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David Bedford Commissioning Project
URL: http://www.wm.edu/music/band/bedford.php
We are currently seeking members for the David Bedford Commissioning Project (a commission consortium).
There are 3 levels of buy-in: $250, $350, $500--the piece will have three levels of difficulty, all of which are completely interchangeable.
For more information, click the link above (or here), or contact Evan Feldman at the College of William & Mary.
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New book from Frank Battisti
URL: http://www.meredithmusic.com/page5.html#BecomingConductor
Frank Battisti is pleased to announce the publication of his newest book, On Becoming a Conductor - Lessons and Meditations on the Art of Conducting. A note from Frank on the text:
I have written a new book, On Becoming a Conductor – Lessons and Meditations on the Art of Conducting (ISBN – 13:978 1-57463-086-2) which has just been published by Meredith Music Publications. It is a different kind of conducting book – it contains no conducting patterns, no advice on how to conduct any piece. Many books already provide this kind of information. Instead, it focuses on the skills, knowledge and experiences necessary for becoming and functioning as a conductor-teacher. There are many quotations by distinguished and famous composers, conductors and musicians about conducting interspersed throughout the book. I think you will find On Becoming a Conductor interesting and useful.
You can find Frank's new book online here, with a suggested list of vendors here.
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The Wind Repertory Project
URL: http://www.windrep.org
The Wind Repertory Project is an attempt to build a comprehensive database of wind literature, expanded by contributions of selected editors, and freely available to wind band directors/conductors, students, and enthusiasts worldwide. While there already exist many fantastic sources for this sort of information, static media cannot keep up with the steady influx of new repertoire, and cannot -by nature- be as comprehensive as an open community project.
The WRP was initially envisioned as a doctoral dissertation by Nikk Pilato while a student at Florida State University. The original idea was to create a document comprising a listing of wind repertory information along the lines of the excellent Orchestral Music: A Handbook by David Daniels. When the tremendous scope of the project became apparent, the decision was made to postpone creating the database until there was time to implement it in an online format, freely available to everyone. Please visit the project here.
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