Wine Dark Sea Jerry Junkin, conductor The University of Texas Wind Ensemble Nathan Williams The University of Texas Wind Ensemble has firmly established itself as one of America’s elite wind bands Active in the area of commissioning new music since 1988, the group has offered world premiere performances of works by many composers including John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, and Dan Welcher. One of the guiding principles of the ensemble is contact…
The wonderful syndicated radio program Wind & Rhythm will be featuring a program of the Dallas Wind Symphony’s upcoming release of music from Frank Ticheli over the weekend of October 4-6! Make sure to check out the Wind & Rhythm Website, and find out how you can listen to this exciting preview of the newest Dallas Wind Symphony Release! In the meantime, don’t forget to get your copy of the Dallas Wind Symphony’s latest release…
For those fans of the Dallas Wind Symphony albums on Reference Recordings, we wanted to give you a heads up on a DWS concert! If you are in the Dallas area tonight, you need to get over to the beautiful and amazing Meyerson Center tonight at 8pm for the concert “Snake in the Garden.” Tuesday, October 13, 2009 — 8:00pmDeborah Ungaro Fabian, clarinet Alfred Reed — A Jubilant OverturePaul Richards — Snake in the GardenPaul…
Today we have a very cool feature. We are going to give you a look at a short clip of behind-the-scenes footage from the Dallas Wind Symphony Lincolnshire Posy recording session. This video is only one of 5, we will post a couple more here throughout the rest of this week. But, for all of the videos, you will have to go to our new YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/ReferenceRecordings Here You Go!
Here is another great review from Minnesota Public Radio that includes the audio. This time the review is of the Dallas Wind Symphony’s album Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Wind Band by Percy Grainger. We hope you enjoy. by Valerie Kahler, Minnesota Public Radio Percy Grainger’s compositions are mainstays of college and high school band concerts, but on this new release they’re given loving treatment by a professional group intent on restoring Grainger’s original sound and…