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Professor
Alan Lourens
FRSA
Born1966
CitizenshipAustralian
Occupation(s)Head, UWA Conservatorium of Music
Years active2012 - Present
Academic background
Alma materIndiana University Jacobs School of Music
Doctoral advisorRay E Cramer, Daniel Perantoni
Academic work
DisciplineMusic (Conductor, Composer, Euphonium Player)

Alan Lourens (b. 1966) is a classical musician, composer, euphonium player and conductor from Perth, Western Australia. He is the head of the UWA Conservatorium of Music, a position to which he was appointed in 2012, and reappointed in 2016.[1]. He was also appointed as a full Professor of Music in 2016. Lourens holds Doctor of Music (1999)[2], Master of Music (1992) and Performance Certificate (1992) qualifications from Indiana University, where he studied Wind Conducting and Euphonium Performance[3]. He also holds a Bachelor of Education from the WA College of Advanced Education. Previously he has held positions in Singapore[4], Dubai and WAAPA[5]. His name was also associated with a possible appointment as Head of the ANU School of Music[6][7]. In 2009, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

Originally appointed to the School of Music, Lourens oversaw the change to the name UWA Conservatorium of Music[8][9], as well as a rise in the ranking of the School into the top 50 in the world, according to the QS Subject Ranking in Performing Arts[10].

During his tenure, the school has embedded "Melbourne Model" degree structures[11], which has seen the school more than double in size[12].

Lourens is a leading contributor to the Australian national debate surrounding the place of music in society.[13][14][15][16], arguing the for educational benefits of music for all.

Lourens directs WA Brass[17][18], one of Australia's leading[19] british-style brass bands with which he has been associated since 1983, as well as conducting the UWA Orchestra[20][21], and has previously directed the UWA Wind Orchestra. Lourens previously conducted the University Wind Orchestra, which was an amalgamated ensemble of the UWA and ECU, which was cited as one of the first tertiary wind groups in the country[22]. He has also been a guest conductor with the Fremantle Symphony Orchestra [23], Philharmonic Winds (Singapore), and others across Australia.

Lourens has been the conductor of many world premier performances, including Peter Sculthorpes' Lament for Violin, Cello and Strings[24],

As an author, he has made contributions to the MBM Times Vol 5[25], Vol 6[26] and Vol 7. He also co-authored two books on University Administration[27][28], as well as contributions to the popular press[29]. Lourens contributed to the "Teaching Music in Performance Through Band" series in Vol 2[30] and 3[31], in "Teaching Music Through Performing Marches"[32], and about repertoire in the influential California Music Educators Association Magazine[33]. He is a frequent presenter of concert talks for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra[34][35].

In 2016, the New Zealand Euphonium Virtusoso Riki McDonnell performed the world premier of his Euphonium Concerto (for Euphonium and Orchestra) with the composer conducting[36]. This work, like most of his output, is tonal and melodic. Lourens has also written other solo works for Euphonium and Cornet, and works for Concert and Brass Band. His most popular works are arrangements; Czardas by Vittorio Monti (for Euphonium and various ensembles) and Bluebells of Scotland for Tuba and Band, which is listed in the "Guide to the Tuba Repertoire"[37]. The Trumpet/Cornet player Sean Priest[38] commissioned and recorded two arrangements for his album "Crossover", featuring Priest and the Kew Brass Band[39].

In 2018 he was an adjudicator at the Australian National Band Championships, as Chief Concert Adjudicator and in the A Grade Brass catagory[40][41]. He has previously been an adjudicator at the Tasmanian Band Championships[42][43], and Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association (ABODA) events in WA[44], Queensland and South Australia[45]

Selected compositions/arrangements

  • Euphonium Concerto[46] (Premiered by Riki McDonnell)
  • Euphonium Sonata[47] (Premiered by Fletcher Mitchell)
  • Canonfire: Romping after Pachelbel for Concert Band[48] (Premiered by CalState Northridge Wind Ensemble)
  • Vittorio Monti: Czardas arrangement for Euphonium.[49]
  • Arthur Pryor arr Lourens, Bluebells of Scotland (for Tuba and Piano and Tuba and Band)[50]
  • Steven Bryant Ecstatic Dances.[51][52] (arranged for Brass Band by Alan Lourens)

Selected recordings

  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12 (WA Youth Orchestra)[53] (Conductor)
  • Ted Egan "We Are the Anzacs"[54] (Conductor)
  • Luminosity: Musical Treasures [55] (Euphonium)
  • Hass: Lost in the Funhouse [56] (Euphonium)

