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Award-winning Music Composer & Orchestrator

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TRIBUTUM~SEMIFINALIST IN THE AMERICAN PRIZE 2023!

March 8, 2023 //  by Nan Avant

Great News! Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra 2022 release, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2023 The American Prize  in Composition, Pop/Light Music Division.

The American Prize will be announcing finalists in my division soon. You can learn more about this prestigious national competition here: www.theamericanprize.org or follow the news on The American Prize Facebook page.

Tributum appears on the album, Legends and Light v. 2 

Category: Accolades and Nominations, Composing, Uncategorized

Release Date : April 28, 2023-SYMPHONIC CHRONICLES V1

February 24, 2023 //  by Nan Avant

SYMPHONIC CHRONICLES VI Release Date:April 28,2023

I’m excited to share this upcoming CD release on Navona Records with 6 international composers. My piece is titled-Soundness of the Sea for Violin and Orchestra performed by The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by ⁦Miran Vaupotić
⁩ Listening links to digital platforms and video coming soon!

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THE 65TH GRAMMYS ~ROUND ONE~

October 13, 2022 //  by Nan Avant

THE 65TH GRAMMY AWARDS®



FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

~ Classical~

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:

Avant: Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra~

From the Album Legends and Light V.2

GRAMMY-winning Session Producer Brad Michel shared his experiences with the production.

“Recording Avant’s Tributum with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra was a particular delight. One doesn’t often get the chance to record bagpipes and orchestra, and even rarer is the opportunity to record two different types with orchestra.”


Dear Friends and Colleagues

I am excited to share with you that Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra  is on the ballot for first-round voting in the 65th GRAMMY Awards®. Tributum appears on the album, Legends and Light v.2 ,  Lorne MacDougall ( Great Highland Bagpipes ) and Ryan Murphy ( Uilleann PIpes) a Navona Record Label PARMA Recording with Grammy winning session producer, Brad Michel   

I thank you for your consideration and look forward to hearing your submissions and voting.

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Reviews:

Avant’s Tributum  “.traditional orchestral tone poem with gorgeous melodic writing and rich string sound (it has that Braveheart/Far and Away quality).” Cinemusical

“Nan Avant’s 9-minute Tributum …The music has an epic, sweeping quality...“American Record Guide

“It is difficult to describe in words the whole storm of emotions that this great work causes. Emotional wave, which practically hits you and drives into this epic, orchestral cycle. Beautiful, live and ideal for everyone who needs music!” Nagamag

“Avant writes broad, sweeping themes that would not be out of place in film music, and the piece itself sounds as if it could represent scenes from Scottish and Irish history as shown on a movie screen. “Infodad

“Tributum, written for both Irish bagpipes and Scottish bagpipes is a work of precious detail, in which the composer conveys to us the finesse and tenderness of the skin of these heritage instruments.”  Sonagrama (Catalan)

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Space Channel ~Bijoux (the Nebulae)

January 1, 2022 //  by Nan Avant

Space Channel and Bijoux!

 

Happy New Year and Welcome 2022!
Greetings and I hope all of you are having a fabulous New Year’s Eve tonight!  A quick update as we leave 2021 and enter a new year of joy, happiness and music!

I found out today that my short film,  Bijoux (the Nebulae), co-created with Stephen Jablonsky and produced by Burmer Music LLC for the Origins: Life and the Universe concert/ CD/DVD (in 2015) has made it’s way to the Space Channel!

Thanks to Glenna Burmer producer and composer , who was contacted by the Space Channel requesting her film, The  Big Bang and other films from ” Origins” for consideration on  their television broadcast.

You can find Bijoux under ” Entertainment” on the Space Channel on TV  (Xfinity, Roku etc)  and  online via your computer.
The link will take you to the online page where my film is placed: Bijoux (the nebulae)   Scroll down to see ” music” and look for ” Glenna Burmer: Bijoux” and the photo of the Horsehead Nebula from outer space!

