It’s almost as easy to get lost in music as it is to get lost at sea, at least for those of us without much nautical training. This week on Wind & Rhythm, we examine music inspired by sailors and their experiences on the high seas. Join us for this maritime adventure at the gathering place for people who love band music.

This week on Wind & Rhythm, it’s music about fire, fireworks, firestorm, fire dance, and fiery birds. We’ll hear John Mackey’s “Kingfishers Catch Fire,” “Firework” by Jan van der Roost, Steven Reineke’s “Goddess of Fire”, and more performed by top-notch wind bands from across the U.S. and England.

This week we look at the music of Julie Giroux and listen as she talks about her compositions. She has written and orchestrated extensively for wind bands, television, movies, and video games. You may have heard her work on the TV show North and South, or in the movies Broadcast News, Karate Kid part 2, White Men Can’t Jump, or Masters of the Universe, just to name a few.

We start off our 11th season with a look back over the last ten years. We’ve picked favorite pieces from the past decade of Wind & Rhythm for a retrospective of great wind band music. You'll hear standards from Gustav Holst and Percy Grainger. Also featured are unique compositions by Clive Richardson and Charles Belsterling such as “Beachcomber” and “March of the Steel Men”, which has an intriguing backstory.

Wind & Rhythm salutes the US Air Force bands. 2018 marks the 71st birthday of the US Air Force and we'll hear from a wide range of bands from across the country; some playing songs specially commissioned just for them. Join us as we musically fly off into the Wild Blue Yonder.

What do you get when you cross classical music with jazz? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we’re featuring music from the Third Stream, a hybrid of jazz and classical music.

This episode of Wind & Rhythm celebrates the 243rd birthday of the US Navy. On October 13, 1775 the US Navy was established and we commemorate the occasion with nautical-themed selections performed by the US Navy Band.  From whales to victory at sea, fair winds and following seas, drink to the foam until we meet once more. Here’s wishing you a happy voyage home.

Be honest, have you ever gotten chills just from hearing the wind howl? What about a wind band wail? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we’ve got a particularly spooky show with oodles of things that go bump in the night.

What reminds you of an Autumn day? The crispness in the air? The color changes in the leaves? Here are expressive songs of the season which explore how wind band composers invoke colors in melody and sound.

What are you thankful for this season? Is it family? Friends? Music? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we count our many Thanks Aplenty in wind band performances.

Ever have a song get stuck in your head?  Some say the best way to get rid of it is to share songs as simple gifts with friends. Let's do just that, with some of our favorites, on this episode of Wind & Rhythm.

What is your favorite movie or TV special during the holidays? Chances are there’s probably a favorite song that goes along with it. This week, we’ll hear seasonal Hollywood classics from TV and the silver screen. We’ll meet Rudolph and Frosty of course, and even pay a visit to Jack Skellington and the Grinch. We’ll try to keep the Chipmunks separated from the Peanuts as we watch the little drummer boy lead a parade of toys down 34th Street. So, let it snow, we have all our favorite things right here.

How are you planning to end the year? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we are closing out 2018 with wind band music about finales, endings, and big finishes.

Lock and load! So much music, like literature, is about conflict and resolution. This week we take a wind band tour of the extremes of war and peace, with music about vikings, epic war battles, and the post-apocalyptic wasteland.

What must it have been like to get on a boat and weeks later come to a whole new world with people, plants, animals wholly unlike anything you had ever known? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we pay musical tribute to explorers and new experiences.

What will you celebrate on February 14th? Valentine’s Day or "Independence" Day? No matter your personal circumstance, this week Wind & Rhythm has the music for it.

“O body swayed to music, O brightening glance; How can you tell the dancer from the dance?” This week on Wind & Rhythm, we a look at music meant to inspire movement and dance.

“O Fortune, like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing, ever waning…” This week on Wind & Rhythm, host David Lawrence takes us on a musical adventure as we hear a wind band version of the famous cantata by Carl Orff, Carmina Burana.

This week we celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein with a wind band retrospective of some of his greatest works.

Do you, by chance, remember any of your recent dreams? Wind & Rhythm explores music inspired by dreams. Hear “Dream Dancer” by Michael Colgrass, “Lucid Dreams” by David Gillingham, and “A Child’s Garden of Dreams” by David Maslanka. We’re dreaming you'll listen.

Feeling rundown, tired, and otherwise uninspired? Spring and Easter are the seasons of renewal and refreshment. This week on Wind & Rhythm, we have just the right music, a la wind band, to help you feel renewed and refreshed.

This week we once again get Lost at Sea. It’s nautical-inspired wind band music which goes seafaring, a reprise featuring a special project of our late host Doug Brown, who worked with a high school music class to help select music and write program script drafts.

Have you ever heard a musical performance that left you wondering, “How do they do that?” This week we reprise a popular “Virtuosos” program which includes selections from the Eastman Wind Ensemble, North Texas Wind Symphony, Swedish Wind Ensemble, and the Canadian Brass. We’ll hear soloists who have truly mastered their instrument including Joseph Alessi on trombone, Mark Nuccio on clarinet, Øystein Baadsvik on tuba, and Wynton Marsalis on trumpet.