On this episode of “One More Time,” we’re talking about wind band works that have been dedicated to people, movements, and ideas, with a specific focus on environmentalism and sustainability. We’re joined by Steven Bryant, a freelance composer who’s studied composition at the Juilliard School, North Texas University, and Ouachita University and the composer of “The Automatic Earth;” Viet Cuong, the California Symphony’s 2020-2023 Young American Composer-in-Residence and composer of “Re(new)al;”and Dr. Jay Watkins, who works at the University of Florida as the Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Assistant Professor in the School of Music and as the Director of the “Pride of the Sunshine” - The Gator Marching Band. Cindy Severino provides us with our Two Minute Rehearsal Technique, and Scott Schwartz of the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music joins to tell us about pieces that Sousa wrote and dedicated.
This episode was co-produced by Owen Henderson and Lucy Yockey.