Dr. Donald DeRoche
Selected Repertoire from the American Wind Symphony Orchestra Project

 

Dr. Donald DeRoche is the director of bands and Chair of the Per formance Studies at DePaul University in Chicago. His degrees are in music education and performance from the University of Illinois and Northwestern Universities. He served as clarinetist with the U.S. Army Band in Washington, D.C. and principal clarinetist with the Victoria(Canada) Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared as guest artist at the Alaska Festival of Music, and soloist with the Czech, Arcturus and Vancouver quartets. On his return to the U.S. he spent six years directing the band program at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois. During his 25 year tenure at DePaul, has conducted and toured throughout Europe and the United States. His wind ensemble can be heard on several commercial recordings.


Selected Repertoire from the American Wind Symphony Orchestra Project
16th July 2005 (10:45am to 12:15pm)

The American Wind Symphony Orchestra has a distinguished record of commissioning wind music since 1957. For years these pieces have been available only on rental from the C.F. Peters Corporation. Recently the AWSO has made a number of these compositions available for sale. In this session we will perform and discuss excerpts from both the serious and lighter works in the series.