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GOUACHE for Ensemble by Nina Šenk (Slovenia, 1982)

2023-06-04T23:54:16+02:00

#202– June 05, 2023 Credit: Ciril Jazbec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2dCwa14NZk Gouache, by Slovenian composer Nina Šenk is our Composition of the Week. Gouache is the French term to call a water-medium paint, similar to watercolor, but modified to make it opaque. Gouache was finished in 2018, premiered on November 15 of the same year by the Slowind Wind Quintet and Klangforum Wien, during the Slowind Festival in Ljubljana, which is the main Slovene‘s scene for modern and contemporary music. Goauche is structured in a single movement, of about 15 minutes of duration, and it is scored for: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, [...]

GOUACHE for Ensemble by Nina Šenk (Slovenia, 1982)2023-06-04T23:54:16+02:00

#5 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands

2023-06-01T10:55:04+02:00

The Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands series is a new WASBE program of instructional materials to assist music directors in identifying exceptional works from around the world that are playable by developing musicians. Each of the selections in this series provides a myriad of musical elements that might be explored and developed within the rehearsal context, but the goal is to present music of artistic merit that aligns most directly to the composer’s unique voice.  These are selections that stand out from works written largely for teaching purposes. Our installments include four-five such works, each to be [...]

#5 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands2023-06-01T10:55:04+02:00

Results of the XXXII Corciano Original Band Composition Competition

2023-05-31T10:40:52+02:00

Just closed the jury work for the 32nd edition of the Corciano International Contest for Original Band Composition, propoted and organized by ProLoco Corciano and DIBA – Italian Band Directors Association, under the artistic direction of Alessandro Celardi and Denis Salvini. The Jury composed by Franco CESARINI (Switzerland), composer and conductor – PRESIDENT Felix HAUSWIRTH (Switzerland), conductor Hardy MERTENS (the Nederlands), composer and consuctor Luca SALVADORI (Italy), composer and teacher at Frosinone Conservatory Denis SALVINI (Italy), conductor worked on scores coming from Italy, USA, Spain, Colombia, Brazil, Taiwan, and gave the following prizes: 1st PRIZE– SEASONAL RITES by Pedro SALINAS ROBLES, [...]

Results of the XXXII Corciano Original Band Composition Competition2023-05-31T10:40:52+02:00

LA SIRÈNE DE PARIS – Call for Papers

2023-05-30T12:33:22+02:00

LA SIRÈNE DE PARIS, 150 YEARS OF MUSIC PRACTICE Paris | 21 & 22 november 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS In 2024, La Sirène de Paris will celebrate an exceptional 150 years of longevity. On this occasion, in association with the Institut de recherche en musicologie (IReMus - UMR 8223), the Centre d’Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines - Recherches Arts Spectacles Musiques of the Université Paris-Saclay (RASM-CHCSC) and the Musée des Instruments à Vents - La Couture Boussey, is organizing an international symposium whose aim will be to contextualise this original musical institution within a socio-historical perspective. This symposium, organized for the [...]

LA SIRÈNE DE PARIS – Call for Papers2023-05-30T12:33:22+02:00

CONCIERTO PARA VIOLÍN Y 18 INSTRUMENTOS by José María Castro (Argentina, 1892 – 1964)

2023-05-28T18:48:23+02:00

#201– May 29, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXk24Yb5uKQ Concierto para violín y 18 instrumentos, by Argentinian composer, conductor and cellist José María Castro is our Composition of the Week. The concerto was written in 1953 and commissioned by the “Asociación Amigos de la Música” from Buenos Aires. It was premiered by the association’s orchestra on July 6, 1954, with Ljerko Spiller as soloist and Jean Martinon conducting. Castro writes in a neoclassical style, and composes the concerto in three movements, using the current Fast-Slow-Fast structure. The piece has a duration of 23 minutes, and it is scored with the following instrumentation: Solo Violin.2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0.Cello (3). [...]

