“Enormously inventing” —Heuwell Tircuit, in Tune Magazine
"Evokes glowing images”
“The Gallagher alone is worth the price of this well-recorded disc."
“A lovely melodic and accessible work”
"Exceptionally original and powerful”
"A one-movement symphony of great colorfulness"
"An attractive short piece"
"Exuberant, tuneful and virtuosic."
"Distinctive repertoire. Lyrically beautiful and intensely dramatic."
Jack Gallagher producer of 2007 Grammy-award winning recording of Messiaen's Oiseaux Exotiques with Angelin Chang, pianist and John McLaughlin Williams conducting the Cleveland Chamber Symphony on Troppe Note-Cambria TNC-1515. News release.
Recent performance:
Sinfonietta for String Orchestra (III, IV, V)
Utah Arts Festival Orchestra Orchestra
Newly completed:
Let Me Make Songs
for soprano, trumpet and piano,
commissioned by
First performance:
anticipated Fall 2008
First Public Performance:
Evening Music for Piano
Laura Silverman, pianist
Newly completed:
Remembrance of Robin
trumpet and piano, commissioned by Robert Sullivan, Assistant Principal Trumpet, the Cleveland Orchestra. First performance anticipated September 2008.
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JACK GALLAGHER is the Olive Williams Kettering Professor of Music at The College of Wooster (Ohio) where he teaches composition, orchestration, music theory, and trumpet.
His compositions have been performed or recorded by the Charleston Symphony, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, Kiev Philharmonic, Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Cincinnati Conservatory Wind Symphony, Gregg Smith Singers, Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Miami University (FL) Wind Ensemble, Spoleto Brass Quintet, etc., and have been included on twelve published compact discs. He holds DMA and MFA degrees in composition from Cornell University and the BA degree in Music cum laude from Hofstra University.
Mr. Gallagher's Exotic Dances for violin and piano was nominated by the editor of American Music magazine for the Pulitzer Prize in music in 1997. He was named Ohio Music Teachers Association "Composer of the Year" in 1996 and is listed in the 2003 edition of Who’s Who in America and the 1998-99 International Who's Who in Music. In 1999 he was featured guest composer at the 37th Annual Contemporary Music Festival at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
As producer, his production for TNC Records of Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques with pianist Angelin Chang and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony conducted by John McLaughlin Williams won a 2007 Grammy Award in the classical category “Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra.”
His music is published by Editions Bim (Vuarmarens, Switzerland), Ludwig Music, Lawson-Gould, Manduca Music, The Brass Press, and The Piano Teachers' Press.
Recent and Upcoming Performances and Broadcasts
4 February 2008: Berceuse
21 February 2008: Nocturne
26 February 2008: Diversions Overture
29 February 2008: Berceuse
1 March 2008: Capriccio
11 March 2008: Ancient Evenings and Distant Music
26 March 2008: Berceuse
5 April 2008: Evening Music
8 April 2008: Diversions Overture
15 April 2008: One-hour interview
20 April 2008: Nocturne
27 April 2008: "March" from Diversions: Triptych
1 May 2008: Proteus Rising from the Sea
2 May 2008: "March" from Diversions: Triptych
6 May 2008: Berceuse
11 May 2008: Three Songs of Love, Joy
23 June 2008: Berceuse
26 June 2008: Sinfonietta for String Orchestra (III,IV,V)
7 July 2008: "Ancient Evenings:" Prologue & Toccata
26 July 2008: Berceuse
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•Sinfonietta for String Orchestra (1990/2007) [25:30]
1. Intrada [4:20]
First complete performance: 10 November 2007, Wooster Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Lindberg, Music Director; Jack Gallagher, guest conductor.
Performed by Utah Arts Festival Orchestra (movements III-V), Andrew Rindfleisch, Music Director, 26 June 2008, Salt Lake City.
"A monumental composition for that performing medium. The work certainly deserves a place in the standard repertory for string orchestra."
•A Quiet Musicke (1996) [11:00]
Written for the 80th anniversary season of the Wooster (OH) Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Lindberg, Music Director.
First performance: 11 February 1996, Wooster Symphony Orchestra, Jack Gallagher, guest conductor, The College of Wooster.
Performed by the Capital University/Bexley Community Orchestra, Nicholas Perrini, conductor, Capital University, 25 April 1999; WSO, Jeffrey Lindberg, conductor, The College of Wooster, 9 November 2002.
•The Persistence of Memory (In Memoriam: Brian Israel) (1995) [19:30]
Written for the Cleveland Chamber Symphony. First performance: 27 February 1995, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor, Drinko Auditorium, Cleveland State University. European premiere: 27 June 1996, Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, Tsanko Delibozov, conductor, Philharmonic Hall, Ruse, Bulgaria.
Performances include: Piccolo Spoleto 1997, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Donald Portnoy, guest conductor, 28 May 1997; Wooster Symphony Orchestra, Jack Gallagher, guest conductor, 15 February 1998; Contemporary Youth Orchestra (Cleveland), Regina Mushabec, cello, Eric Berken, conductor, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 14 December 2002.
Recording: Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, Tsanko Delibozov, conductor, Vienna Modern Masters CD VMM 3036.
