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Dallas Wind Symphony

Americans We

November 11, 2008

What’s this program about?
The Dallas Wind Symphony performs a concert entirely of American music running the gamut from show music to patriotic tunes to new pieces from some of America’s leading wind-band composers.
Works discussed
Stephen Bryant, Stampede; Morton Gould, American Salute; John Gibson, American Anthem; Fisher Tull, Rhapsody for Trumpet and Symphonic Band; Ron Nelson, Passacaglia [...]

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U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps

October 28, 2008

Carol found the U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps warming up for a concert at the Texas State Fair and took that opportunity to ask Sgt. Kyle Baker about the organization’s mission and its performances at the Fair.
U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps from Carol Reynolds on Vimeo.

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Band’s Greatest Hits

October 10, 2008

What’s this program about?
There isn’t exactly a Top 40 for the Band World. But if there were, every piece on this concert would be high on the list.
Works discussed:
Clifton Williams, Fanfare and Allegro; Vaclav Nehlybel, Symphonic Movements; Holst, Second Suite in F; Milhaud, Suite Francaise; Persichetti, Symphony for Band, Op. 69; Varese, Integrales

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Musical Globetrotting

September 16, 2008

What’s this program about?
Professor Carol shows how composers use nationalist elements to take listeners on a journey across the Global Soundscape. She highlights colorful works by French, American, and Russian composers.
Works discussed: Francois Poulenc, Suite Francaise; Ron Nelson, Rocky Pointe Holiday; Carl Friedemann, Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1; Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
 

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Salute to Army Ensembles

July 4, 2008

What’s this program about?
Major Jim Keene took his musical training and talents into the Army, becoming conductor of the premier Army musical ensembles and now commanding the U.S. Army School of Music in Little Creek, Virginia.  Professor Carol spoke with her former graduate student when he returned to Dallas to conduct the Dallas Wind Symphony’s Fourth [...]

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The Musical World of Malcolm Arnold

April 10, 2008

What’s this program about?
Enter the musical world of Sir Malcolm Arnold, a world of brisk expression and energy, evocative soundscape, precise instrumentation, and winsome melody.  A world of richly colored, well crafted, deeply satisfying sound.
 
Many people discover Malcolm Arnold through his sets of appealing dances and through his film scores, especially Bridge on the River [...]

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The Collaborative Genius of West Side Story

March 11, 2008

What’s this program about? 
We think of West Side Story as Bernstein’s musical, but it needed director and choreographer Jerome Robbins, scriptwriter Arthur Laurents, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim to bring all of the elements together.  West Side Story was a dividing line in each of the collaborators’ lives.  It launched Sondheim’s career.  Bernstein never again wrote [...]

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A Gershwin Rhapsody

February 9, 2008

What’s this program about?
Was it the great tunes, the snappy lyrics, or both?  George Gershwin’s fabulous songs are a treasured part of American music.  His Rhapsody in Blue, theater works American in Paris and Porgy and Bess, brought him celebrity status and changed the course of American music.  After his premature death, his brother Ira [...]

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Young at Heart

January 15, 2008

What’s this program about?
Music – the revitalizing force that keeps life energized, toes tapping, and the soul young at heart.  Young players take the stage as the Dallas Wind Symphony combines forces with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony to perform works by Paul Hindemith, Frank Ticheli, Charles Rochester Young, John Williams, and Percy [...]

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Wagner, the Original Band Geek

November 8, 2007

What’s this program about?
Richard Wagner was, and remains, one of the most intense and controversial figures of all time.  For those who love Wagner’s music, Wagner becomes an obsession.  Wagner understood and glorified the sound of wind instruments, especially brass, and transcriptions of Wagner’s operatic music have made highly effective and enjoyable arrangements for wind [...]

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