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SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon And The Heartland Marimba Quartet Present an Online Composition Festival
DESCRIPTION:Online Composition Festival: Writing for the Marimba \nAward-winning composer Jenni Brandon joins the acclaimed Heartland Marimba Quartet (Ujjal Bhattacharyya\, Christina Cheon\, Matthew Coley\, and Joe Millea)\, from September 25 to October 17\, 2020\, to offer a unique online 3-week composition  festival. Through a comprehensive plan\, and an approachable and collaborative setting with other composers\, each participant will focus on writing a new work for marimba (solo\, duo\, trio\, or quartet). \nParticipants will have their works performed and recorded by the members of the Heartland Marimba Quartet at the end of the workshop. Additionally\, as a bonus portion of this workshop\, the composers will have the opportunity to write two 30-second etudes in a style highlighting a technique unique to the marimba. Heartland Marimba will potentially publish these examples through HMPublications in a brand-new exercise book for the marimba. \nNow is an exciting time for composers to take a deep dive into learning about writing for an instrument. Solo and small ensemble repertoire is always in demand. During these unique times creating this type of repertoire becomes more important and needed\, as so many of us are finding new ways to make music. \nDedicated to advancing the classical marimba art form\, the members of the Heartland Marimba Quartet will break down the questions surrounding the mysteries of composing for the marimba. The sessions (see schedule below) will include classes on fundamentals about the instrument\, the do’s\, and don’ts of writing for the marimba\, to career topics and repertoire reviews. \nAlong with these group sessions\, there will be private composition lessons with Jenni Brandon to help guide the composers to writing an engaging new work for marimba. This workshop is the fourth in a series of writing for a specific instrument offered by Jenni Brandon during the COVID-19 shutdowns. A deep component of each one is to foster an environment that allows for the composers to explore and to learn in a supportive and collaborative way. \nFeatures of the festival \n\n3 Weeks in September & October\nPublic Forum October 17\nFinal Concert November 14\n6 days of group instruction\n3 days of read-throughs\n2 published 30-second etudes\nA new work premiered and recorded by members of the Heartland Marimba Quartet\nprivate lessons\nin-depth class sessions on the business of music\n\nThe festival is open to all composers and performers who have previous experience writing music and are interested in furthering their skills with marimba composition. \nWeekend classes [Sept. 25-27\, Oct. 2-4\, & Oct. 9-11] – Saturdays and Sundays include morning and afternoon sessions. \nWeekdays [Sept. 28-Oct. 16] – private composition lessons\, write 30-second etudes and new work for Heartland Marimba\, check-in with instructors \nPublic Forum on Collaboration – Saturday\, October 17\, 5pm central \nFinal concert – Saturday\, November 14\, 7pm central \nAll sessions take place on Zoom or Facebook Live \nFor more information go to Online Composition Festival for Marimba\, September through October 2020; http://heartlandmarimba.com/composition-festival-2020 
URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandon-and-the-heartland-marimba-quartet-present-an-online-composition-festival/
LOCATION:Online Zoom or Facebook
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SUMMARY:Business Music Weekend for All Composers and Performers
DESCRIPTION:Hey musician friends! Next week\, October 10-11 2020\, as part of the Online Composition Festival: Writing for the Marimba I’m teaching along with Heartland Marimba Quartet\, we’re offering a business music weekend for composers and performers! \nWe’ll be talking about the business of music\, collaboration\, commissions\, running ensembles and publishing companies among other topics. This weekend is open to anyone who is interested in getting new ideas for being a successful musician in good and pandemic times! Check out the link below to register\, and I hope to see you next weekend! \nBusiness Music Weekend for Composers and Performers
URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/business-music-weekend-for-all-composers-and-performers/
LOCATION:Heartland Marimba Quartet Online
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SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon’s Music Performed at Woodwind Fest 2020 by Carrie RavenStem
DESCRIPTION:Carrie RavenStem performs three of Jenni Brandon’s compositions at the online Woodwind Fest 2020.  Carrie’s online performance is on Sunday\, October 18\, 2020\, at 2pm EST. Woodwind Fest 2020\, October 14 – 18\, 2020\, is the world’s first online music trade show (https://econvention.org/woodwindfest/concert-hall/). The physical location of Woodwind Fest 2020 is 670 Bergen Blvd. Ridgefield\, NJ 07657\, +1 201 488 7770. \nCarrie’s recital program is: \nStardust for Solo Eb Clarinet  \nChansons de la Nature pour la Clarinette \nCumulonimbus: The King of Clouds for clarinet and piano \nTotal Duration: 33 minutes \nKara Huber is the piano accompanist. \nStardust for Solo Eb Clarinet — \, commissioned by clarinetist Elizabeth Crawford in 2014\, explores the lyrical and jazzy abilities of this instrument\, turning to popular songs of the 20’s and 30’s as inspiration. I grew up playing and singing much of this repertoire at the piano\, I learned a lot about writing melody from this incredible era of songwriting. Each movement of this work plays with these popular themes\, sometimes using an interval\, a few notes\, or a line from within the work as inspiration\, allowing