Julie Giroux
Encyclopedia
Julie Ann Giroux is an American
composer of orchestra
l, choral
, chamber
, and numerous concert band
works. She is a three time Emmy Award
nominee and in 1992 won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction. Ms. Giroux has an extensive list of published works for Concert Band and Wind Ensembles.
and earned a Bachelor of Music
in Performance from Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. During her college years, Giroux composed several concert band works which were published by Southern Music Company. Immediately after graduation she traveled to Los Angeles, California
and began orchestrating under the employ of American composer Bill Conti
for the Television Mini Series North and South
. While in Los Angeles Giroux studied with several composers and orchestrators including Bill Conti, Jack Eskew
and Greg McRitchie. While in Los Angeles, Julie Giroux received the following Prime Time Emmy Award nominations:
From 1985 to 1997 Julie Giroux orchestrated for television and films including April Fool's Day, Dynasty
, North and South
, North and South Book II, The Karate Kid Part II, Broadcast News
, Masters of the Universe
, White Men Can't Jump
, and Blaze
.
Giroux left Los Angeles in 1997 to compose for concert bands and orchestra
s full time publishing exclusively with Musica Propria. In 2004 Gia Publications, Inc. published the book entitled "Composers on Composing for Band, Volume Two" which features a chapter written by Julie Giroux. Her insightful chapter gives a down to earth description which is often humorous of her personal methods and techniques for composing for bands.
In 2009 Giroux, an accomplished pianist, performed her latest work Cordoba for Solo Piano
and Concert Band in 5 U.S. cities and attended the premier of Arcus IX, a work for Solo F Tuba
and Concert Band at Blinn College
in Brenham, Texas
.
Her 2009 Film and documentary
orchestrations and compositions include the ongoing project "Call for Green China" which primarily funded by World Bank
was recorded, performed and broadcast live in china in 2007. In 2009 the project was extended with new musical material, recorded and set to tour 7 cities in China where the show will be performed live.
Giroux is a Member of American Bandmasters Association
(ABA)and an honorary brother of the Omicron Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi
at West Virginia University
. She was initiated into the fraternity on April 2, 2005.
In 2010 the CD entitled The Music of Julie Giroux released by Mark Masters by the University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony, Ron Hufstader, conducting.
Review
A recording of Julie Girouxs music has been overdue but this solid collection by UTEP Wind Symphony was worth the wait. Girouxs works have been receiving plenty of attention in the programs of bands and wind ensembles everywhere. While Girouxs earlier works are in the catalog of Southern Music Company, this recorded collection of more recent works are in the catalog of Music Propria, Inc. The compositions featured are Vigils Keep, La Mezquita de Cordoba, Journey Through Orion, Glenbury Grove, the appropriately named Let Your Spirit Sing and a most descriptive work entitled KHAN. Also included are a pair of Girouxs most popular compositions To Walk With Wings: Fanfare & Overture and the Finale from the three movement suite Culloden. The listener will find Girouxs style very appreciable, imaginative and free from the clutter, clichés, and tedium of so many other composers in their writings for school, community and professional bands. Ron Hufstader and the UTEP Wind Symphony have outdone themselves with this ideal recording of Girouxs music. I eagerly await Volume 2!! --Ira Novoselsky - Band World 2010
In 2011 Mark Masters will be producing a new Christmas CD of all new christmas music arrangements cleverly combined with classical and popular standard music.
I. The Rockets Red Glare
II. Dimly Seen Through the Mists of the Deep
III. Freemen Shall Stand
2010
I. Heilan Lochs, Bairns & Heather
II. I Hae Grat for Tho' I Kend
III. We Toomed Our Stoops for the Gaudy Sodgers
I. Integrity March
II. Far From Home
III. Honor Above All
I. The Lion and the Mouse
II. The Pied Piper of Hamelin
III. The Tortoise and the Hare
IV. The Ugly Duckling
V. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composer of orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
l, choral
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, chamber
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, and numerous concert band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
works. She is a three time Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
nominee and in 1992 won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction. Ms. Giroux has an extensive list of published works for Concert Band and Wind Ensembles.
