Prokofiev's Private Joke
At our next concert, titled "Czechs and Balances", UMWO will be performing a wind work that does not get much time in the sun, so to...
Corigliano - "Circus Maximus"
See the video below, which features John Corigliano speaking to an audience about his Third Symphony, Circus Maximus. UMWO is performing...
Toru Takemitsu - "Signals from Heaven"
Our November 4th concert will feature Toru Takemitu's Signals from Heaven. The piece consists of two antiphonal fanfares for brass...
A Band for John
More wind music today on the Composers Datebook, this time describing the events which led to Sousa leaving the Marine Band to form his...
Edgard Varèse: "Hyperprism"
Continuing today with the music of Edgard Varèse, this post will focus on Hyperprism a work that Varese wrote in 1923, the same time...
Reynaldo Hahn - "Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este"
On our Nov. 4th Concert, UMWO will be performing Reynaldo Hahn's Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este, a chamber work scored for double flutes,...
Quickstep With A Crew Cut
Samuel Barber's Commando March was written shortly after the composer enlisted in the United States Army, during World War II. The work...
Percy Grainger: Colonial Song
Grainger's Colonial Song certainly unique when considered alongside many of Grainger's works. The piece began as a piano solo for his...
Richard Wagner - "Trauermusik"
Written for the moving of Carl Maria von Weber's body from London back to Germany. The piece was composed for a large wind band and uses...
Charles Ives: "Country Band March"
Charles Ives is a composer that has not been discussed on this blog as of yet. Although Ives is not a composer that we generally consider...
