Noted

Movement VI : Africa: Ceremony Song and Ritual

August 25, 2023 17:01 - 1 hour - 70.1 MB

Welcome back to Noted! After being on hiatus as Sam starts her new job and Noah makes his way to the Peadbody Institute, we are happy to be back with Africa: Ceremony Song and Ritual by Robert W Smith. We have many opinions on this piece and we hope you enjoy this episode! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement V : Conduction Workshop Experience! (Sam Special)

July 14, 2023 16:51 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, Sam talks about her expereinces at some of the most important and prestigious Band Conducting Workshops in the country and talks about what she leaned and encountered there! We will be back with a regular episode next time and it is a good one! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement IV : Top Five Wind Ensemble Pieces!

June 23, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB

Welcome back to this weeks episode of Noted! Sam is a little tired from her incredible job conducting at the North Texas Conducting Symposium as well as the Michigan State Conducting Symposium. We though we would tell you our top five piece of wind band liturature at this point in time! Let us know if you agree with our lists and send us your own! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement III : Folk Dances (Noah Special!)

June 09, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes - 55.5 MB

Welcome to this very special episode of Noted! This week, Noah is doing a solo performance of the podcast and talking about Dimitri Shostakovich / Arr. H. Robert Reynolds, "Folk Dances!" This work is one of Noah's favorites and he is so excited to share it with you on this, first ever!, solo episode of the podcast! We hope you enjoy it as much as he did talking abou it! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement II : Hammersmith

May 26, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Welcome back to Noted! This week, we will be looking at the masterwork of Gustav Holst, "Hammersmith!" This piece is an absolute monster: hence our extra week between episodes to prepare. We wanted to make sure we covered this work to the best of our ability and therefore have an extra-long episode for you! We hope you enjoy this stunning work of music as much as we do! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement I : Windsprints

May 05, 2023 17:00 - 46 minutes - 53.1 MB

Welcome back to our third season of NOTED! We are so excited to be back with a favorite of ours, "Windsprints" by Richard Saucedo. Join us on our "Sprint to the finish line" as we make our way through this fun an exciting work. Follow us on instagram @notedthepodcast

Movement VIII : Minor Alterations

December 16, 2022 21:29 - 40 minutes - 46.7 MB

Welcome to our final episode of the season! We wanted to leave you all with a bang which is why we are so excited to present one of our favorite works David Lovrien's, "Minor Alterations." With the holiday season upon us we are so excited to get to share with you this wonderful work and talk about all the things that make it noteworthy! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement VII : Bells for Stokowski

December 02, 2022 17:30 - 1 hour - 79.2 MB

Welcome back to Noted! After our "Fall Break" we are happy to be back talking about one of Noah's favorite works, "Bells for Stokowski" by Michael Daugherty. In this episode, we talk about our relationship with Daugherty's music as well as chat about Sam's first Pumpkin Spice Latte. (P.S. Stay till the very end: there's a surprise) Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement VI: Mt. Everest

November 04, 2022 16:30 - 44 minutes - 51.2 MB

Contrary to what you might think, we don't like every work of wind ensemble music out there. Everyone has their own tastes and what some think is amazing, others might think is overrated. We thought, for this episode, that it might be interesting to look at a piece of music which we don't find to be the most compelling and talk about all the things that make it Noteworthy! We hope you enjoy Rossano Galante's "Mt. Everest" (Noah PSA: Sorry for the bad mic quality. I don't know what happened)

Movement V - Irish Tune from County Derry

October 07, 2022 17:00 - 51 minutes - 59.5 MB

We are back with another great work by none other than Percy Grainger! We are so excited to talk about one of our favorite pieces of Grainger's as well as talk about what makes this work NOTEWORTHY! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement IV : Give Us This Day II

September 30, 2022 16:30 - 41 minutes - 47.1 MB

GIVE US THIS DAY!!! We can't even begin to describe how much we love David Maslanka. His innovative and unique voice as a composer is one that will have a lasting impact on the concert band repertoire. We are so excited to talk about this work in two parts. This is the second part! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement IV : Give Us This Day I

