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I met a lot of great composers at Billboard the other year, but it was also however a bit of a frenzy of composers attacking music supervisors. You can find podcasts of the sessions online.
I posted previews of two upcoming premieres at www.brianwilbur.com. Suite Remembrance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano and American Reflections for Strings and Harp. Take a listen!
Brian
Profile Information
- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- film, Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- Classical
- Is music your main income source?
- Sort Of - Music Related
- Where do you live?
- Washington DC
- About Me:
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BRIAN WILBUR GRUNDSTROM’S compositions for film, orchestra, chorus, piano, quintet and other ensembles demonstrate an innovative use of harmony and melody, which although firmly rooted in the tonal tradition is entirely new. Audiences take to his compositions immediately, finding in his compositions traces of Aaron Copland, Kurt Weill and Samuel Barber.
Classically trained in piano as well as music theory from Gettysburg College, he has continued orchestration and composition studies with John David Earnest. His awards include Encore from American Composers Forum, Composers Assistance Program from the American Music Center and ASCAPLUS from ASCAP. He has twice been a grant recipient from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Most recently he received a Peer Award for Sadie's Waltz from Television, Internet & Video Association of DC (TIVA-DC).
A member of ASCAP, Brian attended the prestigious ASCAP/NYU Buddy Baker Film Music Workshop. He has completed music for 15 films. Robert Gaston’s sexy thriller 2 Minutes Later is being released by TLA, and Deconfliction by Edward Tyndall has made it into the Tribeca Film Festival. His studio includes the latest in technologies, including Vienna Symphonic Library, and he is able to render his orchestral compositions at high professional standards.
His music has been performed by SONOS Chamber Orchestra, Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, Trinity Chamber Orchestra, George Washington University Orchestra, NIH Philharmonia, Holyoke Civic Symphony, Colla Voce and The New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus, as well as on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. SONOS Chamber Orchestra Director Erik E. Ochsner writes “Many audiences cringe at the thought of new music. We had such positive feedback from audiences on how much they enjoyed Grundstrom's work. It is modern, yet tonal.”
He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, and his compositions can be heard at www.brianwilbur.com.
APPROACH TO TONALITY
With so much of our collective musical experience being tonal, I believe it is important to use tonality in order to communicate effectively. However, because it is ever present there exists a challenge to maintain interest: as composers we must write within the confines of the possible yet not completely inside of the expected. Being creative with tonality is therefore essential in creating music that is not only understood, but also engaging.
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- http://www.brianwilbur.com
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 9:06pm on September 21, 2009,
Bethany Trainor said… - Thanks Brian! I was also looking into attending the Music in Media Interactive conference at the end of November. Have you, or anyone you know, attended this event? I thought the Billboard one looked pretty good, but I sort of decided the other one might be better since it's for three days and some of the same speakers will be in attendance (not to mention there's a better 'student rate' for tickets) I can imagine it would be sort of hard to actually 'talk' to some of the music supervisors...as you said, a 'frenzy' =) We'll see...I haven't quite made up my mind yet if I should go. But thank you for the info!
- At 12:58am on May 19, 2009,
Danny De Can said… - I think your music has a beautiful etherial quality, is inspiring and very well produced. Great work.
- At 6:57pm on April 15, 2009,
Katherine Lynne said… - Very nice work Brian, I wish I lived in your area, I would come to your concert tomorrow night!
Good luck!
Regard,
Kathy
- At 7:36pm on May 1, 2008,
ahmadjawadi said… - Hello Brian,
Really very good composer,
Best regards,
Ahmad
- At 10:36pm on February 6, 2008,
Chris Alpiar said…
- Welcome to the forums Brian! Post some mp3s of your stuff!
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