RECENT COMPOSTIONS,PERFORMANCES AND ACTIVITIES
Michael Kallstrom and Rookie
THE MUSIC FALLS IN, for flute and mixed percussion, performed
for the National Flute Association conference, New Orleans,
LA, in August 2013.
SOULS MADE OF MUSIC, performed by the composer and horn
quartet for the International Horn Society Symposium, Memphis,
TN in August 2013.
Performance of vocal
improvisations with recorded audio media and animated video
for the New Dischord Festival in Chattanooga, TN in June 2013.
Radio program featuring the Flute Chamber Works of Michael
Kallstrom, Vol.2 and interview with the composer featured on
WKYU FM, an NPR affiliate in May 2013 and aired again in June.
MPROV 9-25-11, for vocal improvisation, recorded audio media
and animated video, performed for the Southeastern Composers
League at Morehead State University in March 2013.
THE FALLING CINDERS OF TIME, for solo flute, performed on a
faculty recital at South Dakota State University in February
2013.
SKY WHEEL SPINS, for flute choir, premiered for the Flute
Society of Kentucky in January 2013.
FLUCTUATIONS, for flute choir, performed for the Flute Society
of Kentucky in January 2013.
BROAD AND BARE, for bass voice alone, premiered in the
Antarctic aboard Le Boreal in December 2013.
COME LIFE, SHAKER LIFE premiered by The Symphony at WKU in
November 2012 and the China premiere in May 2013
while on tour in China.
OZYMANDIAS, for baritone, flute, oboe and electronic tape, was
performed at WKU in October 2012.
Premiere of LIFT YOUR HAND, a sonata in three movements for
cello and piano, by Sarah Berry, WKU, October 2012
Two Performances of SINE SOLE SILEO by the Livas Clarinet
Quartet at the Wales Millennium
Centre, Cardiff on the Glanfa Stage, and at the Royal Welsh
College of Music and Drama, October 2012.
Recital devoted entirely to flute chamber works to featured on
an upcoming CD (Centaur Records), with Heidi Alvarez, Tammy
Evans Yonce, Don Speer, Liza Kelly, Wayne Pope and Ching-Yi
Lin, WKU, September 2012.
IN THE CLEAR BLUE, for two flutes and piano, performed at
Pacific Lutheran University in April 2012.
IMPROVISATION, for digital audio media, performed for the
Cagefest in Chattanooga, TN in April 2012.
"SING HER NAME" for LIFE IS DREAMING, for improvising voices,
animated video and electronic music, performed at the Society
of Composers conference (Christopher Newport University) in
March 2012, with Michael Kallstrom, bass and Megan Ihnen,
mezzo soprano.
IMPROVS, for improvising bass voice, animated videos and
electronic music, premiered at WKU in March 2012 by Michael
Kallstrom.
HOMELAND, a dance installation - collaborative work with
Lisa D. Long, premiered at the Center for Ressearch and
Development in March 2012.
SILKEN KISSES SLIP AWAY for mezzo soprano, flute and piano,
premiered in March 2012.
ARRIVAL for wind ensemble, premiered by the WKU Wind ensemble
in March 2012.
SHINING MOMENT, for solo horn, will be used for the university
undergraduate solo horn competition of the Mid-South Horn
Workshop.
IN THE CLEAR BLUE, for two flutes and piano, was premiered for
the Kentucky Flute Society Conference in January 2012.
THE FALLING CINDERS OF TIME, for solo flute, was performed for
the Kentucky Flute Society Conference in January 2012.
"Sing Her Name" from LIFE IS DREAMING performed for SoundCrawl 2011 in
Nashville, TN in October.
THE FALLING CINDERS OF TIME, for solo flute, was premiered in
France by Heidi Alvarez in May 2011 as part of a concert tour
of the region. It was also performed in Costa Rica in July
2011 and at WKU in August 2011.·
IT HAD TO BE performed by the Kwartet
fortepianowy at the Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland, May
2011.
"Sing Her Name" from LIFE IS DREAMING performed
at Augustana College for the SCI Region V conference, October
2, 2010.
ON THE BRINK OF STILLNESS for
flute, violin and piano was premiered at WKU in November 2010
by WKU music faculty.
