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Composers Bureau

Michael Schelle

Orchestra

  • Lancaster (1976) - Variations for Orchestra
  • El Salon Medico (1977)
  • Masque (1979) - A Story of Puppets, Poets, Kings and Clowns
  • Pygmies (1982) - for orchestra and tape
  • Pygmies II (1983) - for orchestra and speaker
  • Golden Bells (1983) - for orchestra and chorus
  • Swashbuckler! (1984) - for large orchestra
  • Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1986)
  • Kidspeace (1987) - for orchestra and voices
  • The Big Night (1989) - for large orchestra
  • After the Meridian: "Times of Future Passed" (1990) - for chorus, orchestra and soloists
  • Rapscallion (1990) - for chamber orchestra
  • Blast! (1992) - for large orchestra
  • Spirits (in six movements) (1993) - for large orchestra
  • Centennimania! (1994) -for large orchestra
  • Giant (1994) - for large orchestra
  • Mayday! (1995) - for percussion and orchestra
  • Spider Baby (1996) - for chamber orchestra
  • Ear Infection (1998) - for large orchestra and 1000 kazoos (audience)
  • Samurai (In Memoriam: Akira Kurosawa) (1999) - for large orchestra
  • TITAN (2000) - for brass, percussion and strings
  • Wright Flight (2002) - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
  • Dreams Take Flight (2002) - large orchestra

Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble

  • King Ubu (1980)
  • Cliffhanger March (1984)
  • Seven Steps from Hell (1985)
  • Invocation (1989)
  • El Medico (1990 concert band version by Rocky J. Reuter and Michael Schelle)
  • Contraband (1990)
  • Guttersnipe (1994)
  • Centennimania 2: When Hell Freezes Over (1995); When Hell Freezes Over II (1995) - Double Concerto for Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax and Wind Ensemble

Chamber Ensemble

  • Katzenmusik (1976) - baritone and six players
  • Second Sonata for Piano (1976)
  • Hopfer Herschlag (1977) - five players and tape
  • Song Without Words (1977) - piano trio
  • Chamber Concerto (1978) - solo violin and three players
  • Music for the Last Days of Strindberg (1979) - for nine players
  • Double Quartet (1980) - for eight winds
  • Cry Wolf! (1981) - piano, cello and five percussionists
  • Redbud (1982) - solo doublebass
  • Music for Two Pianos (1982)
  • Rattlesnake! (1983) - solo percussionist
  • Blue Plate Special (1983) - for tuba alone (with auxilliary percussion)
  • Music for the Alabama Kid (1984) - for eight players
  • Play Us Chastity on Your Violin (1984) - solo violin and thirteen players
  • HOWL! (1986) - [after Allen Ginsberg and Benny Goodman] - solo clarinet & 4 players
  • Musica Magnetizzare (1988) - five chamber players
  • Racing With Rabbits! (1988) - solo percussionist
  • Daydream (1988) - six players/actors
  • Inizio (1989) - violin and cello
  • Berlin Archetype (1990) - solo cello - with clarinet, piano & off-stage trumpet & tenor
  • Gran Coro (1992) - organ solo
  • Hammerstein (1994) - piano solo
  • Buckeye Zombies (1995) - for five players
  • Subwoofer (1996) - for solo flute
  • Godzilla Brillante (1997) - clarinet/bass clarinet, clarinet/tenor saxophone, piano, bass, percussion
  • Janus: Third Sonata for Piano (1998)
  • Gimme Shelter (2000) - violin and piano
  • Snapdragon (2002) - percussion ensemble

Opera/Choral/Vocal

  • The Great Soap Opera (1988) - chamber opera: two hours
  • The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin (1974) - TTBB
  • Caroleluia (1978) - SATB
  • Swanwhite (1981) - soprano and piano
  • Dei Angelis (1987) - SATB, organ
  • Six Seasonal Anthems (1987) - SATB, organ
  • Oboe Darkness (1987) - youth choir, oboe, percussion
  • Pipuff (1991) - large youth choir
  • The Misadventures of Struwwelpeter (1991) - tenor and piano
  • Aesop Rules! (1996) - 55' musical for children grades 1 - 5; tenor sax, keyboards + percussion

Further Information

Contact Information

Prof. Michael Schelle, Ph.D.
Composer-in-Residence
Butler University School of Music
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianopolis, IndianaStudio: 317-940-9642
Home: 317-257-8757
E-mail: mschelle@butler.edu

 

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