Congratulations to Asst. Prof. Wg. Cdr. Dr. Woraket Tagosa for winning the Gold Medal Prize under the Creative Composition category from “Innermost” for Jazz Big Band at the International Symposium on Creative Fine Arts (ISCFA) 2021 under the theme
“The Cultural Creativity of Regional Arts Towards the International Integration” organized by Thaksin University, Songkla, Thailand.
Music Composition: “Innermost” for Jazz Big Band
(บทประพันธ์เพลง “อินเนอร์โมส” สำหรับวงบิกแบนด์แจ๊ส)
Composed by
Asst. Prof. Wg. Cdr. Dr. Woraket Tagosa.
Compositional Concepts
The Music Composition “Innermost” for Jazz Big Band is composed based on the concepts of twentieth century music such as quartal harmony, drop voicings, spread voicing, extended chords, pentatonic scales, modes, improvisation, and jazz melodic manipulation techniques. The main themes are written based on transcription of words and abbreviation letters of the names of persons and places including “ABAC (Assumption Business Administration College)”, “RTAF (Royal Thai Air Force)”, “SERM (the author’s father’s name)”, and “CADE (the author’s nick name)” into musical pitched sounds, as well as a short melodic quotations from the “RTAF March”. These melodic ideas are developed and seamlessly combined together to create a new composition for a contemporary jazz big band. The overall composition is written in a complex binary form consisted of four choruses including introduction, sub-sections, transitions, and a long ending. Since, there are not many compositional works of big band jazz music which composed by Thai composers, the author intends to promote this creative work as one of musical aesthetic choices beside popular music which widely available, to show pride to the institutions and his beloved person, and to be the contribution for music knowledge which can be applied in teaching and learning in general.
The Main Melody:
To listen, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/woraket/videos/807362829945053
About the Author
Asst. Prof. Wg. Cdr. Dr. Woraket Tagosa, full-time lecturer, Louis Nobiron School of Music, Assumption University, obtained a certificate in music from the Royal Thai Air Force Band (RTAF), and a Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Composition from the Berklee College of Music, U.S.A. He completed his Master's of Music in composition and his Ph.D. in Fine and Applied Arts (in Music) from Chulalongkorn University.
His research, academic papers and compositional works and arrangements include the Arrangement of HM King Rama IX’s “Friday Night” Rag for Symphony Orchestra, Symphony “The Anthems of Victory” (NRCT research grant), Symphony “Jazzic”, “Song Nakara” for Brass Quintet, “Mon-Son-Pha” Rhapsody for String Quartet , “MESA” for String Quintet, and Innermost for Jazz Big Band, Thai Children’s Games: Suite for Wind Symphony (NRCT research grant).
He has been invited as a guest lecturer and expert in jazz music, composition and music research from various institutions. He is a co-composer of various music compositions and arrangements, as well as a judge/committee in national music competitions. He has also been awarded grants by the National Research Council of Thailand.
Related Links
Louis Nobiron School of Music: http://www.music.au.edu/
