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Donald Hunsberger has
for many years conducted
the Eastman Wind
Ensemble, recording on
Philips, DDG, Decca, and
CBS Masterworks, and
touring with the
Ensemble throughout the
United States and around
the world. With the
Ensemble, he has
premiered more than one
hundred new
compositions, and has
maintained a repertoire
ranging from the
Venetian masterpieces of
the sixteenth century to
the contemporary works
of Joseph Schwantner,
Michael Colgrass, Brian
Israel, and Karel Husa,
among
others.
Mr. Hunsberger has
worked with jazz legend
Wynton Marsalis in the
research, arrangement,
and orchestration of
over 100 solo
compositions from the
late 19th and early 20th
century. His album with
Mr. Marsalis,
Carnaval, was
nominated for a Grammy
Award in 1987 in the
category of "best solo
performance with
orchestra".
Mr. Hunsberger has also
served as music director
of the Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra, an ensemble
specializing in early
movie and theatrical
music. He has appeared
as a guest conductor
with the National
Symphony, and the
orchestras of Vancouver,
Buffalo, Utah,
Pittsburgh, and Houston,
among
others. |
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