American Wind Band Music
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Warren Benson composes Wings.
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Karel Husa composes Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble.
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Leslie Bassett writes Colors and Contours.
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Robert Rodriguez composes first multi-media theatrical work for wind ensemble, The Seven Deadly Sins, premeiered at CBDNA-University of Colorado by East Texas State, Garryl Hill, conductor.
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David Liptak composes Soundings.
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James Curnow receives ABA/OStwald Award with Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Band.
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Frederick Fennell becomes conductor o Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.
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Persichetti finished O God Unseen, Chorale Prelude for Band.
1985
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International Events
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In his State of the Union Address, “The Second American Revolution,” Reagan calls for reform in federal income tax policies.
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US becomes world’s leading debtor nation.
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Obesity is called a major killer with 34 million Americans considered overweight.
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Teenage hackers break into confidential files at AT&T and the Pentagon.
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US Supreme Court bars moment of silence in public schools, declaring that it fosters religious activity.
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Three member of a Navy family are convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
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Music in the US
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Stephen Sondheim receives Pulitzer Prize for drama with operatic musical Sunday in the Park with George.
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Joan Tower composes Piano Concerto: Homage to Beethoven.
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Libby Larsen composes Symphony no. 1 “Water Music” for Minnesota Orchestra.
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Tipper Gore tries to clean up rock lyrics by using warning labels on “offensive” albums. Rock musicial Frank Zappa argues ardently, calling it censorship.
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Daniel Lentz composes Wild Turkeys, Time’s Trick, and Crack in the Bell with computer/synthesizer technology.
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John Adams completes Harmonielbre (1984-1985), fusing repetitive motifs with lush, Romantic symphonic language.
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William Schuman receives Pulitzer Prize Special Citation “for more than a half century of contribution to American Music as a composer and educational leader.”
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American Wind Band Music
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Putlizer Prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass composes his first work for wind ensemble Winds of Nagual, For New England Conservatory.
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Vincent Perischetti composes his final work for band, Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen.
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David Maslanka composes Symphony no. 2, for Big Ten Band Directors Commissioning Consortium.
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Joseph Downing’s Symphony for Winds and Percussion is awarded ABA/Ostwald Award.
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CBDNA Journal is founded.
1986
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International Events
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President Reagan orders an air strike on Libya for its terrorism.
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National debt passes $2 trillino mark.
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing alls even astronauts aboard in one of the worst catastrophes in US space history.
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Music in the US
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Karel Husa is commissioned by New York Philharmonic to write Concerto for Orchestra.
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Joan Tower composes SIlverLadders for orchestra.
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Alan Hovhaness composes Symphony no. 61 “Mount St. Helen’s.”
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Phillip Glass commissions rock star David Byrne for lyrics of Songs from Liquid Days.
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Laurie Anderson composes concert film Home of the Brave.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio inducts first ten members, including Elvis Prsesley, jerry Leee lewis, Buddy Holly, ray Charles, James Brown, and Chuck Berry.
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Noah Creshevsky writes music concrete work Strategic Defense Intiative based on Reagan’s “Star Wars” speech.
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American Wind Band
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John Harbison writes Music for 18 Winds.
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George Perle is awarded Pulitzer Prize for Woodwind Quiontent no. 4.
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Jacob Druckman composes first work for wind ensemble, Paen.
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Larry Odom transcribes John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
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Ron Nelson writes Aspen Jubilee for wind ensemble and vocalize or harmonica.
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David Holsinger’s In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to Wars receives the ABA/Ostwald Award.
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James Barnes sets Yorkshire Ballad for school bands.
1987
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International Events
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DJIA average plunges 508 points of 22.6% on Black Monday, by far the largest one-day loss in history.
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Iraqi warplane fires on US Navy frigate Stark, killing thirty-seven American soldiers.
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Music in the US
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John Adams premieres opera Nixon in China with Houston Grand Opera. CBS broadcast establishes Adams’ international reputation.
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John Harbison’s cantata Flight into Egypt receives Pulitzer Prize
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Steve Reich completes Electronic Counter-point.
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Teneth anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death casues V specials, books, and new releases of his music.
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Fiftieth anniversary of George Gershwin’s death is honored with month of concerts at Brooklyn Academy of Muisc.
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British musical Les Miserables wins Tony Award on Broadway.
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John Coriglian completes opera, Ghosts of Versailles (1980-1987)
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American Wind Band Music
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Vincent Persichetti dies in Philadelphia after having composed more than 100 works, 15 for band, over 40 years.
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Jacob Druckman composes IN Memoriam Vincent Persichetti in honor of his good friend and mentor’s lifetime contributions to wind band music.
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Micahel Colgrass transcribes his 1978 Pultizer Prize-winning composition Déjà vu for wind ensemble and percussion soloists.
