Finding New Music: Being A Repertoire Detective

4 best sources for quality repertoire and how to use them

1. Repertoire lists

State lists & festival listsTeaching Music Through Performance Comprehensive List (2019) - Band, Orchestra & ChoirFrank Ticheli's List in the MBM Times MagazinesBest Music for High School Band (book)Best Music for Young Band (book)World Association for Symphonic Bands & EnsemblesTim Reynish (UK Conductor)

2. Member-contributed content sites

Windrep.orgBand Directors Facebook Group

3. A shortlist of quality publishers (not the usual suspects!)

Brolga Music Publishing (Australia)Maecenas Music (UK)Piles Music (Spain)Manhattan Beach Music (USA)Bandquest - American Composer's Forum (USA)Windependence - Boosey & HwakesFJH Music (US)Grand Mesa Music (US)C Alan Publications (US)G&M Brand (UK)Barnhouse (US)DeHaske/Amstel (Europe)Bravo Music (Japan)

4. Self-published composers

Steven BryantMichael MarkowskiJodie BlackshawJames Stephenson

Template for your own repertoire list

4 do's and don'ts of researching repertoire

Don't just research pieces and composers you already knowDon't just listen to one recordingDo listen all the way throughDo look at the score

Action Steps

Start your own repertoire list. Download the template and start entering pieces you've done and pieces you're considering for your ensemble.Visit a publisher you haven't heard of before and go through the detective process. Select a piece you don't know that's at your ensemble's level and listen through with the score. Add it to your repertoire list.

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