by Dallas Winds | Aug 5, 2020 | Gibson
Unable to play audio Works for Wind Ensemble by Composer-in-Residence John Gibson In 2004, David Kehler, director of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble (a much too long name) asked me to write a piece for the group. As it so happened, we were taking a...
by Dallas Winds | Jul 24, 2020 | Gibson
Unable to play audio Works for Wind Ensemble by Composer-in-Residence John Gibson Almost from the birth of the Dallas Winds, Elliott’s Hardware was one of the major sponsors. We hatched a plan to honor Elliot’s in 2010 which would involve creating a piece using only...
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...
