Julie Giroux

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Julie Giroux at the piano (2009)

Julie Ann Giroux-West (born December 12, 1961 in Fairhaven , Massachusetts ) is an American composer and arranger . She received two Emmy awards for orchestrating the Oscar awards.

life and work

Julie Giroux learned to play the piano as a child and began composing at the age of eight; at the age of 13 she created her first work for a wind orchestra . She later studied Horn at Louisiana State University ; then she went to Los Angeles , where she took composition lessons with Bill Conti . Since 1984 Giroux has also worked as a composer and arranger for film and television music, often with Conti. Between 1985 and 1999 she worked ten times as the orchestrator of the Academy Awards; In 1991 and 1992 she was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction . In 1990 she was nominated for it. This made her the first woman and the youngest winner in this category. She has also worked as an arranger for Celine Dion , Madonna , Little Richard and Michael Jackson , among others .

During her student days, Giroux published her first work for wind orchestra, Mystery on Mena Mountain . Since 1998 she has been working more intensively on the composition of wind orchestra works. In 2010 Giroux was named a member of the American Bandmasters Association . She has also created pieces for symphony orchestras and chamber music works as well as numerous arrangements for wind orchestra.

Compositions for wind orchestra (selection)

  • 1985 Mystery on Mena Mountain
  • 1986 Prisoner of the Ring
  • 1987 Ouachita
  • 1991 The Necromancer
  • 2007 No Finer Calling
  • 2013 Rifte Wed
  • 2016 Hymn for the Innocent
  • 2016 The Hearthstone
  • 2017 In My Father's Eyes for solo violoncello, female voices and wind orchestra
  • Allegro non molto for flute and wind orchestra
  • Black Prairie
  • Chorale and Invention
  • Fort McHenry , Suite for Concert Band
  • To walk with wings

Symphonies

  • 2000 Symphony No. 1 Culloden
    1. Heilan Lochs, Bairns & Heather
    2. I Hae Grat for Tho 'I Kend
    3. We Toomed Our Stoops for the Gaudy Sodgers
  • 2006 Symphony No. 2 A Symphony of Fables
    1. The Lion and the Mouse
    2. The Pied Piper of Hamelin
    3. The Hare and the Tortoise
    4. The Ugly Duckling
    5. The Tree Billy Goats Gruff
  • 2007 Symphony No. 3 No Finer Calling
    1. Integrity March & Fanfare
    2. Far From Home
    3. No finer calling
  • 2013 Symphony No. 4 Bookmarks from Japan
    1. Fuji-san - “Mt. Fuji ”
    2. Nihonbashi - "Bridge Market"
    3. The Great Wave off Kanagawa "The Life of One Wave"
    4. Kinryu-zan Sensoji “Thunder Gate”
    5. Evening Snow at Kambara "Light is the Touch"
    6. Hakone - "Drifting"
  • 2018 Symphony No. 5 Elements
    1. Sun in C
    2. Rain in D ♭
    3. Wind in E ♭

Filmography

Recordings (selection)

  • Julie Giroux Presents Concert Band Christmas Gone Crazy (2011, Mark Masters, MCD 9417), University of Texas At El Paso Symphonic Winds, Ron Hufstader (conductor).
  • Three Fates Project (2012, Varèse Sarabande, 302 067 165 Z), The Keith Emerson Band , Münchner Rundfunkorchester , Terje Mikkelsen (conductor), Julie A. Giroux (orchestration).
  • Jingle Them Bells (2012, Piano Music Productions, K 77043), UNT Symphonic Band, Dennis Fisher (conductor).
  • Departures (2015, Piano Music Productions, K 11204), US Air Force Band, Larry H. Lang (conductor).
  • American Voices (2016, Piano Music Productions, K 11210), US Air Force Band, Larry H. Lang (conductor).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bio & Discography. Julie Giroux website, accessed August 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ 43th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners. Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction. Television Academy website, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  3. ↑ 44th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners. Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction. Television Academy website, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  4. ↑ 42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners. Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction. Television Academy website, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Julie A. Giroux. Gia Publications Inc. website, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Julie Giroux. musicapropria.com, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Read We Forget - Membership History 2012. (PDF; 619 kB) American Bandmasters Association, archived from the original on September 10, 2016 ; accessed on October 29, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Giroux wrote this piece as a tribute to their ingame -Ehemann in the video game Skyrim (see Riften Wed. site by Julie Giroux, accessed on July 8, 2017 . )
  9. ^ Culloden. Julie Giroux website, accessed August 18, 2020 .
  10. ^ A Symphony of Fables. musicapropria.com, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  11. ^ No finer calling. Julie Giroux website, accessed August 18, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Bookmarks From Japan. musicapropria.com, accessed July 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Giroux, Julie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giroux-West, Julie Ann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Fairhaven, Massachusetts