An outstanding new release from America’s premier professional wind band! The Dallas Wind Symphony has a worldwide legion of followers and this is their first recording of holiday music.

'Horns for the Holidays' showcases an exciting 12-track line-up, including brilliant original arrangements of festive favourites with many first recordings. This sonic spectacular also features the huge Fisk pipe organ at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, and is faithfully captured by Reference Recordings’ world-renowned team of engineer Keith Johnson and producer Tam Henderson. A treat for wind band enthusiasts, audiophiles, and all who love great holiday music!

And the liner notes are informative and a real hoot, as they might say in Texas!

Conductor Jerry Junkin is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony, as well as Director of Bands at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds the title of University Distinguished Teaching Professor.

America's premier professional wind band, The Dallas Wind Symphony was founded in 1985 and has made over 15 recordings. Consisting of woodwinds, brass and percussion, they perform and record in the I M Pei-designed Meyerson Symphony Center.

Founded in San Francisco in 1976, Reference Recordings believes that how a recording sounds is as important as the music itself.

Contents:
1. Wasson: Festival Fanfare
2. Anderson: Sleigh Ride
3. Bach-Reed: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
4. Lovrien: Minor Alterations
5. Kent-Shaw: I'll Be Home For Christmas
6. Tormè-Wells-Biondi: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)
7. Martin-Mills: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
8. Anderson: A Christmas Festival
9. Trad-Silvester: Deck The Halls
10. Pierpont-Wasson: Jingle Bells Fantasy
11. Trad-Reed: Russian Christmas Music;
12. Sousa-Brion-Schissel-Giroux: Christmas And Sousa Forever