Broadcast: WPRB-FM, Princeton, 22 June 2007; 14 June 2006, 30 October 2002; WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 5 November 2006; 26 January 2006; KING-FM, Seattle, 1 July 2006; WFSQ-FM, Tallahassee, FL, 12 November 2001; WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 29 July, 2000; 11 March 2000; WOMR-FM, Provincetown, MA, 3 July 1999; WFSQ-FM, Tallahassee, FL, 13 October 1999; WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 27 June 1998; WQLN-FM, Erie, 30 March 1998; WNIB-FM, Chicago, 28 June 1997; WCNY-FM, Syracuse, 11 May 1997.
"Gallagher evokes glowing images . . . . There is sincerity and warmth here, plus skillful handling of the chamber orchestra."
"A fitting tribute, generous in its expression and clear in its structure."
"The musical textures and sounds were unique. . . . Donald Portnoy, who has been conducting the orchestra this series, led an even-handed and moving reading."
•Symphony in One Movement: Threnody (1991) [27:30]
Commissioned with support from the Greater Wayne County Foundation by the Wooster Symphony Women's Committee for the 75th anniversary of the Wooster Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Lindberg, Music Director.
First performance: 16 November 1991, the Wooster Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. Published by Editions Bim.
Recording: Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla, conductor, Vienna Modern Masters VMM 3028.
Broadcast: WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 7 October 2000 and 12 June 1999; De Concertzender Radio, Holland, 15 April 1999; WNIB-FM, Chicago, 28 June 1997.
"Quite memorable. . . . This is a well-written, moving work. . . .The Gallagher alone is worth the price of this well-recorded disc."
"Enormously inventing, dark, half-hour Symphony by Gallagher. . . . A very interesting release, well above the average cut in pleasure."
"A one-movement symphony of great colorfulness."
"The most gratifying taste-test is the opening work written by American Jack Gallagher, the nearly half-hour Symphony in One Movement, completed in 1991. The work begins in a slow tempo, then in the second half explodes in a series of dramatic rhythms."
•Two Pieces for String Orchestra (1990) [8:20]
Finalist, 1993 Lancaster Festival Orchestra Composers Symposium (OH).
•Diversions Overture (1986) [10:00]
First performance: 9 November 1986, the Wooster (OH) Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Lindberg, Music Director.
Performances include: Merrick (NY) Symphony Orchestra, Charles Gouse, Conductor, 19 March 1988; Wooster (OH) Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Lindberg, Music Director, 30 April 1999; Contemporary Youth Orchestra (Cleveland), Eric Berken, conductor, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 16 March 2002; Wooster SO, Jack Gallagher, guest conductor, 30 April 2006.
Recording: Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ian Winstin, conductor, Masterworks of the New Era, , Vol. 7, ERM Media ERM-6709.
Broadcast: WGBH-FM, Boston, 27 June 2007; WQLN-FM, Erie, 27 June 2007; 28 March 2007; WPRB-FM Princeton, 22 June 2007;26 May 2006; LIVE365.comMUSIClassical CONCERT, 21 June 2007; WCMU-FM, Michigan, 11 June 2007; WGUC-FM, Cincinnati, 7 May 2007; 13 January 2007; 3 October 2006; 26 July 2006; 8 June 2006; 15 May 2006; 7 April 2006; 21 February 2006; 11 January 2006; KZSU-FM, Stanford University, 31 May 2006.
"A distinguished piece."
"An exuberant tour-de-force. . . . a strong individual statement."
"Majestic and optimistic."
•Berceuse (1977) [5:15]
First performance: 19 May 1977, The Hicksville (NY) Community Orchestra, Charles Gouse, Music Director. Published by Ludwig Music.
Performances include: Wooster Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Knox-Galesburg Symphony Orchestra (IL), Levine Chamber Orchestra (DC), Ohio Light Opera Orchestra, Capital University Symphony Orchestra, Dowling Symphony Orchestra, South County Chamber Orchestra (RI), Ohio North-Central Regional All-State Orchestra.
Recording: Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, Szymon Kawalla, conductor, Vienna Modern Masters VMM 3030.
Broadcasts include WGBH-FM (Boston), WCLV-FM (Cleveland), KUSC-FM (Los Angeles), WNIB-FM (Chicago), WETA-FM (Washington, D.C.), WGUC-FM (Cincinnati), KBPS-FM (Portland, OR), WOSU-FM (Columbus), KVOD-FM (Denver), WBHM-FM (Birmingham), WNPR-FM (Hartford; Connecticut Public Radio), KWTU-FM (Tulsa), Northwest Public Radio, WPRB-FM (Princeton), WQLN-FM (Erie), KBSU-FM (Boise), WBNI-FM (Fort Wayne), WCMU-FM (Michigan), WKSU (Kent), West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WYSU-FM (Youngstown), MUSIClassical LIVE365.com, and others.
Since 2002, broadcast more than 45 times over Radio Stephansdom Klassiksender, 107.3 FM, Vienna, Austria.
"A treat. This is a lovely melodic and accessible work, and Lindberg and his orchestra made the most of it."
"Only a curmudgeon would fail to appreciate the charm and understatement of Jack Gallagher's Berceuse, with its hints of Barber's melancholy lyricism."
