Bothnian Rhapsody for Brass Quintet by Jukka Viitasaari

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BOTHNIAN RHAPSODY FOR BRASS QUINTET BY JUKKA VIITASAARI

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http://www.trumpetguild.org Please retain this cover sheet with printed document. BOTHNIAN RHAPS ODY For Brass Ruintet By Jukka Viitasaari

Commissioned by the Pohjanmaa (Bothnian) Military Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2003

Given by the composer to the International Trumpet Guild as a supplement to the March 2007 ITG Journal

This supplement consists of the score and trumpet parts only; see page two for instructions for downloading all the individual parts in PDF format or to request printed parts direct from ITG.

Copyright © 2007 International Trumpet Guild Editor’s Note: In August of 2002, it was my good fortune to meet Jukka Viitasaari at the Second Raimo Sarmas International Trumpet Competition in Lieksa, Finland. Several of Viitasaari’s compositions were featured during the week. I was impressed by his music’s accessibility, craftsman - ship, and fresh ethnic flavor. We struck up a conversation one afternoon in the idyllic Finnish woods, and I asked him if he would be inter - ested in writing some brass music for my groups back home. About ten days after I returned from Finland, the first piece showed up! Over the years a number of other compositions have found their way to me from Jukka, of which Bothnian Rhapsody is my personal favorite… it is an extremely effective piece for both the performers and the audience. We are fortunate indeed that this warm-hearted, extremely gener - ous composer has agreed to let the International Trumpet Guild publish Bothnian Rhapsody as its music supplement for the Volume 31 pub - lication season. You’ll want to go to the ITG Web Site (http://www.trumpeguild.org) and download the individual parts to the piece right away. Thank you Jukka! Gary Mortenson ITG Publications Editor September 2006

About the Composer: Jukka Viitasaari (b. 1961), M.E., is a Finnish classroom teacher with a musical background that includes studies in music theory, rock, jazz, and low brass instruments. His instruments are the tuba and the guitar and he has composed dozens of pieces for wind bands of vari - ous forms. Approximately fifty of Viitasaari’s works have been published in Finland. The Dutch publisher Bronsheim Muziekuitguiverij and the German house of Kuettner have also published his compositions. In 2000, the Finnish Conservatory Bands Puhuri and Junior Big Band released a CD featuring his music titled Born in the Sauna, the music of Jukka Viitasaari . The Finnish Central Council Of Arts granted him a stipend to compose in 2002 and 2005. Paul Niemisto, associate pro - fessor of music at St. Olaf College, MN, USA offered these thoughts on Viitasaari’s music: “Jukka Viitasaari is an unique voice in Finnish music in that he strives to incorporate old traditional folk music idioms into modern formats.” Notable commissions include 3-D Musketeer (2003) for the Kansas State University Trumpet Ensemble, The Virtual Alchemist (2004) for the KSU Brass Quintet, Sandman´s Day Off for Luis Engelke (2005) (all premiered at International Trumpet Guild Conferences), and Winter Reflections (2005) commissioned by Dan Gordon and the Plattsburgh State University of New York Symphonic Band. Viitasaari’s works in a similar vein include the 15-minute The Missing Season (2001), commissioned by the Concordia College Band, Moorhead, MN (2nd prize in the interna - tional competition for a composition for wind band held in Corciano, Italy). Other works have received recognition in competitions in Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Finland, and the United States. In 2004, Jukka won all three categories (A-B-C) in a contest held by the Finnish Wind Band Association. The victorious pieces were Rain Dances , Tango Fantasy , and Portrait Of A Searcher . In 2005 he won the 1st prize in a composition contest held by the Finnish Wind Band Association and the Composers and Arrangers of Finland with Solos, Anyone? . In July 2006, Light up the Sky was awarded the 1st prize in the Italian Jukka Viitasaari band composition contest VIII Concorso Pernice.

Copyright © 2007 International Trumpet Guild 2 Copyright © 2007 International Trumpet Guild Copyright © 2007 International Trumpet Guild 3 4 Copyright © 2007 International Trumpet Guild Copyright © 2007 International Trumpet Guild 5 BOTHNIAN RHAPS ODY For Brass Ruintet By Jukka Viitasaari

Commissioned by the Pohjanmaa (Bothnian) Military Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2003

Trumpet 1 in Bb

Commissioned by the Pohjanmaa (Bothnian) Military Band for their 50th Anniversary in 200 3

Trumpet 2 in Bb

Commissioned by the Pohjanmaa (Bothnian) Military Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2003

Horn in F

Commissioned by the Pohjanmaa (Bothnian) Military Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2003

Trombone 1 in C

Commissioned by the Pohjanmaa (Bothnian) Military Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2003 Tuba 1 in C

Copyright © 2007 International Trumpet Guild About the Gulf of Bothnia: The northern arm of the Baltic Sea, between Sweden (west) and Finland (east), this body of water is called Bottniska Viken in Swedish and Pohjan Lahti in Finnish. Covering an area of about 45,200 square miles (117,000 square km), the gulf extends for 450 miles (725 km) from north to south, but only 50 to 150 miles (80 to 240 km) from east to west. It is nearly closed off by the Åland (Ahvenanmaa) Islands (south). Because so many rivers empty into the gulf, including the Ångerman, Ume, Lule, Torne, Kemi, and Oulu, its salinity is extremely low, and this allows ice to cover the area up to five months every winter. Navigation in the narrow gulf is difficult, from both the persistent ice and the many small islands. The main gulf ports are Pori, Vaasa (Vasa), and Oulu in Finland, and Luleå, Härnösand, Sundsvall, and Gävle in Sweden. Many coastal sawmills process the vast forest resources of the hinterland, which was formerly called Bothnia (Botten).