The Dallas Winds was founded in 1985 by Kim Campbell and Southern Methodist University music professor Howard Dunn. It was originally organized as a "reading band" to allow local professional freelance musicians (many of them music teachers and band directors) to play challenging wind ensemble music as they had in high school and college. The reading sessions led to performances, first at Southern Methodist University's Caruth Auditorium and then around the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, with a formal concert season established at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in 1990.
After the death of Howard Dunn in 1991, the DWS launched an extensive national search for a new artistic director. Jerry Junkin, Director of Bands at the University of Texas at Austin, was named DWS Artistic Director and Conductor in 1993. Frederick Fennell served as Principal Guest Conductor from the mid-1990s until his death in 2004.
The Dallas Winds has released numerous high-fidelity recordings since 1991 in partnership with Reference Recording. Four albums have been nominated for Grammy Awards: Trittico (1994, Producer of the Year, Classical), Holidays and Epiphanies (1998, Producer of the Year, Classical), Garden of Dreams (2007, Best Engineered Album, Classical), and John Williams at the Movies (2019, Best Engineered Album, Classical).[1]
dallas, winds, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Dallas Winds news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Dallas Winds also known as the Dallas Wind Symphony or DWS is a professional concert band based in Dallas Texas Dallas WindsWind ensembleDallas Winds logoFounded1985 38 years ago 1985 LocationDallas TexasPrincipal conductorJerry JunkinWebsitewww wbr dws wbr orgThe Dallas Winds was founded in 1985 by Kim Campbell and Southern Methodist University music professor Howard Dunn It was originally organized as a reading band to allow local professional freelance musicians many of them music teachers and band directors to play challenging wind ensemble music as they had in high school and college The reading sessions led to performances first at Southern Methodist University s Caruth Auditorium and then around the Dallas Ft Worth area with a formal concert season established at the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center in 1990 After the death of Howard Dunn in 1991 the DWS launched an extensive national search for a new artistic director Jerry Junkin Director of Bands at the University of Texas at Austin was named DWS Artistic Director and Conductor in 1993 Frederick Fennell served as Principal Guest Conductor from the mid 1990s until his death in 2004 The Dallas Winds has released numerous high fidelity recordings since 1991 in partnership with Reference Recording Four albums have been nominated for Grammy Awards Trittico 1994 Producer of the Year Classical Holidays and Epiphanies 1998 Producer of the Year Classical Garden of Dreams 2007 Best Engineered Album Classical and John Williams at the Movies 2019 Best Engineered Album Classical 1 Excerpts from DWS concerts are frequently heard on American Public Media s Performance Today show Recordings EditThe Brass and the Band 1988 with the Chicago Brass Quintet Holst 1990 Fiesta 1990 Fennell Favorites 1991 Trittico 1992 Testament 1992 with The Turtle Creek Chorale Pomp and Pipes 1993 Beachcomber 1994 Arnold for Band 1995 Holidays and Epiphanies the music of Ron Nelson 1998 Marches I ve Missed 1998 Strictly Sousa 2001 Garden of Dreams 2006 Midwest Clinic 2006 Crown Imperial 2007 Lincolnshire Posy 2008 Horns for the Holidays 2011 Playing with Fire 2011 Lassus Trombone 2012 Redshift Music for Trumpet and Winds 2014 John Williams at the Movies 2018 Asphalt Cocktail The Music of John Mackey 2019 References Edit 2007 Grammy Award nominees classicalmusic about com Retrieved 2012 09 21 External links EditOfficial website Dallas Winds at AllMusic This Dallas Texas related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dallas Winds amp oldid 1138637392, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
