Chopin - Alter Ego

Micro Symphony in Four Movements

Five Voices

Significant Silence

Naturally Artificial Spaces

Bell Sanctuary

Birds

SHIFT - Fajrant!

Scatter in the Sky

Village of Control

Isolation, Materialism, Appearance

Broken Breathing

Dance and Noise

Some Fat Beats for Alvin

Out of Service - Ruthless Positions! (make them study so they can be musicians)

Non-Aggressive Music Deterrent

Are You a Vineyard?

Scherzo 1

Waltzing For a Few Minutes

Scherzo 2

Polonaise for Two Marimbas

Double Concerto

Bare Ballade

Scherzo 4

Scherzo 3

Navigating the Nocturnes

Mazurka Mashup

Revolutionary Remix

Cause there is no-one like us

Chopin - Alter Ego

Chopin - Alter Ego

Chopin - Alter Ego

Chopin - Alter Ego

Chopin - Alter Ego

Chopin - Alter Ego

Chopin - Alter Ego

Chopin - Alter Ego

Bright Lights On a Dark Night

Out of Service - Ruthless Positions! (make them study so they can be musicians)

2022:

 

Double Concerto for mallet percussion duo and symphonic orchestra – mar, vib, glock, xyl solo, orchestra: 3333 4331 timp + 3 harp, 12 10 8 6 4.

 

 

2021:

 

Polonaise for Two Marimbas – mar, mar; 4’

 

Scherzo 2 (from the Chopin - Alter Ego  collection) – solo vib + glock; 20’

 

Bare Ballade (from the Chopin - Alter Ego  collection) – mar, vib, glock; 15’

 

 

2020:

 

Waltzing for a Few Minutes (from the Chopin - Alter Ego collection) – vib, mar; 6’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki in July 2021. Recorded in the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

Scherzo 4 (from the Chopin - Alter Ego  collection) – vib, mar; 5’

 

Scherzo 1 (from the Chopin - Alter Ego  collection) – vib, mar; 3’

 

Scherzo 3 (from the Chopin - Alter Ego  collection) – solo mar; 10’ Premiere performance by Tomasz Arnold at the University at Buffalo in April 2021.

 

Navigating the Nocturnes (from the Chopin - Alter Ego collection) – vib, mar; 8’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the Cracow City Cultural Center in May 2022. Recorded as a part of the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

 

2019:


Mazurka Mashup (from the Chopin - Alter Ego  collection) – vib, mar; 10’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the University at Buffalo in April 2021. Recorded as a part of the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

Revolutionary Remix (from the Chopin - Alter Ego collection) – vib, mar; 5’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the Wawel Royal Castle in July 2020. Recorded as a part of the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

So Be It – SATB choir; 10’

 

Are You a Vineyard? – string quartet; 12’ Premiere performance by Mivos Quartet at the Académie Voix Nouvelles in Royaumont (France). Also recorded at a workshop by Arditti Quartet in Dresden.

 

 

2018:


Non-aggressive Music Deterrent – flute, cello, vibraphone, sampler; recorded by HANATSU Miroir at the Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

 

                                                Out of Service! - Ruthless Positions (make them study so they can be musicians) - marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, sampler; performed by the musicians of Slee Sinfonietta at the Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

 

 

2017:

 

Some Fat Beats for Alvin – flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, laptop, live electronics; premiered at Baird Recital Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

 

Dance and Noise – solo cajon, sampler; premiered at Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

Broken Breathing – solo improvising percussionist, wind ensemble; premiered during Connecticut Days of Percussion in Crowell Concert hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

 

2016:


Isolation, Materialism, Appearance – flute, piano, cello, drum-set, sampler; premiered by Ensemble Pamplemousse at Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

 

Village of Control – Khoomei singing, chapareke, pipa, marimba, bass steel pans, gamelan; premiered at the World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

Cause There is No-one Like Us – drum-set, fixed media, light projection, MIDI synthesizer (one performer); premiered at the World Music Hall, Wesleyan Universtiy, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

 

Scatter in the Sky – drum-set, voice, live electronics, piano or keyboard (one performer); performed at the Universidad Autonoma de Auguascalientes, Mexico.

 

SHIFT - Fajrant! – solo percussion, fixed media, stereo; commissioned by Noé Rodrigo premiered at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain.

 

Birds – multimedia, stereo, video; presented at the Darmstadt Summer Music Festival, Darmstadt, Germany.

