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Annual Updates

2010

NEWS

The composer’s catalogue of more than 130 published works includes instrumental and vocal solos, symphonic, choral, and band compositions, and chamber music. They have been performed by faculty artists at major universities as well as by players from prestigious organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and Washington DC-based military bands. His commissioned works include numerous original compositions as well as arrangements. During 2009, Buss received an ASCAPlus Award for significant performances of his music in noncommercial media. His compositions have been recorded on the Bottega Discantica (Italy), Crystal, Capstone, DUX (Poland), Equilibrium, HoneyRock, PL Productions, and C. Alan Publications labels. He is founder and editor of Brixton Publications (ASCAP) and Howard J. Buss Publications (BMI), which publish accessible contemporary American music as well as arrangements of works dating from the 16th-19th centuries.

PREMIERES

Dragon Flight for flute and piano was premiered by flutist Marianne Gedigian and pianist Colette Valentine on February 28, 2009, during the Atlanta Flute Fair hosted by Georgia Perimeter College in Clarkson. Energico! for flute ensemble was introduced August 13 by the Long Island (NY) Flute Club’s Professional Choir at the National Flute Convention in New York, NY; Chutzpah! for piccolo and piano also received a performance from John Bailey and Dan Velicer at the convention, while flutist Brian Luce and harpist Carrol McLaughlin performed Seaside Reflections.

PERFORMANCES

Night Tide for trombone and marimba was presented by Aubrey Kelly and Kevin Grady April 13, 2009, at the University of Victoria in Canada; it was performed again by Johanna Pschorr and Sebastian Wielandt on April 26, 2009, in Kundenhalle der Sparda-Bank am Hauptbahnhof in Stuttgart, Germany. Alpine Spring for flute and harp was performed by Elena Ceconni and Paola Davoti on May 9 in Cernusco sul Naviglio in Milan, Italy, and again on June 27 in the San Colombana Abate Church, Riva di Suzzara in Mantova, Italy; while Spanish Memoirs for trumpet and percussion ensemble was presented July 7 by Ryan Nielsen and the RixStix Percussion Group on the BYU-Idaho campus. Trombone Concerto for trombone and wind ensemble was heard in a September 29 performance by Carl Lenthe and the Indiana University Wind Ensemble led by Stephen Pratt, Bloomington, IN. A Day in the City for solo trombone was performed by Elizabeth Cadigan on October 9 at the University of Nevada-Reno. The World Within for clarinet and cello was presented October 25 by CUBE at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, IL.

PUBLICATIONS

The Heavens Awaken for bassoon and string quartet; Dragon Flight for flute and piano; Three Jazzicals for trumpet and tuba, for clarinet and tuba, and for soprano saxophone and tuba; Energico! for mixed flute ensemble; Prelude and Intrada for four French horns, for four flutes or ensemble, and for woodwind quartet; Canzona (Maschera), arranged for French horn quartet; all by Brixton Publications.

RECORDINGS

Flauto e arpa, includes Alpine Spring; flutist Elena Cecconi and harpist Paola Devoti; Bottega Discantica (Italy) BDI 188. Flauto solo, includes Hurricane!; flutist Cecconi; Bottega Discantica (Italy) BDI 187. B, includes Fantasie for flute and piano; Agata Igras-Sawicka and Mariusz Rutkowski; DUX (Poland) 0658.

2009

During 2008 Buss received an ASCAPlus Award for significant performances of his music in noncommercial media. His more than 130 published compositions have been performed in more than 50 countries. He is the founder and editor of Brixton Publications (ASCAP) and Buss Publications (BMI). An online catalog is available from www.brixtonpublications.com or free printed catalog of sheet music/CDs may be requested from Brixton Publications, 4311 Braemar Avenue, Lakeland, FL 33813, phone/fax (863) 646-0961, e-mail hbuss@brixtonpublications.com. 

PREMIERES

Chutzpah! for piccolo and piano was first heard January 23, 2008, in a performance by John Bailey and Robert Fountain, University of Nebraska at Omaha; subsequent performances of the work took place February 2, Bailey and Linda Mark, Florida Flute Association Convention, Altamonte Springs Hilton; February 7, Bailey and Fountain, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and February 17, Bailey and Carolyn Bridger, Florida State University in Tallahassee. Keith Koons, Jeff Moore, and Kirk Gay presented There Is A Season for clarinet and two percussion April 15, as part of the Florida Day of Percussion hosted by Timber Creek High School in Orlando, FL. Flutist Elena Cecconi and harpist Paola Devoti introduced Alpine Spring May 10, Sala del Ridotto del Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Italy; the duo performed the work again on November 9 at Chiesa di San Leonardo Church, Casalmaggiore in Cremona, Italy. Seaside Reflections for flute and harp was first performed June 15 by Brian Luce and Carrol McLaughlin, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Tucson, AZ. The Heavens Awaken for bassoon and string quartet was introduced by bassoonist Arnold Irchai January 18, 2009, at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