Biography
Giroux graduated from Ouachita Parish High School, in Monroe, LouisianaMonroe, Louisiana
Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...
and earned a Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...
in Performance from Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
. During her college years, Giroux composed several concert band works which were published by Southern Music Company. Immediately after graduation she traveled to Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
and began orchestrating under the employ of American composer Bill Conti
Bill Conti
William "Bill" Conti is an American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards ceremony.-Early life and career:...
for the Television Mini Series North and South
North and South
North and South may refer to:Literature*North and South , novel by Elizabeth Gaskell*North and South , series of novels by John Jakes**North and South , first novel in the series...
. While in Los Angeles Giroux studied with several composers and orchestrators including Bill Conti, Jack Eskew
Jack Eskew
Jack Eskew is a musical arranger/orchestrator based in Los Angeles, California. He studied music at the University of Southern California before beginning his career by touring the United States with various bands....
and Greg McRitchie. While in Los Angeles, Julie Giroux received the following Prime Time Emmy Award nominations:
- 1989-1990 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction
- 1990-1991 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction
- 1991-1992 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction - Winner of this Emmy Award.
From 1985 to 1997 Julie Giroux orchestrated for television and films including April Fool's Day, Dynasty
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered members of the same family. Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e.g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire...
, North and South
North and South
North and South may refer to:Literature*North and South , novel by Elizabeth Gaskell*North and South , series of novels by John Jakes**North and South , first novel in the series...
, North and South Book II, The Karate Kid Part II, Broadcast News
Broadcast News
Broadcast News may refer to:*News*Broadcast News , the 1987 movie*Broadcast journalism, the field of news and journals which are published by electrical methods...
, Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe is a media franchise created by Mattel....
, White Men Can't Jump
White Men Can't Jump
White Men Can't Jump is a 1992 American sports comedy drama film starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as streetball hustlers, co-starring Rosie Perez...
, and Blaze
Blaze
- Music :* Blaze Bayley, former Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden vocalist** Blaze Bayley , his current band, formerly known as Blaze* Blaze , an electronica band formed in 1984 in New Jersey, USA...
.
Giroux left Los Angeles in 1997 to compose for concert bands and orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s full time publishing exclusively with Musica Propria. In 2004 Gia Publications, Inc. published the book entitled "Composers on Composing for Band, Volume Two" which features a chapter written by Julie Giroux. Her insightful chapter gives a down to earth description which is often humorous of her personal methods and techniques for composing for bands.
In 2009 Giroux, an accomplished pianist, performed her latest work Cordoba for Solo Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and Concert Band in 5 U.S. cities and attended the premier of Arcus IX, a work for Solo F Tuba
Tuba
The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
and Concert Band at Blinn College
Blinn College
Blinn College is a two-year academic institution based in Brenham, Texas with campuses in Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg, and Sealy. While the Brenham campus is Blinn's main campus, more than 70% of students attend the Bryan campus....
in Brenham, Texas
Brenham, Texas
Brenham is a city in east-central Texas in Washington County, Texas, United States, with a population of 16,147 according to the 2009 census. It is the county seat of Washington County...
.
Her 2009 Film and documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
orchestrations and compositions include the ongoing project "Call for Green China" which primarily funded by World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
was recorded, performed and broadcast live in china in 2007. In 2009 the project was extended with new musical material, recorded and set to tour 7 cities in China where the show will be performed live.
Giroux is a Member of American Bandmasters Association
American Bandmasters Association
The American Bandmasters Association was formed in 1929 by Edwin Franko Goldman to promote concert band music. Goldman sought to raise esteem for concert bands among musicians and audiences...
(ABA)and an honorary brother of the Omicron Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi
Kappa Kappa Psi
Kappa Kappa Psi is a fraternity for college and university band members. It was founded on November 27, 1919 at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. William Scroggs, now regarded as the "Founder," together with "Mr. Kappa Kappa Psi" A...
at West Virginia University
West Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
. She was initiated into the fraternity on April 2, 2005.
In 2010 the CD entitled The Music of Julie Giroux released by Mark Masters by the University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony, Ron Hufstader, conducting.
