Composers on Composing for Band, Vol. 2

Picking up where Volume 1 left off, here are ten more composers who share their insights into the world of writing band music. A valuable resource for directors at all levels, each chapter is dedicated to the experiences and works of a single composer, culminating with a complete list of repertoire by grade level. Composers discuss their earliest experiences in music and their thoughts on the creative process, as well as their approaches to orchestration, conducting, and score study; the relationship between the composer and the commissioner; and the future of wind band. Composers featured in this volume include Johan de Meij; Julie Giroux; David Maslanka; James Curnow; Donald Grantham; Robert Jager; Pierre la Plante; Philip Sparke; Eric Whitacre and Dana Wilson.