CONCIERTO PARA VIOLÍN Y 18 INSTRUMENTOS by José María Castro (Argentina, 1892 – 1964)2023-05-28T18:48:23+02:00

INITIALE for Brass Septet by Pierre Boulez (France, 1925-2016)

2023-05-21T00:13:40+02:00

#200– May 22, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvCfjTBUOZA Initiale, by French composer, conductor and teacher Pierre Boulez is our Composition of the Week. Initiale is a short, only 5 minutes, rarely performed piece by Pierre Boulez that he composed for the Houston Symphony Orchestra, in 1987. The instruments, two trombones, two horns and two trumpets, are symmetrically distributed around the tuba, allowing for echo and spatialization effects that the composer of “Répons” likes to consider. Its first performance took place in Houston, USA, on November 11, 1987. A new version of the work followed in 2010. Initiale for brass and percussion is in principle [...]

INITIALE for Brass Septet by Pierre Boulez (France, 1925-2016)2023-05-21T00:13:40+02:00

MULTIVERSE – Another Rite of Spring (for Wind Ensemble) by Clarice Assad (Brazilian-American, 1978)

2023-05-14T23:24:53+02:00

#199– May 15, 2023 Credit: Marcelo Macaue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcHElBcsG74&t=725s Multiverse – Another Rite of Spring, by Brazilian-American composer, pianist, vocalist, and educator Clarice Assad is our Composition of the Week. Multiverse was commissioned by the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble and conductor Michael Votta, who premiered the piece on February 17, 2023, at the CBDNA National Conference in Athens, Georgia. “In 2019, I received an email from conductor Michael Votta with an intriguing vision for a commission: How would you like to write a response to Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” experienced through the eyes of the sacrificial maiden? [...]

MULTIVERSE – Another Rite of Spring (for Wind Ensemble) by Clarice Assad (Brazilian-American, 1978)2023-05-14T23:24:53+02:00

European Championship for Wind Orchestras – Victors from the North

2023-05-13T13:30:22+02:00

May 12, 2023 credit: Nadine Duval Victors from the North After three Covid postponements the European Championship for Wind Orchestras finally landed in Amiens (FR). The artistic level of all participants was incredibly high this year, but the championship title ultimately went to Musikkforeningen Nidarholm from Norway. With an excellent interpretation of the test piece ‘Mouvements Frénétiques’ by Alexandre Kosmicki and an outstanding performance of ‘Frozen Cathedral’ by John Mackey they moved many to tears. The top three was completed by the Koninklijke Harmonie van Peer (BE) and L’Orchestre d'Harmonie de la Région Centre (FR). The full results can [...]

European Championship for Wind Orchestras – Victors from the North2023-05-13T13:30:22+02:00

WAVES II-b for Ensemble by Maja S. K. Ratkje (Norway, 1973)

2023-05-07T23:54:44+02:00

#198– May 08, 2023 Credit: Ellen Lande Gossner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pykE7Se8Ntc Waves II-b, by Norwegian composer and performing artist Maja Ratkje is our Composition of the Week. Waves II-b is based upon earlier versions, Waves I and Waves II, both first performed by the Dutch ensemble “de Ereprijs” in 1997 and 1998. Waves II-b was premiered at the Oslo Chamber Music Festival in 1998 by the Oslo Sinfonietta, with Christian Eggen conducting. “Waves of sound, water or light behave similarly. Waves move through a substance with a certain frequency or energy. Waves interfere with each other, and new structures are shown. [...]

WAVES II-b for Ensemble by Maja S. K. Ratkje (Norway, 1973)2023-05-07T23:54:44+02:00

#4 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands

2023-05-04T11:56:20+02:00

The Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands series is a new WASBE program of instructional materials to assist music directors in identifying exceptional works from around the world that are playable by developing musicians.  Each of the selections in this series provides a myriad of musical elements that might be explored and developed within the rehearsal context, but the goal is to present music of artistic merit that aligns most directly to the composer’s unique voice.  These are selections that stand out from works written largely for teaching purposes. Our installments include four-five such works, each to be [...]

#4 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands2023-05-04T11:56:20+02:00