Eric Ewazen
Eric Ewazen was born in 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied composition with Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Warren Benson, Gunther Schuller, and Joseph Schwantner at the Eastman School of Music, Tanglewood and The Juilliard School, where he received his DMA. He has been a member of the faculty at Juilliard since 1980, composer-in-residence with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble of New York City and vice-president of the League of Composers-ISCM. A recipient of numerous composition awards and prizes, his works have been commissioned and performed by many chamber ensembles and orchestras around the world. Soloists in performance of his music include members of the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic. His music has been heard at festivals such as Woodstock, Tanglewood, Aspen, Caramoor, and the Music Academy of the West. His chamber music and his sonatas for wind and brass instruments have quickly become staples of the repertory. Southern Music Company has published a number of compositions by Dr. Ewazen, including his sonatas for trumpet, horn and trombone; the Concerto for Tuba (or Bass Trombone); Concerto for Trumpet and Strings; Roaring Fork Quintet (woodwind quintet); Ballade for Trombone (or Bass Trombone) and Piano; Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for Flute, Horn and Piano; Shadowcatcher, a concerto for brass quintet; and Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano. Well-Tempered Productions has released two all-Ewazen compact discs, featuring, among other ensembles and soloists, the American Brass Quintet and the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. Among his recorded works are the Symphony in Brass (Summit Brass on Summit Records), Colchester Fantasy (American Brass Quintet on Summit Records, and the Center City Brass Quintet on d'Note Records), Sonata for Trombone (Joseph Alessi on Cala Records), Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (Philip Smith on Cala Records), The Diamond World (the Ahn Trio on EMI Classics), Ballad for Clarinet, Harp, and String Orchestra (CRS Records), The Tiger (Robert White, tenor, on Hyperilon), Roaring Fork Quintet (Borealis Wind Quintet on Helicon), Ballade, Pastorale and Dance (Margaret Swinchoski on Albany Records), Dagon II (David Taylor on New World Records), and Shadowcatcher (the American Brass Quintet accompanied by the Juilliard Wind Ensemble on New World Records).
Titles:
- 2002 SU519 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (trombone solo)
- 1986 SU451 – Ballade for Clarinet (reduction)
- 2002 SU474 – A Western Fanfare (brass quintet)
- 2005 SC717 – Pray for Peace
- 1999 SU434 – Down a River of Time (reduction)
- 1996 SU450 – Ballade for Bass or Tenor Trombone (reduction)
- 2002 SU499 – Pastorale for Two Trombones and Piano
- 1990 SU397CO – Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and String Quartet (Quintet for Trumpet and Strings)
- 2010 SU573 – On Wings of Song: Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra or Wind Ensemble (reduction)
- 2010 R213FO – On Wings of Song: Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra
- 1990 R22 – Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and Strings
- 2004 SU512 – Prayer and Praise
- 2001 R99CB – Flight
- 2003 R170FO – Visions of Light: Concerto No. 2 for Trombone and Orchestra
- 2008 V120 – Love One Another (Elsk Hverandre)
- 2002 SU475 – A Western Fanfare (brass choir with percussion)
- 1989 R185 – Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
- S928 – Silver Star
- 2001 R188CB – Concerto No. 1 for Trombone and Band
- 2005 SU478 – Legend of the Sleeping Bear
- 2006 V117 – To Cast a Shadow Again for Voice, Trumpet and Piano
- 1980 SC719 – Oi, Tam Za Horoiu (Oh, There Beyond the Hill)
- R204 – Concerto No. 1 for Trumpet and Orchestra
- 2003 SU444 – An Elizabethan Songbook for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano
- 1992 SU396 – Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano
- 2003 SU521CO – Cascadian Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Piano
- R160CB – An Elizabethan Songbook for Trumpet and Trombone with Small Wind Band
- 2002/2024 SU856 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living
- 2000 S939CB – Five Songs: Art Songs by American Women Composers v. 12
- 1996 R186 – Ballade for Bass or Tenor Trombone, Harp and String Orchestra
- 1982 SC657 – The Bells for Chorus, Two Pianos and Percussion
- 2001 SU433 – Grand Canyon Octet
- 1989 SU447 – Concerto for Flute (reduction)
- 1999 SU790 – Down a River of Time for Oboe and String Quintet
- 1997 R52C – Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Orchestra
- 2002 R200 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (orchestra)
- 2003 SU476 – Grand Valley Fanfare
- 2003 R159FO – Cascadian Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra
- 1995 S671 – Celtic Hymns and Dances
- 1996 R51WE – Shadowcatcher for Brass Quintet and Band
- 1982 SC720 – The Bells for SATB Chorus and Piano
- 2000 R189 – Legacy
- 2010 R207FO – Songs to the Banks of Ayr for Percussion Solo and Orchestra
- 2005 SU542 – Colchester Fantasy
- 2003 V119 – An Elizabethan Songbook for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and Piano
- 2009 R194WE – Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble
- 1998 SU338 – Sonata for Horn and Piano
- 1993 R188 – Concerto No. 1 for Trombone and Orchestra
- 1995 SU277 – Roaring Fork Quintet
- 1995 SU337 – Concerto No. 1 for Trumpet (Sonata No. 1)
- 1996 R51FO – Shadowcatcher for Brass Quintet and Orchestra
- 2002 S817 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (band)
- 2003 R170 – Visions of Light: Concerto No. 2 for Trombone and Band
- 1990 SU397 – Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and Strings (reduction)
- 2003 SU445 – Ballade for a Ceremony (A Marriage Ballade)
- 1993 SU339 – Concerto No. 1 for Trombone (Sonata for Trombone)
- 2008 SU559 – Duet for a Ceremony (Love One Another)
- 2005 SU543 – Frost Fire
- 2003 SU558 – Concerto for Euphonium (reduction)
- 2002 SU500 – Concerto for Bassoon (reduction)
- V123 – My Fiddle for Voice, Violin and Piano
- 2003 SU477 – Philharmonic Fanfare
- 1999 R183 – Down a River of Time for Oboe and Strings
- 2009 SO103 – Sinfonia for Strings
- 2010 R213 – On Wings of Song: Concerto for Piccolo and Wind Ensemble
- 1984 SU490 – Trio for Horn, Bassoon, and Piano
- 2005 SC718 – What Chanukah Means to Me
- 2002 SU513 – Visions of Light: Concerto No. 2 for Trombone (reduction)
- 2015 SU788 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living for Trombone Choir
- 2000 R52CB – Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Band
- 2002 SU518 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (trumpet solo)
- 2002 SU449 – Pastorale for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano
- 1996 SU386 – Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone (Sonata)
- 1986 R187 – Ballade for Clarinet, Harp and Strings
- 2002 R198 – Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
- 1996 SU371 – Shadowcatcher for Brass Quintet and Piano
- 2002 SU446 – Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for Flute, Horn and Piano
- 1992 V122 – Three Songs on English Texts for High Voice and Guitar or Piano