"Sing Her Name" from LIFE IS DREAMING was performed by thingNY
for a concert at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in New
York City, February 2011.
A full session, "The Horn Quartets of Michael Kallstrom," was
presented by Brenda Luchsinger at the 2010 International Horn
Society Conference in Brisbane, Australia.
In addition, STARFLAME and HEADBANGER were performed on a
separate concert as part of the conference. The session was
also presented for the Southeast Horn Workshop, a division of
the International Horn Society, at Appalachian State
University in March 2011.
"The Horn Quartets of Michael Kallstrom," a doctoral
dissertation, was submitted by Brenda Luchsinger and accepted
in support of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the
University of Alabama, Spring 2011.
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR MY ORGAN, for organ, was
performed for the International Conference of the Society of
Composers in Columbia, SC in November 2010. The work was
performed by WKU Department of Music alum, Amir Zaheri.
JUMP UP, for clarinet, French horn and piano, was
performed at Emporia State University on October 28, 2010 and
Kansas University on November 1, 2010 on guest faculty
recitals.
TIME CONVERGING, for alto and tenor saxophone
with piano, was performed on Polish National Radio this summer
2010 at a saxophone festival/workshop in Szczecin, Poland.
LIFE IS DREAMING, the sixth work in the
Electric Opera series, for improvising singers, woodwinds
and dancer with electronic music and video animations
created by the
composer. Premiere of the complete work at Western Kentucky
University, October 12, 2010
"Sing Her Name" from
LIFE IS DREAMING performed at Augustana College for the SCI
Region V conference, October 2, 2010.
A full session, "The
Horn Quartets of Michael Kallstrom," was presented by Brenda
Luchsinger at the International Horn Society Conference in
Brisbane, Australia in
July 2010. In addition, STARFLAME and HEADBANGER were
performed on a separate concert as part of the conference.
MY SOUL'S AT LIBERTY, for
soprano solo, unison choir, brass quintet, timpani and
organ, commissioned by Embry Hills United Methodist
Church Atlanta,
GA). Premiered July 4, 2010.
JUMP UP, for
clarinet, horn in F and piano in three movements, composed
for Tod and Jackie Kerstetter, premiered at Kansas State
University in April 2010.
THE MUSIC FALLS IN, for
flute
and
percussion,
premiered
at
the
Flute
Society
of
Kentucky
Conference
in January 2010 and also at Western Kentucky University in
February 2010.
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR
MY ORGAN, for solo organ, was performed by Amir
Zaheri for the Liturgical Arts Festival in Bowling
Green, KY on September 14 and also in Atlanta, GA the
following week.
CHANSONS POPULAIRES, a
song cycle for voice and piano, and excerpts from LIFE IS
DREAMING, an improvisation in three movements for voice,
woodwinds and electronic tape,
were premiered
by Michael Kallstrom on September 8 at Western Kentucky
University.
WHITE WATER, for
brass quintet, was performed live by the Smoky Mountain
Quintet on WCQS-FM, public radio in Asheville, NC, and
also on the internet at www.wcgs.org on August 21.
It was also
performed for a concert in
Highlands, NC on August 19.
SHINING MOMENT (solo
horn in F) and BROTHERS IN ARMS (horn and
tape), were performed in Chile at the University of Talca
and the University of La Serena
during April
2009 by Paul Basler of the University of Florida.
The Wind and the Waves
was performed by the Commonwealth Clarinet Quartet at the
College Music Society Great Lakes Chapter, regional conference
in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan on March 28, 2009.
The Cors d'Amour, a student
French horn quartet at the University of Kentucky, recently
played STARFLAME as part of its first place
performance for the Southeast Horn Workshop (a branch of the
International Horn Society) quartet competition in March 2009.
WHITE WATER was
performed by the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet for an American
Composers concert at Western Carolina University on February
10, 2009.
The quintet will perform the
piece on its tour of the Southwest this Spring.
OZYMANDIAS was
performed for the Mid-South Flute Society Conference at
Austin Peay State University on March 7.