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Warren Benson composes Dawn’s Early Light
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Dana Wilson composes jazz-influenced Piece of Mind, winner of the ABA/Ostwald Award.
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Libby Larsen composes The Settling years for chamber winds and voice for US Air Force Band
1988
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International Events
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George H. W. Bush is elected president in landslide.
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Terrorists suspected in midair explosion of Pan Am 747 bound from Frankfurt via London to New York. 270 people are killed.
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Music in the US
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Attendance climbs at Broadway theaters because of the success of Phantom of the Opera and Tony Award winning M. Butterfly.
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Virgil Thomson is awarded National Medal of Arts by US congress
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John Williams writes music for Summer Olympics.
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Micahel Duagherty composes Metropolis Symphony on Superman myth for London Symphony Orchestra.
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Philip Glass produces opera The Making of the Representative for the Planet 8 for Houston Opera.
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Libby Larsen composes Collage: boogie for American Youth Orchestra
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William Bolcom receives Pulitzer Prize for Twelve New Etudes for Piano
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America Wind Band Music
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Martin mailman receives 1989 ABA/Ostwald Award For Precious Friends Hid in Death’s Dateless Night.
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Alfred Reed composes Symphony no.3.
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Jsoeph Kreines sets Two Grainger Melodies
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Frank Ticheli composes Portrait of a Clown on commission from Cheryl Floyd and Murchison (Texas) Middle School Band.
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Merlin Patterson transcribes Aaron Copland’s Down a Country Lane; published in 1962 in Life magazine as piano solo written for young pianists.
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James Curnow sets “Ahrirand” in Korean folk Rhapsody for young band.
1989
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International Events
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George H. W. Bush is inaugurated
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U.S. Supreme Court declares Constitution protects rights of protesters to burn U.S. flag
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President Bush announces new program to curb illegal drug trafficking and use
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Music in the United States
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The Beatles’ Complete Scores, a 1.136 page volume with full transcriptions of 213 songs, appears in print.
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Michael Daugherty receives Kennedy Center Award for Snap!-Blue Like an Orange.
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Libby Larsen composes Songs from Letters of Calamity Jane to Daughter Janey.
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Bernard Rand becomes composer-in-residence with Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Roger Reynolds receives Pulitzer Prize for Whispers Out of Time for string orchestra
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Michael Colgrass composes The Schubert Birds.
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Schuller publishes book The Swing Era, a sequel to his jazz study published twenty years earlier.
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American Wind Band Music
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Gunther Schuller composes On Winged Flight: A Divertimento for Band on commission from U.S. Air Force Band
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1983 Pulitzer Prize recipient Ellen Taage Zwilich is commissioned by FSU for Ceremonies, which is premiered at the 1989 ABA Convention
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Libby Larsen writes her first work for and, Grand Rondo, on commission from St. Cloud State University Wind Ensemble.
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David Gillingham composes Heroes Lost and Fallen, commemorating those who lost their lives in Vietnam War
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David Holsinger sets On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss based on the 1876 hymn, “It Is Well With My Soul.”
1990
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International Events:
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Iraq invades Kuwait proclaiming it part of Iraq. After diplomatic resolution fails, President Bush sends 400,000
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Germany, divided since end of World War II, is reunited. Berlin Wall comes down; barriers between East and West Germany disappear. Helmut Kohl becomes Chancellor or reunited Germany.
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Music in the United States
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Kyle Gann writes, “Composers of 1990s are again creating music in which intellectual, physical and emotional appeal are no longer separated, pointing toward rebirth in American society. [The] GAP between artist and audience is diminishing.”
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John Adams premieres opera The Death of Klinghoffer about the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985.
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Mel Powell receives Pulitzer Prize for Duplicates: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra.
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John Tower receives Grawemeyer Award for Silver Ladders.
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Libby Larsen produces opera Frankenstein.
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Dan Welcher composes Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun for Honolulu Symphony.
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A Chorus Line closes after fifteen years, the longest run in Broadway history.
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Leonard Bernstein dies in New York City.
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Aaron Copland dies in Tarrytown, New York.
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American Wind Band Music
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Warren Benson writes Meditation on “I Am for Peace.”
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Gunther Schuller composes Song and Dance for violin-wind ensemble on commission, premiered by University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble at CBDNA – Minneapolis.
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Schuller transcribes Nikos Skalkottas’ Greek Dances for American concert band.
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Libby Larsen composes Sun Song inspired by poetry of Langston Hughes for Illinois consortium of colleges/universities.
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Cindy McTee writes Circuits
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Norman Dello Joio composes Let Us Sing a New Song for band and chorus.
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Frank Ticheli sets Cajun Folk Songs for Cheryl Floyd and Murchison Middle School Band in Austin, Texas.
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Gregory Youtz’s Fireworks receives ABA/Ostwald Award.
