Thomas Doss

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Thomas Doss (born June 6, 1966 in Linz ) is an Austrian composer and conductor .

Life

Thomas Doss's parents, both professional musicians, taught him the tenor horn and the trombone from the age of 7 . Thomas Doss wrote his first compositions at the age of 11 .

From 1980 he studied at the Bruckner Conservatory in his hometown of Linz and completed his studies in the subjects of instrument pedagogy, trombone, composition and classical conducting. He completed further studies at the Music University in Vienna , at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Maastricht Conservatory . He also interned in Los Angeles at MGM Studios and Dick Groove College .

In 1988 Thomas Doss became conductor of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra ; from 1990 to 1993 he was chief conductor of the state orchestra in Quedlinburg .

Thomas Doss has been teaching brass music direction and arranging at the Upper Austrian State Music School and the Linz Music School since 1991; since 2006 he has been the coordinator of the ensemble management program for Upper Austria. From 2001 to 2011 he was Professor of Ensemble Conducting at the  Conservatory Vienna Private University ; after that he worked until 2016 as a professor for wind orchestra conducting at the conservatory "Claudio Monteverdi" Bolzano .

Works for wind orchestra (selection)

  • Alpina saga
  • Atlantis, three dream images
  • Aurora
  • Concerto Tricolore for trumpet and wind orchestra
  • Enjoy the music
  • Fanfare for a Special Moment
  • Firework
  • Gjallarhorn for horn and wind orchestra
  • Green Hills Fantasy
  • Harmonicis Mundi , concert march
  • Il Briccone , concert march
  • Jungle
  • Lone Star Overture
  • Luceafarul
  • Montana fanfare
  • Nyx
  • Orientales
  • Overture 2001 - The Austrian
  • Overture Allemande
  • Romanian Dances
  • San Francesco Chant
  • St. Florian Choral (In memoriam Anton Bruckner)
  • Sentimental ballad
  • Sidus
  • Solaris
  • Stone Age
  • Symphony of Hope
  • Symphony in Green
  • 2008 Zeppelin Symphony
  • 2015 Terra Mystica
  • 2017 Einstein
  • 2017 The Iron Ring (commissioned by the voestalpine wind orchestra)

Publications

Discography

  • Alpina Saga (Mitropa Music; 2002), Koninklijke Militaire Kapel “Johan Willem Friso”, Jan de Haan (conductor), Tijmen Botma (conductor).
  • Prima la Musica (Mitropa Music; 2004), The Royal Norwegian Navy Band, Rundfunk-Blasorchester Leipzig , Koninklijke Militaire Kapel "Johan Willem Friso", State Police Orchestra Baden-Württemberg , Wind Project of Schärding, Thomas Doss (conductor).
  • Luceafarul. Music by Thomas Doss (Mitropa Music; 2005), Musikkorps der Bundeswehr , Walter Ratzek (conductor).
  • Zeppelin Symphony (Mitropa Music; 2008), Bundeswehr Music Corps, Walter Ratzek (conductor).
  • Romanian Dances (Mitropa Music; 2008), Symphonic Wind Orchestra of the Bruckner Conservatory Linz, Thomas Doss (conductor).
  • Images of a City. Music by Franco Cesarini, Thomas Doss & Otto M. Schwarz (Mitropa Music; 2010), Rundfunk-Blasorchester Leipzig, Thomas Doss (conductor).
  • Symphony in Green. Composer portrait (Mitropa Music; 2012).

Awards

literature

Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 216 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Doss, Thomas. The music collection of the State of Upper Austria, accessed on January 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Stefan Niederegger: "The actual music is between the lines" . In: Dolomites . November 29, 2016, p. 14 ( digitized as PDF ).
  3. ↑ On the genesis of the work
  4. ↑ Dimensions of the ensemble management. Review by Schott Musikpädagogik, accessed on March 20, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Doss, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz , Austria