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Warsaw Wind Ensemble Conducting Competition 2021

MUSICA BOEMA, Op. 137 by Zdeněk Lukáš (Czech Republic, 1928-2007)

SKATING ON THE SHEYENNE for Wind Ensemble by Ross Lee Finney (USA, 1906-1997)

LE CORTÈGE DU ROI RENAUD Op. 19b for double Wind Quintet by Franco Cesarini (Switzerland, 1961)

Jennifer Higdon Commission

LUX PERPETUA for Symphonic Winds and Percussion by Frank Ticheli (USA, 1958)

ROTTERDAM 1945 Overture for Wind Orchestra by Johan de Meij (The Netherlands, 1953)

RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC by Alfred Reed (USA, 1921-2005) in memoriam

SYMPHONIA SACRA for large wind band by Désiré Dondeyne (France, 1921 – 2015)

IN MEMORIAM KAREL HUSA for Wind Ensemble by Bruce Yurko (USA, 1951)

TAM O’SHANTER Overture, Op. 51 (Trans: John Paynter) by Sir Malcolm Arnold (GB, 1921-2006)

FANFARES LITURGIQUES for Brass Ensemble by Henri Tomasi (France, 1901-1971)

SKETCHES ON A TUDOR PSALM by Fisher Tull (USA, 1934-1994) ; SINFONIETTA by Ingold Dahl (GER/USA 1912-1970)

MONUMENTUM PRO UMBRIS (For Large Wind Ensemble) by Sydney Hodkinson (Canada, 1934-2021)

SUITE ESPAÑOLA, Isaac Albeniz, Transcription: Vicente Mas Quiles (Spain, 1921 – 2021)

MOUVEMENT FRÉNÉTIQUE for Concert Band by Jonathan Dagenais (Canada, 1978)

COROLA (for Saxophone quartet, piano and timpani) and UMORI (for Wind Quintet) by Luis de Pablo (Spain, 1930-2021)

MY BUTTERFLIES for Wind Orchestra by Dai Fujikura (Japan, 1977)

LOVE AND LIGHT for Wind Ensemble by Brian Balmages (USA, 1975)

FIRST SYMPHONY FOR BAND by William Bolcom (USA, 1938)

CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND WIND ORCHESTRA by Edwin Roxburgh (GB, 1937)

HOUR OF THE SOUL (Poem for Large Wind Orchestra and Mezzo Soprano) by Sofia Goubaïdoulina (Russia, 1931)

CONCERTO FOR TUBA and WIND ORCHESTRA by Juraj Filas (Slovakia, 1955)

POLKA and FUGUE from “ŠVANDA DUDÁK” (transcribed by Glenn Bainum) by JAROMÍR WEINBERGER (Czech Republic, 1896 – 1967)

NOVEL ROMANCE Variations for Winds by JONATHAN NEWMAN (USA, 1972)

CANTARES DE GALICIA by MICHAEL GANDOLFI (USA, 1956)

UNA COSA RARA (Sinfonia) and DIVERTIMENTI 2, 3 and 4 in B-Flat Major by VICENTE MARTIN Y SOLER (Spain, 1754 – 1806)

PLACES WE CAN NO LONGER GO by John Mackey (USA, 1973)

CONCERTO FÜR KLAVIER UND BLASORCHESTER by Hermann Regner (Germany, 1928 – 2008)

LE CIEL DÉGRADÉ SE DISSOUT À LA SURFACE DE L’EAU by Takashi Haga (Japan, 1989)

TONEPLEROMAS 55 for Wind Ensemble by Toshiro Mayuzumi (Japan, 1929 – 1997)

DE VORHALDING for Piano and Winds (1972) by Louis Andriessen (The Netherlands, 1939-2021)

BLACK SOUNDS for Small Wind Orchestra by George Rochberg (USA, 1918-2005)

MANHATTAN SKYLINE Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Band by Olivier Calmel (France, 1974)

PREVAILING WINDS by Rodney Rogers (USA, 1953)

TIME FOR OUTRAGE! by Marco Pütz (Luxembourg, 1958)

TIENTO DEL PRIMER TONO Y BATALLA IMPERIAL for Symphonic Winds by Cristóbal Halffter (Spain, 1930-2021)

I PRESAGI for 10 instruments by Giacinto Scelsi (Italy, 1905 – 1988)

LE PREMIER JOUR for Wind Band by Jean Balissat (Switzerland, 1936 – 2007)

SYMPHONY No. 4 “In the Shadows of No Towers ” by Mohammed Fairouz (USA, 1985)

MYSTERIES OF THE HORIZON (Concerto for Cornet and Wind Orchestra) by Nigel Clarke (Great Britain, 1960)

