Steve Martland Steve Martland was an English composer . He curated the Factory Classical label of Factory Records , featuring contemporary British composers.Life and music Martland was born in Liverpool , and studied composition at Liverpool University and in the Netherlands with Louis Andriessen . He worked almost exclusively with artists outside classical institutions—Dutch and American groups, freelance musicians and especially his own Steve Martland Band which tours his music internationally. He also worked with the King’s Singers and Evelyn Glennie for whom he wrote Street Songs . Martland was composer in residence at the ETNA Music Festival in Sicily in 2006 and 2007. His music was published by Schott Music . Usually amplified, muscular and powerfully rhythmic, his music was extensively choreographed: Dance Works commissioned and premièred by London Contemporary Dance Theatre has received many new productions around the world , and Remix was awarded the SACD Prize for Video Dance Choreography Music after being choreographed for BBC TV by Aletta Collins. His Principia was adopted as the theme music for the BBC radio programme The Music Machine . Dance Works is also used as the title music for a Dutch TV programme. He also wrote and directed A Temporary Arrangement with the Sea , a film about Louis Andriessen. In August 1998 he collaborated with the band Spiritualized on a project for the Flux Festival in Edinburgh , Scotland . Martland’s preoccupation with the function of the composer in society was reflected in his commitment to music education. He believed in the educational impact of creativity: "Creativity is everything that is against what's going on in the world right now. It's to do with tolerance and understanding other people." Martland directed many composition projects in schools both at home and abroad and he initiated and ran for many years Strike Out , his own annual composition course for school children. Martland died in Reading after suffering a heart attack in his sleep, during the night of 6 May 2013, at the age of 58.Legacy In 2015, composer Tim Benjamin founded the Steve Martland Scholarship for young composers at the Sound and Music Summer School , in honour of his former mentor.Works 1982 – Duo, trumpet and piano 1982 – Kgakala, for solo piano 1983 – Babi Yar, Large orchestra in 3 groups 1984 – lotta continua, for orchestra and jazz ensemble. 1984 – Orc for horn and small orchestra 1981 rev.1985 – American Invention, 13 players in 3 groups 1985 – Remix, ensemble 1985 – Remembering Lennon 1986 – Shoulder to Shoulder , wind ensemble 1986 – Dividing the Lines, for brass band 1986 – Big Mac I 1987 – Drill, for two pianos 1987 – Big Mac II, for 9 players 1988 – Glad Day for voice and 14 players 1989 – Birthday Hocket, two pianos 1989 – Principia, ensemble 1989 – Skywalk, for unaccompanied chorus 1990 – Crossing the Border , string ensemble 1991 – Wolfgang, arrangements of Mozart for wind octet 1991 – The Perfect Act, for voice and 8 players 1992 – Patrol, string quartet 1992 – Toccata and Fugue , BWV 565, string quartet 1992 – Full Fathom Five , brass quintet 1993 – Dance Works, two pianos 1994 – Mr Anderson's Pavane, for 10 players 1994 – Horses of Instruction for 6 players. Written for Bang on a Can . 1995 – Beat the Retreat, 11 players 1995 – Horses of Instruction, for 11 players. 1996 – Kick, for 11 players 1996 – Thistle of Scotland for 10 players 1997 – Eternal Delight, for 11 players 1997 – Street Songs, marimba and vocal ensemble 1997 – Jenny Jones, unaccompanied chorus - part of Street Songs 1997 – Summer Rounds, unaccompanied chorus 1997 – Three Carols, for unaccompanied chorus 1997 – Shepard's Song, for unaccompanied chorus 1998 – Hard Times, soloists and string ensemble 1998 – Terminal for 5 players 1998 – Fantazia 6, saxophone quartet 1998 – Fantazia 7, trombone quartet 1998 – Mr. Anderson's Pavane, two pianos 1999 – Step by Step , for wind octet 1999 – Fairest Isle, for counter-tenor and wind octet 2003 – Plaint, for string ensemble 2005 – Tiger Dancing, for string ensemble 2007 – Eternity's Sunrise, for string ensemble 2007 – Reveille, for string ensemble 2007–08 – Starry Night for marimba and string quartet 2009 – Darwin, for choir, brass quintet and organ 2009 – Short Story , for saxophone quartet 2011 – Sea Songs, for mixed choirDiscography 1989 – Babi Yar/Drill FACT 266 1990 – Orkest de Volharding . Shoulder to Shoulder 1990 – Glad Day FACT 306. 1992 – Crossing the Border FACT 366 1992 – Wolfgang FACT 406 1994 – Patrol 1995 – The Factory Masters 1998 – The King's Singers and Evelyn Glennie. The Street Songs 2001 – Horses Of Instruction 2002 – Onyx Brass – Pavanes Fantasias Variations. Mr. Steve Martland after Mr. Henry Purcell: one note fantasy... 2007 – Wallace Collection – Hammered Brass. Full Fathom Five 2009 – Britten Sinfonia 001 – Tiger Dancing 2015 – Martland Listenings of the publisher Schott Music of the publisher Schott Music
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