"Features string writing that has an English pastoral feel, a bit like Ralph Vaughan Williams in its dawnlike evocations."
"Exactly what a lullaby should be -- a simple, lyrical melody, a rocking rhythm, and nothing harsh . . . It is spontaneous . . . music of genuine merit."
•A Psalm of Life (1997/2003) [9:40] (Fantasy for Symphonic Band on Tchesnokoff's "Salvation is Created")
Commissioned by the Kettering Fairmont (OH) High School Band Boosters Association, Ryan Borger, Conductor, in Memory of Charles Craig, Director of Bands, 1994-1997.
Performances include: Cincinnati Conservatory Symphony Band, Terence Milligan, conductor, Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati Conservatory, 31 January 2006; Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble, Patrick Casey, conductor, at Virginia Tech, 20 January 2006, 15 November 2005 and at Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) Conference, Norfolk, 17 November 2005; California State University Bakersfield Community Concert Band, Patricia Childress, conductor, 4 June 2005; The College of Wooster Scot Symphonic Band, Nancy Ditmer, conductor, 4 March 2007 and on 2007 Spring Tour; 21 April 2003, on 2000 Spring Tour, and at Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Conference, Cleveland, 2000; other performances include Sam Houston State University Symphonic Band and Franklin and Marshall College Wind Ensemble.
•Proteus Rising from the Sea (1994) [10:00]
Commissioned and recorded by the Air Force Band of Flight, Lt. Col. Richard A. Shelton, Commander and Conductor for the compact disc Images.
First performance: 28 January 1995, East Tennessee State University. Selected for 2002 SCI National Conference, University of Akron; 2001 Virginia CBDNA Symposium for New Band Music, The University of Richmond; Virginia Intercollegiate Band conducted by the composer.
Performances include: Air Force Band of Flight, Lt. Col. Richard A. Shelton, conductor; University of Massachussetts Wind Ensemble, Malcolm Rowell, conductor; Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Ray Cramer, conductor, at 1998 Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, 16 April 1998; Sam Houston State University Wind Ensemble, Matthew McInturf, Conductor, 11 March 1999 and 10 April 1999; University of Akron Symphonic Band, Robert Jorgensen, conductor, 19 and 21 April 2002; Miami University (FL) Wind Ensemble, Gary Green, conductor, Festival Miami, November 2003; College of Wooster Scot Symphonic Band, Jack Gallagher, guest conductor, 14 May 2006; Cincinnati Conservatory Symphony Band, Terence Milligan, conductor, 30 April 2004 and 1 May 2008.
Recording: Air Force Band of Flight, Lt. Col. Richard A. Shelton, Commander and Conductor, Images, U.S. Air Force CD (1996).
Broadcast: LIVE365.com MUSIClassical CONCERT, 27 June 2007; Contemporary Classical Internet Radio, 28 November 2006; WNUR-FM, Evanston, 1 January 2006; WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 20 November 1999; 17 January 1998; 18 July 1998; WCNY-FM, Syracuse, October 1997.
"Impressive and expressive music. A composer at home with a large—slightly abstract—sonic canvas."
•The Persistence of Memory (In Memoriam: Brian Israel) (1989) [14:45]
Commissioned by the Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Marice Stith, Director, for the 20th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music at Cornell University. First complete performance: 30 April 1989, the Cornell University Wind Ensemble conducted by the composer, Cornell University.
Recording by the Ohio University Wind Ensemble, John Climer, Conductor.
Performed by Eastman Wind Ensemble at EWE 40th Anniversary Celebration, Eastman Theatre, 1992. Finalist, 1994 Virginia/College Band Directors Symposium of New Band Music. Honorable Mention, 1990 Barlow International Composition Contest. Performed by Iowa Symphonic Band at 1995 National Conference of Society of Composers, Inc. Performed by Florida State University Wind Orchestra at Sixth Biennial Festival of New Music, FSU, 1992. Performed by Crane Wind Ensemble, SUNY Potsdam, at Eastern CBDNA Conference, Yale University, 2000, at Crane Festival of NEWMUSIC, 1993, and at SUNY Potsdam 12 November 2003. Cincinnati College-Conservatory Wind Symphony, Western Illinois University Wind Ensemble, 2001.
Additional performances: Indiana University Symphonic Band, University of Massachussetts Wind Ensemble, De Paul University Wind Symphony, Ohio University Wind Ensemble, Sam Houston State University Wind Ensemble, Kent State University Wind Ensemble, Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble, Virginia Intercollegiate Band, Illinois State University Wind Symphony.
“Distinctive repertoire: a powerful work. Lyrically beautiful and intensely dramatic. The musicians enjoyed the composition immensely.”
•Diversions: Triptych for Symphonic Band (1985) [14:45]
1. Intrada
Commissioned by the Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Marice Stith, Director. First performance: 16 March 1986, the Cornell University Wind Ensemble conducted by the composer.
Awarded First Prize, Symposium XII for New Band Music, Virginia/College Band Directors National Association.
