LYDIA BUSLER BLAIS - USA
BORN 03 SEPTEMBER
BORN 03 SEPTEMBER
Lydia Busler-Blais began her compositional education in high school at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., where she studied an independent curriculum in horn performance, theory, and composition.
Lydia composed Villa After the Storm for two clarinets, horn, and 'cello, Andantino Spiritoso for horn and piano, and Minuet for two violins and 'cello while in college and many electronic works while still in high school. Most of these works have been used in modern dance performances. Lydia Busler-Blais' Appalachia for horn alone (1992) has been performed in multiple New England venues and Frost Cycle for soprano, horn, and piano (1998) has been performed by different groups in Boston and around Vermont. Fanfare and Processional (2002) for solo horn has been performed for ceremonies and her latest Moon Lilies (2006) for piano and horn received its premiere in April of 2006. Lydia has also arranged many holiday and sacred works for horn and organ, wind and brass quintets that have been performed repeatedly. Her work with horn students has resulted in her arrangements of Bach Chorales for horn quartets, a staple of her horn studio. Busler-Blais' vocal works aside of the Frost Cycle include several short pieces for three and four voice choir such as For the Autumnal Equinox and several ballads for voice and mixed instrumentation such as For My Love on His Birthday for voice, horn, 'cello, and vibes, and Where is the Sun? for voice and 'cello. In 1991 Lydia Busler-Blais received a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to write Townsend Common for woodwind quintet, written for the town of Townsend, Mass. Soon to be released will be Goodnight Sun for clarinet, cello, and horn and several other works for the same instrumentation as a Solstice Revels set as well as works for mixed strings and percussion and an orchestral work to be completed by September of 2006.
Lydia Busler-Blais also performs new works of other composers as often as possible, including multiple repeat performances, and has been widely received as an improvisational performance hornist. When she's not playing chamber works both new and old or composing, she teaches horn and has played with such groups as the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Jose Limon Dance Company, the New York City Ballet, the New York City Opera, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Source: Lydia Busler Blais Official Website e West Leaf
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The Frost Cycle by Lydia Busler Blais
ZITA BRUZAITE - LITHUANIA
BORN 03 SEPTEMBER
BORN 03 SEPTEMBER
Zita Bružaitė is the composer most recognized by her chamber as well as choral music, even though there is a raft of compositions written for stage, children, theatre and conceptual performances not to mention some electronic music as well. The stylistical language of the artist could be best described as assorti (Fr. well - chosen) or by prefix post, since the whole musical language Zita Bružaitė uses consists of assorted folk, the Middle Ages‘ and jazz elements or their combinations that all result in the creation of contemporary, romantic or other historical periods‘ allusions.
The creator is very fond of riturneline forms and as a consequence her compositional structures are best indentified by repetitions, musical material transformations in rhythmic, pitch or mode levels, gentle elegiac moods or unusually quirky passages that suggest the concert performance priorities. In the last decade Zita Bružaitė‘s musical works have been based on the clearly defined musical locking elements, traditional notation, with only little freedom given for the performers to express themselves.
Source: Zita Bruzaite Official Website and MicLt
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Sapnai by Zita Bruzaite
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