September 23, 2022 16:30 - 45 minutes - 51.7 MB

GIVE US THIS DAY!!! We can't even begin to describe how much we love David Maslanka. His innovative and unique voice as a composer is one that will have a lasting impact on the concert band repertoire. We are so excited to talk about this work in two parts. The first movement will premier this week and the second will come next week. Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement III : Armenian Dances

September 09, 2022 16:30 - 53 minutes - 61.3 MB

Welcome to episode three of NOTED! Today we are looking at one of Sam's favorite works, "Armenian Dances Part I" by Alfred Reed! We are so excited to look over this important work of wind ensemble literature and talk about all the things that make it noteworthy. Follow us through this work as we talk about things we love, and hate, about this work! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement II : The Washington Post

August 26, 2022 16:30 - 41 minutes - 48 MB

Can you believe we haven't done a MARCH!!! Well today is the day we fix that! Today on Noted we will be looking at John Philip Sousa's "Washington Post March" and talking about everything that makes this noteworthy! Sam discusses her love of marches and we touch on some important resources with the President's Own United States Marine Corps Band. Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement I : Suite Dreams

August 12, 2022 16:30 - 1 hour - 76.6 MB

We are finally BACK!!! Kicking off our real season two (we promise) is Steven Bryant's "Suite Dreams" We are so excited to share with you our love for this work and we knew this had to be our starter episode following Holst's "Suite in Eb." We are so excited for what is to come and we hope you are too!!! Follow us on social media at: Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement XVIII - WE'RE BACK!! + (Mvt. 3)

July 09, 2022 18:45 - 27 minutes - 32 MB

WE'RE BACK and ready to kick off a brand new (for real!) season of Noted! In this episode, Noah and Sam talk about what has happened over the past six months and why we had to put the podcast on hold. We also talk about what our plans are for the future of this podcast! Along with that, the third part of Holst's Suite in Eb is now available! (Sorry for making you wait this long.)

Movement XVIII - Suite in Eb (Pt. 2)

December 03, 2021 18:30 - 32 minutes - 37.3 MB

Hello everyone and welcome back to Noted! Today we will be looking at the second movement from Gustav Holst's "Suite in Eb" and talk about what makes it such an incredible and important work in the wind ensemble literature. We cover a lot in this episode even though it is a shorter one especially when it comes to new compositions and what makes music memorable!

Movement XVIII - Suite in Eb (Pt. 1)

November 26, 2021 17:59 - 36 minutes - 41.7 MB

Hello everyone and welcome back to Noted! Sam and Noah took a break for the thanksgiving week but we are back we an incredible work! Today we will be looking at the first movement from Gustav Holst's "Suite in Eb" and talk about what makes it such an incredible and important work in the wind ensemble literature. We cover many topics throughout the episode and will be back with the second and third movements in the coming weeks! Stay tuned for more!

Movement XVII - Blue Shades

November 05, 2021 17:30 - 1 hour - 79.6 MB

Welcome back everyone! This is a super important episode of you favorite podcast!!! Today we will be looking at Frank Ticheli's, "Blue Shades" and giving you all the reasons it is noteworthy! In todays episode we will talk about this work, why it is special to us, and what makes it a band classic and standard. Also, due to a technical difficulty we didn't announce which ensemble the recording we use is so this weeks recording is by the North Texas Wind Symphony under the directions of Eugene ...

Movement XVI - Aurora Awakes

October 22, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

Welcome back to your favorite podcast! After our short break (after our long break) we are pleased to bring you a NEW episode of Noted! This piece is one of Sam's favorite works! Today we will be looking at John Makey's "Aurora Awakes" and noting all the things that make it an incredible work. In this episode, Noah and Sam talk about their feelings about Mackey's music (which may be a little controversial) as well as why this piece is so important to our podcast!

Movement XV - With Heart and Voice

October 01, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB

Welcome back to Noted! We are staring a new season of the NOTED podcast! We've planned a whole new group of works we are going to look at and we are so excited to share them with you!! Today we are going to be looking at David R. Gillingham's, "With Heart and Voice" We hope you enjoy!!!

