A FESTIVAL PRELUDE

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'A FESTIVAL PRELUDE' WAS WRITTEN BY ALFRED REED IN 1957 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRI-STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL. IT IS REGARDED AS ONE OF HIS MOST BRILLIANT AND POWERFUL WORKS. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND.

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Symphonic Band Performances

Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi

Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.

Song Info

Genre

Classical • Symphonic

Charts

Peak #26

Peak in subgenre #3

Uploaded

August 10, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.9 MB • 192 kbps • 4:15

Story behind the song

Alfred Reed was born into a musical family in Manhattan and was playing trumpet professionally by the time he was in high school. He joined the Air Force during WW II and was assigned to the 529th Army Air Force Band as assistant conductor and radio production director. After serving three and a half years Reed left the military and attended the Julliard School of Music in New York. He later worked at NBC and ABC as a staff arranger and composer. Reed joined the faculty of the school of music at the University of Miami in 1966, where he taught until his retirement in 1993. 
A long time clinician and promoter of the concert band, Reed also is well known for his own band compositions including Russian Christmas Music, A Festival Prelude, Armenian Dances, and The Hounds of Spring. 
A Festival Prelude was written in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tri-State Music Festival, held annually in Enid, Oklahoma. It was given its first performance on that occasion by the Phillips University Concert Band, to whom it is dedicated, with the composer conducting. While still in manuscript, it was widely performed throughout the country, and has come to be regarded as one of Alfred Reed's most brilliant and powerful works for the modern concert band.

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