--- title: Stephen Melillo: Can Wind Band Music be Art Music? description: Wind band composer Stephen Melillo presents his music and proves that, with the right reportoire, the wind band is even better than the symphony orchestra. image: https://simeonmorrow.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/untitled-design-4-Mar-13-2024-06-18-51-0389-PM.jpg --- [![viennalive](https://simeonmorrow.com/hubfs/viennalive.webp)](https://simeonmorrow.com) - [Episodes](https://simeonmorrow.com/vienna-live) - [About](https://simeonmorrow.com/about) - [Tune In](https://simeonmorrow.com/watch) - [Join the Wednesday Webinar](https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdeirrT8tHtD4QDkUUf6QXoFkzbbhVbkA?_x_zm_rtaid=f0-MHpkbT5eqI7h7M5RQEQ.1713819449296.c5695eb620bad67d1faf6b75afb50f8b&_x_zm_rhtaid=266#/registration) - [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vienna-live-with-simeon-morrow/id1735993243) - [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/7w5bY1VKP9HMUXQtvDB7jP?si=9823384893304894) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@viennalive/playlists) - [Linkedin Live](https://www.linkedin.com/company/75388129/) [Become a Sponsor for $5/month](https://simeonmorrow.com/sponsor) Subscribe Classical Music # Stephen Melillo: Can Wind Band Music be Art Music? Wind band composer Stephen Melillo presents his music and proves that, with the right reportoire, the wind band is even better than the symphony orchestra. [Vienna Live with Simeon Morrow](https://simeonmorrow.com/vienna-live/author/simeonmorrow) Aug 28, 2023 --- [![](https://simeonmorrow.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/untitled-design-4-Mar-13-2024-06-18-51-4863-PM.jpg)](https://www.facebook.com/events/971580304161091) Center illustration: from *Jérôme Paturot à la recherche d'une position sociale* (Paris, 1846) Symphony orchestras get most of the attention – and funding – in the classical music world.  Wind bands – even those made up of orchestra musicians, don’t seem to be considered as highly.   Why is that?  Is the sound of violins and cellos, and the sweeping gestures their bows make, an intrinsic feature of great “classical” music?   The exorbitant price tags on violins, violas and cellos and mythical tales of genius told about Stradivarius, et co., seem to make public sentiment clear enough.  Afterall, you’d be considered crazy to tell your girlfriend a romantic tale about Johann Christoph Denner and his clarinet, although he was Stradivarius’ contemporary.   Nevertheless, hiding in plain sight, the wind band has a large repertoire of great music waiting to be discovered.   In this special edition of Vienna Live, composer Stephen Melillo, with conductor Laszlo Marosi, shares his compositional process and will show us that, given a chance, the wind band embodies classical music at its very best.  **WATCH:** YouTube / [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ViennaLivewithSimeonMorrow/videos/565815688963507) [Classical Music](https://simeonmorrow.com/vienna-live/tag/classical-music) [Music Creation & Production](https://simeonmorrow.com/vienna-live/tag/music-creation-production) ## Similar posts Classical Music ### [Arsentiy Kharitonov: "Expressions of Musical Elegance"](https://simeonmorrow.com/vienna-live/2020/12/10/arsentiy-kharitonov-expressions-of-musical-elegance) Arsentiy Kharitonov, a major classical pianist, performs live and is interviewed about classical music and today and what's missing from it. 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