All works (BMI) published by: American Composers Alliance (ACA) | APNM | C.F. Peters
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Nothing Stands (2020) for tenor, piano; 4′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for Daniel Shirley, tenor; Eric Stellrecht, piano
March 22, 2021 Premiere, Greenville, NC
Daniel Shirley, tenor; Eric Stellrecht, piano
Witness Marks (2020) for cello solo; 4′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Written for Jason Calloway
Premiere tba
Jason Calloway, cello
Anima/Animus (2018) for marimba solo; 9+’
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Chris Nappi
Spring, 2019 Premiere, location tba
Chris Nappi, marimba
Palladium (2016) for soprano, piano; 8′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for Sharon Harms, soprano; Steven Beck, piano
January 26, 2017 Premiere, Greenville, NC
Sharon Harms, soprano; Steven Beck, piano
Concentre (2016) for solo bassoon; 6′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Premiere August 31, 2018, Int’l Double Reed Society Sala Albeniz-Machuca, PCGR, Grenada, Spain</id=concentre>
Also available for bass clarinet solo
March 27, 2017 premiere; Center for Jewish History, NY, NY
Vasko Dukovski, bass clarinet
Amuse-bouche (2015) for solo flute of choice; 4′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for Peter H. Bloom, flute
June 12, 2015 premiere, Sidney, ME
Peter Bloom, flute (video here)
Diegesis (2014) for solo tuba; 9′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Tom McCaslin, tuba
September 16, 2015 premiere; Greenville, NC
Tom McCaslin, tuba
On Balance (2013) for two violins; 4′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for the Five College New Music Festival
September 7, 2013 premiere; Amherst, MA
ACA “Shelter Recording” of Eliot Heaton & Ran Cheng
Also available in violin & cello arrangement
November 3, 2017 premiere; Kiev, Ukraine
Ensemble Sed Contra
Six Humors (2012) for solo violin; 10′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for Ara Gregorian, violin
Spring, 2016 premiere, Greenville, NC
Ara Gregorian, violin
ACA “Shelter Recording” of Anton Miller
The Line Between (2011) for soprano & fixed media; 10′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Louise Toppin, on poetry of E. E. Cummings
September 21, 2014 premiere, Chapel Hill, NC
Louise Toppin, soprano
Recording below is soprano Amanda Gregory, June 19, 2015
At the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
echoes, shadows (2008) for piano & fixed media; 11′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by UNC School of the Arts
October 11, 2008 premiere, Winston-Salem, NC
Aleck Karis, piano
Aphorisms (2007) for piano solo; 8′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by NC Music Teachers Association
October 21, 2007 Premiere
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC
Makiko Sato, piano. Below, Jed Moss at 2011 Utah Arts Festival
Beauty Shop (2005) for clarinet & fixed media; 6′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Michael Dorsey
for his retrospective “The Beauty Salon Series”
September 15, 2005; Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
Christopher Grymes, clarinet
Soliloquy (2004) for solo trumpet; 10′
Available from APNM
Commissioned by Britton Theurer
August 15, 2004 Premiere
Festival of New Trumpet (FONT) Music;
Britton Theurer, trumpet
Aural History (2003) for clarinet & piano; 13′ (3 mvts)
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Christopher Grymes
Recording available via OpenGRecords.com
March 25, 2004 Premiere
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC;
Christopher Grymes, clarinet; Peter Henderson, piano
Recorded by Chris Grymes and Xak Bjerken [“A Function of Memory,” on Open G Records]
Second movement, Recitative, also available as stand-alone movement for clarinet & piano; and for bassoon & piano.
