Medium Funk Prelude (3:30) - Paul Richards
Recording - (Recording used courtesy of Mark Masters: 3837-MCD, The University of Florida Wind Ensemble, David A. Waybright, Conductor)
Carl Fischer Music is pleased to announce that Medium Funk Prelude by Paul Richards is scheduled to be published in the Fall of 2009. The piece is a brief dance in which a small group of figures are transformed and tossed about the ensemble. The title comes from thumbing through a jazz fake book, where tunes are given tempo markings such as slow swing, fast samba, or medium funk.
Score and parts will be available in the Fall of 2009. Check back to this website for more information. You can also visit Paul’s website for more information by clicking here.
A YouTube video of the piece can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bocmw-fbBk&feature=related
Serenade for Winds (10:00) - Carter Pann
Recording - University of Colorado Wind Symphony, Allan MacMurray, Conductor
Serenade for Winds (2008) is dedicated to Allan McMurray as a tribute to both his uncompromising artistry and nurturing friendship with me from the moment I arrived at the University of Colorado. The piece is an exploration into the kind of melodic writing usually equated with Schumann or Brahms. Nearly every gesture in this work was placed with the hope that the performers who play them would attain their highest echelon of musical expression. I had very recently written a soft, subdued work called Hold this Boy and Listen (2008) for winds. That work represented a departure from the fast and brilliantly technical works I had written for bands in the past, and wanted to be under the spell of the molto espressivo for more than one wind piece. Hence this work is a grand expression of harmony and melody (equally so) for wind symphony.
