Composers on Composing for Band 3

Contributing composers:

Andrew Boysen, Jr., Edward Gregson, Sam Hazo, Quincy Hilliard, Joseph Willcox Jenkins, Stephen Melillo, Roger Nixon, Jared Spears, Jan Van der Roost, and John Zdechlik

What better place to learn more about the best pieces for band than from the composers themselves! Jan Van der Roost challenges conductors to tell a musical story and to work as the composer’s translator to convey the desired feelings and emotions to the audience. Joseph Willcox Jenkins discusses the nurturing of young talent and notes that “even the most humble talent” can “create loveliness in not so lovely a world.” Other distinguished composers in this volume who share their stories and thoughts on music making include Andrew Boysen, Jr., Edward Gregson, Sam Hazo, Quincy Hilliard, Stephen Melillo, Roger Nixon, Jared Spears, and John Zdechlik.

Take another journey into the composer’s world you won’t soon forget!