Native Drumming, first movement Flag Song
Recorded 1996 by Canyon records, gratitude to Robert Doyle and members of the Phoenix Symphony.

NATIVE DRUMMING BAND mvt.1

Native Drumming, second movement, Destiny Song and Mask Dance
In Phoenix, 1996, this recording was funded by Canyon Records and Robert Doyle, conducted by James DeMars with Scabby Robe Family, and contracted members of the Phoenix Symphony (Joel Levin contr.) Algin Scabby Robe is soloist for Mask Dance.

NATIVE DRUMMING BAND mvt.2

An American Requiem mvt. 11 Sanctus (SATB + Soloists)
ONE OF 14 MOVEMENTS
DeMars conducting the Rhodes College Singers and Memphis Sym.

An American Requiem

An American Requiem mvt. 11 Sanctus (SATB + Soloists)

This recording is the ASU Symphony conducted by Dr. James DeMars featurng a Senegalese Drum ensemble led by Dr. Mark Sunkett; the work was commissioned by Phx Symph in 2001; premiere performance conducted by Robert Moody.

SABAR CONCERTO Afr. Dr. Ens. and Orch.

SABAR CONCERTO mvt. 1 mp3

SABAR CONCERTO mvt. 2 mp3

SABAR CONCERTO mvt. 3 mp3

SABAR CONCERTO mvt. 4 mp3

DeMars - Piano Concerto mvt. 1 Spring

DeMars: Quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano; 2003. Caio Pagano, piano, Jonathan Swartz, violin, Nancy Buck, viola, Thomas Landschoot, cello.

QUARTET FOR Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano

First performance by Eric Hoover and R. Carlos Nakai, Tempe, AZ 1989;
arrangements also available for Native American Flute and Alto Saxophone, NAF and Viola, Oboe and Viola. Used courtesy of Canyon Records. Available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and Pandora. CD available from Amazon and Canyon Records.

Spirit Horses

Colors Fall

This is Mvt. 2 of TWO WORLD CONCERTO entitled, Lake That Speaks, "this trembling of beings and things".  This recording features R. Carlos Nakai performing with an orchestra conducted by James DeMars. The complete concerto and NATIVE DRUMMING (a concerto featuring the Black Lodge Pow-wow Singers) are available on CD from Canyon Records: http://www.canyonrecords.com/shop/index.php?app=ecom&ns=catshow&ref=Classical_Music

Two World Concerto-The Music of James DeMars

Two World Concerto: Lake that Speaks

This is an arrangement of a choral work commissioned by the AZ Arts Board to celebrate the Statehood Centennial celebration. Alberto Rios provided a page of words, I put them in order.
Because the choral work was never performed I created the arrangement for my friend Sam Creigh and he made music of it - great job Sam!

Arizona Song (Turquoise and Thunderstorm)

#1 Sabar African Drum Concerto 0:00
#2 "Gravity wants me" soprano, text by Alberto Rios 4:09
#3  Piano Concerto, Summer mvt. Caio Pagano Prague 2 9:49
#4 Iron & Grass Chorus, Sandburg texts, Rhodes Choir Memphis 16:00
#5 Far From the Water, R.C.Naka flute, strings, woodwinds 20:10
#6 Intermezzo for Strings, Zagreb Solo strings 24:37
#7 Piano Concerto Winter, Pagano, Prague mvt.4 31:50
#8 Violin Concerto Boro Martinic, Phoenix, mvd. 2 40:24

James DeMars's Album

MIX for Art Renaissance 2019 4

Tapestry III  for tuba and synthesizers was commissioned by Dan Perantoni who premiered the work December 5, 1986 in Tempe, Arizona with choreography by Sybil Huskey.  As the title indicates, this is one of a series of solo works, each of which is based on continuous variation of short motivic patterns generating larger dramatic scenes.  This work, which uses an electronic tape accompaniment,  provides an opportunity to evoke the frequently light-hearted spirit of southwestern "magical realism" in a dialogue with the supernatural.  The melodic theme of the tuba emerges as a personal, musical identity, playing and struggling with the "marvelous reality" of counterpoint from three superhuman trumpet players.
     The synthesized tape which accompanies the solo was realized at the new digital electronics studio at the ASU School of Music.  Computer aided programming of the initial FM digital voices and computer controlled, synchronized performance of eight FM digital synthesizers with signal processing provided the sonic materials for Tapestry III. JD

Daniel in the Lion's Den

Tapestry III

(b. 1952)Providing award winning music for classical ensembles and intercultural productions. Professor of music composition at ASU. Canyon Records recording artist with R. Carlos Nakai.

James DeMars

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