Root Cellar is an art song for Baritone and piano with text by the great American poet Theodore Roethke.  This poem is part of a larger set that has been labeled as Roethke's "Greenhouse Poems" as each one explores a different aspect of botanical life.  

Root Cellar

"The Sun and The Sea"

Penelope-Myles Voss, Voice
Sarah Peskanov, Flute
Madeline May, Cello
Jake Walsh, Piano

The Sun and The Sea

Mango & Tango for Woodwind Quintet

Jeannette Lewis, Flute
Jake Walsh, Oboe
Vivian Becker, Clarinet
Jacob Factor, Horn
Cynthia Becker, Bassoon

Mango & Tango

Tales of A Forager-Waggle Dance for Wind Ensemble

Mario Alejandro Torres, Conductor
Premiered October 2015

Tales Of A Forager - Waggle Dance

Mango & Tango 
Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon
by Jake Gunnar Walsh

Ed Love, clarinet
Joyce Besch, bassoon

Performed and recorded July 22, 2017
Nebraska Chamber Players Concert Series
Lincoln, NE

Mango & Tango (Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon)

Concerto for Oboe by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1942)
Jake Gunnar Walsh, oboe and Aram Arakelyan, piano
March 6, 2018
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

I. Rondo Pastorale
II. Musette & Minuet
III. Scherzo

I. Rondo Pastorale

Sequenza VII per oboe solo (1969) by Luciano Berio 
Performed by Jake Gunnar Walsh
January 15, 2019
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

Sequenza VII, Luciano Berio (1969)

Concerto for Oboe in D Minor RV 454 (1721) Antonio Vivaldi
Arranged by Jake Gunnar Walsh
Performed by Jake Gunnar Walsh, oboe; Isaac Allen, violin; Alexi Whitsel, violin; Caitlyn Fukai, viola; Kevin Flynn, cello; Andrew Downs, bass

I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegro

Adagio from Easter Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
Jake Gunnar Walsh, oboe
Lynda Chryst, piano
Faculty Recital at Ithaca College School of Music 
November 12, 2019

Adagio from Easter Oratorio, J.S. Bach

Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Jake Gunnar Walsh, oboe
Lynda Chryst, piano
Faculty Recital at Ithaca College School of Music
November 12, 2019

Rachmaninoff Vocalise for Oboe and Piano Op. 34

Cascadilla for Solo Piano(2017)
by Jake Gunnar Walsh

Jake Gunnar Walsh, piano
Ithaca College School of Music Faculty Recital
November 12, 2019

Cascadilla for Solo Piano (2017)

Bach Cantata 82 Aria 1. Ich habe genug
Jake Gunnar Walsh, oboe
Brad Hougham, baritone
Ithaca College School of Music Faculty Showcase Series
Bach Birthday Concert

Bach Birthday Banquet: The Cantatas

Bach Cantata 82 Aria "Ich habe genug"

Poulenc Sextet for Piano & Winds 
Movement I. Allegro Vivace

Trey Bradshaw, flute
Jake Gunnar Walsh, oboe
Max O'Mary, clarinet
Nathan Goldin, horn
Ben Bradshaw, bassoon

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
April 2019

Poulenc Sextet for Piano & Winds I. Allegro Vivace

I See Words in Color (2017)
for mixed choir a cappella 
by Jake Gunnar Walsh
text by Kristin Vegh

1st Place Winner of the NOTUS Composition Competition
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

World Premiere Recording
NOTUS Contemporary Choral Ensemble
Dr. Dominick DiOrio, conductor
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
April 11, 2019

Imara Ashton, Alto soloist

Jake Gunnar Walsh

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