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WORKS FOR CONCERT BAND

As an undergraduate at the University of Miami, Kenneth Fuchs studied composition with Alfred Reed, one of the foremost composers for band. While at Miami, Fuchs also played flute and piccolo in the wind ensemble conducted by Frederick Fennell, perhaps the most influential American band conductor since John Philip Sousa.

Bands of the United States Air Force have commissioned five works by Kenneth Fuchs. The bands are:

• USAF Academy Band — Commander and Conductor Col. Larry H. Lang; Commander and Conductor Lt. Col. Donald E. Schofield Jr; TSgt. Ryan Janus, saxophone
• USAF Band of Flight — Commander and Conductor Capt. Daniel W. Boothe
• USAF Band of Liberty — Commander and Conductor Col. Larry H. Lang
• USAF Heritage of America Band — Commander and Conductor Col. Larry H. Lang

EXCERPTS

• From the Field to the Sky — United States Coast Guard Band (Jeffrey Renshaw, conductor)
• Rush (Saxophone Concerto) — “Morning” (second movement) — United States Coast Guard Band (Jeffrey Renshaw, conductor; Greg Case, soloist)
• On Silver Wings — USAF Heritage of America Band
• Burning Blue — USAF Heritage of America Band
• United Artists — USAF Academy Band
• Forever Free — University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Renshaw, conductor)
• Christina’s World — University of Miami Wind Ensemble (Gary Green, conductor)
• Discover the Wild — Hal Leonard Concert Band (Michael Sweeney, conductor)

In 2009, the USAF Academy Band released Windscapes, a disc that includes Kenneth Fuchs’s United Artists. Col. Larry H. Lang commissioned the band transcription from the original work for orchestra. Score and parts available here

In 2006, the USAF Heritage of America Band released On Silver Wings, which features Kenneth Fuchs’s On Silver Wngs, commissioned by Col. Larry H. Lang. Score and parts available here

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