Performances include: Indiana University Concert Band, Cincinnati Conservatory Symphony Band, California State University-Bakersfield Concert Band, Virginia Intercollegiate Band, Moorhead State University Wind Ensemble, Valparaiso University Chamber Concert Band, College of Wooster Scot Symphonic Band, Virginia Tech Symphony Band (I), Ohio Private College Instrumental Conductors Association Honors Band at 1997 OMEA State Conference (Toledo) (I), Moravian College Wind Ensemble (I), Capital University Wind Symphony (II).
Recording: Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Jack Gallagher, guest conductor, Cornell University Wind Ensemble Recordings CUWE-39 (phonodisc). Broadcast: WNIB-FM, Chicago, 27 June 1997; WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 12 June 1999 (II); 7 October 2000 (II).
First movement "Intrada" published separately by Ludwig Music.
"Lovely . . . . stirring . . . . A noteworthy composition."
"The highlight of the concert."
•Mist-Covered Mountain: Fantasy for Symphonic Band on a Scottish Folksong (1982) [13:45]
Commissioned by The College of Wooster Scot Symphonic Band, Stuart J. Ling, Director. First performance: 30 April 1983, the Wooster Scot Symphonic Band, Jack Gallagher, guest conductor.
Performances include: Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Hofstra University Wind Ensemble, Onondaga Music Educators Wind Ensemble (Syracuse, NY), Valparaiso University Chamber Concert Band (2007), Wooster Scot Symphonic Band (2007), Kettering Fairmont High School Symphonic Band (OH).
Recording: Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Marice Stith, Director, Cornell University Wind Ensemble Recordings, CUWE-39. Broadcast: WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 7 October 2000; 12 June 1999; WNIB-FM, Chicago, 27 June 1997.
"GALLAGHER COMPOSITION GETS STANDING OVATION. . . . 'Will find its place among the major works for band'."
"Belongs among the classics of band literature."
•Remembrance of Robin for trumpet in C and piano (2007) [11:00]
Commissioned by Robert Sullivan, Assistant Principal Trumpet, the Cleveland Orchestra, in memory of Robin Sullivan.
First performance anticipated September 2008 by Robert Sullivan, trumpet and James Rensink, piano.
•Intimations of Finzi for clarinet and piano (2004/05) [9:15]
Commissioned by the Cleveland Composers Guild for the Cleveland Music School Settlement 2004 Young Person's Concert.
First performance: Ryan Chan, clarinet, Libby Leggiero, piano, Cleveland Music School Settlement, 2 May 2004.
Performed by: Kristina Belisle, clarinet, Kim Bakkum, piano, Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, 25 January 2007; Guzzetta Recital Hall, the University of Akron, 24 October 2006; Hild Peersen, clarinet, Kenneth Williams, piano, International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest 2006, Atlanta, 11 August 2006.
•Duo for Two Cellos (2004) [9:30]
1. Danza
First performance: Anne Leigh, Anna Lemler, cello, Gault Recital Hall, The College of Wooster, 3 May 2007.
"Wonderful duets. Such treasures! Wonderfully cellistic and very accessible both technically and tonally. A great addition to the repertoire."
•Exotic Dances for violin and piano (1996) [19:30]
1. Folk Dance
Commissioned by the Ohio Music Teachers Association for the 1996 OMTA State Conference in conjunction with 1996 "Ohio Composer of the Year" Award.
Nominated by the editor of American Music magazine for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
First performance: Thomas Wood, violinist, Brian Dykstra, pianist, 1996 OMTA State Convention, Radisson North Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, 7 October 1996 (I, II). First complete performance: Thomas Wood, violinist, Brian Dykstra, pianist, Gault Recital Hall, The College of Wooster, 22 February 1997.
Performances include: Roger Zahab, violinist and Robert Frankenberry, pianist, Cleveland Composers Guild Concert, Shaker Hts., 30 September 2001; The College of Wooster, 25 June 2001; Amy Glick, violinist, and Pamela Yarnell, pianist, The College of Wooster, 28 April 2000; Nancy Gaub, violinist, and Eugene Gaub, pianist, Mid-America Composers Festival and SCI Region V Conference, 2 October 1999; Augustana College, 26 October 1999; Roosevelt University, 31 October 1999; Grinnell College, 6 November 1999; Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, 7 November 1999.
Broadcast WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 29 October 2006; WOI-FM, Des Moines IA, 18 November 1999; WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 23 August and 21 February 1998.
•Stanfare for eight trumpets and timpani (1996) [5:20]
Written for the investiture of R. Stanton Hales as Tenth President of The College of Wooster. Published by Editions Bim.
First performance: The College of Wooster Trumpet Ensemble, Jack Gallagher, conductor, 7 September 1996. Performed by Wooster Symphony, Jack Gallagher, conductor, 15 February 1998; University of Kentucky Trumpet Ensemble, 13 April 1997; Sam Houston State University Trumpet Ensemble, 9 April 1999 and 29 April 1999; University of Cincinnati Conservatory Symphony Band, 26 November 2002; Large Trumpet Ensemble of the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium, Andreas Lackner, Director, Innsbruck, Austria, 17 February 2004 and 15 February 2005.
•Heritage Music for violin, cello, piano and horn (1988) [25:00]
Commissioned by the Heritage Chamber Players, Greenville, SC, with support from the South Carolina Arts Commission.
