TIM REYNISH WEBSITE

SUMMER 2007

Spring or Autumn greetings. I hope that those in the Southern hemisphere are having a great academic year, and that those in the North will have a great summer break. There is so much happening in the world of wind ensemble at present that I am overwhelmed with information and have found it almost impossible to write anything coherent for this homepage. However thanks to my webmaster, on average we attract over 200 hits a day, and I then receive queries and suggestions from round the world on a wide variety of topics, so below are my enthusiasms, recommendations and grumbles for early summer, especially for patient regular readers.

If you have a question, review, news or whatever, please write to me at timreynish@tiscali.co.uk and I will try to respond. I do get many enquiries about what repertoire I would recommend. To discover my top tips, browse the Homepages for the last couple of years, look at the music included on my four Repertoire CDs published by Mark Custom or visit the repertoire lists for the Canford Conducting School.

SPANISH MUSIC

Linked to this homepage, you will find information about a wonderful new piece, Marco Polo, by Alarcón with great use of ethnic instruments, and a few links to information about Spanish music. I will be talking about this work and many other exciting new scores at the BASBWE and WASBE Conferences in June and July. For the moment, some of what I think to be significant repertoire at Grade 4 – 6 will probably be found in my listing of International repertoire and in the Canford Conducting course pages. Have a great summer, or winter……. And composers, try the current round of composers competitions.

The two big events are of course the two major conferences. Look in on the websites of BASBWE and WASBE for a flavour of a host of exciting new works to be unveiled this summer. See you all there.

Tim Reynish

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REPERTOIRE IDEAS FOR NEXT SEASON

NEW FILES

IN COMPOSERS SECTION – ADAM GORB AND ALEC WILDER

IN REPERTOIRE SECTION – SPANISH MUSIC

BIRTHDAYS IN 2007

Alec Wilder born 1907

Elizabeth Maconchy born 1907

Willem van Otterloo born 1907

Guy Woolfenden born 1937

David Bedford born 1937

Martin Ellerby born 1957

BIRTHDAYS IN 2008

Adam Gorb born 1958

Marco Pütz born 1958

ALEC WILDER

I am mortified at having ignored the centenary of one of my favourite musical characters and composers. The great Alec Wilder was the least self-promoting of all composers, so he would have not been at all surprised at our neglect of his music. However, I have written an introduction to an article by Tom Everett which might throw up some ideas.

ELIZABETH MACONCHY & WILLEM VAN OTTERLOO

This is just a note to remind us all of two great masterpieces of the ensemble literature, Music for Wind & Brass by Dame Elizabeth, scored for 2222:4331:T (Chester/Hansen/MusicSales) and van Otterloo’s magisterial Sinfonietta for 3333:4 (Donemus)

COMPOSERS FOR 2007 & 2008

I wrote briefly about my Best Man, Guy Woolfenden, in the Homepage for January 2007 and you will find a few lines about Guy, Martin and David and their contribution to the wind orchestra repertoire in BWM 2 under BRITISH WIND MUSIC.

ADAM GORB and MARCO PÜTZ

As you plan your programmes or listening for next year,  you might like to browse the articles I have written on both of these composers, listed under COMPOSERS

Spring or Autumn greetings. I hope that those in the Southern hemisphere are having a great academic year, and that those in the North will have a great summer break. There is so much happening in the world of wind ensemble at present that I am overwhelmed with information and have found it almost impossible to write anything coherent for this homepage. However thanks to my webmaster, on average we attract over 200 hits a day, and I then  receive queries and suggestions from round the world on a wide variety of topics, so below are my enthusiasms, recommendations and grumbles for early summer, especially for patient regular readers.

If you have a question, review, news or whatever, please write to me at timreynish@tiscali.co.uk and I will try to respond. I do get many enquiries about what repertoire I would recommend. To discover my top tips, browse the Homepages for the last couple of years, look at the music included on my four Repertoire CDs published by Mark Custom or visit the repertoire lists for the Canford Conducting School .

SPANISH MUSIC

Linked to this homepage, you will find information about a wonderful new piece, Marco Polo, by Alarcón with great use of ethnic instruments, and a few links to information about Spanish music. I will be talking about this work and many other exciting new scores at the BASBWE and WASBE Conferences in June and July. For the moment, some of what I think to be significant repertoire at Grade 4 – 6 will probably be found in my listing of International repertoire and in the Canford Conducting course pages. Have a great summer, or winter……. And composers, try the current round of composers competitions.

The two big events are of course the two major conferences. Look in on the websites of BASBWE and WASBE for a flavour of a host of exciting new works to be unveiled this summer. See you all there.

