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Albert Austin Harding. Albert Austin Harding was asked to direct the University of Illinois Band by the head of the School of Music in the spring of 1905 while he was still a senior in the College of Engineering. Harding accepted and was officially a member of the faculty in the fall of…
Oct 20, 2017 · The man who put the band on the map was Albert Austin Harding, 1916 FAA, who played and helped coach the band for two years before being named director in 1907.Then 27, Harding had played in marching bands in high school and with the Illinois National Guard, and he sensed that the showmanship and sheer razzmatazz of such a band would translate well to a college environment.
Albert Austin Harding Director of Bands at the University of Illinois, and Percy Grainger, Australian pianist and composer, were leading contributors to the development of the wind band and its literature during the first half of the 20th century. Harding and Grainger met twice during the 1930s on the University of Illinois campus.
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The remarkable Albert Austin Harding, student in the College of Engineering and first-chair cornet in the band, became band director in 1902 during his junior year. Harding introduced open-air band concerts on the Quad as well as the “Block I” marching band formation, and he made about 150 of his own transcriptions from operatic and ...
Albert Austin Harding (February 10, 1880 December 3, 1958) was the first Director of Bands at the University of Illinois. He was also the first band director at an American university to hold a position of full professorship.
