Our second CD, featuring SEVEN world premiere recordings and ELEVEN works by the BCM composers. Recorded by the University of North Texas Symphonic Band, the Tarleton Winds, the UMD Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the UNLV Wind Orchestra, the TAD Wind Symphony, Tokyo Symphonic Band, the OSU Wind Ensemble, and Ensemble X.
The BCM International composers are some of the most talented, versatile, unconventional, and accomplished composers of their generation. ERIC WHITACRE is one of the bright stars in contemporary concert music. Regularly commissioned and published, Whitacre has received numerous composition awards, as well as a Grammy nomination. His 28 published works have sold well over 100,000 copies worldwide. STEVEN BRYANT's catalog includes works for wind ensemble and orchestra, electronic and electro-acoustic creations, music for chamber ensembles, and music for the Web. His music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by many of the very best ensembles from around the world. The American Academy of Arts and Letters honored composer JONATHAN NEWMAN for his concert, dance, and theater music, which have been performed and recorded worldwide. Winner of biannual Merrill Jones Composition Award and a recipient of the American Composer Orchestra's Whitaker New Music Readings, he has been described as "an outstanding composer...with a quirky and intellectually provocative bent." Composer JAMES BONNEY has created everything from avant-garde symphonic orchestral scores to traditional jazz big-band charts; as well as all styles of pop, rock, world-beat, and contemporary electronica. He has also scored numerous short films, documentaries, commercials, videos, and television programs. BCM International began at The Juilliard School, where 3 of the composers met while studying with Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning composer John Corigliano.
MORE CD DETAILS:
MetaMarch (Steven Bryant)
Tarleton State University Wind Ensemble
Jonathan Hooper, conductor
1861 (Jonathan Newman)
Tarleton State University Wind Ensemble
Jonathan Newman, conductor
October (Eric Whitacre)
Tokyo Symphonic Band (LIVE)
Eric Whitacre, conductor
Stampede (Steven Bryant)
University of North Texas Symphonic Band (LIVE)
Dennis Fisher, conductor
As the scent of spring rain... (Jonathan Newman)
TAD Wind Symphony (LIVE)
Takayoshi "Tad" Suzuki, conductor
TranZendental Danse of Joi (James Bonney)
Wind Ensemble X (LIVE)
Milt Allen, conductor
Dusk (Steven Bryant)
University of Minnesota Duluth Symphonic Wind Ensemble (LIVE)
Steven Bryant, conductor
Equus (Eric Whitacre)
Tokyo Symphonic Band (LIVE)
Eric Whitacre, conductor
Courage & Compassion (James Bonney)
Ohio State University Symphonic Band
Milt Allen, Doctoral Conducting Associate
Bloom (Steven Bryant)
Tarleton State University Wind Ensemble
Steven Bryant, conductor
Hopak (M. Moussorgsky, arr. James Bonney)
World Premiere Performance (LIVE)
University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra
Thomas G. Leslie, conductor
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