Informationen zu "Michael Rose Miniatures String Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM860
EAN: 9790570458608
ISMN: M-57045-860-8
Beschreibung
Four fun and accessible string quartets by Michael Rose for the young string
quartet. The contrasting styles offer both musical and technical skills in
equal measure and are ideal for study or concert use. Each part is integral
to the quartet and Michael Rose has the rare knack of writing music which
entertains and excites, creating works which offer much to players and
audiences alike. Michael Rose graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in
1953 with piano and violin as principal studies. This was followed by three
years' military service in the Regimental Band of the Scots Guards. Then came
6 years as Head of Music at John Lyon School, Harrow, followed by 6 years as
a Music Adviser, firstly to Middlesex County Council, then to two London
Boroughs. During these years he won the Clements Memorial Prize for a String
Quartet, and began his conducting career with choirs and orchestras, which
led in 1966-67 to an Apprentice Conductor's position with the BBC Northern
Orchestra (now the BBC Philharmonic). From 1968, he worked for the BBC as
Assistant in Charge of their Training Orchestra in Bristol, frequently
conducting their public and recorded concerts, including two Proms in 1970.
In 1972, he returned to the world of music education, as Music Adviser in
Bedfordshire, where he was able not only to build an expert instrumental
teaching team, but to develop the orchestral, band, choral and operatic
opportunities for young musicians. It was also during this time that he was
Chairman of the National Association of Youth Orchestra, for fifteen years.
For many years he assisted George Hurst on the Conducting Course at Canford
Summer School of Music. He took early retirement in 1990 to devote time to
study, composition, conducting and examining, and for the Associated Board
has examined in Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands,
Hong Kong and Singapore. He tutors a number of aspiring conductors and
carries out special sessions in conducting for teachers and young people. He
is leader of the Olney Conducting Workshops, a series of one-day and weekend
courses which began in 2005. Much of his music for young players has been
published by the Associated Board, and has appeared in the examination
syllabuses. Other music, both choral and orchestral, has been published by
OUP, Novello and others. He has continued as Conductor of the Bedfordshire
County Youth Orchestra, with whom he has toured to France, Cyprus, Germany,
Russia, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Italy. He was awarded the OBE
in 1990, for services to music.
