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Edwin Powell conductorįor the purchase of the additional scores or parts as listed below pleaseĮmail us the Product Code above and the quantities you wish to purchase.Ĭosts are about $7.50 per score and $4.00 per part. The piece is built around a five-note chorale theme, and the opening section features an overlapping fade-in/fade-out effect. This evocative work is a wind band version of the composer's mass for choir and string orchestra entitled Sunrise. Online audio sample was recorded by the Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble & Chorus Ola Gjeilo piano/Dr. Series: MusicWorks Grade 4 Format: Softcover Score & Parts Composer: Ola Gjeilo. This exciting and creative work is written with a consistent rhythmic drive throughout and features a prominent role for piano. Other diverse influences include the World Music-infused jazz of Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek as well as the symphonies of Shostakovich.
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He writes choral music, and has written for piano and wind symphony, publishing through Walton Music, Edition Peters, and Boosey and Hawkes. “It’s the first time human ears have heard it.Meridian comes very much out of the composer's love for ostinato or groove-based music. Ola Gjeilo (/ j e l o / YAY-loh, Norwegian: l jl born May 5, 1978) is a Norwegian composer and pianist, living in the United States. “There’s a sense of awe that happens when you sight read a new piece,” he said. Under Plagge’s tutelage, Gjeilo developed a love of writing for choir, soon creating some of his earliest successful works, such as his well-loved Ubi Caritas. It just goes to show that music for wind instruments didn’t die centuries ago, Powell said. Gjeilo segued to choir music after high school when he started studying classical composition with Wolfgang Plagge. Gjeilo describes Meridian as influenced by pop music, while The Sphere is more cinematic. When that observation was relayed to Gjeilo, he agreed: The piece does have the same vibe as the British pop group. He is, however, an emergent star in the realm of choral compositions, with a host of works and several studio albums of his works including a critically acclaimed 2013 release by the Phoenix Chorale entitled Northern Lights. “That’s what we do here.”Ī student even commented that the sound is similar to the band Coldplay, Powell said. Within the wind band community, the name of Norwegian composer and pianist Ola Gjeilo might not be immediately familiar. “It gives insight to the creative process and that’s a very important thing to do and in provides depth,” Powell said. After attending the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and the Royal College of Music in London, he completed his Master’s Degree in composition at The Juilliard School of Music in 2006. What’s great, Powell said, has been seeing the students give their input about the composition and ask questions like “How does Ola want this to sound?” Powell said the experience of working with a composer gives the students a first-hand experience unlike any other. Born in Norway in 1978, Gjeilo began studying jazz, classical piano and composition at the age of seven. Below is the Night Rain sheet music by Ola Gjeilo.We have 1 arrangement for Night Rain Piano Sheet Music. Powell was into it as well.”įrom composition to performance, Powell has worked with Gjeilo, via web, and the PLU musicians. When I realized I really wanted to start writing band music, PLU was the only place I had in mind for a possible premiere.
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“I listened to some great recordings he (Powell) has done with the PLU band. “I am so excited and honored to have my first, two-band pieces premiered at PLU,” Gjeilo said. In all, the more than 100,000 copies of his works have been sold since 2007. He’s composed more than 30 published works, which have been performed worldwide. In 2001, he moved to New York to study composition at the Juilliard School. I’ve never heard anything like it before.”
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“The music is very different and that’s a good thing. “The students were so excited about it,” Powell said. Having the opportunity to work with the composer and perform with the composer is such a unique experience, Powell said. What made this unique was while Gjeilo was here he worked with the students before the final performance. To have a composer visit the premiere and sit in the audience for the concert is fairly common, Powell said. PLU has been the site for a number of world premieres, including works done by PLU faculty, like Greg Youtz, but this one’s a little different.