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:
- – Silver Star
- – Concerto No. 1 for Trumpet and Orchestra
- – CONCERTO FOR BASS T SC
- – Celtic Hymns and Dance
- – My Fiddle for Voice, Violin and Piano
- – POP (pt only) Colchester Fantasy
- – CASCADIAN CONCERTO
- – An Elizabethan Songbook for Trumpet and Trombone with Small Wind Band
- – Cumberland Suite
- – CASCADIAN CONCERTO
- – Trio for Bassoon, Horn and Piano
- – CONCERTO NO. 1 (SON SC
- 1980 – Oi, Tam Za Horoiu (Oh, There Beyond the Hill)
- 1982 – The Bells for Chorus, Two Pianos and Percussion
- 1982 – The Bells for SATB Chorus and Piano
- 1984 – Dagon II for Trombone Choir
- 1984 – Piano Quartet
- 1986 – Ballade for Clarinet (reduction)
- 1986 – Ballade for Clarinet, Harp and Strings
- 1989 – Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
- 1989 – Concerto for Flute (reduction)
- 1990 – Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and Strings
- 1990 – Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and String Quartet (Quintet for Trumpet and Strings)
- 1990 – Three Songs of Peter Rojcewicz for High Voice and Piano
- 1990 – Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and Strings (reduction)
- 1992 – Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano
- 1992 – Three Songs on English Texts for High Voice and Guitar or Piano
- 1993 – Concerto No. 1 for Trombone (Sonata for Trombone)
- 1993 – Concerto No. 1 for Trombone and Orchestra
- 1995 – Celtic Hymns and Dances
- 1995 – Roaring Fork Quintet
- 1995 – Concerto No. 1 for Trumpet (Sonata No. 1)
- 1996 – Shadowcatcher for Brass Quintet and Band
- 1996 – Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone (Sonata)
- 1996 – Ballade for Bass or Tenor Trombone (reduction)
- 1996 – Ballade for Bass or Tenor Trombone, Harp and String Orchestra
- 1996 – Shadowcatcher for Brass Quintet and Orchestra
- 1996 – Shadowcatcher for Brass Quintet and Piano
- 1997 – Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Orchestra
- 1998 – Sonata for Horn and Piano
- 1999 – Down A River of Time
- 1999 – Down a River of Time for Oboe and String Quintet
- 1999 – Down a River of Time (reduction)
- 1999 – Down a River of Time for Oboe and Strings
- 2000 – Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Band
- 2000 – Legacy
- 2001 – Flight
- 2001 – Grand Canyon Octet
- 2001 – Concerto No. 1 for Trombone and Band
- 2002 – Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
- 2002 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (trumpet solo)
- 2002 – Pastorale for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano
- 2002 – Visions of Light: Concerto No. 2 for Trombone (reduction)
- 2002 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (band)
- 2002 – Concerto for Bassoon (reduction)
- 2002 – A Western Fanfare (brass quintet)
- 2002 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (trombone solo)
- 2002 – Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for Flute, Horn and Piano
- 2002 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (orchestra)
- 2002 – A Western Fanfare (brass choir with percussion)
- 2002 – Pastorale for Two Trombones and Piano
- 2003 – Grand Valley Fanfare
- 2003 – An Elizabethan Songbook for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano
- 2003 – Cascadian Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra
- 2003 – Visions of Light: Concerto No. 2 for Trombone and Band
- 2003 – Visions of Light: Concerto No. 2 for Trombone and Orchestra
- 2003 – Philharmonic Fanfare
- 2003 – Ballade for a Ceremony (A Marriage Ballade)
- 2003 – Concerto for Euphonium (reduction)
- 2003 – An Elizabethan Songbook for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and Piano
- 2003 – Cascadian Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Piano
- 2004 – Prayer and Praise
- 2005 – Legend of the Sleeping Bear
- 2005 – Colchester Fantasy
- 2005 – Frost Fire
- 2005 – Pray for Peace
- 2005 – What Chanukah Means to Me
- 2006 – To Cast a Shadow Again for Voice, Trumpet and Piano
- 2006 – SeaSkye Songs
- 2006 – SeaSkye Songs for Soprano and Mixed Quintet
- 2008 – Duet for a Ceremony (Love One Another)
- 2008 – Caprice for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra
- 2008 – Love One Another (Elsk Hverandre)
- 2009 – Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble
- 2009 – Sinfonia for Strings
- 2010 – Songs to the Banks of Ayr for Percussion Solo and Orchestra
- 2010 – On Wings of Song: Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra
- 2010 – On Wings of Song: Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra or Wind Ensemble (reduction)
- 2010 – On Wings of Song: Concerto for Piccolo and Wind Ensemble
- 2015 – A Hymn for the Lost and the Living for Trombone Choir
- 2015 – Tattoo