Teaching Music through Performance in Band - Volume 1, Grades 2 & 3 - CD

This three-CD set contains superior quality performances of 40 of the most significant Grade 2 and 3 pieces ever composed for wind band, as selected by the world-renowned educators and conductors of the Teaching Music through Performance in Band series.

The North Texas Wind Symphony under the direction of Eugene Corporon - internationally acknowledged as one of the premier ensembles of its kind - presents virtuosic performances of this essential but often overlooked repertoire.

These recordings are the perfect place to start when selecting high-quality music for your ensemble. They are an excellent source for conducting ideas and models of the sheer musicality possible with Grade 2 and 3 band literature.

All selections are analyzed in Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Volume 1.

Track List:

Disc 1:

1. Ancient Voices (Sweeney)
2. As Summer Was Just Beginning (Daehn) 
3. The Battle Pavane (Susato/Margolis)
4. Carpathian Sketches (Jager) 
5. A Childhood Hymn (Holsinger)
6. Down a Country Lane (Copland/Patterson)
7. Greenwillow Portrait (Williams)
8. The Headless Horseman (Broege)
9. Kentucky – 1800 (Grundman) 
10. Korean Folk Rhapsody (Curnow)
11. Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams/Stout)
12. Little Suite - 1. Prelude (Grundman)
13. Little Suite - 2. Ballad (Grundman)
14. Little Suite - 3. Festival (Grundman)
15. Llwyn Onn (Hogg)
16. Mini Suite - 1. Birthday March (Gould)
17. Mini Suite - 2. A Tender Waltz (Gould)
18. Mini Suite - 3. Bell Carol (Gould)
19. Peace Song (Broege) 

Disc 2:

1. Portrait of a Clown (Ticheli)
2. Prospect (LaPlante)
3. The Red Balloon (McGinty)
4. Snakes! (Duffy) 
5. Soldiers' Procession and Sword Dance (Margolis) 
6. Air (For Band) (Erickson) 
7. Australian Up-Country Tune (Grainger/Bainum)
8. Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie (Arbeau/Margolis)
9. Blessed Are They (Brahms/Buehlman) 
10. Cajun Folk Songs - 1. La Belle Et Le Capitaine (Ticheli) 
11. Cajun Folk Songs - 2. Belle (Ticheli)
12. Chant and Jubilo (McBeth)
13. Come, Sweet Death (Bach/Reed)
14. Court Festival - 1. Intrada (Latham)
15. Court Festival - 2. Pavan (Latham)
16. Court Festival - 3. Galliard (Latham)
17. Court Festival - 4. Branle "The Horses" (Latham)

Disc 3:

1. Flourish (Vaughan Williams)
2. Ginger Marmalade (Benson)
3. Little English Suite - 1. The Leather Bottel (Grundman)
4. Little English Suite - 2. Roving (Grundman)
5. Little English Suite - 3. We Met (Grundman)
6. Little English Suite - 4. The Vicar of Bray (Grundman)
7. On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss (Holsinger)
8. Overture (Carter)
9. Plymouth Trilogy - 1. Overture (Iannaccone)
10. Plymouth Trilogy - 2. Reflection (Iannaccone)
11. Plymouth Trilogy - 3. Carrousel (Rag) (Iannaccone)
12. Prelude and Fugue in Bb - Prelude (Bach/Moehlmann)
13. Prelude and Fugue in Bb - Fugue (Bach/Moehlmann)
14. Symphonie (Jadin/Schaefer)
15. Three Ayres from Glouchester - 1. The Jolly Earl of Chomaondeley (Stuart)
16. The Ayres from Glouchester - 2. Ayre for Eventide (Stuart)
17. The Ayres from Glouchester - 3. The Fiefs of Wembley (Stuart)
18. Toccata (Erickson) Eugene M. Corporon
19. Two Grainger Melodies - 1. Six Dukes Went A-Fishin' (Grainger/Kreines)
20. Two Grainger Melodies - 2. Early One Morning (Grainger/Kreines)
21. Yorkshire Ballad (Barnes)