al momento (2002) for ‘cello & fixed media; 11’
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Kelley Mikkelsen
March 1, 2002 Premiere
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC;
Kelley Mikkelsen, cello
Recorded by Chris Gross [“Addressing Wonder,” on Open G Records]
A Function of Memory (2001) for clarinet & fixed media; 10′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Nathan Williams
March 3, 2001 Premiere; Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC
Nathan Williams, clarinet
Recorded by Chris Grymes [“A Function of Memory,” on Open G Records]
Engage the Mountain (1996) for B-flat clar. (doubling bs clar.) & percussion; 9′
Available from C. F. Peters Corp., NY; Edition Peters No. 67829
Commissioned by Beth Wiemann (clarinet)
November 3, 1999 Premiere,
A.J.Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC
Nathan Williams, clarinet; Jonathan Wacker, perc
“I’ve Shook My Fists at the Sky,” Meditation & Agitation (1996) for clarinet solo; 9′
Available from C. F. Peters Corp., NY; Edition Peters No. 67727
Commissioned by Allen Blustine
December 16, 1996 Premiere, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA; Allen Blustine (Speculum Musicae)
Arr. for alto saxophone: commissioned by George Weremchuk
July 11, 2003 Premiere, World Saxophone Congress XIII: Univ. of Minnesota;
George Weremchuk, alto saxophone
Qualia (2018) for five trumpets; 3′ (or 5 saxophones)
Available from American Composers Alliance
Written for Fifth Bridge
January 20, 2019 premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC
Also available for five saxophones
Marginalia (2009) for string quartet; 12′
Available from APNM
Commissioned by the Empyrean Ensemble
November 8, 2009 premiere, Festival of American Music, Sacramento, CA;
Empyrean Ensemble
Recording below from JACK Quartet, March 16, 2012
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC
Time As A Fly (2008) for string quintet; 13′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival
April 24, 2008 Premiere, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, Greenville, NC;
Elina Vahala & Ara Gregorian, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang & Melissa Reardon, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Passed Time (2006) for brass quintet; 14′
Available from APNM
Commissioned by The Meridian Arts Ensemble
October 9, 2006 Premiere, Symphony Space, NY, NY;
Meridian Arts Ensemble
Recording by Meridian Arts Ensemble available on Innova Records #943, “Seven Kings”
The Thing With Feathers (1998-9) for fl, clar, vln, vla, vc, pno; 12′
Available from C. F. Peters Corp., NY; Edition Peters No. 67923
Commissioned by the Brandeis University new music concert series
April 23, 1999 Premiere, Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Addressing Wonder (1996) for vla, vc, pno; 14′
Available from C. F. Peters Corp., NY; Edition Peters No. 67697
Commissioned by The Guild of Composers for
The Fidelio Trio (Lois Martin, vla; Harry Clark, vc; Sanda Schulmann, pno);
January 30, 1996 Premiere, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC; The Fidelio Trio
Recording by Hannah Levinson, Chris Gross, Steven Beck, available on Open G Records
Crossing . . . over (1990-1) for string quartet; 14′
Available from American Composers Allliance
December, 1991 Premiere, New York, NY; Columbia Composers
Performed by Joel Lester, Curtis Macomber, Kevin Davidson, Michael Finckel
The Last Crescentbird (1989) for soprano, viola, bass clarinet, percussion; 12′
Four songs on Emily Dickinson poems
Available from American Composers Allliance
August, 1989 Premiere, Wellesley, MA; Wellesley Composers Conference
Christine Schadeberg, mz, Allen Blustine, bs cl, Scott Woolweaver, vla, Dominic Donato, perc., Efrain Guigui, cond.
Prismata (2022) for Wind Ensemble; 12′
Soon available from American Composers Alliance
for the East Carolina University Wind Ensemble
William Staub, Director; April 18, 2023, Greenville, NC
Let Them Not Say (2020) for SATB Choir; 7′
Soon available from American Composers Alliance
for the East Carolina University Chamber Singers
James Franklin, Director; Premiere tba
Setting of Poetry of Jane Hirshfield
Release (2015) for orchestra; 13′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for the East Carolina University Symphony
Jorge Richter, Director
February 13, 2016 premiere; Wright Auditorium, Greenville, NC
Recording by Brno Philharmonic available on ABlaze Records
Plus ça Change (2013) for violin and orchestra; 23′
Available from American Composers Alliance
for the East Carolina University Symphony
Jorge Richter, Director; Ara Gregorian, violin
March 23, 2013 premiere; Wright Auditorium, Greenville, NC
Omaggio (2009) for orchestra; 16′
Available from APNM
for the East Carolina University Symphony
Jorge Richter, Director
February 28, 2010 premiere; Wright Auditorium, Greenville, NC;
East Carolina University Symphony
When Time (2007) for double SATB choir (optional doubling w/strings); 8′
Available from APNM
Setting of poetry by Nicholas J. Glennon
June 4, 2008 Premiere, Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, NYC;
New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
dis/Connect (2005) for fixed media, with dancers; 13′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Patti Weeks, choreographer
February 3-8, 2005 Premiere; McGinnis Theatre, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Blurring the Margins (1997) for fl, clar, hn, vln, vla, vc, pno; 12′
Available from C. F. Peters Corp., NY; Edition Peters No. 67825
Commissioned by The Empyrean Ensemble
May 30, 1997 Premiere, Wyatt Pavilion, University of California, Davis, CA
At Recess, We Play (1994-5) for fl, ob, cl (bs clar), vln, vla, vc, cb, pno, perc; 9′
Available from C. F. Peters Corp., NY; Edition Peters No. 67653.
