ReynoldsThis summer we unveiled our new plans for Co-ops and Schools, or any larger groups wanting to undertake Discovering Music: 300 Years of Interaction in Western Music, Arts, History, and Culture. Some packages include individual texts and CD sets for each participant, others have the … Read more
What’s this program about? Sammy Nestico. That name rings in the hearts of bandsmen, swing dancers, fans of movie and TV scores, and generations of music students. Who is this man with his broad smile and open heart, this man who has played with the … Read more
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Igor Stravinsky’s fairy-tale ballet The Firebird is filled with magical themes, opulent color, and provocative special effects. This program tells the story of Firebird and the Ballets russes, the brilliant theatrical company headed by Sergei Diaghilev that created and staged the work in Paris in 1910. The … Read more
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What happens when you take a wind ensemble and add the most overpowering wind instrument of all, the pipe organ?On Tuesday, November 17, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble, and organist Mary Preston join forces. http://traffic.libsyn.com/professorcarol/king_of_winds.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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People are asking about the demo video for Discovering Music. Maybe you saw it playing in our booth at one of the homeschool conventions. But for those of you who haven’t seen it (and those who want to see it again), it is now available … Read more
Titles are funny things, and Paul Richards knows how to grab your attention with titles like “A Butterfly Coughs in Africa” and “Falling on Lobsters in the Dark.”But he holds your attention with a rich palette of innovative and engaging sounds.The Dallas Wind Symphony will … Read more
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What’s this program about? Carl Orff selected vivid poems from a Medieval manuscript and super-charged them with color and energy to create the mega-hit “Carmina Burana” in 1937.An innovative music educator and proponent of Eurhythmics, Orff poured his understanding of natural melody and rhythm into … Read more
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British conductor Timothy Reynish is a great promoter of wind bands and a commissioner of new music for wind bands. He has conducted many esteemed orchestras, and taught conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Maestro Reynish talks to Professor Carol about guest conducting … Read more
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What’s this program about? “Marches in March” is full of traditional and unexpected music—marches from the ragtime era, marches for circuses, sultans, bullfights, and films, as well as a new march by David Lovrien and the wind-band premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto for Flute with … Read more
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What’s this program about? Unless you’ve mastered time travel, it’s pretty hard nowadays to hear these big-band classics played as they were – back when Tommy Dorsey was swinging with the tune “Well, Git It.”But when top-notch players of the Dallas Wind Symphony take on … Read more
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