Daniel Theaker
Background information
Born	March 30, 1967 (1967-03-30) (age 40) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genre(s)	Classical, Chamber Music, Opera
Occupation(s)	Musician, Composer, Arranger, Conductor
Instrument(s)	Flute, Clarinet

Daniel George Theaker (born March 30, 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a neoromantic composer, conductor and woodwind instrumentalist. He is a self-described champion of the bass oboe and heckelphone, and a practitioner of the "Elastic Scoring" orchestration techniques first conceived by Percy Grainger. is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about Western art music from 1000 AD to the 2000s . ... Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. ... This article is about Opera, the art form. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ... Look up conductor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... ♠ This article is about the family of musical instruments. ... Two soprano clarinets: a B♭ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For other places with the same name, see Edmonton (disambiguation). ... Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [Province]) Area Ranked... Neoromanticism in music was a trend in European classical music started in second half of 19th century in Germany. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A conductor conducting at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... The bass oboe or baritone oboe is a double reed instrument in the woodwind family. ... Heckelphone The heckelphone is a musical instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons, introduced in 1904. ... Elastic Scoring is a style of orchestration or music arrangement that was first used by the Australian composer, Percy Grainger. ... Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium. ... Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. ...

Biography

Mr. Theaker holds a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus) from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, where he studied composition with Carleton Elliott and conducting with James Mark. He has also taken masterclasses in Wind Ensemble conducting and direction from the esteemed North American conducting instructor Eugene Corporon. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Theaker was Principal Flute and Piccolo with the Regimental Band of the Governor General's Foot Guards. During this time, he also performed with the Ceremonial Guard and earned certificates in woodwind performance from the Canadian Forces School of Music. It was here that he conducted a performance of Stravinsky's, L'Histoire du Soldat  (The Soldier's Tale) and a performance of Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F  for Military Band. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Located in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, Mount Allison University is a highly regarded liberal arts university, consistently ranked as one of the top undergraduate universities in Canada. ... Composition can refer to: // Composition in art In the fine arts, compostion may refer to any of the following: Composition (visual arts) Musical composition MIDI composition In literature, oratory, and rhetoric, composition refers, as the etymology of the word quite literally indicates, to the putting (words) together to produce a... Carleton Weir Elliott (15 March 1928, Welland, Ontario - 24 August 2003, Fredericton, New Brunswick) was a Canadian composer, theorist, choir conductor and music educator. ... A wind band, also called concert band, symphonic band, or wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of woodwind, brass, percussion instruments, and often string bass. ... Eugene Migliaro Corporon is a highly regarded North American Wind Ensemble conductor and as a wind band pedagogue, is considered an authority on wind/band music repertoire. ... â™  This article is about the family of musical instruments. ... The piccolo is a small flute. ... Military Band marching A military band is a group of soldiers assigned to musical duties. ... The Governor Generals Foot Guards is one of three Household regiments in the Primary Reserve of the Canadian Army, along with The Governor Generals Horse Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards. ... The Ceremonial Guard is an ad hoc military unit in the Canadian Forces with elements drawn from two Primary Reserve (militia) regiments of Foot Guards: The Governor Generals Foot Guards from Ottawa and the Canadian Grenadier Guards from Montreal. ... The Canadian Forces (French: Forces canadiennes), abbreviated as CF (French: FC), are the unified armed forces of Canada. ... Histoire du soldat (sometimes written Lhistoire du soldat; translated as The Soldiers Tale or A Soldiers Tale) is a 1918 theatrical work to be read, played, and danced (lue, jouée et dansée) set to music by Igor Stravinsky. ... Gustav Holst Gustav Holst (September 21, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - May 25, 1934, London) [1] [2] was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years. ... The Second Suite in F for Military Band (Op. ...

His flute quartets are well known in the classical music flute community and his 'Scale and Arpeggio' books for Woodwind and Brass instruments are also well known on the educational/conservatory music scene. He has also arranged music by Glenn Gould and Calixa Lavallée. A flute quartet is a musical term for a type of chamber group. ... // Look up scale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Various arpeggios as seen on a staff Notation of a chord in arpeggio In music, an arpeggio is a broken chord where the notes are played or sung in succession rather than simultaneously. ... Image of a trumpet, foreground, a piccolo trumpet behind, and a flugelhorn in background. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Glenn Gould rehearsing in 1974. ... A sketch of Lavallée from 1873 Calixa Lavallée, (28 December 1842 – January 21, 1891), a French-Canadian musician, composed the music for the Canadian national anthem O Canada. He was born at Verchères, Quebec. ...

Mr. Theaker currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...

Influences

An ardent admirer of the music of Alban Berg, and of the original compositions written by the celebrated Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, Daniel Theaker's music is influenced by the works of Modest Mussorgsky, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Holst, Aram Khatchaturian, Percy Grainger, and Philip Glass. Portrait of Alban Berg by Arnold Schoenberg, c. ... Glenn Gould rehearsing in 1974. ... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: , Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, French: ) (March 9/21, 1839 – March 16/28, 1881), one of the Russian composers known as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. ... Igor Stravinsky. ... Gustav Holst Gustav Holst (September 21, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - May 25, 1934, London) [1] [2] was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Russian: Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Interests

Since 1982, Mr. Theaker has enjoyed reading the long running and highly acclaimed Cerebus the Aardvark graphic novel stories by Dave Sim. Cerebus the Aardvark, or simply Cerebus (pronounced Sare-uh-buss), is an award-winning independent comic book, written and illustrated by Canadian artist Dave Sim, with backgrounds by fellow Canadian Gerhard. ... David Victor Sim (born May 17, 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian comic book writer and artist, best known as the creator of the 6,000 page graphic novel Cerebus the Aardvark. ...

