Philip Sparke
Philip Sparke ( born 1951 in London ) is an English composer and musician.
Sparke studied at the Royal College of Music in London composition, trumpet and piano, and graduated with honors. During his studies, his interest grew in Concert music. He played trumpet in the band of the college and, at the suggestion of Philip Cannon, who taught at the Royal College of Music, he operated with his fellow students a Brass Band. From this period his Concert Prelude ( brass band) and Gaudium (wind band = band).
His growing interest led to commissions for compositions. The first major contract was for the Centennial Brass Band Championships in New Zealand. For this he composed The Land of the Long White Cloud - " Aotearoa ".
Among his best known works for brass band include The Year of the Dragon, Harmony Music, Partita, Tryptich for Band, the Jubilee Overture, A London Overture, Cambridge Variations, the Hymn of the Highlands ( a multi-movement suite on the rough and majestic landscapes the Scottish Highlands ), as well as the solo works of song & Dance for Cornet and Masquerade Capricorno for alto horn.
With his works ( Slipstream, Skyrider and Orient Express), he won three consecutive times for the BBC in the composition contest of the EBU for new Blasorchesterwerke. In 1997, he won the in the United States of America extremely coveted and well known Sudler Prize with Dance Movements. Meanwhile, you can refer to him as the most famous composers of contemporary, English Concert music of the last 20 years.
He founded a London Self Publishing, which publishes his works.
In addition to his frequent work as a guest conductor and leader of workshops, he also performs the role as music director of the Hilingdon Brass Band.