MICHAEL SCHELLE  :  CATALOGUE OF WORKS





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ORCHESTRAL


  • Sun-Wukong  (2013), for cello and orchestra
  • New work for chamber orchestra vs. new music ensemble  (2013)  -  see commissions
  • The Exorcism of the Sugar Plum Fairy (2012)  -  see commissions
  • Guardian (2011), solo violin and orchestra
  • Rain (2009), soprano and orchestra
  • The Beast of Brazil (2005)
  • Ear Infection (2005)
  • Vox Humana (2005)
  • Extraction on No. 8 (2004)
  • Chrysalis (2004)
  • Crashout (2004)
  • Wright Flight (2002), piano concerto
  • Samurai (1999)
  • Spider Baby (1996)

     

  • Mayday! (1995)
  • Spirits (1993), six biographies for orchestra
           Jonestown Echo (Rev. Jim Jones)
           Detour to Nowhere (John Dillinger)
           Limberlost (Gene Stratton Porter)
           One for the Gipper (Knute Rockne)
           ben bonhommes rouge (Ezra Pound)
           The Last Ride (James Dean)
  • Blast (1992)
  • Rapscallion (1990)
  • After the Meridian: Times of Future Passed (1990), for soloists, chorus and orchestra
  • The Big Night (1989)
  • Kidspeace (1987)
  • Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1986)
  • Swashbuckler! (1984)
  • Play Us Chastity on Your Violin (1984), for solo violin and chamber orchestra
  • Pygmies II (1983)
  • Pygmies (1982)

     

  • Masque (1979)
  • El Salon Medico (1977)
  • Lancaster Variations (1976)




WIND ENSEMBLE / SYMPHONIC BAND


  • Extraction on No. 9  (2004; band version 2013)
  • The End of the World  (2011)  -  see commissions
          1. The Exhausted Sun
          2. Bullet Train to Hell
          3. After Afterlife
  • Prayer  (2004), for cello and wind ensemble
  • When Hell Freezes Over (1996)
        Double Concerto for Bari Sax, Bass Clarinet and Wind Ensemble
           1. Baptism
           2. Confession
           3. Communion
  • Guttersnipe (1994)
  • Contraband (1991)
  • Seven Steps from Hell (1985)

     

  • Cliffhanger March (1984)
  • King Ubu (1981)




CHAMBER


  • My Precious Iron Lung (2013), for horn and piano
  • My Precious Iron Cello (2013), for euphonium and piano
  • Their House Was Around Here, Somewhere ... (2012), for piano and chamber ensemble
  • Red Herring (2011), for clarinet and tenor sax
  • Strong Quartet (2011), for string quartet
  • Say Goodnight, Gracie (2010), for large chamber ensemble
  • Nagoya Spiral (2009), for any four players and pre-recorded medium
  • Calhoun (2009), for large chamber ensemble
  • The Fall of Susan McClary (2009), for chamber ensemble
  • No Child Left Behind (2007), large chamber ensemble
  • The ______ the Wind Swept Away (2007), for solo viola (or any instrument) and chamber ensemble
  • Heartland (2007), for clarinet, tenor sax, violin, cello, bass, piano and percussion
          1. Buckeye Zombies
          2. Hawkeye Feeder
          3. Ill-i-Noise
          4. Badger Baby
          5. Bluegrass Voodoo
          6. Michigan Militia
          7. Threnody for the Victims of Indiana
  • Struwwelpeter (2006), song cycle (6) for tenor and piano (1991)
            - orch. for tenor and chamber ensemble (2006)
  • It's Curtains for You, Bub (2005), for large chamber ensemble
  • Prayer (2004), for solo cello with harp and piano
  • Gimme Shelter (2001), for violin and piano
  • Godzilla (1997) for clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax, piano, bass, percussion

     

  • Berlin Archetype (1990) for clarinet, cello, pinao (and off-stage trumpet and tenor)
  • Inizio (1989), for violin and cello
  • Musica Magnetizzare (1988), for five chamber players
  • Howl (1986), for solo clarinet and four chamber players
  • Play Us Chastity on Your Violin (1984), for solo violin and large chamber ensemble
  • Music for the Alabama Kid (1984), for chamber ensemble
  • Music for Two Pianos (1982)
  • Cry Wolf (1981), for cello and 5 percussionists
  • Music for the Last Days of Strindberg (1979), for chamber ensemble
  • Chamber Concerto (1978), for solo violin, flute, cello and piano



SOLO


  • Straight, No Lithium (2010), nine bipolar preludes for piano

     

  • Janus: Third Sonata (1998), for piano
  • Subwoofer (1996), for flute
  • Hammerstein (1995), for piano
  • Racing With Rabbits (1988), solo percussionist
  • Rattlesnake (1983), solo percussionist
  • Blue Plate Special (1983), for tuba alone (with aux. percussion)
  • Redbud (1982), for doublebass
  • Second Sonata (1979), for piano



OPERA / CHORAL / VOCAL


  • Ra-ahmen (2010), SATB and four doublebasses
  • Aesop Rules (1997), 55:00 musical for kids (grade 1 - 5), tenor sax, keyboards, percussion
  • Pipuff (1992), SATB
  • Struwwelpeter (1991), 7 Songs for High Voice and Piano (or Chamber Ensemble, orch. 2013)
  • The Great Soap Opera (1988), 90:00 chamber opera
  • Six Seasonal Anthems (1987), SATB, organ
  • Dei Angelus (1987), SATB, organ
  • Caroleluia (1987), SATB
  • Swanwhite (1981), for soprano and piano
  • The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin (1977), TTBB

                                           


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