Tim Reynish

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TIMREYNISH INTERNATIONAL REPERTOIRE DISCS

Repertoire from eleven countries

CANFORD CONDUCTING COURSE

Still a few vacancies

COMPOSERS – COMPETITIONS FOR 2007

NBA  Merrill Jones and Revelli Competition

Coups de Vent

CBDNA Young Band Music Competition

AUSTRALIA               Gregg Butcher work selected for 2007 Championship set piece

GERMANY                 MENDELSSOHN Overture in C new edition

HUNGARY                 KAREL HUSA new work CHEETAH

IRELAND                   Song cycle by Stephen McNeff to be published for WASBE

LUXEMBOURG         Marco Pütz Trumpet Concerto recorded

MALTA                     CAMILLERI, CHARLES In Nostro Tempo

NEW ZEALAND     New Piano Concerto Renascence from Chris Marshall

SPAIN                        ALARCÓN, LUIS SERRANO edition of Marco Polo

UK                              ADAM GORB born in 1958

WORLDWIDE            ALARCÓN to ZAIMONT – over 125 premieres logged 2005-2007 to be presented at BASBWE and WASBE Conferences

PREMIERES

            Musikverein, Vienna

            Carnegie Hall, New York , Rouse & Husa

            US Marine Band Chaitkin

            Fumon Hall, Tokyo Hollington

RECORDINGS

Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg

Royal Norwegian Navy Band

US Marine Band, the President’s Own

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FROM MARK CUSTOM RECORDS or from Tim Reynish   timreynish@tiscali.co.uk

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WIND ENSEMBLE VOL 1 4949-MCD

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WIND ENSEMBLE VOL 2 5347-MCD

VOL 3 - ITHACA COLLEGE SYMPHONIC BAND 6733-MCD

VOL 4 - ITHACA COLLEGE WIND ENSEMBLE 6804-MCD

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SIXTEEN YEARS OF BASBWE CONDUCTING COURSE

For details go to the CANFORD SUMMER SCHOOL WEBSITE

2007 CONDUCTORS COURSE

LIST A

LIST B

BASBWE/CANFORD WIND BAND CONDUCTOR'S COURSE

in association with the BASBWE Education Trust

Timothy Reynish   -    Phillip Scott   -   Mark Heron

This course is for wind band conductors at the intermediate and advanced levels, though musicians with no experience will be accommodated and will find the sessions very useful.. Up to twenty-five students will be accepted as "active" participants working from two repertoire lists. Lists A and B are for the experienced student whilst list B is for the less experienced student. Observers are also encouraged and will be fully involved in general technique sessions, discussions and playing in the class ensemble, but they will only conduct at the discretion of the tutors.

Sherborne Abbey

The class will explore conducting techniques, score preparation, rehearsal and training skills. A CD and score library will be available for reference and special emphasis will be placed on extending the knowledge of repertoire at all levels. A video recorder will be used to analyse technical requirements and development. The course will run concurrently with the Symphonic Wind Orchestra and there will be close liaison between the two. All participants should bring with them any instruments they play, in order to accommodate ensemble work within the class. Those with problems transporting bulky instruments should let the Office know as soon as possible.

Captain Johnson of the Singapore Armed Forces Band rehearsing the 2005 Wind Orchestra; cor anglais player is Michael Grieff, webmaster to www.timreynish.com

For further information about the music and for useful preliminary handouts, please check on www.timreynish.com or http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.heron2/index1.html from November 10th.

SYMPHONIC WIND ORCHESTRA

Conductor Phillip Scott

Assisted by Mark Heron and Tim Reynish

The Symphonic Wind Orchestra is designed for experienced amateurs and students to play and study significant repertoire for Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. A regular feature of the course will be chamber music as well as wind ensemble playing. Some of the repertoire will be studied in depth, the remainder in repertoire sessions. Reference should also be made to the repertoire listed for the BASBWE Wind Band Conductors' Course. Applicants are asked to note any 'doubling' instruments they play and can bring (Cor Anglais, Alto Clarinet etc.) on their application forms.

SYMPHONIC WIND ORCHESTRA

BASBWE SCHOLARSHIPS

To enquire about scholarship support for the Conducting Course, please contact Charles Hine email: charles.hine@virgin.net or Charles.Hine@colchester.ac.uk

REPERTOIRE SINCE 1999

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National Band Association

2007 NINTH BIENNIAL NBA/MERRILL JONES MEMORIAL

YOUNG COMPOSERS BAND COMPOSITION CONTEST

FOR GRADE III/IV CONCERT BAND

Who May Enter: Anyone 40 years of age or younger (birthdate on or before November 1, 1967 )

Requirements: A work for concert band with no restrictions as to style or form. Compositions must be

for GRADE III/IV CONCERT BAND and must not exceed eight (8) minutes in length.

