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Rental Scores and Parts
The movements of the two orchestral suites, Memory Suite and Rollercoaster, can be performed separately or as a complete suite.
The Rental Scores and Parts are available through the composer at reasonable prices:
Gerald Plain
1436 Saint James Court
Louisville, KY 40208
email geraldplain@yahoo.com This is the best way to reach me. I get a lot of robot phone calls and hardly ever answer them, especially when labeled “spam calls".
At the present time I am self published. Click on the sample of the Violin 1 part of Tarantella.
-- Violin 1 part of Clawhammer.
-- Double Bass part of Clawhammer.
and left ol’ Joe a bone, AMAZING! (1975)
picc.2fl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn-4.3.3.1-timp.4perc-pno-str (16.14.12.10.8 -- or less) 16.5 minutes
Clawhammer (1992)
2(II=picc).2.2.2-2.1.1.0-2perc-hp-electr keybd-str (6.5.4.3.2 -- or more) 12 minutes
Fireworks (1993)
picc.3.4 (IV+ca).3.bcl.3.cbsn-4.4.2.btbn.1-timp.3perc-pno-str - 4 minutes
Portrait 1: Sally Goodin (1989)
picc.2(II+picc).2(II+ca).2(II=Acl+bcl).2(II+cbn)-4.2.2.0-3perc-2hp-electr kybd-str 12.5 minutes
Portrait 2: Pretty Polly (1987)
2(I+picc,II+afl).1.1.2-2.1.0.1-4perc-2hp-pno/cel-str(6.6.4.4.2) 18.5 mins
Concerto for Recorder (2001)
Versions for:
(i) 1.1.1.1-1perc-electr kybd-rec-str(6.5.4.3.2 -- no additions)
(ii) 1perc(glock)-electr kybd-rec-str(6.5.4.3.2 -- no additions)
(iii) Chamber: hpscd-(electr kybd)-rec- strings (1.1.1.1.1)
A Memory Suite (2012)
3(III+picc).3(III+ca).3(III+bcl).3(III+cbsn)-4.3.2.btbn.1-timp.4perc-hp-pno-str 21.5 minutes
Tarantella (2012)
3(III+picc).3(III+ca).3(III+bcl).3(III+cbsn)-4.3.2.btbn.1-timp.4perc-hp-pno-str 3.5 minutes
Rollercoaster (2015)
picc.3 (III+picc).3(III+ca).3(III+bcl).3(III+cbsn)-4.3.2.btbn.1-timp.3perc-grand piano-str 23 minutes
Polly, Pretty Polly (0pera) (2021)
2(II+picc).2.2(II+bcl).2(II+cbsn)-4.2.1.btbn.-5perc-hp-pno+elect.pn(cel.)-str 2 hours
Recordings:
Clawhammer - Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Troppe Note/Cambria CD-1510 (3-CD Set)
Showers of Blessings - Phil Rehfeldt (Clarinet), Advance FGR-17S
Showers of Blessings - Gary Dranch (Clarinet), Navona Records NV6693
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OBJECTIVE
I have been using folk materials in my compositions since 1969 and my objective has always been to fuse these elements artfully into a modern sound fabric.
My Performance Conductors:
Gianluigi Gelmetti
Massimo Pradella
Oleg Kovalenko
Gerhard Samuel
Lukas Foss
Lawrence Foster
Michael Morgan
Kenneth Jean
Paul Polivnick
Gunther Schuller
Steven Smith
Sydney Hodkinson
Stewart Robertson
Andrew Davis
Edwin London
John McL. Williams
PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS
Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Richmond (VA) Symphony, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Radiotelevisione Italiana Orchestra of Rome, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte Carlo.