Nigel McBain is a composer and conductor working in Melbourne, Australia. He is the Director of the Yarra Theatre Company. His music is ecclectic, intuitive and idiosyncratic. It concentrates heavily on lyricism and beauty of orchestration. Nigel uses neo-tonality in his instrumental works and his operatic style may been referred to as "neo-Bel Canto".
Omaha Beach, mp3 below, is from the Suite Normande, written in homage to a visit to Normandy and the site of the D-Day Landings. It is dedicated to all those who fell in the struggle for freedom.
Nigel McBain är en kompositör, dirigent och informationshantering konsult som arbetar i Melbourne, Australien. Hans musik är neotonal i klassisk mening och hans opera stil kan beskrivas som neo-Bel Canto.
Omaha Beach, mp3 nedan är från Suite Normande, skriven som en hyllning till ett besök i Normandie och platsen för dagen D landningarna. Det är tillägnad alla de som föll i kampen för frihet. |
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Nigel McBain's Musical Output
Nigel's music is tonal, indeed his operatic works have been described as a kind of neo-Bel-Canto style, where lyricism and melody have an honoured place.
Principal recent works include:
Robin Hood's Lament - Opera in five scenes in production at the Performing Arts Centre, Ashwood Secondary College - 26 - 30 October 2011
Segesta - Tempio, Agora, Teatro [ob, cl, hp, strings]
Suite Normande - Suite in Nine Movments for Chamber Orchestra: The Bells of Mont Saint Michel, The Two Lions, Joy at the Beach, A Fisherman's Hornpipe at Port en Bessin, Golden Sails, Omaha Beach, Rue de St Jean a Bayeaux, L'Eure, The Stained Glass of Chatres [2 ob, bsn, 2 hn, strings]
Constantinople: Defeats and Reversals of Byzantine Emperors - Oratorio tematico, poems by Michael B Drennan [fl, ob, cl, bn, 2 hn, 2 perc, hp, pfte, strings, treble, soprano, tenor, baritone, choir] -
Don Stefano - Opera in four acts
Gracchus - Opera in eight scenes (two acts)
Born on the day the Sydney Opera House was opened, Nigel has always been involved with music. It was during his education at Sydney Boys' High School that he was taught by Raffaele Marcellino, who inspired him to study Music at a Tertiary level. Moving to Brisbane with his family, he finished his schooling at Brisbane Boys' College, gaining the innaugural prize for Music and being named a Scholar of the College.
While in his final year of high school Nigel became involved with a group of players whom he named the Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra, finding them a new location to practise. He conducted concerts with them of works such as Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and theDon Giovanni Overture, Haydn's Oxford Symphony, Mendlessohn's Fingal's Cave Overture, the Handel's Water Music, and some of his own compositions.
Nigel gained a place to study Composition at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music under Gerard Brophy and also Nigel Sabin. He participated in the National Orchestral Composers' School in Hobart in 1994 as an invited observer.
In his final year he transferred to the University of Queensland in order to study with Phillip Bracanin. He also studied conducting techniques there.
Född den dag då Sydney Opera House invigdes, har Nigel alltid varit med musik. Det var under sin utbildning vid Sydney Boys 'High School som han undervisades av Raffaele Marcellino, som inspirerade honom att studera musik på högskolenivå. Att flytta till Brisbane med sin familj, avslutade han sin skolgång vid Brisbane Boys 'College, vinna innaugural priset för Musik och namnges en lärd av kollegiet.
Även i hans sista år på gymnasiet Nigel blev involverad med en grupp av spelare som han namngav Indooroopilly Kammarorkestern, hitta dem en ny plats att träna. Han genomförde konserter med dem i produktioner såsom Mozarts Symfoni nr 40and Don Giovanni Overture, Haydns Oxford Symphony, Mendlessohn s Fingal's Cave Overture, den Händels Water Music, och några av hans egna kompositioner.
Nigel fick en plats att studera komposition vid Queensland Conservatorium of Music under Gerard Brophy och även Nigel Sabin. Han deltog i det nationella Orchestral Composers 'School i Hobart 1994 som inbjuden observatör.
Under sitt sista år förflyttades han till University of Queensland för att studera med Phillip Bracanin. Han har också studerat dirigering tekniker där. | |
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