2nd of three settings for mezzo and piano of poems by A.J. Stalling. View the  score here: https://issuu.com/edwindels/docs/op_22_songs_complete

Blackbird Etude (mezzo and piano)

Three movements for mixed clarinet ensemble. View the score here https://issuu.com/edwindels/docs/clarinetsextet

Sextet for clarinets: 1. Allegro spiritoso

Entirely humorous settings for chorus and chamber orchestra of three of the poems from Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka" books.

Wonka Songs: 2. A Nanny's Song (chorus and chamber orchestra)

Festive, upbeat curtain raiser for full orchestra.

Off Beat

SWAY Live Recording 6 - 12 - 24

Shards Of Divine Light

7-song cycle for mezzo, harp and string quartet on poems by Federico Garcia Lorca. View the score here: https://issuu.com/edwindels/docs/canciones_andaluzas

Canciones Andaluzas: Poniente (mezzo and string quartet)

Jaunty, kinetic, rhythmic dialogue for five instruments: the first movement of my five movement suite "Incidentally Music" for flute, clarinet, guitar, violin and cello. More at https://www.ed-windels.com/incidentally-music

Incidentally Music: 1. Vivace e brilliante

Complete performance of the overture from Act 1 of my reorchestration for the Edmonton Opera's 1920's jazz adaptation of G&S' "HMS Pinafore". More at https://www.ed-windels.com/jss-pinafore

Jazz "HMS Pinafore"
Commissioned by Edmonton Opera, Edmonton, Alberta, CA

Josephine: Vanessa Oude-Reimerink
Ralph Rackstraw: Adrian Kramer
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB: Glenn Nelson
Little Buttercup: Bridget Ryan
Captain Corcoran: Geoffrey Sirret
Dick Deadeye: Dion Mazerolle
Bos'n: Ryan Parker
Hebe: Glynnis Price
Carpenter: 
Featuring the Edmonton Opera Chorus and the Edmonton Symphony 

Director: Rob Herriot
Conductor: Peter Dala
Costumes: Deanna Finnman
Sets: Camellia Koo
Choreography and movement: Jason Hardwick
Lighting: Geoff George

Premiere: February 3, 2018, Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, CA

JSS Pinafore: Overture

Complete performance of the finale of Act 1 of my reorchestration for the Edmonton Opera's 1920's jazz adaptation of G&S' "HMS Pinafore". More at https://www.ed-windels.com/jss-pinafore

Jazz "HMS Pinafore"
Commissioned by Edmonton Opera, Edmonton, Alberta, CA

Josephine: Vanessa Oude-Reimerink
Ralph Rackstraw: Adrian Kramer
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB: Glenn Nelson
Little Buttercup: Bridget Ryan
Captain Corcoran: Geoffrey Sirret
Dick Deadeye: Dion Mazerolle
Bos'n: Ryan Parker
Hebe: Glynnis Price
Carpenter: 
Featuring the Edmonton Opera Chorus and the Edmonton Symphony 

Director: Rob Herriot
Conductor: Peter Dala
Costumes: Deanna Finnman
Sets: Camellia Koo
Choreography and movement: Jason Hardwick
Lighting: Geoff George

Premiere: February 3, 2018, Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, CA

J.S.S. Pinafore: Act 1 Finale

Complete performance of "Nevermind the why and wherefore" from Act 2 of my reorchestration for the Edmonton Opera's 1920's jazz adaptation of G&S' "HMS Pinafore". More at https://www.ed-windels.com/jss-pinafore

Jazz "HMS Pinafore"
Commissioned by Edmonton Opera, Edmonton, Alberta, CA

Josephine: Vanessa Oude-Reimerink
Ralph Rackstraw: Adrian Kramer
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB: Glenn Nelson
Little Buttercup: Bridget Ryan
Captain Corcoran: Geoffrey Sirret
Dick Deadeye: Dion Mazerolle
Bos'n: Ryan Parker
Hebe: Glynnis Price
Carpenter: 
Featuring the Edmonton Opera Chorus and the Edmonton Symphony 

Director: Rob Herriot
Conductor: Peter Dala
Costumes: Deanna Finnman
Sets: Camellia Koo
Choreography and movement: Jason Hardwick
Lighting: Geoff George

Premiere: February 3, 2018, Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, CA

J.S.S. Pinafore: Nevermind The Why And Wherefore

Complete performance of Act 2 finale of my reorchestration for the Edmonton Opera's 1920's jazz adaptation of G&S' "HMS Pinafore". More at https://www.ed-windels.com/jss-pinafore

Jazz "HMS Pinafore"
Commissioned by Edmonton Opera, Edmonton, Alberta, CA

Josephine: Vanessa Oude-Reimerink
Ralph Rackstraw: Adrian Kramer
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB: Glenn Nelson
Little Buttercup: Bridget Ryan
Captain Corcoran: Geoffrey Sirret
Dick Deadeye: Dion Mazerolle
Bos'n: Ryan Parker
Hebe: Glynnis Price
Carpenter: 
Featuring the Edmonton Opera Chorus and the Edmonton Symphony 

Director: Rob Herriot
Conductor: Peter Dala
Costumes: Deanna Finnman
Sets: Camellia Koo
Choreography and movement: Jason Hardwick
Lighting: Geoff George

Premiere: February 3, 2018, Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, CA

J.S.S. Pinafore: Act 2 Finale

Off Beat For Concert Band

Tripartite single movement work commissioned by the Gaudete Brass Quintet and premiered by them on Dec. 20th, 2018 in Chicago. More at https://www.ed-windels.com/pealoff

Peal Off for brass quintet

Described by conductor Jordan Randall Smith as an "extremely taut and high-octane work [I could strip paint with this thing]", this short ebullient curtain-raiser puts the orchestra to the test both rhythmically and coloristically. See more at https://www.ed-windels.com/off-beat.

Off Beat For Orchestra

One movement chamber music work for clarinet and string trio. Commissioned by Open House New York and Access Contemporary Music in celebration of the reopening of the TWA terminal at JFK airport in New York. For more info, see https://www.ed-windels.com/elisianfields

Elisian Fields

Beach Whispers (bass baritone and piano)

Composer.  Arranger.  Orchestrator.  Feinschmecker.  Sybarite.  Turophile.  Explorer. Oenophile. Bon Vivant.

Ed Windels

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