NEW WORK: Solo Euphonium and Electronic Audio Track
6-8 minutes duration
Energetic, groovy solo part with EDM style audio track
Medium-advanced difficulty (suitable for college level and up)
Range will be pedal Bb to high C
Delivered to consortium members April 1, 2021
Buy-in price is $50 for students and $100 for professionals
Final date to join consortium is March 31, 2021.
Energetic, groovy solo part with EDM style audio track
Medium-advanced difficulty (suitable for college level and up)
Range will be pedal Bb to high C
Delivered to consortium members April 1, 2021
Buy-in price is $50 for students and $100 for professionals
Final date to join consortium is March 31, 2021.
Inspiration for the piece
This work is designed to be exciting and fun to play, and logistically easy to execute! You will simply hit play on the audio track and rock out. No special microphones, audio interfaces, footpedals, etc. will be required to rehearse and perform this work.
The piece will be inspired by the recent sense of euphoria and FOMO (fear of missing out) in the stock markets and bitcoin cryptocurrency exchanges. During the pandemic, many of us have pursued speculative investments for the first time (myself included) on platforms such as Robinhood and Webull. Watching my investments rise on a daily or even hourly basis has been thrilling and addictive! But I think we are all asking ourselves, "how long can it really last?" This piece will attempt to capture the full range of emotions of the current bull market and portray them in music.
The tentative title will be "BULL RUN" for solo euphonium and electronic audio track and the image shown to the left will likely be the cover image (created by Mike Winkleman and used with permission). I love his work!
The piece will be inspired by the recent sense of euphoria and FOMO (fear of missing out) in the stock markets and bitcoin cryptocurrency exchanges. During the pandemic, many of us have pursued speculative investments for the first time (myself included) on platforms such as Robinhood and Webull. Watching my investments rise on a daily or even hourly basis has been thrilling and addictive! But I think we are all asking ourselves, "how long can it really last?" This piece will attempt to capture the full range of emotions of the current bull market and portray them in music.
The tentative title will be "BULL RUN" for solo euphonium and electronic audio track and the image shown to the left will likely be the cover image (created by Mike Winkleman and used with permission). I love his work!
Benefits to Consortium Members
- Name will be listed on the cover of the published score
- Right to give regional premiere performance (may list in your CV as "consortium premiere")
- Build connection and community among network of euphonium players
Consortium Director - Dr. Gail Robertson
Dr. Gail Robertson has a distinguished reputation as a euphonium artist and teacher, soloist, and clinician. She has also garnered worldwide attention for leadership, her work as composer/arranger, and as a musical talent. Robertson serves as Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Central Arkansas. She is the former head of the jazz area where she coordinated jazz events and conducted the top jazz ensemble. In addition to teaching, she performs as tubist in the faculty brass quintet, Pinnacle Brass.
Robertson earned her B.A. degree from the University of Central Florida and a M.M. from Indiana University where she served as graduate assistant to Harvey Phillips. She postponed her doctoral studies at the University of Maryland with Dr. Brian Bowman to perform for ten years with the world-famous Tubafours at Walt Disney World, Orlando, where she was musical supervisor/chief arranger and produced a highly acclaimed CD, Tubas Under the Boardwalk. Gail completed her D.M.A. as a University Distinguished Fellow at Michigan State University (studies with Phil Sinder and Ava Ordman). Dr. Robertson has taught on the faculties of Eastern Michigan University, the University of Central Florida, Bethune-Cookman University, the University of Florida, and remains active as a teacher, adjudicator, jazz clinician, composer, arranger and free-lance artist, both nationally and internationally. Please visit www.gailrobertson.com
Robertson earned her B.A. degree from the University of Central Florida and a M.M. from Indiana University where she served as graduate assistant to Harvey Phillips. She postponed her doctoral studies at the University of Maryland with Dr. Brian Bowman to perform for ten years with the world-famous Tubafours at Walt Disney World, Orlando, where she was musical supervisor/chief arranger and produced a highly acclaimed CD, Tubas Under the Boardwalk. Gail completed her D.M.A. as a University Distinguished Fellow at Michigan State University (studies with Phil Sinder and Ava Ordman). Dr. Robertson has taught on the faculties of Eastern Michigan University, the University of Central Florida, Bethune-Cookman University, the University of Florida, and remains active as a teacher, adjudicator, jazz clinician, composer, arranger and free-lance artist, both nationally and internationally. Please visit www.gailrobertson.com
Buy-in
To become a consortium member, please click in the box below to select your membership level then click "Buy Now". You may select to receive the completed piece by PDF or hard copy. (Hard copy delivery options include free shipping to continental USA only)
Questions? email Dr. Taylor at benjamintaylormusic@gmail.com or Dr. Robertson at grobertson@uca.edu
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About the Composer - Benjamin Dean Taylor
The music of Benjamin Dean Taylor (born 1983), has been described as “elegant and energetic” (Kenneth Thompson) and “powerful and direct with delightful surprises in each work.” (Marilyn Shrude) Having grown up as a performer in jazz, rock, ska, country, and concert bands as well as in choirs and orchestras, Taylor is driven to write music that highlights the strengths of each performing ensemble. His catalog of more than 100 works covers a large range of styles and genres including music written for orchestra, wind band, opera, choir, jazz big band, gamelan, chamber ensembles, and soloists with live electronics. Taylor has received commissions from ensembles including the Calidore String Quartet, Omaha Symphony, Solaire Saxophone Quartet, New World Youth Symphony, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Civic Wind Symphony. As a sought-after composer for wind band, Taylor has been commissioned by over 75 band directors of players at all educational levels. Recently named a recipient of his third commission from the Barlow Endowment, Taylor’s prizes and honors include Winner in the 2013 Ticheli Composition Contest, a grant from the Indiana Arts Council (2015), Dean’s Prize in Composition from Indiana University (2013), BMI Student Composers Award (2011), Winner in the American Composers Orchestra Underwood New Music Readings (2012), and an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award (2011). Benjamin Taylor completed a doctorate degree from Indiana University and holds degrees from Bowling Green State University (MM) and Brigham Young University (BA).
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Top image is titled "Euphonium" and used with permission by Otota DANA on flickr.com
"Bull Run" image is used with permission from Mike Winkleman. beeple-crap.com |