The Kentucky Governor's
School for the Arts has commissioned a new work for viola,
clarinet, trumpet, percussion, and piano
to be premiered by the GSA
faculty ensemble in June 2009.
OZYMANDIAS, for baritone,
flute, oboe and electronic tape, was performed at Asbury
College on January 16, 2009.
GREAT DAY COMING, for
trombone and percussion, was performed at Belmont
University on November 12, 2008.
JAMMIN', for horn choir, was
performed by the Horn Ensemble of the University of Wisconsin
on November 15, 2008.
It was also performed on
December 6 at the Chazen Art Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin.
JAMMIN' is published by RM Williams
Publishing.
WHITE WATER, for brass
quintet, commissioned by the Smoky Mountain Brass
Quintet. Premiered on October 28 at Western Carolina
University.
LET'S PLAY for violin,
clarinet and piano, performed for the Bowling Green-Western
Symphony Orchestra "Autumn Collage" on October 19, 2008.
THE WIND AND THE WAVES, for
clarinet quartet, commissioned by the Commonwealth Quartet and
premiered at the University of Louisville
and Eastern Kentucky
University on September 20 and 21, 2008.
LET'S PLAY for violin,
clarinet and piano, commissioned by Magie
Smith. Premiered at Western Kentucky University on
September 5, 2008
and at Eastern Illinois
University on September 12, 2008.
ARRIVAL ON EARTH, for wind
ensemble commissioned by the student chapters of the National
Band Association for a new work for wind ensemble and solo
voices to be premiered by
the National Band Association.
OZYMANDIAS, for flute, oboe,
baritone voice and electronics was performed on a faculty
recital at Western Kentucky University
in March 2008.
BROTHERS IN ARMS, for horn
and tape, and JAMMIN', for horn choir, were premiered for the
International Horn Society workshop at Columbus State
University
in February 2008. Both works
were commissioned by Paul Basler
and will be published by RM Willams
Publishing.
MAGIC FLIGHT, for alto
saxophone, 'cello and piano, was performed on a faculty
recital at Indiana State University in February 2008.
INTO
THE DEEP performed by the composer at the National
Conference of the College Music Society at the invitation of
CMS in
November 2007 to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of CMS.
SHINING MOMENT, was performed
in Wales for the Newport Music Society, the University of
Aberyswyth,
and the Royal Welsh College
of Music and Drama in October 2007. The composition is
published by RM Willams
Publishing.
OZYMANDIAS, for flute, oboe,
baritone voice and electronics premiered at Arizona State
Uiversity and Utah State Univerisy
in Aprill 2007. Performed
for the International Double Reed Society conference at
Syracuse Univesity in June 2007 and at WKU
in October 2007..
MAGIC FLIGHT, for alto
saxophone, 'cello and piano performed at Purdue University in
April 2007.
RIP TIDE, for piano and
percussion, commissioned by Sole Nero and premiered in
February 2007 at the University
of Wisconsin.
STARFLAME, for horn quartet,
performed on a concert for the British Horn Society Summer
Exhibition in July 2005 at the Birmingham Conservatoire in
England.
TELL
ME YOUR NAME, a music theater work for bass voice,
electronic tape, shadow puppets and video; the fifth work in
the ELECTRIC OPERA series. Performed
by the composer at Western
Kentucky University.
ROUGH AND READY, for bassoon
quartet, commissioned and premiered by the ensemble Depraved
Indifference for the International Double Reeed Society
Conference, July 2006. Accepted for publication by Prairie
Dawg Music.
Commissioned ($5000) work
for soprano and orchestra, ONE SONG FAR AWAY, premiered
in 2006 by Jennifer Brennan-Hondorp
and the Bowling
Green-Western Symphony Orchestra as part of the WKU Centennial
Celebration. Also to be performed at the Performing Arts
Center in Owensboro, KY.
HURRICANE FORCE, a concerto
for concert band and clarinet, premiered at Barren County High
School, KY with WKU faculty John Cipolla as soloist and WKU
senior Michelle White conducting, May 2006.
STARFLAME, for horn quartet,
performed for the Western Illinois Horn Festival, April 2006.
