North Texas Wind Symphony ; Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor
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Compact discs.
Track list and biographical notes on performers ([8] p.) laid in container.
"This CD set contains premier recordings of 40 of the most significant works ever composed for band, Grades 2 and 3, as selected by world-renowned educators and conductors Larry Blocher, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Ray Cramer, Tim Lautzenheiser, Edward Lisk, and Richard Miles. For more information about each piece, as well as conducting insights, refer to the book Teaching music through performance in band, Volume 8, published by GIA"--Container.
Recorded June 27-July 1, 2010 at the University of North Texas Winspear Performance Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Disc 1. Grade 2: A Basque lullaby / Dan Forrest (3:51) -- Arioso / Clifton Williams (3:37) -- Arrows of lightning. Rocking the cradle ; The mystical song ; Circle dance ; Battle dance / Marco Pütz (9:41) -- Bloom / Steven Bryant (6:07) -- Canticle / Bruce Pearson (5:26) -- Dance of the fir darrig / Fergal Carroll (2:24) -- Downtown dash / Nathan Daughtrey (2:43) -- Ghost walk / Chris Brubeck (3:01) -- Let your spirit sing / Julie Giroux (3:37) -- Miniature overture / Jack Stamp (3:30) -- Odysseus and the siren / Dana Wilson (2:38) -- Parade of the wooden warriors / Adam Gorb (2:49) -- Present joys / Walter S. Hartley (3:08) -- Psalm / William Himes (5:36) -- Second prelude / Georg Gershwin/Krance (4:27) -- Snake charmer / Randall Standridge (5:32) --
Disc 2. Grade 2: The tango disappearing / Timothy Broege (3:00) -- To a distant place / Carl Strommen (4:54) -- To dream in brushstrokes / Michael Oare (4:14) -- Voyages on a rowing song / William Himes (7:03) -- Grade 3: A dream of coming home / John Carnahan (6:46) -- A prelude to the shining day / Yo Goto (3:30) -- Albanian dance / Shelley Hanson (3:04) -- American folk rhapsody / Clare Grundman (5:02) -- Canticle of the creatures. Prologue ; Brother Sun ; Sister Moon and Stars ; Brother Fire ; Mother Earth ; Epilogue / James Curnow (14:20) -- Fantasy on English folksongs / Gene Milford (5:12) -- Footsteps / Dana Wilson (4:52) -- Four sketches. Jugglers & musicians ; Merry-go-round ; Giants & dwarfs ; Hustle & bustle / Marco Pütz (4:25) --
Disc 3. Grade 3: Glenbury Grove / Julie Giroux (6:45) -- Hold this boy and listen / Carter Pann (7:55) -- J.S. jig / Brant Karrick (4:08) -- Mysterious village / Michael Colgrass (5:23) -- Perthshire majesty / Samuel R. Hazo (4:25) -- Play! / Carl Holmquist (5:17) -- Psalm / Roger Nixon (5:33) -- Sang! / Dana Wilson (4:27) -- Songs of old Kentucky. John Riley ; Barn dance / Brant Karrick (6:18) -- The promise of living / Aaron Copland/Singleton (5:36) -- Triumphal ode / Howard Hanson/Ripley (6:26) -- Undertow / John Mackey (5:19)