Pérez Garrido completes his residency as a composer at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls
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The Heroic Overture, Op.26a by Javier Pérez Garrido is one of the selected works of this important event. This workshop-contest will host important teachers such as the conductors Víctor Enguídanos Royo (Tercio de Levante), Francisco Javier Gutierrez Juan (Municipal of Seville), Héctor Jesús Hurtado Salazar (SAM Santa Cecilia) and the composer Javier Pérez Garrido (CSMN). The selected students, from different countries, will receive some lessons, including an analitic approach to the Heroic Overture by professor Pérez Garrido and will conduct during the concert for opting to the competition prizes. The final concert will be at Centro Cultural Ramón Alonso Luzzy in Cartagena, Spain (july 8th, 19.00 p.m)
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Recently, two concerts have included "spanish pasodobles" for band composed by Javier Pérez Garrido. The first one, at William Abbott Concert Hall (University of Wisconsin-River Falls -Javier is the composer in residence at this University during this year-) scheduled the first American performance of Víctor Barrio, with the Symphony Band and director Dr. Kristin Tjornehoj.
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The chamber music students at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Navarra (Spain) are finishing their rehearsals before next week's concert. The event will host a wide range of works and genres, including the first performance of the romance for oboe and string quintet composed by Javier Pérez Garrido in 2019.
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Javier Pérez Garrido received a commission for composing a band work for celebrating the X Anniversary of the City of Music, in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. This composition, titled Dawn of a New Horizon, Op.62, will be performed for the very first time by renowned conductor Jose Vicent Egea and the Banda del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra next monday, 16th, at 19.30 p.m. (Auditorio Fernando Remacha, Pamplona). "Dawn of a New Horizon" is a descriptive fantasy for band that establishes a parallelism between the dawn of day and the awakening of human conscience. At the same time, it shows the new horizon that we are starting to live after the ending of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Javier will stay as a composer in residence at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he also have two premieres with the Symphony Band under the direction of Dr. Kristin Tjornehoj. The concert, at William Abott Concert Hall (December, 9th) will have the first world performance of a new version of Concertino de los Filabres, for 2 solo trumpets and band, as well as the American premiere of his sinfonietta nº1, Op.63 Last Day of the Dinosaurs, a piece commissioned by Banda Sinfónica del C.I.M. "La Armónica de Buñol" for being premiered during the WASBE Conference, 2019.
Javier Pérez Garrido, through its website www.perezgarrido.com and his official facebook page www.facebook.com/compositorperezgarrido, announces the Third Edition of the International Competition for Soloists and Chamber Groups "Ro, 2016". For taking part on it, musicians only have to make and send a recording of the piece "Heart-shaped romance". This year we will have cash prizes and much more. Those interested in taking part should send an e.mail to contacto@perezgarrido.com stating:
Unfortunately, we live in a world where there are too many conflicts and wars. There is no doubt that we must contribute for creating a hopeful world where people could develop their lives in a peaceful environment.
After an intense work, Javier Pérez Garrido composed Song for Peace with the aim of showing the peace benefits, encouraging all people for getting them. Now, he has decided to donate the conductor's score and complete parts to all bands who want to play this composition.
This concert band work was premiered by the Koninklijke Harmonie van Thorn under the direction of Norbert Nozy and performed by other Dutch bands in various events such as the Tribute to the Fallen of Second World War in Valkenburg, The Netherlands.
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The internationally renowned competition based in Los Ángeles, the Akademia Music Awards, has just announced the musicians that will be officially awarded during the next Gala Event in California, 2019. Among them, Spanish composer Javier Pérez Garrido has won at the “Best Song: Instrumental/Ambiental” category for composing the symphonic fantasy based on the legendary and wild west Far West Fantasy.
One of the most prestigious composition competition of symphonic music for bands, the International Composition Contest 'Vila de Muro', has just declared winner the band work “Halloween Suite, Op.57” by composer and conductor Javier Pérez Garrido. Preceded by renowned artist based in New York Johan de Meij -winner of the 6th edition with “Fifty Shades of E”- Javier has already achieved to be one of the important personalities awarded by this competition.
19.00 p.m.
Cartagena, Spain
1.00 p.m.
Pozo Estrecho, Spain
11.00 a.m.
Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
15-18th December
Chicago, Illinois, United States
19.30 p.m.
River Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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