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unusual facts about symphonic band



David Maslanka

His works for percussion include “Montana Music: Three Dances for Percussion,” “Variations of ‘Lost Love,’” “My Lady White,” “Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble,” and “Crown of Thorns.” Maslanka has also written a complete Mass for full choir, soprano, and baritone soli, with accompaniment by full symphonic band.

Music for Prague 1968

Music for Prague 1968 is a programmatic work written by Czech-born composer Karel Husa for symphonic band and later transcribed for full orchestra, written shortly after the crushing of the Prague Spring reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1968.


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Berkley High School

The symphonic band is reputed for playing pieces such as "On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss", First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band, and Second Suite in F for Military Band.

Del Sol High School

Del Sol's dance team was awarded first place honors and at the Southern Utah University Shakespearean Festival and the school's Symphonic Band and Orchestra received all superior ratings in 2007.

Gemeinhardt Suite

Gemeinhardt Suite is a symphonic band suite composed by Robert W. Smith, in 1997.

Herminigildo Ranera

Ranera served as a visiting professor at the National Taiwan University in Taipei (1989) and was head of the Philippine delegation to the workshop in the People's Republic of China (1990), as well as the ASEAN Symphonic Band Workshops in Singapore (1992) and Thailand (1994).

Leonardo Cárdenas

He was member of bands like Juvenil from Pichincha and Quito Metropolitan Symphonic Band as a keyboardist, composer and arranger.

South Norfolk Youth Symphonic Band

The first was with the TKGS Symphonic Band, the second was with the HCI Symphonic Band, and the third was with Tsung Tsin School in Kota Kinabalu.