Wind & Rhythm

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

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When we claim to be "the gathering place for people who love band music," we're talking about a group of over 38 million people in the US alone. In America, hearing classical music "live" usually means hearing it at a band concert. We love marches and the music of Holst and Vaughan Williams, but the repertoire for winds is formidable. And the culture of wind music is vibrant, including people of all ages!


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The connection between drinking beer and dancing the polka goes back quite a ways. Certainly in 1927 a piece was written in Poland whose lyrics gav...

Bought by KZUM and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
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The New World wasn’t new to the native inhabitants as they watched those first tall ships arrive from Europe. They knew their land, had names for i...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The US Air Force celebrates their 68th birthday this month. Their bands have played all over the globe and represented the Air Force, the US milita...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In America, if Memorial Day signals the unofficial beginning of summer, then Labor Day signals its unofficial end. The two holidays are like booken...

Bought by KRPS, KTSW 89.9, and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
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It just turned out that the calendar year of Wind & Rhythm is the same as the school year. But, it always provides me with a parallel in the real w...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Season 8 is a wrap! Wonderful music, new stations, and countless new listeners around the world have made this year a milestone year for Wind & Rh...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
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No one wants to be known as the perfect fool. In 1923 when Gustav Holst wrote an opera with that name, he gave rise to the same problem. "The Perfe...

Bought by KMFA and WUAL


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
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The part of Manhattan that provides so many happy memories is known the Broadway Theater District. When the Empire State Building was built in 1931...

Bought by KMUN, KMFA, KTXK, and WUAL


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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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: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
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There is a general fascination with all things bass: String Bass, Bassoon, Bass Trombone, Bass Clarinet, Bass Drums, the Bass knob on your stereo, ...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1