Keiichi Kurokawa
Biography
Keiichi Kurokawa (b. 23 December 1980, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese composer and educator.
Kurokawa graduated from Saitama University majoring in East Asian Cultures. He participated in wind band club while in school, playing trumpet in junior high and high school, and bass and alto clarinet at university. He began arranging during high school and since then has made many arrangements and compositions for wind band and chamber ensembles. His arrangement American Riverside Medley was selected as one of test pieces of Singapore Youth Festival 2014.
Kurokawa is now a music engraver and editor and a band director. He is a member of Japan Band Directors Association (JBA) and teaches computer music (notation software) at Yamaha Music Avenue Shibuya in Tokyo.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Danse (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1890/2005/2014)
- For Children (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1909/1945/2014)
- Small Variations on "Home! Sweet Home" (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
All Wind Works
- American Riverside Medley (as arranger) (2013)
- Asian Delights (as arranger) (2016)
- Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble (Otaka) (as arranger) (1948/1951/2005)
- Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra (as arranger) (1996/2018)
- Danse (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1890/2005/2014)
- Fields of Sunflower (as arranger) (2014)
- For Children (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1909/1945/2014)
- Gershwin in Wind Band (as arranger) (2012)
- Je te veux (as arranger) (1900/2006)
- La Belle Excentrique (as arranger) (1920/2009/2014)
- Fantasista (2002)
- White Dance
- Small Variations on "Home! Sweet Home" (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Keiichi Kurokawa." Accessed 7 August 2020
- "Keiichi Kurokawa." Bravo Music. Web. Accessed 7 August 2020