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Superbrass Saturday: Aviator (Keiron Anderson)

Bring a touch of take off and landing excitement to your concert programmes with this aviation corker from the pen of Keiron Anderson.

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  Aviator gives flight to any concert programme

'Aviator' is a bright, lively band piece, which attempts to show the fast moving and complex world of the stunt pilot who mixes simplicity and style with mad aerobatic prowess.

Take off and landing

The short 4-minute work shows the take-off and landing, but in the middle, a multiple time signature section mixes cut common and triple time signatures to take the Band on a white-knuckle ride before returning to the main theme for a safe landing.

Composer

Keiron Anderson studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Philip Jones OBE at a time when the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble was established as a real force in brass chamber music.

He was fascinated by the methods used by Philip Jones to achieve the unique and sophisticated blend of the instruments and players and how to apply the techniques to other same-family instrumental groups.

Find out more

To find out more, listen and purchase:

https://www.superbrass.co.uk/product/aviator

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