Steven Mead
Steven Mead (born 26 February 1962) is an English virtuoso euphonium soloist and teacher.
Steven Mead
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- Born
- 26 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Bournemouth, England
- Occupation
- Soloist, virtuoso, teacher
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- French
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Steven Mead (born 26 February 1962) is an English virtuoso euphonium soloist and teacher.
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Steven Mead (born 1962) is a musician, of British nationality. The musician was born in Bournemouth. Languages used include French.
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• Born — 26 February 1962 • Birthplace — Bournemouth, England • Instrument — Euphonium • Occupation — Soloist, virtuoso, teacher • Genre — Classical • Associated Acts — Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Capella Cracoviensis Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Japan Chamber Orchestra
Biography
Biography
Mead has played an important role in achieving worldwide recognition of the instrument. He has played solo concertos with many symphony orchestras, including: the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Helsinki Philharmonic, Capella Cracoviensis, the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra and the Japan Chamber Orchestra. He has premiered works by Martin Ellerby, Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen, Vladimir Cosma, Goff Richards, John Reeman, Rolf Rudin and Philip Sparke, amongst others. Goff Richards' Pilatus, Aagaard-Nilsen's Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra, Reeman's Sonata for Euphonium and Ellerby's Euphonium Concerto were all written expressly for Mead. He is married to Misa Mead (Akahoshi) who is also a renowned euphonium soloist, additionally active as a freelance composer and orchestrator.
Selected recordings
• Joseph Horovitz: Four Concertos • Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Soloists: Andrew Haveron (violin), Steven Mead (euphonium), David Owen Norris (piano); Conductor Joseph Horovitz; Label: Dutton Epoch. • Concertino • Ensemble: The Lillestrøm Musikkorps; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: Gert Buitenhuis; Label: Polyphonic. • Euphonium Virtuoso • Ensemble: Brass Band Buizingen; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: Luc Vertommen; Label: Bocchino. • Dreamscapes: Wind Music by Ellerby, Clarke & Josephs • Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: James Gourlay; Label: Polyphonic. • Audacious • Soloist: Steven Mead; Accompanied by Tomoko Sawano, piano; Label: Bocchino. • Robert Groslot conducts his concertos • Ensemble: Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides; Conductor: Robert Groslot; Soloists: Steven Mead (Euphonium), Norbert Nozy (Saxophone), Peter Verhoyen (Piccolo), Carlo Willems (Marimba), Vlad Weverbergh (Clarinet); Label: Groslot-Music Records GM 1301 (2013) • Fandango, released 1 June 2011; Accompanied by Tomoko Sawano, piano; Label: Bocchino.
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- 1.Roy Newsome, The Modern Brass Band: From the 1930s to the New Millennium, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, p. 252. .
- 2.Peter Spaull, "Blowing in the wind my friends", Liverpool Daily Post, March 28, 2003. Accessed 10 September 2008.
- 3.Stote, Martin. Euphonium euphoria as BBC makes ban U-turn. Birmingham Post. March 25, 1999.
- 4.Notes on Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra on the official web site of Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen.
- 5.Lloyd Bone, Eric Paull, R. Winston Morris, Guide to the Euphonium Repertoire: The Euphonium Source Book, Indiana University Press, 2007, pp. 60 and 132.
- 6.Roy Newsome, The Modern Brass Band: From the 1930s to the New Millennium, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, p. 367.
- 7.Denis Wick Products. Misa Mead. 14 February 2019.
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