First performance: Heritage Chamber Players, Greenville County Museum of Art, 18 May 1989. Performed by Amy Glick, violinist, Heidi Albert, cellist, William Hoyt, hornist, and Pamela Yarnell, pianist, The College of Wooster, 28 April 2000; Cleveland Composers Guild Concert, 11 October 1998; 21 May 1991, Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Greenville, SC; 19 June 1991, Furman University; Cleveland Composers Guild, 11 October 1998; 15 and 17 April 2005 by Virginia Reinecke, piano, Tao Chang Yu, violin Anthony Cecere, French horn, and Lucasz Szyrner, cello, "Music in the Great Hall," Towson, MD.
"Exceptionally original and powerful. . . . The score is enlivened constantly by the complexity and surprise of the writing."
"An exciting experience. . . . Obvious command both of motivic and developmental techniques."
"(The) colorful 1988 work . . . was given a strong vote of confidence by a sturdy group of regional players: Anthony Cecere (horn), Tao Chang Yu (violin), Lukasz Zyrner (cello), and Virginia Reinecke (piano)."
•Celebration and Reflection for brass quintet (1987) [7:25]
First performance: Fourth Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, Kent State University. Published by Manduca Music.
Performances include: Charleston Symphony Brass Quintet, Wisconsin Brass Quintet, Northern Brass Quintet (IA), Paragon Brass Quintet (Akron), Portland Brass (ME), Sam Houston State University Faculty Brass Quintet, Norumbega Brass Quintet (ME), Michiana Brass Ensemble (at 1995 Society of Composers Region V Conference, Ohio University), others.
"An outstanding addition to brass quintet literature. . . . exciting. . . . quite beautiful. . . . Quintets will come back to it repeatedly for the technical challenges, the imaginative style, and the enthusiastic audience response it is sure to achieve. High-quality music (that) is difficult, yet eminently satisfying."
•Capriccio for two trumpets (1984) [3:30]
First performance: 25 July 1984 by Brian Doak and Wesley Taylor, members of the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra, The College of Wooster. Published by Queen City Brass Publications (a division of Manduca Music.
Recording: Robert Sullivan, Associate Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic and Ken DeCarlo, trumpets, Summit Records DCD 319 (2002). Available at Amazon.com.
Performances include: Manhattan School of Music Faculty Recital (Hubbard Recital Hall); Air Force Chamber Players at The Society of The Cincinnati Museum at Anderson House, Washington, DC; Eastman School of Music; R. Sullivan and K. DeCarlo recital/masterclass in Taiwan; University of Minnesota Doctoral Recital; Harper College Faculty Recital; University of Northern Illinois student recital; University of Pittsburgh student recital; Mansfield State University faculty/student recital.
•Resonances for four trumpets (1983) [6:30]
1. Proclamation
Written for and performed at the 1983 National Conference of the International Trumpet Guild, Ithaca College. First complete performance: The College of Wooster Trumpet Ensemble conducted by the composer, 30 April 1984, The College of Wooster. Published by Queen City Brass Publications (a division of Manduca Music).
Performances include: Eastman Trumpet Ensemble; University of Kentucky Trumpet Ensemble, University of Iowa Trumpet Ensemble, Central Washington University Trumpet Choir, Atlanta Trumpet Guild at Auburn University; Kent State Trumpet Ensemble; Catskill Trumpet Quartet; trumpet ensembles at the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Temple University, Ohio State University, Sam Houston State University, Western Carolina University, Baldwin-Wallace College, Butler University, Texas A&M University at Kingsville, SUNY-Plattsburgh, Centre College, Keystone Brass Institute (I), etc.
"A wonderful piece."
•Variations for Cello and Piano (1973) [10:00]
First performance: 29 October 1973, Sixth Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, Cornell University, John Hsu, cellist, Brian Israel, pianist.
Performances include Donald White (member, Cleveland Orchestra), cellist, Anne White, pianist, The College of Wooster, 7 December 1986; Heidi Albert, cellist, James Howsmon, pianist, Baldwin-Wallace College-Conservatory; 30 January 2000; Heidi Albert, cellist, Pamela Yarnell, pianist, The College of Wooster, 28 April 2000 and Cleveland Composers Guild Concert, 29 February 2004.
Broadcast WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 10 December 2006; 14 October 2000; 10 June 2000.
•Ancient Evenings and Distant Music for woodwind quintet (1971) [9:45]
First performance: 6 June 1971, New York Kammermusiker, The Brooklyn Museum, NY. Published by Manduca Music. American Music Project selection of the Clarion Wind Quintet, North Carolina School of the Arts, 1976.
Recording: Solaris Wind Quintet, American Quintets, Capstone Records CD CPS-8677.
Broadcasts over NPR, Voice of America, WGBH-FM (Boston), KVPR-FM (Fresno), KSUI-FM (Iowa), WCLV-FM (Cleveland), WCNY-FM (Syracuse), WPRB-FM (Princeton), and Maine Public Radio.
