Saxophone & Piano
SKU:
ST.C422
Composed by
Laurie Holloway. Wind &
brass music. Clifton
Edition #C422. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C422).
ISBN
9790570814220.
A delightful single
movement work lasting
about 4 minutes.
Dedicated to the
clarinettist Erich
Fackert.
[bg_colla
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]Laurie Holloway has
enjoyed an extraordinary
successful life as a
composer, musician and
musical director. His
music has always been
strongly jazz orientated,
and he has played with
many of the legendary
greats including Gerry
Mulligan, Clark Terry and
trombonist Bob
Brookmeyer. He composed
the television themes
for: Russell Harty, Pam
Ayres, Freddie Starr,
Russ Abbott, Punchlines,
Game for a Laugh, Blind
Date, Child’s Play and
Beadle’s About Music
Match.
Laurie has
appeared on television
regularly including This
is your Life (as a
surprise guest for
Parkinson, Wogan,
Tarbuck, Ernie Wise, Rolf
Harris, and Benny Green
as well as being a proud
owner of the Big Red Book
himself). He has been
musical director for
Engelbert Humperdinck,
Judy Garland, Dame Edna
Everage, Stéphane
Grappelli, The Wogan
Show, Marion Montgomery,
Gilbert O’Sullivan,
Dame Cleo Laine, Elaine
Stritch, Sacha Distel,
Frankie Howerd, Sammy
Cahn, George Hamilton IV,
Barry Took, Sir David
Frost, Mel Torme, Nana
Mouskouri, Clive James,
Val Doonican, Kiri Te
Kanawa, Ronnie Corbett,
Ronnie Barker, Sir Les
Patterson, Elaine Paige,
Michael Parkinson, Jack
Allen, Bob Monkhouse,
Judy Garland, Liza
Minnelli and Jack
Jones.
He has been
a featured soloist with,
and guest conductor of,
the LSO and the BBC
Concert Orchestra, played
on the Last Night of the
Proms in Hyde Park, often
conducted the BBC radio
orchestra, performed on
BBC radio 2’s At the
Piano, and is currently
arranging and conducting
for various artists such
as Elaine Paige, Dame
Kiri Te Kanawa, and
Gilbert O’Sullivan. He
was the musical director
of the hit BBC television
series Strictly Come
Dancing for many
years.
His
teaching work includes
workshops and
masterclasses at Canberra
School of Music and
Melbourne’s Victoria
Arts Centre, Australia,
the Birmingham
Conservatoire, and
Wavendon Allmusic Plan.
He has composed and
arranged several
saxophone quartets,
clarinet quartets,
instrumental works for
flute and piano and
clarinet and piano, and
his two volumes of Pop
Preludes (piano tutors)
are published by Novello.
The Associated Board of
the Royal Schools of
Music selected his
composition Walking
Fingers as an examination
piece.
He has
presented matinee
concerts at the Barbican
where he introduced young
musical talent. He and
Marion Montgomery have
formed the Montgomery
Holloway Music Trust a
charity, which aims to
afford young musical
talent (jazz, classical
and inspirational) the
opportunity to study and
perform. The Trust also
has a yearly seminar in
which Laurie instructs in
the Art of Accompaniment.
The British Academy of
Songwriters, Composers
and Authors (BASCA)
awarded Laurie the Gold
Badge of Merit in 1993
for his services to the
music
industry.[/bg_collapse]Former Spartan Press
Cat. No.: SP870.
