令和6年末／The End of 2024

　皆さん、こんにちは。令和6年も残すところあとわずかとなりました。いかがお過ごしでしょうか。この記事では、例年のごとく、本年のBears Musicを振り返っていきたいと思います。

　Bears Music Compositionにおいては、本年、毎月11日に新曲をリリースしました。Percussion編成だけでなく、多様な編成に挑戦し、仕上げてきました。お聞きいただけましたでしょうか。その他、11日でない日にも制作楽曲をリリースし、事業を前に進めていきました。たとえば、Ursula K. Le GuinのThe Left Hand of Darkness（『闇の左手』）に影響を受けた""Two are one""を2月に書き、今月11日（当初は11日予定ではありませんでした）にリリースしました。8月にはMarching Percussion Showである"The Answers"を公開し、我々が音楽を書き続ける意味を訴えると同時に、世の中のすべての書き手が抱えているさまざまな思いを皆さんにお届けしました。そして本日16時には、Frances Hodgson BurnettのThe Secret Garden（『秘密の花園』）に魅了され書いた"Our Secret Garden"が公開となります。主人公メアリらが触れた「秘密の花園」と、そこにおける彼らの感情や成長を描きました。ぜひお聞きください。

　Bears Music Arrangementにおいては、「にじのむこうに」、「切手のないおくりもの」の2曲を編曲し、10月と12月にそれぞれ公開しました。「にじのむこうに」は「おかあさんといっしょ」65周年記念ということで制作し、簡単な小学生用、少し難易度の高い中学生以上用の2パターンを用意しました。「切手のないおくりもの」は編曲を思い立ったのが12月19日でした。「曲調も曲調だしクリスマス仕様にしたらどうだろうか」という思いからものすごいスピードで書き進め、クリスマスの夜に無事リリースができました。

　また、新組織Bears Music Photographを10月に立ち上げ、写真撮影事業をスタートしました。今後さらに活発になり、音楽とのつながりも表れてくることになりますので、ぜひご期待ください。

　来年、Bears Musicは設立10周年を迎えます。皆さんと一緒にお祝いできますことを、心より楽しみにしています。

　それでは、よいお年を。

English

Hello everyone. There are only a few hours left in the year 2024. How are you doing? In this article, as usual, we would like to take a look back at Bears Music this year.

In Bears Music Composition, we released a new work every 11th of the month this year, and we have tried and finished not only percussion compositions but also various other forms as well. We hope you have enjoyed it. We also released other productions on non-11th days to keep our business moving forward. For example, "“Two are one”", inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, was written in February and released on the 11th of this month (it was not originally scheduled for the 11th). In August, we released “The Answers,” a Marching Percussion Show, to express what it means to us to keep writing music, and to share with you the many thoughts that all writers out there are having. Today, at 16:00, “Our Secret Garden,” written in response to our fascination with Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, will be released. The song depicts the “secret garden” that the main character, Mary, and others were exposed to, and their emotions and growth in the garden. Please listen to it.

In the Bears Music Arrangement, we have arranged two songs, “Niji no Mukou ni” and “Kitte no Nai Okurimono”, and released them in October and December, respectively. The arrangement of “Niji no Mukou ni” was created to commemorate the 65th anniversary of “Okasan to Issho,” and two patterns were prepared: one for elementary school students, which is easy, and one for junior high school students and older, which is a little more difficult. The arrangement of “Kitte no Nai Okurimono” was conceived on December 19. I thought, “The melody sounds good, so why not make it a Christmas version?” I proceeded to write the song at a very fast pace, and it was successfully released on Christmas night.

We also launched a new organization, Bears Music Photograph, in October and started a photography business. We are looking forward to becoming even more active in the future, and we are sure that the connection with music will also become more apparent.

Next year, Bears Music will celebrate its 10th anniversary. We look forward to celebrating with you all.

Have a happy New Year!