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WHIRLWIND
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Winner of the FIRST Frank Ticheli Composition Contest 2006. Published by Manhattan Beach Music. Grade 1.
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Show this clip of a whirlwind with tumbleweeds, shot in Australia, to your students inspire soundscape ideas!
ANALYSIS ARTICLES
Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Volume 7, page 287. Contributed by Karen Kannin. Available through GIA Music Publications.
Manhattan Beach Music #2, by Dr Keith Kinder. Available through Manhattan Beach Music.
A Performance Analysis of Whirlwind and Shadow Rituals, Ticheli Composition Contest Award Winning Works in 2007. Written by Christopher M. Baumgartner.