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James Curnow

James Curnow composer / arranger

date of birth: 17.04.1943

James Curnow was born in Port Huron, Michigan and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan. He lives in Nicholasville, Kentucky where he is president, composer, and educational consultant for Curnow Music Press, Inc. of Lexington, Kentucky, publishers of significant music for concert band and brass band. He
also serves as Composer-in-residence on the faculty of Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and is editor of all music publications for The Salvation Army in Atlanta, Georgia.
His formal training was received at Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) and at Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan), where he was a euphonium student of Leonard Falcone, and a
conducting student of Dr. Harry Begian. His studies in composition and arranging were with F. Maxwell Wood, James Gibb, Jere Hutchinson, and Irwin Fischer.
James Curnow has taught in all areas of instrumental music, both in the public schools
(five years), and on the college and university level (twenty-six years). He is a member of
several professional organizations, including the American Bandmasters Association,
College Band Directors National Association, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In 1980 he received the National Band Association's Citation of Excellence. In 1985, while a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Mr. Curnow was honored as an outstanding faculty member. Among his most recent honors are inclusion in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, and Composer of the Year (1997) by the Kentucky Music Teachers Association and the National Music Teachers Association. He has received annual ASCAP standard awards since 1979.
As a conductor, composer and clinician, Curnow has traveled throughout the United
States, Canada, Australia, Japan and Europe where his music has received wide acclaim.
He has won several awards for band compositions including the ASBDA/Volkwein
Composition Award in 1977 (Symphonic Triptych) and 1979 (Collage for Band), the
ABA/Ostwald Award in 1980 (Mutanza) and 1984 (Symphonic Variants for Euphonium
and Band), the 1985 Sixth International Competition of Original Compositions for Band (Australian Variants Suite), and the 1994 Coup de Vents Composition Competition of Le Havre, France (Lochinvar).

Curnow has been commissioned to write over two hundred works for concert band, brass band, orchestra, choir and various vocal and instrumental ensembles. His published works now number well over four hundred. His most recent commissions include the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Orchestra), the United States Army Band (Pershing's Own, Washington, D.C.-Lochinvar, Symphonic Poem for Winds and Percussion), Roger Behrend and the DEG Music Products, Inc. and Willson Band Instrument Companies (Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra), the Olympic Fanfare and Theme for the Olympic Flag (Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, 1996) and the Kentucky Music Teachers Association/National Music Teachers
Association in 1997 (On Poems of John Keats for String Quartet).

James Hosay is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, but has spent most of his life in his adopted state of Virginia. While growing up in Norfolk, he studied trumpet and music theory in public school and with private instructors. At age 13 he began writing arrangements for his school band, and wrote his first original composition two years later.

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Olympic Fanfare and Theme (Easier Version) - John Williams / Arr. James Curnow

Olympic Fanfare and Theme (Easier Version) John Williams / Arr. James Curnow

Titel / Title: Olympic Fanfare and Theme Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Young Concert Band Sprache / Language: Format: 12 X 9 INCH Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1996 Untertitel / Subtitel: Personality: Genre: ISMN: ISBN: EAN: UPC: 73999492408
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Canticum - James Curnow

Canticum James Curnow

Titel / Title: Canticum (flexband) Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 5-Part Flexible Band and Opt. Strings Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: FlexBand Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Sprache / Language: English Format: 9 X 12 INCH Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2011 UPC: 884088587994 Flex-Band Series Grade 2-3|Perfec ...
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Rhapsodie for Euphonium - James Curnow
Rosehill 14312 JMLA Gold Euphonium und KlavierWritten in four sections of slow-fast-slow-fast, the Curnow Rhapsody remains a core component of the repertoire at the Grade III level. It features an excellent balance of melodic playing and technical passages. An opening cadenza leads to a melodic statement characteristic of Curnow's tonal writing. The lines are easy to s ...
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Difficulty: 3+
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Waltz No. 2 (from Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra) - Dmitri Shostakovitch / Schostakowitsch / Arr. James Curnow

Waltz No. 2 (from Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra) Dmitri Shostakovitch / Schostakowitsch / Arr. James Curnow

Titel / Title: Waltz No. 2 - from Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra Herausgeber / Publisher: G. Schirmer Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra Sprache / Language: English ISBN: 9781423493600 UPC: 884088503918Originally scored for symphony orchestra, this suite is notable for the addition of saxop ...
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Duration: 3:45 min
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Fanfare and Flourishes (for a Festive Occasion) - James Curnow
Titel / Title: FanFare and Flourishes - For a Festive Occasion Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 5-Part Flexible Band and Opt. Strings Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: FlexBand Sprache / Language: English Format: 9 X 12 INCH UPC: 884088888466 Flex Band Series||Displaying an aura of power and brilliance, this exhilarating wor ...
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Korean Folk Rhapsody - Traditional / Arr. James Curnow

