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THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF A CONCERTMASTER WHO TRAGICALLY DIED IN HIS YOUTH. THE THEME CENTERS AROUND 2 HYMNS, 'JESUS MEINE SUVERSICHT', AND 'MARTHYR TYDVIL'. COMPOSED BY WARREN BENSON IN 1974. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIV. N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE

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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 • Contemporary

Charts

Peak #85

Peak in subgenre #26

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

September 14, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 11.2 MB • 192 kbps • 8:08

Story behind the song

Warren Benson (1924-2005) 
American composer Warren Benson studied music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and was a self-taught composer. 
Benson was a timpanist with the Detroit Symphony in 1946 and served on the faculties of Anatolia College in Salonica, Greece, Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, N.C., Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y., and the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. As a composer, Benson has had great success writing works for percussion and wind ensemble. His music is lyrical with colorful instrumentation.                                                                                  
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:	
Born in 1924, and a professional performer by the age of 14, Warren Benson played timpani in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Ormandy, Reiner, Goossens, Bernstein, and others while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. From 1950-1952, Benson was awarded two successive Fulbright grants to teach at Anatolia College in Salonika, Greece. There he established a five-year bilingual music curriculum and organized the Anatolia College Chorale, the first scholastic co-educational choral group in that country. After 14 years at Ithaca College (where, in 1953, he organized the first touring percussion ensemble in the eastern United States – and the second worldwide), Mr. Benson became professor of composition at Eastman. During his tenure (1967-1993), he was honored with an Alumni Citation for Excellence, the Kilbourn professorship for distinguished teaching, and was named University Mentor. In 1994 he was appointed Professor Emeritus. He also served as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Southern Methodist University from 1986-88.
As a composer, Benson is best known for his moving song cycles and dynamic works for percussion and winds. Composer of more than 100 works, his music has been performed in more than 40 countries, and many of his works have been recorded. Warren Benson received numerous awards for his music, including the John Simon Guggenheim Composer Fellowship, the Lillian Fairchild Award, a Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association, many ASCAP Serious Music Awards, and three National Endowment for the Arts composer commissions. He was a founding member of the Percussive Arts Society, and was elected to its Hall of Fame, as well as to the National Band Association Academy of Excellence. In addition to his published music, Warren Benson also wrote Creative Projects in Musicianship as well as poetry and humorous fiction; in 1999 he celebrated his 75 th birthday with the publication of …And My Daddy Will Play the Drums: Limericks for Friends of Drummers.

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