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On The And Of...

Composer: 
Elliott Miles McKinley
Scoring: 
cl, vn, vc, pf, perc
On The And Of was written at the request of the Newport Chamber Music Society for the Ernest Bloch Festival in the summer of 2006. Scored for the instruments of the Third Angle New Music Ensemble from Portland, the work was premiered on July 6, 2006, in Newport, OR.

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BURLESQUES

Composer: 
Brian Schober
Instrumentation freestyle: 
fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tpt, vib, mar, pf, 2 vn, vla, vcl

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GLIMMERINGS

Composer: 
Harold Oliver
Instrumentation freestyle: 
guitar, vibraphone

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THREE PIECES FOR VIBRAPHONE, Op. 27

Composer: 
James Beale
Instrumentation freestyle: 
vib

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POND IN A BOWL

Composer: 
John Lessard
Instrumentation freestyle: 
S, mba, vib, bongos, pf

Songs on texts of Han Yu, evocative of a peaceful old age.

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BIG BROTHERS (2004)

Composer: 
Lawrence Dillon
Instrumentation freestyle: 
s/bar sax, vib, pf

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THE OTHER SIDE OF TIME

Composer: 
Brian Fennelly
Scoring: 
3(pic,afl)-3(Ehn)-3(bcl, cbcl)-3(cbsn), 4-3(flglhn)-3(btrom)-2(euph), Timp/Chimes-perc(4)
Instrumentation freestyle: 
25 winds, timpani, percussion (4)
The Other Side of Time was written for the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble at the request of its director, Charles Peltz. It is scored for 25 wind instruments, timpani, and 4 percussionists. After a brooding beginning, each of its contiguous sections develops at a different but related tempo, often moving within from lyrical lines to dramatic outbursts. The final section, at the original tempo, recalls the material of the opening and its anxious percussion activity. While the piece is meant to reflect some kind of spiritual journey, the title is actually taken from a book by paleontologist/geologist Robert Titus on the origins of the Catskill Mountains in New York State.

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audio/mpeg iconThe Other side of Time, excerpt

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$29.50 size 11 x 14
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$25.50 size 10 x 13
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set of 28 parts plus extra horns $210 (9 x 12 concert size)

THE MOOSE

Composer: 
Beth Wiemann
Instrumentation freestyle: 
fl, cl, flg/tpt, perc(1), piano, cello

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BLACK BEAR DANCE

Composer: 
Beth Wiemann
Instrumentation freestyle: 
orchestral winds plus vibraphone

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TWO EMILY DICKINSON SETTINGS

Composer: 
Mark Zuckerman
Instrumentation freestyle: 
fl, cl, bass trb, perc (vib, triangle), spoken text

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audio/mpeg iconperformed by Tales and Scales

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$12 score
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$22 score with set of parts

FANTASY AND FUGUE, for two pianos and percussion instruments: hommage a Bartok

Composer: 
Michael Slayton
Instrumentation freestyle: 
pno (2), perc (2)

This work was commissioned by MTNA for their 2002 national competition. Two movements: the Fantasy, which is heroic (at times, frenzied) in nature, and the Fugue, whose somber tones steal forward at a mysterious pace. Both movements contain motivic quotations of Béla Bartók.

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NIGHT AND VISAGE (NUIT ET APPARITION)

Composer: 
Michael Slayton
Instrumentation freestyle: 
vln, cello, perc.(2), pno

Night and Visage was commissioned by the Nashville Ballet in 2007, as part of their ongoing Emergence! project. The choreographer (Kim Ratcliffe) asked me to integrate music from my Zwei Gedichte into this larger-scale work for the dance.

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Aurora Borealis

Composer: 
Marilyn Bliss
Instrumentation freestyle: 
4 players, 2 vibraphone, 1 glockenspiel, 3 suspended cymbals, wood block, temple blocks, marimba, crotale, tam-tam, glass chimes, ceramic chimes, sleigh bells, maracas.

"Aurora Borealis" draws its inspiration from the arctic phenomena also known as the Northern Lights. The author Barry Lopez (in "Arctic Dreams") has described the aurora as "pale gossamer curtains of light that seem to undulate across arctic skies...The most remarkable effect they seem to have...is to draw a viewer emotionally up and out of himself, because they throw the sky into a third dimension..." My composition is meant to reflect this view of the aurora -- its shimmering, almost tangible quality, its envelopment of the senses, its meditative, spiritual presence. Published by Marimba Publications.

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