Since he began writing in his teens he has composed more than 100 works over the last 10 years and has written for virtually every major idiom and instrument.
Anthony resides in Los Angeles, CA where he fulfills his commissions for new works and does orchestrations and arrangements as a freelance writer; he also serves as Composer-in-Residence for the Carson Symphony Orchestra and Staff Arranger for the Southern California Brass Consortium.
Absolutely amazing to see this! Thank you for providing this to us - I look forward to when I have more time to properly dive in and further study this score Just one minor thing, though: at the 4th bar of rehearsal 30 (5:29), the winds/strings have an F#, not an F natural
Everyone else is (rightfully) commenting on the inclusion of the euphonium. Meanwhile, I'm over here pouting over the alto clarinet. 😒 (Lovely piece, nonetheless!)
"Setting the Trap" will forever be one of my favorite pieces ever composed for a movie. Just so brilliantly written, and I love the homage to "Carol of the Bells" at various points in the piece. :)
I played this piece in high school band 7 years ago, and at first I thought it was kind of boring, but something about it kept me listening long after our contest. The "chorale" theme was the only theme I really caught onto when we actually played it, but seeing the depths of analysis you've done with this piece has helped me see a little bit as to why it was so memorable. So many motifs and interesting harmonies. I can still perfectly follow the euphonium part as I listen. We rehearsed it so much, since it was a bit above our difficulty level (top band at the school, but only 9th and 10th graders), that it's been ingrained into my head. A recording of our performance is actually on RU-vid, and I like to think we did as much justice to it as we could.
Very exciting! I had never heard this piece before. Your analysis makes it more enjoyable for sure. Would you consider doing one of these for Vaclav Nelhybel’s Symphonic Movement?
Poor trumpets having to wait the whole piece to only play at the end. That isn’t as bad as the piccolo player in Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony who sits there the entire symphony only to play on the brief Thunderstorm. These things happen I guess lol.
This brings back so many good memories of playing in a band in Highschool and College. One of my most favorite songs in my life time. Shout outs to Melvin Maxwell, and Steven Matthews. Some of the best teachers and conductors who really shaped my life.
I don’t really ever think that I’m not talented, and I don’t give much attention to someone who would say such things in a RU-vid comment. Thank you 🙏🏼
THANK YOU so much for creating this. What a concise, organized approach to understanding this work. This was invaluable to me for the past few days as an arranger.
