Air for Winds
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General Info
Year: 1989
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: LudwigMasters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Shelton explained that Air for Winds is a training piece throughout, teaching the students musical concepts in a functional and musical form rather than a lifeless, unmusical, and uninteresting exercise.
The piece is intended as a teaching tool for school band, from the use of concert B-flat throughout (the traditional tuning pitch for bands) to the solo passages allowing young players to play in soloistic settings.
- Program Note from GIA
Media
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class D
- Florida: III
- Kansas: III
- Louisiana: II
- North Carolina: III
- Oklahoma: II-A
- South Carolina: III
- Texas: II. Complete
- Virginia: III
Performances
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- Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School Symphonic Band (Jason Noble, conductor) – 14 December 2017
- Booker T. Washington Symphonic Band – 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air for Winds (1989)
- American Celebration (2002)
- Basque Rhapsody (1999)
- Centennial(1990)
- Elegy (2000)
- Golden Jubilee 1989)
Resources
- "Air for Winds." GIA. Web. Accessed 9 January 2018
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Shelton, Melvin." Accessed 9 January 2018