This site is dedicated to wind ensemble and concert band music of serious artistic merit. Most of the information contained in this site is derived from a doctoral study conducted in 1990 on high quality wind band literature. If you are visiting this site for the first time you might wish to begin your visit here by reading the Abstract that gives an overview of how these works were selected. Or you can choose to follow any of the links around the site.

Abstract - An overview of how this study was conducted.

Listing of the Evaluators – A listing of the twenty evaluators who participated in this study with links to their biographical information.

Criteria for Judgments – A set of criteria devised by Acton Ostling Jr., for the study of compositions of serious artistic merit.

Introduction Page to the Table of All Compositions Evaluated in the Study – A listing of the 1260 compositions for wind band evaluated in the study.

Listing of the Top Seventy-three Compositions for Wind Band identified in this study

About the Author of this Study

If you have any questions or comments concerning this site, please feel free to email Dr. Jay Gilbert.