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Andrew Boysen composes I Am, commemorating the death of a Prairie High School student (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
1991
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International Events
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U.S. troops and forces from thirty-four other nations join in a campaign code-named Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. War lasts six weeks with large numbers of Iraqi troops killed or captured, but Allied losses are light. Kuwait is freed from Iraq.
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Four white policemen are indicted by Los Angeles grand jury in beating of black motorist Rodney King. Brutal beating captured on videotape is widely seen on television.
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Music in the United States
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John Corigliano premieres opera The Ghosts of Versailles in New York.
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Shulamit Ran receives Pulitzer prize for Symphony for Orchestra.
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Daren Hagen sets Civil War texts in song cycle Dear Youth.
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New York’s Lincoln Center for Performing Arts creates permanent jazz department.
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200th anniversary of Mozart’s death spurs tributes worldwide.
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Broadway’s big musical hit is again a British import, Miss Saigon.
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American Wind Band Music
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Michael Colgrass composes Arctic Dreams premiered by University of Illinois Band at CBDNA in Kansas City.
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Frank Ticheli composes Postcard on commission by H. Robert Reynolds in memory of the conductor’s mother.
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Timothy Mahr composes Soaring Hawk for University of Iowa Band, with Myron Welch, conductor, and receives ABA/Ostwald Award.
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Michael Daugherty composes Desi in tribute to Desi Arnez, premiered by Stephen F. Austin University at Kansas City CBDNA.
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David Holsinger sets A Childhood Hymn based on “Jesus Loves Me” for young band.
1992
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International Events
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Arkansas governor Bill Clinton defeats George H. W. Bush in presidential race. Third party candidate Ross Perot receives nineteen percent of popular vote.
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Leaders of Canada, Mexico, and U.S. sign North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Music in the United States
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Ellen Taafe Zwillich writes Symphony no. 3 for New York Philharmonic for its 150th Anniversary.
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Wayne Peterson earns Pulitzer Prize for The Fall of the Night, the Heart of the Dark for San Francisco Symphony.
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John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer based on 1985 hijacking of Italian cruiseliner, is picketed in San Francisco; work is never again staged in U.S.
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Hailstork commissioned for opera Paul Laurence Dunbar, becoming Cultural Laureate of Virginia.
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Leon Kirchner’s Music for Cello and Orchestra written for celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma receives critical acclaim.
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Robert X. Rodriguez composes Tequilla Sunrise for full orchestra.
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William Schuman dies in New York City.
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American Wind Band Music
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John Harbison writes Three City Blocks for U.S. Air Force Band premiere.
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Ron Nelson composes Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H), receiving more awards than any composition in wind band history: ABA, Barlow, and NBA awards.
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Adam Gorb writes Metropolis.
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Donal Grantham composes Bum’s Rush.
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Timothy Mahr composes Endurances on commission from ABA/Ostwald Award.
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Anne McGinty composes work for young band, The Red Balloon.
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Warren Benson writes Adagietto for Ithaca College’s 100th anniversary.
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Gunther Schuller composes Festive March for band for 125th anniversary of New England Conservatory.
1993
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International Events
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The Clintons’ push for national health care reform fails.
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Computer users in record numbers join the Internet, accessing information superhighway, linking people and computers worldwide.
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Janet Reno becomes first female U.S. Attorney General
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Music in the United States
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Joan Tower composes fifth Fanfare for an Uncommon Woman, no. 1-5 (1886-1993).
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Michael Dauherty composes Dead Elvis for chamber ensemble and Harley Davidson cycle.
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Elliott Carter composes orchestral work, Partita.
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Frank Ticheli’s Radiant Voices is premiered by Pacific Symphony.
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Philip Glass completes String Quartet no. 5.
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Tony Award is given for best musical to Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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John Williams retires as conductor of Boston Pops Orchestra. Williams’ music to Schindler’s List (1993), Born on the 4th of July and JFK (1991) and Saving Private Ryan (1998) display acute response to tragedy and sense for epic.
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Morton Gould’s final orchestral work, Stringmusic, written for Rostropovich’s farewell from the National Symphony Orchestra, wins the Pulitzer Prize.
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American Wind Band Music
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Film composer Ira Hearshen artistically sets major work, Symphony on Themes by John Philip Sousa.
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Bernard Rand composes Ceremonial for University of Michigan Symphony Band, H. Robert Reynolds, conductor; it is premiered at CBDNA – Ohio State University.
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Michael Daugherty composes Bizarro, inspired by Superman comic strip.
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Bruce Yurko composes colorful Night Dances for Dover Middle School Concert Band.
1994
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International Events:
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Republicans gain control of House and Senate for first time in forty years.
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President Clinton ends a nineteen-year-old embargo against Vietnam.
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Major league baseball players go on strike, canceling the World Series.