SHINING MOMENT, for solo
Horn in F, was performed by Lorraine Fader on a faculty
recital at Western Kentucky University in April 2006. The
composition is published by RM Willams
Publishing.
Sang excerpts from the
operas of Roger Hannay (1930-2006) for that composer's
memorial concert at the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, April 2006.
I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS,
performed by the WKU Chamber Singers with the composer as
baritone soloist, April 2006.
Excerpts from the Electric
Opera, TELL ME YOUR NAME, performed by the composer for the
Southeastern Composers League Forum at Converse College, South
Carolina, in March 2006.
AROUND THE CLOCK, was
performed at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and
Northwestern State University, Louisiana, in February 2006. It
was also performed for the Southeast Horn Society conference
held in Louisiana in March 2006.
SOLO NECESITAS EL AMOR, for
violin, violoncello and piano, premiered at Western Kentucky
University in March 2006.
SHINING MOMENT, for solo
Horn in F, was performed on a faculty recital at Western
Illinois University in February 2006. The composition is
published by RM Willams
Publishing.
One of three judges for the
Composition Contest of the International Horn Society that had
64 entries from 13 countries, January 2006.
DREAMS AND THE SHORE, for
bass voice, flute and percussion, performed for "Autumn
Collage" - a benefit concert for the Bowling Green-Western
Symphony Orchestra, October 2005.
TELL ME YOUR NAME, a music
theater work for bass voice, electronic tape, shadow puppets
and video, the fifth work in the ELECTRIC OPERA series,
performed at the University of Florida and the University of
Alabama in September 2005.
ANTARCTICA, for orchestra and
video projections. To be premiered by the Bowling
Green-Western Symphony Orchestra.
SOULS MADE OF MUSIC, for bass voice and horn
quartet, premiered by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet
with the composer for the Gala Finale Concert of the
International Horn Society conference, June 2005.
HEADBANGER, for horn quartet, published by RM Willaims
publishing (June 2005).
AROUND THE CLOCK, was performed by Paul Basler
of the University of Florida on his recital at the Royal Welsh
College of Music and Drama on May 8, 2005 in Cardiff, Wales.
INNER FLAME and CRIMSON were performed by faculty
of the Kansas State University Department of Music in March
and April, 2005.
UPWARD BELLS, for tuba and piano, was performed
by Jeff Hodapp on his faculty recital at Emporia State
University in March 2005.
DREAMS AND THE SHORE, for bass voice, flute and
percussion, premiered for the Florida Flute Association
Festival, Daytona Beach, FL, in January 2005. Also performed
for the Kentucky Flute Association Festival.
STARFLAME and HEADBANGER were performed in
London, England in January 2005. The TransAtlantic Horn Quartet
played both pieces for a live BBC radio program that was also
simulcast via the BBC’s internet site and heard by people all
over the world. HEADBANGER will be featured on the quartet’s
new CD that is due for release in the Fall of 2005.
IT HAD TO BE, for flute, oboe, clarinet and
piano, given its international premiere in San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico. U.S premiere at WKU in December 2004.
FORWARD DRIVE, electronic score for modern dance,
premiered at Emory University in Atlanta, Spring 2004, for the
American College Dance Festival Association National
conference.
TELL ME YOUR NAME, a music
theater work for bass voice, electronic tape, shadow puppets
and video; the fifth work in the ELECTRIC OPERA series.
Premiered in Spring 2004 by the composer in Kentucky and Ohio.
And for the Heidleberg College New Music Festival where the
composer was a Featured Guest Composer, performing for the
festival and also conducting workshops in the public schools.
PAUN I KOLO for chamber
orchestra. Commissioned by the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra
as part of a state grant promoting cultural diversity.
Premiered in September 2003.
Electronic ballet score, FRANKENSTEIN,
commissioned and premiered by the Fort Wayne Ballet
Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana for their 2002 season. Produced
again for the Ballet’s 2003 season.
2002 Kentucky Music Teachers
Association Commissioned Composer. Composition, SOULS AND
SOUNDS, for bass voice, flute and piano was premiered by the
composer with Dr. Heidi Pintner and Dr.Donald Speer of the
Department of Music in October for the KMTA convention in
Louisville, and performed at WKU on Kallstrom’s faculty
recital in March 2003.
