Behnke Blogs

Each issue of the TMC Newsletter will feature a TMC work from existing and new Concert Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and covering all degrees of musical difficulty that TMC offers.  We will also from time-to-time feature CD releases of our Timberline Express Big Band, as well as books and educational aids as they are produced by TMC. “A Timeless River”For Concert Band and NarratorBy Martin Behnke I would like to take this opportunity to share just a bit about the music that came to be attached to the message expressed in “A Timeless River.” BACKGROUND...

First, perhaps like many of you, I am unable to conceal my disquiet regarding Covid 19 and our related and unrestful world condition at this moment in time, including its effect on all of music and music education. To the point, schools and institutions across our world are caught in the maelstrom of challenges that undermine both our educational processes as we have developed and become comfortable with them over the years, as well as our performance of live music. My own “Timberline Express Big Band” played its last live performance in February of 2020, and we have not been...

Our goal is to provide a TMC Blog on a regular basis here at the Timberline Music Company site. Topics will cover a range of issues pertinent to music and music education, from the philosophy of TMC and its music and writers, to some more practical issues of “how to.” As a company that offers a broad spectrum of music types and styles, this site will not be limited in content: subjects addressed here will include anything and everything musical that this writer and select others from the Timberline staff have the experience and knowledge to offer to our readers. And...

Welcome to Timberline Music Company and to Behnke Blog #1! I have incorporated BEHNKE BLOGS into our website as a way to communicate with like-minded band types. I first want to welcome you to the site, thank you for your interest, and introduce myself and TMC to you. You can read about the site and some of the details of my own background elsewhere in the site, but I first want to give you a better point of reference for my perspective and my view of the musical world. First, I consider myself a music generalist. Both my parents were...