19Oct
De Profundis
De Profundis (Out of the Depths) for Solo Trumpet and Wind Ensemble was commissioned in 1975 by the Robert E. Lee High School Symphonic Band, Baytown, Texas, and its director Charles E. Forque (1930-2005) so that...
19Oct
Concerto for Clarinet (Recital)
Composed by Vaclav Nelhybel, edited by David Upham Vaclav Nelhybel composed the Concerto for Clarinet in a version with band accompaniment and conducted the premiere in November of 1982 at the 47th Annual Conference of the New...
01Sep
Estudios De Bomba – I. Leró
This work was intended as the first one of a set of guitar etudes based on the Puerto Rican “Bomba”. This style of music of African roots has many different types of rhythms. Bomba rhythms are...
30Aug
Soliloquio
This work is dedicated to maestro Nicholas Goluses, with whom Alberto Rodríguez Ortiz studied at Eastman School of Music from 1995 until 1997. It was premiered by the composer on February 2006 at the Royal Festival...
25Aug
Tres Preludios (Three Preludes)
Written in 1993, while still studying with Ernesto Cordero at the University of Puerto Rico, these pieces have been performed widely. The first two, Grafístico - rápido and Grafístico - con sorpresa, are modeled after the Cinco estudios de grafía by Cuban...
17Aug
Concerto for Clarinet
Composed by Vaclav Nelhybel, edited by David Upham Vaclav Nelhybel composed the Concerto for Clarinet in a version with band accompaniment and conducted the premiere in November of 1982 at the 47th Annual Conference of the New...
04Apr
Con Brio
Composed by Vaclav Nelhybel, edited by David Upham Con brio is a festive work, appropriate as a concert-opener or short character work. Chorale-like textures are interwoven with contrapuntal passagework, sustained by Nelhybel’s characteristic rhythmic vitality and drive....
18Dec
Two Symphonic Movements
All thematic material of these two contrasting movements is derived from four notes: D, A, F, Bb stated at the very opening of the first movement. In the first, basically slow movement, sections stating the thematic nucleus alternate with...