Adolfus Hailstork

For Flute, Viola, Harp. Score and parts. Composed 2002. Duration 20:00.

The Chinese Zodiac Suite is the culmination of a three-year project to honor the partnership of Old Dominion University with Minzu University of Beijing; a cooperative effort to bridge the cultures of...

For SSAA Chorus, a cappella. Composed 2003. Duration 10:00.

No.2 from Five Short Choral Works, S.A.T.B. a cappella

He Never Said a Mumblin' Word, SATB., a cappella

For S.A.T.B. Chorus, a cappella

For S.A.T.B. Chorus, a cappella

No. 5 from Five Short Choral Works

SATB chorus. For SATB, Organ. The work was premiered in May 1990 with Dr. Carl G. Harris, conductor of the choir, at the organ. Choral. Piano/Vocal Score. Composed 1990. 28 pages. Duration 12:00.

For S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano

For Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, and Baritone soloists, S.A.T.B. Chorus, and Orchestra

James Kosnik, a fellow professor at Old Dominion, has championed the organ works of Hailstork, most notably on the 2006 Albany recording Amazing Grace: Organ Music of Adolphus Hailstork. Hailstork's T...

In Korean mythology, Yuhwa was the daughter of a River God, tricked into marrying the Sun God. She escaped back to her homeland and gave birth to a son who became the founder and monarch of Korea's no...

As charming as the title suggests; this 6-minute wind trio is freely inspired by bird calls - played individually; in counterpoint; and harmonized by the ensemble. The elegance of baroque music and ov...

Hailstork's string trio imagines the exotic tribal dances that Eslanda 'Essie' Cardozo Goode Robeson (Paul Robeson's wife) might have encountered in her travels around the globe. Four rhythmic movemen...

Originally composed for solo organ, Hailstork's fanfare is a 3½-minute explosion of joyous sound inspired by the Baroque-era tradition of Chorale Preludes. As in Bach's organ preludes, the familiar hy...

Depicting the enthusiastic courtship of two elephants in springtime, Hailstork?s romp for two tubas is a programmatic two-part invention in the composer?s own fresh voice. Springtime for Elephants is...

For violinist Olga Bloom; late founder of Bargemusic in Brooklyn; Hailstork has composed a memorial in the style of Mozart and Bach for two violins. A la Mozart features counterpoint; unison; and duo...

In the spirit of works by Mozart and Haydn bearing the same title; Hailstork's DIVERTIMENTO for Violin and Viola is a charming and light-hearted suite; designed to entertain and produce smiles through...

The spiritual allusion does not appear until the last movement; which is based on There is a Balm in Gilead; yet even in the first movement; marked Moderato sostenuto; Hailstork's original theme has c...

Hailstork's duo for horn and trombone is a two-movement romp composed for Marlene and Bob Ford; hornist and trombonist of the East Virginia Brass. Each movement begins with a slow; swinging shuffle an...

Rhapsody for Viola and Piano