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NEWSLETTER!!!

2/10/2021

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If you've been following me on social media, you might have seen a recent post of mine announcing the following:
I'm taking an extensive break from most of social media for the foreseeable future. I need to take time to focus on myself physically, mentally, and spiritually. I have a lot of thinking to do. And my mental health is... well, it's not great right now.
I'll still be posting on my business page from time to time. Which leads me to.... THE NEWSLETTER!!! I just published my first one today. Go subscribe for the latest news and updates - you may find a few surprises here and there too :) like a secret coupon code for all of my catalog this month!!
NEWSLETTER
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TWO NEW INTERVIEWS!!

1/26/2021

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Last year, I was honored to have the opportunity to speak to two additional groups about my work. Check out the interviews below!

1. THE CLASSICYL VINE: I was delighted to have had the opportunity to speak to Natasha Nelson about my chamber trio ALL I WONDER, written for Sputter Box and their 2020 project-turned-album "Sputter (SHRINKS THE) Box."  Natasha is writing a full series of interviews, featuring all of the composers who wrote new works for Sputter Box and their project. Check out my interview below, and be sure to peruse through the full series of interviews!
classicylvine.com/2020/12/09/josh-trentadue/

2. SOUNDS OF THE WORLD: This eclectic new podcast proclaims "Our world is a buffet of music and it is time to eat!" This statement couldn't be any truer - just look at their episode list (link below)! I'm delighted to have had the opportunity to talk about my work, my involvement with the Millennium Composers Initiative, and the current progress of my upcoming symphony (have you checked out our album campaign yet? So many cool perks and ways you can support our recording project!!) with the wonderful folks who run this podcast. Check it out!
redcircle.com/shows/sounds-of-the-world
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SYMPHONY NO. 1 (2020-2021): THE ALBUM

1/24/2021

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We're recording an album!!

My brilliant team of guest artists and I are collaborating with the wonderful folks at PARMA Recordings, and the extraordinary Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, to record a commercial album featuring the ORCHESTRAL version of the symphony. Dr. Jordan VanHemert (our jazz combo's tenor saxophonist) will be co-producing the album with me. Recording will tentatively be taking place this summer, with an album release date scheduled for next year.

We've just launched our crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo! Be one of the first supporters of our project today - there's some pretty cool perks you can choose from!!

​Please help us spread the word to everyone you know!
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"CONVERGENCE" (2021): Zenith Saxophone Quartet

1/14/2021

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My saxophone quartet "Bread and Circuses" appears on Zenith Saxophone Quartet's debut album "Convergence"! I am grateful and honored to be represented on this album alongside a plethora of new music written by all of the additional fantastic composers represented.

Physical CD's are now available directly from Zenith.
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UPDATE: The album is now available on all digital streaming platforms!!! Hear "Bread and Circuses" below, and be sure to check out the full album!!
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"OF DAY AND NIGHT" (2019): TRIPTYCH FOR WIND ENSEMBLE

1/1/2021

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PURCHASE FULL TRIPTYCH [MURPHY MUSIC PRESS]
In 2019, composers Kevin Day, Quinn Mason, and I collaborated together on a new project for wind ensemble. The resulting triptych, Of Day and Night, explores the progression of time over the course of a single day. Each of the three pieces - Kevin's Shimmering Sunshine (Grade 4), Quinn's Across a Golden Sky (Grade 3), and my own work Midnight Skyline (Grade 5) - focuses on a specific point of the day, all the while celebrating our species and the natural phenomena of our planet. Of Day and Night was generously supported by a consortium of wind ensembles and conductors across the United States. Today, that consortium exclusivity window has officially ended* and the triptych is now available to the public.

Kevin, Quinn, and I are excited to announce that all three pieces in the triptych 
Of Day and Night are now published and distributed through Murphy Music Press, LLC. While Kevin, Quinn, and I strongly encourage that all three pieces be programmed in order to realize the triptych's full intent, each piece does stand on their own as well and may be performed individually. Additionally, the triptych is available to purchase through Murphy Music Press as a full bundle, or each piece may be purchased individually.

*Consortium members who were unable to give their premieres of any part, or all of, this triptych due to the COVID-19 pandemic will still have the rights to call their performances of any, or all, of these three works their consortium premiere.
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I am so, so grateful to the following:

​-To all of the consortium members, artists, friends, and colleagues who have supported and advocated for this triptych, for Kevin and Quinn's outstanding music, and for my own work
-To Sean Murphy for publishing this triptych in his catalog, as well as for his continued championing and advocacy of new music and incredible composers
-To all of you who have continued to support and advocate for me and my own work throughout the years, especially through these recently, incredibly difficult and challenging times

Secondly, it is a great privilege and honor to have my own work be a part of MMP's incredible catalog!
​I'm very excited to be joining this family of fantastic composers.

