Wind Repertory Project
{{Short description|Wind music database}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Wind Repertory Project
| screenshot = File:Wind Repertory Project Homepage.png
| caption = The Wind Repertory homepage as of June 2024
| author = Nikk Pilato
| url = {{URL|https://www.windrep.org}}
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2008}}
| current_status = Active
}}
The Wind Repertory Project (WRP) is an online database of music written for wind and percussion instruments (concert band). Built on the MediaWiki framework, the WRP is primarily intended as a reference work for band directors and other musicians.
Founded in 2008 by conductor and educator Nikk Pilato, as of 2024 the WRP includes over 26,000 entries on individual compositions and composers. It stands with the ChoralWiki and Musopen as among the most prominent online music repertoire databases.
Overview
The Wind Repertory Project (WRP) is an extensive database documenting and listing wind repertoire—music written for wind instruments.{{cite web |title=About WRP |publisher=Wind Repertory Project |url=http://www.windrep.org/About_WRP |access-date=June 26, 2024 }} Primarily intended for band directors,{{sfn|Bauer|2010|p=41}} the site's search is customizable, by composer, demographics, instrumentation, form, style and instrumental solo features.{{cite web |title=Wind Repertory Project |website=Music DH |publisher=A Directory of Digital Scholarship in Music |url=https://rutgersdh.github.io/musicdh/musicdh/mdh113/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 }} Built on the MediaWiki framework, WRP is a collaborative wiki site, guest editors can contribute their own additions and discussions.{{cite web |title=The Wind Repertory Project |publisher=MusicEdMagic |url=https://www.musicedmagic.com/tales-from-the-podium/10890-the-wind-repertory-project |access-date=June 26, 2024 }} Regular editors include a variety of musicians, including university faculty and graduate students.
The WRP was founded in 2008 by Nikk Pilato while working on a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Louisville. Pilato originally developed the idea as a potential doctoral dissertation during graduate work at Florida State University; intending the dissertation to be a "document comprising a listing of wind repertory information,"{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Wind Repertory Project |url=http://www.windrep.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions |access-date=June 26, 2024 }} inspired by conductor David Daniels, whose Orchestral Music: A Handbook served a similar role for orchestral music.{{cite web |title=Daniels' Orchestral Music Online |publisher=Daniels' Orchestral Music Online |url=https://daniels-orchestral.com/ |access-date=June 27, 2024 }}
As of 2024, the WRP includes over 26,000 entries on individual compositions and composers.{{sfn|Scott|2024|p=2}}{{cite web |title=Statistics |publisher=Wind Repertory Project |url=https://www.windrep.org/Special:Statistics |access-date=August 22, 2024 }} Each composition entry includes instrumentation, program notes, erratas, state ratings and performance histories. Nikk Pilato remains the executive director, while Andrew McMahan is the System Administrator.{{sfn|Scott|2024|p=16}}
The Wind Repertory Project stands with the ChoralWiki and Musopen as among the most prominent online music repertoire databases.{{sfn|Tobias|2014|p=214}} It has also been likened to Wikipedia, as two sites in which musicians may contribute to as they develop their own knowledge and skills.{{sfn|Tobias|2020|p=48}}
References
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- {{cite journal |last=Bauer |first=William I. |date=2010 |title=Your Personal Learning Network: Professional Development on Demand |journal=Music Educators Journal |volume=97 |issue=2 |pages=37–42 |jstor=40960201 }}
- {{cite thesis |last=Scott |first=Anna |date=2024 |title=Using ChatGPT to Aid in Concert Band Music Selection: A Pilot Study |type=DMA thesis |publisher=Arizona State University |url=https://keep.lib.asu.edu/system/files/c7/Scott_asu_0010E_23936.pdf }}
- {{cite book |last=Tobias |first=Evan S. |editor-last1=Kaschub |editor-first1=Michele |editor-last2=Smith |editor-first2=Janice |year=2014 |title=Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education |chapter=21st Century Musicianship through Digital Media and Participatory Culture |pages=205–230 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-020615-4 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=ORiFBAAAQBAJ}} }}
- {{cite book |last=Tobias |first=Evan S. |editor-last1=Waldron |editor-first1=Janice L. |editor-last2=Horsley |editor-first2=Stephanie |editor-last3=Veblen |editor-first3=Kari K. |year=2020 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning |chapter=Envisioning Pedagogical Possibilities of Social Media and Sonic Participatory Cultures |pages=40–63 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-066077-2 }}
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.windrep.org}}
- {{Facebook | windrep | Wind Repertory Project }}