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  When I saw this event I began wondering what distinguishes a wind ensemble from the rest of an orchestra and this is what I found out.    The modern wind ensemble was established by Frederick Fennell at the Eastman School of Music in 1952.  The performing ensemble consists of several members of the woodwind instrument ...

  One of my most favorite musicals is The Sound of Music.  The music is memorable and the story is touching if not entirely accurate.  The von Trapps didn't really hike over the Alps to Switzerland to escape the nazis.  In reality they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, fled to London and ...