EL SALON MEDICO (1976)
- by Michael Schelle

MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
Sir Neville Marriner, music director and conductor

N.B.: this recording rescued just in time from an old 1/4 track reel-to-reel tape that was disintegrating!! - the sound quality here is not the greatest stereo high fidelity, for sure ... 
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Written near the end of my studies with Aaron Copland (and intentionally imitating his iconic Americana style of "Billy the Kid" and "Appalachian Spring"), EL SALON MEDICO was my 2nd orchestral piece and dedicated to my brother Patrick (who was beginning his surgery residency at a large Dallas hospital).

This brief piece proved to be a 'one-shot-deal' in this Americana style, and was in NO WAY the harbinger of things to come for me (stylistically), - not by a long shot !! But it was a blast to work on it under the guidance of the great man. It was a thrill, and and honor, to have worked with Copland for nearly 18 months.
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My friend, Pittsburgh composer David Stock, upon hearing the Minnesota Orchestra radio broadcast of EL SALON MEDICO (the title is, of course, a play on the Copland "El Salon Mexico") called me immediately after it ended and said:  "Schelle, dammit !!  So I'm listening to this piece on the radio and I'm thinking 'wait, I thought I knew every Copland orchestral piece there is, but I don't know this, but clearly it IS Copland, or it's a pretty good rip off".
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Another dear friend, Columbus (OH) composer Rocky Reuter, arranged a fantastic wind ensemble version of the piece, just because he 'thought it would be a cool band piece' - and surprized me out of the blue with the score. Now THAT'S true friendship (or complete insanity). The Reuter wind ensemble version has been performed numerous times by university band across the US.
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EL SALON MEDICO (1976) for orchestra

A noir detective love song…

BABY BLUE ROSES

I don’t care how sweet the kiss,
I never thought it’d be like this. 
I’ll always be true to you. 
It always comes down to you. 

You know my shoes fit only you, oh darling. 
I know your shoes fit only me, oh baby.
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Your dad says I’m no good for you.  Whatever.  
Your mother thinks I’m trouble too.  How clever. 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday’s all the same. 
You know every day’s a killer baby when we play their game. 

I don’t care what your folks said.
I never thought I’d find you dead. 
It always comes down, love.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday, weekends too.
It’s like every day is murder babe if I can’t be with you.   
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Trumpet: Matt Burke
Vocals: Greg Bartholomew

Baby Blue Roses

Baby Blue Roses (vocal)

Like the entertaining, two-dimensional characters articulated on a flat screen in this ancient form of Chinese theater, our lives are veiled in shadow. We are all shadowed by the memory of those who have come before us. Additionally, many aspects of our personal relationships are often closely guarded secrets, hidden from direct view. Only the participants understand the depth and complexity of the show, while those on the outside regard our silhouettes with varied levels of interest, as they begin to recognize and explore the shadowy features of their own existence.

Shadow Play was created during the spring and summer of 2015 and dedicated to my wife, Jamie Leigh Sampson, who has been my constant musical companion and partner during our own brand of theater. The pitch material for this composition was taken from Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo by Igor Stravinsky, a composer who has cast his shadow on all contemporary musicians.

Douglas Monroe, clarinet
Michael Harley, bassoon

SHADOW PLAY (2015)

Clever little bunch of notes. Some key changes, but loads of fun anyway.

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sheet music:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22sq0p19lundped/moonlate12102018.pdf?dl=0

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