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Albert Austin Harding (February 10, 1880 – December 3, 1958) was the first Director of Bands at the University of Illinois and the first band director at an American university to hold a position of full professorship. The Harding Band Building, the first dedicated building for a University Band Department, was named for him.
Albert Austin Harding. Director of Bands from 1907-1948. A. A. Harding’s (1880-1958) career at the University of Illinois began in 1902 when he enrolled as a young engineering student.
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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 ...
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 1905.
Harding was honorary life president of the College Band Directors National Association. Harding was among the founding members of the Alpha Xi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Mr. Harding died on December 3, 1958. Taken from the University of Illinois School of Music web page.
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 ...
Aug 1, 2012 · We're loyal to you, Illinois ; the story of the University of Illinois bands under Albert Austin Harding for 43 years, superimposed upon glimpses of university history during the half-century of Harding leadership on campus. Danville, Ill., The Interstate.
