A Composer's Insight, Volume 1

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Publisher: Meredith Music
Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band

A Composer's Insight, Volume 1 – with a foreword by Michael Colgrass – is the first in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band.

Included in this initial volume are rare, “behind-the-notes” perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer.
An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas.

Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.