Doublereed Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2005/02

From: Retired Prof 55 <retiredprof55@-----.net>
Subj: [DR-L] Music for Young Oboists
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:10:24 -0500

My husband, Sy Brandon, was kind enough to transcribe some of his award
winning compositions for me to use with my oboe students as well as
composing original pieces. These pieces worked very well with my
younger oboists and are a welcome addition to the repertoire at this
age level.

"Holiday Etudes for Oboe" was transcribed from his "Holiday Etudes for
Tuba" which won the Tuba Universal Brotherhood Assn. Composition
Contest in 1996. It comes as a solo book, a duet book, and/or a piano
accompaniment part. The etudes are: New Years Day, Passover, Summer
Solstice , Veteran's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Easter, An
Independence Day Collage, Thanksgiving, President's Day, Cinco de Mayo,
Labor Day(Fanfare for the Common Laborer), Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year
Day, Autumnal Equinox (Amerindian Harvest Song) , Hanukkah, St
Patrick's Day , Memorial Day, Columbus Day , Winter Solstice, Vernal
Equinox , Flag Day, Halloween , Christmas Time , April Fools
(Humoresque), Father's Day , Election Day, New Years Eve. They are
designed for good elementary or junior high level oboists.

"Stylistic Etudes for Oboe" was transcribed from his "Stylistic Etudes
for Euphonium" which won 2nd place in the Tuba Universal Brotherhood
Assn. Composition Contest in 1995. It comes as a solo book only. The
etudes are: Overture, Pavanne, Recitative and Aria, Black Cat Bounce,
Minuet, Scherzo, Tango, Habanera, Sarabande, Aleatoric Escapade,
Hornpipe, Passacaglia, Waltz, Fanfare, Gigue, Nightime Sky, March,
Allemande, Minimalism, Polonaise, Courante, Impression- Fog, Dirge,
Galop, Polka. They are designed for good junior high or high school
level musicians and are excellent for teaching stylistic interpretation.

"Lyric Piece and Dance" for oboe and piano is a two movement, modal
composition with some easy meter changes and interplay between parts.
Duration 5:00. It is designed for the early high school oboist.

"Village Dance" for oboe alone is a modal, rhythmic, and ornamental
dance influenced by Eastern European music. It involves foot stomping
by the oboist and works well when an unaccompanied piece is needed for
and audition or concert by a high school level oboist. Duration 2:30

You can sample these works and his other compositions for oboe by going
to his web site at http://cooppress.hostrack.net and following the
links to "compositions and arrangements" "oboe and English horn". The
cost of these pieces are very inexpensive and worth adding to your
library.

Anita Ranucci Brandon
Principal Oboist, York Symphony Orchestra

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