RHEINISCHE KIRMESTÄNZE for Chamber Winds by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (Germany, 1918-1970)

NUITS-CASSATION for 18th-century wind instruments by Daniel D’Adamo (1966, Argentina)

LAST BREATHS for Baritone and Wind Ensemble by Armando Bayolo (1973, Puerto Rico)

Symphony in B-flat by Paul Hindemith (Germany, 1895 – 1963)

BULL’S-EYE for Chamber Winds by Viet Cuong (1990, USA)

SINFONIA for Fifteen Wind Instruments (with Optional Percussion and Piano) by Ned Rorem (USA, 1923)

PANIC a dithyramb for alto saxophone, jazz drummer, wind, brass and percussion by Sir Harrison Birtwistle (GB, 1934)

VIGIL for Wind Ensemble by Michael Gilbertson (USA, 1987)

SYMPHONIETTA for Wind Instruments by Willem van Otterloo (The Netherlands, 1907 – 1978)

SYMPHONY No. 17; Op. 203 “for Metal Orchestra” by Alan Hovhaness (USA, 1911 – 2000)

VOYAGES for Solo Cello and Orchestral Winds by Steven Stucky (USA, 1949-2016)

La Bacchetta d’Oro” International Band Competition

DIVERTIMENTO Op. 22 For Wind Octet by Hans Gál (Austria, 1890-1987)

Call for Proposals for Presentations WASBE Conference Prague 2022

INTO – SECOND SELF for Chamber Ensemble by Anna Thorvaldsdottir (Iceland)

SERENADE op. 43 For Wind Octet, Cello and Double Bass by Emil Hartmann (Denmark, 1836-1898)

MUSIC FOR EIGHTEEN WINDS by John Harbison (USA)

HARMONIA for 16 Winds, Harp and Percussion by Isang Yun (South Korea, 1917 – 1995)

YIDDISH DANCES (for Chamber Ensemble) by Adam Gorb (Great Britain)

OCTETO by Robert Sierra (Puerto Rico)

DIVERTISSEMENT Op.36 by Émile Bernard (France, 1843-1902)

NEAR AND DISTANT by Lauri Porra (Finland)

SOWETAN SPRING by Sir James Macmillan (Scotland)

THE STORYTELLER (in Memoriam Adolph “Bud” Herseth) for Trumpet, Violin and Wind Ensemble by James Stephenson (USA)

HOMMAGE A STRAVINSKY for Orchestral Winds by Ole Schmidt (1928-2010)

HOMENAJE A FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA for Chamber Ensemble by Silvestre Revuelta (1899 – 1940)

REFLECTIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI for Tuba and Symphonic Band (2015) by Michael Daugherty (USA)

FRATRES (for Wind Octet and Percussion) and ARBOS (for Brass Octet and Percussion) by Arvo Pärt (Estonia)

LIVING TOYS for chamber ensemble by Thomas Adès (Great Britain)

OCTET (2015) for 8 trombones by Georg Friedrich Haas (Austria)

Wind Quintet “LANDSCAPES” (1972) and Wind Quintet “WALDEN” (1958) by Hans Abrahamsen (Denmark)

WIND OCTET by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finland (1928 – 2016)

AYAS for Symphonic Brass and Percussion by Christophe Bertrand, France (1981-2010)

KING MANGOBERRY, Five Allegories for Wind Symphony by Ricardo Lorenz (Venezuela)

TETRADE by Roger Boutry (France)

OBOE CONCERTO by Jennifer Higdon (USA)

THE LEAVES ARE FALLING by Warren Benson (USA)

KOSHI – An Ancient Festival by Hiroshi Hoshina (Japan)

GUIGNOL Concerto for Bassoon and Small Wind Orchestra by Stephen Michael Gryc (USA)

SYMPHONY Nr.1 “Icelandic Waterfalls” by Luciano Feliciani (Italy)

SULL’ALA (Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Ensemble) by Susan Botti (USA)

KOBIKI-UTA for Band by Kiyoshige Koyama (Japan)

GRAN DUO for Woodwind and Brass by Magnus Lindberg (Finland)

SYMPHONY Nr 1 “KRKA” by Bart Picqueur (Belgium)

DEHORS for bass flute, bass clarinet and percussion by Annette Schlünz (Germany)

IN WARTIME for Wind Ensemble by David Del Tredici (USA)

HOPE by Hubert Hoche (Germany)

EL SOLITARIO by Rubén Dario Gómez Prada (Colombia)

COME SUNDAY by Omar Thomas (USA)

SYMPHONY No 6, Op. 122 “CONCISE” by Salvador Brotons (Spain)

CELEBRATIONS for Concert Band by John Paul Zdechlik , USA (May 2, 1937 – May 21, 2020)

GUERNICA by Jean-François Michel (Switzerland)

PIANISSIMO For Wind Band, Piano and Electronics by Carlos Caires (Portugal)

THE PALACE RHAPSODY OP. 72 (PALATSIRAPSODIA) by Aulis Sallinen (Finland)

SOUTHERN COMFORTS Violin Concerto by Joel Puckett (USA)

International WASBE Conference Prague (Czech Republic) postponed to 2022!

