Coloratura for Flute Quartet by Satoshi Yagisawa
Brain Ensemble Collection 94.
Instrumentation: 4 c flutes (Flute 1 doubles on piccolo)
Duration: 4:30
Score and parts
Composer’s Program Notes: Coloratura is another flute quartet work that was created following “Fioritura” commissioned by the Flute ensemble group “Filore” in 2004. Coloratura means “elaborated melody” in Italian. Please enjoy personalizing the work and applying it to yourselves as the song follows a course of events. Since Coloratura is so lyrical, it should be good for concert or contest and for sectional practice as well.
Satoshi Yagisawa was born in 1975 and graduated from the Department of Composition at Musashino Academia Musicae. After completing his master’s degree he continued research studies for two additional years. His compositions for wind orchestra are popular in Japan and many other countries. They were introduced in Teaching Music Through Performance in Band published by GIA Publications in the United States, published by De Haske Publications in Holland and Bravo Music in America, selected as a compulsory piece for the University of North Texas Conductors’ Collegium, and performed at the 12th World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Singapore and the Midwest Clinic (2008) in Chicago. In Japan, he has composed music for National Arbor Day, National Sports Festival, Japan Intra-High School Athletic Meets as well as numerous leading ensembles in Japan. Yagisawa was appointed Ceremonial Music Director for the National Sports Festival 2010 in the State of Chiba, Japan. Other professional activities include festival adjudication, guest-conducting, teaching, lecturing, writing columns for music magazines and advisory work for a music publisher. He is one of the most energetic young composers in Japan today. Currently he teaches wind, string, and percussion instruments at Tokyo Music & Media Arts, Shobi. He is also a member of “Kyo-En”, an organization that premieres outstanding original works by Japanese composers.
