Raum, Elizabeth / Original Composition | Romance for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Raum, Elizabeth – Romance for Alto Saxophone and Piano
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"Romance for Alto Saxophone" by Elizabeth Raum was originally commissioned by the Canadian Music Competition as a test piece.

The work is lush and with rich harmonies of about 5 1/2 minutes in length and can be performed by moderately advanced performers.

Kurt Kellan, past principal horn with the Calgary Philharmonic, had often asked Elizabeth Raum to orchestrate this piece, so when the occasion arose for a new piece for the 2001 Prairie Festival of New Music, she decided to adapt the piece for Trombone and orchestrate it. The orchestration of single flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings works with solo horn, trombone, bassoon, viola, or cello.

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This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 16 June, 2012.

Composer Info

Raum, Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Raum's works have been heard throughout North America, Europe, South America, China, Japan, and Russia, and have been broadcast extensively on the CBC. She has also written for film and video and has won awards for the scores to the documentaries, Saskatchewan River; Like Mother, Like Daughter; and the feature length film, Sparkle. She produced Canada's first classical video with originally written music entitled, Evolution: A Theme With Variations, which was premiered at a gala event at the CBC in 1986. An extremely prolific composer, her works include 3 operas, over 70 chamber pieces including interactive soundscapes with live performer, 17 vocal works, choral works including an oratorio, several ballets, concerti and major orchestral works. She enjoys a reputation of being one of Canada's most "accessible" composers, writing for varied mediums and in remarkably diverse styles.

Raum has been commissioned by such prestigious organizations as the Winnipeg Ballet, the Calgary Philharmonic, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Nexus Percussion Ensemble, the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet.

Raum has a number of commercial CDs listed, including "how bodies leave ecstatic marks, a CD on which her "Dark Thoughts" was the winning entry for Best Classical Composition for the 2008 Western Music Award.

Ms. Raum is included in the New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove’s Dictionary of Opera, and the New Grove's Dictionary of Women Composers as well as numerous other publications.

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