Behind the Compositions: A Composer’s Insight Friday, May 19, 2023
A Composer’s Insight is a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in each volume are rare, behind-the-notes perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers’ training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas.
A Composer’s Insight, Volume 1
With a foreword by Michael Colgrass. Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.
A Composer’s Insight, Volume 2
With a foreword by Norman Dello Joio. Features the music of: Leslie Bassett, Norman Dello Joio, Hiroshi Hoshina, Libby Larsen, David Maslanka, Nicholas Maw, Francis McBeth, Ron Nelson, H. Owen Reed, Jan Van der Roost, and Gregory Youtz.
A Composer’s Insight, Volume 3
Features the music of: Richard Rodney Bennett, Warren Benson, Roger Cichy, John Corigliano, David Holsinger, Roger Nixon, Bernard Rands, Philip Sparke, Frank Ticheli, Michael Weinstein, and John Zdechlik.
A Composer’s Insight, Volume 4
Features the music of: Samuel Adler, David Bedford, Daniel Bukvich, David Del Tredici, Eric Ewazen, Walter Hartley, Joseph Wilcox Jenkins, Joan Tower, Joseph Turrin, Dan Welcher and Dana Wilson.
A Composer’s Insight, Volume 5
Features the music of: William Bolcom, Andrew Boysen, Jr., Steven Bryant, David Dzubay, Chen Qian, Adam Gorb, Jennifer Higdon, John Mackey, Jonathan Newman, Carter Pann, Christopher Rouse, and Rolf Rudin.
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