Birch Creek Wind Ensemble Retreat 2022
This summer I went to band camp! We attended the Birch Creek Wind Ensemble Retreat in Door County, Wisconsin. It was a fun learning experience and a chance to get away for several days....
This summer I went to band camp! We attended the Birch Creek Wind Ensemble Retreat in Door County, Wisconsin. It was a fun learning experience and a chance to get away for several days....
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 / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published November 8, 2018 · Last modified October 15, 2021
Sometimes the overture lives on for far longer than the rest of the show it introduces. Such is the case of Colas Breugnon, an opera by Dmitry (Dmitri) Kabalevsky. You may have heard of...
Music appreciation / Potpourri
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published May 2, 2018 · Last modified February 4, 2022
Do you have to understand something to like or appreciate it? Think about all the cultural things we experience: art, music, theater, dance, cuisine, literature. And more. People study and hone their craft in...
Music appreciation / Potpourri
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 15, 2018 · Last modified March 23, 2022
“Want to hear ‘Dance of the Tumblers’?” “Sure! That’s a great piece!” ♪♫ music starts playing ♪♫ “That’s not it.” “Um, yes it is. See the title? It’s from The Snow Maiden” “I know...