Finally, I am beyond grateful to both Kevin and Quinn for their wonderful friendship, for their brilliant creativity and art, for the beautiful pieces they have created for this triptych, and for the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with them on this project.

Some new projects are on the horizon, and the revision process for my symphony is going well! More to come soon about all of this.
For now, here's to a new year, new music, and better days to come.
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NEW MUSIC: 2020

12/15/2020

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With the 2020 Midwest Clinic virtual conference kicking off today, I have some additional exciting announcements to share with you! Check it out:

​LARGE ENSEMBLE
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No new orchestral works this year, sadly, but two wind ensemble works are new, and newly published!

To kick things off, who says it's too early to start thinking about your 2021 Christmas holiday concert? Give this energetic and fun Grade 6 medley of public-domain Christmas tunes a listen - A Wild Christmas Nightcap is one wild, epic ride you won't soon forget. A perfect concert opener or closer.
Josh Trentadue · A Wild Christmas Nightcap (2020) - PLAYBACK
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Just published yesterday - my friend and colleague, composer extraordinaire Harrison J. Collins, has created an excellent transcription of my orchestral work The Floodgates of the Sky, now available for wind ensemble! This Grade 5 piece is based on the Noah's Ark story - specifically, the moment when the big storm arrives. My sincerest gratitude to Harrison for taking the time this year to create this excellent transcription of this piece.
Josh Trentadue · The Floodgates of the Sky (2016/2020) - Trentadue/trans. Collins [DEMO]
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FLEX BAND/ADAPTABLE ENSEMBLE
Here's the full catalog of my adaptable ensemble works currently available. More pieces are on the way next year, including an adaptable ensemble version of The Floodgates of the Sky (I'm not sure how many parts there will be yet for this one; we'll see what works).

You'll also notice several arrangements/transcriptions listed in the adaptable ensemble link above. Keep reading this blog post for the official announcement about this section of that page.

CHAMBER MUSIC
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Two new chamber pieces are available!

All I Wonder was written for Sputter Box's miniatures project "Sputter (SHRINKS THE) Box," meant to create new music and help artists and composers during the pandemic. This piece is one such experience I had this year at the beginning of the pandemic. Sputter Box has created an album of this project - please consider buying it and supporting this fantastic group!
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Before the pandemic began, the NASA 2020 Biennial Conference was able to happen last March at Arizona State University. Saxophonists Ben MacDonald and Matthew Hartson commissioned me to write them a new work for tenor saxophone and piano that would showcase the versatility and artistry of an instrument whose repertoire is continuing to now quickly grow.

Excursions is the result of this commission and is an abstract road trip of sorts through four different geographical landscapes. You can hear Ben's wonderful world premiere of the piece at NASA 2020 (with the AMAZING Casey Dierlam Tse on piano) below:
Josh Trentadue · Excursions (2020) - WORLD PREMIERE
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​OTHER NEWS
Two other announcements. First:

Back in 2018 - 2019, I collaborated with fantastic composers Kevin Day and Quinn Mason to create a new triptych for wind ensemble that examines, from an abstract perspective, the progression of a single day. Of Day and Night was commissioned by a consortium of wind ensembles and includes Kevin's vibrant Shimmering Sunshine (Grade 4), Quinn's gorgeous Across a Golden Sky (Grade 3), and my own manic work Midnight Skyline (Grade 5).
The consortium exclusivity for this triptych officially ends this year. Kevin, Quinn, and I will have more information available soon on where these pieces will be made available to the public.

The second announcement:

The sandbox of limitless possibilities offered by adaptable ensemble music was one of a few things which reinvigorated my compositional and creative, artistic spirit throughout the turmoils and challenges of this year. Including the three arrangements of my own music, plus one new composition that I've written (also published), I am so grateful to composers Kevin Day and Harrison J. Collins for entrusting me to arrange THEIR own music for this genre. It's been quite an honor, and a delight, to work with these three fantastic pieces and create new versions of this music beloved by audiences everywhere, now suitable for practically any type of performance situation.
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Murphy Music Press · Dancing Fire (Flex Version)-Kevin Day/arr Trentadue
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Murphy Music Press · Havana (Flex Version)-Kevin Day/arr Trentadue
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Murphy Music Press · O Rose Of May (Flex Version) -Harrison Collins, arr Trentadue
The adaptable ensemble versions of Kevin's pieces Dancing Fire and Havana, and Harrison's piece O rose of May, are all now available and published through Murphy Music Press, LLC, as part of their latest series of flex band/adaptable ensemble music. I am extremely grateful to Sean Murphy for publishing these arrangements of Kevin and Harrison's wonderful music, as well as for his continued championing and support of new music and incredible composers.

