Richard Meyer composer / arranger

date of birth: 22.06.1957

Richard Meyer received his B.A. degree from California State University, Los Angeles and has taught middle school instrumental music for over 16 years. He currently conducts the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Meyer has had many works published for band and orchestra including "Celebration", which won the National School Orchestra Association composition contest and "Geometric Dances", which won the Texas Orchestra Directors composition contest. In 1994, he received the Outstanding Music Educator Award from the Pasadena Area Youth Music Council, and this year received the Pasadena Arts Council Gold Crown Award for Performing Arts.

Mr. Meyer has been involved with music education for over 16 years. He received his Bachelor of Arts from California State University of Los Angeles and taught instrumental music at both the middle and high school levels in the Pasadena Unified School District for 12 years. Currently, he directs the orchestras at Oak Avenue Intermediate School in Temple City, California, and is in charge of the city's elementary school string program. Mr Meyer is in his eleventh year as conductor of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra, a 90 piece honor orchestra composed of 7th, 8th and 9th grade students, which he has led in concerts in Vienna, Austria, Carnegie Hall, New York City and in Sydney, Australia.
Mr. Meyer has served as a guest conductor-clinician on many occasions throughout California, and has been a member of the Bellis Music Camp staff for 15 years. He has a variety of orchestral and band music in print. In 1989 his composition "Celebration" (written especially for the 1988 SCSBOA All Southern Honor Orchestra in California) won the National School Orchestra Association composition contest. Most recently, his "Geometric Dances" won the Texas Orchestra Directors Association composition contest.
In 1994 he was the recipient of the Outstanding Music Educator Award from the Pasadena Area Youth Music Council, and in 1997 received the Pasadena Arts Council Gold Crown Award for performing arts. He lives in Arcadia, California, with his wife and three daughters.

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Can Can Basses (s/o) Jacques Offenbach / Arr. Richard Meyer

Series: Highland String Explorer Category: String Orchestra Format: Conductor Score & Parts Instrument: String Orchestra Level: 1.5 Give your hard-working basses the recognition they deserve in this great section feature based on Offenbach's nimble and energetic dance tune. There are fun parts for everyone, but the tune (and the spotlight) belongs to the basses! How fast can th ...

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Duration: 1:30 min
Difficulty: 1+

Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Arranger: Richard Meyer

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Tales Of Vandosar (f/o) Richard Meyer

FULL ORCHESTRA Before writing the piece, Mr. Meyer asked members of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra to compose original themes of their own. Four of these themes were chosen, and then woven together by the composer. The result is a fascinating and high-spirited overture that explores a myriad of emotions. With brief solos for trombone, trumpet, and violin, this piece is ...

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Duration: (6:40) min
Difficulty: 3

Composer: Richard Meyer
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Symphony No,5 Finale (f/o) Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky) / Arr. Richard Meyer

FIRST PHILHARMONIC All of the colors and moods of the original are retained in this exciting arrangement that is sure to challenge every section of your orchestra. This is a great way to introduce all of your student musicians to a masterwork of the symphonic literature, and a perfect closer to any concert! Titel / Title: Symphony No. 5 - Finale Herausgeber / Publisher: ...

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Duration: (6:15) min
Difficulty: 2+

Composer: Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky)
Arranger: Richard Meyer

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Nocturne (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Arr. Richard Meyer

FIRST PHILHARMONIC This famous "Nocturne," which evokes the magic slumbers of Shakespeare's main characters in the forest, will provide a chance to develop a beautiful, legato playing style. Winds are featured in several spots, and the strings use legato hooked bowings throughout. A great "change of pace" piece that will showcase your orchestra's sensitivity and musicality!

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Duration: (4:10) min
Difficulty: 2

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Arranger: Richard Meyer

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The Emerald Falcon (s/o) Richard Meyer

STRING ORCHESTRA Step aside, Dark Knight and Spiderman, the Emerald Falcon has flown into town! Your high school orchestra will love the dark harmonies and driving rhythms of this exciting new overture, written in the style of a superhero movie. All sections of the orchestra are featured in this tour-de-force, as the rich melodic material is passed from instrument to instrumen ...

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Duration: (5:00) min
Difficulty: 4

Composer: Richard Meyer
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Vanishing Pointe (string orchestra) Richard Meyer

Titel / Title: Vanishing Pointe Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Streichorchester Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen 0000000 STRING ORCHESTRA This original selection will challenge every section of your high school string orchestra both musically and technically. A jazzy, rhythmically intense moo ...

