{"id":1052,"date":"2015-03-10T13:41:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2016-10-02T11:51:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T15:51:59","slug":"wind-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wind-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Musical Ensemble of the Future” from Michael Colgrass’s blog “A Composer’s Adventures”<\/a><\/p>\n

I have admired Michael Colgrass’s music since I was a junior in high school in 1976. I had discovered a recording in the local library of his orchestra work as quiet as<\/em> and also heard it on the radio not long after. I also xeroxed the score to his woodwind quintet while at summer music camp at University of Illinois. Coincidently, when I performed Westside Story<\/em>\u00a0in high school I discovered Colgrass’s signature in the percussion book while nosing around.<\/p>\n

I was involved in wind ensembles as early as\u00a015 as a clarinetist. The last time I performed in a wind ensemble was about ten years ago performing Stravinsky’s Symphony for Winds<\/em>. When I was a young composer of 18 in 1978 I composed a 12 minute piece titled Rainbow<\/em>\u00a0for a wind ensemble with a large percussion section at Northern Illinois University. It was a challenging piece but the performer’s hard work\u00a0brought about a\u00a0good performance and an even better recording that opened many\u00a0doors for me. However, I didn’t find an interest by other wind ensembles back then. Perhaps the situation has changed. I’ll explore.<\/p>\n

Here’s a brief clip of a more transparent section of\u00a0Rainbow<\/em> from 1978 when I was 18:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rainbow-clip.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Musical Ensemble of the Future” from Michael Colgrass’s blog “A Composer’s Adventures” I have admired Michael Colgrass’s music since I was a junior in high school in 1976. 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