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Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published March 5, 2019 · Last modified October 15, 2021
British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) paved the way for modern concert band music. Other composers had written for groups of wind and percussion instruments before (sometimes called “bands”), but Holst’s two suites for military...
Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published August 25, 2016 · Last modified April 27, 2022
Well, I didn’t intend to miss all of July (and most of August…). Sorry about that. Between band and travel, July simply flew by in a flash and August has been time to regroup....
Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published August 6, 2015 · Last modified September 30, 2021
Let’s return to the band world and talk about one of the staples of the repertoire, “Variations on a Korean Folk Song” by John Barnes Chance. I’ve had the opportunity to play this several...
Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published May 7, 2013 · Last modified September 30, 2021
Grainger again? Yes. I do have a reason for this. I discussed Grainger’s Irish Tune from County Derry, a gorgeous setting of the tune most of us know as “Danny Boy,” in a previous...