References

  1. ^ "Updated Associate Deans and Heads of School".
  2. ^ Lourens, Alan (1999). Percy A. Grainger, a Catalog and Annotated Bibliography of Material Held by the Callaway International Resource Centre for Music Education. Indiana: Doctoral Dissertation.
  3. ^ "Indiana University Bands Alumni".
  4. ^ "New President for Lasalle".
  5. ^ "Department of Training Guide".
  6. ^ Hardy, Karen (28 Nov 2016). "ANU School of Music still searching for a head". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  7. ^ Trask, Stephen (Feb 9, 2017). "Ken Lampl named to lead the School of Music". Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  8. ^ "UWA Forward News Dec 2017".
  9. ^ Matchett, Stephen (Dec 4, 2017). "Something to sing about (quietly) at UWA". Campus Morning Mail. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  10. ^ "UWA Media, March 2017".
  11. ^ "UWA Media Release, February 2012".
  12. ^ "UWA News, April 16, 2016".
  13. ^ Rowbottom, Jill (Jan 9, 2012). "Diversity to Improve the Tempo of Learning". The Australian Newspaper.
  14. ^ Laurie, Victoria (Nov 2, 2017). "Perth's classical concerts are in want of an audience". The Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  15. ^ Hampson, Katie (October 18, 2017). "Give Them More Music". The West Australian Newspaper.
  16. ^ Hampson, Katie (October 12, 2016). "Top Ten Health Regrets". The West Australian Newspaper. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  17. ^ "WA Brass Conductor".
  18. ^ "Brass Bands Join Forces". Busselton Dunsborough Times. March 17, 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  19. ^ Banwell, Anthony. "The Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia Brass Band". 4 Bars Rest. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Holdsworth Events".
  21. ^ "Schott Guillimant Performances".
  22. ^ Whiteoak, general editors John; Scott-Maxwell, Aline (2003). Currency companion to music and dance in Australia. Sydney: Currency House. p. 181. ISBN 0958121311. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ "FSO Guest Conductors".
  24. ^ "List of Works by Sculthorpe: Lament". Faber Music. Faber Music. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  25. ^ "MBM Times Vol 5".
  26. ^ "MBM Times Vol 6".
  27. ^ Lourens, Berry, Ely, (2010). Universities. Charleston, SC: TPG. ISBN 978-1451526592.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Lourens, Ely, Berry (2011). Universities: Curriculum Development. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1452804001.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ Yeoman, William (16 Dec 2015). "Young musicians take note of mentor". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  30. ^ compiled, Larry Blocher ...  ;; Miles, edited by Richard; et al. (1998). Teaching music through performance in band (2nd ed. ed.). Chicago: GIA Publications. ISBN 978-1579990282. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |first2= has generic name (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |first1= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ compiled; al.], edited by Richard Miles ; [contributions by] Larry Blocher ... [et (2000). Teaching music through performance in band (2nd ed. ed.). Chicago: GIA Publications. ISBN 978-1579990923. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ compiled, Carl Chevallard ;; Miles, edited by Richard (2003). Teaching music through performing marches. Chicago: GIA Publications. ISBN 978-1579992613. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ Lourens, Alan (Winter 2011). "Audible Music-Like Repertoire". CMEA Magazine: 25–27.
  34. ^ "WASO Brahms Festival Programme".
  35. ^ "WASO Pre-Concert Talks 2018".
  36. ^ "UWA University News, May 2016".
  37. ^ Perantoni, compiled and ed. by R. Winston Morris and Daniel (2007). Guide to the tuba repertoire : the new tuba source book ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]: Indiana Univ. Press. pp. 83, 115. ISBN 978-0253347633.
  38. ^ "Sean Priest, University of Tasmania".
  39. ^ "Sean Priest, Crossover CD".
  40. ^ "National Band Championships Adjudicators".
  41. ^ "4 Bars Rest Australian Nationals Report".
  42. ^ "2014 Tasmania Band Championships Programme" (PDF).
  43. ^ Woods, Emily (August 10, 2014). "Big bands make loud entrance". The Advocate. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  44. ^ Ace, Emily (24 May 2018). "Eisteddfod attracts the best". South Western Times. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  45. ^ "ABODA SA Results 2004" (PDF).
  46. ^ "Cimarron Music Euphonium Concerto".
  47. ^ "Fletcher Mitchell Events".
  48. ^ "Canonfire Romping after Pachelbel".
  49. ^ "Cimarron Music: Czardas".
  50. ^ "Cimarron Music Bluebells of Scotland".
  51. ^ "Bryant: Ecstatic Dances".
  52. ^ Rich, Nicholas. "North Carolina Brass Band Gives Oustanding Performance". CVNC.
  53. ^ "Power 2002".
  54. ^ AO, Ted Egan (2014). Songs of grace : the Anzacs : Australia and New Zealand in world war 1 (Second edition. ed.). ISBN 9780987381156.
  55. ^ "Luminosity Music Treasures".
  56. ^ "Hass: Signals".
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