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BIOGRAPHY De Meij's musical career started when he was fifteen years old at the concert band ''Harmonie Forum Hadriani'' in Voorburg, the Netherlands. At that time he was a pupil of Anner Bijlsma sr. and Piet van Dijk for Trombone and Euphonium . In 1976 he was conscripted and joined the Military Band ''Trompetterkorps der Cavalerie'', Amersfoort. After he finished his conscription, in 1977, he became a euphonium player with the ''Amsterdamse Politiekapel''. In 1978 de Meij started his studies at the Royal concervatory in The Hague with Arthur Moore (trombone), and with Rocus van Yperen and Jan van Ossenbruggen (conducting). De Meij's engagement in the professional ''Haags Koper Ensemble'', with wind instrument players from the ''Radio-Philharmonisch Orkest'', ''Utrechts Symphonie Orkest'', and ''Residentie Orkest'' was an important step in his career. This ensemble performed national concerts and also frequently on the radio. Not only did de Meij play music in the ensemble, he also did administrative work and wrote special arrangements and one composition. Soon the arangements that de Meij wrote for concert band were played not only by the ''Amsterdamse Politiekapel'' but also by many concert bands and orchestras in the Netherlands and abroad. Consequently he received various requests to make arrangements for concert bands. His first symphony ''The Lord of the Rings'' for concert band premiered in 1988 with the ''Groot Harmonieorkest van de Belgische Gidsen'' conducted by Norbert Nozy. The cd by the military band ''Koninklijke Militaire Kapel'' made the symphony famous. The symphony is based on themes from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien ; it consists of five separate movements, each illustrating a personage or an important episode from the book. In 1989 the symphony was awarded the Sudler Composition Award. Also an orchestral version exists, which premiered in 2001. WORKS (INCOMPLETE)
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