Commission Series
The North Hills High School Bands have maintained a commission series since 1965, making it the longest-running series of its kind in the United States. The series has resulted in the creation of nearly sixty original works for the band world. Works from the series have been recorded by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra with Frederick Fennel conducting, the Showa Wind Symphony, D.C. service bands, the University of North Texas Wind Symphony, and college ensembles throughout the country. They have also been featured in the series, Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, and the commission series is referenced several times in Frank Battisti's, The New Winds of Change.
Commissioned Works
Commissioned Works
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1965 Fantasy Mother Hubbard
1966 Sarabande 1967 Portrait of a City of Steel 1968 Symphonic Variations 1969 Variations on a Theme of Schumann 1970 Introduction and Fantasia 1971 Antiphonale 1972 Of This Time 1973 Concertante 1974 Chronicles 1975 Rhythmic Essay 1976 Improvisations – Rhythms 1977 Prelude and Capriccio 1978 Toccata for Winds 1979 Canonic March, Opus 109 1980 Academic Variations 1980 Porgy and Bess Suite 1981 Canticle of the Creatures 1982 March for a Pageant 1983 Miniature Suite 1984 Poetic Intermezzo 1985 Syntonos 1986 The Hollow Men 1987 Jubileus 1988 Rim of the World 1989 Wind Dancer 1990 Ballet Sacra 1990 Images 1991 Fanfare, Intermezzo and Dance 1992 Chronicle 1993 Blues for Hire 1993 Rondo in Swing 1994 A Jubilant Overture 1995 Paean 1996 Mr. Toad’s Wild Adventure 1997 Perotinitis 1998 Chasm 1999 Dance of the Zephyr 2000 Here, in this place, after 2001 North Hills Overture 2002 Escapade 2003 Adagio 2004 A View of the World 2005 Blackbird 2005 2006 Kennywood’s Open 2007 Blacksburg Elegy 2008 Elegy and Scherzando In memory of Warren Mercer 2009 Variations on Watkins Ale 2010 The Dream 2010 Blues for Bob 2011 Brandenburg Concerto #2 2012 Where my heart fears to tread... 2013 Ides of March 2014 Audible Images 2015 Winter Dreams 2016 OPA! In memory of Areta Kalogeras 2017 Metro Dances 2018 Children at Play 2019 North Hills Fantasy 2020 Through These Woods... 2021 Giortazo In tribute to Areta Kalogeras 2022 Twirling Aimlessly 2023 Shalom 2024 Fallingwater at Twilight 2025 TBA |
Philip Catelinet
Jerry Bilik Don Gillis Edward Madden Robert Jager Rex Mitchell Vaclav Nelhybel Paul Whear Norman Dello Joio Louis Brunelli Arthur Frackenpohl Andreas Makris Alfred Reed Joseph Willcox Jenkins Joseph Willcox Jenkins Daniel Reuter Sammy Nestico James Curnow Rex Mitchell Ronald Lo Presti James Barnes Anne McGinty Elliot Del Borgo John Edmondson Frank Erickson Jared Spears David Holsinger Michael Leckrone David Gorham Calvin Custer Mike Tomaro Edward Madden Joseph Willcox Jenkins Elliot Del Borgo William Penn Don Freund David Liptak Fred Allen Elaine Broad Douglas Akey Jared Spears David Gerard Matthews, Jr. Fred Allen Ralph Guzzi Bill Purse Greg Shearer Gregory Pascuzzi David Gerard Matthews, Jr. Richard Mansfield Richard Mansfield J. S. Bach/James Pybus Dana Wilson Sean O'Loughlin Nancy Galbraith Michael Daugherty Julie Giroux Travis Weller Timothy Mahr Philip Sparke Robert Traugh Jack Stamp Jack Frerer Dan Forrest James David Viet Cuong |