I look forward to 2021, and the many exciting new experiences, opportunities, and adventures ahead.
​May all of you have a wonderful, safe, and restful holiday season.
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SYMPHONY NO. 1: CONSORTIUM UPDATE (wind ensemble)

12/12/2020

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It's been a little while since I've talked about this upcoming symphony... yeah, I think it's time for an update. So what's new with this piece?
​Well:
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PODCAST INTERVIEW: COMPOSER DISCLOSURE

9/28/2020

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Many thanks to my good friend and colleague, composer and educator Jeff Herwig, on hosting a wonderful discussion I shared with him for his new podcast Composer Disclosure. You can listen to the full podcast episode below.

Topics Jeff and I talked about include some of the Millennium Composer Initiative's recent endeavors and some of the major elements that will be used in my upcoming symphony - post-bop jazz from its 6-player combo (Emily Dierickx, Jordan VanHemert, Lillie Christie, Kevin Day, Amanda Ruzza, and Kevin Keith), fixed media, sound healing from its solo flutist (Amy Rosendall), and more.

Be sure to follow Jeff's podcast too - he's going to be interviewing some fantastic composers for his first season, including Kevin Day, Jodie Blackshaw, Randall Standridge, Julie Giroux, and JaRod Hall.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THE _____ EXPERIMENT

9/22/2020

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Earlier this month, the chamber music group The _____ Experiment asked me to join them for a roundtable retrospective discussion about their latest album Conversations (which I helped co-produce). All of the artists who have, and are currently part of, this group are incredible advocates and champions of new music, and I'm thrilled that they not only represented three of my chamber pieces for their album, ​but also honored that my work is represented with a plethora of fantastic new pieces by equally wonderful composers.

You can view the full interview below. Go purchase their album too!!
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ONE DAY AT A TIME

9/10/2020

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Do I even need to say what's been going on in 2020?

​We all know. We've been living the nightmare, enduring it, surviving it, each in our own way. We are 6+ months into this global pandemic and crisis, with the arts continuing to be devastated and no foreseeable plan to address the long-term negative impacts of this chaos. There are short-term plans in place - some of us have been able to meet in-person and in smaller numbers, while others have gone fully virtual.

Teachers, educators, artists, composers, and more need our collective support, now more than ever. We all need to support each other equally - not some artists and groups and composers more than others. ALL OF US. EQUALLY.

So how has all of this impacted me? Well --

Like so many of us, this brutal pandemic gradually shocked me into an artistically catatonic depression for a while. At first, I created a series of Isolation Improvisations just so that I COULD write, but looking back on it, the whole experience essentially forced myself into a creative state of mind during difficult times. It ended up being unhealthy for me - something that actually drained me more than I think I would have felt had I NOT created those improvisations.

So, as we have all each accomplished in our own way, I moved through every moment of quarantine one day at a time.

​This year, I've tried to find new outlets for productivity and focused my energies on finding personal, and dare I even say spiritual, balance. I've been cooking and baking much more often now (so many cookies baked this year - so. many.). I started meditating earlier this year, which has actually created a more positive, overall impact on my mental health that I would have ever thought possible. I've been reading more books and articles, learning some new technological skills, and I hope to start learning a new language by the beginning of next year.
​Again, taking everything one day at a time.

Before this pandemic occurred, however, I had been developing something else - something that's absolutely now a long-term project (several years, at least).

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  • SYMPHONY 1 (2020-2021)
  • BIO
  • CONCERT MUSIC
    • ADAPTABLE ENSEMBLES
    • BAND
    • ORCHESTRA
    • CONCERTI
    • JAZZ ENSEMBLE
    • CHAMBER MUSIC
    • SOLO WORKS
    • ELECTRONIC MUSIC
    • TRIPTYCHS
  • FILM MUSIC
  • MEDIA
  • EVENTS
  • STORE
  • CONTACT
  • BLOG