Compositions by Paul Seitz (with selected MP3 Audio Samples)

Opera

The Children of the Keweenaw

An Opera, with libretto by Kathleen Masterson. Commissioned and premiered by the Pine Mountain Music Festival, July, 2001.

Audio Sample 1 (MP3) Aria: "I am of this place, Act 1"

Audio Sample 2 (MP3) Ensemble: Conclusion of "Inquest" - Act 2, Part 2

Video Clip 1 Windows Media Player format (128 kbps) - Trio: Johnny Burcar, Annie Bader, Mr. Lucas, from "Inquest," Act 2

Video Clip 1 RealVideo format (requires RealPlayer) - Trio: Johnny Burcar, Annie Bader, Mr. Lucas, from "Inquest," Act 2

Video Clip 2 Windows Media Player format (128 kbps) - "Epilogue" (end of the opera)

Video Clip 2 RealVideo format (requires RealPlayer) - "Epilogue" (end of the opera)

Orchestral Music

In Beauty

Symphony Orchestra, 2007. Publication pending. Currently available from Paul Seitz Music Publications. Commissioned by the Henderson Symphony Orchestra, Taras Krysa, music director.

Click to read the announcement of the premiere in the League of American Orchestra's newsletter, From the Field.

 

The Thought of Returning

Symphony Orchestra, 2003. Cambium Music Publications/Subito Music, publisher.

 

In the Moment's Light

Symphony Orchestra, 1998. Cambium Music Publications/Subito Music, publisher.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt 1, 2000 Kentucky All State Orchestra

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt 2, 2000 Kentucky All State Orchestra

When Touched by Better Angels

Wire-strung Irish harp and String Chamber Orchestra, 1994. Composed for Elizabeth Cifani, harp, and the Chicago String Ensemble, Alan Heatherington, music director. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt.

To That Still Center

Piano and Chamber Orchestra. Composed for the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Hancock, Michigan. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt.

Requiem

An Oratorio, setting the Missae pro Defunctis and Psalms 25, 38, 70 and 87, for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and Baritone soloists, SATB Chorus, Male Chorus, and Orchestra. Commissioned by the University of Wisconsin Catholic Center.

Wind Orchestra (Wind Symphony)

Selamiut: The Sky Dwellers

2005. Pic, 2 fl, 2 ob, E.hn, 2 bsn, cbsn, Eb cl, 4 Bb cl, Bb bs cl, Eb c-alt-cl, Bb cbs cl, pf, hp, 7 Bb trp, 4 hn, 2 trbn, bs trbn, 2 euph, 2 tba, 6 perc. Commissioned by the Wind Orchestra of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Commissioned by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wind Orchestra, Thomas Leslie, music director. Cambium Music Publications/Subito Music, publisher. See also program notes in "Current Projects" page.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt.

Instrumental Chamber Music

Imaginary Dances

for Viola and Double Bass. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt from mvmt. 1 of 2. Live recording from premiere: Paul Seitz, viola, Anders Dahlberg, bass.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt from mvmt. 2 of 2. Live recording from premiere: Paul Seitz, viola, Anders Dahlberg, bass.

Animas (There is a wild river...)

for Viola Ensemble, composed for the Penn State University Viola Ensemble, Tim Deighton, director. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3)

Party Mode Mixture

for string quartet, composed for the Bergonzi String Quartet of the University of Miami. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3)

Three Stories

for alto saxophone and bass clarinet, composed for Henri Bok and Ann Evans, for premiere at the 2006 World Saxophone Congress, Ljubjana, Slovenia. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample coming soon.

In a Place of Deep Color

for alto saxophone and bass clarinet, commissioned by Henri Bok and Ann Evans, for the concert and live DVD project In a Nutshell, November, 2006, Thetare Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (Excerpt, MP3)

Three Stories

for alto saxophone and bass clarinet, composed for Henri Bok and Ann Evans, for premiere at the 2006 World Saxophone Congress, Ljubjana, Slovenia. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample coming soon.

To Juggle

for 2 B-flat Clarinets, commissioned by Clarion Synthesis (F. Gerrard Errante and D Gause-Snelson). Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3)

Relevant Dialogues

Alto Saxophone and Viola. Composed for The Irrelevants (Carrie Koffman, saxophone, and Tim Deighton, viola). Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt.

