World of Pageantry

bassoonuba wrote:

GL Falker wrote:J'ai ete au bal (Donald Grantham)

I don't think I have heard this before. Does anyone have a recording they can post up?

You can hear a portion of it on the itunes store (University of Georgia Wind Ensemble). They allow you to purchase all the individual songs on the album except this one.

GL Falker wrote:You can hear a portion of it on the itunes store (University of Georgia Wind Ensemble). They allow you to purchase all the individual songs on the album except this one.

Well, from what I heard, this is a pretty nice song. Sounds like it would be fun to play. Thanks for the info about finding it.

bassoonuba wrote:

GL Falker wrote:J'ai ete au bal (Donald Grantham)

I don't think I have heard this before. Does anyone have a recording they can post up?

Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNFCW56BbIs

id agree and say
hounds of spring
first suite [holst]
fate of the gods
four scottish dances
armenian dances part 1 and 2
praise jerusalem [alfred reed]
jupiter[holst]
mars[holst]
im a serious band nerd

second suite in F
folk song suite
la forza del destino
la fiesta
esprit de corps
damnation of faust
jupiter
polotvsian dances

Has anyone ever worked with a contemporary composer for a world premier with your band? Are there composers still working for wind ensemble v. orchestra?

Has anyone ever worked with a contemporary composer for a world premier with your band? Are there composers still working for wind ensemble v. orchestra?

This last year at the CBDA convention, there were three works commissioned (one for each of the all state honor bands) that were premiered at the concert. Michael Torke, Frank Ticheli and Carolyn Bremer were the 3 composers and at the end of one of our rehearsals our director asked us for feed back on the piece which he would then relay to Mr. Torke. So we kinda worked with the composer in an indirect sort of way.

On a side note, that Torke piece was a total bear. It was like playing the Bolero excerpt for 10 minutes

Harsona42 wrote:

Has anyone ever worked with a contemporary composer for a world premier with your band? Are there composers still working for wind ensemble v. orchestra?

This last year at the CBDA convention, there were three works commissioned (one for each of the all state honor bands) that were premiered at the concert. Michael Torke, Frank Ticheli and Carolyn Bremer were the 3 composers and at the end of one of our rehearsals our director asked us for feed back on the piece which he would then relay to Mr. Torke. So we kinda worked with the composer in an indirect sort of way.

On a side note, that Torke piece was a total bear. It was like playing the Bolero excerpt for 10 minutes

Harsona I was in the all-state wind ensemble with you...I was the percussionist who played timpani on Gloriosa...what do/did you play?


...getting back to the topic...

At the 2007 All-Southern California Honor Band/Convention, the wind ensemble performed the world premiere of "Variations on a Familiar Tune," which was composed by Ira Hearschen (sp?) for that group. He came and watched a rehearsal for a while, and I imagine he gave more feedback to Larry Curtis than he did to us directly...

does that sort of count?

I also know that a couple of years ago, several schools, including CSU Fullerton and Rancho Buena Vista HS collectively commissioned a piece by David Maslankas (sp?)...I heard the Fullerton wind ensemble play it and it was pretty intense...

winds of poseidon
armenian dances
prelude, ceciliano, and rondo.

armenian dances
hounds of spring
wedding dance from "hassanah(?)"
perthshire majesty
incantation and dance

i really wanna play rocky point.. x/

Lemme add Puszta to my list by Jan Van der Roost. A mighty fiesty suite of four dances.

Chorale and Shaker Dance and Folk Song Suite are now added to my list haha. Love the awesome horn-age in Chorale and Shaker Dance (even though I'm a clarinet player haha)

let me add bandancing by jack stamp
taht thing is a killer
esp first movement with all those killer rhythms

All Holst, all the time.

My two favorite peaces would have to be the pieces we played last year.

Metroplex (Crazy and so much fun to play!)

Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons (gave me goosebumps)