PERFORMANCES

Hurricane! for solo flute was performed by Elena Cecconi November 11, 2007, at the Chiesa di San Leonardo, Casalmaggiore in Cremona, Italy; October 25,  Northern Illinois University in DeKalb; December 22 in the Auditorium Santa Teleucania,  Morro d’Alba (Ancona) Italy; April 18, 2008, in the Auditorium Music University “G.P. da Palestrina,” Cagliari, Italy; and August 8 at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, MO, as part of the National Flute Association’s Annual Convention. Skylines was performed by trumpeter Eric Berlin and pianist Elvia Puccinelli January 17, 2008, University of North Texas in Denton; February 1, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and February 4, Virginia Commonwealth University, Monroe Park Campus. Loralee Slough and Jesse Lee presented Night Tide for trombone and marimba in a January 24 performance at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The Bowling Green (OH) State University Trumpet Ensemble, under the direction of Charles Saenz, performed Festive Overture March 20.  Atmospheres for trumpet and percussion was presented by Ellen Schaub and Danielle Briseno April 12, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces and April 26 in St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Las Cruces.

PUBLICATIONS

There is a Season, clarinet and 2 percussion; Chutzpah!, piccolo and piano; Alpine Spring and Seaside Reflections, both for flute and harp; Seaside Reflections, oboe and harp; Prelude and Intrada, clarinet quartet or ensemble; Canzona by Florentio Maschera, arranged for clarinet quartet or ensemble; all by Brixton Publications.

RECORDINGS

Atmospheres, Don Parker and Sheryl Linch-Parker; includes Atmospheres for trumpet and percussion; PL Productions DT002. Information about the CD is on the Brixton Publications website.

2008

 
The more than 120 published Howard Buss works include instrumental and vocal solos, symphonic, choral, and band compositions, and chamber music. They have been performed by faculty artists at major universities as well as by players from prestigious organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and the Washington, DC-based military bands. His commissioned works include numerous original compositions as well as arrangements. His works are fast becoming part of the standard repertoire in concert halls. During 2007 Howard Buss received an ASCAPlus Award for significant performances of his music in noncommercial media. His compositions have been recorded on the Crystal, Capstone, Equilibrium, HoneyRock, PL Productions, and C.Alan Publications labels. Buss is founder and editor of Brixton Publications (ASCAP) and Howard J. Buss Publications (BMI) which publish accessible contemporary American music as well as arrangements of works dating from the 16th through 19th centuries. An online catalog is at www.brixtonpublications.com/ and a free printed catalog of sheet music and CDs may be requested from Brixton Publications; 4311 Braemar Avenue; Lakeland, FL 33813-1608, phone/fax: (863) 646-0961
E-mail: hbuss@brixtonpublications.com.
Website: www.brixtonpublications.com/howard_j_buss-2.html

Premieres

Fantasie for flute and piano was first heard January 27, 2007, performed by Amy Porter and Linda Mark on the Headliner Concert of the Florida Flute Association Conference, Altamonte Springs, FL; the duo performed the work again March 21 at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Trumpeter Jay Coble and the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, directed by Mark Thielen, presented Skylines on February 13 in Lakeland, FL. Ballad, for tuba and piano, received its premiere on May 26 by Jay Hunsberger and Boyan Kolarov at the Florida West Coast Symphony Complex in Sarasota. Flutist Kim McCormick, oboist Amy Collins, and marimbist Robert McCormick performed Two Caprices June 15 at the International Double Reed Society Convention, Ithaca College, NY; the same ensemble gave a repeat performance September 9 at the University of South Florida in Tampa.Flutist Elena Cecconi gave the European premiere of the solo work Hurricane on July 15 at Chiesa del’Incoronata in Mantova, Italy; Cecconi had previously given a performance of the work on May 20, at the Riverside Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, FL. Pamela J. Titus and Laurent Boukobza played In Memoriam for horn and piano September 7 at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.

Performances

Santiago Legend for solo clarinet was performed by Erin Breen on March 4, 2007 at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, and by Jessica Schneider on November 13 at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD. Hornist Sandra Daniel presented A Day in the City on April 24 at Mercer University, Macon, GA. Fables from Aesop, in a version for violin and bassoon, was performed by Jana Vonàskovà Novàkovà and Vàclav Vonàsek on May 25 in Zàbreh, The Czech Republic, at the Obecnìm dome ve Svebohove. Ronald Rodman and David Hagedorn presented Boom Time for trombone and percussion on May 6, at Carleton College in Northfield, MN; on June 20, Alejandro Carralero Plaza and Bart Jansen performed the work in Muziek Zaal at the Conservatorium Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Prelude and Dance for solo flute, solo alto flute, and flute ensemble was performed by Flutefinity, directed by Brian Luce, on August 9 at the National Flute Association Convention, Albuquerque, NM.

Publications

Two Caprices, flute, oboe, and marimba; Prelude and Intrada, versions for trumpet quartet or ensemble, euphonium/trombone quartet ensemble, and bassoon quartet or ensemble; Fantasie, flute and piano; In Memoriam, horn and piano; Chromatic Fantasy for brass quintet (revised version); all by Brixton Publications.