Composers on Composing for Band, Volume 1

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GIA Publications, 2002 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 385 pages
Offering fresh insight and perspective into the changing world of wind bands, 11 respected composers give their thoughts on writing music in this compilation. Profiles of each composer, including Karel Husa, Frank Ticheli, and Jack Stamp, are presented along with a complete list of the composer’s works for band. Included are each composer’s perspectives on the creative process, orchestration, commissioning new works, teaching composition, and the future of the wind band. Each composer’s recommendations for 10 works all band conductors should study and 10 composers whose music speaks in especially meaningful ways are listed.

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Composers on Composing for Band, Volume 4
Kimberly K. Archer,Cormac Cannon,Travis J. Cross,Carl Holmquist,Kyle Kindred,Johan de Meij,Eric Knechtges,Julie Giroux,Roy David Magnuson,Michael Markowski,Donald Grantham,Timothy Miles,Robert Jager,Michael A. Mogensen,Pierre La Plante,Clint Needham,Shawn Okpebholo,David Maslanka,Vincent Oppido,Philip Sparke,Kathryn Salfelder,Eric Whitacre,Matthew Schoendorff,Ben Stonaker,Dana Wilson,Anthony Suter,Christopher Tucker
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Composers on Composing for Band, Volume 4
Kimberly K. Archer,Cormac Cannon,Travis J. Cross,Carl Holmquist,Kyle Kindred,Eric Knechtges,Roy David Magnuson,Michael Markowski,Timothy Miles,Michael A. Mogensen,Clint Needham,Shawn Okpebholo,Vincent Oppido,Kathryn Salfelder,Matthew Schoendorff,Ben Stonaker,Anthony Suter,Christopher Tucker
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Composers on Composing for Band, Volume 2
Jim Curnow,Johan de Meij,Julie Giroux,Donald Grantham,Robert Jager,Pierre La Plante,David Maslanka,Philip Sparke,Eric Whitacre,Dana Wilson,Andrew Boysen (Jr.),Edward Gregson,Samuel R. Hazo,Quincy C. Hilliard,Joseph Willcox Jenkins,Stephen Melillo,Roger Nixon,Jared Spears,Jan Van der Roost,John Zdechlik
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About the author (2002)

Mark Camphouse is a professor of music and the director of bands at Radford University in Virginia. His compositions for wind band have received widespread critical acclaim and are performed frequently in the United States and abroad. He has served as guest conductor, lecturer, and clinician throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association and serves as the co-ordinator of the National Band Association Young Composer Mentor Project. He lives in Radford, Virginia.

Bibliographic information

TitleComposers on Composing for Band, Volume 1
Composers on Composing for Band, Mark Camphouse
AuthorsJames Barnes, Timothy Broege, David Gillingham, David R. Holsinger, Karel Husa, Timothy Mahr, W. Francis McBeth, Robert Sheldon, Jack Stamp, Frank Ticheli
EditorMark Camphouse
ContributorMallory Thompson
PublisherGIA Publications, 2002
ISBN1579991955, 9781579991951
Length385 pages
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Juvenile Nonfiction / Music / General
Music / Genres & Styles / Military & Marches
Music / Instruction & Study / Composition
Music / Instruction & Study / Theory
Music / Musical Instruments / Woodwinds
Music / Printed Music / Band & Orchestra
  
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