s students were accepted into either the All-State, All-Eastern or All-County (Nassau) Music Festivals. Mr. Kerr and his family moved to Crossville in 2016 after years of planning for the move. Just before the move, Grace, his wife, was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer and two strokes, but they were committed to the move. She died in Crossville in 2018, but her love for music, family, and life live on in all who knew her. Their son, Timothy, recently graduated (summa cum laude) from the University of Tennessee majoring in Sports Management. He is working at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. When Bill is not playing with the CCCB, you can see him playing in the Cookeville Clarinet Choir, Cookeville Community Band, The Enchanted Winds, and the Jazz band Cumberland Swing Experience or singing with the Christ Lutheran Church choir. He enjoys playing tennis, vegetable gardening and travelling (when his musical commitments allow).

Holiday 2024 A Christmas Fantasy And the Mountains Echoed Gloria Sleigh Ride Tuba Christmas November 2024 American Salute Arlington (Where Giants Lie Sleeping) Bonds of Unity Each Time You Tell Their Story Irving Berlin's Songs for America The Homefront: Musical Memories from WWII The Inferno Reflections from the Wall To Reap the Blessings of Freedom Veterans Salute (Foundations Folder) May 2025 Blue Moon Defying Gravity from Wicked Fanfare For The Third Planet Here Comes The Sun Jupiter Rocketman Saturn: The Ringed Planet Sinatra! Star Trek When You Wish Upon A Star Spring 2025 Ascension At the Movies - The Classics Blues Brothers Revue Fantasy of Flight Happy Hollywood Milestones Lawrence of Arabia Let It Go Rainbows The Pink Panther May 2024 Capriccio Espagnol Carnaval in Sao Paulo Come to the Festival Tent (Auf zum Zeltfest) Concert Fantasia on Verdi's Rigoletto for Clarinet and Band Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Jie) Hadrian's Wall Irish Tune from County Derry Mountain of the Sun Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits We Are the World Spring 2024 The Beach Boys Greatest Hits Chicago Selections Genius of Ray Charles Go West Men of Florida Rushmore The Spirit of Aloha Tennessee Salute Theme from New York, New York The Wolves of Alaska Holiday Concert 2023 Chanukah Festival Overture Isaacson/Hardin Fanfare and Processional on an Old English Carol Robert W. Smith Nutcracker Suite arr. Curnow Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson Sparkling Lights by Matt Conaway Stille, Stille, Stille arr Curnow Twas the Night Before Christmas Holcombe Ukrainian Bell Carol We Need a Little Christmas This Christmas Night - with vocals This Christmas Night November 2023 America the Beautiful (Carmen Dragon arrangement) American Salute (Foundations folder) Black Granite Drive! For Our Heroes The Light Eternal Our America Sempre Supre Themes from an Outdoor Overture Tiptoe through the Tubas Veterans Salute (Foundations folder) May 2023 Beer Barrel Polka Blue Tango First Suite in E♭ Errata = First Suite in E♭ (ope ns in new window) Kansas Two-Step Lord of the Dance (full version) Moon River Motown Review Root Beer Rag Swing Till the Walls Come Down Tennessee Waltz Spring 2023 ABBA on Broadway Beautiful Savior Broadway Journey: 25 Years of Golden Classics But Not for Me Disney at the Oscars Flirty Flutes Ritual Fire Dance Great Movie Marches Skyfall That's Entertainment Stardust Christmas Concert 2022 Auld Lang Syne The Eighth Candle Fanfare and Hark the Herald Angels Sing Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong Greensleeves Home for the Holidays Jammin' Carribean Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas Reindeer Rumba The Sounds of Christmas Joy Toy Soldier Marches November, 2022 American Folk Rhapsody #1 An American Spectacular Children of the Shrine Copland Tribute Flirty Flute Intrada: Adoration and Praise Mancini Magic Music of the Beatles Stardust Star Spangled Spectacular Suite from Hamilton Veterans Salute Summer Concert 2022 Disney at the Movies Fourth of July I Am the Doctor I Dreamed a Dream Inchon Kyiv, 2022 Malaguena Many a Glorious Morning Have I Seen Precious Lord, Take My Hand Summertime in the Park Spring Concert, March 2022 A Sousa Portrait An Irish Air Caravan Concerto for Drum Set and Concert Band (music starts at 1:30) Defying Gravity Fanfare and Hymn of Brotherhood Hooray for Hollywood Mt. Everest Rocky on Broadway Sondheim The Invincible Eagle Holiday Concert December 16, 2021 Carol of the Bells/Greensleeves Chanukah Collage Charlie Brown Christmas Christmas Prism Christmas Sing-Along Fanfare for Christmas A Fireside Christmas Good Swing Wenceslas Stars and Stripes for Christmas Trombones on the Housetop Wonderful Christmastime Veterans Day Concert 2021 American Flourish Battle Cry of Freedom Bonds of Unity Echoes from the Battlefield Great Songs of World War One Journal for a Soldier Lincoln at Gettysburg Red White and Brass The Homefront: Musical Memories from WWII Veterans' Salute Fall, 2021 Concert Abide With Me - Jay Dawson American Folk Rhapsody No 1, Clare Grundman Big Band Spectacular Caribbean Rondo by Pierre La Plante Curtain Call by John Wasson First Suite for Band - Alfred Reed Movement 1 (March) and 3 (Rag) Pilatus: Mountains of Dragons de Steven Reineke (Unión Musical de Cabral) Rise of the Firebird - Steven Reineke Saxology by Eric Osterling The Syncopated Clock - Leroy Anderson. 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Enhanced Woods - an ensemble of clarinets The Enchanted Woods Clarinet Ensemble is made up of musicians from varied backgrounds but with the desire to play music and share music at a variety of venues. We are made up of members primarily from the Cumberland County Community Band, and we play a wide variety of music from classical to oldies, religious to light rock, and just about anything in between. Our name comes from two words which offer meaning to the group. ENCHANTED is defined as "placed under or as if under a magic spell" or "to impart a magic quality or effect". Isn't that what music is all about, to magically take you on a journey within your mind and imagination? We think so. WOODS is simple. Quality Clarinets are made from Grenadilla wood, which is a fine wood used in making musical instruments that delivers the deep resonate tones of the clarinet. So it is simple, The Enchanted Woods Clarinet Ensemble takes you to magical places through music with deep resonate tones and plenty of imagination. We enjoy playing and entertaining. GOD has blessed us with the ability to play great music and share our talents with our audiences, big and small. Our purpose is to play music people like to hear and music that is familiar with our listeners. We are pleased to be able to play for you and hope you enjoy your experience with our group. We sincerely thank you for listening. To schedule a performance please contact Wayne Rose at 931-707-7566.

