Saxophone & Piano

SKU: ST.C422

Composed by Laurie Holloway. Wind & brass music. Clifton Edition #C422. Published by Clifton Edition (ST.C422).

ISBN 9790570814220.

A delightful single movement work lasting about 4 minutes. Dedicated to the clarinettist Erich Fackert.

[bg_collapse view=link color=#4a4949 icon=arrow expand_text=Show More collapse_text=Show Less ]Laurie Holloway has enjoyed an extraordinary successful life as a composer, musician and musical director. His music has always been strongly jazz orientated, and he has played with many of the legendary greats including Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. He composed the television themes for: Russell Harty, Pam Ayres, Freddie Starr, Russ Abbott, Punchlines, Game for a Laugh, Blind Date, Child’s Play and Beadle’s About Music Match.

Laurie has appeared on television regularly including This is your Life (as a surprise guest for Parkinson, Wogan, Tarbuck, Ernie Wise, Rolf Harris, and Benny Green as well as being a proud owner of the Big Red Book himself). He has been musical director for Engelbert Humperdinck, Judy Garland, Dame Edna Everage, Stéphane Grappelli, The Wogan Show, Marion Montgomery, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Dame Cleo Laine, Elaine Stritch, Sacha Distel, Frankie Howerd, Sammy Cahn, George Hamilton IV, Barry Took, Sir David Frost, Mel Torme, Nana Mouskouri, Clive James, Val Doonican, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker, Sir Les Patterson, Elaine Paige, Michael Parkinson, Jack Allen, Bob Monkhouse, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli and Jack Jones.

He has been a featured soloist with, and guest conductor of, the LSO and the BBC Concert Orchestra, played on the Last Night of the Proms in Hyde Park, often conducted the BBC radio orchestra, performed on BBC radio 2’s At the Piano, and is currently arranging and conducting for various artists such as Elaine Paige, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, and Gilbert O’Sullivan. He was the musical director of the hit BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing for many years.

His teaching work includes workshops and masterclasses at Canberra School of Music and Melbourne’s Victoria Arts Centre, Australia, the Birmingham Conservatoire, and Wavendon Allmusic Plan. He has composed and arranged several saxophone quartets, clarinet quartets, instrumental works for flute and piano and clarinet and piano, and his two volumes of Pop Preludes (piano tutors) are published by Novello. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music selected his composition Walking Fingers as an examination piece.

He has presented matinee concerts at the Barbican where he introduced young musical talent. He and Marion Montgomery have formed the Montgomery Holloway Music Trust a charity, which aims to afford young musical talent (jazz, classical and inspirational) the opportunity to study and perform. The Trust also has a yearly seminar in which Laurie instructs in the Art of Accompaniment. The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) awarded Laurie the Gold Badge of Merit in 1993 for his services to the music industry.[/bg_collapse]
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP870.

SKU: HL.49016266

Fakten und Know-how. Composed by Daryl Runswick. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Book. Schott Pro Line. Das unentbehrliche Handbuch uber zeitgemasses Arrangieren fur die Praxis. Classical. 268 pages. Schott Music #SPL 1012. Published by Schott Music (HL.49016266).

ISBN 9783795751043. German.

Grundlich, aber ohne Ballast, leicht zuganglich und unterhaltsam geschrieben, informiert dieses Buch uber alles, was der Profi und der interessierte Amateur zu diesem Thema wissen sollte - vom richtig aufgebauten Lead Sheet bis zum kompletten Arrangement.Der praxisgerechte Aufbau des Buches mit Stichwort-Querverweisen fuhrt schnell und auf direktem Weg zur gesuchten Information. Probleme und Fallstricke, die beim Arrangieren auftreten konnen, werden aufgezeigt - von Keyboards, Drums und Bass bis hin zu Brass (Blechblaser), Strings (Streicher), Woodwinds (Holzblaser), Perkussion, Gitarre und 'a cappella'-Gesang.Ein Anhang mit vielen hilfreichen, zeitsparenden Abkurzungen beim Arrangieren, eine leicht verstandliche Erklarung der Akkordsymbole und ein ausfuhrliches Glossar runden dieses fur jeden interessierten Musiker unentbehrliche Nachschlagewerk ab.Daryl Runswick ist einer der herausragendsten britischen Arrangeure in allen Bereichen der Musik, von Rock bis Klassik. Als brillanter Musiker hat er unter anderem fur Frank Sinatra Bassgitarre gespielt, Piano fur Cleo Laine, Kontrabass fur die London Sinfonietta, und bei Electric Phoenix hat er als Sanger mitgewirkt. Daruber hinaus hat er fur zahllose Profi- und Amateurbands Musik komponiert und arrangiert.