Eric Ewazen

A beautiful cantabile song without words; A Song from the Heart has all of Ewazen's expressive elegance and is a perfect recital piece both for students and professionals. Originally composed for Trum...

'Songs of Love and Loss was originally written for bass voice and piano; and premiered by Bryan Matthews at Juilliard in 1984. Subsequently in 2004; I arranged the work for Bass Trombone and Piano for...

Composed for a friend and fellow graduate student at Juilliard, this displays Ewazen's 1980 serial technique in the first two movements, while the third movement arises from his newfound love of the m...

Eric Ewazen's THREE INVENTIONS were inspired by Bach's Two-part Inventions, yet they sound thoroughly like Ewazen. Composed for harpsichord (with a piano adaptation following later), Ewazen's inventio...

Says Ewazen, The work is scored for two combined ensembles - an 8-part low brass ensemble of trombones, euphoniums, and tubas, and an 8-part percussion ensemble of both mallet and non-pitched percussi...

BRIDGE OF DREAMS was inspired by four Japanese paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries; with each of the suite's four movements named after the painting it depicts. These paintings may be seen at New...

Ewazen's gift to honor the great horn player Fred Fox on his 100th birthday is a setting of text by Fox; himself; for voice and (appropriately) a chorus of eight horns. The uplifting; life-affirming p...

Adam Frey is perhaps the greatest proponent of the euphonium (witness: euphonium.com), with over 70 works written or arranged specifically for him. For a world-class low brass player, it is only natur...

Ewazen's substantial Trio for Trumpet; Violoncello; and Piano was composed for Croatian trumpeter Tomislav Spoljar and his Velika Gorica Brass Festival. The trio has been recorded for Albany Records b...

Sparkling, rhythmic dialogue opens out into passages of broad, warm lyricism in Eric Ewazen’s CANTICUM HONORIS AMICORUM. Dedicated to the American Brass Quintet 'past, present, and future,' the music...

Written for Julius Baker. Recorded by Marya Martin and Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra for Albany Records.

Edward Curtis, el gran fotógrafo estadounidense, viajó por el Oeste americano durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX, tomando literalmente decenas de miles de fotografías de nativos americanos, cró...

Concertino fue un encargo de David Taylor, que estrenó la obra con el Coro de Trombones de la Universidad de Illinois en el Festival Internacional de Trombón de 1997. Se trata de una emocionante obra...

Para ocho trombones. Esta obra fue estrenada en el ITF de 1998 por el Juilliard Trombone Ensemble, Joseph Alessi, director. Está programada para un conjunto de ocho partes y es muy "crowd pleaser".

Posaunenstadt! es una obra antifonal en doce partes para coro de trombones, encargada por Harold Reynolds y la Ithaca Trombone Troupe para el Fruhling Posaunen 2000 y estrenada por los coros de trombo...

Mitos y leyendas es un cuarteto de trombones en cuatro movimientos. Fue un encargo del Rittenhouse Trombone Quartet, que formó parte de la sección de trombones orquestales del Curtis Institute durante...

This piece is a rich and resonant celebration of the world of string orchestra sonorities. Capable of both great virtuosity and smooth as glass legato lyricism, the string orchestra provides the compo...

The Colorado Mesa University Wind Symphony, under direction of Dr. Calvin Hofer, has hosted the annual and continually growing Best of the West Music Festival. In 2007, Ewazen was guest composer and c...

Tattoo is the stirring Finale of Legacy, commissioned for the bicentennial celebration of West Point. The opening theme is based on the bugle call which signals a return to quarters at day's end. The...