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Jared McCunnie is a Melbourne based Australian composer for brass band and other ensembles.

Jared is a brass and wind ensemble composer and musician. Jared's works are written to be programmatic in nature, and rhythmically fresh. Jared has been commissioned by Australian and international ensembles, and his works have been played by professional, community and school ensembles.

Jared's awards include the 2019 Foden's Band Composition Competition (for 'No Time Per Una Siesta!') 2019 Robyn Young Award (for Elegy), 2018 Kirklees Competition Award for Best Arrangement (for 'God Put a Smile Upon Your Face'), the 2018 A4 Brass Quartet Composition Competition 2nd Prize (for 'Just Cause'), the 2017 Nock Deighton Award at the Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival (for 'Bittersweet') and the Robyn Young Under 21 Award at the 2017 South Brisbane Federal Brass Band Composition Competition (for 'PZAZZ'). Beyond brass band writing, Jared has also been awarded the 2017 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Pizzicato Effect Composition Prize (for 'Backyard Battle').^[1]

Jared's composition "SIEGE", written in response to the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney on 15th and 16th December 2014, was selected as the A Grade Brass Band Test Piece for the Australian National Band Competition in 2023^[2]

Jared is currently musical director of Western Brass^[3] in Victoria, Australia,

Works[edit]

Music for Brass Band[edit]

2022 - 'Ow'er 'igh Street'
2022 - 'Never Celt Better'
2022 - 'Making Für Fly'
2022 - 'Two to Ten'
2022 - 'Whispers of War'
2022 - 'Bella Ciao' (arrangement)
2022 - 'Come, Sweet Death' (arrangement)
2021 - 'Just Cause'
2021 - 'Grumpy's Hymn'
2021 - 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' (arrangement)
2021 - 'Atchafalaya' (arrangement)
2020 - 'SIEGE'
2020 - 'Buckley's Chance'
2019 - 'Kensington'
2019 - 'Marion'
2019 - 'Precious Name' (arrangement)
2019 - 'Stella' (arrangement)
2018 - 'Elegy'
2018 - 'Vengeance'
2018 - 'A Journey with Sunshine'
2018 - 'Manchester'
2018 - 'Nicaea' (arrangement)
2018 - 'The First Noel' (arrangement)
2017 - 'Buckley'
2017 - 'At Dawn' (arrangement)
2017 - 'Bread of the World' (arrangement)
2017 - 'Deep Harmony' (arrangement)
2017 - 'PZAZZ'
2016 - 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' (arrangement)
2014 - 'Bittersweet'
2013 - 'No Time Per Una Siesta!'
2013 - 'Late Night Promenade'

Music for Concert Band[edit]

2022 - 'Elegy from SIEGE'
2022 - 'Music for a Jamboree'
2022 - 'Sesquicentennial Tucket'
2020 - 'PRIMAL'
2020 - 'Emerging from Chrysalis'
2019 - 'Entombed'
2017 - 'Buckley'
2015 - 'Supermoon'
2014 - 'Moments Like These'
2012 - 'Coldplay Collection for Concert Band' (arrangement)

Music for Big Band[edit]

2021 - 'Atchafalaya' (arrangement)
2015 - 'The Pursuit'
2013 - 'Something That I Can't Have'

Music for Smaller Ensembles[edit]

2022 - 'Tempting Fate' for Tenor Horn and Piano
2022 - 'Exordium' for Tenor Horn and Piano
2020 - 'Down Memory Lane' for Oboe and Piano
2020 - 'Calypso' for Tenor Horn and Piano
2020 - 'Only Time Will Tell' for Baritone and Piano
2020 - 'Strike While the Iron is Hot!' for Bass Trombone and Piano
2020 - 'An Ode to the Perfidious' for Flugelhorn and Piano
2020 - 'Listen Closely' for Solo Snare Drum
2020 - 'Onwards and Upwards' for Soprano Cornet and Piano
2019 - 'rest' for Clarinet in Bb, Violin and Piano
2018 - 'Just Cause' for Flugelhorn, Tenor Horn, Baritone and Euphonium
2018 - 'My Imaginary Friend' for Tuba and Piano
2018 - 'The Jester' for Bb Trumpet/Cornet and Piano
2017 - 'Backyard Battle' for Student String Ensemble
2017 - 'Wrath' for Soprano Saxophone and Percussion
2016 - 'Quest' for Cello Trio
2016 - 'Lust' for Oboe and Tenor Trombone
2016 - 'Sylvan Tryst' for Clarinet in A, Violoncello and Piano
2016 - 'Entrance' for Countertenor and Piano
2015 to Present - 'Suite for Brass Quintet' for Brass Quintet of 2 Bb Trumpets, French Horn, Tenor Trombone and Tuba
2014 - 'Toast & Serial' for String Trio of Violin, Viola and Cello

Other Works[edit]

2021 - 'Mr Mellow & Bones' film score for Jazz Septet

2016 - 'Tragedies of 2016' for Vocals and Beat
2015 - 'The Panda' film score for Bb Trumpet, Electric Piano, Double Bass and Drum Set

References[edit]

^ "Biography". JARED MCCUNNIE. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
^ "Test pieces announced for 2023 Australian Championships". 4barsrest. 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
^ "McCunnie takes baton at Western Brass". 4barsrest. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2024-01-21.

[1] "Biography". JARED MCCUNNIE. Retrieved 2024-01-21.

[2] "Test pieces announced for 2023 Australian Championships". 4barsrest. 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2024-01-21.

[3] "McCunnie takes baton at Western Brass". 4barsrest. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2024-01-21.

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