Wind and Rhythm

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We're the gathering place for people who love band music.

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It’s important to look to your roots fairly often. In the wind band world, we have so much to celebrate in the present that looking back 330 years ...

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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Are you thrifty? Do you go to the movies or to the theater on Saturday or Sunday afternoon to save money? Going into a darkened theater right in th...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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Name a few works by Percy Grainger... If you didn’t start with Lincolnshire Posy, I’d be surprised. He was born in Australia in 1882 and his music ...

  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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It’s remarkable, it seems like everyone loves sea songs. You would think that on this episode all we would hear would be the Navy and Coast Guard B...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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Here in the western hemisphere with the North, South, and Central America regions we’re all Americans. But unless you live near a border with Canad...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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Here in the United States during the 1800's there was a belief that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. They called...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:28
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The American Bandmasters paid tribute to a musical legend this year at the annual ABA convention. We heard lots of music by one of America’s favori...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:31
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If you’re interested in a broad definition of the word heroes, this week on Wind & Rhythm, you’ll get to hear a variety of musical perspectives tha...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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The American Bandmasters Association has its convention in March every year. This was my second year to enjoy their company, and to hear great musi...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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When the gathering place for people who love band music heads to Chicago in December for the annual Midwest Clinic, it is a little like Christmas a...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:31
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This year at the American Bandmasters Convention in Tampa, we’ll honor a composer that started his career as a pianist for vaudeville acts. And whe...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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There is a cool criterion that photographers use to capture imagery. They call it depth of field. It has a specific meaning when used in photograph...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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The City of Light. Do I have to say more? If you have been to Paris, no... I don’t have to say anything else. Take a walk by the Seine in the eveni...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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Those big heart shaped boxes of Valentine candy can destroy a plan of healthy eating, just when we’re starting to make progress after the long weig...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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The great Christian apologist, C.S. Lewis (the guy who wrote the “Chronicles of Narnia” and “Screwtape Letters”) had as much trouble defining the f...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:29
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Meeting new friends is always exciting. Sometimes they’re people you only know by reputation. Then, if you’re as lucky as I am, they give you their...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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It’s a strange life being on tour, in a bus, with lots of friends, sleeping every night in a different place. Have you ever done it? A community on...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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Every four years we struggle through a mighty upheaval. We elect a new chief executive through a very convoluted process that has me both angry and...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 58:29
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Going up and down the street these days you’ll see cars and trucks, bicycles, joggers, and walkers but probably no horses, at least not where most ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
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After an intense frenzy of activity it’s natural to step back and re-evaluate the landscape to see if you’re on the right track. Many people do thi...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:29