Eastman Wind Ensemble
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The Eastman Wind Ensemble is a famous American concert band founded by Frederick Fennell at the Eastman School of Music in 1952. It is often credited with helping popularize wind music. Through the group, Fennell redefined wind ensemble to refer to a specific kind of wind band with only one player per part, and focusing on original wind music rather than orchestral transcriptions. The Eastman Wind Ensemble has premiered over 150 works, including works by composers Bernard Rands and Joseph Schwantner.
In 1987, the Eastman Wind Ensemble was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Solists (with or without orchestra) for its 1986 album Carnaval, a collaboration with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
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[edit] Conductors
- Frederick Fennell - 1952-1961
- A. Clyde Roller - 1962-1964
- Donald Hunsberger - 1965-2001
- Mark Scatterday - 2002-Present
[edit] References
- Berz, William, "What's in a Name?", Tempo, 52 no. 1 (November 1997): 28-29. [1]
- Fennell, Frederick. The Wind Ensemble. Arkadelphia, Ark.: Delta Publication, 1988.
