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(Level IV) “Trial Run” was named the winner of the 2010 Jazz Education
Network Student Composition Showcase and the 2011 United States Air Force Sammy
Nestico Award.
This fast swing
chart uses extensive non-functional harmony, drawing on the harmonic techniques
of early 20
th-century classical music.It also utilizes various mixed section groupings set against
each other, emphasizing blend and tuning between the various sections of the
ensemble.
The funk/blues-based
guitar solo affords the soloist a rare opportunity to use distortion, while the
tenor solo presents a challenge to a soloist of any ability level.
8 Brass
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Known for his evocative and stylistically-diverse works, Scott Ninmer has established himself as an in-demand composer and arranger in a wide variety of idioms. Ninmer is a graduate of the University of Illinois in jazz performance and the Manhattan School of Music in jazz composition. In 2014, Ninmer joined "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, where he currently serves as staff arranger. His music has been performed around the world and has been recorded by the Metropole Orkest, the University of Illinois Concert Jazz Band, and the Cal State Long Beach Concert Jazz Orchestra. His music is published through Kendor Music, UNC Jazz Press, McGinty Music, as well as on his website, www.ScottNinmer.com. Ninmer
has won many prestigious awards for his work, including the “2 Agosto”
International Composing Competition, the Detroit Jazz Festival Arranging
Competition, the Jazz Education Network Student Composition Showcase,
the Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards, the New York Youth Symphony
First Music Composition Competition, the United States Air Force Sammy Nestico Award, and the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards.
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