Korean Folk Rhapsody Traditional / Arr. James Curnow

Titel / Title: Korean Folk Rhapsody Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Set + Online-Audio Serie / Series: MusicWorks Grade 2 Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1989 ISBN: 9781423442158 UPC: 73999099904What a marvelous work for younger bands! Based on the famous pentatonic Korean folk song, it features easy, color ...
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Duration: 2:40 min
Difficulty: 2
Composer: Traditional
Arranger: James Curnow
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Olympic Fanfare and Theme - John Williams / Arr. James Curnow

Olympic Fanfare and Theme John Williams / Arr. James Curnow

Titel / Title: Olympic Fanfare and Theme Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Hal Leonard Concert Band Series Sprache / Language: English UPC: 73999016529When the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Committee commissioned John Williams to compose their theme, it was a stroke of genius, as it becam ...
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Duration: 4:12 min
Difficulty: 4
Composer: John Williams
Arranger: James Curnow
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Jupiter - the Bringer of Jollity (from The Planets) - Gustav Holst / Arr. James Curnow

Jupiter - the Bringer of Jollity (from The Planets) Gustav Holst / Arr. James Curnow

Titel / Title: Jupiter - From The Planets Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Symphonic-Concert Band Series Sprache / Language: English UPC: 73999232431From Holst's monumental work, 'The Planets' comes this arrangement of one of the most popular movements. James Curnow has preserved th ...
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Duration: 7:59 min
Difficulty: 3
Composer: Gustav Holst
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Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew - James Curnow
Titel / Title: Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: HL Composers Series UPC: 73999503203This impressive work for mature band is based on an inspiring poem written by an American pilot in World War II. The dazzling brass sonorities and sweeping woodwind line ...
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Composer: James Curnow
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Peter and the Wolf with opt. narrator - Sergei Prokofieff / Arr. James Curnow

Peter and the Wolf with opt. narrator Sergei Prokofieff / Arr. James Curnow

Titel / Title: Peter And The Wolf - Standard US Set (without European suppl. parts) Herausgeber / Publisher: G. Schirmer Instrumentation: Concert Band and Opt Narrator Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Format: 305 X 229 ISBN: 9781423413868 UPC: 884088086824In this unique adaptation of Pro ...
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Duration: 15:30 min
Difficulty: 3
Composer: Sergei Prokofieff
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Bach Variants - James Curnow

Bach Variants James Curnow

Titel / Title: Bach Variants Herausgeber / Publisher: Curnow Music Press Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Passport Series Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 20 ISMN: 97935040539
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The Olympic Spirit - John Williams / Arr. James Curnow

The Olympic Spirit John Williams / Arr. James Curnow

Titel / Title: The Olympic Spirit Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Hal Leonard Concert Band Series Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen UPC: 73999016543In 1988, the NBC Sports Division asked John Williams to create a new work for their coverage of the Summer Games in Seoul. James Curn ...
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Duration: 4:51 min
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Composer: John Williams
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Mid-West Golden Jubilee Overture - James Curnow
Titel / Title: Mid-West Golden Jubilee Overture Herausgeber / Publisher: Curnow Music Press Instrumentation: Fanfare Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Concert Band Sprache / Language: Format: Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1996 Untertitel / Subtitel: Personality: Genre: Konzertwerk ISMN: 9790035087725 ISBN: EAN: UPC:
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Concertino for Solo Percussionist and Symphonic Band - James Curnow
Titel / Title: Concertino - for percussion and band Herausgeber / Publisher: Curnow Music Press Instrumentation: Percussion and Concert Band/Harmonie Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Signature Series Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1996 ISMN: 97935037850
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Difficulty: 5
Composer: James Curnow
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Duet from "Lakme" for Flute and Oboe (or Bb Clarinet) and Band - Leo Delibes / Arr. James Curnow
Titel / Title: Duet from Lakmé Herausgeber / Publisher: Curnow Music Press Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe and Concert Band/Harmonie Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Sinfonia Series Genre: Solo-Konzert Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1995 ISMN: 97935036051 0 0
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Duration: 3:3 min
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Composer: Leo Delibes
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Selections from Fantasia - James Curnow
Titel / Title: Selections from Fantasia Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur Serie / Series: Symphonic-Concert Band Series Produkttyp / Product: Partitur UPC: 884088531119 Partitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Concert Band Serie/Series: Symphonic-Concert Band Series Erscheinungsjahr: Alternative Arti ...
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