Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Court Music, for band
2. Don't You See?, for band
3. Preludes (3) for piano: No. 2
4. Fantasy Variations on Gershwin's Second Prelude for Piano, for 2 pianos
5. J.S. Dances, for piano & band
6. J'ai été au bal, for symphonic wind ensemble

Disc 2:

1. Variations on an American Cavalry Song, for band
2. Bum's Rush, for band
3. Southern Harmony, for band: The Midnight Cry
4. Southern Harmony, for band: Wondrous Love
5. Southern Harmony, for band: Exhilaration
6. Southern Harmony, for band: The Soldier's Return
7. The Barons, for band: Baron Samedi's Sarabande (and Soft Shoe)
8. The Barons, for band: Baron Cimetière's Mambo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #157300 in Music
• Released on: 2007-04-10
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .36 pounds

Album Description
Donald Grantham's music has won many prestigious awards, including the Prix Lili Boulanger, the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize, and First Prize in the National Opera Association's Biennial Composition Competition. Grantham has also been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and three separate grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Atlanta, Cleveland, and Dallas Symphony Orchestras are among the ensembles that have commissioned Grantham to write new works. Grantham also collaborated with fellow composer Kent Kennan to author the textbook The Technique of Orchestration. He currently teaches music composition at the University of Texas at Austin.