The Plateau Old Time German Band Featuring German style polkas and other favorites The band was formed in 2011 by Pete Tiffany after a request from the Cumberland County Community Band for a German oompa Polka band to supplement the main organization at some of the smaller venues and to help spread the word about the main band. Pete, a euphonium player and member of the now defunct Emery/Pat Nagy small band (The Entertainers), used his experiences in the Nagy band and the gift of the band's music library by the Nagy family to help facilitate the start of the group now known as the Plateau Old Time German band. Thank you Nagys! Since then, members of the German Band have been participating in a wide number of community activities. These include The Art Circle Library Noontime Series, the Fairfield Glade Homeowners Group, the Good Samaritans retirement complex, Lake Tansi Homeowners Group, the Pleasant Hill Uplands Village, the Fairpark Senior Center, the 127 Senior Center, the local Alzheimer's Association, St. Judes Children's Hospital fundraiser, local PBS station, Autumn Festival at local church, and at a Fairfield Glade block party. Although initially a mostly Oktoberfest type German Band, the instrumentation and abilities of the individual players has resulted in the music of the group expanding outside of the German music genre. In their concerts, the group is playing a number of the German folk tunes such as the polka, waltz, laendler and the schottisch, but also including some of the more well known polkas and waltzes from around the world. Music from Polish , American, Mexican and other cultures has been featured. The band quickly found the audiences preferred happy and uplifting music. Pop tunes, Dixieland, patriotic and even disco have been added. And, the band also discovered that audiences would participate in the show if encouraged. In response, the band has included some favorites such as the Chicken Dance, the Happy Wanderer, TN themed songs, and even a version of an all-time favorite audience-participation tune, YMCA! Our tradition: end each show with one of the most well known polkas there is - The Beer Barrel Polka, followed by a chorus of Rocky Top.

2025-26 Schedule Rehearsals are held Tuesdays from 6pm to 8pm at Cumberland County High School band room, unless otherwise noted. Changes to schedule may be required at times due to weather or other events. Changes will be sent to band members by email, and announced at prior meetings when possible.

Band photos Thanks to Photographer Terry Ashburn for 2022 Photos

Our Assistant Conductor, Ruth Ann Tuten Ruth Ann Tuten Assistant Conductor Ruth Ann Tuten moved to Crossville in March of 2017 and joined the band’s clarinet section shortly thereafter. Ruth Ann received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After graduation, she taught instrumental music in Grades 6 through 12 for Allendale County Schools, Allendale South Carolina. Ruth Ann’s next teaching assignment was in Greenwood, South Carolina in grades 7 through 9. Mrs. Tuten was a member of the South Carolina Music Educators Association, the South Carolina Band Directors Association and served on multiple committees including the Solo and Ensemble Festival. After teaching, Mrs. Tuten worked in the Zoning Office for the County of Lexington, South Carolina. She then received an Associate Degree in Computer Programming from Midlands Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina and was employed by Computer Sciences Corporation until retirement. Prior to moving to Crossville, Mrs. Tuten was a member of the Columbia Community Concert Band in Columbia, South Carolina. She served a term as President of this organization. She was served as Assistant Conductor for several years prior to moving to Crossville. Ruth Ann is a native of Allendale, SC and retired to Crossville five years ago with her husband of six years, Mike. She is currently a member and Vice-President of the Plateau Women’s Chorus, a member of the Enchanted Woods clarinet ensemble and Crossville First United Methodist Church Handbell Choir. Her other hobbies include golf, singing, playing piano and travelling with a goal to visit all of our country’s National Parks.