DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS PERFORMANCE PORTFOLIO ...

T LEHIGH
University
Major Graham 0. Jones min
Director of Music
Coldstream Guards
Wellington Barracks
Birdcage Walk
London
SWlE 6HQ
Dear Graham,
Department of Music
ZoellnerArts Center
420 East Packer Avenue
BetWehe"PA 18015
(610) 758-309 Tax (610) 758-6470
hffp. 1AvwwJehighzdu1-inmW
David B. Diggs
DirectDroMinds
October 31,2005
Thank you for the final copy of the Eley CD. This has been a fascinating project and I
thank you for allowing me the opportunity to work with the Coldstream Guards Band and
regiment. Without your support and the help of the members of the band, it would not have been
possible.
I am particularly pleased with the performances. I think that you have "married" the old
with the new quiti nicely. Stylistically everything falls within the fi-amework of the period, and
for the first time modem audiences can have an appreciation of the music of the regiment of
1785. Not only 914 but also the theater music of the period, which is no longer heard. The
Kelly-Crouch duct is beautifully rendered, and given Kelly's relationship with Eley, all the more
special.
Christopher F. Eley, as we have all come to know through these recordings, was an
outstanding musician, composer and individual- His impact on the military music of 1785 to
1800 was monumental, and many of the current duties and functions of the military band can be
traced directly to him. His influences on Willman and Harper are still felt within English music
circles, and that is something that can be said about few people. Without your efforts we would
have remained unaware of his achievements.
This recording will be long remembered for its historic and artistic merit. You have
helped to bring to light and life the earliest days of the Coldstream Guards band, and I am proud
to have been a part of this extraordinary project
Sinecrely,
0"
(74)