Entry Materials: Full score and compact disc recording of specified instrumentation.

Award: $2,000

Entry Deadline: November 1, 2007

ENTRY FORMS AND INFORMATION: E-mail: wickes@lsu.edu or write to—

Frank B. Wickes

Director of Bands

292 Band Hall

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge , LA 70803

Attn: NBA/Merrill Jones Composition

National Band Association

2007 Thirty-first Annual NBA/William D. Revelli

Memorial Band Composition Contest

WHO MAY ENTER: Anyone

REQUIREMENTS: A work for Concert Band/Wind Ensemble with no restrictions as to style,

form or length. Instrumentation must be for Concert Band/Wind Ensemble.

ENTRY MATERIALS: Full score & CD recording (required) of specified instrumentation

(Note: no MIDI fi les, please.)

AWARD: $4000

ENTRY DEADLINE: November 1, 2007

ENTRY FORMS & INFORMATION: Terry Austin (E-mail: tlaustin@vcu.edu)

Director of Bands

Department of Music

Virginia Commonwealth University

P.O. Box 842004

Richmond , VA 23284-2004

Attn: NBA Composition

COUPS DE VENT

Deadline for Registration July 31^st 2007-05-18 Deadline for deposit of works, September 3^rd, 2007-05-18 Email coupsdevents@domaine-musiques.com

www.coupsdevents.com

CBDNA YOUNG BAND COMPOSITION COMPETITION

We have launched the 2007 CBDNA Young Band Composition Competition.  The project will culminate with the announcement of a winner at the 2007 Midwest Clinic CBDNA Forum on Friday afternoon, December 21. We are trying a slightly different strategy for promoting the competition this year.   Rather than doing multiple mailings we have posted all information on our website.  At my request the American Composers Forum is committed to the distribution of  details to its members via its website and June Newsletter.  With ACFs help the announcement will reach thousands of composers nationwide.

Please take a minute to download a copy of the announcement and share it with your composition professors and advanced composition students.  With your help it is my goal  to have at least 50 submissions this year.  You will find a link to the announcement and application on the CBDNA home page or you can go directly to:  http://www.cbdna.org/pdf/2007ybcc.pdf

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Musikverein, Vienna – Carnegie Hall , New York – Fumon, Hall Tokyo

Are we using the world wide web to its best advantage? Vienna, New York and Tokyo all saw premieres of significant wind works recently, but as far as I can discover trawling the websites, there has been little or no information about the works, the performances or their availability.

Konzert für Kontrabass, Bläser, Harfe und Schlagwerk

Ernst Leitner                                                                                  Ernst Ludwig Leitner

World premiere in Musikverein, Vienna                                                                                                           

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Wolf Rounds                            Christopher Rouse

World Premiere Carnegie Hall

University of Miami Wind Ensemble conducted Gary Green                                                                                      

Cheetah                                               Karel Husa

World Premiere Carnegie Hall

University of Louisville Wind Symphony , conducted by

Frederick Speck

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Celebration                       David Chaitkin

World Premiere Rachel M Schlesinger Concert Hall

United States Marine Band conductor

Michael Colburn

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Above

Barnaby Hollington, winner of second prize in the Composition Competition run by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.

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May greetings again to everyone who happens to browse these homepage ramblings from Frustrated of Leyland, Lancashire UK . My grumble this beautiful May morning is to wonder how on earth I can find out anything whatever about the four works above. As far as I can tell from my web browser, none of these premieres were covered by the press, and while I can track down material on the first of four from a CD (for the Leitner) and the conductors for the next three, information about the 2^nd and 3^rd prize winners in Tokyo seems impossible to find, though I found a web review of Cheetah. Any information, please send to me.

CHEETAH

The second half of the concert, featuring the Wind Symphony conducted by Fred Speck began with Joan Tower's (b. 1938) Fascinating Ribbons, followed by two works for antiphonal brass, played without pause, by Krzystof Penderecki (b. 1933) and Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996). Karel Husa returned to the program by way of a premiere of Cheetah, commissioned by the University of Louisville Division of Music Theory and Composition. As one would expect, the title evokes this "magnificent wild animal, now an endangered species - its colors, movements, power, speed..." Considered by many to be one of the greatest composers for the wind ensemble genre, Karel Husa's Cheetah lives up to its creators reputation.  

