Exposition of a larger movement. Performed on July 19, 2013 at the New York Summer Music Festival by Saeka Matsuyama, violin; Miho Zaitsu, violincello. Composed July 2013 by Aaron L. Newitt (b. 1999).

Sonatina for Violin and Cello (exposition)

Dance in D-flat Major

Recordings of Aaron playing various pieces (composed by others) on the piano over the years.


Chopin Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4

Gratitude, copyright 2012 Aaron Newitt (age 12). This is Aaron's winning composition for the 2012 Youth in the Arts competition sponsored by the Delaware Valley Philharmonic Orchestra (Level 2 Composition; children Grades 7-9). This is the computer generated audio output of his score in Sibelius. It will be arranged and performed live by the DVPO on April 14, 2012. I hope to link to the performance recording if/when it is made available.

Gratitude

Verizon gave Aaron's middle school a $10,000 grant for an anti-bullying education program. One of his teachers wrote this song which is about bullying called "You'll See", and his band teacher arranged it. All the instrument performances were by middle school students, with the exception of the lead vocals which were performed by a sophomore high school girl.
It was all recorded and mixed in a professional recording studio in Philadelphia in December 2011. Aaron played 3 keyboard parts that were in the mix: piano, synthesizer (hard to hear this part because it is just background ambiance), and the simulated Hammond B3 organ (this comes in in the last third of the song). Most of the notes he played were his own contributions or improvised, since he was only given a piano score with chords beforehand.

You'll See

Performed by Aaron Newitt at the Philadelphia Biblical University on 04/14/2012 with synthesized orchestra accompaniment by Eric Schwartz. This is the first movement with the full orchestral intro, so Aaron doesn't come in on piano until around 1:27. The cadenza was Aaron's original conception. Sorry if the synthesizer is a little loud, but that's the way it was live as well.

Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major, Vivace

Sonatina

Live performance of "Gratitude" by the Delaware Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor. Aaron Newitt, composer. Arranged for full orchestra by Carson Rothrock from the small orchestra arrangement by the composer. Recorded April 14, 2012 during the DVPO Youth in the Arts concert. This was the winning composition for the Youth in the Arts Young Composer competition, Level 2 (Grades 7-9). 
http://www.dvpo.org/?page_id=49

Gratitude-DVPO

Original composition by Aaron L. Newitt (age 12). Composition completed July 2012. Performed by Peter Miyamoto at NYSMF on August 3, 2012.

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