and NO this is not my first symphony! And not 'Symphony No. 1' but titled 'Symphony ONE' - that its name. But it should've been called 'Symphony En Saga' for the 17 year
legacy and struggle to put... More > it in this incredible 'Mahler-sized' final form. That struggle has
been won it IS published; now begins the road to recognition so that it may truly
exist in music. The three (yes 3!) prototypes of this work are behind me but I still love
the recording I made of its original chamber form in 1995-96, I may yet release that.
Meanwhile the search begins for that very special conductor/mentor who will introduce it to the world.
-- To find out how this music sounds, mp3's of the
computer play versions are available through contact with Michael Guy, a.k.a. Michael
Guy L'Ecluse...a man who's been composing since 1975 in the face of thick and thin It may be stupidity to you but to us composers (and the Masters have been of the greatest help here) it IS DEDICATION!< Less
American Composer/pianist Michael Guy L'Ecluse also composes chamber and symphonic music with a jazz influence. Try his first quartet subtitled "S.Q. Blue" completed in 2010 in 2 movements... More > with a third Finale movement just added in 2011. This movement adds to the beautifully baroque/classical theme of the slow Largamente of the middle movement by ending the quartet with a wonderfully up-tempo and up-beat finale that was actually based on one of his best received jazz piano charts from the 1984 concert tour. It gives a very exciting finish to the quartet and should be a crowd pleaser. SQ Blue an eclectic fusion in 3 large sections. A very "jazz blues" influence, Celtic flavored with shades of a Bartok influence in movement #1. This is a new 2013 full-size study score (8.5x11)For performing groups a book of parts can be made at cost. Contact the composer from his Lulu storefront.
Digital Demonstration mp3s of SQ BLUE> available by request @ www.jzcdz.com< Less
American Composer/pianist Michael Guy (b. 1954) also composes chamber and symphonic music with a jazz influence. Try his first quartet subtitled "S.Q. Blue" completed in 2010 in 2 movements... More > with the last long movement (16') in 3 large sections. A very "jazz blues" influence and Celtic flavored music with shades of his Bartok influence in movement #1. For performing groups a score can be made available with parts at cost. Contact the composer from his Lulu storefront.
Digital Demonstration mp3s of SQ BLUE> can be made available by email or free. They were made using Roland digital samples not real instruments and are for general demo only and do not reflect this musics highest artistic potential.< Less
First self-published orchestra suite, composed and orchestrated by American composer Michael Guy who is also a jazz pianist and has recently published CDs. 7 sections with each published alone as... More > they are finished. The first here is I.PRELUDE, a romantically tinged impressionistic melody surrounded with rippling harp, woodwind figures they reveal his influences from Howard Hanson, Ives to Debussy and Stravinsky. This short prelude orchestrated in 2010 is amazingly based on one of his first youthful melodies all the back to 1975! when just a student in community college...< Less
