Orchestral Music by Frank Felice

A wild roller coaster ride for younger orchestra - commissioned by the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra

Crack the Whip!

Three dances from some incidental music for Romeo and Juliet, composed for Dianne Timmerman and the Butler University Department of Theatre - this music is sly, slightly sarcastic, and a bit jaded

Tango from Romeo and Juliet

Spinning Waltz from Romeo and Juliet

Meeting Dance from Romeo and Juliet

One of the movements from "The Pre-Sleep Mental Dances," an song cycle for soprano and orchestra, on a text by Tara Ericksen Smith.  A whirling, oddly loopy scherzo of a piece --

Spin to Sleep from "The Pre-Sleep Mental Dances"

A suite of music from the ballet "The Willow Maiden," on a story by Ellen Denham, commissioned by the Butler University Ballet. This music was a chance to write orchestral pieces like the ones written by the French and Russian orchestral composers of the early 20th century.

Third Suite from "The Willow Maiden"

I am an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: my pieces can be comedic/ironic, simple/complex, or humble/reverent. My recent projects have taken a turn toward turn towards the sweeter side, exploring a consonant adiatonicism.

Third Suite from "The Willow Maiden"

FRANK FELICE, composer