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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, December 17, 1968
Arranges Orange Bowl show
Soph composes for marching band
By LINDA LOYD
Kansan Staff Writer
When KU's marching band steps onto the field in Miami's Orange Bowl, so will the KU sophomore who arranged its music.
Jim Barnes, a tuba player from Hobart Okla., composes and arranges marching band music.
"I've never seen anyone quite like Jim," said Kenneth Bloomquist, director of University bands. "He can sit down and arrange at a desk as if doing homework. He hears everything in his head without need for a piano."
Hired by the band department this fall, Barnes has arranged more than 12 fanfares for halftime game performances, including the homecoming take-off "Jayhawk Laugh-In," "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and the band chorus presentation of "America."
His original "Rodgers' Triumphal March" was dedicated to coach Pepper Rodgers last Wednesday at the annual football banquet.
For KU's musical contribution to the Orange Bowl, Barnes arranged the fanfare "Moon Over Miami,""Sunny" and "You Are my Sunshine."
The Summerfield Scholar first arranged music for his high school stage band. Although he had no professional training, he taught himself by studying music. "I had three good teachers: Brahms, Beethoven and Bach," Barnes recalled with a grin.
Introduced to music as a tuba player in the eighth grade, Barnes plays the string bass, piano and trombone. At KU, he sits first chair tuba in the marching band, symphony, brass choir,
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"I like to think about a piece a couple of days before I write a note down," Barnes explained. The arranger-composer admitted that he finds some selections more difficult than others. "Although I arranged 'Sock It to Me Baby' for the Jayhawk Laugh-In show in 35 minutes, i have worked a week and only come up with two bars."
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Like a three-part short story, a song must have definite form, he said. "After I select the key for a number, I first record the melody, then the bass line."
Barnes stressed simplicity in writing music. "The best music sounds hard but is easy to play."
"Bloomquist and I get along because he likes gutty, dirty arrangements."
A music theory major, Barnes prefers composition to arrangement and has written chamber music and a Symphonic Essay for the KU concert band. Barnes said some of his work may be published in the near future.
Although he would like to work full-time at composing after graduation, he regrets that he will play the tuba in a symphony.
"Only four major composers—Anerson, Mancini, Rugulo and Newman—earn a living without teaching. Even Beethoven had to be a concert pianist."
Looking ahead, the fine arts student said music, which is in the process of change, will become an organized sound, "We're living in a wild era—we want everything new except music."
Citing television as the ruin of music, Barnes predicted that
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