Boh And Tell A Music Share Event

by Paula Kyser, Chair & Tim Priest, Musical Advancement Director North Central District Alumni Association

Are you looking for a music related event? Looking for a way to celebrate the Month of Musicianship? What about a way to just talk about music? Well, the Kappa Kappa Psi North Central District Alumni Association has the event for you! Introducing…. Boh and Tell!

Boh and Tell was originally created in November 2020 by Tim Priest, our Musical Advancement Director as a way to celebrate the Month of Musicianship. Boh and Tell is an exciting music sharing event and has been an event for the NCDAA over the last two years. It is a great opportunity for Brothers to share their musical tastes with each other. You can choose a piece that is for band, orchestra, choir, on the radio or whatever you like!

Tim Priest mentioned that as a music educator he always really enjoyed getting to know what type of music people enjoyed as a way to gain insight into who they are. Conversations about music always snowball into new discussions, discoveries, and create wonderful bonds. Boh and Tell allows us to get to know Brothers in this same way. We love that Brothers from all over the NCD and other Districts as well come and are excited to share the music that shaped them. It allows each of us to grow closer in a very special way. Especially in these strange times, doing this digital social event provides a great outlet for all of us.

Both times we’ve put on Boh and Tell we’ve had a completely new and different group of Brothers attend. Brothers submit songs prior to the Zoom call, then each Brother spends a few minutes sharing about why this song is special or important to them, then we listen to either specific sections of the piece or the entire song depending on the time, and we conclude with all attendees sharing their thoughts and feelings on it. There was a wide variety of songs submitted ranging from marching band songs to choir music to rock and roll music.

Take a look at some of submissions from our two Boh and Tell Music Shares:

• Tim Priest submitted Loch Lomond by

Frank Ticheli and A Silence Haunts Me by Jake Runestad • Hannah Trezise submitted So Hyang by Arirang Alone and Eleanor Rigby by

Cody Fry • Dominic Alati submitted Festival

Variations and Symphonic Songs for

Band by Robert Russell Bennett • Viet Nguyen submitted Betelehemu by Babatunde Olatunji • Nick Sondag submitted No Leaf Clover by Metallica • Michelle Banis submitted Sleep by Eric

Whitacre and 4'33 by John Cage. • Paula Kyser submitted Highlights from

Rocketman by Johnnie Vinson and

Come Sail Away by Styx • Ben Tuttle submitted lofi songs from

Soil and "Pimp" Sessions called In the

Twilight • Leon Kimmelfield submitted Sing,

Sing, Sing by Louis Prima • Katie Boyer submitted Voodoo by

Daniel Bukvich • Micahla Livesay submitted Handel in the Strand by Percy Aldridge Grainger

At the conclusion of Boh and Tell, Brothers walked away with new bonds, a list of songs to add to their Spotify playlist, and a deeper appreciation for music. We can’t wait to see this even grow and expand in the upcoming years!