Gilles ARCENS

Graduate from Toulouse conservatoire from 1982 to 1985 (1st prize of saxophone, 1er prize of chamber music, 1st price of harmony, 1st prize of counterpoint, 2nd prize of music theory), he carried on his studies with movie music composition at Paris Ecole Normale de Musique, with Antoine Duhamel and Laurent Petitgirard, between 1987 and 1988.

From 1986 to 1992, he was a saxphone, chamber music, harmony and counterpoint teacher at Andorre la Vieille's conservatoire (Andorra Principality).

In parallel, he played in Tetrasax saxophone quartet from 1981 to 1990, then in Jazz Time Big-Band, conducted by Richard Calléja, from 1989 to 1993. He then joined René Coll Orchestra in 1992, as a saxophone player, arranger and composer. He created orchestrations and arrangements for plenty of TV shows in France (Sacrée Soirée, les Années Tubes, FaSiLa Chanter, Vivement Dimanche, les 25 ans du Loto, Prima Dona, Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde, Music-hall et Compagnie, Miss-France Election shows from 1996 to 2003), on compositions from Vladimir Cosma, Gérard Presgurvic, Richard Sanderson, Gilles Arcens, etc.

He works in close collaboration with Patrick Sébastien since 1998: co-compositions and arrangements of his songs, direction of all his albums, composition of his TV shows, orchestration of his shows, accompaniment on his tour all around France and on great Paris auditoriums (Olympia, Palais des Congrès, etc.).

During his career, he played with numerous artists among which J. Hallyday, F. Pagny, Barry White, N. Croisille, S. Distel, H. Salvador, Maurane, V. Samson, S. Lama, C. Aznavour, G. Lenorman, D. Briand, Adamo, Dave, H. Léonard, L. Fabian, E. Macias, M. Delpech, J. Montagné, Garou, Nadya.

His compositions bring together several Pieces for big-band, ballet, movies, clarinet ensembles, wind band, piano, clarinet and strings, clarinet and wind band, musical stories for kids, mixed chorus and wind band, and for brass ensembles.

COMING SOON AT FLEX EDITIONS
 

Piece's Title	Formation	Composer
Sextet for Clarinet and Strings	Clarinet + Strings Quintet	Gilles ARCENS
Concertino for Clarinet	Clarinette + Wind Band	Gilles ARCENS
Missa Jazzy	Mixed Chorus with 4 voices, Wind Band and Jazz Trio	Gilles ARCENS
Soit Dit en Passant	Big Band	Gilles ARCENS
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Mixed Chorus with 4 voices,  Children Chorus, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 1 Clarinet, 1 Baritone Saxophone, Strings and Jazz Trio	Traditional
Nobody Knows	Mixed Chorus with 4 voices,  Children Chorus, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 1 Clarinet, 1 Baritone Saxophone, Strings and Jazz Trio	Traditional
Oh Happy Days	Mixed Chorus with 4 voices,  Children Chorus, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 1 Clarinet, 1 Baritone Saxophone, Strings and Jazz Trio	Traditional

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