Steven Mead
English euphonist (born 1962)
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::summary English euphonist (born 1962) ::
::data[format=table title="infobox musical artist"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Bournemouth, England |
| image | Nuotauka.jpg |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| instrument | Euphonium |
| occupation | Soloist, virtuoso, teacher |
| genre | Classical |
| associated_acts | Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Trondheim Symphony Orchestra | |
| Helsinki Philharmonic | |
| Capella Cracoviensis | |
| Minneapolis Pops Orchestra | |
| Japan Chamber Orchestra | |
| spouse | |
| :: |
| birth_date = | birth_place = Bournemouth, England | image = Nuotauka.jpg | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | instrument = Euphonium | occupation = Soloist, virtuoso, teacher | genre = Classical | associated_acts = Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Capella Cracoviensis Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Japan Chamber Orchestra | spouse =
Steven Mead (born 26 February 1962) is an English virtuoso euphonium soloist and teacher.
Biography
Mead has played an important role in achieving worldwide recognition of the instrument. He has played solo concertos with many symphony orchestras, including: the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Helsinki Philharmonic, Capella Cracoviensis, the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra and the Japan Chamber Orchestra. He has premiered works by Martin Ellerby, Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen, Vladimir Cosma, Goff Richards, John Reeman, Rolf Rudin and Philip Sparke, amongst others. Goff Richards' Pilatus, Aagaard-Nilsen's Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra, Reeman's Sonata for Euphonium and Ellerby's Euphonium Concerto were all written expressly for Mead.
He is married to Misa Mead ( Akahoshi) who is also a renowned euphonium soloist, additionally active as a freelance composer and orchestrator.
Selected recordings
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- Joseph Horovitz: Four Concertos :Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Soloists: Andrew Haveron (violin), Steven Mead (euphonium), David Owen Norris (piano); Conductor Joseph Horovitz; Label: Dutton Epoch.
- Concertino :Ensemble: The Lillestrøm Musikkorps; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor Gert Buitenhuis; Label: Polyphonic.
- Euphonium Virtuoso :Ensemble: Brass Band Buizingen; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: Luc Vertommen; Label: Bocchino.
- Dreamscapes: Wind Music by Ellerby, Clarke & Josephs :Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: James Gourlay; Label: Polyphonic.
- Audacious :Soloist: Steven Mead; Accompanied by Tomoko Sawano, piano; Label: Bocchino.
- Fandango, released 1 June 2011; Accompanied by Tomoko Sawano, piano; Label: Bocchino.
References
- Rachel Dunlap, Mead to perform world-class talents on obscure brass instrument, Spectator Eau Claire, January 25, 2001. Accessed 10 September 2008.
- Ronald Holz, Review: Euphonium Virtuoso (Bocchino CD BOCC107), The Brass Band Bridge, North American Brass Band Association, Issue 101, October 2006. pp. 21–22. Accessed 10 September 2008.
- Steven Mead biography on the Besson company web site. Accessed 10 September 2008.
References
- 0-7546-0717-8.
- Peter Spaull, [http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0300whatson/1000classicalmusic/2003/03/28/blowing-in-the-wind-my-friends-50020-12785153/ "Blowing in the wind my friends"], ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]'', March 28, 2003. Accessed 10 September 2008.
- Martin Stote, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021114706/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60545729.html "Euphonium euphoria as BBC makes ban U-turn"], ''[[Birmingham Post]]'', March 25, 1999. Accessed via subscription 10 September 2008.
- [http://www.torsteinaagaardnilsen.no/music/concerto_for_euphonium_and_orchestra.html Notes on ''Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra'']{{Dead link. (June 2018)
- 0-253-34811-0
- Roy Newsome, ''The Modern Brass Band: From the 1930s to the New Millennium'', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=O6-iHNQwga8C&pg=PA338&dq=%22Steven+Mead%22+euphonium&sig=ACfU3U0H0yiDfU1-jDURPV30MjJ6CAJelQ#PPA367,M1 367].
- Denis Wick Products. (14 February 2019). "Misa Mead".
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