Millennium
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Product ID: HE1 FO18293
By Richard Meyer
Publisher:
Highland Etling
Arranger:
orig.
Series:
Concert Orchestra
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
8:27
Level: 3
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"Millennium," recorded this year by Alfred for the first time, was first released in 1998. Winner of the 1998 N.S.O.A. composition contest, this contemporary-sounding overture is extremely powerful and full of emotion from beginning to end. After a foreboding introduction, the heroic main theme is introduced by the brass section in unison, accompanied by the entire orchestra in a percussive, marcato style. A lyrical subordinate theme of extreme beauty follows, first stated by unison cellos, then picked up by the entire orchestra. The third and final section is a wild and energetic march, pitting brass against woodwinds and strings, leading into a final, majestic restatement of the main theme. Richard Meyer's colorful and imaginative scoring features every section of the symphony orchestra, resulting in a wonderfully mature-sounding, yet playable, 'tour de force' for the student orchestra.
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Composer
Richard Meyer
Richard Meyer received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Los Angeles and has taught middle school and high school instrumental music for over 16 years. He currently conducts the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Meyer has had many works published for band and orchestra including Celebration, which won the National School Orchestra Association composition contest, and Geometric Dances, which won the Texas Orchestra Directors composition contest. In 1994, he received the Outstanding Music Educator Award from the Pasadena Area Youth Music Council, and this year received the Pasadena Arts Council Gold Crown Award for Performing Arts.
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