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Spectacular performances to be held on 10 July 2005.

2 concerts per day, held over a period of 7 days, performed by a total of 14 bands.

Venue : Esplanade Concert Hall

Date	Afternoon Concerts	Evening Concerts
10th July 2005	Opening Ceremony & Performance by Singapore Youth Wind Orchestra and Singapore Chinese Orchestra 3.30pm to 5.30pm	Republic of Korea Navy Symphonic Band Republic of Korea 7.30pm to 9.30pm
11th July 2005	Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia Hong Kong, SAR 3.30pm to 5.30pm	University of Florida Wind Symphony USA 7.30pm to 9.30pm
12th July 2005	West Winds Singapore 3.30pm to 5.30pm	Landes - Jugend Blasorchester Nordrhein - Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia Youth Band Germany 7.30pm to 9.30pm
13th July 2005	Stadtharmonie Zurich Oerlikon-Seebach Switzerland 3.30pm to 5.30pm	Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Wind Ensemble Japan 7.30pm to 9.30pm
14th July 2005	Chinese Youth Corps Wind Orchestra Taiwan 3.30pm to 5.30pm	Frysk Fanfare Orchestra The Netherlands & Boston Brass USA 7.30pm to 9.30pm
15th July 2005	Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble Canada 3.30pm to 5.30pm	Singapore Armed Forces Central Band Singapore 7.30pm to 9.30pm
16th July 2005	International Youth Wind Orchestra 1pm to 3pm	Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Japan 5.30pm to 7.30pm

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6 days of insightful lectures, plenary sessions, workshops and master classes.

Venue : Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre

Date	Repertoire Sessions	Plenary Sessions / Master Classes	Brown Bag Sessions (Concurrent) 12:30 to 1:30pm
11th July 2005		History of Asian Wind Band Movement with Demonstration of old Asian instruments 10:45am to 12:15pm	The Band in Singapore: Presence & Practice Dr Eugene Dairianathan
		Building Resonance & Sonority William V. Johnson 1:30pm to 3:00pm	Asian Influences In Canadian Wind BAnd Music Keith Kinder
12th July 2005	Repertoire Session I: New Wind Band Works From North and South America 9:00 to 10:30am	Insights From Composers Ito Yasuhide, Adam Gorb & Eric Ewazen 10:45am to 12:15pm	"On Martin's Todestanz" Bastiaan Blomhert
		A Conductor's Approach To Interpreting Transcriptions for Band Virginia Allen 1:30pm to 3:00pm	The Conductor's Problems from the Composer's Perspective Ralph Hultgren
13th July 2005	Repertoire Session II: School & Community Band Repertoire 9:00 to 10:30am	Wind Chamber Music from Around The World Rodney Winther 10:45am to 12:15pm	Nuance In Music, What is it, and How Much Is Too Much ? Richard Strange
		'Okaoka! Aue!: Sounds from the South Pacific' Christopher Marshall 1:30pm to 3:00pm	Prokofiev's Ode To The End Of The War For Winds: Gensis, Analysis and Performance Evan Feldman
14th July 2005	Repertoire Session III: Asia, Australia & New Zealand Repertoire 9:00 to 10:30am	Open Rehearsal - International Youth Wind Orchestra Felix Hauswirth & Ito Yasuhide 10:45am to 12:15pm	A Discussion of Albert Roussel's "A Glorius Day, Op.48" Mark Fonder
		MasterClass - Performance Practices and Techniques Boston Brass 1:30pm to 3:00pm	The Wind Band Concert - Marketing Imagination Cynthia Johnston Turner
15th July 2005	Repertoire Session IV: Music From Europe 9:00 to 10:30am	The Development of Asian Wind Bands Toshio Akiyama 10:45am to 12:15pm	Major New Repertoire : 2003-2005 Tim Reynish
		A Meeting of Composers and Conductors- The Beginning of a Composition: Different Points of View Adam Gorb, Ito Yasuhide, Eric Ewazen & Others 1:30pm to 3:00pm	What They See Is What You Get Paula Holcomb
16th July 2005	South American Repertoire: Variety in Structure, Colours and Accents Dario Sotelo 9:00 to 10:15am	Selected Repertoire from the American Wind Symphony Orchestra Project Dr Donald DeRoche 10:45am to 12:15pm

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4-day exhibition featuring instrument suppliers and distributors, music distributors, industry-related exhibits, autograph sessions with composers and promotion of new recordings.

Exhibition hours: 11:00 am to 7:00pm (except 16 July 2005: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm)

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