Performances include: Solaris Wind Quintet; Pacific Symphony Wind Quintet, Camerata Woodwind Quintet, Albemarle Ensemble (University of Virginia), Bakersfield Symphony New Directions concert, Sam Houston State University Faculty Wind Quintet, East Wind Quintet, Symposium V for New Woodwind Quintet Music, University of Georgia; Dana Wind Quintet, Midwest Regional Conference, American Society of University Composers, DePaul University; Fourth Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, Cornell University; 35th Festival of Contemporary Music, Louisiana State University; by ensembles at Cincinnati Conservatory, Youngstown State University, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, The University of Akron, The College of Wooster.
"(An) appealing, inventive score . . . . Evokes baroque forms in short movements of glistening personality."
"A very well crafted work idiomatically conceived for each of the instruments . . . . Should please performers and listeners alike."
"One of the best woodwind quintet records I've ever heard . . . . Solaris presents . . . five relatively unknown gems (including) Jack Gallagher's splendid Ancient Evenings and Distant Music. . . . I can't praise enough the artistry of the playing . . . and the brilliance of music on this disk."
•Toccata for Brass Quintet (1970) [6:15]
First performance: April 1975, Cornell Brass Quintet, Cornell University. Published by The Brass Press (A division of Editions Bim).
Performances include: Spoleto Brass Quintet, Annapolis Brass Quintet, Eastern Brass Quintet, Charleston Symphony Brass Quintet, Indiana Brass Quintet, Nashville Contemporary Brass Quintet, Vermont Symphony Brass Quintet, Alaska Brass, Academia Brass Quintet in Seoul, Korea, faculty quintets at Universities of Utah, South Carolina, Northern Iowa, Mississippi, James Madison, Kent State, Akron, Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt, Moorhead State, Northeast Louisiana State, Potsdam, Western Illinois University, Delta State, Eastern Kentucky; numerous others.
Recordings: •Heartland of America Air Force Band Brass Quintet, Omaha, NE (compact disc "Windswept").
Broadcasts include: WETA-FM, Washington, D.C.; WNIB-FM, Chicago; WCLV-FM, Cleveland; WGUC-FM, Cincinnati; WQLN-FM, Erie; WMHT-FM, Schenectady; WKSU-FM, Kent.
"A splashing, yet lyrical blast of a piece, which gave this sizable audience an example of the best writing for brass quintet available today."
"Full of sparkling rhythms in the toccata style."
"A significant addition to brass chamber music."
"An exciting piece for the performers and the audience."
"A valuable addition to the literature. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."
•Let Me Make Songs (Frances E. W. Harper) for soprano, trumpet in C, and piano (2007) [4:00]
•Commissioned by Nancy Maria Balach, Assistant Professor of Voice, University of Mississippi.
•Dance No More (Chatterton) for SATB chorus unaccompanied (2005) [3:30]
Commissioned by Amy Gilbert, Director, for the Wooster High School Concert Choir, with funding from the Wooster High School Music Parents and Sponsor-a-Song donors.
First Performance: Wooster High School Performing Arts Center, 3 March 2005.
Performances include: The Wooster Singers, Matthew Walker, conductor, 21 April 2007; Wooster High School Concert Choir, Amy Gilbert, Director, 6 March 2007.
•Springsong (Shakespeare) for SSA chorus and piano (2004) [4:00]
Commissioned by Becker-McDowell Agency, Inc. and Dennis Boen for the Wayne Center for the Arts Bel Canto Chorus, Toni Shreve, Director, for the 10th Anniversary of the Children's Chorus.
First Performance: Wayne Center for the Arts Bel Canto Chorus, Toni Shreve, Director, Dalton (OH) High School, 1 May 2005.
Performances include: University of Iowa Women’s Chorale, Anne Lyman, Director, The University of Iowa, 4 May 2006; The Wooster Singers, James Mismas, Director, The College of Wooster, 2 May 2006.
"The most interesting, exciting, challenging and beloved piece Bel Canto has ever performed! An extraordinary and inspiring composer."
•Song of the Daffodils (Wordsworth) for unison treble voices and piano (1998) [2:35]
Commissioned by Becker-McDowell Agency, Inc. and Dennis Boen for the Wayne Center for the Arts Children's Chorus, Marilyn Rossiter, Director, for the 5th Anniversary of the Children's Chorus.
First Performance: Wayne Center for the Arts Children's Chorus, Marilyn Rossiter, Director, Dalton (OH) High School, 2 May 1998; Kitchener, Ontario, 23 May 1998.
Performances include: Sam Houston State University Chorale, Brian Miller, Director, 9 April 1999; Wayne Center for the Arts Children's Chorus (Bel Canto Chorus), Douglas Huston, conductor, 6 May 2001; Wayne Center for the Arts Children's Chorus (Cantabile Chorus), Jared Plasterer, conductor, Ohio Music Educators Association Conference, Cleveland Convention Center, 25 January 2003.
•To Those Who've Fail'd (Whitman) for SATB chorus unaccompanied (1983) [2:55]
First performance: New Amsterdam Singers, Clara Longstreth, Conductor, Merkin Hall of the Abraham Goodman House, New York, NY, 16 March 1986.
Finalist, 1986 Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition.
Performances include: Albany Pro Musica, Sam Houston State University Chorale, Fargo-Moorhead Chamber Chorale, the Sperry Singers.
"Jack Gallagher (in an attractive short piece that had its premiere Sunday) and William Schuman turned to Whitman—the 'public' Whitman, mostly—with fair results."