Musical Works (Unpublished)

Brass/Woodwinds

• Three English Landscapes - Clarinet Duet No.1 Op. 7d (1996-1997)
• Three English Landscapes - Flute Duet No.1 Op. 7b (1996-1997)
• Portrait of Memory/Portraits of Imagined Memory - Quartet No.1, Op.11 for Tuba Quartet or Bassoon Quartet (1998/2002/3)

These works for tuba or bassoon quartet are elastically scored for two euphoniums and two tubas and for four bassoons or heckelphone, two bassoons and contrabassoon. For other uses, see Tuba (disambiguation). ... The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. ... The euphonium is a conical-bore, baritone-voiced brass instrument. ... This is a contrabassoon. ...

Opera

• The Beautiful Shoreline Op.14 - An opera in three acts (1999-2001)

Orchestral

• Elegy of Loss, Misery and Grief for Orchestra (2006)
• Flute Concerto No.1, Op.17b for Flute and Orchestra (2004-2006)
• Overture to the Beautiful Shoreline Op.14 (Concert Overture)
• Violin Concerto No.1, Op.17 for Violin and Orchestra (2004-2006)

A flute concerto is a concerto for solo flute and instrumental ensemble, customarily the orchestra. ... â™  This article is about the family of musical instruments. ... For the song titled Orchestra, see The Servant (band). ... Overture (French ouverture, meaning opening) in music is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. ... A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ...

Soloist with Piano

• Flute Concerto No.1, Op.17b (2004-2006) for Flute and Piano
• Violin Concerto No.1, Op.17 (2004-2006) for Violin and Piano

Musical Works (Published)

Piano

• Symmetry for piano solo (2005)
• Three Preludes Op.1 for piano solo (1989/1996)

A short grand piano, with the top up. ...

Flute

• Flute Quartet No.1, Op.6 for four C flutes or two C flutes, alto and bass (1993)
• Flute Quartet No.2, "Three English Landscapes" for four C flutes (1996)
• Flute Quartet No.3, "Rêves et Cauchemares" for four C flutes (1997)

The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. ... A bass flute The bass flute is the bass member of the flute family. ...

Clarinet

• Clarinet Quartet No.1 for three B♭ clarinets and bass clarinet (1998)

The majority of Mr. Theaker's music is published by Mayfair Montgomery Publishing of Toronto. Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ... Mayfair Montgomery Publishing (Mayfair Music) is a North American classical music publishing firm. ...

Musical Arrangements

Sonata for Flute and Piano by Glenn Gould (as arranged by Daniel Theaker).

• Sonata for Flute and Piano by Glenn Gould ISMN M-001-13338-8 [1]
• Pieces for String Trio by Glenn Gould ISMN M-001-13334-0 [2]
• Pieces for Woodwind Trio by Glenn Gould ISMN M-001-13335-7 [3]

These arrangements of Glenn Gould's music by Mr. Theaker are forthcoming from Schott Music (Mainz, Germany). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Schott Music is one of the oldest German music publishers. ...

Educational Materials

Scales and Arpeggios for the Clarinet Book One by Daniel Theaker.

• Complete Scales and Arpeggios for Bassoon ISBN 0-921965-46-X
• Complete Scales and Arpeggios for the Flute (Forthcoming)
• Complete Scales and Arpeggios for the Clarinet (Forthcoming)
• Scales and Arpeggios for the Flute (Volumes One ISBN 0-921965-38-9 & Two ISBN 0-921965-39-7)
• Scales and Arpeggios for the Clarinet (Volumes One ISBN 0-921965-37-0 & Two ISBN 0-921965-41-9)
• Scales and Arpeggios for the Oboe ISBN 0-921965-40-0
• Scales and Arpeggios for the Alto & Tenor Saxophone ISBN 0-921965-42-7
• Scales and Arpeggios for the Trumpet ISBN 0-921965-17-6
• Scales and Arpeggios for the French Horn ISBN 0-921965-15-X
• Scales and Arpeggios for the Trombone & Euphonium ISBN 0-921965-18-4
• Scales and Arpeggios for the Tuba ISBN 0-921965-13-3

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... This article is about the voice-type. ... The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... The horn is a brass instrument consisting of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ...

See also

• List of Canadian composers
• List of 20th century classical composers
• List of 21st century classical composers
• Mayfair Montgomery Publishing
• Schott Music

List of Canadian composers, arranged in alphabetical order: Murray Adaskin (1906-2002) Lucio Agostini (1913-1996) Robert Aitken (born 1939) Louis Applebaum (1918-2000) Violet Archer (1913-2000) Paul Anka (born 1941) Michael Conway Baker (born 1937) Gerald Bales (1919-2002) Steve Barakatt (1973- ) John Beckwith (born 1927) Alexander Brott... Composers of 20th century classical music include: Heikki Aaltoila (1905-1992) Juhan Aavik (1884-1982) Frank Abbinanti (1949- ) Kyle Abbot (1950-2004) Keiko Abe (born 1937) Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991) Michael Abels (born 1962) Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975) Jean Absil (1893-1974) María... Composers of 21st century classical music include: Abhay Rustum Sopori Marcello Abbado (born 1926) Keiko Abe (born 1937) Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975) José Antonio Abreu (born 1939) Anton García Abril (born 1933) Michael Adamis (born 1929) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams... Mayfair Montgomery Publishing (Mayfair Music) is a North American classical music publishing firm. ... Schott Music is one of the oldest German music publishers. ...

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