Jeffrey James Arts Consulting is proud to represent a wide spectrum of American composers. We recently asked each of them to give us a list of their favorite orchestral compositions from their catalogs, which we would like to recommend to you for your consideration. Almost all of these works are recorded commercially and scores are available from their publishers. If you'd like to see scores and/or recordings of these fine works, please contact us at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net. You can also find individual composer websites or web pages at http://www.jamesarts.com. Beth Anderson - http://www.beand.com/Three Swales For String Orchestra, includes Kentucky Swale, Blue Bell Swale and March Swale Mourning Dove Swale July Swale Minnesota Swale Revel James Cohn - http://www.jamesarts.com/CohnBio1001.htm Symphony No. 3 Waltz in D Variations on "John Henry" Variations on "The Wayfaring Stranger" A Song of the Waters (Variations on "Shenandoah") Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Michael Colina - http://www.michaelcolina.com/ "The Isles of Shoals" Concerto for flute and orchestra in three movements Goyescana Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Los Caprichos for Orchestra Shadow of Urbano for Solo Piano & String Orchestra Lawrence Dillon - http://www.lawrencedillon.com/ Wright Flight for three actors and orchestra Snegglish Dances Symphony No. 1 Schumann Trilogy (available 2009) Orpheus in the Afterworld (flute and orchestra) Salvatore Di Vittorio - http://www.salvatoredivittorio.com/ Sinfonia No. 1, "Isolation" Sinfonia No. 2, "Lost Innocence" Elegy for full orchestra Respighiana, Overtura per orchestra (available 2009) Steven R. Gerber - http://www.stevengerber.com/ Violin Concerto Symphony #1 Viola Concerto Dirge and Awakening Serenade for String Orchestra Fanfare for the Voice of A-M-E-R-I-C-A Brian Wilbur Grundstrom - http://www.brianwilbur.com/ Suite for Chamber Orchestra (Before the Fall, Avalon, Celebration) Contentment, Poem for Orchestra Jubilation! Dance for Orchestra Barbara Harbach - http://www.barbaraharbach.com/ Veneration for Orchestra Frontier Fancies for violin and Orchestra Arcadian Reverie for String Orchestra Rhapsody Jardine for Oboe and String Orchestra One of Ours - A Cather Symphony The Soul of Ra Christopher Kaufman - http://www.chkaufman.com/ Island The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Mythagos The Gardens of Lemuria Spirit Tales of the Ocean City Suite Elodie Lauten - http://www.elodielauten.net/ Gypsy Variations (violin concerto) Harmonic Protection Circle for Orchestra Economy for orchestra Orfreo (chamber opera) The Two-Cents Opera (chamber opera) Waking in New York (chamber opera) The Death of Don Juan (chamber opera) Benjamin Lees - http://www.benjaminlees.com/ Piano Trio #2 "Silent Voices." String Quartet #5 and #6 Sonata for Cello and Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano #3 "Fantasy Variations" for piano "Invenzione" for solo violin "Odyssey No.2" for piano solo Dan Locklair - http://www.locklair.com/ Symphony of Seasons - Symphony No. 1 Concerto for Harp and Orchestra Creation's Seeing Order (A Prelude for Orchestra) HUES for orchestra Three Brief Tone Poems: I.Cloudburst; II.Moonshine; III.Sunburst. In the Autumn Days, A Symphony for Chamber Orchestra When Morning Stars Begin to Fall, A Tone Poem for Orchestra "Ere long we shall see...", Concerto Brevis for Organ and Orchestra Judith Sainte Croix - http://www.judithsaintecroix.com/ Anodos Vision I Love Brings Good Fortune Burning in the center for chorus and orchestra Gateway for jazz drummer and orchestra Judith Shatin - http://www.judithshatin.com/ Aura for orchestra Glyph for solo clarinet or viola, string orchestra and piano Piping the Earth for orchestra Ruah for flute and chamber orchestra Stringing the Bow for string orchestra The Passion of St. Cecilia for piano and orchestra Haskell Small - www.haskellsmall.com/ Suite for Strings and Piano Concertante Fantasy of the Red-Eyed Creature (orchestra and optional narrator) Really?, An Orchestral Suite Double Concerto for Bassoon, Piano and Orchestra Scraps for orchestra Joelle Wallach - http://www.joellewallach.com/ "After Alcyon's Dream" for clarinet, viola and piano "Runes and Ritual" piano quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello "A Revisitation of Myth" for medium voice, viola and piano String Quartet I, II or III "Glancing Below" for violin, viola, cello, bass, piano, 2 percussion and saxophone "From the Forest of Chimneys" octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, 2 violi, cello and bass Meira Warshauer - http://meirawarshauer.com/ Symphony No. 1: Living, Breathing Earth YES! for clarinet and orchestra Jerusalem, Open Your Gates Like Streams in the Desert Revelation As the Waters Cover the Sea (a tribute to Mozart) Beyond the Horizon David Winkler - http://www.davidwinklernyc.org/ Elements Concerti for violin and string orchestra) Piano Concerto) Concerto Green for violin and piano soli and string orchestra) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra) Symphony America (Symphony No. 3) Michael Woods - http://www.jamesarts.com Places of Light String Serenade Children of the Groove War, Peace, Anger and Love Judith Lang Zaimont - http://www.jzaimont.com/ Stillness - Poem for Orchestra Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 - Remember Me (for Orchestral Strings) includes "Elegy for Strings" Chroma - Northern Lights Symphony for Wind Orchestra in Three Scenes Monarchs - Movement for Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra 'Solar Traveller' For recordings, perusal scores or more information about any of these pieces or composers, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net. All of these composers have extensive websites linked to or information available at http://www.jamesarts.com/artists.htm.
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