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.pdf 

-- Violin 1 part of Clawhammer.

Vn1-Claw-NewPart.pdf

-- Double Bass part of Clawhammer.

Db-Claw-Part.pdf 

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.