Wind Band Literature takes a close look at the best of the wind band repertoire, from chamber music to huge symphonic works, from beginning band to professional level. It is not a comprehensive repertoire site, but rather a collection of resources compiled and created by conductor Andy Pease. These are tools to share with students and colleagues to help enhance understanding of what makes the music we play so powerful and meaningful to us.
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Highlights and things to come:
Marriage of Figaro Overture – W. A. Mozart, arr. Wendt
Figures in the Garden – Jonathan Dove
Serenade in C minor, K. 388 – W. A. Mozart
Petite Symphonie – Charles Gounod
Tetris – Lior Navok
Also, look for reporting from the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago this December.
There is more in the works. Stay tuned.
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Looking for a recap? Here they are in abundance: Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010.
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Is it okay to place part of this in my personal site if I submit a reference to this site?
No problem at all. Thanks.
Hi Andy,
Could you maby contact me via my e-mail? I have some questions about “Overture” from Dancer in the Dark and Lux Aurumque. I would like to play them pieces with my brass ensemble but dont know where to buy them.
Thanks in advance.
Michel
The Netherlands
Michel – please use my e-mail address, listed at the top of the page, to get in touch. Yours isn’t showing up. Thanks!
hey mr. pease i am a student from the all county band 1 trombone , how do we listen to our peices???
sincerely Finlay Boardma
Hi Finlay – if you’ve made it this far, just click on the titles of the pieces above. I tend to hide the recordings towards the bottom of each post, so be sure to scroll down. Enjoy!
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Hey Andy My name is Elizabeth. I’m English I really like your blog, Just listened to Alligator Alley by Michael Daugherty. Awesome bassoon feature. I write a blog dedicated to wind band music as well. It’s more a site for people to discover wind band music than professionals and conductors to find music to play. I’m trying to research the history of wind band music compositions but I keep hitting dead ends. Do you happen to know anything about it or good places to go to find out? I have found books on history of wind bands themselves but not the actual music of the 20th century, the music that
influenced Philip Sparke, Johan de Meij etc, where modern wind band music originated from. If you could point me in the right direction I’d be very grateful, if not then don’t worry. Do check my blog out if you can at windbandwonderland.wordpress.com, feedback is appreciated, it’s sill a new project. I look forward to hearing more great music from you.
Slow morning here in Cleveland Tennessee and I stumbled onto your blog while I was looking for a recording of Esprit de Corps with what I considered the “correct” tempo for my wind lit kids to listen to. Good reading. You have a bunch of good stuff here. thanks for taking the time to do this.