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    Inspiration and Innovation
    Michael Allen
    • Nov 24, 2020

    Inspiration and Innovation

    I just received a request from the New York Philharmonic to perform/record for digital distribution my double quintet arrangement of the...
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    PJBE Pictures
    Michael Allen
    • Nov 24, 2020

    PJBE Pictures

    Classics for Brass (1972) comprises several great, iconic brass masterpieces (Schuller, Jolivet, Bozza, Strauss, Grieg, Dukas, and...
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    K.I.S.S.
    Michael Allen
    • Nov 26, 2019

    K.I.S.S.

    It's snowing to beat hell here (thanks for the euphemism, dad) and I'm on a week away from my day gig, chipping away at some BIG...
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    Compromises
    Michael Allen
    • Aug 29, 2019

    Compromises

    I'm about to publish a (yet another) version of Debussy's Girl with the Flaxen Hair. I've arranged this piece for tuba quartet, brass...
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    Wheat or chaff?
    Michael Allen
    • Aug 10, 2019

    Wheat or chaff?

    A great brass ensemble can make any arrangement sound good to great. A great arrangement can make any brass ensemble sound good to great....
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    Palette
    Michael Allen
    • Aug 10, 2019

    Palette

    I'll admit that I'm a movie music nerd and a fan of the usual suspects (Williams, Horner, Howard, Zimmer, etc.). Some others on the less...
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    Atmosphere
    Michael Allen
    • Apr 3, 2019

    Atmosphere

    In early 1914, Holst heard a performance of Schoenberg’s Five Pieces for Orchestra. This seminal experience along with a suggestion from...
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    Good writers write...always
    Michael Allen
    • Mar 14, 2019

    Good writers write...always

    I retired from a 30+ year professional playing career 10 months ago to the day. Retire is a funny word because I hardly feel retired....
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    One on a part follow up
    Michael Allen
    • Mar 14, 2019

    One on a part follow up

    I'm working on a large brass ensemble transcription (gasp) of highlights from a Puccini opera. I always immensely enjoyed playing...
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    Another possible approach
    Michael Allen
    • Sep 23, 2018

    Another possible approach

    I might have tried to transcribe something as awesome as the first movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony decades ago - I might have even...
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