News
Empire Opera to produce the premiere of my new opera "Rumpelstiltskin" this Fall
Tentative dates: October 13 & 14 2012, New York. Check back for details as the development of this project progresses.
Libretto by Michele Coppola Ames
Libretto by Michele Coppola Ames
Sing Rose gives performance of my "Ticket to the Theater" at Wilton Library April 15, 2012
This is to give a taste of our upcoming Dubrovnik concert to local audiences. This 4pm concert features other local composers as well, and promises to be a very fun afternoon. See listing at Connecticut Composers Inc. website for full program: http://www.ctcomposers.org/Concert-Calendar.html
Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra performs a program of my compositions
May 24, 2012
soloists:
Sing Rose, soprano: "Ticket to the Theater" World Premiere with full orchestra, "Lullaby" World Premiere
Ryu Mitsuhashi, violin "25,000 Years of Peace"
John Rose, piano: Piano Concerto
soloists:
Sing Rose, soprano: "Ticket to the Theater" World Premiere with full orchestra, "Lullaby" World Premiere
Ryu Mitsuhashi, violin "25,000 Years of Peace"
John Rose, piano: Piano Concerto
February 1, 2012 - John and Sing Rose perform a concert of the music of Franz Liszt at the Hungarian Consulate, New York.
Spring 2011 - Performed the World Premiere of my new Piano Concerto with the Lugansk Philharmonic, in Lugansk (Ukraine), under the baton of Maestro Miran Vaupotich. Watch the performance of the First movement here.
Click here to watch the second and third movements.
Click here to watch the second and third movements.
"Sleepy Hollow Suite" for violin and viola duo receives special mention prize in 2010 IBLA International Competition for Composers
Ut -Orpheus Edizioni to publish my violin/viola duo "Sleepy Hollow Suite (2007)." I will post updates when copies become available.
Compositional Activities and Performances
August 2011 - First performance of Labyrinth No. 1, Hyewon Kim (cello), J. Rose (piano), University of Maine
2011 - World Premiere performance of my Piano Concerto, conducted by Miran Vaupotich, with the Lugansk Philharmonic in Ukraine, myself as soloist
2010 - The Traveler for violin and piano
2010 - A Ticket to the Theater - a set of miniatures for piano, flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and cello
2010 - Piano Concerto, upcoming European performances with pianist Fali Pavri of the Scottish Royal Academy and recording with Guild Records 2011
2009 - Concerto for bayan and orchestra
Labyrinths for piano and cello
2008 - Buson's Ballet, for piano, cello and clarinet: first performance at Merkin Hall, New York with the composer at the piano, recorded by Trio bi Buson, release date tba
2008 - Sleepy Hollow Suite, piano version
2007 - Sleepy Hollow Suite, for violin / viola duo, to be published by Ut-Orpheus Edizioni 2010
Impromptu "Three Little Pigs" for cello and piano, recorded with the composer at the piano at ERM Media Studios in Norfolk, VA for Made in the Americas cd series, released 2009 (click to see You Tube post)
2007 - Joy Suite (1997, rev. 2007) recorded at ERM Media Studios for Masterworks of the New Era cd series, release date 2010
2005 - Ballade for piano solo, first performance by the composer, Carnegie Hall
2005 - first performance of Magnificat (2003) for chorus, strings and percussion, New Haven, CT
2005 - 12 Preludes on the Seasons, for solo piano, first performance by the composer, Sicily, Italy
2005 - incidental music to The Miser, first performance in New Haven, CT
2004 - incidental music to The Crucible, first performance in New Haven, CT
2003 - incidental music to My Three Angels, first performance in New Haven, CT
Pre-2000:
Piano Trio No. 1 for piano, violin and cello "The Girl by the Well"
Piano Trio No. 2 for piano, violin and cello "Ulrike" first performance in Cleveland, OH
Piano Trio No. 3 for piano, violin and cello "Rapunzel"
Bedtime Suite for piano, violin and soprano
Three songs for medium voice from texts by Paul Verlaine
Alice in Wonderland for string Quartet
The Sleeper for piano, flute and voice, first performance in Bloomington, IN
To F- for voice, flute and string quartet, first performance in Cleveland, OH with the composer conducting
Evening for piano and oboe
Serenades for violin and piano:
"Pip and Estella" - first performance in Cleveland, OH
"Noelle's Serenade" - first performance in Cleveland, OH
"It Happened in January" - first performance in Cleveland, OH
"Candlelight"
"Scottish Serenade" - first performance in Wheeling, WV
2011 - World Premiere performance of my Piano Concerto, conducted by Miran Vaupotich, with the Lugansk Philharmonic in Ukraine, myself as soloist
2010 - The Traveler for violin and piano
2010 - A Ticket to the Theater - a set of miniatures for piano, flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and cello
2010 - Piano Concerto, upcoming European performances with pianist Fali Pavri of the Scottish Royal Academy and recording with Guild Records 2011
2009 - Concerto for bayan and orchestra
Labyrinths for piano and cello
2008 - Buson's Ballet, for piano, cello and clarinet: first performance at Merkin Hall, New York with the composer at the piano, recorded by Trio bi Buson, release date tba
2008 - Sleepy Hollow Suite, piano version
2007 - Sleepy Hollow Suite, for violin / viola duo, to be published by Ut-Orpheus Edizioni 2010
Impromptu "Three Little Pigs" for cello and piano, recorded with the composer at the piano at ERM Media Studios in Norfolk, VA for Made in the Americas cd series, released 2009 (click to see You Tube post)
2007 - Joy Suite (1997, rev. 2007) recorded at ERM Media Studios for Masterworks of the New Era cd series, release date 2010
2005 - Ballade for piano solo, first performance by the composer, Carnegie Hall
2005 - first performance of Magnificat (2003) for chorus, strings and percussion, New Haven, CT
2005 - 12 Preludes on the Seasons, for solo piano, first performance by the composer, Sicily, Italy
2005 - incidental music to The Miser, first performance in New Haven, CT
2004 - incidental music to The Crucible, first performance in New Haven, CT
2003 - incidental music to My Three Angels, first performance in New Haven, CT
Pre-2000:
Piano Trio No. 1 for piano, violin and cello "The Girl by the Well"
Piano Trio No. 2 for piano, violin and cello "Ulrike" first performance in Cleveland, OH
Piano Trio No. 3 for piano, violin and cello "Rapunzel"
Bedtime Suite for piano, violin and soprano
Three songs for medium voice from texts by Paul Verlaine
Alice in Wonderland for string Quartet
The Sleeper for piano, flute and voice, first performance in Bloomington, IN
To F- for voice, flute and string quartet, first performance in Cleveland, OH with the composer conducting
Evening for piano and oboe
Serenades for violin and piano:
"Pip and Estella" - first performance in Cleveland, OH
"Noelle's Serenade" - first performance in Cleveland, OH
"It Happened in January" - first performance in Cleveland, OH
"Candlelight"
"Scottish Serenade" - first performance in Wheeling, WV
