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Welcome back to the final episode of Hindemith's Symphony in Bb!  Today we tackle the final movement of this incredible symphony for band! Noah and Sam talk about their reviews of both the Baylor and Peabody Wind Ensmeble concerts. We are so glad that you could join us today for this casual coversation about the best wind ensemble literature of our time! We'd also like to thank our producer/mixer...

Welcome back to another anticipated episodes of NOTED!!! Today we tackle the second movement of Hindemith's "Symphony in Bb!" Need we say more?! We are so glad that you could join us today for this casual coversation about the best wind ensemble literature of our time! We'd also like to thank our producer/mixer Jonathan Steele! You can reach out to him for any mixing needs @JSteeleMasters on Insta...

Welcome back to one of our most anticipated episodes of NOTED!!! We can't even begin to describe how much we love this piece! This is obviously one of the most premier works for the wind ensemble, Paul Hindemith's "Symphony in Bb!" Sam and Noah talk about their love for this piece, what makes it so special and compositionally brilliant, as well as a review of the Frank Ticheli Concert at Baylor th...

Welcome back to the fourth episode of Noted season 4! In this episode, Sam and Noah take a look at our first female comper on the podcast!!! We are sorry it has taken this long to get to this wonderful work by Kathryn Salfelder,"Cathedrals!" This was such a fun piece to look at and both Sam and Noah have some serious thoughts on it! We talk about H.E.B, "academic' music, and the recording we used...

Welcome back to the third episode of Noted season 4! In this episode, Sam and Noah take a look at a "younger" composer, David Biedenbender and his work, "Luminescence!" This was such a fun piece to look at and both Sam and Noah have some serious thoughts on it! We also catch up on what it is like recording in two different states and Sam's experiences at Baylor so far! (Shout out to all the new Ba...

Welcome back to the second episode of Season 4 of Noted! In this episode, Sam and Noah take a look at the last two movements from the iconic Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst and discuss all of the things that make it absolutely noteworthy! Along with this important work, Noah details his porcess of getting Sam to watch the whole Lord of the Rings Trillogy, as she has never seen it before! We love...

Welcome back to the first episodde of our 2024 season of Noted! We are so glad to have you! In this episode, Sam and Noah take a look at the iconic Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst and discuss all of the things that make it absolutely noteworthy! We talk best albums to listen to, some fun ravings about this work, as well as some controversial opinions about a recent UT Austin concert. This is the...

Welcome Back, Finally, to Noted!  We have really missed you all and we are so happy to be back! TL;DR After a very hectic time for the last year, Sam and Noah have been off on completely different adventures in their musical lives. Sam joined the Rancho Buena Vista HS band program as assistant band director whilst preparing for graduate school applications and Noah completed his first year of his...

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

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

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: @notedthe...

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 a...

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 a...

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

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 Fac...

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...

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 Rossan...

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

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

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 Facebo...

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: @notedth...

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: @notedthep...

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

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.)

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!