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William P. Dougherty- COMPOSITIONAL ACTIVITIES

A) Published COMPOSITIONS

Accumulations for Brass Band. Kent, Ohio: Black Squirrel Music, 2002.

Awakenings for Orchestra. St. Louis: MMB Publishers, 1993.

An End Without Return for Wind Ensemble. St. Louis: MMB Publishers, 1993.

Sonata for Euphonium and Piano. Annandale, Va.: TUBA Press, 1993

Seven Bagatelles for Alto Saxophone. Fairmont, W.Va.: Heilman Publishing Co., 1991.

Duo for Euphonium and Marimba. Fairmont, W.Va.: Heilman Publishing Co., 1991.

Lullaby for Trumpet and Piano. Fairmont, W.Va.: Heilman Publishing Co., 1991.

Fantasy and Dance for Clarinet and Piano. Fairmont, W.Va.: Heilman Publishing Co., 1989.

Reflection for Euphonium and Piano. Fairmont, W.Va.: Heilman Publishing Co., 1989.

Meditation and Celebration for Euphonium (Trombone) and Piano. Cleveland: Ludwig Music Company, 1986.


B) RECORDINGS

Playing Through for Clarinet and Tone Generators. Clarence Padilla, clarinet. On: Playing Through, 2002.

Accumulations for Brass Band. Performed by the Brass Band of Columbus, Paul Droste, conductor. On: Americans We, 2000.

Meditation and Celebration. Performed by Paul Droste, euphonium, and Anne Droste, piano. Coronet Records, LPS 3203.

Several compositions have appeared on CDs produced by the Drake University Choir and the Drake University Wind Symphony.

Several arrangements have been recorded by The Ohio State University Marching Band.


C) LIST OF COMPOSITIONS AND PARTIAL PERFORMANCE HISTORY

In Time of Silver Rain (2004) for SATB Choir. Commissioned by the Drake University Choir. To be premiered March 2004.

A Fine Frenzy Rolling for Brass Band (2002). Commissioned by the Brass Band of Columbus. NOW Music Festival, February 2003.

Three Scenes (aus Goethe Wilhelm Meister) for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano (2002). Commissioned by the Iowa Chapter of the Music Teachers National Association. Iowa Composers Forum, October 2002; Drake University, June 2002.

Playing Through, for Clarinet and Tone Generators (2002). Commissioned by Clarence Padilla, with funding from the Iowa Council on the Arts. McMurray University, Abilene, TX, February 2004; West Coast Clarinet Congress, East Tennessee State University, January 2004; Clarinet Days, Columbus, OH, January 2004; NOW Music Festival, February 2003; Des Moines, IA, October 2002.

In Memoriam: Three Songs for soprano and flute (2001). Poetry by Patricia Shinehouse. NOW Music Festival, February 2003; Iowa City, IA, March 2001; Des Moines, IA, February 2001, January 2001.

Passacaglia for Piano Trio (2000). Commissioned by the Drake University Fine Arts Trio. Des Moines, IA, February 2001.

Horns o’ Plenty for six horns and orchestra (2000). Commissioned by the Des Moines Horn Club. Des Moines, IA, October 2000.

String Quartet No. 1, Episodes (2000). Commissioned by the Salisbury House for the Pioneer String Quartet, the resident quartet of the Des Moines Symphony. Des Moines, IA, May 2000 (three performances).

Moonscapes (2000). Four songs for choir (This Lunar Beauty [Auden], who knows if the moon’s a balloon [Cummings], Lunar Paraphrase [Stevens], Moon Compasses [Dougherty]). Commissioned by the Drake University Choir. Des Moines, IA, April 2001, April 2000. Selections included on the Drake Choir’s European tour, May 2000.

The Sand Reckoner (2000). Commissioned by the Southeast Polk High School Band. April 2000.

Accumulations (1999) for British-style Brass Band. Commissioned by the Brass Band of Columbus. January and February 2000. Performed at the National Association of Brass Bands Congress. Performed on the International Brass Band Congress, London, September 2000. Released on a commercially available CD.

Accumulations (1999) for Wind Ensemble (transcription of above). Premiered at the College Band Directors National Association North Central Division Conference, February 2000.

Veritas (1999) for Orchestra. Commissioned by Drake University for the inauguration of its twelfth president. Des Moines, IA, October 1999.

