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THE EAGLE'S ISLAND |
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ABOUT THE COMPOSITION The Eagle's Island, by Carl Schroeder, is a brief tone poem for concert band originally composed in 2001. It was revised and expanded in 2007 on a commission from the Minneapolis Southwest High School Wind Ensemble of Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the direction of Keith Liuzzi. The Eagle's Island has an approximate performance time of 4 minutes. The difficulty level is grade 3, appropriate for high school, college and community bands. |
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Carl Schroeder of Minneapolis, Minnesota, composes music for concert band, orchestra, choir, chamber ensembles and solo piano that often draws inspiration from American history, current events, natural surroundings and memories. His large ensemble music has been performed by more than 40 concert bands, orchestras and choirs, including the Air Force Band of Mid-America, Minnesota Youth Symphonies and Chamber Choir Kyiv. He has written works on commissions from the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, Minnesota State Band, Cornell University Symphonic Band, Southwest Wind Ensemble, Calhoun-Isles Community Band, Wells Fargo Chorus and other ensembles and individuals. His music is featured on five CD recordings, his choral work Two December Carols is published by Boosey & Hawkes, and his concert band work Spin is published by C. Alan Publications. Schroeder is a 2005 graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he studied composition primarily with Timothy Mahr and Peter Hamlin. In 2001, he was named "Composer with Most Potential" by the Minnesota Music Educators Association, and in 2004 he was one of three under-25 American composers chosen to participate in the National Band Association’s Young Composer Mentor Project, where he took lessons with composers Mark Camphouse, Donald Grantham and Dana Wilson. He composed The Eagle's Island in 2001 and revised the work on a 2007 commission. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MORE ON THE EAGLE'S ISLAND
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Instrumentation:
pic, 2 fl, ob, bsn, 3 cl, b cl, 2 a sax, t sax, b sax, 3 tpt, 2 hn, 3 tbn, euph, tuba, timp,
3 perc Listen to Recording | Recorded by the St. Olaf Norseman Band (Paul Niemisto, conductor) |
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