Ron Nelson

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Born: December 14, 1929, Joliet, Illinois, USA

Ever since Rocky Point Holiday appeared, performers and audiences alike have delighted to Ron Nelson's works for band. The Dallas Wind Symphony's Holidays and Epiphanies CD devoted to Nelson's band music is the obvious place to start. The performances and recording are brilliant, including what has to be the speediest Rocky Point on record. The comprehensive program notes by Frank Byrne are a model for CDs everywhere. It's no wonder that this is #1 on our Amazon Top 10 favorite CDs of eConcertBand.com readers.

Holidays and Epiphanies concentrates on Nelson's compositions from the 1990's. Perhaps someday another of Nelson's major works, the Medieval Suite, will make it to CD. Susan Kane's solo soprano on the Corporon/Cincinnati Aspen Jubilee sounds even better than the small women's chorus on the Dallas recording. Pebble Beach Sojourn makes a fine contribution to Pomp & Pipes, an excellent CD of works for organ and band.

Recordings

Works	Performers	Reviews	Stores
Rocky Point Holiday Sonoran Desert Holiday Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) Courtly Airs and Dances Lauds (Praise High Day) Aspen Jubilee Chaconne (In Memoriam...) Epiphanies (Fanfares and Chorales)	Dallas Wind Symphony Jerry Junkin Ron Nelson (Passacaglia, Epiphanies)	Snook Salas	Tower Amazon
Aspen Jubilee	Cincinnati Wind Symphony Eugene Corporon	Snook Salas	Tower Amazon
Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)	Cincinnati Wind Symphony Eugene Corporon	Salas	Tower Amazon
Pebble Beach Sojourn	Paul Riedo, organ Dallas Wind Symphony Frederick Fennell	Salas	Tower Amazon
Rocky Point Holiday	University of Georgia Wind Symphony		Tower Amazon