A n d r e w
Selected Works and Performances
Chamber Music
Solo Piano
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The Approach, sop., 2 vns., va., vc. (10')', commissioned by the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival; to be premiered by soprano Hyunah Yu and the Newburyport Festival String Quartet, August 17th, '08, Newburyport, MA.
One Kindness, cl., vn., vc., pf. (14'), commissioned by Ensemble Nordlys of Denmark; to be premiered in '08-'09 in Copenhagen and New York by Ensemble Nordlys; performances planned also by Accroche Note in France in '09-'10
Catenary, vc., pf. (11'), commissioned by Robert Burkhart; premiered by Robert Burkhart and Blair McMillen at the Rose Studio, Lincoln Center, New York, January 12th '08; recorded by Burkhart and McMillen in February for release later in '08.
Catena di cuori, fl., pf. (6'), for flutist Mario Caroli; to be premiered by Mario Caroli at the Akiyoshidai Contemporary Music Festival, Akiyoshidai, Japan, August, '08
Exorcist, sax., gt., perc., pf. (12'), commissioned by Flexible Music and the Society for New Music with a grant from the Alice Krieble Delmas Foundation; premiered by Flexible Music in New York City at Construction Company Gallery, February 10, 2007; to be performed in New York and at Bowdoin College in 07-08
Le Nom (Upperline), solo vc. (9'); for Caroline Stinson; premiered by Ms. Stinson at the Winnipeg Symphony Centaura Corporation International New Music Festival, February 13, 2006; performed at NOCCA Riverfront, New Orleans, November 3, 2006; performed at Juilliard, New York City, February 26, 2007; Program Note
My Penelope (String Quartet no. 4), (23'), commissioned by the Degas Quartet, to be premiered by the Degas on the NOCCA Center Stage Series, NOCCA Riverfront, New Orleans, November 3, 2006 Program Note
Soon, the Rosy-Fingered Dawn, vn., va., vc. (13'), composed for the Athabasca Trio, premiered by the Athabasca, New York City, January 28, 2006; performed by the Athabasca, New York, May, 2006; to be performed by the Athabasca on the Trinity Church Concerts at One series, October 30, 2006
This Powerful Rhyme, fl./a.fl, cl/b.cl., 2 vns., va., vc., gt./mand., perc., pf., 2 actors, sonnet cycle after Shakespeare (50'), commissioned by Sequitur, premiered by Sequitur, with actors Malcolm & Elizabeth Ingram, at Merkin Hall, New York City, January 30, 2006 Program note
Memory, Word, Mystery, Presence, 2 vns., va., vc., pf. (14'), composed for Open End; premiered by Open End at the Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, June 5, 2005 Listen (excerpts) Program note
Stretched on the Beauty, 4 'cellos (8'), composed for CELLO; premiered by CELLO in Stockton, CA, October, 2004; performed since by CELLO in Dayton, OH, North Bergen, N.J., and in Syracuse Listen Program note
Third String Quartet (18’), commissioned by Dickinson College for the Corigliano Quartet; premiered by the Corigliano as part of the American Vanguard Festival, Dickinson, 2003; performed by the Corigliano in Cleveland, October, 2003; in Boston, at MIT, April, 2004 Listen Program note
Law of Motion, vn., vc., pf. (16’), commissioned by Buglisi-Foreman Dance;premiered at the Joyce Theatre, New York City, March, 2003
Collines parmi étoiles... , solo va. (8’), commissioned by violist Melia Watras; premiered by Ms. Watras in New York City, April, 2003; performed in New York at Hunter College, October, 2003; Recorded by Ms. Watras on Fleur du son CD 57962
Livre, vc., pf. (11’), for Caroline Stinson; premiered by Ms. Stinson in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2002; performed on the Encounters Series, College of Staten Island, 2002; performed at the Villa Rossa, Florence, Italy, January 16, 2006; performed by Ms. Stinson & Mary Jo Carrabré at the Winnipeg Symphony Centara Corp. New Music Festival, February 15, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Listen
Langue et parole, vn., pf. (12’), for the Seal Bay Festival; premiered at Seal Bay, June 2001 by the composer and pianist Adrienne Kim; performed at Weill Hall, New York City, by Lisa Tipton and Adrienne Kim, February, 2002; performed at Greenwich House, New York City, by violinist Victoria Paterson; performed by Open End, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, June, 2005
The Desires of Ghosts, fl., cl., vn., va., pf. (9’); commissioned by Currents, Richmond, VA; premiered in Richmond, October, 2000; numerous performances across the country including the University of Iowa New Music Ensemble and The Empyrean Ensemble, in San Francisco Listen Program note
Le Noir, la lune, le train, solo vc., (7’); commissioned by ‘cellist Ariane Lallemand; premiered by Ms. Lallemand at Greenwich Music House, New York City, February, 2000; performed by Ms. Lallemand at Music Under Construction, New York, April 2000; at Merkin Hall, New York City, May 2002
Shared Presence (Commune présence), ob., cl., bn., hn., 2 vn., va., vc., pf. (8’);commissioned by the Swannanoa Festival; premiered at Swannanoa North Carolina, August, 1999; performed by Ensemble X, October, 2001
