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Chant of the machines für Kammerensemble und Live-Elektronik
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Ensemble Differance, Norbert Kleinschmidt
www.frank-zabel.de

Frank Zabel: Chant Of The Machines für Kammerensemble und Live-Elektronik

THE END OF THE WORLD (2011) by Michael Schelle
1. The Exhausted Sun (0:00 - 5:55)
2. Bullet Train to Hell (5:55 - 8:50)
3. After Afterlife (8:50 - end)

Winner of the 2012 National Band Association "William D. Revelli" Composition Prize
http://www.nationalbandassociation.org/nbacommittee/revelli.asp

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This recording:

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE
Frank Tracz, music director and conductor
McCain Concert Hall
Manhattan, KS
December 2013

For more information on the piece: schellemusic.com/8.html

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VIDEO (with video image projections): University of South Florida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWy3Fohb49A&feature=youtu.be
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Other recordings:

INDIANA UNIVERSITY .. https://soundcloud.com/rimsky-1/michael-schelle-bullet-train
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY .. https://soundcloud.com/rimsky-1/michael-schelle-the-end-of-the

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PROGRAM NOTE: (for printed concert programs)

THE END OF THE WORLD (2011) Michael Schelle (b. 1950)

1. THE EXHAUSTED SUN
2. BULLET TRAIN TO HELL
3. AFTER AFTERLIFE

Written during the blistering, record-breaking heat wave of summer 2011, THE END OF THE WORLD was inspired, in some part, by the notorious cataclysmic end-of-the-world prophecy of Nostradamus (scheduled for late December 2012) and the Mayan calendar’s end-of-time prediction (also, according to some, on the immediate horizon). The primary source of inspiration, however, was the great earthquake and tsunami that leveled much of northern Japan in March 2011. My original plan was for a “serious” Nostradamus-related piece, but fate interceded: As I began work on the music in Spring 2011, I was heartbroken by the fear, disbelief and sadness on the face of my Japanese wife, composer/pianist Miho Sasaki, as she sat paralyzed by her emotions, watching televised images of her homeland’s devastation. So my piece took its shape and inspiration from this disaster. 

At the end of the day (or the end of the world), doomsday predictions are ephemeral, but Japan’s 3/11/11 cataclysm will have a profound international impact on generations to come. Besides, as I spoke with one of the consortium directors about my Nostradamus vs. Japan dilemma, it dawned on me that both subjects might very likely produce a similar score – so I chose to just embrace it all and seek the optimistic “substance after shadows” (Shinto prayer) for resolution. 

As old Nostradamus's predictions have come and gone without incident, and the Japanese people have (once again) picked themselves up from the ashes and resiliently moved on, now my piece may take on more universal considerations: perhaps reflecting on each listener’s personal experience(s) with the loss of important persons, places, or things.

THE END OF THE WORLD is a commission from a consortium group of 35 university and professional symphonic bands / wind ensembles from across the US and abroad. In December 2012, selected from over 80 international entries, THE END OF THE WORLD was awarded the 2012 National Band Association "William D. Revelli Composition Prize".
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LA FIN DU MONDE CONSORTIUM COMMISSION GROUP:

Michigan, Eastman, Texas-Austin, Indiana, Nebraska, Illinois, Florida, 
Purdue, Arizona State, Michigan State, Kansas State, Wisconsin, Ithaca, 
Southern Illinois, UNC Greensboro, Minnesota, New Mexico, Louisiana, Butler, 
Trinity (TX), Capital, IPFW, Missouri, the Hartt School, Lawrence Conservatory, 
Virginia Commonwealth, Illinois Wesleyan, Indiana Wind Symphony, etc.

The Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Performing Arts Center Symphonic Wind Ensemble

THE END OF THE WORLD (2011) for wind ensemble

Woodsmithery (2023) for Concert Band by Coleman Rowlett

Copyright 2023 Coleman Rowlett. All Rights Reserved.

Woodsmithery

Michael Schelle

FEAR STRIKES OUT (2015), for trombone and wind ensemble

Millikin University (IL) Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Mark Babbitt, trombone
Gary Shaw, conductor

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMuKNXVENq0&list=PLbnlz2uecZDNvdfPDDsnv-Pww0KUdov1J&index=1

Schelle website:   www.schellemusic.com

FEAR STRIKES OUT (2015)

XANADU was commissioned by The Florida State University College of Music for the grand reopening of the Ruby Diamond Concert Hall and the 100th anniversary of the College of Music. XANADU is a work inspired by the 80’s, the era in which the composer attended Florida State University as an undergraduate performance and composition major. Like this composition, the 80’s movie with the same title is inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poem was an opium-influenced dream describing a stately palace. This work is influenced by 80’s hip-hop culture, TV themes and other pop culture music of the late 70’s-80’s. The first three notes of the 80’s song Xanadu play an important thematic role in the work. This work also has an optional Turntablist (DJ record scratching) part for the percussion.

XANADU (Wind Ensemvle Level 6)

Submarinul Iertat (Forgiven Submarine)
a tone-poem based on poetry by Andrei Codrescu & Ruxandra Cesereanu

Performed by Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra; Ben Manis, conductor

Nov 30, 2018

Submarinul Iertat (Forgiven Submarine)- for large orchestra

Komorebi: tree escape light_ii_Earth bed _Sasaki_Premiere_Music By Women Festival

El Puente (2015)

- for bassoon and piano

Lia Uribe, bassoon
Miroslava Panayotova, piano

www.sasakimusic.com

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Miho Sasaki : El Puente

Piano Quintet Movement III

Miho Sasaki 

Swirling Spheres (2021)

for the Thomas Piercy Quintet
Premiere:  NYC 31 March 2021

www.sasakimusic.com

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THE END OF THE WORLD (2011) for wind ensemble

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