5 minutes of music:

Part 1 - 3 short samples from "Murmurations," my new Clarinet concerto with Wind Orchestra. Recorded by Søren-Filip Brix Hansen, Giordano Bellincampi and the Life Guard Music Corp of Denmark.

Part 2 - opening of "L'infinito" for SATB, Harold Rosenbaum and the New York Virtuoso Singers.

Part 3 - Beginning of the 2nd movement of "Life Imagined, Life Engaged." Solo piccolo by František Kantor, conducted by Mikel Toms, with the Brno Philharmonic.

Excerpts Murmurations L'infinito Life Imagined Life Engaged

As a concert encore, pianist Miho Sasaki plays the final movement from
FÜNF FANTASIEN NACH BACH  (2010-2020) by Michael Schelle

Illinois Wesleyan Civic Orchestra
Bloomington (IL) Center for the Arts
April 2011
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Michael Schelle's website:  http://schellemusic.com/1.html

STRAIGHT, NO LITHIUM, for piano solo

YOU CRACK ME UP

TINY IMPRECATIONS

Michael Schelle
PROFILE IN COURAGE (2023)
- for large orchestra

Written by (then) Senator John F. Kennedy, "Profiles in Courage" (1956) is a celebrated volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity, individuals that stood up for what was right, despite the repercussions.

Whereas JFK's book focuses on the courage of specific individuals, my piece embraces a more universal / "everyman" aesthetic - admirable acts of bravery, integrity and courage as applicable to each listener's personal experiences. 

This piece is for YOU, it is for the courageous people in YOUR life: friends, relatives, colleagues - first responders, military, law enforcement, social workers, people in medicine, in politics (occasionally), in the arts (often), and courage in the face of life's extreme challenges. Think of YOUR courageous person(s) when listening to this piece.

website: www.schellemusic.com/1.html

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PROFILE IN COURAGE (2023), for orchestra

2001 Recording of String Quartet No. 2, Edward Smaldone
Mvt. 1 - Vibrant

The Meridian String Quartet: Sebu Siranian, Lisa tipton, violins,
Liuh-Wen ting, viola, Wolrfram Koessel, cello

Diverse Light

String Quartet No. 2 (1986) - Mvt. I - Vibrant

UnmeasuredTime

96K Master of New Focus Recordings release, Nov. 2024

Prendendo Fuoco, (Catching Fire)  Niklas Sivelöv, piano.  Mikel Toms conducting, Douglas Knehans, producer. - May 2024

2496Masterv3 PrendendoFuoco

SCHOENBERG - PHANTASY FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO - CHIEN - PLANTE.WAV

"Geraldine Geraldine" 
Here's a fun original song I wrote!

String Quartet No. 2 (1986) - Mvt. I - Vibrant

esmaldone

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