Prized Composers
Gordon Ware Binkerd
Awards:
American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (1964)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1959)
Compositions for Winds:
Noble Numbers (based on organ music of the 17th and 18th centuries) (1974) – British-style Brass Band, Wind Ensemble
The Battle (Frescobaldi) Arranged for British-style Brass Band (1973)
Three Canzonas (1969) – 3 trumpets, 3 horns, 3 trombones and tuba