Derek Woods

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Derek Woods (born August 10, 1982, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian composer, [1] living and working in Berlin, Germany.

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Biography

Woods was taking private clarinet and piano lessons in his home city before entering the McGill University in Montreal. He graduated in 2004, being awarded Bachelor of Arts diploma in composition with highest honors. [2] In 2004 he moved to Hanover, Germany, where he was studying at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover under Johannes Schöllhorn. He graduated in 2008 and now resides in Berlin.

Performances

Up to date, Woods' works were performed in various concerts, competitions and festivals in Canada, US, Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, Estonia and other countries. His works were commissioned by Bratislava International Festival, Zydeco Festival, [3] Royal Opera of Wallonia, [4] among others.

In addition to large-scale instrumental compositions Woods has written pieces for clarinet, tuba and piano solo, songs for high and low voices, and music for children. He chooses traditional genres, moderate stylistics and tonal harmonic language.

List of works

Stage works

Orchestra

Chamber Ensemble

Voice and piano or another instrument

Instrument Solo

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References

  1. ↑ "Engagement pour la parité des sexes de la LCC | la Ligue canadienne des compositeurs". 15 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Home". mcgill.ca.
  3. ↑ "提示信息".
  4. ↑ "Opéra Royal de Wallonie |". www.operaliege.be. Archived from the original on 2011-12-20.
  5. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Ode to Hanover - "Plathner's Eleven" Anniversary Concert. YouTube .
  6. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Ode to Hanover - "Plathner's Eleven" Anniversary Concert. YouTube .
  7. ↑ "Landkreis Northeim - Konzertpianist gibt Benefizkonzert in der Stadthalle". landkreis-northeim.de. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08.
  8. ↑ "Young Art macht Einbeck zur Kunstgalerie". 28 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sapnų Gaudyklė".
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