According to the typed sheet in the back of the secondo score, the Blue and Gold March was an original composition written by a Third Year Arts student, Mr. Charles Koester. It was accepted and named "The Blue and Gold March of Brandon College" by President J.R.C. Evans in April 1948.
The piece was the result of many years of work. The melody first entered Koester's thoughts during the war when he was an RCAF Flight Lieutenant in North Africa. It was first played as a piano duet by Miss Zen Koester and Mr. Gordon Sefton at regular Chapel service. In his remarks at the occassion, Charles Koester acknowledge the assistance he received from Zen Koester, Gordon Sefton and Professor E. Savage in arranging the music.
Charles Henry Koester attended Brandon College ca. 1911-1916 and served in Wold War I.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the original score of the Blue and Gold March of Brandon College written by Charles H. Koester and arranged by Elizabeth Z. Koester and Charles H. Koester. Written as a piano duet, there is sheet music for the primo and secondo parts. At the back of the secondo score, there is a brief history of the March and a copy of "Hail Our College" (music and lyrics). Fonds also includes the sheet music for the B flat saxophone part of the march.
Notes
Description by Christy Henry, with help from Donna Lowe (2007).
Accruals
The Faculty of Music is planning to record the March and donate a copy of the recording to the Archives.
Repro Restriction
While technically copyright remains with Charles Koester, it is clear that he wrote this music for use by Brandon College. Individuals or organizations other than Brandon College or Brandon University are limited by the copyright provisions affecting this composition.
Storage Location
MG 2 Brandon College Students
2.17 Charles H. Koester
Photograph is looking northeast and shows the south and west walls of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre. Portions of the link, the A.E. McKenzie Building and Clark Hall are also visible.
Photograph is looking north northwest and shows students walking across the greenspace with the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and the link to the A.E. McKenzie Building in the background.
Photograph is looking southwest and shows the north side of the link and the east side of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre. The Dining Hall and Darrach Hall are visible through the link.
The piano in the photograph is most likely a Steinway piano donated to Brandon College by Abbie Vining, former faculty member of the Department of Music. It is unknown when the piano was removed from the Evans Theatre or what happened to it thereafter.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a grand piano on the stage of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre.
Photograph is looking northeast and shows the staircase at the rear of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre. Part of the A.E. McKenzie Building is visible in the background.
Photograph is looking west and shows where the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre meets the link that joined it to the A.E. McKenzie Building. Photograph was taken in winter.
Photograph is looking northwest and shows the J. R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Library and Arts Building and the link between the two buildings.
Photograph is looking northeast from 19th Street and shows the west side of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and the A.E. McKenzie Building, as well as the parking lots on the west side of the buildings.
Photograph is looking north northwest and shows the south side of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building and the link between the two buildings.
Photograph is looking north and shows the south side of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building and the link between the two buildings. The photograph is looking across the quadrangle.
Photograph is looking northwest and shows the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building, the link between the two buildings and a number of cars parked on the east side of the buildings. Photograph was taken during winter.
Photograph is looking northwest and shows the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building and the link from across the quadrangle in fall.
Photograph is looking north, probably from the roof of the Dining Hall, and shows the south side of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building and the link between the two buildings. Photograph also shows the quadrangle to the south of the Evans Theatre and on of the H-Huts to the west of Clark Hall.