Legacy, st. qt. (7’); commissioned by Planned Parenthood Center of Syracuse for the Cassatt Quartet, and by the Summit Institute of Park City, Utah, for the Corigliano Quartet; premiered by the Cassatt Quartet, April 1998, Syracuse; full version premiered by the Corigliano Quartet, July,1999, Park City; numerous performances by the Corigliano since 1999; recorded by the Coriliano on CRI/New World Program note
Pierrot Tells the Time..., fl., cl., vn., va., vc., pc., pf. (9’); composed March, 1997; premiered at Syracuse University, April, 2000; performed by Sequitur at Merkin Hall, New York City, October, 2002 Program note
Second String Quartet, (25’); commissioned by the Caramoor Center for the Arts for the Cassatt Quartet; premiered by the Cassatt at Caramoor, April, 1993; performed by the Cassatt at the Sonoklect Festival, 1994, and at Syracuse University, 1995; recorded by the Cassatt for CRI/New World
I Want to Go With the Wolves, for string quartet and antiphonal howling children (6’); commissioned by the Caramoor Center for the Cassatt Quartet; premiered by the Cassatt at Caramoor, November 1990; hundreds of performances since that time by the Cassatt and other quartets
Story-Sonata, va., pf. (15’); commissioned by violist Roberta Crawford; performed by Ms. Crawford and pianist Michael Salmirs at SUNY Binghamton, March, 1991; performed by the Crawford/Salmirs duo numerous times, including New York City, April, 2002; performed by violist Michiko Oshima at the Seal Bay Festival,June, 1996; performed by Ms. Oshima in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, 2000
Going..., fl., vn., cbn., cb. (12’); commissioned by Saint Louis Symphony assistant principal double-bassist Carolyn White Buckley; premiered on the symphony’s Discovery series with Donald Erb conducting, February, 1988
Orchestra & Large Ensemble
Stretched on the Beauty (Concerto for 4 'Cellos and Orchestra), (26'); for CELLO and the Syracuse Symphony; to be premiered November 16, 17 & 18, Syracuse and Clinton, NY; Program Note
Le Même ciel (Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble), (20’); for Frank Campos and the Eastman and Ithaca College Wind Ensembles; premiered at Eastman, December 8, 2004; performed at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival, February 16, 2006 Program note
1961 (Fanfare-Essay for Large Orchestra), (10’); commissioned by the Syracuse Symphony for their 40th Anniversary; premiered in Syracuse, November, 2000
This Firmament of Earth, (11’); commissioned by the Syracuse Symphony; premiered over 5 concerts in Syracuse and throughout northern New York state, May 1999
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Symphony no. 2, (25’); commissioned by the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic of Zlin, Czech Republic; premiered in Zlin, November, 1996; recorded by the Martinu Philharmonic for CRI/New World
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The Train, (11’); premiered by the Denver Symphony, January, 1988; performed since by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, November 1989; the Syracuse Symphony, March, 1994; the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, April, 2000
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Symphony no. 1, (16’); public reading by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin conducting, ASOL New Music Project, January, 1987
Chamber Orchestra
Anima Mea, for 14 players (16’); commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; premiered Pittsburgh, October, 1991; performed numerous times since, including at USC and North Carolina School for the Arts
The Father and Mother Begotten, cantata for sop., bar., cho., 2 tp., pf., hp., strings (22’); commissioned by Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN; premiered in Minneapolis by the Hennepin Choir and Orchestra, May 1991
Solo Piano
In the Year of the Uroburos (15’); for Gloria Cheng; premiered in Syracuse by Ms. Cheng on a concert by the California EAR Unit, February 1994; performed by Ms. Cheng in Los Angeles, November, 1997
Songbook (12’); performed by Gloria Cheng at the Eastman School of Music, February,1999
Music for Theatre and Film
Music for Antigone, Theatre Cornell, Ithaca, New York, 2003
Nosferatu, orchestral score for F.W. Murnau’s film; premiered with the film, Syracuse, October, 1999
Blood Wedding, music for Lorca’s play; Syracuse, 2000
And Many Happy Returns, film by Owen Shapiro, 1996; prizewinner, Berlin Film
Festival, 1997; Black Mariah Film Festival, 1997
Polyphony of the Beasts, for Seven Players and Puppet Theatre, with Open Hand
Theatre of Syracuse; premiered in Syracuse, March, 1987
Music for Murder in the Cathedral, Syracuse, 1987
Granby’s Primates, documentary film for PBS, 1982
Music for Children
En un mundo pacifico, co-composed with the students of Lincoln Magnet School,Syracuse, 1998
What My Dreams Tell Me, for chorus and orchestra, co-composed with the students of Edward Smith Elementary School, Syracuse, 1995
The Water of Life, opera based on a libretto by students at Danforth Elementary School, Syracuse; produced at Danforth School, 1989
Love, Hate and Jealousy, opera based on a libretto by students at H.W. Smith Middle School, Syracuse; produced at H.W. Smith, 1989
Works-in-Progress
A new work for Messiaen quartet, for the Danish group Ensemble Nordlys
A new work for Italian Flutist Mario Caroli