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Russian Christmas Music is a musical piece for symphonic band, written by Alfred Reed in 1944. It is one of the most frequently performed pieces of concert band literature. [citation needed] Reed was commissioned to write a piece of "Russian music" for a concert in Denver, Colorado.
The following works are some of the most universally respected and established cornerstones of the band repertoire. All have "stood the test of time" through decades of regular performance, and many, either through an innovative use of the medium or by the fame of their composer, helped establish the wind band as a legitimate, serious performing ensemble.
Alfred Reed (born as Alfred Friedman) (January 25, 1921 – September 17, 2005) was an American neoclassical composer, with more than two hundred published works for concert band, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble to his name.
Rita Strohl was the daughter of the painter Élodie La Villette (1842–1917) and Jules La Rousse La Villette. She is also the niece of the painter Caroline Espinet.. In 1888, she married the sub lieutenant Émile Strohl (1863-1900) and took his name, giving birth to four children.
Ellen Reid (born 1983) is an American composer [1] originally from Oak Ridge, Tennessee [2] and living and working in New York City and Los Angeles. [3] Reid is a multi-genre composer whose breadth of work spans classical, opera, sound installations, film scoring, avant-pop, ensemble and choral writing.
Ellen Elizabeth Langstaff was born in Canada but was brought up in the United Kingdom. She got a degree in French and German from Cambridge University. [1] Reed started working at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes in 1939 when she was 23 years old. She was one of only 400 people at Bletchley Park when she joined.
Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse is a concert film and live album by Lou Reed released in 2008. The concert film was directed by Julian Schnabel, live at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn during five nights in December 2006. Background shots of the characters Jim and Caroline were done by Lola Schnabel.
The Wizards of Winter is a progressive rock holiday music band from the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut working under the label Breaking Bands, LLC. . They are an eclectic group of musicians with strong classical and progressive rock influences woven throughout their musical careers; three of the band's members are former members of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, with its ...