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WORKS – 3

Billy Childs

Composition Composed Premier / Performer / Hall Commissioning Agent Recording
Orchestra/Large Ensemble
Lunacy 1982 N/A N/A Self Recorded (no label)
The Coming of Spring 1983 N/A N/A Self Recorded (no label)
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Symphony 1986 Steve Houghton – North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporan)/Murchison Performing Arts Center Steve Houghton Wildflowers (Klavier Records, 1996)
Tone Poem for Holly 1993 Los Angeles Philharmonic (Esa-Pekka Salonen)/Dorothy Chandler Pavillion Los Angeles Philharmonic N/A
Fanfare for the United Races of America 1994 Los Angeles Philharmonic (Esa-Pekka Salonen)/Dorothy Chandler Pavillion Los Angeles Philharmonic N/A
The Distant Land 1995 Akron Symphony Orchestra w/ Carmen Lundy and Billy Childs (Alan Balter)/EJ Thomas Hall Akron Symphony Orchestra American Voices (Telarc Records, 1995)
If, To The Color of Midnight 2004 Los Angeles Philharmonic w/Dianne Reeves and Billy Childs/Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles Philharmonic N/A
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 2009 Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Leonard Slatkin – Regina Carter, soloist)/Orchestra Hall Detroit Symphony N/A
The Vistas of America 2012 Oregon State University Wind Ensemble (Dr. Chris Chapman)/Benton Hall Oregon State University Wind Symphony N/A
Do You Know My Name? 2015 Michigan State University Big Band (Rodney Whitaker)/Cook Recital Hall Michigan State University N/A
Choral Works
Just Like Job 1997 Akron Symphony Orchestra and Chorus /(Alan Balter)/EJ Thomas Hall Akron Symphony Orchestra N/A
The Voices Of Angels 2005 Los Angeles Master Chorale (Grant Gershon) Disney Concert Hall/ Los Angeles Master Chorale N/A
In Gratitude 2017 Los Angeles Master Chorale (Grant Gershon) Disney Concert Hall/ Los Angeles Master Chorale N/A
Chamber
Sonata for Flute and Piano 1979 N/A N/A N/A
Fanfare For The United Races Of America 1994 Los Angeles Philharmonic (Esa-Pekka Salonen)/Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Philharmonic N/A
Music For Piano and Jazz Chamber Orchestra 1994 Billy Childs trio and various musicians/Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey Jazz Festival (Tim Jackson) N/A
A Day In The Forest Of Dreams (Wind Quintet and Piano) 1996 Dorian Wind Quintet w/ Billy Childs/Merkin Hall (New York City) Dorian Wind Quintet First Glimpses Of Sunlight (Summit Records, 1997)
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano 2002 2002/David Breidenthal and Billy Childs David Breidenthal (Principal Bassoon, Los Angeles Philharmonic) N/A
Two Elements (Brass Quintet and Piano) 2007 American Brass Quintet and Billy Childs/Aspen Music Festival American Brass Quintet State of the Art: The ABQ at 50 (Summit Records, 2010)
String Quartet #1 2008 Pacific Serenades String Quartet/Shöenberg Hall (UCLA) Pacific Serenades N/A
Music For Two Quartets (string quartet and Jazz Quartet) 2010 Kronos Quartet + Billy Childs Quartet/Monterey Jazz Festival (main stage) Monterey Jazz Festival (Tim Jackson) N/A
Motion (for piano, guitar, and violin) 2011 Billy Childs, Larry Koonse, Timothy Fain/Whaling Church (Martha’s Vineyard) Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Series N/A
Awakening – String Quartet #2 2012 Ying Quartet/Kilbourne Hall (Eastman School of Music) Ying Quartet N/A
Unrequited – String Quartet #3 2015 2016/Lyris Quartet/Jacarinda series Lyris Quartet Recording for Naxos records/released Sept 2016
The River, The Bird, and the Storm (string quartet and piano) 2017 Ying Quartet/Kilbourne Hall (Eastman School of Music) Ying Quartet/Billy Childs N/A
Four Portraits for Violin 2017 2017 Rachel Barton Pine/University of Kentucky Rachel Barton Pine N/A
Jazz/Chamber
In Carson’s Eyes 1998 N/A N/A Lyric (Artistshare, 2006)
Into The Light 2001 Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble/Kuumbwa Jazz Club Tim Jackson/Kuumbwa Jazz Society Lyric (Artistshare, 2006)
Prelude In Bb Major 1999 N/A N/A Lyric (Artistshare, 2006)
The Old Man Tells His Story 2003 Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble/Schoenberg Hall (UCLA) Herny Mancini Institute Lyric (Artistshare, 2006)
Quiescence 1992 Billy Childs, Steve Houghton, and various musicians/Grenoble Jazz Festival Steve Houghton Lyric (Artistshare, 2006)
American Landscape 1999 N/A N/A Lyric (Artistshare, 2006)
The Path Among The Trees 2007 N/A N/A Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010)
Prelude In E Minor 2008 N/A N/A Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010)
A Man Chasing The Horizon 2008 N/A N/A Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010)
Raindrop Patterns 2008 N/A N/A Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010)
Goodbye, Friend 2008 N/A N/A Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010)
The Red Wheelbarrow 2008 N/A N/A Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010)
Pieces for Hal Leonard Book
The Child Within 1996
Aaron’s Song
The Hunted
Just Another Day
The Loneliest Monk
Dreams
I’ve Known Rivers 1995
The Starry Night
Lament
This Moment
Realism
Windham Hill Recordings
Room 101
A Fleeting Instant
Stay
Maybe Later
When All Is Said And Done
Where It’s At
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Arrangements
Waltz For Debby (from the album Autumn: In Moving Pictures)
Scarborough Faire (from the album Lyric)
Lover Man (from the album The Child Within)
Ten songs by Laura Nyro (for the recording Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro) featuring Renee Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Wayne Shorter, & Alison Krause
Somewhere/Dirty Boulevard (for Lang Lang, Lisa Fischer, and Jeffery Wright – upcoming Sony Masterworks recording by Lang Lang)
Tonight (for Lang Lang and Sean Jones – upcoming Sony Masterworks recording by Lang Lang)



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