Movement XIV - Ghost Train (Pt. 3)

August 27, 2021 16:30 - 46 minutes - 52.8 MB

Welcome back to Noted! This is a very special episode today and we are so excited to share it with you. This is the Third and final part of Eric Whitacre's, "Ghost Train Triptych" We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! After this episode we will move back to bi-weekly episodes! Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement XIV - Ghost Train (Pt. 2)

August 20, 2021 16:30 - 41 minutes - 47.6 MB

Welcome back to Noted! This is a very special episode today and we are so excited to share it with you. This is the second part out of three for Eric Whitacre's, "Ghost Train Triptych" We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement XIV - Ghost Train (Pt. 1)

August 13, 2021 16:30 - 57 minutes - 65.7 MB

Welcome back to Noted! This is a very special episode today and we are so excited to share it with you. This is the first part out of three for Eric Whitacre's, "Ghost Train Triptych" We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement XIII - Slava!

July 30, 2021 16:30 - 57 minutes - 66.1 MB

Welcome back to this episode of Noted! This is a first on Noted! Today we are looking at our first arrangement! As the title suggests we will be looking at Leonard Bernstein's, "Slava!" but the band arrangement by: Clare Grundman! We are so excited to look at this work today and we hope you are as well! Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement XII - Symphonic Dance No. 3 "Fiesta"

July 16, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 71 MB

Welcome back to this episode of Noted! Noah has energy in this episode of Noted as we discuss Clifton Williams', “Symphonic Dance No. 3 'Fiesta',” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We are so excited to look at this work today and we hope you are as well! Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement XI - City Trees

July 02, 2021 17:30 - 53 minutes - 60.9 MB

Welcome back to this episode of Noted! In this episode, we discuss Michael Markowski's, “City Trees,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We love this work so much and we hope that you will geek out over it with us in this episode. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement X - Rocky Point Holiday

June 18, 2021 17:01 - 1 hour - 74.9 MB

Welcome back to our 10th episode of Noted!! In this episode, we discuss Ron Nelson's, “Rocky Point Holiday,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We love this work so much and we hope that you will geek out over it with us in this episode. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement IX - Rippling Watercolors

June 05, 2021 23:05 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss Brian Balmages's, “Rippling Watercolors,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement VIII - American Salute

May 21, 2021 16:30 - 53 minutes - 60.9 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss Morton Gould's, “American Salute,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement VII - Masque

May 06, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 71.3 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss Kenneth Hesketh's, “Masque,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. In this episode, we discuss some of our gripes with music compositions in the band world and focus on lots of percussion technique. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement VI - Incantation and Dance

April 23, 2021 16:30 - 47 minutes - 54.5 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss John Barnes Chance's, “Incantation and Dance,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. Also, Sam gives some insight into her experience at the Mid-West Conference. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement V - Ride

April 09, 2021 16:30 - 49 minutes - 56.5 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss Samuel R. Hazo’s “Ride,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement IV - Abram's Pursuit

March 26, 2021 16:30 - 57 minutes - 66.3 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss David R. Holsinger’s “Abram's Pursuit,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We also talk about the wind ensemble music that started it all for us and how those works helped us discover our love for Wind Ensemble literature. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Podcast

Movement III - Russian Christmas Music

March 12, 2021 19:03 - 58 minutes - 67.2 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss Alfred Reed’s “Russian Christmas Music,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We also talk about the educational reason we started this podcast. This is the third and final episodes for our soft opening and will now begin uploading episodes bi-weekly. We hope you enjoy! Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram: @notedthepodcast Facebook: Noted the Pod...

Movement II - Wild Nights

March 05, 2021 16:19 - 52 minutes - 59.6 MB

Welcome back to Noted! In this episode, we discuss Frank Ticheli’s “Wild Nights,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We also talk about our love for Frank Ticheli’s music as well as some of our opinions regarding recordings of this work. This is the second out of three episodes for our soft opening before we begin releasing episodes bi-weekly. We hope you enjoy! Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instag...

Movement I - Shepard's Hey

February 24, 2021 00:32 - 55 minutes - 63.5 MB

Welcome to our premiere episode of Noted! In this episode, we discuss Percy Grainger’s “Shepherd’s Hey,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We also discuss the origins of Noted, how we met, why we decided to start a podcast, and why we are so obsessed with coffee. Join us every other Friday to listen in on our conversations of the best band music of our time. Follow us on social media at: Twitter: @notedthepodcast Instagram:...

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