Jersey Local Anthem for Brass Quintet
by Keith Terrett
Brass Quintet - Digital Sheet Music

Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.746505

Composed by Gerard Le Feuvre. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Contemporary,Patriotic,World. 8 pages. Keith Terrett #1984361. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.746505).

An arrangement of the local anthem for Jersey arranged for Brass Quintet. Inspiration behind Jersey's anthem Nine things you may not know about 'Island Home' the melody was in part inspired by the sounds of Jersey wildlife the first three notes if played two octaves lower are the lowing of a Jersey cow often in the melody there are two tied notes descending, imitating various island sea birds the musical genre was inspired from the Peter Kennedy (internationally renowned folk music collector) collection of Jèrriais folk song recordings made in Jersey in the 1950s Island Home was not written for the competition but written in 2002 in St Ouen's bay Island Home formed the backbone of Gerard's enormous symphonic work about 800 years of Jersey history entitled 'The Rock'. The work was written specifically to unify the island in thanksgiving Gerard's vision for a unified island came in part from JJ Le Marquand's remarkable poem 'La Vie' written as a song of hope during the occupation In 2008, the local antiques dealer Steven Cohu uncovered a 19th century Jersey song set to traditional English music called 'Hurrah for Jersey'. The song declares 'the English, French and Jersey men form a joyous band' - a fore-runner of Gerard's dream of unity that today includes the Portuguese and Polish communities among others further inspiration for Island Home was found in the writing of Victor Hugo. Short biography of the composer: Gerard Le Feuvre was born in Jersey 1962 and educated at Victoria College Prep, Victoria College and Hautlieu. He then won music scholarships, as a cellist and composer, to study at the Royal Academy of Music, the Banff Arts Centre, Yale and the Sibelius Academy in Finland. He has broadcast and performed as soloist across Europe and the Americas. He founded the Kings Chamber Orchestra (KCO) of London which today gives 40 concerts a year and has a worldwide following through its recordings. KCO give regular first performances of his compositions, many of which are about Jersey, and explore his lifelong interest in redemption and the human spirit. His work for cello and string orchestra, Jersey Dreams, has received over 15 performances in the UK and excited interest around the world. In 2000 he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. For more of my original music, great arrangements and all the national anthems of the world, check out my on-line stores: http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/keith_terret http://musicforalloccasions.org.uk http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=keith+terrett Need an anthem fast? They are ALL in my store! All my anthem arrangements are also available for Orchestra, Recorders, Saxophones, Wind, Brass and Flexible band. If you need an anthem urgently for an instrumentation not in my store, let me know via e-mail, and I will arrange it for you FOC if possible! keithterrett@gmail.com.