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JOEL KIRK: COMPOSITION PORTFOLIO (select works)

email: joelfred@buffalo.edu
phone: 716-418-6120

1.

scherzo piccolo (2019-21)

brass sextet (2x cornets, tenor horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba)

c. 6-7 minutes

winner of the 2022 John Golland Award at the RNCM Brass Band Festival

for the RNCM Brass Ensemble

quartet version for Rosamund Brass (2x cornets, tenor horn, euphonium)

Adam Hofland-Ward, cornet; Seb Williman, cornet; Georgia Woodhead, tenor horn; Alex Barron, euphonium

full score (PDF)

Live recorded performance (quartet version): Rosamund Brass @ RNCM, Manchester, UK 

Performance History:

01/31/2022 - RNCM Brass Ensemble @ RNCM Brass Band Festival - RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester, UK (sextet version)

05/03/2022 - Rosamund Brass - RNCM Carole Nash Recital Hall, Manchester, UK (quartet version)

05/20/2022 - Littleborough Arts Festival - Rosamund Brass - Littleborough Town Hall, Manchester, UK (quartet version)

06/21/2022 - Rosamund Brass - RNCM Festival Hall, Manchester, UK (quartet version)

10/15/2022 - Rosamund Brass - All Saints Church, Burton in Lonsdale, UK (quartet version)

01/27/2023 - Rosamund Brass @ RNCM Brass Band Festival - Carole Nash Recital Hall, Manchester, UK (quartet version)

2.

selected for the 2022 Tempus Konnex ICE Week

finalist for the 2022 Ise-Shima Composition Prize

finalist for the 2023 MATA Festival

shoals of sardines, of dolphins, of sharks (2022)

piccolo/flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello, piano

for the Barcelona Modern Ensemble

alternative version arranged for Tempus Konnex (viola instead of saxophone)

Delphine Roche, flute; Emanuel Dantscher, clarinet; Mishi Stern, violin; Victor Guaita, viola; Nathan Watts, cello; Alberto Carnevale Ricci, piano; Mariana Hernández Gonzales, director; JiYoun Doo, artistic director

full score (PDF)

Live recorded performance (quartet version): Tempus Konnex @ Alte Handelsbörse, Leipzig, GER 

Performance History:

05/27/2022 - Barcelona Modern Ensemble @ Barcelona Modern Festival, Institut Français, Barcelona, ESP
07/10/2022 - Tempus Konnex @ ICE Week, Alte Handelsbörse, Leipzig, GER 

3.

selected for the 2022 Divertimento Ensemble Rondo

update status, always (2021)

solo violin

(a thing that chirps)

c. 5 minutes

for Lorenzo Gorli at the 2021 Divertimento Ensemble IWYC

full score (PDF)

video version made in collaboration with visual artist, Eloise Shaw

premiered @ Lippes Concert Hall, Buffalo, USA - 05/03/2022

Performance History:

09/03/2021 - Lorenzo Gorli (Divertimento Ensemble) @ Divertimento Ensemble IWYC - Orsolina28, Moncalvo, ITA
02/13/2022 - Lorenzo Gorli (Divertimento Ensemble) @ Divertimento Ensemble Rondò - Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
05/03/2022 - virtual performance with fixed media by Eloise Shaw (Academic Complex) - Lippes Concert Hall, Buffalo, USA
08/30/2022 - Lorenzo Gorli (Divertimento Ensemble) @ Divertimento Ensemble Rondò in Monferrato - Orsolina28, Moncalvo, ITA

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