CONSORTIUM COMMISSION
"With One Accord"

50 Bands from 50 States

Duration

5-8 minutes

Difficulty

Grade 4

Buy-in

$150

"With One Accord" Wind Band Consortium Commission

Standard Wind Band Instrumentation
5-8 minutes
Grade 4 (suitable for high school and college programs)
Completed by November 1, 2020 and delivered by PDF via email to all consortium members
Buy-in price is $150.

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About the work

Consortium Director David Faires and Composer Benjamin Taylor aim to create a lyrical work in the vein of Ticheli's American Elegy and Mackey's Hymn to a Blue Hour.  The goal is to create a new work that celebrates our nation's rich tradition of people coming together to support each other and build community.   The anticipated title of the work, "With One Accord" reflects this aspect of unity as embodied in the consortium itself by inviting 50 bands from 50 states.  The work will  incorporate a melody known as Crusader's Hymn as used in the hymn Beautiful Savior also known as Fairest Lord Jesus.  It is anticipated that this work will be especially suitable for festival and contest performances as well as other traditional concert programs. 

Benefits to Consortium Members:
-Exclusive performance rights for 1 year following delivery of the completed work
-Right to give regional premiere of the work
-The composer has agreed to do a Skype rehearsal session with any interested band at a discounted rate.

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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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Consortium Membership

BUY-IN ($150 per ensemble)
To become a consortium member, please buy-in using the paypal link below.  For other arrangements such as checks, please email the composer directly at benjamintaylormusic.com
The deadline to join the consortium is May 1, 2020. 

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