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CONCERT OF THE MONTH – JANUARY 2012 - MAHLER
Mahler for Wind Orchestra – yes, Um Mitternacht but what else? My Concert of the Month was at the Royal Northern College of Music, entirely made up of Mahler performances.
How?
ERRATA & CHANGES IN VRANJANKA by KENNETH HESKETH
Alisha Marie Wooley, of Columbus State University, Georgia, made some vital corrections to Vranjanka in her Masters’ Thesis. What are they?
FROM THE HORSES’ MOUTH
Christoph Mueller writes of his vision for the Bläserphilharmonie Zug
I think that one important fact is that even the worst amateur orchestra plays Mozart and Haydn, and the best amateur wind bands all over the world play Michael Jackson and other arranged pop music stuff
Discovery of the Month - PUBLISHERS NEWS
NEWS FROM EDITIONS ROBERT MARTIN www.edrmartin.com
TWO MAJOR EARLY 20TH CENTURY WIND BAND WORKS NOW IN PRINT Hear the Fauchet Symphony on YouTube
The Composer Speaks – Brett Abigana
A composer whose music I very much enjoyed at the WASBE 2009 Conference was Brett Abigana. I have programmed his evocative Sketches on Paintings no 2 and we have of course kept in touch about his latest works.
Roger Wright, you are wrong!
Why did I write an Open Letter to the Director of BBC Three in Classical Music recently?
Two Competitions For Composers
Grade ll/lll Concert Band, anyone may enter – Deadline JUNE 1 2012
2012 NBA/MERRILL JONES MEMORIAL YOUNG COMPOSERS BAND COMPOSITION CONTEST
FOR GRADE III/IV CONCERT BAND Age limit under 40 November 1st 2012 Deadline November 1st 2012
For web links go to NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION
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Three top Asian works at the 15th WASBE Conference
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Philharmonic Winds conducted by Tim Reynish
Dances From Crete by Adam Gorb
Pageant of London by Frank Bridge
Mvt 1 Solemn March, Richard 111
Mvt 2 First Discoveries: Introduction
Mvt 3 First Discoveries: Pavane
Mvt 4 First Discoveries: La Romanesca
Ye Banks and Braes by Percy Grainger
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Queensland Wind Orchestra conducted by Tim Reynish
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Philharmonic Winds, conducted by Leonard Tan
Marching Song of Democracy by Percy Grainger
Marco Polo; the Cathay Years Movements 1 & 2 by Luis Serrano Alarcon
Marco Polo; the Cathay Years Movements 3 & 4 by Luis Serrano Alaracon
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Philharmonic Winds conducted by Luis Serrano Alarcon
Pequena Suite by Luis Serrano Alarcon Mvt 1
Pequena Suite by Luis Serrano Alarcon Mvt 2
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Three Downloads For School Band
Maecenas publications from Tim Reynish's commission series
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WASBE
Visit the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles website -
The New Percy Grainger Companion
Edited by Penelope Thwaites - published by Boydell & Brewer.
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Latest Tim Pods
January 2009
Bingham: Bright Spirit,
Ellerby: Paris Sketches,
Gorb: Bermuda TriangleDecember 2008
Connor: Tails aus dem Vood Viennoise,
Carroll: Winter Dances,
McNeff: Image in Stone (excerpt),
Gorb: Adrenaline City

