Commissions

Commissions Committee

Committee Chair: Luis Engelke

Committee Members: Christopher Moore, Raquel Rodriquez Samayoa, Amy Schendel, Andrew Stetson

Guiding Principles:

  1. Producing quality music that can be performed by all or a variety of ITG members (from beginning/intermediate to professional) – in general, the Executive Committee and Board of Directors have defined this as works for an advanced undergraduate, and the committee has considered ossias and alternate versions as a way of making this possible while allowing as much flexibility as possible for major composers;
  2. Stimulating interest in the trumpet by a variety of world-renown composers that have not written music specifically for the instrument (solo and chamber music);
  3. Bringing interest to music by underrepresented composers: Women, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Asian, etc.;
  4. Focusing on genres where additional music would greatly enhance the repertoire for the instrument: for example, trumpet with alternate media or trumpet ensemble.
  5. Assuring new works are made available to the general ITG membership beyond a hearing at an ITG Conference. This may be through external publication, supplements, or ITG’s website, and articles/interviews regarding the composer may be used to add visibility, assist in procuring composers with an appropriate fee as dictated by available resources, and overall assist in providing meaningful and enduring projects.

Past ITG Commissions

Year of
Commission

Year of 
Delivery

Composer

Title

1978

1979

Della Joio, Norman

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

1978

1979

Bach, Jan

Fanfare and Fugue for five trumpets

1978

1980

Husa, Karel

Intradas and Interludes for seven trumpets and percussion

1979

1980

Adler, Samuel

Trumpet Tryptique for six trumpets

1980

1981

Bach, Jan

Rounds and Dances for Brass Quintet

1980

1981

Friedman, Stan

Laude (for solo trumpet)

1980

1981

Heiden, Bernard

Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble

1981

1981

Blatter, Alfred

Andante et Scherzo for Trumpet Ensemble

1981

1982

Premru, Raymond

Concerto for Trumpet and Strings

1984

1986

Suderberg, Robert

Chamber Music VII (Ceremonies for Trumpet and Piano)

1984

1986

Tull, Fisher

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

1984

1986

Schmidt, William

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

1986

1988

Bach, Jan

Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble

1986

1988

Sapyievsky, Jerzy

Arioso for Trumpet and Winds

1986

1988

Suderbert, Robert

Chamber Music VIII (A Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

1988

1989

Rodriguez, Robert

Invocation of Orpheus (trumpet and chamber orchestra)

1989

1991

Sampson, David

Tryptique for Trumpet and Orchestra

1993

1995

Ewazen, Eric

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

1995

1997

Muldowney, Dominic

Lear's Trumpet (trumpet and alto saxophone

1996

1998

Birtwistle, Harrison

The Silk House Tatoo (trumpet alone)

 

1999

Moore, Lloyd

Lamento Ritornando (trumpet alone)

1998

1999

Maxwell Davies, Peter

Litany for a Ruined Chapel between Sheep and Shore (trumpet alone)

1998

1999

Birtwistle, Harrison

Silkhouse Tattoo (two trumpets and snare drums)

1998

2000

Go Blow Your Own (compilation)

   

Baratt, Carol

Cantilena (trumpet and piano)

   

Maxwell Davies, Peter

Fanfare for Lowrey (two solo trumpets)

   

Gruber, HK

Exposed Throat (solo trumpet)

   

Holloway, Robin

Melody with Echo (two trumpets)

   

Home, David

Elegy for Trumpet and Piano

   

Jenkins, Karl

Salm O Dewi Sant (trumpet and piano)

   

Lloyd, Jonathan

Go Blow Your Own (two solo trumpets in B-flat)

   

Rorem, Ned

Cries and Whispers (trumpet and piano)

   

Schwertsik, Kurt

Serenade (trumpet and piano)

2000

2002

Wilson, Dana

Leader Lieder (trumpet and wind ensemble)

2005

2006

LaBaron, Anne

Way of Light (trumpet and electronic sound track and video)

2008

2009

Lim, Liza

Ehwas (trumpet and percussion)

2008

2010

"Duos" Commissions Project

   

Douglas, David

The Gulf

   

McNeely, James

Dark Corners (B-flat trumpet and piano)

   

Stockhausen, Marcus

Five Pieces for Trumpet and Vibraphone

2012

2013

Julian Wachner

Blue Green Red (trumpet and organ)

2013

2014

Wang, Ning

Motion (trumpet ensemble)

2013

2015

Daugherty, Michael

The Lightning Fields (trumpet/flugelhorn and piano)

2016

2018

Subramaniam, Lakshminarayana

Turahee Yaatra (trumpet/flugelhorn, piano, and percussion)

2017

2019

Assad, Clarice

Pendulum (trumpet, notated scat singer, and piano)

2020

2021

R. Carlos Nakai

 

Siin bee atlh’iihni o’lthta’ (Passages)

for trumpet and fixed media (audio and visual)

 2021 2022

Gwyneth Walker

When the Trumpets Sound for eight trumpets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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