On July 9, the Sphaera Ensemble performed three of my pieces, The Attic, Reclusion and In Their Light, in a concert at the Sesi Theatre, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. I conducted these three and other pieces with the ensemble while I was there in December/January. They first performed The Attic in 2008. Reclusion and In Their Light have been added to their repertoire this year.
Here are some photos of the concert and a video of The Attic performance (taken by Laira Dalileia):
Recently I signed up to SoundCloud, interested to see exactly what it was all about. I really, really like it.
It describes itself as the following:
SoundCloud lets you move music fast & easy. The platform takes the daily hassle out of receiving, sending & distributing music for artists, record labels & other music professionals.
I am still only new, but have been uploading some tracks and am using it to power my music player, and soon will use its’ smallest widget to place short samples in my catalogue. It’s also easy to embed single samples in emails, pages and blog posts, like here:
The receiving and sending of music is a service I have yet to require but with a beautiful drop box which you can embed on your own site, I can see this will be an easy process, just like using every other service.
There are various plans including of course a free account, and they are limited by duration, not by file size. Hallelujah! So you don’t have to think twice about uploading your beautiful high quality recording.
What I really like is that it is set up for music professionals and there really is no attraction for others. It has great social features so there is the ability to upload a track, mark it as a work in progress, share it only between your friends and get feedback. When commenting on a track, you can select at any duration and comment there. For example, at 1:39 you may wish to say “Ryan, what’s the chord here? It’s crazy!”.
There is a nice mix of genres, everything from DJ’s to real music – classical, film and contemporary. Also an increasing amount of New Zealander’s on there which is good to see.
So many beautiful features so take a tour here or sign in and follow my music here.
The Auckland Wind Orchestra and conductor Ryan Youens are proud to present Breathe In, Breathe Out – a concert of overtures and finales – an exciting mix of all your favourites.
Bernstein – Candide Overture
Giavannini – Overture in Bb
Strauss – Gypsy Baron Overture
Rossini – William Tell Overture
Tchaikovsky – Finale from Symphony No.2
Mendelssohn – Finale from 3rd “Scottish” Symphony
Kalinnikov – Finale from Symphony No.1
Stravinsky – Berceuse and Finale from Firebird Suite
Sunday August 1st, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Holy Trinity Church
20 Church Street, Devonport
North Shore, New Zealand
Tickets: adults $15, concessions $10, door sales only
The Auckland Wind Orchestra aims to be New Zealand’s finest community wind ensemble. We regularly stage concerts in the Auckland region, performing a broad range of musical styles to a wide audience. Our players come from all walks of life, united by the desire to have fun while making great music.
www.ryanyouens.com
www.awo.co.nz
Last year Kristin School commissioned a piece from me for their amazing award-winning choir, Euphony, to include in their 2010 repertoire. They premiered it at the Auckland Town Hall on Wednesday 16th June 2010. See the video below:
It uses the text from Bub Bridger’s poem, Wild Daisies.
The choir was once again successful in getting through to The Big Sing Finale, along with many other choirs from around New Zealand. You can see the full list of these choirs at The Big Sing website.
Wild Daisies is notated for SSA choir and if anyone is interested in buying a copy please let me know.