Whiskey Before Breakfast: Partita for Orchestra and Bluegrass Band Movement 1: Movement 2: Movement 3: Movement 4: Movement 5: Movement 6: A composition in eight short movements, featuring bluegrass band interspersed and blended with the classical chamber orchestra, hopeful to authentically be representing the colorful history of both genres! One of the most distinctly American […]
Conni Ellisor comments to the Tennessean’s Alan Bostick about the evolution of her Rhapsody for Viola and Strings, premiered by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and viola soloist James Grosjean: “I had a melody in mind which I ended up not using,” she said. “I had all these themes sketched out and ended up not using […]
Movement 1: Movement 2: Movement 3: Commissioned and performed by Christopher Norton with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. GRADE 4
A traditional work for erhu, arranged for chamber orchestra and soloist. Comes with full score, solo score and orchestral parts (string count 9-8-6-6-5)
Blending two motives representing a husband and wife over allusions to “Vissi d’Arte,” this chamber orchestra piece is a tender tribute to long-lasting love. Comes with full score and parts (string count 9-8-6-6-5)
Movement 1: Movement 2: Movement 3: Movement 4: Notes from the composer: One of my first commissions for the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, this piece embodies my belief that music can transcend the barrier between words and hearts. Long before a thought assumes the concreteness of words and directives, it is an impulse- a quickening of […]
Commissioned by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, this enchanting work turns 17 poems by Children’s Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky, into a Carnival of the Animals for the new millennium. Comes with score, narrator score and parts (string count of 9-8-6-6-5, unless otherwise requested. No extra […]
For many decades Robert Strassburg figured prominently in the general musical life and in Jewish cultural circles in the Los Angeles area. Born in New York, he studied and worked with Igor Stravinsky, Walter Piston, and Paul Hindemithwith whom he studied at Tanglewood on a Boston Symphony scholarship. After bachelor studies at the New England Conservatory, he received […]
“…absolute proof that new music can be accessible, exciting and inspiring to musicians and audiences alike!” ~Giancarlo Guerrero, Music Director, Nashville Symphony It is exactly this quality of being “accessible, exciting, and inspiring to musicians and audiences alike” that is the hallmark of Conni Ellisor’s work. Her critically-acclaimed compositions are the beneficiaries of a brilliantly […]
W. Mark Harrell has garnered much acclaim and respect for his dedicated work as a multi-faceted composer, performer and educator. A seventh generation native of Anderson County in East Tennessee, W. Mark Harrell has crafted a diverse catalog of compositions that incorporate the sounds of the region with an ear to the larger world. Having […]