2019 Launchpad Prize Winners #1

       Introducing...

Ensemble Cosmopolitan

Players

Lok-yin Hui - flute

Jessica Vinson - oboe

Michael Choi - clarinet

Robert Mehlig - horn

Leonardo Bizzotto - bassoon

Biography

Made up of Hong Kongese flautist Lok-yin Hui, British oboist Jessica Vinson, Korean clarinettist Michael Choi, Swedish/German horn player Robert Mehlig and Swiss bassoonist Leonardo Bizzotto, the group's name reflects the international nature of its membership.

Under the guidance of Laura Jellicoe and Stefano Canuti, the group has performed in various concerts, master-classes and competitions since its foundation in 2018. Notably the group performed in a master-class presented by the Haffner Wind Ensemble, and was recently awarded the Fewkes Woodwind Chamber Music Prize. Also Ensemble Cosmopolitan has been invited to join ChoiMan Company as their artist.

Ensemble Cosmopolitan is delighted and grateful to receive the generous support of June Emerson Wind Music, through their Launchpad Prize.

June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Suzy Stonefield for organising

the awarding of the Launchpad Prize at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Links

Royal Northern College of Music

www.rncm.ac.uk

Beethoven's 5th Bossa Nova

 

 

 

Terence Greaves, when we first met him, was Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. A quiet, unassuming academic we thought. However we soon found out about his naughty side. In his earlier life he had been a lecturer at the Birmingham School of Music, where he had contact with the CBSO - in particular the wind section.
It was the clarinettist John Fuest who encouraged him to write for the CBSO wind quintet, which is where Terry's mischievous side came to light. Beethoven's Fifth Bossa Nova is wicked fun to play, and audiences absolutely love it. He went on to write Rimsky's Rumba and Mozart's Turkey Rock Mambo, all of which are published by Emerson Edition. However it is the Beethoven that is the firm favourite, and inspired this jazzy cover from the cartoonist Bill Tidy.
 

Terence Greaves 1933 - 2009

composer, lecturer, accompanist, and music consultant on ABRSM examinations

 

E42 Terence Greaves - Beethoven's 5th Bossa Nova

https://www.juneemersonwindmusic.com/BEETHOVEN-S-FIFTH-BOSSA-NOVA.html

 

E191 Rimsky's Rumba

https://www.juneemersonwindmusic.com/RIMSKY-S-RUMBA-set-of-parts.html

 

E245 Mozart's Turkey Rock Mambo

https://www.juneemersonwindmusic.com/MOZART-S-TURKEY-ROCK-MAMBO-score-and-parts.html