Compositions

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="13cfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aaron Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="3a27d140.png" border=0 width="125" height="20" ALT="Homepage" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A>   |   <B>Compositions</B>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Performances"><U>Performances</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Awards Honors"><U>Awards & Honors</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent News"><U>Recent News</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Information"><U>Contact Information</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="50015340.png" border=0 width="21" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="4fec3ac0.png" border=0 width="195" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7e76d180.png" border=0 width="109" height="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CD RELEASES!"><U><U><IMG SRC="72698970.png" border=0 width="152" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="2cc67370.png" border=0 width="615" height="55" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="183" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 36 ><NOBR><div> <B>Download a</B></div> <div> <B>Recent Works List</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div>  <a href="HTMLobj-1274/Recent_Works_List.doc"><u>WORD</u> </a>       <a href="HTMLobj-1275/Recent_Works_List.pdf"><u>PDF</u> </a>  </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <I>Follow the links for program notes, audio excerpts, performance history, and more!</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="51ff8480.png" border=0 width="504" height="72" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breaking the Silence"><U><B>Breaking the Silence</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (2008) – 13 minutes  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>NEW!</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I>For soprano and tape</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All Rights Reserved"><U><B>All Rights Reserved</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (2008) – 5 minutes  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>New Studio Recording!</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I>For high voice and piano</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale"><U><B>The Nightingale and the Rose</B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(2007) – 40 minutes  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>NEW!</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I>A short musical for a cast of seven</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U><B>Dulce et Decorum Est</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (2007) – 6½ minutes  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>New Studio Recording!</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I>For baritone and string quartet</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Commissioned by Colm Estridge.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2008 Texas Composers Competition (Winner)</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fairy Tales"><U><B>Fairy Tales</B></U></A></FONT> (2006) – 3½ minutes</div> <div> <I>For solo piano</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Commissioned by the Renée B. Fisher Foundation for their thirtieth annual Fisher Competition for Young Pianists.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><B>Hibakusha</B></U></A></FONT> (2005, rev. 2006) – 6½ minutes</div> <div> <I>For solo flute</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>RECORDING</U></B></div> <div> To be released in Fall 2008 by Capstone Records, with Catherine Branch performing.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PUBLICATION</U></B></div> <div> To be published in an upcoming volume of the Society of Composers, Inc. Journal of Music Scores</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2006 Composers in Red Sneakers Young Composers Competition (3rd Place)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A View to a Death"><U><B>A View to a Death</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (2005) – 11 minutes</FONT></div> <div> <I>For full orchestra: 3:3:3:3 (standard doublings), 4:3:3:1, Harp, Pno, Timp, 3 Perc, Strings</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peter Pan Suite"><U><B>Peter Pan Suite</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (2004) – 30 minutes</FONT></div> <div> <I>A ballet for chamber orchestra: </I><I>Fl (alto/picc), Ob (Eng Hn), Cl (BCl), Bsn (CBsn), Horn</I><I>, Harp, Celesta, 3 Perc, String quintet (2:1:1:1)</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2005 NFMC Emil and Ruth Beyer Composition Awards (2nd Place)</div> <div> 2005 Mu Phi Epsilon Composition Contest (Postgraduate Division, Large work category)</div> <div> 2005 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Commission Contest (Regional)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U><B>Córdoba</B></U></A></FONT> (2004) – 6 minutes</div> <div> <I>For solo oboe</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>RECORDING</U></B></div> <div> Recently released on the Wild Basin Winds label with Ian Davidson performing.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2006 National Association of Composers Texas Composition Competition</div> <div> 2005 Mu Phi Epsilon Composition Contest (Postgraduate Division, Short work category)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spell"><U><B>Spell</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (2004) – 8½ minutes<IMG SRC="50551990.png" border=0 width="81" height="153" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div> <I>For violin and two cellos</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2004 National Association of Composers Student Composers Contest (First Place)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U><B>Spring and Fall</B></U></A></FONT> (2003) – 5½ minutes</div> <div> <I>For medium voice, cello, and piano</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>RECORDING</U></B></div> <div> Released on the NACUSA label (<A HREF="http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=3360858" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx"><U>NAC 001</U></A>) with Kimberly Lauritsen, Peter Myers, and Jacob Adams performing.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2004 Tampa Bay Composers' Forum International Prize for Excellence in Chamber Music Composition (Second Place)</div> <div> 2004 Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Composition Contest (First Place)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fantasia for Piano"><U><B>Fantasia</B></U></A></FONT> (2003) – 3½ minutes</div> <div> <I>For solo piano</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2007 Renée B. Fisher Composer Awards</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5065b730.png" border=0 width="91" height="115" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Silken Tent"><U><B>The Silken Tent</B></U></A></FONT> (2002) – 3½ minutes</div> <div> <I>For mezzo-soprano and piano</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2005 Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Composition Contest (3rd Place)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Experiment of Green</B></FONT> (2002) – 13½ minutes</div> <div> <I>Song cycle for four singers (SATB), piano, and cello</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PRIZES</U></B></div> <div> 2003 Olga and Paul Menn Foundation Prize for Original Musical Composition</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Sonata</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (2002) – 11 minutes</FONT></div> <div> <I>For cello and piano</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Commissioned by Dr. Eli Ehrenpreis</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Upcoming Projects"><U><B><IMG SRC="6e6f0430.png" border=0 width="240" height="67" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent Arrangements"><U><B><IMG SRC="6e732420.png" border=0 width="306" height="66" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>To order scores or parts, request demonstration recordings,</B></div> <div> <B>or to commission a new work, please </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Information"><U><B>contact Aaron Alon</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>All music published by:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aaronalon.com/dreamscape/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aaronalon.com/dreamscape/"><U><B><IMG SRC="45b7a300.png" border=0 width="122" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Visit the website for Aaron's new musical:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale/"><U><B><IMG SRC="7cbf66b0.jpg" border=0 width="502" height="363" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>