PERFORMANCE HISTORY and GUEST COMPOSER:
THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL SCHELLE
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
ORCHESTRAL WORKS PERFORMED BY:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Minnesota Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Louisville Orchestra Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Alabama Symphony Orchestra Kansas City Symphony Orchestra Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Honolulu Symphony New York Festival Orchestra (upstate) Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Cleveland Chamber Symphony Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Columbus Pro Musica Orchestra South Shore Chamber Orchestra New World Chamber Orchestra |
Kammerorchester Basel (Switzerland) Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Costa Rica) Czestochowa Philharmonic (Poland) Greenwich (CT) Symphony and Chorus Columbus (OH) Symphony Orchestra Orkestra Projekt (Indianapolis) Illinois Civic Orchestra Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra Northwest Indiana Symphony Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra South Bend Symphony Orchestra Marion Philharmonic Orchestra Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra Muncie (IN) Symphony Orchestra Bloomington (IN) Symphony Orchestra Bloomington (IL) Symphony Orchestra Kokomo Symphony Orchestra Lafayette (IN) Symphony Orchestra Carmel Symphony Orchestra Fort Smith (AR) Symphony Orchestra Purdue University Symphony Orchestra Wooster (OH) Symphony Orchestra Albuquerque Symphony, Youth Symphony Greater Indianapolis Youth Symphony Kentucky Youth Orchestra Oklahoma All-State Symphony Orchestra |
ORCHESTRAL WORKS CONDUCTED BY:
Neville Marriner, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Edvard Tchivzhel, Keith Lockhart, William McGlaughlin, Dennis Russell Davies, John Nelson, Julius Hegyi, Michael Gielen, Maxiamo Valdes, Tsung Yeh, John Jeter, Raymond Harvey, Neal Gittleman, Oleg Kovalenko, Kirk Trevor, Paul Polivnick, Alfred Savia, Edwin London, Leonard Atherton, William Henry Curry, Albert-George Schram, Amir Kats, Stanley DeRusha, James Yestadt, Dale Kempter, Jeffrey Lindberg, Lauren Green, Sayra Siverson, Byron Herrington, Ramon Meyer, Jose Valencia, David Pickett, Richard Vogt, Steven Eggleston, Andrew King, Troy Webdell, Gloria Valesco . . . . .
( KEITH LOCKHART & SCHELLE ) ( SCHELLE & TROY WEBDELL )
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BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE WORKS PERFORMED BY:
Indiana University Wind Ensemble New England Band Festival, Boston University of Maryland The Ohio State University Concert Band University of Wisconsin-Madison Sam Houston State University Kent State University Symphonic Band Utah State University Carnegie Mellon University Illinois Wesleyan University Washington State University Columbus (OH) Wind Symphony Louisiana State University |
Eastern Michigan University Symphonic Band Central Michigan University Virginia Commonwealth University Southern Illinois University-Carbondale SUNY Potsdam Symphonic Band Butler University Symphonic Band Twin Ports (MN) Wind Ensemble University of Richmond Wind Ensemble Capital University (OH) Virginia State All-Collegiate Honor Band Wisconsin Invitational High School Honor Band IMEA (Indiana Music Educators Association) Texas Interscholastic University Honor Band |
Featured composer presentation:
WASBE (World Association of Symphonic Band Ensembles)
Manchester, England - July, 1995:
"The Wind Band Music of Michael Schelle"
SYMPHONIC BAND / WIND ENSEMBLE WORKS CONDUCTED BY:
Ray Cramer, Robert Grechesky, Stephen Pratt, Terry Austin, Rick Blatti, Tim Mahr,
Harvey Benstein, Barry Kopetz, Tim Topolewski, Steve Eggleston, Barry Kopetz,
Tim Swinehart, John Tesch, Wayne Gorder, Jack Williamson, Thomas Rohrer,
William Hochkeppel, Gary Shaw, Scott Boerma, Joseph Grzybowski, Michael Haines,
Clifford Hite, many others . . .
