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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 Check out the artist's website: http://www.bcminternational.com Track List: 1. MetaMarch 2. 1861 3. October 4. Stampede 5. As the scent of spring rain... 6. TranZendental Danse of Joi 7. Dusk 8. Equus 9. Courage & Compassion 10. Bloom 11. Hopak Suggested CDs:
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