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Music in the United States
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Gunther Schuller wins Pulitzer Prize for Of Reminiscences and Reflections. This angry and elegiac work, which broke a year of compositional silence following his wife’s death, conceals within its textures references to music he and his wife experienced together.
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Libby Larsen wins Grammy Award for production of recording The Art of Arlene Auger.
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Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras win raves for Encore! The Three Tenors in LA concert.
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Twenty-fifth anniversary of Woodstock gathering draws more than 300,000 in three-day rock festival.
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Veteran rock groups the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd undertake concert tours grossing more than $100 million each.
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Jacob Druckman composes fanfare With Bells On.
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Barbara Streisand’s first live concerts in thirty years sell out in NYC, Los Angeles, and London.
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American Wind Band Music
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Fennell is first wind band conductor to receive prestigious Theodore Thomas Conducting Award. Georg Solti and Pierre Boulez precede and succeed him.
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Dan Welcher compose Zion as last movement to trilogy of works inspired by U.S. national parks.
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Ron Nelson composes Epiphanies for University of Illinois Symphonic Band and Chaconne for ABA/Ostwald Award.
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Frank Ticheli sets Amazing Grace on commission from John Whitwell, conductor at Michigan State University, in memory of Whitwell’s father.
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Michael Sweeney composes exploratory sonic piece for young band Ancient Voices.
1995
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International Events:
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Bombing of Murrah Building in Oklahoma City kills 168 people. It is worst terrorist attack on American soil in history until 2001.
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Following collapse of peso, U.S. gives aid in excess of $20 billion to Mexico.
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Music in the United States
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Morton Gould receives Pulitzer Prize for Stringmusic.
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John Adams’ opera I Was Looking at the Ceiling When I Saw the Sky about the on Northridge earthquake is told in twenty-five pop songs accompanied by rock band.
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Adams, Grawemeyer Award for Violin Concerto.
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Metropolitan Opera of New York commissions John Harbison to compose jazz-inflected The Great Gatsby.
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Ian Krouse’s Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra premiered by Chicago Symphony.
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Karel Husa is awarded Gold Medal of Honor from native Czech Republic.
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Stephen Paulus completes concerto for orchestra Three Places of Enlightenment.
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American Wind Band Music
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Karel Husa composes Les couleurs fauves as a tribute to retiring conductor John P. Paynter.
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Norman Dello Joio composes his final work for band, Fantasies on an Original Theme. Morton Gould writes Soliloquy for a Passing Century.
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William Kraft composes Concerto for Four Percussion Soloists and Wind Ensemble.
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Anthony Iannaccone receives ABA/Ostwald Award for Sea Drift
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Larry Daehn composes As Summer Was Beginning in memory of actor James Dean for school bands.
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Eric Strokes and Craig Kirchhoff conceive BandQuest project addressing repertoire crisis in elementary and junior high school bands.
1996
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International Events:
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William Jefferson Clinton is reelected president. Republican retain control of Congress.
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During 100th anniversary of Olympic ceremony bomb explodes in Atlanta’s Centennial Park.
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Music in the United States:
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George Walker becomes first black musician to be awarded Pulitzer Prize in Music for Lilacs.
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John Adams premieres Century Rolls with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
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Libby Larsen composes cantata Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Tod Machover premieres audience interactive opera Brain Opera at inaugural Lincoln Center International Music Festival.
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John Williams writes music for Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Italian-born composer Robert Miles releases single dance instrumental, Children, which becomes most frequendly broadcast track on the U.S. radio and television.
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Robert X. Rodriguez completes most popular symphonic music, Sinfonia de la Mariachi, a concerto gross bridging vernacular traditions with the artistic.
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Eric Ewazen composes Shadowcatchers for American Brass Quintet and orchestra.
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Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald dies.
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Morton Gould dies in Orlando, Florida.
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American Wind Band Music
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John Harbison is commissioned by College Band Directors National Association to compose medium’s first full-scale ballet, Olympic Dances.
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Schuller composes Blue Dawn into White Heat on commission from University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble, Craig Kirchhoff, conductor.
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University of Minnesota commissions Michael Colgrass’ Urban Requiem for saxophone quartet and wind ensemble.
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Adam Gorb premieres Away Day.
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Walter Mays captures Native American spirit and sounds in Dreamcatcher.
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Carolyn Bremer sets her orchestral work Early Light for wind ensemble, inspired by American national anthem and baseball.
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Cindy McTee composes Soundings.
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Libby Larson premieres Concert Dances and A Short Symphony.
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Joseph Schwantner completes trilogy with In Evenings’ Stillness.
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John Adams composes Scratchband.
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Anthony Iannaccone composes Psalms for a Great Country for ABA/Ostwarld Award.
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Eight Pulitzer Prize of Grawemeyer Award composers write ten compositions for wind ensemble/band from 1990-1996.
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