The Journeyman Sorcerer
Digital Sheet Music

Small Ensemble Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1000517

Composed by Christopher Healey. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 38 pages. Christopher Healey #5191053. Published by Christopher Healey (A0.1000517).

An exciting original composition for Wind Quintet by Australian composer, Christopher Healey. This colourful and virtuosic work for Wind Quintet is fantastic as both a standalone work or paired with the Terzer arrangement of The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) for Wind Quintet.
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This work was the recipient of 2nd Place in the 2019 Arcadia Wind Quintet Composition Competition.

Includes full score and parts.
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Christopher Healey is a composer of vibrant and exciting contemporary art music for a wide variety of instrumental combinations and performance settings. He completed his Bachelor of Music in composition at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University under the tutelage of Gerard Brophy, receiving several awards including the Alan Lane and A.G. Francis Prizes. Chris has also been awarded an Honours degree with First Class by the University of Queensland, where his outstanding academic and creative work was further recognised through the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. He will be completing a PhD in Music Composition at the University of Queensland in 2020, and was the recipient of an Australian Postgraduate Award.

Despite his young age, Chris’ music has been performed all around Australia as well as overseas (notably in the U.S., France and The Netherlands). Professional commissions include private supporters (for smaller works), but also well-known organisations and ensembles such as 4MBS, Camerata of St. Johns, the BRON Saxophone Quartet, BoB – Best of Brass, Ensemble Francaix, and Ensemble Fabrique.

To date, he has written more than 80 works for varying instrumentations, most of which have been performed and which include many different instrumentations – from solo instrumental works to full symphony orchestra scores, and even an 80 minute chamber opera based on an original story and libretto, The King’s Horse. All these compositions are based on a thorough (but still developing) understanding of Western classical and contemporary art music infused with his own artistic sensibilities.

Having had multiple works read by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in their exploration of contemporary Australian music. Chris is now also actively seeking out and engaging with diverse performers, audiences and settings. A recent project in this regard is the first ever Australian Brass Quintet Concerto, commissioned by BoB – Best of Brass and targeted at regional community ensembles with several different accompaniment instrumentations (orchestra, symphonic band, brass band, flexible ensemble). For a listing of Chris’ compositions and performances, please visit: www.christopherhealey.net

Artistically, Chris’ music seeks to both engage and challenge audiences, combining the warmth of lyrical melodies with extended harmonies, contemporary textures and sometimes unusual musical forms. He is mainly interested in producing a meaningful experience for performers and audiences, therefore avoiding mere gimmickry and instead engaging modern compositional techniques when and where they are effective and in service to the underlying musical idea.  

Chris has also recently studied with highly-respected American composer, Daron Hagen (for more information on Hagen and his impressive artistic contributions see here:

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