Alfred R. Stevenson

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Alfred R. Stevenson. (Born September 20, 1973 in Obervellach , bourgeois Stefan Rothschopf ) is an Austrian composer and conductor . The focus of his work is on the symphonic wind orchestra, but he also gained fame through his compositions and arrangements for brass ensemble .

Career

From childhood on, Stevenson was inspired by music and received trumpet lessons from Christoph Vierbauch and later trombone lessons from Peter Vierbach. After moving to Rupert Hörmanseder at the Carinthian State Conservatory in Klagenfurt and graduating from the HTL Mössingerstraße , he joined the Carinthian Military Music as a bass trombonist in 1993. He held this position until 2010. During this time he studied wind orchestra conducting at the Carinthian State Conservatory in Klagenfurt - which he graduated with honors in 1995 - and composition with Karl Safaric, Thomas Doss and Franz Kühnel. Masterclasses led him to H. Robert Reynolds, Maurice Hamers , Jan Cober , Dennis Johnson, Felix Hauswirth , Jan van der Roost and Karolos Trikolidis.

In 1995, Stevenson was appointed conductor of the Rangersdorf Trachtenkapelle and worked as a guest conductor with amateur orchestras, including the Feldkirchen Stadtkapelle, the Knauf AMF Heradesign Ferndorf factory chapel, the Carinthian mountain rifle chapel, the Spittal an der Drau city band and the Klagenfurt city band.

In 2004 he took 3rd place in the composition competition of the Austrian Brass Band Association with his Overture to Avalon .

In 2014, his work Fragments was chosen as a compulsory piece at the 9th Austrian brass music competition.

His works have been published by Molenaar Edition, Tirol Musikverlag, Adler Musikverlag and Seeber-Film . He also gained fame through his compositions and arrangements for brass ensemble. So was z. B. his Carinthian Music Academy (CMA) fanfare performed by the Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Brass) and the European Brass Ensemble.

Works

Works for wind orchestra (selection)

  • Tamaras Song (A Tune without Words)
  • Open the Doors!
  • A Song for Beth (For Solo Soprano Saxophone and Band)
  • Silence around the Lake (Symphonic Poem on a Theme by Günther Mittergradnegger )
  • Fragments (Based on motives by Rudolf Kummerer )
  • The Power of Love
  • King of the Skies
  • Odin
  • Overture to Avalon
  • Episodes (Tales from the South of Carinthia)
  • Up to the stars (march)
  • Springer march
  • Summiteer (concert march)
  • The future ahead! (Concert march)

Works for brass ensemble (selection)

  • In the beer garden (polka)
  • My children (polka)
  • Moravian Friends (Polka)
  • Another day (waltz)
  • The Fleet Lotte (Polka)
  • In there big question
  • Carinthian Music Academy (CMA) fanfare

Works for quartets

  • Quartet Book No. 1 "Highlights of Popular Music"
  • Quartet No. 2 "Oktoberfest"
  • Quartet No. 3 "Up to the Stars"
  • Quartet No. 4 "Disney & more"
  • Quartet No. 5 "The Christmas Album"
  • Quartet Book No. 6 "Hollywood"

Discography (selection)

  • Golden brass music (SoundService; 2006–2007), traditional costume band Rangersdorf - Dietmar Thaler (conductor)
  • Overture to Avalon (Molenaar Edition; 2013), Conservatório de Música do Porto Wind Orchestra - Manuel Fernando Marinho Costa (conductor)
  • Odin (Molenaar Edition; 2015), Academia de Música de Costa Cabral - Luís Carvalhoso (conductor), Altena Brassband - Jan Gerrit (conductor), Banda de Música da Força Aérea - Rui Silva and António Manuel Cardoso Rosado (conductors)
  • Concerto pour Grand Orchester d'Harmonie (Molenaar Edition; 2015), Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa - José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana (conductor)
  • Au Cirque (Molenaar Edition; 2019), Banda Sinfónica da Polícia de Segurança Pública - José Manuel Ferreira Brito (conductor)
  • Strauss & Co. (Seeber Film; 1998), Bundesbahner Stadtkapelle Klagenfurt - Michael Janesch (conductor)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stevenson, Alfred R. In: MusicaInfo.net. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  2. ^ 9th Austrian brass music competition. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ About RCO Brass | KKCO. Retrieved August 22, 2019 (UK English).
  4. ^ "Carinthian Music Academy Fanfare" - European Brass Ensemble - Schagerl Brass Festival 2014. Accessed August 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Stevenson, Alfred R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothschopf, Stefan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Obervellach