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Schott Music is looking forward to working with composer Sebastian Hilli.  The publishing partnership commences with his orchestral works Peach and Miracle followed by new compositions for Ensemble Musikfabrik, Uusinta Ensemble, Time of Music Festival, Gaudeamus Festival, International Ensemble Modern Academy and IRCAM.

Sebastian Hilli is a Finnish composer born in 1990, who received his Master’s degree in Composition from Sibelius Academy in 2016. Hilli has had success in numerous composition competitions by winning the Teosto Prize in 2019, the Gaudeamus Award in 2018, the ”Under 30” category in the International Rostrum of Composers in 2017 and Toru Takemitsu Composition Award in 2015.

Tervetuloa! Welcome, Sebastian Hilli!

• Sebastian Hilli – Composer Profile

 

• Download Press Release in Finnish

 

10 great studies in the style and language of bebop

Jim Snidero / Michael Dease (soloist)

 

• Trombone studies and methods to help you master bebop


• Play-along online audio file performed by Michael Dease


• For intermediate to advanced-level trombonists

 

The Essence of Bebop is the new series by critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Jim Snidero. The Essence of Bebop reveals the heart and soul of this groundbreaking jazz style and is the first real “manual” for mastering bebop.

The 10 studies are inspired by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Hank Mobley, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, and many more, offering a unique basis for study and analysis.

With special information on how to play bebop on the trombone added by Michael Dease (assistant professor at Michigan State University and soloist on the audio tracks).

10 great studies in the style and language of bebop

Jim Snidero / Brian Lynch (soloist)

 

• Trumpet studies and methods to help you master bebop


• Play-along online audio file performed by Brian Lynch


• For intermediate to advanced-level trumpeters

 

The Essence of Bebop is the new series by critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Jim Snidero. The Essence of Bebop reveals the heart and soul of this groundbreaking jazz style and is the first real “manual” for mastering bebop.

The 10 enjoyable-to-play studies are inspired by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and many more, offering a unique basis for study and analysis.

The soloist on the audio tracks is Brian Lynch.

10 great studies in the style and language of bebop

Jim Snidero / Grant Stewart (soloist)

 

• Saxophone studies and methods to help you master bebop


• Play-along online audio file performed by Grant Stewart


• For intermediate to advanced-level saxophonists

 

The Essence of Bebop is the new series by critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Jim Snidero. The Essence of Bebop reveals the heart and soul of this groundbreaking jazz style and is the first real “manual” for mastering bebop.

The 10 studies are inspired by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, John Coltrane and many more, offering a unique basis for study and analysis.

The soloist on the audio tracks is Grant Stewart.

10 great studies in the style and language of bebop

Jim Snidero / Ken Peplowski (soloist)

 

• Clarinet studies and methods to help you master bebop


• Play-along online audio file performed by soloist Ken Peplowski


• For intermediate to advanced-level clarinettists

 

The Essence of Bebop is the new series by critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Jim Snidero. The Essence of Bebop reveals the heart and soul of this groundbreaking jazz style and is the first real “manual” for mastering bebop.

The 10 studies are inspired by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Hank Mobley, John Coltrane and many more, offering a unique basis for study and analysis.

The soloist Ken Peplowski has performed as a renowned jazz clarinettist and saxophonist in New York for many years.

10 great studies in the style and language of bebop

Jim Snidero

 

• Saxophone studies and methods to help you master bebop


• Play-along online audio file performed by Jim Snidero


• For intermediate to advanced-level saxophonists

 

The Essence of Bebop is the new series by critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Jim Snidero. The Essence of Bebop reveals the heart and soul of this groundbreaking jazz style and is the first real “manual” for mastering bebop.

The 10 enjoyable-to-play studies are inspired by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie and many other important musicians, offering a unique basis for study and analysis.

10 great studies in the style and language of bebop

Jim Snidero / Anders Bostrom (soloist)

 

• Flute studies and methods to help you master bebop


• Play-along online audio file performed by soloist Anders Bostrom


• For intermediate to advanced-level flautists

 

The Essence of Bebop is the new series by critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Jim Snidero. The Essence of Bebop reveals the heart and soul of this groundbreaking jazz style and is the first real “manual” for mastering bebop.

The 10 enjoyable-to-play studies are inspired by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and many more, offering a unique basis for study and analysis. Historical insights as well as recommended listening and reading make this edition an indispensable part of jazz education.

The soloist Anders Bostrom is known, among other things, as a versatile flutist in numerous Broadway productions.

We commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the passing of Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971). Schott is proud to have published several of Stravinsky’s best-known works including The Firebird, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements and the Violin Concerto.

He remains, of course, one of the greatest artists of any era and it is hard to write anything
about him which has not been said before. One thing which is fascinating is how many contemporary composers, irrespective of their own personal style, feel a strong connection with Stravinsky and his works. Perhaps this is because his compositional voice is so powerful and unmistakable that it transcends any single style he wrote within. In a musical world where questions of aesthetic are often treated with great importance, Stravinsky provides a reminder that we should look beyond this.

• "Listen to Stravinsky": Schott Journal special issue on occasion of the 50th anniversary


• Igor Stravinsky composer profile

American composer Alvin Singleton is turning 80 on 28 December. He has worked extensively with major orchestras worldwide and has written significant works for chamber and vocal ensembles, as well for the theater, and his set of Argoru pieces have been performed across the world.

His many awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, commissions from The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation and American Composers, the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis by the City of Darmstadt, the Musikprotokoll Kompositionspreis by the Austrian Radio, the Mayor’s Fellowship in the Arts Award by the City of Atlanta, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2014, Singleton was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

We wish him a very happy birthday!

• Alvin Singleton - composer profile

 

We remember Frank Zappa, one of the most iconic artist of the 20th century who would have been 80 on 21 December 2020. A biopic has been released recently which is available from many streaming services. But Zappa is perhaps best described in his own words, from The Real Frank Zappa Book where he elucidates his creative process:

‘In my compositions, I employ a system of weights, balances, measured tensions and releases. The similarities are best illustrated by comparison to a Calder mobile: a multicolored whatchamacallit, dangling in space, that has big blobs of metal connected to pieces of wire, balanced ingeniously against little metal dingleberries on the other end.’

At the age of only 53, Zappa died as a consequence of a cancer desease. The performance materials of his ensemble and orchestrals works are available from Schott New York.

• Frank Zappa: composer profile