16 October 1960, San Antonio, TX
American composer and horn player
WORKS FOR BRASS Ensemble
- Soundings on the Erie Canal, Opus 2 (1984) for brass quintet
- Kaitsenko, Opus 14 (1991) for brass quintet
- Casbah of Tetouan, Opus 21 (1993) for brass quintet
- Ricochet, Opus 23 (1993) for brass quintet
- Ghost Riders, Opus 27 (1995) for brass octet (with optional tenor voice)
- The Labyrinth, Opus 32 (1995) for brass ensemble
- Les Heroes, Opus 37 (1995) for large brass ensemble
- Improvisation, Opus 38 (1995) for brass quintet
- Cortejo, Opus 63 (2011) for brass quintet
WORKS FOR HORN ENSEMBLE
- Barbara Allen – 4 horns or 8 horns
- Bronze Triptych – 12 horns, timpani, percussion
- Casbah of Tetouan for 5 horns
- Chaconne for Three Horns for 3 horns
- Fandango – 4 horns
- Fanfare for Barcs for horn quartet
- Farewell to Red Castle – 8 horns
- Fiesta Fanfare – 4 trumpets or 4 horns
- The Ghosts of Dublin – 8 horns
- Quartet Nr. 1 for horn quartet
- Quartet Nr. 2 for horn quartet
- Quartet Nr. 3 for horn quartet
- Quartet Nr. 4 for horn quartet
- Rule Britannia! – 4 horns
- Symphony for Carols – 8 horns, including 2 alphorns (optional)
- Take 9 Fanfare – 9 horns
- Three Movements for Hour Horns – 4 horns
- ’Twas a Dark and Stormy Night – Version for 2 horns, organ or piano
- Variations on a Luxembourgish Folk Song for horn quartet
- Wedding Music – 4 horns, narrator
WORKS FOR BRASS IN OTHER SETTINGS
- Suite for Solo Tuba & Horn Quartet – 4 horns, tuba
- Bandera for trumpet, horn, trombone, and piano
- The Black Knight, Opus 3 (1985) for brass quintet and organ
- The Pocono Menagerie – trumpet, horn, tuba/euphonium, and piano
- Navajo Mandala – Combined woodwind, brass quintet with percussion
BIOGRAPHY
Kerry Turner has become one of the most recognized names, not only in the horn world, but in brass playing in general. Whether as a composer or a performing artist on the horn, he appears regularly on the great concert stages of the world. Mr. Turner’s major ensembles with whom he performs include the world-famous American Horn Quartet, the stunning Virtuoso Horn Duo, and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. As a member of these prestigious organizations, he has concertized on four continents. He is also a frequently invited soloist and clinician, having performed and taught in Germany, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, the United States and the Czech Republic.
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Kerry Turner received his Artist Diploma from the Manhattan School of Music in New York and, as a Fulbright Scholar, continued his studies with Hermann Baumann at the Stuttgart College of Music and Performing Arts. Following his studies, he placed 5th at the Geneva International Horn Competition and won the Bronze Medal at the 39th Prague Spring International Music Competition.
Mr. Turner’s compositional career has sky-rocketed over the past several years. His works for horn in combination with virtually every genre of chamber music continue to be heard literally around the world. He has been commissioned by many organizations, including the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the Japanese Horn Ensemble, and the Richmond, Virginia Chamber Music Society (with Mr. Thomas Jostlein), just to name a few. He has been awarded top prizes at the International Horn Society Composition Contest as well as the IBLA Foundation. In his spare time, Mr. Turner sings tenor, studies languages (he is fluent in 4 and dabbles in a few others) and loves to cook.
~ from the composer’s website
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