Originally Posted by in rainbows 109

Honestly, 90% of wind band music is pretty awful. Most of the composers who write for it are mediocre, bands play with terrible intonation, and composers don't compensate for that in their orchestration and create some of the worst orchestration I've ever seen/heard. Basically, if you're going to write for band you better write something good. And some Grainger march does NOT qualify as good.