Forsyth, Malcolm / Original Composition | Sonic Mobile for Trombone Choir

Forsyth, Malcolm – Sonic Mobile for Trombone Choir
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Sonic Mobile by Malcolm Forsyth is a 7 minute work written in 2003 for Trombone Choir in 4 parts with some divisi, so ideally one would wish to have at least 8 performers on the parts. There are no extreme ranges, so this work is suitable for intermediate level performers. There is some tenor clef. The work is slow & in beautiful lush chorale style.

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Canadian “Composer of the Year” in 1989, winner of the first JUNO for “Best Classical Composition” in 1987 for his Suite Atayoskewin, Forsyth was born and educated in South Africa before settling in Canada in 1968 where he became a faculty member of the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He studied at the University of Cape Town. Majoring initially in trombone, later, in his Masters’ and Doctoral degrees, in conducting and composition. His teachers included Erik Chisholm, Stanley Glasser, Stefans Grové and Georg Tintner. After spending eight years in the trombone section of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, where he experienced the conducting of the likes of Constantin Silvestri, Edgar Cosma and Igor Stravinsky, and after obtaining the Masters’ degree in musicology, he decided to emigrate. A year in Toronto saw him, among other things, working as a teacher in the school system and leading a CBC studio trombone ensemble. Later he obtained the Doctoral degree and also studied conducting in England under George Hurst. At the University of Alberta he taught theory, composition, conducting and (for the first fourteen years) trombone and held the position of Composer- in-Residence and conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra. He was also a member of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra for eleven years—three as bass trombone and eight as principal. It is his work as a composer which has brought his name to international attention, however. Having been commissioned by the likes of Maureen Forrester, the Canadian Brass, Judith Forst, Helmut Brauss, the Bläserensemble Mainz and the Symphony Orchestras of Montreal, Edmonton, Cape Town and the Natal Philharmonic has enabled his music to be heard on six continents while his catalogue has expanded to over one- hundred-and-forty titles, including three symphonies, twelve other orchestral works, thirteen for soloist/s and orchestra, four for band, forty- seven for chamber groups of various types, ten vocal works and three for solo piano. His discography continues to expand apace with releases of the Piano Concerto, Trumpet Concerto, Sketches from Natal, ukuZalwa, Je répondrais…. and The Kora Dances. For a number of years his catalogue was handled by the Italian publishing giant, G.Ricordi and now resides with Counterpoint Music Library Services of Canada. In September 1992 the world première of his saxophone concerto, Tre Vie, took place in Pesaro, Italy, with Edmonton saxophone virtuoso William Street. The outstanding success of his cello concerto, Electra Rising, written for his daughter , cellist Amanda Forsyth, has resulted in many repeat performances in Canada and the USA. These two works, in conjunction with Valley of a Thousand Hills. A suite for chamber orchestra, are recorded on the CBC disc, “Electra Rising: Music of Malcolm Forsyth”. Three of his works for mixed voices are recorded on the Arktos label release, “First Snow”, while all of his smaller works for cello have been released on the Marquis CD “Soaring with Agamemnon”. In 1999 there were two more releases: Sun Songs, with Judith Forst and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, and Northern Journey, with the Elektra Women’s Choir. In 2004 his new Double Concerto for viola cello and orchestra was premiered by soloists Rivka Golani and Tanya Prochazka. Since then he has written Preludio e Fuga sul nome di Glenn Gould, a CBC commission, and Lyric Essay for oboe, bassoon and piano, commissioned by The Barlow Endowment for the International Double Reed Society. Most recently he completed Trickster Coyote— Lightning Elk, for violin and orchestra, a commission from the young Mohawk-Canadian violinist, Tara-Louise Montour, which will be premiered in 2009. Remarkable amongst Forsyth’s achievements are his three JUNO awards (1987, 1994, 1998) and three more nominations, all for “Best Classical Composition”. In 2003 he was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal and was inducted into the Order of Canada.

Mr. Forsyth passed away in 2011 and is sorely missed by all who knew him and his great musical talents.

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