Gallop'First Suite for Band' was commissioned in the Summer of 1974 by R. Lee Holmes, director of the Edmonton Public School Symphonic Band in Edmonton, Alberta, for performance at the Canadian Music Educator Association convention in that city the following Spring.The Suite consists of four independent, contrasting movements, each prefaced by a one-word title giving a clue to the character of its music.
For the New Zealand writer and publisher, see. For the American folk, country, and old-time musician, see.Alfred ReedBackground informationBorn( 1921-01-25)January 25, 1921New York City, New YorkDiedSeptember 17, 2005 (2005-09-17) (aged 84)GenresClassicalOccupation(s)ComposerAlfred Reed (January 25, 1921 – September 17, 2005) was an American neoclassical composer, with more than two hundred published works for, and to his name. He also traveled extensively as a guest conductor, performing in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Contents.Life Reed was born in and began his formal music training at the age of ten. During, he served in the 529th Army Air Force Band. Following his military service, he attended the, studying under, after which he was staff composer and arranger first for, then for. In 1953, he became the conductor of the Baylor Symphony Orchestra at, where he received his B.M.
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In 1955 and his M.M. His master's thesis, Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra, was awarded the in 1959. He was a member of the Beta Tau chapter of, the national fraternity for men in music.From 1955 to 1966, he was the executive editor of, a music publisher. He was the professor of music at the where he worked with composer from 1966 until the latter's death in 1976. Williams' office was across the hall from Reed's office in the UM School of Music, and Reed was chairman of the department of Music Media and Industry and director of the Music Industry Program at the time of his retirement.
He established the very first college-level music business curriculum at the University of Miami in 1966, which led other colleges and universities to follow suit. At the time of his death, he had composition commissions that would have taken him to the age of 115. Many of Reed's wind band compositions have been released as CD recordings by the.Works and arrangements. Works for concert bandWorks for concert band The concert band is by far the most common medium in Reed's body of work. 1944. Carol of the Little Russian Children. Antiphonal Chant.
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Village Song. Cathedral Chorus. 1955 Lumberjack Overture. 1956 Ballade for Solo Eb Alto Saxophone & Band.
1958 Might and Majesty, a Biblical Suite. 1959 Music Man.
The Wells Fargo Wagon. Till There Was You.
Seventy-Six Trombones. 1962 A Festival Prelude. 1962 A Sacred Suite. 1962 rev. Works for chamber musicChamber music.
1954 Organ Meditations for solo organ. 1983 Two Bagatelles for trombone quartet. Double Wind Quintet. Havana Moon for Clarinet Choir (3 bb, Alto, Bass, CBass), Percussion, Strings Bass. Pastorale for Clarinet and Piano.
Scherzo Fantastique for Bass, Contrabass Clarinet, Contrabass, Piano, Woodwinds. Siciliana Notturno for Solo Alto-Saxophone, Piano, Saxophone, Voice, Woodwinds.
Trilogue, Scherzo for Double Bass, Vibraphone, MarimbaExternal links. Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland., December 16, 1986. at.