by Dallas Winds | Jul 22, 2020 | Program Notes
Listen to WRR Online Now! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756—December 5, 1791) According to his contemporaries, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a short, slender man with wispy blond hair and scars on his face from a childhood bout of smallpox. At the same time, he...
by Dallas Winds | Jul 16, 2020 | Gibson
Unable to play audio Works for Wind Ensemble by Composer-in-Residence John Gibson Today’s selection is the shortest concert piece I have ever written. It lasts anywhere from 1:38 to 1:44, depending on the skill of the players and the outlandish chutzpah of the...
by Dallas Winds | Jul 13, 2020 | Program Notes
American Tapestry – Compositions of John Mackey “American Tapestry – Compositions of John Mackey” as featured the July 13, 2020 episode of “Monday Night at the Symphony” on WRR 101. This broadcast is our April 11, 2017 performance...
by Dallas Winds | Jul 8, 2020 | Gibson
Unable to play audio Works for Wind Ensemble by Composer-in-Residence John Gibson “American Anthem” comes out of a crisis we faced as a nation. In the summer of 2001 I was commissioned to write a piece for the Texas Wind Symphony (the Fort Worth version of...
by Dallas Winds | Jun 26, 2020 | Gibson
Unable to play audio Works for Wind Ensemble by Composer-in-Residence John Gibson Horizon In 2001, I wrote a piece for the Bands of America honor band. It is called “Horizon” and is all about the future – what is on the horizon for all of us. While...