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CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMED BY:
PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLES XTET (Los Angeles) Koenig Ensemble of London Voices of Change New Music (Dallas) ISIS New Music Ensemble (Austin, TX) Society for New Music (New York City) Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Ensemble Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Syracuse (NY) Group for New Music Honolulu Symphony New Music Ensemble Spoleto USA Festival New Music Ensemble International Percussive Arts Society Finger Lakes (NY) Chamber Music Festival Ronen Chamber Ensemble (Indianapolis) Michiana New Music Ensemble Magical Magnetizarre Mystery Tour Band | UNIVERSITY NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLES Eastman School of Music New England Conservatory of Music Indiana University University of Washington University of Texas-Austin University of Illinois Hartt School of Music University of Kansas University of South Carolina-Greensboro Bowling Green State University Duquesne University |
CHAMBER WORKS CONDUCTED / PERFORMED BY:
Sydney Hodkinson, David Stock, Dan Welcher, William O. Smith, Livru Prunaru, Eddie Marks, Tamara Raatz, Andrew Russo, Larry Shapiro, Richard Ratliff, Eugene Rousseau, Anthony and Joseph Paratore (duo-pianists), Delphin and Romain (duo-pianists), William Grubb, Nancy Davis Booth, Harvey Phillips, Paul Biss, Vartan Manoogian, Arkady Orlovsky, Sherry Kloss, Paul Woodiel, David Bellman, Ingrid Fischer-Bellman, Jon Craibel, Todd Kauffmann, Nana Omari, David Ocker, Jay Hassler, Charles Webb, Ju-Ying Song, Daniel Godfrey, Brenda Harris, David Abrams, Ann McCutchan, Larry Maxey, Hayuru Taima, James Moffitt, Jay Young, Charles Wetherbee, Lisa Jelle, Tony Zilincik, Catherine Bringerud, Loretta Contino, Yun Sun, Jennifer Moe, Alice Fasmann, Charlotte Black, Robert Grechesky, Douglas Ashcroft, Jonathan Ruck, Daniel Foster, Ellen Elder, Kimberly Luevano, James Giles, Garik Pedersen, Elinor Freer, Derison Duarte, Thomas Rosencrantz . . .
GUEST COMPOSER
( GEORGE, FLOYD and KATIE wondering where he's gone, this time . . . )
I. ORCHESTRA GUEST COMPOSER:
Composer in Residence (3 - 5 days)
Pre-concert talks, guest composer master classes / seminars (at regional universities,
high schools, middle schools, K thru 8 schools, etc.), attend orchestral rehearsals,
concerts of my works, give local radio, newspaper, television interviews, etc
Moscow, Russia - CHAMBER ORCHESTRA KREMILN
For premiere of PROVENCE (on Vladimir Nabokov texts, for soprano and orchestra)
October 2008 (8 days). Julia Kogan, soprano
*** COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE - Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, Inc.
July 2004 - May 2006: Five commissions (for 5 orchestras), 7 extended residencies.
Funded by a generous grant from The American Symphony Orchestra League, NYC
*** COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE - Arkansas: Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra:
Four (4) extended residencies: Oct, 1998, Oct 2004, Feb 2005, Feb 2009
1978 - 2008: orchestra guest composer (extended residency) highlights:
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra - June 2004, Jan 2005, Feb 2006, Jan 2007,
July 2007, November 2007, January 2008, May 2008 . . .
South Shore Chamber Orchestra - June, 2007
Purdue Symphony Orchestra - December, 2006
Orkestra Projekt (Indianapolis) - July, 2004
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra - 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra - 1994, 1995, 2004
Illinois Civic Orchestra - November, 2002
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra - October, 2000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra - February, 1992; March, 1996
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra - May, 1999
Northwest Indiana Symphony - March, 1995
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - October, 1987; October, 1991
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - December, 1984
South Bend Symphony Orchestra - September, 1992
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - many times, 1980 - 2000
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra - 1993, 1995
Alabama Symphony Orchestra (Birmingham) - March, 1992
Cleveland Chamber Symphony - November, 1990
Springfield (MA) Symphony - May, 1990
Greenwich (CT) Chorus and Orchestra - December, 1990
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble - 1980, 1985
Kansas City Symphony Orchestra - February, 1990
Detroit Symphony Orchestra - March, 1989
Albany Symphony Orchestra - December, 1986
New York Festival Orchestra - June, 1985
Minnesota Orchestra - October, 1983
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - October, 1979
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (San Jose, Costa Rica) - September, 1978
II. INVITED SINGLE FEATURED GUEST COMPOSER
(for an extended residency)
(5 - 7 days) including performances of my works by various university ensembles -
(orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber, solo), "All-Schelle" concerts, scheduled master classes, seminars, composition lessons, film music lectures, media interviews (TV/radio)
Moscow, Russia - CHAMBER ORCHESTRA KREMILN
For premiere of PROVENCE (on Vladimir Nabokov texts, for soprano and orchestra)
October 2008. Julia Kogan, soprano
Finger Lakes (upstate NY) Summer Music Festival - June 2007 (2 weeks) and
July 2007 (1 week) - with generous support from the New York State Arts Council and
theNational Endowment
Dallas, TX: June 9 - 14, 2005: featured single guest composer for 65' documentary
film Extreme Orchestra!: Opening Night about a typical season of an American Symphony Orchestra - extensive interviews, rehearsals, performance(s) audience interaction, etc.
