A Joyous Trilogy (2019, rev. 2021)

for Orchestra

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Composed September - October 2019, revised 2021

Commissioned by Orchestra Seattle and Seattle Chamber Singers (OSSCS)

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*First prize winner of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York's 2020-2021 Emerging Composers Competition: Orchestral - Division II

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*2021 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards - Honorable Mention

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14-16 Minutes

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Instrumentation: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, 3 Percussion, Harp and Strings

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Percussion: Crotales, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, Bass Drum, Tam-tam

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Premiere:

Harmonia Orchestra; the composer conducting - February 15, 2020

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Subsequent Performances:

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI; John Axelrod conducting - June 17, 2021 (European Premiere)

Marquette Symphony Orchestra; Octavio Más-Arocas conducting - June 19, 2021

University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Kiesler conducting (1st mov. only) - September 17, 2021

Utah Symphony Orchestra; Conner Gray Covington conducting - September 30, 2021

Memphis Symphony Orchestra; Robert Moody conducting - October 9/10, 2021

Mansfield Symphony Orchestra; Katherine Kilburn conducting - October 23, 2021

Omaha Area Youth Symphony Orchestra; Aviva Segall conducting - November 14, 2021 (1st/2nd movs. only)

Mesquite Symphony Orchestra; Felix Torres conducting - February 20, 2022 (Texas premiere)

Amarillo Symphony; Conner Gray Covington conducting - March 25/26, 2022

South Bend Symphony Orchestra; Alastair Willis conducting - April 2, 2022

Houston Ballet Orchestra; Ermanno Florio and Quinn Mason conducting - June 2-12, 2022

Vermont Symphony Orchestra; Julian Pellicano conducting - July 1-10, 2022

Minnesota Orchestra; Caleb Young conducting - July 24, 2022 (1st mov. only)

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra; Tania Miller conducting - October 15, 2022

Sarasota Orchestra; David Alan Miller conducting - November 4/5/6, 2022

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra; Jerry Hou conducting - December 2, 2022 (1st mov. only)

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Fernanda Lastra conducting - March 8, 2023 (1st mov. only)

Hartt Orchestra; Chris Ramos conducting - March 24, 2023 (3rd mov. only)

New Haven Symphony Orchestra; Alasdair Neale conducting - May 12, 2023/June 10, 2023

Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Maurice Cohn conducting - May 29, 2023 (3rd mov. only)

Sewanee Music Festival Cumberland Orchestra; Tiffany Lu conducting - July 7, 2023

National Repertory Orchestra; Tania Miller conducting - July 15, 2023

Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Zimmerman conducting - September 23/24, 2023 (1st mov. only)

Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern conducting - October 27-29, 2023

Anchorage Symphony Orchestra; Elizabeth Schulze conducting - November 4, 2023 (Alaskan premiere)

The Syracuse Orchestra; Quinn Mason conducting - November 18, 2023

Staten Island Philharmonic Orchestra; David Leibowitz conducting - November 19, 2023

The Gainesville Orchestra; Evans Haile conducting - February 2, 2024 (1st mov. only)

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra; Vinay Parameswaran conducting - March 14/15, 2024

Lexington Symphony; Jonathan McPhee conducting - March 16, 2024

Orchestra Lumos; Michael Stern conducting - May 4/5, 2024

Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern conducting - May 26, 2024 (3rd mov. only)

Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra; Alasdair Neale conducting - August 14, 2024

Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra; Conner Gray Covington conducting - September 13, 2024