 

 

2015:


Bell Sanctuary – 6x perc.; premiered by Mantra Percussion at the World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, CT, USA.

 

Crystal Mix – clarinet, piano, violin, cello; premiered at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, USA.

 

 

 

2014:


Naturally Artificial Spaces – Concert Bass Drum, amplification, fixed media, 5 channels; premiered at the Studio Bossi Comelli, Manhattan School of Music, NYC, USA.

 

Significant Silence – fixed media, stereo; presented at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

Concerto for Piano and Ensemble – piano solo, flet, tenor sax, contrabass clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass.

 

Five Voices – marimba, cello; commissioned by Jakub Frączek and Magdalena Cymer, performed at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow and at Firehouse Space, NYC, USA.

 

Broken (but self-repairable) Machine – percussion, viola.

 

 

2013:


Micro Symphony in Four Movements – fixed media, stereo; utwór premiered at the Miller Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, NYC, USA.

 

Seven Pieces of Difference – sax, harpsichord; commissioned by Michał Czapliński and Natalia Drozen-Czaplińsa, premiered at the Adolph Sax festival in Dębno, Poland.

 

 

2012:


Two Movements for Orchestra – symphonic orchestra; presented by the Eastman Philharmonia at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Concert Dialogues for Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble – solo alto + sopr sax and 6x perc; premierred by Jon Wiringham and the Eastman Chamber Percussion Ensemble at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Rhapsodies (laconic statements on elaborate expressions) – percussion, electric guitar, piano; premiered at the Composition Masterclass with Joel Hoffman in Milna, Croatia.

 

Le rire dernier – fixed media, 5 channels; premiered at the Eastman School of Music.

 

 

2011:


Etude for the Practice of Flying and Rhythmic Consistency – piano solo; written for Xuan Zhang, premiered at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Concerto for Percussion and Mixed Ensemble – solo percussion, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, violin, double bass; premiered during my BM recital at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Agnus Dei – SATB choir; presented by the Eastman Choir at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Explosions With no Gravity – (2 xyl, 2 wib, 2 mar, kotły, 2x multi percussion); premiered by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble at the Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

 

2010:


March! – symphonic orchestra; presented by the Eastman Philharmonia at the Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

 

2009:


Variations on the Seven Pitches – marimba solo; recorded in my debut album Incoming.

 

 

2007:


Miniature for chamber orchestra – awarded the audience prize and recorded during the competition „Uczniowskie forum muzyczne” composition competition.

 

 

2006:


Bright Lights on a Dark Night – marimba solo; recorded by Emiko Uchijama on her debiut album Emiko.

 

Sinfonietta per archi – string orchestra; awarded audience and musician's prize and recorded during the „Uczniowskie forum muzyczne” cmposition competition. 

2022:

 

                for mallet percussion duo and symphonic orchestra – mar, vib, glock, xyl solo, orchestra: 3333 4331 timp + 3 harp, 12 10 8 6 4.

 

 

2021:

 

                            – mar, mar; 4’

 

          (from the                    collection) – solo vib + glock; 20’

 

             (from the                    collection) – mar, vib, glock; 15’

 

 

2020:

 

                           (from the                    collection) – vib, mar; 6’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki in July 2021. Recorded in the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

          (from the                    collection) – vib, mar; 5’

 

          (from the                    collection) – vib, mar; 3’

 

          (from the                    collection) – solo mar; 10’ Premiere performance by Tomasz Arnold at the University at Buffalo in April 2021.

 

                         (from the                    collection) – vib, mar; 8’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the Cracow City Cultural Center in May 2022. Recorded as a part of the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

 

2019:


               (from the                    collection) – vib, mar; 10’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the University at Buffalo in April 2021. Recorded as a part of the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

                    (from the                    collection) – vib, mar; 5’ Premiere performance by Arnold & Frączek Percussion Duo at the Wawel Royal Castle in July 2020. Recorded as a part of the Chopin – Alter Ego album released by Dux Records.

 

So Be It – SATB choir; 10’

 

                    – string quartet; 12’ Premiere performance by Mivos Quartet at the Académie Voix Nouvelles in Royaumont (France). Also recorded at a workshop by Arditti Quartet in Dresden.

