Voice from Golden Hearts Publications

Among the composers contracted by Golden Hearts Publications, we are pleased to introduce Mizuki Aita today.Mizuki AitaPercussionist Mizuki Aita was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in 1988. He started learning the violin at a young age, and began playing percussion instruments when he was twelve years old. He studied the basics of percussion with Yasushi Sasaki, Ritsuko Hoshi, Makoto Aruga and Takafumi Fujimoto.Since winning second prize in the 9th Japan Society for Contemporary Music Competition (Kyogaku IX) he has premiered more than fifty compositions by numerous composers. These premieres, born out of close contact and mutual trust between the composer...

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.in Just- Prelude for Band / Ken'ichi Masakadohttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/search?q=GHMB-01Program notes :It was composed in May 2003 and premiered on November 28 of the same year at the "28th Regular Concert" of Omuta City Symphonic Band (Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) .Omuta city has concluded a sister city with Muskegon County and city in Michigan State, USA, and they seems to be deepening exchanges. Omuta City Symphonic Band holds concerts at Muskegon as a cultural exchange mission in 2000.On the...

Among the composers contracted by Golden Hearts Publications, we are pleased to introduce Masami Onodera today.Masami OnoderaStudied harmony, instrumental method, counterpoint, etc. under composer Etsuo Kawasaki, and chord progression method, etc. under electone player Shigeo Sekitoo.She has experience on the electone, piano, saxophone, koto, and drums. As a member of a stage music creation group, performed and provided music in the Harima area, and then worked as a sound creator for a major game company for about 10 years, composing background music and producing sound effects. Currently, she has resumed her activities as a freelance musician.Golden Hearts Publications currently publishes...

Among the composers contracted by Golden Hearts Publications, we are pleased to introduce Yusuke Hagihara today.Yusuke HagiharaBorn in 1995 and currently lives in Osaka, Japan.Studied composition under Soo-Hyun Park and Osamu Fujii.He received an honorable mention in the 11th Japan Academic Society of Wind Music Composition Award, and third prize in the Yuya Onsen Symphonic Band Composition Contest. Golden Hearts Publications currently publishes two of his works. Please check them out.https://global.goldenheartspublications.com/collections/yusuke-hagihara

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.Arise, my muse !! - Concert March (for Brass Band) / Ken'ichi Masakadohttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/search?q=GHMB-03Program notes :It was composed in December 2010, commissioned by "The Fukuoka Flourish Brass", and was premiered at the 10th annual commemorative concert of the same band on January 16, 2011.This work is a Brass Band work that I first worked on. Not particularly conscious of "British style", but for example, relaxed tempo and grandioso at finale, my English music experience - Elgar, Holst,...