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Member of PRS since 1980. Associate Member of PRS since 1984. In his activities as Band Leader Geoff Warren has always contributed the most part of the repertoire of his groups. As sideman or collaborator he has often contributed to the repertoire, as is the case with the duo Warren/Izmailov and the Badal Roy Trio (See discography).
1983 Awarded an Arts Council of Great Britain Bursary to compose an extended work for jazz quartet. "Other Storeys" was premiered at the Seven Dials Jazz Club, London, and broadcast twice on BBC Radio 3 in 1984. Dave Ilic of City Limits magazine wrote:
"While there's been much talk about extending the forms of jazz composition, few British jazzers have actually got down to taking the bull by the horns. Saxophonist/flautist Warren might well be amongst the (less vocal) exceptions, a composer whose original scripts drew equally from jazz and rock. The Arts Council commissioned "Other Storeys" premiered last year, however, marked a major development, effectively focussing and interweaving the different improvisatory methods existing within the group." City Limits Magazine, London, August 1984.
Since 2000 Geoff Warren, as well as contributing to the repertoires of the groups with which he performs has also dedicated himself to the composition of chamber music, maintaining a strong modern jazz influence, see below the piece “Entrata”, first of four movements in a suite for flute and piano.
City
Limits Magazine, London, August 1984.
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1985 London publishers Stainer & Bell published Ten Studies
for flute
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Munich
1993 saw the first performance of the musical "Poker",
with book and lyrics by Ruth Sharon Koch.
The
entire score was subsequently broadcast on Bavarian Radio, and a
CD of the music released on TUTU records in 1996 and features top
American and European musicians.
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1993 Release by TUTU records
of CD "Trouble in Paradise" by South African singer Nomakosazana,
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"Sassofonista Autodidatta", Carisch Editori, Milan. Italy.
A teach yourself sax book,
1st edition 1998.
2nd edition 2003,
3rd edition 2007,
containing audio CD
with classics from the sax repertoire as well as original educational pieces
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Italy 2007
“Entrata” for flute and piano.
Fornaciari Music, Barco,
Reggio Emilia.
Listen to the opening bars.
entrata
To order your copy of Entrata write to Fornaciari Music
fornaciarimusic@libero.it
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Radio
Broadcasts as Band Leader/Composer
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