•Three Wordsworth Poems for SATB chorus and piano (1982) [11:15]
1. To a Skylark
Commissioned by the Kenyon College Chamber Singers, Daniel V. Robinson, Director. First performance: 30 October 1982, Kenyon College.
Performances include: Albany Pro Musica, Gregg Smith Singers (II and III), New Music Voices (IL), Da Camera Singers (MD) (I), Wooster Chorus (II).
Second movement "Elegy" (3 minutes; unaccompanied) published separately by Lawson-Gould Music.
"Mastery of dissonance is required for this fine setting of William Wordsworth's famous poem ('She dwelt among the untrodden ways'). . . .'Elegy' provides both musical challenge and reward."
•Invocation (Shelley) for SATB chorus unaccompanied (1980) [5:30]
Composed for the Wooster Chorus, John Merrill Russell, Director. First performance: 8 June 1980, The College of Wooster. Finalist, 1980 Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition.
Performances include: Ithaca College Choir, SUNY-Plattsburgh College Chorale.
•Three Songs of Love, Joy and the Beauty of Night for voice and piano (1975) [8:15]
1. Echoes (Thomas Moore)
High or low voice and piano.
First complete performance: 13 May 1975, Madelyn Levy (Renée), soprano, Martin Goldray, pianist, Cornell University.
Fellowship winner, 1984 Petit Jean International Art Song Festival, Petit Jean Mountain, AR.
Performances include: 1993 Midwest Regional Conference of the Society of Composers, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Petit Jean International Art Song Festival; University of Texas, including singers Elizabeth Nevola, Rebecca Spurlock, Theodor Duda, Robin Ray, Nancy Mathis, Sherrie Carmen, Mary Bucher, Cathryn Frazier, Kathryn Henderson (I, III), Daphne Schneider. (III)
•Malambo (2000), piano [1:40]
Recital encore commissioned by composer Carson Cooman.
•Sonata Breve (1981/99) for Bb Trumpet Unaccompanied [7:00]
1. With conviction
First performance: Carl Lindquist, trumpet, New Music Festival of Sandusky, 18 May 2002.
Performances include: Meagan Gugliano, University of Iowa, 26 March 2006; Zachary Lyman, D.M.A. Recital, University of Iowa, March 2005; Christopher Koenig, M.M. Recital, Ohio University, 21 October 2004 (I).
Published by Editions Bim, Vuarmarens, Switzerland.
•Evening Music (1998), piano [5:00]
First performance: Laura Silverman, pianist, Gault Recital Hall, The College of Wooster, 5 April 2008
Published by Editions Bim.
•Six Pieces for Kelly (1989), piano [6:40]
1. March
Published by the Piano Teacher's Press (a division of Manduca Music).
First complete public performance: Jack Gallagher, pianist, Tuesday Musical Club of Akron, 12 September 1995.
•Three Little Waltzes and Pastorale (1984) [6:30]
Published by Editions Bim.
•Sonata Breve for Unaccompanied Tuba (1981) [8:00]
Composed for Tucker Jolly, Associate Professor of Tuba, the University of Akron. First performance: 10 March 1982, Tucker Jolly, Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron.
Published by The Brass Press (a division of Editions Bim).
Performances include: Ronald Bishop, Principal Tuba, Cleveland Orchestra; Sumner Erickson, Principal Tuba, Pittsburgh Symphony; Tucker Jolly, Principal Tuba, Akron Symphony; Robert Daniel, Sam Houston State University; Alex Serwatowski, United States Air Force Band of the West; Charles Guy, SUNY-Potsdam Crane School of Music; David Wilson at Longy School of Music and Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Additional performances at U.S. Naval Academy, Hofstra University, Youngstown State University, The College of Wooster, Southwest College, Chelva (Spain), etc.
"One of the best works for unaccompanied tuba."
•Sonata for Trumpet Unaccompanied (1979) [8:30]
First performance: 15 May 1981, Harry Herforth, former member of the Cleveland and Boston Symphony Orchestras, Willoughby School of the Arts, Willoughby, OH.
Published by The Brass Press (a division of Editions Bim).
Recording: Frederic Presle, trumpet, Monophony for Trumpet Alone, Promuse PMCD 5702, 2005.
Performances include: Robert Nagel at 1982 Conference of the International Trumpet Guild; Robert Sullivan, Associate Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic; Daniel Kuehn, Colorado Philharmonic; Faculty and student recitalists at Cornell University, Eastman, Old Dominion, Baldwin-Wallace, etc.; at Fourth Annual Festival of Contemporary Music, Kent State University; Midwest Regional Conference, Society of Composers, Inc., Capital University, 1989 (III).
"An outstanding addition to the list of solos for unaccompanied trumpet appearing in recent years. A finely-crafted work full of challenge and reward. The second movement is a two-and-one-half minute creation of resonant beauty. The three-minute finale is almost demonic in its relentless drive.
"Would make an excellent addition to an advanced trumpet player's recital. Contains enough interesting qualities in its flowing melodies and dance-like rhythms to be successfully performed by itself."
•Six Bagatelles for piano (1978) [11:30]
1. Intrada
Published by Editions Bim.
