Composer Emmanuel Dubois was born in Brussels and moved to the United States in his late twenties. Following a career in international finance and college teaching, he enrolled in the Western Michigan University School of Music where he studied composition, orchestration and counterpoint with C. Curtis-Smith and Ramon Zupko.
Dubois' suite, "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" op. 1b, for large brass ensemble and timpani, reflecting African civil war strife, had received the Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Award. In 1998, Dubois was awarded the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Arts Outreach Grant for the second piano sonata op. 10 and, in 1999, he was the recipient of the Pharmacia and Upjohn Foundation Grant for the third sonata op. 11.
Dubois' compositions have been played at numerous public events including the Nuits musicales en Armagnac summer festival in France; the Jeunes talents concert series under the auspices of the Institut National d’Histoire de l'Art at the Auditorium Colbert, Paris; at the Kauffman Center's Merkin Hall, New York; and at Carnegie Hall's Weil Hall and Zankel Hall, New York.
Dubois' suite, "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" op. 1b, for large brass ensemble and timpani, reflecting African civil war strife, had received the Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Award. In 1998, Dubois was awarded the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Arts Outreach Grant for the second piano sonata op. 10 and, in 1999, he was the recipient of the Pharmacia and Upjohn Foundation Grant for the third sonata op. 11.
Dubois' compositions have been played at numerous public events including the Nuits musicales en Armagnac summer festival in France; the Jeunes talents concert series under the auspices of the Institut National d’Histoire de l'Art at the Auditorium Colbert, Paris; at the Kauffman Center's Merkin Hall, New York; and at Carnegie Hall's Weil Hall and Zankel Hall, New York.
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Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses--II: Suite for Large Brass Ensemble and Timpani (Full Score)
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Opus 1b: 1 score (vi + 37 pages) ; includes acknowledgements, foreword
The suite Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses—II celebrates the triumph of understanding over hatred, of peace over war. The thirteen brass and timpani are grouped in choirs by movement:
- Fughetta for Timpani
- Fanfare for Four Trumpets in B Flat, Three Tenor Trombones and Bass Trombone
- Interlude for Four Horns in F and Tuba
- "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" for Thirteen Brass and Timpani
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Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses--II: Suite for Large Brass Ensemble and Timpani (Parts)
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Opus 1b: 14 parts (69 pages) ; Parts for Timpani; Trumpet I - IV; Horn I - IV; t-Trombone I - III; b-Trombone; Tuba
The suite Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses—II celebrates the triumph of understanding over hatred, of peace over war. The thirteen brass and timpani are grouped in choirs by movement:
- Fughetta for Timpani
- Fanfare for Four Trumpets in B Flat, Three Tenor Trombones and Bass Trombone
- Interlude for Four Horns in F and Tuba
- "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" for Thirteen Brass and Timpani