Adrienne Albert's music, which I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to, has three A's going for it: It is attractive, accessible, and atmospheric." Arnold Steinhardt, First Violinist The Guarnieri String Quartet The Resonance Flute Consort Works by Adrienne Albert, Anne McGinty, Catherine McMichael and others. November 19, 2006 By Wayne Behlendorf ...Most interesting was Mirror Images (2002) by Adrienne Albert, a work originally composed for saxophone quartet. The shifting keys and lyrical moods, evocative of later Debussy, showed that the transition from saxophone to flutes probably added to the already wistful aspects of this dreamlike piece. One wished for more.
Award-winning composer, ADRIENNE ALBERT, has had her compositions performed throughout the United States, Europe, Thailand, South Africa, and Australia. Long a collaborator with other composers as a singer/performer (Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Gunther Schuller, and Phillip Glass to name a few), Ms. Albert began composing her own music in the 1990s. Her catalog of works includes orchestral, chamber, choral and vocal music. A recipient of numerous commissions and grants, Albert was recently awarded a 2006 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and The American Composers Forum for the Continental Harmony Project in Alaska. Other grants and awards include several Meet the Composer and ASCAP awards. Albert is a past-President of the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity, a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of The American Composers Forum, SAG, AFTRA, The American Music Center, The International Alliance for Women In Music, Chamber Music America, The Dominant Club, NACUSA and ASCAP Her music is published by Kenter Canyon Music (ASCAP), Robert Wendel Music and can also be ordered through Theodore Front Publications. More information about Adrienne and her music, audio clips, and scores can be found on her web site: www.adriennealbert.com or by emailing adrienne@adriennealbert.com.
ORCHESTRAL Boundaries (Revised 2004) ca. 6:00 For String Orchestra Courage (2000) 5:00 2222 4331 2 perc, timp, stgs Images: Sunrise (1998) 8:00 2131 3211 perc, hp, stgs Interiors for String Orchestra (2003) ca, 8:45’ Vln 1,2,Vla, Cello, Bass Serenade for Alto Sax, Trumpet, and Orchestra (1997) 9:00 3 fl (db picc, alt sax), 2 3(dB ten sax) 2 4441 2 perc, drum set, timp, hp, pn, stgs Western Suite (aka Montana Morning) 11:30 2222 4231 hp, pn, perc, timp, strgs CHAMBER WORKS Animalogy (2006) 8:00 for WWQ Bassoonet Boogie (2003) 4’ Clarinet, bassoon Boundaries (1994) 5:30 String Quintet for 2 vln, vla, cello, bass Boundaries II (1994) Piano Trio for vln, cello, pn Circadia (2002) 11:00 Three movements for bassoon and piano Climate Control (2001) 13:00 Four movements for hn, pn Doppler Effect (1998) 6:00 fl, vla, hp Doppler Effect (2003) 6:00 Transcription for fl, bn, harp Fanfare for 13 Brass (1998) 3:30 Brass Ensemble, 4 hn, 4 tpt, 4 tbn, 1 tuba Fantasia (2002) 9:30 Clarinet and Piano Fanta+z for Harp (2002) 4:30 hp, fl, clar, 2 vlns, vla, cello, bass Global Warming - Horn in F/Piano Interiors (2003) ca. 8:45’ Chamber string orchestra Japanese Gardens (1996) 6:00 Piano trio for vln, cello, pn Mazal Tov (2001) 5:00 CL, tpt, vln, bass, pno, tenor voice (opt.) Nightfall (2003) 4:30 Cello and Piano Nightfall (2003) 4:30 Bassoon and Piano Piano Trio #1 in 3 Movements (1995-6) 13:00 vln, cello, pn Reflections for Saxophone Quartet (2002) Sop, alto, tenor, baritone saxes Reflections (1994) 3:10 Sop Sax and pno; clar/pno; 4:00 Reflections (1994) 3:10 Version for Violin and Piano Reverie for Violin, Cello, Piano (2005) ca. 6:30 Sam's Dance (1997) 5:30 Woodwind Quintet for fl, ob, CL, hn, bn Sam's Dance (1995) 4:00 Transcribed for sop sax/pno; cl/pno; fl/pno; ob and pn Sam's Dance (1997) 5:30 Woodwind Quintet for fl, ob, CL, hn, bn West Side Story Medley (1995) 8:00 sop and alt sax, pno Windswept (2002) (4:10) Clarinet and pno Windswept (2002) 6:00 Transcribed for cello and Piano with lyrical cadenza Winter Solace (2002) 3:30 Alto Saxophone, pno Choral and Vocal Works The Cherry Tree Carol (2003) Traditional English Carol for Mezzo and Piano In This Place (1994) 2:20 lyrics by Fred Haines, SATB Let Love Not Fail (2002) Lyrics by Ivan Gallardo, for vln , flute, voice and piano Meditation (1998) 6:00 SSAATB Night (1999) 5:30 SSAATTBB, words by William Blake Song Cycle to texts by Edgar Alan Poe (2003-06) a work-in-progress Two Songs for Alto or Tenor & Piano (1994) In Memoriam Valentine's Day Two Songs for Voice & Piano (2002) Lyrics by Jenny Joseph The Sun Has Burst the Sky One That Got Away Upside-Down Wish List (2003) SATB with flute Holiday Song, Lyrics by Joan Ross Sorkin Weaver of Dreams (2005) Words by Dianna Wolfe SSAATTBB