Element 10 (Neon)

B-flat Clarinet, Trumpet in D (or C), Trombone, 5-octave Marimba and Double Bass. Commissioned by Synchronix new music ensemble, Las Vegas, Nevada. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt.

New Again

String Quartet, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt.

Keeps the Sweetest Time

Tuba, Viola, Jazz Guitar, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Five Witnesses

Woodwind Quintet, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3)Movement 4

Audio Sample (MP3)Movement 5

...and that the moon survives

Violin and Piano, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Audio Sample (MP3)

Three Thoughts (Like a Hero)

English Horn and Guitar, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

A Trigger for the Fury

Solo Cello, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Chicago Poems

Clark Street Bridge

Noon Hour

At a Window

Oboe & Cello, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Fantasy in D

Viola and Guitar, Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Love Among the Ruins

 

Flute, Viola, French horn, Piano and Percussion

Choral Music

"The Manitou's Children" from The Children of the Keweenaw

Mixed Chorus (Lyric Tenor soloist) and orchestra (or piano), libretto by Kathleen Masterson.

Audio Sample (MP3) from 2001 Pine Mountain Music Festival production

"Calumet Requiem" from The Children of the Keweenaw

Mixed Chorus (Lyric Tenor soloist) and orchestra (or piano), libretto by Kathleen Masterson

I Am Loath to Close

SATB Chorus and Harp (Text: Abraham Lincoln). Commissioned by the James Chorale of Chicago. Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream

Solo Voices, SATB Chorus, Four Guitars, Lute, 2 Alto Recorders, 3 Trombones, French Horn and Percussion.

The Quince

Women's Chorus

Requiem

An Oratorio, setting the Missae pro Defunctis and Psalms 25, 38, 70 and 87, for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and Baritone soloists, SATB Chorus, Male Chorus, and Orchestra.

Vocal Music

Where Dream Begins

Where Dream Begins

Understatement

The Other Place

Composition

Kinds of Wind

Now Voyager

Song Cycle: Soprano, String Quartet and Harp (Text: May Sarton)

MP3 Audio Sample "Understatement"

 

Now Voyager

 

2003 revision for Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Piano.

Audio Sample (MP3) Excerpt.

Many and More

Soprano and Tuba/Euphonium ensemble (Text: Maya Angelou)

Three by May Sarton

Definition

Lullaby

Canticle

Song Cycle: Soprano and Piano (Text: May Sarton), Paul Seitz Music Publications.

Things That Wash Up

Soprano, Amplified Guitar and Tape

And Be Beautiful

Soprano, English horn, Cello & Harp (Text: Galway Kinnell)

November Song

Art Song: Soprano & Piano (Text: Scott Campbell)

Of House and Home

Song Cycle: Soprano or Tenor & Piano (Texts by Donald Hall, Michael Dennis Browne, Adrienne Rich)

Audio Sample (MP3): "The Sleeping Giant"

Audio Sample (MP3): "Peter"

Audio Sample (MP3): "Bears"

from 2003 live performance, Christine Seitz, soprano, Katya Melkamini, piano

All for One

If I Singe

All For One

Epitaph

Gostly Father

Song Cycle: Soprano & Guitar (Anonymous Medieval Texts)

Scottish Songs

There Are Things to Believe In

Reasons

Gone Into the Heart

Song Cycle: Soprano & Piano (Texts: Scott Campbell)

I am From the Beginning

Art Song: Soprano or Tenor & Piano (Text: Henry David Theoreau)

 

Satanic

Mezzo-soprano and Ensemble: Flute, Clarinet, French Horn, Trumpet, Cello, and Piano (Text: Karol Kirk)

Benediction

Mezzo-soprano and Ensemble: Clar (doubling Bass), French horn, Trumpet, Harpsichord/Celesta. Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Guitar. (Text: Scott Campbell)

Sonnet

Art Song: Soprano & Piano (Text: Scott Campbell)

Two Songs

Mezzo-soprano and French horn (Text: John Donne)

Alice II

Mezzo-Soprano and Ensemble: Flute, Piano, Trombone & Tuba (Text: Scott Campbell)

Wind Ensemble

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

Wind Ensemble

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