A Case of Identity for Band (1999). Commissioned by the Valley West High School Concert Ensemble. Des Moines, IA, May, April, and March 1999.

A Play of Musement (1998) for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano. Iowa Composers Forum, October 1998; Des Moines, IA, March 1998. Caprice for Two Pianos (1997). Commissioned by Harry Davidson. NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Decorah, IA, February 1998; Chicago, July 1997.

Vortices for Band (1997). Commissioned by the Southeast Polk Community High School Concert Band. NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Des Moines, IA, October 1997, May 1997, and April 1997.

Nocturnal Echoes for Cello and Piano (1996). Supported with a grant from the Friends of Drake Arts. Iowa Composers Forum, Dubuque, IA., October 1996; Drake University Faculty Recital Series, April 1996.

…of things unknown… for Orchestra (1993). Commissioned by the Sheboygan (WI) Symphony Orchestra as part of their 75th anniversary season. Drake University Symphony Orchestra, October 1995 (broadcast on WOI, January 1996); Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, February 1995; Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, February 1994 (in addition to three performances, the composition was also heard on a local televised broadcast of one of the concerts).

Awakenings for Orchestra (1992). Commissioned by the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra with funding provided by The New England Foundation for the Arts, Meet the Composer, Inc., and Plymouth State College. New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra Series, July 1992.

Procession for Computer, Synthesizer, and Tone Generators (1991). Commissioned by Plymouth State College. Plymouth State College Recital Series, September 1991 and April 1992.

Quintet for Trumpet and Strings (1991). Funding provided by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. New Hampshire Music Festival Chamber Series, July 1991.

Quintet for Trumpet and Piano, Four Hands (arrangement of above [1992]). Plymouth State College Recital Series, April 1992. The first movement of this work, Lament, has also been arranged for Violin and Piano Four Hands, and it has been performed in Pittsburgh, October 1999.

Dolmen for Baritone and Piano (1990). NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1994; Plymouth State College Recital Series, April 1992; University of Oklahoma, October 1990.

Seven Bagatelles for Alto Saxophone (1990). Drake University, October 2001; NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Drake University, March 1995; Plymouth State College Recital Series, April 1992; NOW MUSIC Festival, Capital University, February 1991; Plymouth State College Recital Series, February 1990.

Festival Jubilee for Orchestra (1989). Commissioned by Arts Jubilee, Mt. Washington Valley, NH, for the Northeast Symphony Orchestra. Concert in the Park, North Conway, NH, July 1992, July 1991, July 1990, and July 1989; SummerFest, Mt. Snow, VT, June 1989; Arts Jubilee Music Festival, June 1989.

Canto I for Guitar (1988). NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Plymouth State College Recital Series, April 1992; New Hampshire Music Festival Composers Conference, August 1990. Musica Nova, Manchester, NH, May 1989; Plymouth State College New Music Festival, April 1989; University of Maine, Orono, February 1989; Boston Classical Guitar Society, February 1989; Norwich University, February 1989; Bowdoin College, February 1989; Plymouth State College Recital Series, January 1989.

Duo for Euphonium and Marimba (1988). California State University-Los Angeles, March 2002; University of Illinois, May 1999; Plymouth State College Recital Series, April 1992; Belknap Mill Recital Series, Laconia, NH, August 1989; Plymouth State College New Music Festival, April 1989; Plymouth State College Recital Series, February 1989.

In the Pillared Dark for Flute and Piano (1988). Commissioned by the New Hampshire Music Teachers Association. NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Iowa Composers Forum Festival, October 1995; New Hampshire Music Teachers Association Silver Celebration, October 1992; Plymouth State College Recital Series, April 1992; Music Teachers National Association Four–State Convention, Portland, ME, October, 1989; New Hampshire Music Festival Chamber Series, July 1989; Plymouth State College Cultural Arts Day, May 1989; Plymouth State College New Music Festival, April 1989; Society of Composers, Inc. Region I Conference, Wellesley College, April 1989; University of New Hampshire, October 1988.

An End Without Return for Wind Ensemble (1988). Commissioned by the New England Wind Ensemble. NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Iowa Band Directors Association Annual Meeting, May 1995; Drake University Recital Series, May 1995; Northwestern University, May 1990; 14th Annual Symposium for New Band Music, Virginia Commonwealth University, February 1988; University of Missouri-Kansas City, November 1988; Ann Arbor Symphony Band, October 1988; Northeast College Band Directors Association, University of New Hampshire, April 1988.

