A Recording and Performance Guide for Six New Works for Concert Band Composed by Composers of Underrepresented Communities
Description
Concert bands as we know them today started in the nineteenth century. The repertoire at that time consisted primarily of orchestral transcriptions penned almost exclusively by people who identified as white male. In the twentieth century, even as the creation of original works for concert band became common place, the rate of compositions written by someone other than a white male was minimal. Composers from other communities were seldom played or introduced into the canon. Today, the instances of concerts including only white male composers are increasingly rare. Diverse and innovative programming have become much more the norm and the opportunities for composers from underrepresented communities have never been greater. This project describes the commissioning and recording process of six new compositions for concert band from composers of traditionally underrepresented communities and backgrounds. And since several of the pieces are playable by public school bands, it also includes a pedagogically-based performance guide for each work.
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2020
Agent
- Author (aut): Jones, Malcolm James Arthur
- Thesis advisor (ths): Caslor, Jason
- Committee member: Hudson, James G
- Committee member: Knowles, Kristina
- Committee member: Myers, Nathan
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University