McCulloh, Byron

Composed 1952 as part of a larger work: Cantata for Chorus, Soprano Soloist and Brass Choir. First performance of the present version Pittsburgh, ca. 1974, Carnegie Mellon University Brass Choir, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1977, originally for flute and piano. Orchestrated ca. 1978. First performance Pittsburgh, ca. 1979, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, David Stock conductor, David Tessmer soloist. Dedication: For Natalie.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed ca. 1967, originally for flute and piano. Orchestrated 1969. First performance Pittsburgh, ca. 1969, Carnegie Mellon University Percussion Ensemble, Stanley Leonard conductor, Natalie McCulloh soloist. Dedicated to Natalie McCulloh.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1976, originally for baritone and piano. Orchestrated 1977. First performance Rochester, New York, 1978, Eastman School of Music Orchestra, Brad Blake conductor, Bruce Kraemer soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Composed 1973. First performance Pittsburgh, 19 December 1973, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Donald Johanos conductor, Stanley Leonard timpanist. Dedicated to Stanley Leonard, Donald Johanos, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Titles of the first, second, and fourth movements are borrowed from Greek drama. Commissioned by the First Annual Colloquium for Contemporary Music in Pittsburgh. Composed 1974. First performance Pittsburgh, 16 October 1974, Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Donald Johanos conductor, the composer as trombone soloist, Don Franklin harpsichordist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed for trombone and piano, 1949. Transcribed 1949. first performance Rochester, New York, January 1950, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hansson conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed ca. 1976, originally for soprano and piano. Orchestrated 1977. First performance Pittsburgh, ca. 1977, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, David Stock conductor, Lynne Webber soprano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned ca. 1966 by Stanley Leonard and the Carnegie Mellon University Percussion Ensemble. Composed 1968. First performance Pittsburgh, ca. 1968, Carnegie Mellon University Percussion Ensemble, Stanley Leonard conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for its 50th anniversary. Composed 1975. First performance Pittsburgh, 7 October 1976, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn conductor. Lament originally composed for flute, marimba, and harp, 1975, in memory of Bernard Rogers. Orchestral version selected for performance by the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia as part of its Pennsylvania Composers Project 1977, made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts with performance materials prepared by the Fleisher Collection of.

Orchestral Music. Performed Main Hall, Drexel University, Philadelphia, 27 March 1977, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, William Smith conductor. Lament quotes Dido's Lament from Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.