HALF A CENTURY

The initiatives of Frederick Fennell over half a century ago led to two developments, the first that composers could write with confidence for specific forces, the second that standards of performance have improved dramatically. Some thirty years later in the last century, in 1981, the CBDNA under the leadership of Frank Barttisti hosted the first International Conference in Manchester UK and founded WASBE. One result has been a massive increase of original music at all levels, given a huge impetus by the development of recordings through compact discs, and publishing through the computer music programmes such as Finale and Sibelius.

Curiously, we have been slow to make full use of the incredible potential of the world wide web, and many of us are still stuck in our own small limited world, be it university, military or school (in no particular order), oblivious of the fact that that there is a professional and semi-professional world of wind music out there. As I write this, I am listening to an extraordinary disc by the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg, conducted by a fellow hornplayer Hansjörg Angerer

Concerto for Double Bass, Wind, Harp & Percussion                                   Ernst Leitner

Concerto for Piano and Wind orchestra                                                    Hermann Regner

Concertino for Viola, Wind & Percussion                                                         Helmut Eder

Stories for Wind, Percussion and Double Bass                                  Gerhard Wimberger

UNIMOZ24

The Philharmonic Winds of Salzburg are a mix of professors and students, a little like the Philharmonic Winds of Saratov in Russia . The level of performance is superb, and this is their fourth CD, of repertoire which is challenging, refreshing and lacking that testosterone-fuelled energy of so much wind music today. Every work is well worth exploring

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TWO PROFESSIONAL DISCS FROM THE MILITARY

Recently I was sent a disc by Michael Purton of the Royal Norwegian Navy Band playing the complete works of Holst in excellent performances, including the choral pieces from the 1911 Festival of Empire. Some excellent playing on these two discs (for the price of one) is allied to great presentation and fine sleeve notes by the Holst expert Lewis Forman, who discusses Holst’s Norwegian ancestors and also the fact that Holst’s part of the Festival was to illustrate the Viking raids on London. This is an excellent disc, especially for the research scholar, and it is part of Michael Purton’s firstrate series of recordings by British military bands on the @@@@@@@ label.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY BAND

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THE US MARINE BAND under its present conductor Michael Colburn continues to live up to its reputation as the Vienna Philharmonic of our genre. Their most recent disc includes great performances of a number of standard repertoire works, and the performance of Magnus Lindberg’s challenging Gran Duo under Tim Foley is quite superb.

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AUSTRALIA Land of Perpetual Ice by GREG BUTCHER, email address crazyrhythmmusic@bigpond.com, was selected as the championship set work for the 2007 Australian band contest. Score and CD will be at the WASBE Conference.

GERMANY      Barenreiter       Browse the Barenreiter website for news of the new edition of the Mendelssohn opus 24 Notturno or Overture in C, edited by Christopher Hogwood. Thanks to Christoph Müller of Switzerland for this news.

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IRELAND        BASBWE & WASBE will present the world premiere of Image in Stone, a song cycle for mezzo soprano and wind ensemble by Stephen McNeff, to be performed by the Irish singer Norah King and the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble,

LUXEMBOURG          Philip Schartz, principal trumpet of the National Orchestra of Wales, recorded the most recent work by Marco Pütz, a Trumpet Concerto co-commissioned by Amabile Music and myself in memory of my third son William.

MALTA                        April 22 Sheffield University Wind Orchestra presented a Grand Celebration of the world of wind music in a special collaboration with the symphonic wind orchestras from the Universities of Manchester and Leeds including the world première of In Nostro Tempo, a major new commission for winds from the Maltese composer Charles Camilleri in celebration of his 75th birthday year. More details from Tony Houghton at ahoughton@argonet.co.uk

NEW ZEALAND         The premiere of Chris Marshall’s new piano concerto, Renascence was given by the Metropolitan State College Wind Ensemble, David Kish, director, Hsing-ay Hsu, piano soloist on Friday, April 20 at the King Center Concert Hall, Denver .

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UK                  The crucial and consistent feature of Gorb's work though is that it communicates strongly without patronising players or audiences. He firmly believes that if contemporary music - any music - does not impact on listeners then its message is irrelevant; it is lost.

Giles Easterbrook 2004

 2008 sees the 50^th birthday of ADAM GORB and a chance to revisit his wealth of wind music from Grade 2 pieces for junior bands to Grade 6. Visit his website for uptodate information and for programme notes and excerpts of many of his works. New works for 2008 include a commission jointly by the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales and Tim Reynish for a work to be premiered in Cardiff 5^th April.

WORLDWIDE             I am extremely grateful to browsers of this website and members of WASBE and CBDNA who have sent in information about new works. I shall present a paper at both BASBWE and WASBE conferences on significant new repertoire at every level, and in Killarney we shall have a score and CD library for delegates to browse.