Commissioned by DMA candidate James Saliers - tuba
Premiered 11/14/12 at The University of Texas - Jessen Recital Hall

Concept inspired by the Post-it note and napkin drawings of David Lynch.

Published by Lovebird Music 
http://www.lovebirdmusic.com/products/napkin-pieces

Napkin Pieces - I. Jagged (LIVE)

Commissioned and premiered by The 4 Hornsmen of the Apocalypse

Live Performance at The University of Illinois 9/11/14
Horns: Gerry Wood (1), Paul Blackstone (2), Tony Licata (3), Audrey Good (4)

Program Note

     4 Translations was composed during the summer of 2012 as a commission by The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse.  This talented, virtuosic and, at times, comedic quartet is known for treating their audiences to entertaining, solid performances which made it easy to accept a commission. Each of the four movements of 4 Translations is loosely based on a specific composer and his compositional language of that era, similar in concept to Prokofiev's, Classical Symphony.  These four composers: Machaut, Rossini, Meyerbeer and Hindemith were chosen specifically because, though they each had substantial musical output, they are not commonly referred to as "top-tier" composers (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, etc.)  The movements are in chronological order by composer birth dates, each containing elements used by that composer.  

4 Translations for Horn Quartet (Live)

3 Vignettes for Solo Piano 
Composed on 9/17/14, 9/18/14 and 10/10/14

Brett Kroening, piano

3 Piano Vignettes

Set cell 0268 (Fr+6) for solo piano
composed 7/13/15


Frag 6

Commissioned by Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra and Wesley Schulz

Live Excerpts from 6/2/13 - Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra

Left Brain - Right Brain - EXCERPTS LIVE

Recorded by Pulse Chamber Music
Miami, FL
http://www.pulsechambermusic.com/

Digital Glitch (trumpet, viola, piano)
Digital Glitch 2.0 (clarinet, cello, piano)
Digital Glitch 3.0 (clarinet, viola, piano)
Composed in 2011
 
- published by Lovebird Music Publishing
http://lovebird-music.myshopify.com/products/digital-glitch


Digital Glitch 3.0 (clarinet, viola, piano)

Commissioned by Juan Gallegos, Jr.
Live Performance at the 2010 International Clarinet Association, University of Texas at Austin, Bates Recital Hall 7/23/10
Juan Gallegos, Jr. - Clarinet, Sarunas Jankauskas - Guitar

Score/parts available from Lovebird Music Publishing:
<a href="http://www.lovebirdmusic.com/woodwind-ensemble/158-fuego" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lovebirdmusic.com/woodwind-ensemble/158-fuego</a>



Fuego

Recorded by The Copper Street Brass Quintet at Wild Sound Recording Studio, Minneapolis, MN
From CD: The Copper Street Brass Quintet EP (2008)

The piece is a brief snapshot of hurried busy people trying to make their ways to work, class, meetings, etc.

Score/parts available from Lovebird Music Publishing:
<a href="http://www.lovebirdmusic.com/brass-ensemble/145-sidewalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lovebirdmusic.com/brass-ensemble/145-sidewalk</a>

Sidewalk

line upon line percussion ensemble
LIVE 2/2/17

alchemy test (LIVE) 2.2.17 - lul

Brett Kroening is an active, international composer currently based in Georgetown, Texas.  As an undergraduate studying Music Theory and Composition under Cherise Leiter, Leanna Kirchoff and Hal Tamblyn at the Metropolitan State College of Denver, Brett participated in masterclasses with composers such as Bruce Adolphe, George Crumb, Claude Baker and Michael Colgrass.  After completing studies at The University of New Mexico, Brett then attended graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin and was Teaching Assistant under Professor Patrick Hughes and the UT Horn Studio.

     Brett has received commissions from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, Camarata Music Company (Seoul, Korea), The Copper Street Brass Quintet, Rocky Mountain Brassworks, The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse, Waterloo Sound Conspiracy, Mayfield High School Orchestra and Band, Bosque Preparatory School Wind Ensemble, various orchestras, bands, chamber ensembles and professional artists throughout New Mexico, Colorado, California, Kansas, Washington, Minnesota, Utah and Texas.  Brett's music has been performed in Cadogan Hall (London) and Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) and has been presented on Minnesota Public Radio.  In 2011 the fanfare, Flurry was chosen as the opening piece by The Las Cruces High School Band at the 2011 New Mexico Music Educators Association Honor Band concert.  Though primarily publishing his own compositions, Brett has many works published with Lovebird Music Publishing (Plano, TX) and Corniworld Publications (London, UK).

   Often working as an instrumental composer, Brett has also composed electronic, electro-acoustic and choral works.  Brett is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and was also recently awarded winner of the University of Utah's New Music Ensemble Composition Competition.

Brett Kroening

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