 

 

2018:


                               – flute, cello, vibraphone, sampler; recorded by HANATSU Miroir at the Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

 

                                                                                - marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, sampler; performed by the musicians of Slee Sinfonietta at the Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

 

 

2017:

 

                         – flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, laptop, live electronics; premiered at Baird Recital Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

 

                – solo cajon, sampler; premiered at Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

                 – solo improvising percussionist, wind ensemble; premiered during Connecticut Days of Percussion in Crowell Concert hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

 

2016:


                                   – flute, piano, cello, drum-set, sampler; premiered by Ensemble Pamplemousse at Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

 

                   – Khoomei singing, chapareke, pipa, marimba, bass steel pans, gamelan; premiered at the World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

                             – drum-set, fixed media, light projection, MIDI synthesizer (one performer); premiered at the World Music Hall, Wesleyan Universtiy, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

 

                   – drum-set, voice, live electronics, piano or keyboard (one performer); performed at the Universidad Autonoma de Auguascalientes, Mexico.

 

                 – solo percussion, fixed media, stereo; commissioned by Noé Rodrigo premiered at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain.

 

      – multimedia, stereo, video; presented at the Darmstadt Summer Music Festival, Darmstadt, Germany.

 

 

2015:


               – 6x perc.; premiered by Mantra Percussion at the World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, CT, USA.

 

Crystal Mix – clarinet, piano, violin, cello; premiered at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, USA.

 

 

 

2014:


                            – Concert Bass Drum, amplification, fixed media, 5 channels; premiered at the Studio Bossi Comelli, Manhattan School of Music, NYC, USA.

 

                    – fixed media, stereo; presented at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 

Concerto for Piano and Ensemble – piano solo, flet, tenor sax, contrabass clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass.

 

            – marimba, cello; commissioned by Jakub Frączek and Magdalena Cymer, performed at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow and at Firehouse Space, NYC, USA.

 

Broken (but self-repairable) Machine – percussion, viola.

 

 

2013:


                                 – fixed media, stereo; utwór premiered at the Miller Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, NYC, USA.

 

Seven Pieces of Difference – sax, harpsichord; commissioned by Michał Czapliński and Natalia Drozen-Czaplińsa, premiered at the Adolph Sax festival in Dębno, Poland.

 

 

2012:


Two Movements for Orchestra – symphonic orchestra; presented by the Eastman Philharmonia at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Concert Dialogues for Saxophone and Percussion Ensemble – solo alto + sopr sax and 6x perc; premierred by Jon Wiringham and the Eastman Chamber Percussion Ensemble at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Rhapsodies (laconic statements on elaborate expressions) – percussion, electric guitar, piano; premiered at the Composition Masterclass with Joel Hoffman in Milna, Croatia.

 

Le rire dernier – fixed media, 5 channels; premiered at the Eastman School of Music.

 

 

2011:


Etude for the Practice of Flying and Rhythmic Consistency – piano solo; written for Xuan Zhang, premiered at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Concerto for Percussion and Mixed Ensemble – solo percussion, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, violin, double bass; premiered during my BM recital at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Agnus Dei – SATB choir; presented by the Eastman Choir at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

Explosions With no Gravity – (2 xyl, 2 wib, 2 mar, kotły, 2x multi percussion); premiered by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble at the Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

 

2010:


March! – symphonic orchestra; presented by the Eastman Philharmonia at the Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA.

 

 

2009:


Variations on the Seven Pitches – marimba solo; recorded in my debut album Incoming.

 

 

2007:


Miniature for chamber orchestra – awarded the audience prize and recorded during the competition „Uczniowskie forum muzyczne” composition competition.

 

 

2006:


                              – marimba solo; recorded by Emiko Uchijama on her debiut album Emiko.

 

Sinfonietta per archi – string orchestra; awarded audience and musician's prize and recorded during the „Uczniowskie forum muzyczne” cmposition competition. 

Bell Sanctuary

Micro Symphony in Four Movements

Significant Silence

Birds

Are You a Vineyard?

Broken Breathing

Double Concerto

Five Voices

Village of Control

Isolation, Materialism, Appearance

Some Fat Beats for Alvin

Non-Aggressive Music Deterrent

Polonaise for Two Marimbas

Bare Ballade

Scherzo 2

Scherzo 1

Navigating the Nocturnes

Mazurka Mashup

Waltzing For a Few Minutes

Revolutionary Remix

Bright Lights On a Dark Night

Naturally Artificial Spaces

SHIFT - Fajrant!

Cause there is no-one like us

Scatter in the Sky

Dance and Noise

Scherzo 4

Chopin - Alter Ego

Scherzo 3

COMPOSITIONS

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