Scott S. Hanna conducts the University of Texas Symphony Band in Dan Welcher's brand-new (December, 2014) work.  Enjoy the 21-speed "shifting" in this upbeat, approachable new work---dedicated to all bicycle enthusiasts.  Soon to be published by Theodore Presser Company (summer, 2015).

Downshifting

This is the beginning of the first movement of a three-movement work, 25:00 in all.  It's cast for a small orchestra, in the vein of the Prokofiev Violin Concerti.

Violin Concerto (First Movement, 3 - 00 Excerpt)

Dan Welcher: CONCERTO for Violin and Orchestra, first movement only

01 Violin Concerto  I

Dan Welcher STRING QUARTET #1, Movement III. ("Scherzo")

07 DW String Quartet #1, III.

PHAEDRUS for clarinet, violin, and piano   Second Movement: Dionysus' Dream-Orgy

03 PHAEDRUS 2. Dionysus' Dream-Orgy

This is the second movement of my Violin Concerto, titled "March, Quickstep, and Duel"

02 Violin Concerto  II

This is the first movement of my Piano Concerto "Shiva's Drum", which is a 33:00 work in three movements.  The first movement, "Time" represents the birth of the HIndu deity Shiva---creator, preserver, destroyer.   The 12:00 of this movement follows a progression from chaos to order.

02 Piano Concerto  Shiva's Drum   1. Time

A setting of Christina Hutchins' poem BLACK AND WHITE BLESSING.

Dan Welcher's Album

Remembrance in Black and White

Here's the final movement: "Lullabye and Tarantella"

03 Violin Concerto  III

Dan Welcher is a composer of symphonic, wind ensemble, choral, operatic, and chamber music works.  A Guggenheim fellow, he has been awarded prizes and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, ASCAP, and msny other organizations.  He has composed over 150 works, more than 60 of which are published and recorded.  Most of his music is published by Theodore Presser Company (www.presser.com)
A complete list of works can be found at www.danwelcher.com

Dan Welcher

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