Bijoux, the sheet music score for orchestra, is available online at JW Pepper. Here

More music news coming soon in mid January 2022!

cheers to all,
Nan
nanavant.com

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New Latin Single Release~Violin and Piano

December 4, 2021 //  by Nan Avant

New Latin Single Release~violin and piano

Pieza Latina, a tango for violin and piano is available for download  and purchase at  BandCamp  and on all digital platforms, Spotify, Apple Music  etc. Pieza Latina will soon be available for purchase in a compilation CD at CDBaby. This piece was recorded early Spring 2020 at Studio X in Seattle, a Burmer Music LLC production. I’m looking forward to sharing with everyone the entire CD with all Latin music by amazing composers in Seattle and Oregon! Pieza Latina sheet music score is available at JW Pepper

Enjoy the music!

Nan

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Single Release on Spotify~Bandcamp

July 4, 2021 //  by Nan Avant

Rememoramini (pronounced air-eh-may-moor-uh-meany) is a rich, emotional Tango~slow Milonga, ideal for concerts or tango dance performances.

Recorded at Studio X in Seattle, produced by Burmer Music LLC.

Listen on Bandcamp and buy!

Score/ Sheet Music available for purchase at JW Pepper

Digital Platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, et al.

Composer: Nan Avant

Musicians: Ben Thomas bandoneon, Lisa Bergman piano, Tom Dziekonski Violin and Viola, Virginia Dziekonski cello, Jessica Jasper viola, Chuck Deardorf String Bass

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Remote Recording: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

March 30, 2021 //  by Nan Avant

We did it! On March 24, 2021 Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Full Orchestra, was recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the direction of David Watkin, Grammy Awardee for “Best Baroque Instrumental Recording of 2015” Conductor.

Our soloists on the Great Highland Bagpipes from Glasgow, Scotland, Lorne MacDougall and Uilleann Pipes from Dublin, Ireland, Ryan Murphy.

Lorne MacDougall’s catalog includes performing on John Powell’s (incredible) scores for the “How To Train Your Dragon” series of movies, the movie Brave, and performing regularly with the Red Hot Chili Pipers (https://www.rhcp.scot/). Additional recording credits can be found here: https://www.lornemacdougall.com/discography

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Tributum and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow

September 9, 2020 //  by Nan Avant

Just as everyone else has had to postpone major events, projects, life experiences, work, education you name it, this too has been postponed until later this year. I should know in a few months when we will resume with the recording session and will update here as soon as I know.

In the meantime, I am writing new music, uploading sheet music to Sheet Music Plus and J.W.Pepper, taking an online class with Berklee School of Music online and going forward! I’m also really loving the broadcasts presented by RSNO and the Seattle Symphony which happen at least once a week. Of course donating to this symphonic organizations is very helpfull at this time. Youtube has channels for both of these orchestras and you can do a search and find their pre-recorded concerts. Below is my “news” regarding the upcoming recording session that has been delayed a bit.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra recording Tributum: April 2020

It’s with a grateful heart that I share this new opportunity with you. First, let me thank Burmer Music LLC for originally inviting me to create a new work for the Celebrate World Music Concert and CD recording in 2013. Since that eventful occasion, my piece, Tributum has been performed a few times in the U.S. and Canada. I originally composed this work for Chamber Orchestra and Bagpipes and later orchestrated Tributum for Full Orchestra and Bagpipes. And now the news…..

This past August I answered the “Call for Scores” by PARMA RECORDINGS and submitted an orchestral work. My piece was accepted and I’m so excited to announce that Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Full Orchestra will be recorded this Spring 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The recording will be a compilation CD with several composers and released with PARMA recordings on their Navona PARMA based in New Hampshire records all over the world and handles scheduling,recording, mixing, promotion and distribution along with all digital formats, Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Pandora.

As we approach April I will be adding more information regarding the soloists for this recording session. Stay tuned because it’s going to be AWESOME!

Conversations and Collaborations with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra is an interview by PARMA with Bill Chandler, Director of Concerts and Engagements with the RSNO. It’s very interesting to learn about the RSNO history, their goals and what they are looking for in new music.

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