Roland Cardon (15 April 1929 – 18 August 2001) was a Belgian composer, pedagogue, flautist, clarinetist and multi-instrumentalist. He often published works under the name Guy Rodenhof.
After studies at the Ghent Conservatory, from 1955 he was a member of the long-lived band Chasseurs Ardennais in which he played solo flute.[1] In the period 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in woodwind and orchestral music in the music school of Aarlen. From 1973 to 1982 he taught flute at the Music Academy in Vilvoorde. In addition, he taught at the Rijksmuziekacademie in Etterbeek in flute from 1973 to 1977. From 1974 to 1977 he was lecturer in the conducting of wind or fanfare orchestras at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. From 1 January 1982 to 1 July 1994 he was director at the Municipal Conservatory of Ostend.
Compositions
Orchestra
Serenade, for strings
Moderato
Andante
Allegro
Band
1968 Capriccio in Blue
Ad Futurum
Arlequino, ouverture in sonatenvorm
Blue, sweet & swing, voor klarinettenkoor
Childrens Symphony
Claribel, voor klarinettenkoor
Concertino, voor piano en harmonieorkest
Cricket First
Dance Party, suite
Bossalero
Tangentino
Chachambo
Salsamba
Dear Harry
De Engelbewaarders
De Gilde
Fantasia en Rondo, voor klarinettenkoor
Go (marche)
Goede Nacht - Tot Weerziens, voor gemengd koor en harmonieorkest
Hello, voor harmonieorkest
Het gulden ei
Hooglede '78
Intrada
Izegem 900
Jubilate
La marche du souvenir
Le Grand Manège
Lovers Prayer, voor altsaxofoon solo en harmonieorkest
Francis Pieters: Van trompetsignaal tot muziekkapel, Kortrijk: VZW Muziek Centrum, 1981
Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan: Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens, 4. Auflage, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, ISBN3-923058-07-1
Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music, Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN0-918048-08-7
Norman E. Smith: March music notes, Lake Charles, La.: Program Note Press, 1986, ISBN978-0-9617346-1-9