Brass Music

Instrumental

Film Music

Tango

Electronic Fantasies

Tango

Violin, Accordion, Piano & Double Bass

Michael Palmieri © 2021

Endless Possibilities

Michael Palmieri © 2021

Violin, Cello & Piano

Intimate Conversations

A Waltz for Tango Band

Violin, Accordion, Piano & Double Bass

Michael Palmieri © 2021

Delicious Pleasure for Tango Band

Under a Curtain of Stars

For Tango Band

Violin, Accordion, Piano & Double Bass

Michael Palmieri © 2021

Evocative Moments

Michael Palmieri © 1997

Originally copyrighted as Fantasy 1996, mo.2

Meditation for String Orchestra

Michael Palmieri © 2022

String Quartet (2Violins, Viola, Cello)

Making the Unbelievable Believable

Michael Palmieri © 2022

Violin, Cello & Piano

Enticing Possibility

A Beautiful Woman Who Can Manipulate the World With Her Mind

For Tango Band

Violin, Accordion, Piano & Double Bass

Michael Palmieri © 2022

The Emotions Hidden Beneath the Laughter and Conversation

A Slight Electricity In The Air - Tango

Violin, Cello & Piano

Michael Palmieri © 2022

She was a Volcano - Tango

The Calm That Comes in the Night

Violin, Piano & Double Bass

Michael Palmieri © 2023

How About If I Sleep a Little Bit Longer and Forget All This Nonsense

reimagined music to film trailer

Michael Palmieri © 2023

Dachau & Final Tribute

Escape and Recapture

Despair

Interrogation

Miss Peregrine_s Home for Peculiar Children

Benedetta

reimagined music to film trailer

Michael Palmieri © 2024

10,000 B.C.

Fate and Destiny

reimagined music to film trailer

Michael Palmieri © 2025

Coco

The Last Man On Earth

Rejoice

Second movement of "Three Fantasies", which was considered for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Michael Palmieri © 2010

Meditation Fantasy

Third movement of "Three Fantasies", which was considered for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Michael Palmieri © 2010

Cirque Fantasie

First movement of "Three Fantasies", which was considered for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Michael Palmieri © 2008

Tango Fantasy

A piece from "Five Fantasies", which has been considered for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Michael Palmieri © 2012

Fantasy Tango

Fantasy 1996 mo. 4

Who's On First

Street Music

This is the short introductory movement of the suite - “Musica Italiana”. 

It uses 2 accordions, 2 solo violins, solo viola, solo cello and solo double bass.

Michael Palmieri © 2020

L'Inizio

This is the the 2nd movement of the suite - “Musica Italiana”.

It uses violin, accordion and double bass.

Michael Palmieri © 2020

Mazurka

La Ragazza

Musica Italiana - Una Suite - complete

1 - L’inizio
2 - Mazurka
3 - La Ragazza
4 - Danza Pizzica
5 - Tema d’Amore
6 - In Bicicletta
7 - Durante La Sera
8 - Tarantella

Michael Palmieri © 2020

Musica Italiana - Una Suite - complete

Ready to Roll

Brazz-a-ma-tazz

Fanfares and Narratives

F_ get abou_ dit!

Michael Palmieri is a composer of modern classical music with hundreds of original compositions to his credit.

Mr. Palmieri’s composing ability and know-how have been enhanced by his experiences teaching courses in keyboard harmony and ear training in the music theory department at Penn State University, from 1969 to 1970, administrating and concertizing for a major piano manufacturer from 1970 to 1976 and teaching as an independent music instructor from 1976 to 2018.

Influenced by his classical music and piano training, which includes an M.A. degree in music, his years of performance as a professional musician and his composing, arranging and improvising abilities he has, as news articles put it, “developed his own musical language and style.”

For 30 years he presented concerts displaying the achievements of his pupils at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. This annual event had been listed in The New York Times, New York Magazine and written about in local newspapers.

Michael Palmieri has created numerous pieces for major performers. Both the Baltimore Symphony and the San Antonio Symphony Orchestras played an arrangement written by him. The Allard Quartet performed a String Quartet. His music has been choreographed and performed at The University of California. “Music for Clarinet and Piano” was played by prize-winning musicians at music festivals and competitions. Four scores for brass quintet have been played by as many as thirty ensembles worldwide. The Electric Alligator Ensemble, an electronic keyboard ensemble, presented performances of his original electronic music.

Mr. Palmieri has written many “Piano Pieces” for his own and other professional performances and is the author of “Student Piano Pieces”, a collection of music written for and performed by his pupils.

His electronic piece, “Three Fantasies” was considered for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize, the album “Five Fantasies was considered for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize and the album “film music” was considered for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize.

Mr. Palmieri has orchestrated music for live performances and produced instrumental tracks for professional recordings.

He has written and performed background arrangements for singers, string arrangements for rock band, a symphonic accompaniment of a patriotic song recorded with chorus, a project sponsored by the government of Norway, and has been commissioned to write original music and arrangements for various performers.

For the past 25 years Michael Palmieri has written and recorded his music electronically at the computer, distributing his recordings online.

His music is broadcasted on hundreds of radio stations throughout the world.

Visual artists, around the globe, are inspired by and dedicate their artwork to him and his music.

For 30 years, Michael Palmieri’s technique, reading ability, improvisations, arranging and compositional skills, as well as his adaptability to each very different musical situation, increased his reputation as a top freelance musician. In addition to solo performances, he shared the stage with virtuoso musicians and singers. His assignments have encompassed classical, ethnic, popular, jazz, and rock music.

An article about Michael Palmieri and his music, in the web magazine “Living Life…Boomer Style”, states, “He persists in influencing this generation’s musicians, teachers and composers.”

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