the E-Flat clarinet to shine by playing with range\, color\, and extended techniques. I also liked the idea of linking pieces together that spoke of stars and the moon – a popular theme of this era! \nA Love of My Own – Inspired by “Blue Moon” by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart\, 1934. The title comes from a line within the work\, and the melodic material comes from the opening “Blue Moon\, you saw me standing alone…” \nInto the Blue Sky – inspired by “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin\, 1926. The smooth\, flowing line in this movement comes from the opening melodic line of the song “Blue skies\, smiling at me.” The movement flies higher and higher “into the blue sky” until we fly too close to the sun (like Icarus) and fall from great heights. \nA Paper Moon – Inspired by “It’s Only a Paper Moon” by Harold Arlen\, 1933. The opening of Arlen’s song begins with an octave leap\, and this becomes a prominent motive throughout. The timbral trills create a shimmering light of the moon\, and listen for direct snippets of Arlen’s song\, from the descending lines\, to the swing section in the middle of the piece. \nA Stardust Melody – Inspired by Hoagy Carmichael’s song Stardust\, 1927\, with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish. Carmichael wrote this song while a student at Indiana University in Bloomington. The clarinet work explores the melodic line “Love is now the stardust of yesterday” in the opening\, and mixes in swing-style rhythms as a homage to the works of this era \nStardust for solo E-flat clarinet now appears on the CD INSTANT WINNERS – Albany Records\, recorded by Elizabeth Crawford \nChansons de la Nature pour la Clarinette — tells a story about nature as told by the clarinet’s agile voice. The French titles and basis of the pieces were inspired by the lyrical and pastoral quality of the French language and the images it invokes. The piece is also inspired by the images presented in Aesop’s fables (and Jean de la Fontain’s retelling of them); in particular\, the movement “Le Lièvre et la Tortue” tells of the slow tortoise beating the fast hare with his patience and determination. Both creatures are represented in this movement\, from the plodding of the tortoise to the quick movements of the hare. \nThe other movements also represent a variety of characters and situations from these famous fables. “Le Poisson” darts\, “Le Papillon” flutters and floats\, “L’étoile” shimmers in the night sky\, nature ‘dances’\, and “Le Serpent” is slippery and quick.  Each movement is short\, but just long enough to evoke a story and create a ‘song of nature’ for the clarinet. \nI Les Oiseaux \nII Le Poisson \nIII Le Papillon \nIV Le Lièvre et La Tortue \nV L’Etoile \nVI Dansez! \nVII. Le Serpent \nThis work appears on Jenni’s CD SONGS OF CALIFORNIA: MUSIC FOR WINDS AND PIANO \nCumulonimbus: The King of Clouds for clarinet and piano — The inspiration for this piece comes from a wonderful book titled The Cloudspotter’s Guide: The Science\, History\, and Culture of Clouds by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. In this book he describes all types of clouds\, from the Stratus all the way up to the Cirrocumulus cloud. I particularly loved his chapter on the Cumulonimbus cloud and the description of the destruction and havoc that this cloud can make. I thought it would be exciting to write a work that represented this cloud and its fury. \nThe piece begins ominously as a storm approaches and then moves into crashing clusters and the fast fury that a storm like this can bring. The clarinet leaps like hail and lightning\, and the piano boldly grows bigger as the storm rages. I try to tell the story of this cloud much in the way that the book describes the cloud\, including that “…it can lead to untold loss of life and damage to property. It has also been known to frighten little children with its thunder.” \nI had the pleasure to write this work for Marianne Breneman and Philip Amalong of Conundrum\, a Cincinnati-based new music ensemble. They premiered the work in Los Angeles on November 12\, 2011 at Occidental College during a Synchromy concert.
URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandons-music-performed-at-woodwind-fest-2020-by-carrie-ravenstem/
LOCATION:Woodwind Fest 2020\, On Line from 670 Bergen Blvd\, Ridgefield\, NJ\, 07657\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon’s “Colored Stones” Performed by The Middle Tennessee State University Woodwind Faculty
DESCRIPTION:The Middle Tennessee State University Woodwind Faculty performed “Colored Stones” by Jenni Brandon. The concert was part of a Zoom faculty recital on Monday\, October 19\, 2020 AT 6 PM PDT. Jenni provided composer comments about her work to the audience. Faculty members who performed the recital were Dr. Leigh Muñoz\, bassoon; Dr Deanna Hahn-Little\, flute; Dr Todd Waldecker\, clarinet; and Dr David Cyzak; oboe. \nExcitingly\, Dr Leigh Muñoz and Dr Lia Uribe have been accepted to perform at the \nMeg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium in January 2020. They will perform the world premiere of Jenni Brandon Music’s duet for bassoon and contra bassoon\, “Orange Tree.” \n“Colored Stones” for solo bassoon tells the story of three stones: smoky quartz\, lapis lazuli\, and tiger’s eye. Some cultures and spiritual practices believe these stones have powerful qualities such as the ability to heal\, protect\, and offer spiritual guidance. The bassoon explores these beautiful stones’ unique qualities. \nThe Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium chose this piece as the winner of the 2014 Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition. Susan Nelson premiered it. \n“Colored Stones” is available for purchase through Imagine Music Publishing.
URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandons-colored-stones-performed-by-the-middle-tennessee-state-university-woodwind-faculty/
LOCATION:Middle Tennessee State University\, 1301 East Main Street\, Murfreesboro\, TN\, 37132-0001\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon’s “In The City At Night” Performed by Oboist Jacqueline Leclair\, On Her Album Music for English Horn Alone
DESCRIPTION:Jenni Brandon’s  “In The City At Night” is performed by  Oboist Jacqueline Leclair in her newest album Music for the English Horn Alone. In addition\, the release also holds a collection of new works for English horn that cover a wide range of stylistic territory and explore the rich\, penetrating voice of this beguiling instrument. The album features premieres of music by Hannah Kendall\, Faye-Ellen Silverman\, Karola Obermüller\, and Cecilia Arditto\, as well as recent works by Lisa Bielawa and Meera Gudipati. \nIn The City At Night (solo English horn sheet music) was written at the request of Ryan Zwahlen\, oboe and English horn player with the Definiens Project…He was searching for new literature for the English horn and wanted to increase the repertoire by requesting composers to write new pieces for him to perform and record. I wanted to write him a piece that uses the lovely\, lyrical range of the English horn while at the same time composing something that was also rhythmically fun to play. In The City At Night focuses on just that; it is at times playful and fast like many lights blinking on just after dusk in the city. At other times it is quiet and serene like the city streets that are empty at the early hours before dawn. In creating this world I wanted the listener to be left with thoughts and impressions of a city after dark\, and the lone voice of the English horn telling the story of a night adventure on the city streets. \n“In The City At Night” is available for purchase at jennibrandon.com
URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandons-in-the-city-at-night-performed-by-oboist-jacqueline-leclair-on-her-album-music-for-english-horn-alone/
LOCATION:Band Camp\, 1901 Broadway\, Oakland\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon’s  Goldfish Songs for Solo Flute\, Third Movement Performed by Michelle Matsumune.
DESCRIPTION:Jenni Brandon’s  Goldfish Songs for solo flute\, third movement\, performed by Michelle Matsumune and posted to You Tube on October 23\, 2020. Flutist Michelle Matsumune is a fourth generation Californian and an avid chamber music performer. She resides in the Los Angeles area and currently performs as a soloist as well as freelance flutist with other groups throughout Southern California. Michelle has concertized regularly with the woodwind trio Ceora Winds. \nMichelle studied flute with Peter Lloyd at Indiana University as an undergraduate and later received her MFA at California Institute of the Arts with Rachel Rudich. She acted as Woodwind Coach for the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra for 15 years\, and is currently the Flute Coach for Upland High School\, flute instructor at the Claremont Community School of Music\, and maintains a private teaching studio. \nGoldfish Songs was written at the request of flutist Danielle Hundley\, a member of the Cincinnati new music ensemble Conundrum. She has always loved fancy goldfish (and in fact movement three is named after her Ryukin goldfish Bela and imagined a work for flute about some of these beautiful fish. We collaborated on this project to create four short\, descriptive movements about a select variety of fancy goldfish\, choosing these particular goldfish because of their unique attributes. \nPearlscale: A flash in the sunlight \nThe Pearlscale Goldfish is a variety characterized by pearl‐like nodules on the surface of its scales. As he swims\, his scales pick up reflections of sunlight\, creating a creature that shines and shimmers like a jewel under the water. \nCelestial: Looking heavenward… \nThe Celestial Goldfish has a very unique feature—its eyes are positioned atop its head. This gives this goldfish the look of praying or looking towards the heavens. This prayer-like quality is reflected in the ghostly harmonics played by the flute in this movement. \nRyukin: “Bela”* \nThe Ryukin is an extremely agile goldfish variety. Its stout belly and well‐formed fins make it an excellent swimmer\, and this movement is fast and furious like these little swimmers. \nLionhead: The Gentle Giant \nThe Lionhead is known as the “puppy‐dog” of goldfish; this slow moving giant is infamous for becoming tame enough to eat out of your hand.  In this movement for alto flute the Lionhead swims gently through the water\, singing a peaceful song.*Performed by Greg Milliren On the CD “Songs of California: Music for Winds and Piano”
URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandons-goldfish-songs-for-solo-flute-third-movement-performed-by-michelle-matsumune/
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