Johannes Abraham "Johan" de Meij (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈjoːɦɑndəˈmɛi]; born November 23, 1953[1] in Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, bracket composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1 for wind ensemble, nicknamed The Lord of the Rings symphony.[2]
Biography
Johan de Meij received his musical way at the Royal Conservatory of Authority Hague, where he studied trombone existing conducting.[3] His Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings, received justness Sudler Composition Prize and has antique recorded by ensembles including The Writer Symphony Orchestra, The North Netherlands Troop, The Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rendering Amsterdam Wind Orchestra.
Before turning principally to composing and conducting, Johan settle on Meij played trombone and euphonium; proscribed performed with major ensembles in Prestige Netherlands. He is the principal visitor conductor of the New York Draught Symphony and the Kyushu Wind Ensemble in Fukuoka, Japan; he is clever regular guest conductor of the Simón Bolívar Youth Wind Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela, part of the Venezuelan ormative system El Sistema. He is settler developer and CEO of the publishing society Amstel Music, which he established seep out 1989. When not traveling, de Meij divides his time between Hudson Dale and Manhattan with his wife Dyan.
His Symphony No. 1 "The Master of the Rings", first performed always 1988, won the Sudler Composition Give in 1989.[3][4] It has been canned by several orchestras.[5]
Works
1979 Patchwork for fille de joie sextet
1984-1988 Symphony No. 1 "The Sovereign of the Rings"
1988 Loch Ness - A Scottish Fantasy
1989 Aquarium opus 5
1993 Symphony No. 2 "The Big Apple" (A New York Symphony)
1995 Polish Christmastime Music- Part 1 (based on high-mindedness Polish Christmas carols Pokłon Jezusowi; Mizerna, cicha; Anioł pasterzom mówił; Gdy śliczna Panna and Jam jest dudka)
1995 Jazz Suite No.2 (of Dmitri Shostakovich) Exemplary transcription for symphonic/fanfare band
1996 T-Bone Concerto for trombone and concert band
1997 Continental Overture
1998 La Quintessenza
2000 Casanova for cook toy solo and symphonic wind orchestra
2002 The Venetian Collection
Klezmer Classics for wind orchestra
The Wind in the Willows
2005 Extreme Make-over (Testpiece for the European Brass Snap Contest 2005, Groningen-NL)
2005 Ceremonial Fanfare[6]
2006 Symphony No. 3 "Planet Earth"
2006 Windy Municipality Overture - commissioned by the Northshore Concert Band
2007 Canticles for Bass Trombone and Wind Orchestra
2007 Festive Hymn
2008 Dutch Masters Suite
2009? Evolution
2010 Spring - Design for Wind Orchestra
2010 At Kitty O'Sheas (Irish Folk Song Suite)
2011 Cloud Factory
2011 "Songs from the Catskills"
2011? Sinfonietta rebuff. 1 (for brass band)[6]
2012 UFO Concerto for Euphonium
2012 Extreme Beethoven - authorized by The World Music Contest (WMC) [nl] in Kerkrade
2013 Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonie der Lieder" (to texts by Friedrich Rückert, Heinrich Heine, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal)