CO-OP PRESS
Featuring the music of Sy Brandon
Accolades
for Sy Brandon's music:
- " ..well-crafted and have maintained his desired artistic content
without sacrificing the realistic aspects of orchestration.." - Robert
Hart Baker
- "..stirring..well written..highly effective with its audience.."
- Larry Newland
- "I admire Dr. Brandon's success with the lyrical qualities of the
solo instrument without sacrificing rhythmic interest.." - Tom Everett
- "..well crafted and appealing work.." - James Houlik
- "Brings to mind the craftmanship of Hindemith" - Robert Levy
- "I will also tell you that from what I've seen, Mr. Brandon's
arrangements are terrific, and his prices are astonishing. I felt each
work I looked at was a keeper." - Walt Jones
Dr. Sy Brandon (b. 1945 in New
York, NY) holds the rank of professor emeritus of music from
Millersville
University, Millersville, PA where he taught low brass, composition,
orchestration, music history, electronic music, and music industry for
twenty four years. He received his B.S. and M.S. in music education
from Ithaca College and his A. mus. D. in composition from the
University of Arizona. His composition teachers have been Warren
Benson, Elie Siegmeister, and Robert McBride.
Dr. Brandon has received numerous prizes for his compositions including
first prizes in Kappa Gamma Psi Original Composition Contest (1963),
WITF-FM Classical Composition Contest (1996), Tuba Universal
Brotherhood Association Tuba Etude Composition Contest (1996), El
Dorado Sacred Music Composition Contest (2000), Franklin and Marshall
College Wind Ensemble Composition Contest (2001), and New England
String Ensemble Competition (2003). He received honorable mentions in
the Roth NSOA Composition Contest (1969), NACWPI Composition Contest
(1973 and 1976), International Trombone Association Contest (1974 and
1985), Symposium III for New Band Music (1977), Symposium for New
Woodwind Quintet Music (1980), Bucks County Symphony Society Contest
(1983), Tuba Universal Brotherhood Association Euphonium Etudes
Composition Contest (1995), Britten-on-the Bay Composition Contest
(1996), Diana S. Barnhart American Song Composition Contest (1998), New
England String Ensemble Composition Contest (2000), Delius Composition
Competition (2000), and Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest
(2000).
Dr. Brandon has received over twenty commissions for his music from the
Boise Philharmonic, York Symphony Orchestra, the Twentieth Moravian
Music Festival, and numerous professional musicians and school music
organizations. In December 2001, his "Olympic Prelude" was selected as
the competition piece for the 11th Annual Australian Flute Festival
Flute Choir Competition. He has been a recipient of an ASCAP Special
Award annually since 1998.
During 1973-74, he was composer-in-residence at Boise State University
and is presently a member of the American Music Center, the American
Composers’ Forum, and ASCAP. His music has been recorded by the Czech
National Symphony Orchestra on the Albany Records Label, the
Philharmonia Bulgarica and the Kiev Philharmonic on the ERM Label, Emeritus Recordings, the
Contemporary Record Society, Trutone Records and by the Swiss Duo
Delimme on the Arizona University Label. His music is published by
Warner/Chappell Music, T.U.B.A. Manuscript Press, Trombone Association
Publishing, Theodore Presser Co. and Co-Op Press. He is the author of "A Composer's Guide to Understanding Music"
that contains activities for listeners, interpreters, and composers.
Dr. Brandon's music
has been performed both throughout the United States and abroad
including performances by the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force
Bands and on National Public Radio’s Performance Today. For more
information about Sy Brandon, click on the
appropriate link.
PAST POSITIONS-
- Professor of Music, Millersville University, Millersville, Pa.
- Visiting Composer-in-residence, Boise State University, Boise,
Idaho.
- Theory-composition instructor, Blue Mountain College, Pendleton,
Oregon.
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