Catalog

Chamber Music - Mixed




Full Frontal Lobes   (2010)   14 minutes
A Musical Lecture in One Act

narrator, conductor/clarinet, jazz alto sax, violin, viola, cello, jazz rhythm section (pno, bass, drums)


Full Frontal Lobes is a multimedia chamber piece presented as a combined lecture and debate. Conceived and developed collaboratively by James Scott Balentine (music) and Bruce Balentine (libretto), the work draws on recent research in neurophysiology and microbiology to explore relationships between improvisation, musical directionality, expressive longing, and pedantic hedonism.

Purchase Score $ 20.00

Parts are available for rental
Standard fee is $ 75.00
Contact for rental.


 
Les Quatre Coins   (2005)   7 minutes 45 seconds
flute, oboe, cello and piano


Purchase Work $ 20.00

 
Serenata   (1996)   8 minutes 30 seconds
flute, english horn, and guitar


Purchase Work $ 18.00

 

Chamber Music - Clarinet




The Ghost of Eric Dolphy   (2010)   4 min 30 sec
clarinet sextet: Eb, Bb 1-4, Bass Cl.


Commissioned by the Texas Clarinet Consort for performance at ClarinetFest 2010 in Austin, Texas.

Purchase Work $ 15.00

 
Red Poppy and the Yellow Rose   (2010)   6 minutes
Clarinet Choir - Eb, Bb 1,2, & 3, Eb Alto, Bb bass, Eb contraalto, Bb, contrabass, plus two clarinet quartets, each Eb, Bb 1 & 2, Bb bass


Commissioned by Claribel Clarinet Choir, Ostend, Belgium, for Claribel and the Texas Clarinet Consort

Purchase Work $ 35.00

 
Double Black Stick Dance   (2008)   5 minutes
Two clarinets, jazz rhythm section (pno,bass, gtr, drums)


Jazz, with optional improvisation

Purchase Work $ 18.00

 
The Charlie Effect   (2004)   7 minutes
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Piano


Purchase Work $ 15.00

 
March, Strathspey and Reel   (2003)   8 minutes 30 seconds
Clarinet and Piano

1. McKinnon Ceilidh
2. Fanny Burney
3. Jaren's Reel

Purchase Work $ 12.00

 
Monk, Through a Glass Darkly   (2002)  

for clarinet ensemble (sextet) (Eb sop, 4-Bb, Bb Bass Cl. with low C) Commissioned by Texas Clarinet consort

Purchase Work $ 35.00

 
3 Spirituals   (1999)  

for Clarinet ensemble (sextet) (Eb sop., 4-Bb, Bb bass with low C) Commissioned by Texas Clarinet Consort

Purchase Work $ 20.00

 
Nine Wild Exotic Dances   (1999)   15 minutes 30 seconds
Clarinet & Piano


1. Cielito 2. Ishi's Song One 3. Notturno 4. Danzon 5. Yarevi 6. Dreher 7. Ishi's Dance Two 8. Obertas 9. Nineria

Purchase Work $ 15.00

 
Line Drawings   (1997)   9 minutes
clarinet and marimba


Purchase Work $ 15.00

 

Chamber Music - Flute




Invention and Rhapsody   (2001)  

for Flute Quartet

Purchase Work $ 15.00

 

Chamber Music - Percussion




Liberty Bar   (2010)   4 minutes
percussion duo - marimba, vibes, and multiple percussion


commissioned by Sherry Rubins and Kari Klier.

Purchase Work $ 0.00

 

Chamber Music - Strings




to be a puddle   (2001)   5 minutes
for Judith Vander Weg

cello and piano


Purchase Work $ 12.00

 
Daughter's Dance   (1994)   3 minutes
for Bethanna

Violin, Viola and Cello


Purchase Work $ 8.00

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Chamber Music - Voice




Wayfaring Stranger   (2006)  

arrangement for voice and piano

Purchase Work $ 4.00

 
The Three Billy Goats Gruff   (2004)   10 minutes
String Quintet and Narrator


Purchase Work $ 37.00

 
Out From Behind This Mask   (2000)   8 minutes
Baritone Voice and String Quartet


text by Walt Whitman

Purchase Work $ 25.00

 
Five Spirituals   (1995)  
Baritone Voice and Cello


1. Got a Home In'a Dat Rock 2. Go Down Moses 3. Give Me Jesus 4. De Blin' Man 5. Ride On, King Jesus

Purchase Work $ 10.00

 
Postcard Songs   (1991)   10 minutes
Medium Voice & Piano


Song cycle on postcard texts by Dean Curtis: 1) Bliss is Mine 2) Rise and Shine 3) Creek Ripples Shine 4) Neon Shine

Purchase Work $ 10.00

 
The Tempest   (1983-1999)   9 minutes 50 seconds
Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Piano


1. Come Unto These Yellow Sand 2. Full Fathom Five 3. Where the Bee Sucks 4. Caliban's Dream 5. Our Revels Now Are Ended

Purchase Work $ 20.00

 

Choral Music




The Present   (2004)   4 minutes 45 seconds

2 part treble voices with SATB Choir

Text by Tina Lear

Commissioned by the Children's Chorus of San Antonio


Purchase Work $ 3.00

 
Alleluia   (1996)   3 minutes

SATB and piano

Purchase Work $ 2.00

 

Orchestra




Triqueta   (2008)   17 min 30 sec
Double Concerto for guitar, horn and orchestra

Solo guitar, solo horn, piano, 3 percussion, strings


Written for the 2009 Southwest Guitar Festival. Matthew Dunne, guitar, and Michael Gast, horn.
Three movements:
I. Circulo Vazio
II. Espirales Infinitas
III. Esferas da Vida
Score only available for $50; parts also available on rental - contact us

Purchase Work $ 150.00

 
Dun Eideann Blogh (Scenes from Edinburgh)   (2007)  
14 minutes 35 seconds
Double Concerto for clarinet & Bassoon

Clarinet, Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra


Orchestra is single winds:(Fl,Ob,Cl,Bsn,Hn,Tpt,Trb), 2 Perc, Piano, Strings
Three movements
I. Auld Reekie
II. Portobello Beach
III. Lothian No. 26
Score only available for $50; parts also available on rental - contact us

Purchase Work $ 150.00

 

Piano Solo




Piano sonata No. 2   (2006)   14 minutes
for Roger Steptoe


I. Theme and Three Variations
II. Meditation
III. Invention and Fantasy

Purchase Work $ 15.00

 
A Trilogy for Friends   (2002)   12 minutes 45 seconds

I. Pavane for Kathy (for Kathy Hodges) II. Remembering Reed (for Reed Holmes) III. Capriccio and Chaconne (for J.K. Hodges)

Purchase Work $ 8.00

 
Piano Sonata No. 1   (1993)   11 minutes 40 seconds
for Richard Smith


Movement 1 - Furiously Movement 2 - Peaceful, ethereal Movement 3 - Insistent, with aggression

Purchase Work $ 15.00

 

Wind Ensemble




The Image of Dreams   (1994)   4 minutes
SATB Choir and Wind Ensemble


Commissioned for the 25th Anniversary of The University of Texas at San Antonio - Text by James Scott Balentine

Purchase Work $ 75.00