Duke Wind Symphony honors Paul Bryan

On April 18, 2013 the Duke University Wind Symphony, directed by Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, presented a concert dedicated to Professor Emeritus Paul Bryan, featuring works he conducted, arranged, and commissioned during his legendary tenure at Duke. Special guests included more than 60 Duke University Wind Symphony alumni who took the stage with the current student musicians.

Paul Bryan was Professor of Music and Conductor of the Wind Symphony at Duke University from 1951-1988. He received his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Michigan and has published extensively about the music of the 18th century, particularly composer Johann Baptist Vanhal. As a conductor and educator, he led workshops and clinics in universities, colleges, and high schools across the U.S. and in Canada and Austria. He organized and led the Duke Wind Symphony's semester-long Programs in Vienna in throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Under his leadership, the Duke Wind Symphony performed concerts in Austria (Vienna, Graz, Lockenhaus, Mayrhofen, Berndorf, Bad Gleichenberg), Italy (Venice, Vicenza), Hungary (Budapest), Germany (Dresden, Leipzig, Mainz), and Czechoslovakia (Prague, Cheb). Professor Bryan was also conductor of the Durham Civic Choral Society 1957-67; Durham Savoyards 1963-67, 70, 1974-75, '77, '80; and the Durham Youth Symphony 1972-76.

Afternoon rehearsal in Bone Hall (Mary Duke Biddle Music Building).
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Additional photos of the rehearsal

Additional photos of the alumni lunch.

Concert in Page Auditorium
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Post-concert reception at the Nasher Museum of Art.
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Additional photos of the concert and reception.