The American band master and composer William Paris Chambers (1854-1913) was born in Newport, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby town of Newville. He began to learn the cornet around age thirteen, and by age eighteen was conductor of the Keystone Cornet Band. In 1879 he became Conductor of the Capital City Band in Harrisburg, and from 1887 to 1893 directed the Great Southern Band of Baltimore, Maryland. During the late 1890's and early 1900's Chambers managed the C.G. Conn band instrument store in New York City and became widely recognized as a virtuoso cornet player, as well as a respected...