CRIMSON for clarinet, horn
and piano, was performed on faculty recitals at Kansas State
University on September 24, and at the University of Central
Arkansas on September 26.
Performed composition for
bass voice, electronic tape and video projections, INTO THE
DEEP, for the Society of Composers, Inc. conference on
November1 at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Also performed for
the SCI conference at Henderson State University, Feb 2003.
BELLS AND PIPES, for oboe,
horn and piano, performed at Mansfield University, PA on
November 23, 2002.
WKU Music Alum, Amir Zaheri
performed Kallstrom's composition for solo organ, YOU MIGHT
LIKE TO HEAR MY ORGAN, in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2003.
SINGING MY SONG, for violin,
bassoon and piano, performed for the SCL Forum at the
University of Georgia, March 2003, and in South Dakota by
Jeffery Womack.
UPWARD BELLS, for tuba and
piano, commissioned and premiered by Jeff Hodapp at Emporia
State University on March 9, 2003.
THREE WISHES, for clarinet
and piano, performed for a Kentucky Music Teachers Association
composer's concert at Western on April 25 by WKU faculty Dr.
John Cipolla and Dr. Donald Speer.
Composition for mezzo soprano
and marimba, SCENES, was performed on a recital at Belmont
University in Nashville, TN on March 30, 2003
June 2003 Performances of
compositions, STARFLAME and HEAD BANGER, by the TransAtlantic
Horn Quartet that included concerts for the TAHQ Summer
Seminar at the University of Alabama, The Royal Welsh
Conservatory, Cardiff, Wales, The Manchester ( England)
University School of Music, The British Horn Society meeting
in Birmingham, England, and the Guildhall School of Music, The
Royal College, and The Royal Academy, all in London England.
STORIES, for bass voice,
electronics and puppets, the third work in the Electric opera
series,performed by the composer at Transylvania University,
Oct. 23, 2001
CRAZY RHYTHM, commissioned
($500) and premiered by the Quadre Horn Quartet in Los
Angeles, CA, Dec. 2001. Also performed at San Jose City
College (Decemeber 2001), the Noe Valley Ministry (December
2001, The University of Georgia (February 2002), and the
Magnet Schools of Selma, AL (February 2002).
JEEPERS, performed by the
University of Florida Wind Ensemble, Society of Composers
conference, University of Florida, Nov. 2001. Also performed
in a version for string orchestra and horn quartet by the
Macon Symphony.
One of three featured guest
composers for the nationally recognized Heidelberg College
Annual New Music Festival, with British composer Stephen
Montague and Russell Pinkston (Univ. Of Texas at Austin). Also
featured as guest composer/performer for a performance at a
local elementary school (approx. 300 children)
Kentucky Music Teachers
Association (chapter of Music Teachers National Association)
Commissioned Composer of the Year. $1000 for a new work that
will feature flute, bass voice and piano.
Performances of STARFLAME at
the Midwest Horn Workshop (Oshkosh, WI), Tennessee Tech
University, Mercer University, Sarasota, FL and four
performances in Boston, MA by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet
during their 2002 Spring North American Tour. The tour
also featured the premiere of HEADBANGER, a new work
commissioned by the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet. This work will
be recorded for the quartet’s second compact disc release.
Both works were also performed for the TransAtlantic Horn
Quartet’s Summer Horn Seminar at the University of Alabama
(Summer 2002).
THREE WISHES for clarinet and
piano, performed by James Perone on a faculty recital at Mount
Union College, OH in April 2002.
Premiere of YOU MIGHT LIKE TO
HEAR MY ORGAN for the Nashville Chapter of the American Guild
of Organists by WKU almunus, Amir Zaheri (May 2002).
Premiere of RED ROCK by the
WKU Wind Ensemble at WKU (March 2002).
Performance of excerpts from
GHOSTS!!, a solo music theater work and the fourth in the
Electric Opera series, by the composer for the Southeastern
Composers League Annual Forum at Mercer University, GA
(February 2002).
DEATHS AND RESURRECTIONS
performed by the WKU University Choir for the Kentucky Music
Educators Association state conference in Louisville, KY
(February 2002), and for the WKU High School Choir
Invitational in Bowling Green, KY (March 2002).
