Beat Weber, Composer for Brass Ensemble

Beat Weber

Composer

Beat Weber (* 1964) trained as a secondary teacher (languages, music), musician (trumpet [teaching diploma in Friborg, 1993], piano, jazz drums) and as a lawyer. At the age of 16 he began to write works for wind ensembles (Obrasso-Verlag) and wind music (marches, self-published) and enjoyed lessons in orchestral direction with Dr. h.c. Ewald Koerner in Bern (1987-1989). As a conductor he led the youth music of Bern-Bümpliz (1987-1989), the town music of Murten (1992-1996) and the music society Bern-Bümpliz (2001-2007), played as a trumpeter in various formations in German-speaking Switzerland. Professionally, he works as a judge at the Federal Administrative Court in St. Gallen. Since 2015 he has directed the Murten town music again and has been Marching Officer of the Concordia Freiburg since 2016.

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