2024 First-Time Editors’ Choice Honorees:

Instrumental Composers

Editors’ Choice, one of our flagship services,

represents the very best new music for every ensemble.

The J.W. Pepper staff reviews hundreds of selections

from a broad range of publishers,

awarding only the highest quality titles our signature red check mark.

In addition to being a helpful tool for teachers and directors,

Editors’ Choice represents a major career aspiration for composers and arrangers!

For the second year running,

we’re featuring composers

who’ve had one of their instrumental pieces chosen

for the first time this year.

Read on to learn about the honorees and their selected works.

「Editors’ Choice」は、私たちの主要サービスのひとつであり、あらゆるアンサンブルのための

最高の新しい音楽を提供します。

J.W. Pepperのスタッフは、

多くの出版社から提供された数百もの作品を

レビューし、

その中から最高品質のタイトルだけに、

シンボルである赤いチェックマークを

授与しています。

このサービスは、教師や指導者にとって役立つ

ツールであると同時に、

作曲家や編曲家にとって

大きなキャリア目標でもあります！

今年で2年目となるこの特集では、

今年初めてインストゥルメンタル作品が選ばれた作曲家たちをご紹介します。

受賞者とその選ばれた作品について

詳しくお読みください。

2024 First-Time Editors’ Choice Honorees: Instrumental Composers

byKate Shealy

on

August 23, 2024

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Jazz Ensemble

Kaori Nakano

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Jazz Band

Kaori Nakano

Editors' Choice Piece:

A Star Stolen from the Night Sky

for Jazz Ensemble

Kaori Nakano is a Japan-based composer, arranger, jazz pianist, and educator.

She started attending Yamaha Music School

and playing the piano at the age of three.

She majored in Indian Buddhism at university

and graduate school in Japan,

beginning her career as a performer and teacher during her studies.

While studying

South and Southeast Asian studies

at the University of California, Berkeley

in the United States,

she struggled with English

but experienced how music

transcends language

when a single piano performance earned

her recognition and many new connections.

This inspired her to pursue a career in music upon returning to Japan.

For 30 years, she has taught classical, pop, and jazz piano

as well as instructor training

at Yamaha Music School.

In jazz composition,

she devotes considerable time to voicing at the piano

and envisions orchestrations that leverage

the unique characteristics of the musicians during recording.

She studied jazz composition under two mentors in Japan:

Mr. Zensho Otsuka, a jazz pianist influenced by Horace Silver, and Mr.

Katsuhiko Tanaka, an arranger

inspired by Marty Paich.

This piece, A Star Stolen from the Night Sky was composed

during a year when she lost both of

her parents consecutively.

Kaori NakanoComposer Official Website

Website: kaori-nakano.jimdosite.com

ジャズバンド

中野薫

Editors' Choice 受賞作品:

ジャズアンサンブルのための「A Star Stolen from the Night Sky」

中野薫は、日本を拠点とする作曲家、編曲家、ジャズピアニスト、教育者です。

彼女は3歳でヤマハ音楽教室に通い始め、

ピアノを弾き始めました。

大学と大学院ではインド仏教を専攻し、

在学中に演奏家や教師としてのキャリアをスタートさせました。

アメリカのカリフォルニア大学バークレー校で

南アジア・東南アジア研究を学ぶ中で、

英語に苦労しましたが、

ピアノの演奏一つで認められ、

多くの新しいつながりを得たことで、

音楽が言葉を超えることを体験しました。

これに触発され、日本に帰国後、

音楽の道を追求することを決意しました。

彼女は30年間、ヤマハ音楽教室でクラシック、

ポップス、ジャズピアノ、そしてインストラクターの養成を教えてきました。

ジャズ作曲においては、

ピアノでのヴォイシングに多くの時間を費やし、録音時に演奏者の個性を活かす編曲を

構想しています。

彼女は日本で、

ホレス・シルヴァーに影響を受けたジャズピアニストの大塚善章氏と、

マーティ・ペイチに影響を受けた

編曲家の田中勝彦氏のもとでジャズ作曲を

学びました。

この「A Star Stolen from the Night Sky」という作品は、彼女が両親を立て続けに失った年に

作曲されました。

Jazz Band

Kaori Nakano

Editors' Choice Piece:

A Star Stolen from the Night Sky for Jazz Ensemble

Kaori Nakano is a Japan-based composer, arranger, jazz pianist, and educator.

She started attending Yamaha Music School

and playing the piano at the age of three.

She majored in Indian Buddhism at university

and graduate school in Japan,

beginning her career as a performer and teacher during her studies.

While studying South and Southeast Asian studies

at the University of California, Berkeley in the United States,

she struggled with English

but experienced how music transcends language

when a single piano performance earned her recognition and many new connections.

This inspired her to pursue a career in music upon returning to Japan.

For 30 years, she has taught classical, pop, and jazz piano

as well as instructor training at Yamaha Music School.

In jazz composition,

she devotes considerable time to voicing at the piano

and envisions orchestrations that leverage

the unique characteristics of the musicians during recording.

She studied jazz composition under two mentors in Japan:

Mr. Zensho Otsuka, a jazz pianist influenced by Horace Silver, and Mr.

Katsuhiko Tanaka, an arranger inspired by Marty Paich.

This piece, A Star Stolen from the Night Sky was composed

during a year when she lost both of her parents consecutively.

Kaori NakanoComposer Official Website

Website: kaori-nakano.jimdosite.com

Jazz Ensemble

Editors’ Choice Piece: A Star Stolen from the Night Sky for Jazz Ensemble

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