DEATHS AND RESURRECTIONS, for
SATB choir and piano in four movements, commissioned by the
WKU University Choir and to be premiered in Spring 2001.
STARFLAME, for horn quartet, released on a
Compact Disc recording by the TransAtlantic Horn
Quartet. Summer 2000.
STARFLAME, for horn quartet, and JEEPERS, for
quartet and wind ensemble, performed by the TransAtlantic Horn
Quartet while in residence at The University of South
Florida, March 2000.
KEEP THE FAITH, a piano sonata, performed by
Janet Bass Smith in February 2000.
CRAZY RHYTHM, for horn quartet, paid commission
from the Quadre Quartet of Los Angeles, CA, and premiered
during their 2000-2001 season.
AROUND THE CLOCK, for alto saxophone and piano,
given two performances at Cabrillo College, California in a
special version with choreographed dance, January 2000.
SINGING MY SONG, for violin, bassoon and piano,
commissioned by Bruce Gbur of Kansas State University and to
be premiered in Spring 2001.
TAKE IT, for percussion ensemble, commissioned by
he WKU Percussion Ensemble and premiered in April 2000. Click here to listen.
JEEPERS, for horn quartet and string orchestra. A
transcription of an earlier work , premiered by the TransAtlantic
Horn Quartet and the Macon Symphony in September
1999.
AROUND THE CLOCK, for horn and tape, performed by
Paul Basler in the
Dominican Republic at the National Conservatory and the School
of Arts at Mao in December 1999.
GIOVANNI'S FANTASY, for trombone and tape (or
piano), premiered by Doug Farwell
(Valdosta State University) in June 1999, wiil also
performed at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Western Kentucky
University, Campbellsville University and the University of
Illinois in the fall of 1999.
Michael Kallstrom performed GHOSTS!!
for Dension University, Mount Union
College, Millikin University, Elmhurst College and Georgia
State University in September and October of
1999.
THREE WISHES was performed by the ensemble, Third Angle, in Portland, OR in
September 1999.
MAGIC FLIGHT was performed for the Festival of Contemporary Music
at Indiana State University in October 1999.
BURST INTO SONG, for children's choir, SATB
choir, brass quintet and organ. Commissioned by the Trinity United Methodist Church
of Gainesville, Florida, and premiered in August 1999.
TIME CONVERGING, for alto and tenor saxophones,
will be performed at Keene State
College (NH) in November 1999.
STARFLAME, commissioned and premiered by the TransAtlantic
Horn Quartet, featuring Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Eric Ruske, and Skip Snead,
for two performances in London, England, at the Tanglewood
Summer Music Festival, May, 1998, and for the International
Horn Society Workshop at Louisiana State University in
February 1999. JEEPERS, also commissioned and premiered
by the Quartet was premiered in Febraury 1999 at the
University of Alabama.
AROUND THE CLOCK, for alto saxophone and wind
ensemble. A transcription of an earlier sonata, premiered
atWestern Kentucky University in March 1998 by Tod Kerstetter, and
performed at California Polytechnic University.
AROUND THE CLOCK, Hornist Paul Basler
commissioned a setting of this work for horn and orchestra
through a grant from the University of Florida, which was
recorded in the Czech Republic by the Moravian Philharmonic
Orchestra.
SUNDAY PAGES, an opera in two acts, composed on a
Fellowship Residency from the Ragdale Foundation and a
sabbatical leave from WKU. The four-night premiere and full
production was given at Western Kentucky University in
February, 1999.
INNER FLAME, for unaccompanied alto saxophone.
Commissioned and premiered by Caroline
Henderson at the World Saxophone Congress,
Valencia, Spain. RHYTHM GARDEN, a suite for alto saxophone and
piano, was also commissioned and premiered by Caroline Henderson for the 1997
Southeastern Composers League Forum.
MAGIC FLIGHT, for alto/soprano saxophone,
violoncello and piano. Commissioned and premiered by Kandace Brooks and the AEVIA trio.
