We have just completed the annual BASBWE/CANFORD International Wind
Band Conducting Course at Canford, 27 students from UK, Germany and
Israel - next year's course will be 2 - 9 August, 2009.

We studied three works of particular interest to school band
conductors, at about Grade 4 the very moving Passacaglia by Timothy
Jackson, and at Grade 2, Nancy's Lament by Malcol Binney and The Fir
Darrig by Fergal Carroll, both in the Genesis series of Maecenas, and
both available to be heard together with the rest of the Maecenas
Genesis Repertoire at www.markheron.co.uk/private.htm

More about the course available soon on BASBWE and Mark heron's
website.

Best wishes for the Fall or Spring
Tim Reynish




--- In wasbeschools@yahoogroups.com, "Rachel Howley"
<rachel_howley@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm looking for repertoire suggestions for a concert band at
> approximately level 2 that will enthuse 12-13 year olds. I don't mind
> some popular pieces but if you can think of other works also that
would
> be great. They are just at the stage where the novelty of high school
> band is wearing off and I want to snatch back their enthusiasm while
I
> still can :)
>
> Thanks,
> Rachel
>