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Duration: (6:30) min
Difficulty: 4

Composer: Richard Meyer
Arranger: -

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Billy Tell Overture (s/o) Gioacchino Rossini / Arr. Richard Meyer

STRING ORCHESTRA This bluegrass fiddle version of Rossini's famous overture will get your audiences' toes tappin' and your violinists' fingers flyin'. The entire violin section is featured in this fun, virtuosic-sounding rendition! Loaded with string crossings and doubled notes, this piece will give your violins a workout. Included is an alternate violin part for those violini ...

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Duration: (1:15) min
Difficulty: 2

Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Arranger: Richard Meyer

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Terra Nova (string orchestra) Richard Meyer

STRING EXPLORER You and your students will love this contemporary, hip sounding, original gem! The teaching opportunities abound as your students explore low finger patterns (B-flat and F natural), dynamic contrast, accents, syncopation, balance, and rhythmic independence. Correlates with String Explorer Book 1, Unit 14

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Duration: (2:10) min
Difficulty: 2

Composer: Richard Meyer
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Guest Soloist Richard Meyer

STRING EXPLORER Used by the composer himself each fall at his recruiting concerts, Guest Soloist is a fun, interactive piece that spotlights a volunteer from the audience playing a two-string violin (or any instrument you choose to use). Correlates with String Explorer Book 1, Unit 14

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Duration: (1:20) min
Difficulty: 1+

Composer: Richard Meyer
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"Surprise" Symphony - Second Movement (full orchestra) Franz Joseph Haydn / Arr. Richard Meyer

Full Orchestra Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob.I:94, "The Suprise": II. Andante Symphonie mit dem Paukenschlag, G-Dur, Zweiter SatzA striking new arrangement! Perfect for developing a light classical style and to study Theme and Variations form. Learning opportunities include 'terraced-style' dynamics, staccato and tenuto playing, and major/minor tonalities. Everyone pl ...

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Duration: 5:20 min
Difficulty: 2

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Arranger: Richard Meyer

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Military Symphony 2nd Move (f/o Sc/Pts) Franz Joseph Haydn / Arr. Richard Meyer

First Philharmonic One of Haydn's most famous symphonic movements, this selection will give your students a chance to develop a refined, classic style of playing. It features a delicately beautiful main theme, wild, minor-keyed outbursts, military percussion, and a solo trumpet fanfare. Arranged with the young orchestra in mind, all string parts are in first position.

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Duration: 5:00 min
Difficulty: 2

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Arranger: Richard Meyer

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Cincopations (sorchestra score/parts) Richard Meyer

StrIng Orchestra The title tells it all a highly-syncopated, Spanish-flavored selection that derives many of its musical ideas from the number five. This five-part rondo, in 54 time, in which the interval of a fifth plays a prominent role is a great way to teach musical form and theory concepts. Students will love the energy and bravura of the piece, and the fact that every sec ...

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Duration: 6:00 min
Difficulty: -

Composer: Richard Meyer
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Wonderland Variations (s/o) Richard Meyer

StrIng Orchestra You and your students will love putting together these charming variations based on Lewis Carroll's classic book. A simple and graceful theme, titled Alice, is followed by four colorful variations depicting the delightfully odd characters that inhabit Wonderland. Each variation is a stylistic workshop for your students who will learn a myriad of techniques as t ...

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Duration: 5:45 min
Difficulty: 3

Composer: Richard Meyer
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Keltic Feast; A (s/o) Richard Meyer

StrIng Orchestra This Irish tour-de-force runs the gamut of emotions. An aggressively rustic opening makes way for a joyful and catchy original jig in the style of Holst's Dargason. A flowing, legato setting of the beautiful folk tune Sheebeg and Sheemore follows, introduced by the violas. The jig returns, and is soon combined with the folk tune, creating a delightful contrapun ...

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Duration: 4:30 min
Difficulty: 3

Composer: Richard Meyer
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Brandenburg Concerto 3 Hse Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Richard Meyer

StrIng Explorer Now your younger string players can experience the contrapuntal delights of this orchestral masterpiece! The difficult string crossings and the chromatic development section have been eliminated, but all of the color and energy of the original remain in this amazingly authentic-sounding arrangement. All parts are in first position throughout. There are no extens ...

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Duration: 2:20 min
Difficulty: 2

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranger: Richard Meyer

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Once Upon A Time Signature (s/o Sc/Pts) Richard Meyer

StrIng Explorer As the title suggests, this fun grade 1½ piece features ever-changing time signatures that will intrigue and challenge the young string orchestra. There are four mood shifts in the piece, suggested by a student narrator who stands up and declares simply Once upon a time, Suddenly, Luckily, and Happily ever after. But what, exactly, is the story? That's up to you ...

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Duration: 2:00 min
Difficulty: -

Composer: Richard Meyer
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