René Salm
Listen:
Consecration
(Brass quintet, 2’05”)
Performed by Blechlawine, Germany
Toccata
(Piano, 3’17”)
From Classical Scenes
Remembering
(Piano, 3’15”)
From Four Melodies
Invention in D minor
(Synthesizer, 57”)
At the Feet of the Master
J.S. Bach, Variation 1
(Synthesizer, 1’55”)
Goldberg Variations
(live in concert)
My Beautiful Country
(Voice & guitar, 2’54”)
Tom Intondi, performing
|
~ Emotion, technique, depth ~
“Your music is a sensual delight!”
—Marilyn Thelen.
It is notoriously difficult to describe music in words.
Please listen to one or more pieces on this webpage for an idea of my ‘sound’.
Most of my music is written for solo piano. It ranges from children‘s teaching pieces
(I have worked for a number of years as a piano teacher)
to a concert etude of ‘transcendant’ difficulty.
I have also written for brass quintet, string orchestra, organ, guitar, voice, and synthesizer.
People are often surprised at the ease with which they relate to my sound,
which is unabashedly tonal and seeks to have a direct, visceral appeal on the listener.
Performers who are seriously interested in my music may contact me to receive one or more scores for free.
Members of the media who are interested in my music, please note that I am affiliated with BMI.
All inquiries may be directed as follows:
386 E. 29th Ave., Eugene OR, U.S.A. 97405
Email
A few biographical notes
Consecration has been recorded by the German brass quintet Blechlawine, and has also been arranged for symphonic band. Radio performances of my works include the folk song “My Beautiful Country” and “Seve,” (soprano and piano). In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s I was active as a pianist and synthesist, performing concerts in the Northwest. My cover article “Electronic Orchestration” (Electronic Musician, Nov. 1991) is a standard reference in the field.
In that year I also performed the electronic world premiere of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations on two synthesizers, an event featured in Keyboard magazine.
I am presently engaged in setting to music the French poems of my grandmother, Celine Axelos (1902–1994), whose two published books of poetry appeared in the mid–twentieth century (Editions Regain, Monte Carlo). I am especially interested in making contact with soprano singers interested in performing or recording this melodious, new music.
I received Bachelor’s Degrees in Music and German at the University of Oregon (Eugene) in 1973. My professors in musical composition were Hal Owen (counterpoint) and Homer Keller (technique, forms). I studied piano under Alexander Hrisanides (Rumania) and later with Adam Kapuchinski (Poland). I also have a certificate in Electronic Music.
René Salm (1952—)
Musical Works
Solo keyboard
The Old Country
En Promenade · Paysage · Souvenir
Classical Scenes
Adagio/allegro · Meditation (Stabat Mater) · Albumleaf · Toccata
Four Melodies
Remembering · C minor · D minor · Eb major
At the Feet of the Master
Part One: Preludes and Inventions
Part Two: Prelude, Chorale, and Processional (for organ)
Miscellaneous pieces for solo piano
Children's Pieces (beginning level)
Two Baroque Preludes
Heroically
Heartbeat
Storm Rising (Etude de concert)
Other instrumentations
String Orchestra O Sacred Head Now Wounded (Five part canon)
Brass quintet Consecration (recorded by Blechlawine, Germany)
Voice
Cinq Chansons d’Aprés Celine Axelos (Soprano & piano)
Sêve · Papillons · Brin d'Osier · Murmure · La Prière de l’Artiste
My Beautiful Country (voice & accompaniment)
Solo guitar Three Explorations
Piano and 1-3 synthesizers ‘Voyager’ Concerto
Solo synthesizer
Various pieces
Complimentary copies are available to all serious musicians who intend to perform my music.
For further information, please use the link and address above.
(Page updated Oct. 17, 2008.)
|