Monday, February 13, 2012

A Month of Lists - Repertoire, Part 2

On the first entry for the "Month of Lists," I listed the most often performed pieces in the DHS band repertoire since 1988. Now I'd like to count down the composers whose music we've performed the most. Here they are, in reverse order:
  • Tied for tenth place with 12 times: Leonard Bernstein, Charles Carter, John Barnes Chance, Gustav Holst, William Latham, Henry Fillmore, and John O'Reilly
  • 9th place with 13 times: David Holsinger
  • Tied for 7th with 14 times: James Swearingen and Frank Erickson
  • 6th with 16 times: John Philip Sousa
  • Tied for 4th with 18 times: Frank Ticheli and Karl King
  • 3rd with 19 times: Claude T. Smith
  • 2nd with 21 times: my all-time favorite composer, Ralph Vaughn Williams
  • And the winner is, with 26 DHS band performances in the last 24 seasons, Percy Grainger!

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