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Recommended Listening

Symphony No. 4, David Maslanka
Danzon No. 2, Arturo Marquez
Bells for Stowkowski, Michael Daugherty
Dies Irae - Requiem, Giuseppe Verdi 
Gabriel's Oboe, from the Mission
Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber
Moonlight Serenade, Glen Miller
Begin the Beguine, Arty Shaw
Cello Suite No. 1 In G Major, Johann Sebastian Bach 
Appalachian Springs, Aaron Copland 
Astor Piazzola
Kingfishers Catch Fire, John Mackey
Lincolnshire Posy II. Horkstow Grange, Percy Grainger 
O Magnum Mysterium, Morton Lauridsen 
Nessun Dorma, Giacomo Puccini

Soloists

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet

William Bennett
Sir James Galway
Emmanuel Pahud
Marianne Gedigian
Jasmine Choi

Jazz
Hubert Laws
Herbie Mann

Coming Soon!
Tom Puwalski (Ret. Army Field Band)
Sabine Meyer
Robert Marcellus
Charles Neidich
Martin Fröst
Richard Stoltzman
Michael Collins

Jazz
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
Abe Most
Eddie Daniels
Sidney Bechet
Jimmy Dorsey

Saxophone

Trumpet

Horn

Branford Marsalis (Soprano)
Eugene Rousseau
Marcel Mule
Fred Hemke
David Sandborn 
James Houlik (Tenor)
Jeremy Justeson (Bari)

Jazz
Cannonball Adderley
Charlie Parker
Phil Woods
Bob Mintzer
John Coltrane
Stan Getz
Sonny Rollins
Dennis DiBlasio (Bari)
Allen Vizzutti
Alison Bolsom
Wynton Marsalis
Doc Severinsen*
Philip Smith
Adolph "Bud" Herseth

Jazz
Wynton Marsalis
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong 
Dizzy Gillespie
Maynard Ferguson
Arturo Sandoval
Eric Ruske
Hermann Baumann
Frank Lloyd
John Cerminaro
Vincent DeRosa

Jazz
Adam Unsworth
Arkady Shilkloper
Julius Watkins

Trombone

Euphonium

Tuba

Christian Lindberg
Joe Alessi
Denis Wick
Charles Vernon (Bass)

Jazz
Frank Rosolino
JJ Johnson
Tommy Dorsey
Steve Turre
Steven Mead
Brian Bowman

Jazz
David Bandman
Oystein Baadsvik
Patrick Sheridan



Jazz
Sam Pilafian
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Brainerd High School
702 South 5th Street
Brainerd, MN 56401
218-454-6200
Forestview Middle School
12149 Knollwood Drive
Baxter, MN 56245
218-454-6000
Brainerd Music Department | 218.454.6253 | 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd MN 56401