It has been performed at Georgia State University , the
University of Tennessee, the University of Florida, in
Jacksonville, Florida, at Valdosta State University, and for
the National Conference of the North American Saxophone
Association.
MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, CAVERNS, for bass voice,
chorus and orchestra. Commissioned and premiered by theBowling
Green-Western Symphony Orchestra in
April, 1997 with the composer as bass soloist. TOWERS AND
SPIRES, was also commissioned by the Bowling Green-Western
Symphony Orchestra, and premiered in 1991.
ZING!, for contrabass and piano, commissioned by
Milton Masciadri in 1995.
Premiered at the University of Georgia and performed in Italy,
Spain, Slovenia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and the Moscow
Conservatory, Russia. Recorded on Compact Disc
:Edizioni della Foundazione (1996).
EASTERN BRILLIANCE, for horn and piano or tape.
Commissioned and premiered by Fulbright Fellow Paul Basler for the
Southeastern Composers League Forum. Also performed for the
Southeastern Horn Workshop, University of Delaware ,
Florida State University, and Louisiana State University
(April 1996). The horn and piano version was premiered by Jacqueline Fassler-Kerstetter.
AROUND THE CLOCK, for alto saxophone and piano or
tape, commissioned by Gail Levinsky
in 1995. Premiered in
March 1996 for the North
American Saxophone Alliance Conference/Electro-Acoustic
Festival at the University of Florida.Also performed by Gail Levinsky, Griffin Campbell, Caroline
Henderson, and Allyn Reilly at Mississippi
StateUniversity, Millsaps College, Tulane University, Baylor
University, the University of Costa Rica, Lafayette
(Louisiana),Ohio University, Youngstown University, the
Festival of New Music at Indiana State University, and the
AmericanComposers Forum Sonic Circuits concert at Mississippi
State University. Also performed in a transcription for horn
and tape by Paul Basler in Kenya,
Africa, the Florida Musica Nova Concert, the University of
Alabama, and Hamline University . To be recorded on Compact
Disc on the FORTE label.
BRIGHT NAMES, BURNING LIGHTS, for flute and
piano. Premiered at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
in1993. Also performed by Charles
W. Smith and Janet Bass Smith for the
Kentucky Music Teachers Association Conference, and for the
West Virginia Music Teachers Association Conference.
Also performed on a European Tour, with concerts in the
Netherlands, France and Germany (Spring 1998).
SUNFIELDS, for string quartet in one movement.
Commissioned and premiered by the Lindsayan
Quartet in March, 1996.
TIME CONVERGING, commissioned and premiered by Pat Meighan and the Trio Bel Canto
for the 14th Annual International Saxophone Symposium . Also
performed for the 17th Annual International Saxophone
Institute , at Florida State University , at the Memphis State
New Music Festival , for the North American Saxophone Alliance
Convention , and at Oberlin University (March, 1996). To be
recorded by Bill and Cynthia Marr
for a compact disc by Open LoopRecordings and published by
Dorn Publications.
BREAKING AWAY, for horn and mixed percussion
commissioned by the first horn of the Nashville Symphony, Leslie Norton, and premiered in
March,1996. Also performed by Paul
Basler.
NOISY DREAMING, for flute, clarinet, horn and
piano. Commissioned and premiered by the Western Arts Quintet in 1996.
Also performed at Arizona State University for the Society of
Composers Conference, the Kentucky Music Educators Conference,
and the Kentucky Music Teachers Association conference.
MOON'S MORNING, for trumpet and piano.
Commissioned and premiered by Marshall Scott for the
Southeastern Composers League Forum, March 1996. Also
performed at Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of
Richmond.
NOCTURNE, a chamber work concerning the homeless
featuring audience participation, was commissioned
andpremiered by the ensemble Epicycle
for the WPA Festival of the Arts in Cleveland,
Ohio, and was performed for the 1994 Music Educators National
Convention in Cincinnati.
PIERS AND BRIDGES, for double SATB chorus has
been performed by the A Capella
Singers of McNeese State University and won
their New Works Competition, by the WKU
University Choir on their 1990 Spring Tour of
the Southeast, including performances in Washington, D.C., and
on the First Symposium of New Choral Chamber Music.
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