Commissioned by Alea III
February 18, 1995 Premiere, Boston, MA; Alea III
Attitude (2000) for string orchestra; 10′
Available from American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by the Greenville Orchestra Boosters for the
J.H. Rose H.S. Orchestra, Glenna Theurer, director
May 5, 2001 Premiere, Toronto International Music Festival
Ensemblespiel (1999-00) for fl, ob, cl, sax, bsn, hn, tpt, tbn, tuba, perc; 10′
Available from C. F. Peters Corp., NY; Edition Peters No. 67708
Commissioned by the NewMusic Camerata of East Carolina University
March 11, 2000 Premiere, Millenium Stage, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Recordings available on Apple Music, Bandcamp, Spotify, Pandora, and the other usual spots
“Elements of a Style,” Current Musicology, Issue No. 67-68, New York, Columbia University, fall, 1999.
“Imagine That,” Composition Studies, Issue 43.2, Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati, Fall, 2015.
Video
Interviews about NewMusic programs at East Carolina University:
- With Garrett of The Portfolio Composer (May, 2018)
- A new approach: teaching the commissioning process (2017)
- Commissioning and recording new works (2015)
- Engaging a broad audience (2014)
- Introducing a new opera (2013)
- ECU’s world premiere production of Salvatore Macchia’s Insectaphobia (2013)
- ECU’s students creating a theme song for Public Radio East (2014)
- The Premiere Performances Series (2011)
And other interviews:
- With Chris Grymes of Open G Records (March, 2021)
- With Garrett of The Portfolio Composer (May, 2018)
- With Chris Grymes of Open G Records (July, 2014)
Press
about Young Composers, Jacobs’ program in the public schools
The Fiction of a Glance (1992-3) for orchestra; 14′
Available from American Composers Alliance
(Reading) May, 1993 Premiere, New York, NY; Riverside Symphony
Microcosm (1987) a study for tape alone
realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
Building Blocks (1987) for three French horns, three trombones
(Reading) March, 1986, New York, NY
Where There’s A Will (1987) for fl, t sax, perc, c’bass
January, 1988 Premiere, Springfield, MA; Ancora New Music Ensemble
2/27/86 (1986) for two trumpets, percussion, SATB chorus
November, 1986 Premiere, San Francisco, CA; San Francisco Chamber Singers
A Notion (1986) for piano
November, 1985 Premiere, Berkeley, CA; Michael Orland
Forme (1985) a miniature for orchestra
(Reading) May, 1985, Berkeley, CA; University of California Symphony
Our Rose (1985) for two sopranos
April, 1985 Premiere, Berkeley, CA; Christie Foell, Ellen MacDonald
Points of View (1985) for fl, clar, vln, vla, vc, pno
March, 1985 Premiere, Berkeley, CA; UCBerkeley Ensemble, Martin Hermann, conductor
Leyres (1984) for fl, ob, Eng horn, t sax, tpt, pno, percussion, bass
Commissioned by Charles Lehrer (oboe)
February, 1984 Premiere, Amherst, MA; University of Massachusetts faculty ensemble
Three Movements for Piano (1983)
May, 1983 Premiere, Amherst, MA; Carolyn Oakley
Trio for Alto Saxophone, ‘Cello and Piano (1982)
February, 1982 Premiere, Amherst, MA; George Weremchuck, Joseph Rogers, Carolyn Oakley
Wrong Turn (1982) for Jazz Ensemble
May, 1981 Premiere, Amherst, MA; University of Massachusetts Jazz Ensemble, Jeff Holmes, director.