Research and Repertoire Sessions

On most days from early in the morning until early afternoon, attendees could take in a wide variety of enriching sessions. To read reviews of these sessions (or session abstracts when no review was given), click on the links at right, which are available from all pages within Sessions. If you prefer a listing by presenter (as shown below), click on the Sessions button at top to return to this page.

Sessions by Presenter / Participant

Michael Ball — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

Bastiaan Blomhert — Wind Chamber Music

City of Brampton Concert Band — Repertoire Session 5

Rob Buckland — Repertoire for Saxophone and Wind Orchestra

Martin Bussey — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

Fergal Carroll — Composing wind music for an international constituency

Jim Cochran — Repertoire Sessions

Dublin Concert Band — Repertoire Session 1

Tom Duffy — Composing wind music for an international constituency

Evelyn Glennie — Performance Masterclass

Evelyn Glennie — Presentation on Percussion

Adam Gorb — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

Michael Haithcock — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

Pete Harrison — Music for Wind Dectet

Kenneth Hesketh — Composing wind music for an international constituency

Gary Hill — The Wind Band: Dynamic System or Static Institution?

No. 1 Band of the Irish Defence Forces — Repertoire Session 4

Keith Kinder — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

Keith Kinder — Music for Wind Ensemble and Chorus

Odd Terje Lysebo — Composing wind music for an international constituency

Odd Terje Lysebo w/Nanset WE — The Unknown Wind Music of Shostakovich

Gerhard Markson w/IYWO — Conducting Masterclass

Gerhard Markson w/IYWO — IYWO Open Rehearsal

Nagoya University of Arts Wind Orchestra, Japan — Repertoire Session 3

Erica Neidlinger — Laban Technique in Conducting

Joseph Phibbs — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

James Ripley — Transcribing Greatness: Brahms’ Begräbnisgesang

Timothy Reynish — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

Timothy Reynish — New Music for Wind Band 2005–2007

Colleen Richardson — Varèse and Duchamp: Different Mediums, Similar Inspiration

Phillip Scott — Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds

University of Cincinnati CCM Chamber Players — Repertoire Session 2

Oliver Waespi — Composing wind music for an international constituency

Ian Wilson — Young Composers’ Workshop

Guy Woolfenden — Composing wind music for an international constituency


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Sessions by Day

Sunday 08

No Sessions

Monday 09

Repertoire Session 1 (Dublin Concert Band, Ireland)

Wind Chamber Music / Bastiaan Blomhert

Music for Wind Ensemble and Chorus / Keith Kinder

Tuesday 10

Repertoire Session 2 (University of Cincinnati CCM Chamber Players, USA)

Music for Wind Dectet / Pete Harrison

Conducting Masterclass / Gerhard Markson w/IYWO

The Wind Band: Dynamic System or Static Institution? / Gary Hill

Wednesday 11

Repertoire Session 3 (Nagoya University of Arts Wind Orchestra, Japan)

Repertoire for Saxophone and Wind Orchestra / Rob Buckland

Considerations in Writing for Voices and Winds / Symposium

Varèse and Duchamp: Different Mediums, Similar Inspiration / Colleen Richardson

IYWO Open Rehearsal / Gerhard Markson

Thursday 12

Repertoire Session 4 (No. 1 Band of the Irish Defence Forces)

Performance Masterclass / Evelyn Glennie

New Music for Wind Band 2005–2007 / Timothy Reynish

Friday 13

Repertoire Session 5 (City of Brampton Concert Band, Canada)

Presentation on Percussion / Evelyn Glennie

Composing wind music for an international constituency / Composers' Forum (Chair: Tom Duffy)

The Unknown Wind Music of Shostakovich / Odd Terje Lysebo w/Nanset WE

Young Composers’ Workshop / Ian Wilson

Saturday 14

Transcribing Greatness: Brahms’ Begräbnisgesang / James Ripley

Laban Technique in Conducting / Erica Neidlinger

Sessions by Presenter / Participant

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Venues

Reading Sessions and the Evelyn Glennie sessions were held in Ireland's National Events Centre (INEC). The IYWO/Markson sessions were held in the Banqueting Area of the Brehon Hotel. All other sessions were held in the Ballroom (Gleneagle Hotel).

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