DIALOGUES AND ENTERTAINMENTS by William Kraft (USA)

SYMPHONY Nr.5 “Psychograms” Op. 88 (For large Symphonic Wind Orchestra) by Rolf Rudin (Germany)

MOTHERSHIP (version for Wind Ensemble, Soloists and Electronica) by Mason Bates (USA)

UWERTURA PITTSBURSKA (Pittsburgh Overture), 1967 by Krzysztof Penderecki (Poland) [November 23, 1933 – March 29, 2020]

TRIUMPH – A paraphrase on music from “The Mask of Time” by Sir Michael Tippett (UK, 1905-1998)

VARIATIONS ON A PENTATONIC THEME by Rob Goorhuis (The Netherlands)

KOREAN DANCES by Chang Su Koh (Japan)

MÀSCARES by Voro García (Spain)

AQUILA NON CAPIT MUSCAS by Maxime Aulio (France)

ALMIRANTE CRISTOBAL COLÓN by Eva Lopszyc (Argentina)

CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE by Steven Bryant (USA)

MUSIC FOR WINDS AND PERCUSSION op. 152 by Blas Emilio Atehortúa (Colombia)

THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS by Leroy Osmon (USA)

CIRCUS SUITE by Frigyes Hidas (Hungary)

MEMORIAL by Karol Beffa (France)

MACHIAVELLI‘S CONSCIENCE by Michael Markowski (USA)

HIGH WATER RISING by Sally Lamb McCune (USA)

OUT LOUD by Catherine Likhuta (Ukraine)

ONLY LIGHT by Aaron Perrine (USA)

VÉRTIGO Y LLAMA by José Miguel Fayos Jordán (Spain)

MUSIC FOR WINDS by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Poland)

POLIFEMO by Andrés Valero Castells (Spain)

THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE UPON YOU by Jennifer Jolley (USA)

MY BROTHER‘S BRAIN by Carter Pann (USA)

SYMPHONY NO. 1 “Leunig’s Prayer Book” by Jodie Blackshaw (Australia)

CUR? by Jukka-Pekka Lehto (Finland)

CAPRICCIO FOR WIND ORCHESTRA by Christiaan Janssen (The Netherlands)

DANSE SATANIQUE by Alexander Kosmicki (France)

AUDIVI MEDIA NOCTE by Oliver Waespi (Switzerland)

LOS MADRILES by Miguel Asins Arbó (Spain)

IMAGES by José Suñer Oriola (Spain)

SECOND SYMPHONY FOR WIND ORCHESTRA by Luis Serrano Alarcón (Spain)

DIVERSIONS by Robert Spittal (USA)

THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER by David Postiguillo Moscardó (Spain)

PAS DE QUATRE by Luis Serrano Alarcón (Spain)

HEROES by Girolamo Deraco (Italy)

DOUBLE CONCERTO FOR MARIMBA AND VIBRAPHONE by Emmanuel Séjourné (France)

MENORCAN DANCES by Martin Elllerby (UK)

TRANSCENDING by Christopher Marshall (New Zealand)

Finalists of the 2nd WASBE Composition Contest

“La Bacchetta d’Oro” International Band Competition

WARSAW WIND ENSEMBLE CONDUCTING COMPETITION 2021

Jeju Composition Competition for Wind Ensemble

Winners of the Valley Winds International Composition Competition

WASBE Board Election 2022 – Call for Nominations

International Coalition Performing Arts Aerosol Study Updated Guidelines 7/9/21

International Wind Ensemble Orchestration Competition

Jeju Composition Competition for Wind Ensemble

Yoshihiro Kimura R.I.P.

6th International Conference of Hellenic Symphonic Bands in Thessaloniki (Greece), 25-27 June 2021

Valley Winds International Composition Competition

Peter Bucher (Sept 5, 1958 – Sept 25, 2020)

Cremona Musica presents the new platform “mfclassrooms” for online music lessons

New book on the American Wind Symphony Orchestra

Warsaw Wind Ensembles Composition Contest 2020

7th International Composition Competition Coups de Vents 2021

Frank B. Wickes, Louisiana State University’s longtime director of bands dies at 82.