Musicians
Bringing Music to Life Since 1829
The New Holland Band
P.O. Box 345
New Holland, PA 17557-0345
Telephone: (717) 355-5096
E-mail: info@newhollandband.org
Booking: bdctforbnd@verizon.net
Music Director - Fred Hughes
Fred’s 50-year career as a musician that
began at age 12 in The New Holland
Band. His father, Fred Sr., played tuba
in the band and young Fred
accompanied his father to rehearsals
and performances from his earliest
recollections. Before he could perform
in The New Holland Band, he pulled the
bass drum on parades and the annual
Memorial Day Pilgrimage. He began
studying keyboards and low brass at
the age of 8 and by age
12 was performing alongside his father
in the New Holland and Bainbridge
Bands on tuba and in his dad’s jazz
group on organ.
Fred has performed in all 50 states,
Canada, Mexico, Japan, Korea, and
Europe. He was a member of the First
Army and Eighth Army Bands as a tuba
player, and pianist for the Army’s
premier touring jazz ensemble - - the
Jazz Ambassadors. A sampling of the
jazz festivals at which he has
performed include the Newport,
Montreux, Nice and North Sea Jazz
Festivals. He has conducted symphony
orchestras to include the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Cincinnati Pops and
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestras. He can
be heard on over 30 recordings and his
book, The Jazz Pianist: Left Hand
Voicings and Chord Theory was
originally published by Warner
Brothers Publications and is now
available from Alfred Publications. For
Fred’s complete biography visit
fredhughes.com.
Fortunate to have many great teachers
and mentors in his life, Fred’s
experiences as a young apprentice in
the community and professional
organizations of Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania provided the opportunity
and training that have shaped him into
the musician he is today.
Leon Hillard - Assistant Music
Director
Leon Hillard is the Assistant Director
and Swing Band director for The New
Holland Band. He is a graduate of
Elizabethtown College and West
Chester University in Music Education
who retired from public school
teaching as an instrumental music
instructor in 2011. He is currently an
adjunct trumpet professor at
Elizabethtown College, plays with the
Dave Stahl Sacred Orchestra, and
continues to teach privately in the Gap
and New Holland area.
Flute/Piccolo
Georgia Dimaano
Flute
Beth Ann Shirk
Kate Wenrich
Anna D'Agostino
Joyce S Hutt
Oboe
Rebecca Hartranft
Brian Hammond
Bassoon
Shannon Jarvis
Susan Herr
Clarinet
Robert Hoch
Suzanne W. Haddon
Fred Spaziani Jr.
Sarah Orton
Lisa Ann Summers
Frances Mesko
Chelsea Lenz
Susan Ressler
Dakota Summers
Michael Chapman
Deborah Foote
Cameron Frank
Madi Ament
Eb Clarinet
Katherine Hoch
Bass Clarinet
Dorothy Meck
Isabella Campbell
Contra Bass Clarinet
Anna Marie Helinsky
Saxophone
Warren Daugherty
Thomas Daugherty
Kathryn Michalowski
Skyler Orton
Horn
Jonathan Rehrer
Meredith Good
James Johnston
David Dishong
John Grumbine
Cornet/Trumpet
Leon Hillard
Laura Good
Caleb Good
Emma Kauffman
Jay Boyer
Ray Helinsky
Kathy Kirchoff
Cecilia Stoltzfus
Jeff King
George Weaver
Bruce Wanner
Cody Mellinger
Trombone
Rodger Anderson
Ron Evans
Emily Horning
Alan Krock
Aaron Good
Tish Huddle - Bass Trombone
Euphonium
John R. Zimmerman
Janice Mills
D. Michael Ressler
Carson Lefever
Tuba
George W. DeMers
Bruce Smith
William Handy
Saraiah Hoover
Percussion
Glenn I. Gordon
Richard Fitz
Chuck Vollherbst
Kerry Moyer
Ryan Fegley
Don Reed
Emeritus Members
Arthur A. Futer, Bass Drummer
Marlin Houck, Music Director
Dr. Kenneth Laudermilch, Music Director
Isaac Witwer, Founder of the Band
Samuel O. Zimmerman, Music Director
Life Members
Clarence Bowers
Geoffrey L. Davis
Arthur A. Futer
Robert I Rentz
Charles and Martha (Marty) Roland
James W. Stauffer, Jr.
J. Michael Terry
William L. Weaver
A.J. Young
Honorary Members
Mr. and Mrs. Luther G. Baumbach
Mr. G. Keith Funk, Jr.
Dr. Henry Gas
Mrs. Violet Helenthal
Dr. Kenneth Laudermilch
Dr. and Mrs. Ray E. Martin
Herr Kurt Schnakenbuerg
Mr. Richard A. Tshundy
Mrs. Esther Weil
He was an associate instructor for the
All-American Youth Honors Band
during the 1980's with performances
throughout Europe, Mexico and Hawaii.
He has performed in many show bands
through the last four decades,
performing songs from the 1960's to
present day music.