Review
A recording of Julie Girouxs music has been overdue but this solid collection by UTEP Wind Symphony was worth the wait. Girouxs works have been receiving plenty of attention in the programs of bands and wind ensembles everywhere. While Girouxs earlier works are in the catalog of Southern Music Company, this recorded collection of more recent works are in the catalog of Music Propria, Inc. The compositions featured are Vigils Keep, La Mezquita de Cordoba, Journey Through Orion, Glenbury Grove, the appropriately named Let Your Spirit Sing and a most descriptive work entitled KHAN. Also included are a pair of Girouxs most popular compositions To Walk With Wings: Fanfare & Overture and the Finale from the three movement suite Culloden. The listener will find Girouxs style very appreciable, imaginative and free from the clutter, clichés, and tedium of so many other composers in their writings for school, community and professional bands. Ron Hufstader and the UTEP Wind Symphony have outdone themselves with this ideal recording of Girouxs music. I eagerly await Volume 2!! --Ira Novoselsky - Band World 2010
In 2011 Mark Masters will be producing a new Christmas CD of all new christmas music arrangements cleverly combined with classical and popular standard music.
Published compositions
Giroux's concert works are published by Musica Propria and Southern Music Company. Most have been recorded by Mark Custom Recordings, Fontec and numerous United States Military Bands whose compact discs can be obtained by contacting the appropriate military band. All of the Concert Band/Wind Ensemble listed works are Published and most can be listened to at the composer's official website.Orchestra
- Fort McHenry Suite
I. The Rockets Red Glare
II. Dimly Seen Through the Mists of the Deep
III. Freemen Shall Stand
- Arcus IX
- La Mezquita de Cordoba
- Moorish Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in Four Movements
Concert band and wind ensemble
- Mystery on Mena Mountain
- Ouachita
- Prisoner of the Ring
- The Necromancer
- Crown of Thorns
- Amaranthine
- When Country Comes to Town
- I'll Be Home A'fore Ye
- Wagon Trail
- Let Your Spirit Sing
- Dream Dancer
- A Time to Dance
- Mambo Perro Loco
- What Goes in the Night
- March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes
- Kalanu
- Empire
- Journey Through Orion
- Imbizo
- All Good Things
- Louisiana Parish Sketches
- Il Burlone
- The Greatest Generation
- Boston Liberties
- Tiger Tail March
- Three Fanfares
- Hands of Mercy
- Nothing That Is
- Vigils Keep
- KHAN
- HardDrive
- Poseidon
- Space Symphony
- Primality!
- Circus Franticus
- To Walk With Wings
- La Mezquita de Cordoba
- Arcus IX (for solo f tuba and band)
- Fort McHenry Suite
- Italian Rhapsody
- Movin' On Down the Line
- Husaria Cavalry Overture
- The Nature of the Beast
- Cordoba (for solo piano and band)
- Glenbury Grove
- Trillium
- Strathcona Suite
- Swashbuckler
- Glenbury Grove
- Legacy
2010
- Poseidon
- The Speed of Heat
- Outlander
- One Life Beautiful
- The Bonsai Tree
- Overture in Five Flat
- FREEDOM
Symphonies for concert band and wind ensembles
- CullodenCullodenCulloden may refer to any of the following:*Culloden, Highland, a village in Scotland**The Battle of Culloden, a battle which took place there in 1746...
(3 Movements)
I. Heilan Lochs, Bairns & Heather
II. I Hae Grat for Tho' I Kend
III. We Toomed Our Stoops for the Gaudy Sodgers
- No Finer Calling (3 Movements)
I. Integrity March
II. Far From Home
III. Honor Above All
- A Symphony of Fables (5 Movements)
I. The Lion and the Mouse
II. The Pied Piper of Hamelin
III. The Tortoise and the Hare
IV. The Ugly Duckling
V. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Arrangements
- Silent Night in Gotham (arrangement)
- A Stocking Full of Composers(arrangement)
- Christmas with Mozart(arrangement)
- O Holy Night (arrangement for solo soprano and band)
- Nearer My God to Thee
- Christmas & Sousa Forever!
- Peter Patapan
- The Little Bolero Boy
- Hark! Those Jingle Bells are Smokin'
- Merrily on High
- All Through the Night
- The First Noel
- The 12 Days of Christmas
- What Child is Ringing those Bells?
- I Got Rhythm for Christmas
External links
- The Music of Julie Giroux Julie Giroux's official Concert Band Website
- Julie Giroux on IMDB The Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
- Has recordings of Giroux's music Mark Custom Recording Service
- Publisher of Composers on Composing for Band Vol.II GIA Publications, Inc.
- The CD "The Music of Julie Giroux" Amazon