Daniel Theaker

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Daniel Theaker
Background information
Born March 30, 1967
Flag of Canada Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genre(s) Classical, Chamber Music, Opera
Occupation(s) Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instrument(s) Flute, Clarinet

Daniel George Theaker (born March 30, 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a neoromantic composer, conductor and woodwind instrumentalist. He is a self-described champion of the bass oboe and heckelphone, and a practitioner of the "Elastic Scoring" orchestration techniques first conceived by Percy Grainger.

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[edit] Biography

Mr. Theaker holds a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus) from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, where he studied composition with Carleton Elliott and conducting with James Mark. He has also taken masterclasses in Wind Ensemble conducting and direction from the esteemed North American conducting instructor Eugene Corporon. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Theaker was Principal Flute and Piccolo with the Regimental Band of the Governor General's Foot Guards. During this time, he also performed with the Ceremonial Guard and earned certificates in woodwind performance from the Canadian Forces School of Music. It was here that he conducted a performance of Stravinsky's, L'Histoire du Soldat  (The Soldier's Tale) and a performance of Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F  for Military Band.

His flute quartets are well known in the classical music flute community and his 'Scale and Arpeggio' books for Woodwind and Brass instruments are also well known on the educational/conservatory music scene. He has also arranged music by Glenn Gould and Calixa Lavallée.

Mr. Theaker currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[edit] Influences

An ardent admirer of the music of Alban Berg, and of the original compositions written by the celebrated Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, Daniel Theaker's music is influenced by the works of Modest Mussorgsky, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Holst, Aram Khatchaturian, Percy Grainger, and Philip Glass.

[edit] Interests

Since 1982, Mr. Theaker has enjoyed reading the long running and highly acclaimed Cerebus the Aardvark graphic novel stories by Dave Sim.

[edit] Musical Works (Unpublished)

[edit] Brass/Woodwinds

  • Portrait of Memory/Portraits of Imagined Memory - Quartet No.1, Op.11 for Tuba Quartet or Bassoon Quartet (1998/2002/3)

These works for tuba or bassoon quartet are elastically scored for two euphoniums and two tubas and for four bassoons or heckelphone, two bassoons and contrabassoon.

[edit] Opera

  • The Beautiful Shoreline Op.14 - An opera in three acts (1999-2001)

[edit] Orchestral

  • Elegy of Loss, Misery and Grief for Orchestra (2006)
  • Flute Concerto No.1, Op.17b for Flute and Orchestra (2004-2006)
  • Overture to the Beautiful Shoreline Op.14 (Concert Overture)
  • Violin Concerto No.1, Op.17 for Violin and Orchestra (2004-2006)

[edit] Soloist with Piano

  • Flute Concerto No.1, Op.17b (2004-2006) for Flute and Piano
  • Violin Concerto No.1, Op.17 (2004-2006) for Violin and Piano

[edit] Musical Works (Published)

[edit] Piano

  • Symmetry for piano solo (2005)
  • Three Preludes Op.1 for piano solo (1989/1996)

[edit] Flute

  • Flute Quartet No.1, Op.6 for four C flutes or two C flutes, alto and bass (1993)
  • Flute Quartet No.2, "Three English Landscapes" for four C flutes (1996)
  • Flute Quartet No.3, "Rêves et Cauchemares" for four C flutes (1997)

[edit] Clarinet

  • Clarinet Quartet No.1 for three B♭ clarinets and bass clarinet (1998)

The majority of Mr. Theaker's music is published by Mayfair Montgomery Publishing of Toronto.

[edit] Musical Arrangements

Sonata for Flute and Piano by Glenn Gould (as arranged by Daniel Theaker).
Sonata for Flute and Piano by Glenn Gould (as arranged by Daniel Theaker).
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano by Glenn Gould ISMN M-001-13338-8 [1]
  • Pieces for String Trio by Glenn Gould ISMN M-001-13334-0 [2]
  • Pieces for Woodwind Trio by Glenn Gould ISMN M-001-13335-7 [3]

These arrangements of Glenn Gould's music by Mr. Theaker are forthcoming from Schott Music (Mainz, Germany).

[edit] Educational Materials

Scales and Arpeggios for the Clarinet Book One by Daniel Theaker.
Scales and Arpeggios for the Clarinet Book One by Daniel Theaker.

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