Lullaby for Trumpet and Piano (1987). NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Plymouth State College Recital Series, November 1993; April 1992.

Agamemnon’s Dream for Eight Trumpets and Timpani (1987). NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; North Texas State University, April 1991; Northwestern University, December 1988; Symphony Band of Ann Arbor, May 1988; NOW Music Festival, Capital University, February 1988; Plymouth State College Recital Series, December and November 1987.

Fantasy and Dance for Clarinet and Piano (1987). NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Drake University Faculty Recital Series, February 1996; University of Northern Iowa American Music Festival, October 1990. Music Teachers National Association Four-State Convention, January 1988; Plymouth State College Woodwind Festival, November 1987.

Ceremony! for Organ (1987). Drake University Faculty Recital Series, September 1995; NOW Music Festival, Capital University, February 1988; Capital University Recital Series, Columbus, OH, November 1987.

Symphonic Scenes for Winds and Percussion (1987). NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Drake University, April 1997; NOW Music Festival, February 1988; New Hampshire Music Educators Association Convention, May 1987; Plymouth State College New Music Festival, April 1987; Plymouth State College Recital Series, April 1987.

Heraldic Prelude for Antiphonal Trumpets and Band (1986). SUNY Binghamton, May 1988; Plymouth State College Recital Series, May 1986.

Meditation and Celebration for Euphonium (Trombone) and Piano (1982). NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Selected as euphonium audition composition for Falcone Festival, 1996; International T.U.B.A. Convention, University of Maryland, June 1986; Faculty Recital Series, The Ohio State University, April 1983. This work is reviewed by Thomas Tritle in the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal 36 (Summer 1988), 32-34.

Under the Greenwood Tree for Soprano and Piano (1982). Graduate Student Recital Series, The Ohio State University, April 1982.

Sonata for Euphonium and Piano (1980). Plymouth State College Recital Series, November 1989; NOW Music Festival, Capital University, February 1988; Faculty Recital Series, The Ohio State University, February 1980. This composition is reviewed by Larry Campbell in T.U.B.A. Journal 9, No. 3 (Winter 1982), 21-22.

Toccata for Piano (1977). Drake University, July 2004; NOW Music Festival, Columbus, OH, February 1999; Plymouth State College Recital Series, November 1993 and April 1992; NOW Music Festival, Capital University, February 1988; Plymouth State College New Music Festival, March 1986; Symposium of Contemporary Music, Illinois Wesleyan University, April 1978.


D) COMPETITIONS, HONORS, AND AWARDS

Three Scenes (aus Goethe, Wilhelm Meister) awarded honorable mention in the Music Teachers National Association Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year competition, 2003.

Guest Composer at the NOW MUSIC Festival, Capital University, Columbus, OH, February 2003. The five-day residency included performances of three of my compositions by Capital University faculty and the Brass Band of Columbus.

Selected “Composer of the Year ” by the Iowa Chapter of the Music Teachers National Association, 2002.

Composer-in-Residence at the NOW MUSIC Festival, Capital University, Columbus, OH, February 1999. The week-long residency included performances of fourteen of my compositions by Capital University faculty, students, and ensembles. Composer-in-Residence with the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, February 1994. The week-long residency included attendance at rehearsals, invited lectures at two universities, giving private lessons to area composition students, offering a concert preview to the general public, and the taping of a spot for a televised broadcast of the premiere of …of things unknown….

Individual Artist Fellowship awarded by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts, 1990-91.

In the Pillared Dark for Flute and Piano (1988). Selected for performance at Society of Composers, Inc. Region I Conference, Wellesley, MA, April 1989.

Invited to conduct An End Without Return for Wind Ensemble (1988) with the Virginia All-State Wind Ensemble at the 14th Annual Symposium of New Band Music, Virginia Commonwealth University, February 1989.

Selected “Composer of the Year ” by the New Hampshire Chapter of the Music Teachers National Association, 1988.

Invited as Guest Theorist/Composer for week-long NOW MUSIC Festival, Capital University, Columbus, OH, February, 1988. Residency included lectures, presentations, performances, and participation in an hour-long radio program devoted to my music.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, Alpha Lambda Chapter, Composition Contest Winner, 1978.