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Jack Bewley

Composer

Born: 1998

Biography

Jack Bewley grew up in Whakatane playing with the Eastern Bay of Plenty Brass Band and his interest in composition developed in high school. His first brass band work, Te Tangi a Wairaka, helped earn Jack the top scholar title for NCEA Scholarship Music in 2015.

Jack was commissioned to write the Open Bass Trombone solo for the 2017 NZ National Band Championships and the C Grade Test work for the 2018 NZ National Contest. He was a participant in the NZSO’s Young Composer Awards in 2019, where he won the Orchestra’s Choice award and won first equal in the 2019 New Zealand School of Music Composers’ Competition. After attaining a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours, he is currently working at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington. As soon as COVID-19 allows, he will be moving to London to study a Masters at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire.


Composed (8)

Andalusia

for big band, 5m


Chorale

for massed brass ensemble and percussion, 10m


Crack

for bass trombone and piano, 7m


Mr Speaker

for oboe, marimba and backing track, 5m 30s


Overture

for brass band, 5m


Parade

for brass band, 3m 30s


Te Tangi a Wairaka

for brass band, 8m


Three Contrasting Scenes

for cornet/trumpet quartet and tape, 6m 30s