Today, I take a look at a weird historical piece of music, discover its past, and realize that we have an original piece of music for wind band that has gone unknown for 110 years. It's time to revisit Joseph Holbrooke's "Apollo and the Seaman."

In this episode, I talk about orchestral transcriptions. While I personally don't like them, I understand their importance. Send me an e-mail at [email protected] or visit facebook.com/bandnerdcast to tell me about your views on orchestral transcriptions or to tell me what transcriptions you love/hate.

In part 2 of Wind Band 101, I take a look at what the standard instrumentation of an American wind band is.

In lieu of not having a guest to talk to this week, I thought it might be interesting to take a step back and look at some basics of the wind band. In the first of what I'm calling Wind Band 101, I try to answer the questions, what is a band?

In this, the second of two parts, I talk with Jeremy Martin the staff arranger for the U.S. Air Force band. We talk about his role as both arranger and Contrabass Clarinetist for the USAF Band of Mid-America.

https://www.music.af.mil/Home/Biographies/Article/1309232/jeremy-martin/

in this, the first of two parts, I talk with Jeremy Martin the staff arranger for the U.S. Air Force band. We talk about his role as both arranger and Contrabass Clarinetist for the USAF Band of Mid-America.

https://www.music.af.mil/Home/Biographies/Article/1309232/jeremy-martin/

In Episode 13, I sit down with Onsby Rose and discuss his relationship with David Maslanka and how he began the process of commissioning his Symphony 11 (which would later get consolidated with Symphony 10 upon David's passing). We also discuss Rose's own career as a composer and delve deep into the process of commissioning new works.

http://www.onsbyrose.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkjRBLqSPkeipIiiFO_3A8Q 

In the second of a two-parter, I chat with Richard Bobo who is building the world's newest instrument - the Subcontrabassoon - an instrument one full octave below the Contrabassoon. In this part, we talk about composing for the instrument, manufacturing it, and some really bad puns.

www.subcontrabassoon.com

www.facebook.com/subcontrabassoon

In the first of a two-parter, I chat with Richard Bobo who is building the world's newest instrument - the Subcontrabassoon - an instrument one full octave below the Contrabassoon. In this part, we talk mostly about the history and misconceptions of the instrument.

www.subcontrabassoon.com

www.facebook.com/subcontrabassoon