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 Yasuhide Ito Cindy McTee Alfred Reed Joseph Schwantner David Stanhope James Syler