First complete public performance: 26 May 1980, Amy Breneman, The College of Wooster. Performances include Laura Silverman, pianist, The College of Wooster, 19 February 2006; Coren Estrin Kleve, pianist, Ohio Federation of Music Clubs District I Conference 2000 (I,III,IV); Amy Breneman, pianist, 1991 Ohio Music Teachers Association Conference.
•Nocturne (1976/2008), piano [8:45]
First performance: 31 January 1978, Lawrence Schubert, McGaw Chapel, The College of Wooster; Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, 4 March 1978.
Recording: Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano, Society of Composers, Inc. Performers Recording Series CD No. 2, Capstone Records (5 June 2007).
Broadcast: Minnesota Public Radio, 21 February 2008; WKSU-FM, Kent, 11 July; 1 July; 6 June 2007; WGBH-FM Boston, 27 June 2007; WMBR-FM, Cambrodge, 12 June 2007; WCWS-FM Wooster, 5 May 2007; WPRB-FM, Princeton, 18 April 2007; WCLV-FM, Cleveland, 25 March 2007.
Additional performances include:
•Jeri-Mae Astolfi: American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 20 April 2008; 15 September 2006, College Music Society/Society of Composers, Inc. 2006 National Conference, San Antonio; University of South Florida, 8 September 2006; Florida State University, 6 September 2006; Pensacola Junior College, 5 September 2006; Henderson State University, 30 August 2006; University of Arkansas-Little Rock, 22 June 2006; Henderson State University, 19 June 2006 and 27 April 2006; Eureka Springs, 4 June 2006; Camden, AR, 18 May 2006.
"Gallagher’s 'Nocturne' is gorgeous. More melodic than many of the pieces in the collection, it includes several cadenza-like sections that Astolfi performs to perfection."
"A beautiful post-Chopin piece defined by a rich sonority, slow harmonic movement, careful, elegant counterpoint, and an involuted melody."
•Sonatina for piano (1976/2008) [11:30]
1. Allegro assai
First performance: 31 January 1978, Lawrence Schubert, McGaw Chapel, The College of Wooster. Performances include Carnegie Recital Hall, WQXR-FM's "The Listening Room" (II, III).
•Sonata for Piano (1973/2005) [17:15]
1. Allegro vivo
First complete performance: Lawrence Schubert, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, 20 April 1973. Performances include Carnegie Recital Hall, Lincoln Center Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, The College of Wooster, WQXR-FM's "The Listening Room" (I), WOSU-FM. Additional performances include Brian Israel at Cornell University; Douglas Houston at The College of Wooster.
"An exuberant, tuneful and virtuosic three-movement sonata. Demonstrates throughout a continual flow of melody . . . (and) rich sonorities . . . . Particularly notable is the excitement generated in the finale through alternating octaves and changing meters."
•Nocturne, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, pianist, Sonance, Capstone Records CPS-8777, June 2007.
•Diversions Overture, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ian Winstin, conductor, Masterworks of the New Era, Vol. 7, ERM Media ERM-6709, 2005.
•Sonata for Trumpet Unaccompanied, Frederic Presle, trumpet, Monophony for Trumpet Alone, Promuse PMCD 5702, 2005.
•The Persistence of Memory (In Memoriam: Brian Israel), Ohio University Wind Ensemble, John Climer, Conductor, OU compact disc, 2002.
•Capriccio for two trumpets, Robert Sullivan, Associate Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic and Ken DeCarlo, trumpets, Summit Records compact disc DCD 319, 2002.
•Ancient Evenings and Distant Music, Solaris Wind Quintet: American Quintets compact disc, Capstone Records CD CPS-8677, 2000.
•Toccata for Brass Quintet, U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Brass Quintet, compact disc 1998.
•The Persistence of Memory (In Memoriam: Brian Israel), Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgaria, Tsanko Delibozov, Conductor, Vienna, Austria: Vienna Modern Masters compact disc VMM 3036, 1996.
•Proteus Rising from the Sea, Air Force Band of Flight, Lt. Col. Richard A. Shelton, Commander and Conductor. U.S. Air Force compact disc Images, 1996.
•Berceuse, Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, Szymon Kawalla, conductor. Vienna, Austria: Vienna Modern Masters compact disc VMM 3030, 1995.
•Symphony in One Movement: Threnody, Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla, conductor. Vienna, Austria: Vienna Modern Masters compact disc VMM 3028, 1995.
•Toccata for Brass Quintet, Galliard Brass Ensemble, recorded at Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan. Ocean, New Jersey: Musical Heritage Society, Inc. compact disc MHS 513534T, cassette MHS 313534Y, 1994.
•Diversions: Triptych for Symphonic Band, Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Jack Gallagher, conductor. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Wind Ensemble Recordings, CUWE-39 (Phonodisc), 1988.
•Mist-Covered Mountain: Fantasy for Symphonic Band on a Scottish Folksong, Cornell University Wind Ensemble, Marice Stith, conductor. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Wind Ensemble Recordings, CUWE-39 (Phonodisc), 1988.
•Toccata for Brass Quintet, Nashville Contemporary Brass Quintet. New York: Pantheon Music International, Pantheon PFN 2241 (Phonodisc), 1985.
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