Premiere: Hots Springs (AR) Film Festival, October 2005 (in residence)
Numerous festival showings 2005 - 2007, and under consideration with several
networks including BRAVO and A&E. (please see "NEWS . . . " button for more info)
LeMoyne College (Syracuse, NY) - April 2008
NOW Festival of New Music - Capital University (OH) - Schellefest 07 - Feb, 2007
Eastern Michigan University New Music Festival Schellefest 05 - February, 2005
Illinois Wesleyan University New Music Festival Schellefest 02 - November, 2002
Louisiana State University School of Music, Baton Rouge - October, 2001
University of Kansas New Music Festival (Lawrence, KS) Schellefest - February, 2001
Saint Mary's College (South Bend, IN): Guest Composer residency
- performances, seminars, master classes on film music, compositionÂ… 1999, 2000
NOW Festival of New Music - Capital University (Columbus, OH) - February, 1998
Sam Houston State University New Music Festival - "Schellefest '95" - March, 1995
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine) - November, 1994
NOW Festival of New Music - Capital University - Schellefest '91 - February, 1991
Syracuse University / Society for New Music; Syracuse, NY - November, 1990
Kent State University 5th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music - April, 1989
Washington State University Annual New Music Festival - March, 1989
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) - February, 1988
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Visiting Composer series - October, 1987
University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA) - March, 1987
Illinois Wesleyan University New Music Festival - February, 1985
Moorhead State University (MN) New Music Festival - February, 1984
University of Wisconsin-Madison - March, 1983
Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts (Vienna, VA) - Summer, 1978
Composer in Residence: Wolf Trap Composer's Cottage
National University of Costa Rica (San Jose) - September, 1977
III. INVITED SINGLE FEATURED GUEST COMPOSER
2 - 3 day residency including performances of my works by various university ensembles (orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber, solo), "All-Schelle" concerts, scheduled master classes, seminars, composition lessons, film music lectures, media interviews (TV/radio)
Bowling Green State University (OH) School of Music - March, 2007
Purdue University (Symphony Orchestra guest composer) - December, 2006
ICAM (Institute of Contemporary American Music) Hartford, CT. March, 2006
University of New Mexico (Albuquerque) - March, 2006
Bowdoin College, Maine - May, 2005
Illinois Wesleyan University - December, 2004
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh) - November, 2004
Hartt School of Music - University of Hartford (CT) - October, 2004
University of Arkansas, Fort Smith Campus - September, 2004 (1 day)
Cedarville University (OH) - September, 2004 (1 day)
DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) - January, 2000, 2002, 2003
(master classes on film music, composition)
Taft Music School (Crown Point, IN) - March, 2003
Millikin University (IL) - November, 2002
University of the Ozarks & Westark College (AR) - February, 1999
University of Southern California (USC Los Angeles) - April, 1995
Indiana University at Fort Wayne (IUFW) - April, 1994
Second Annual Festival of Indiana Music - November, 1993
University of Notre Dame; & Indiana University at South Bend - September, 1992
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - February, 1992
Wabash College (IN) - February, 1992
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis - October, 1991
Indiana University (Bloomington) - April, 1991
Cleveland State University - November, 1990
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music - February, 1990
University of Missouri-Columbia - April, 1987
Millikin University (IL) - April, 1987
Webster University (St. Louis) - April, 1987
Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford - December, 1986
State University of New York-Albany - December, 1986
State University of New York-New Paltz - July, 1985
State University of New York-Fredonia - December, 1984
University of New Mexico-Albuquerque - February, 1984
IV. Participating composer at regional and/or national festivals / conferences where my works were selected
(in national competition) for performance:
Hamilton College, NY - paper / presentation selected in an international competition:
Music of Japan III: Change and Tradition (Toshiro Mayuzumi, guest composer).
Paper presented: Film Music of Japan: Godzilla and His Spawn - April, 1997
Capital University (NOW Music Festival) - February 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (CBDNA Regional) - March, 1996
University of Louisville (SCI Regional) - November, 1994
Illinois Wesleyan University (SCI Regional) - November, 1993
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (SCI Regional) - March, 1993
Washington & Lee University - Lexington, VA (SCI Regional) - October, 1992
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (SCI National) - March, 1992
Center for New Music - Duquesne University (Pittsburgh) - August, 1991
University of Texas-Arlington (SCI National) - March, 1991
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (SCI Regional) - March, 1991
1980 - 1991: Louisiana State University (ASUC National), St. Louis (CMS National), Memphis State University New Music Festival X, Kent State University (SCI Regional), University of Miami (CMS National), University of Washington Seattle (ASUC National), Florida State University (SCI/ASUC National), Bowling Green State University (OH)
New Music Festival VI and XII, University of Kansas (ASUC National), University of California-San Diego (ASUC National), Indiana State University New Music Festival,
Old Dominion University (VA) Symposium XII for New Band Music . . .
SCI - Society of Composers, Inc.
CMS - College Music Society
ASUC - American Society of University Composers (SCI as of 1991)
CBDNA - College Band Directors National Association
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