Performer
Orchestra
Educator
Composer
When Echoes Speak
Composed by Leon Joseph Littlebird & Max Wolpert
Original themes composed by Leon Joseph Littlebird
Commissioned by Brenda & Steven Schick for the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra
For Leon Joseph Littlebird and orchestra
(2+picc,2,2,2 - 4,3,2,1,timp,hp,pno,3 perc,str)
Composed in 2021 ~ Duration: 15 minutes
Recording coming soon!
Deep River of Song
I. Shenandoah
II. That's All Right
III. Black Jack Davey
IV. Troubled About My Soul
V. Elzic's Farewell
VI. Banjo Season
Commissioned by Breckenridge Music Festival
Steven Schick, conductor ~ Jayme Stone, soloist
For banjo, voice, and orchestra
(2+picc,2,2,2 - 4,3,2,1,timp,hp,pno,3 perc,str)
Composed in 2019 ~ Duration: 30 minutes
All tunes trad./arr. Stone/orch. Wolpert, except VI - Stone/orch. Wolpert
Baroque in Mirror
I. Daniel Dow (1732–1783)
II. Abraham Caceres (1718–1740)
III. Blind John Parry (1710–1782)
Commissioned by Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra Cynthia Katsarelis, conductor ~ Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
For harpsichord, oboe, and string orchestra
Composed in 2018 ~ Duration: 12 minutes
Little Suite of Four Dances
I. Rag
II. Apache-Jungle
III. Quasi-Waltz (hommage to Joseph Kosma)
IV. Soft Shoe
Composed by William Bolcom, orchestrated by Max Wolpert
Commissioned by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Dragon, conductor ~ Abby Raymond, E-flat clarinet
For E-flat clarinet and orchestra
(2d2,1,1+bass,2 - 4,2,2,1,timp,3perc,str)
Composed in 2018 ~ Duration: 10 minutes
The Man Whose Gloves Were
on the Wrong Hands
For orchestra (2+picc,2,2+bass,2 - 4,2,2,1,timp,2perc,str)
Composed in 2017 ~ Duration: 9 minutes
Recording coming soon!
Playing Pretend
I. Giant Robots from Outer Space!!!
II. Chill Cowboys
III. Elegant Elephants
IV. Swingin' Chefs
V. Terrifying T. rex
Commissioned by Rocky Ridge Music Center
For orchestra of toy instruments and participating audience
Composed in 2017 ~ Duration: 20 minutes
St. Melangell's Voyage Across the Sea
I. Môr Iwerddon, 538 A.D.
II. Prayer
III. Now As For the Rabbits...
Commissioned by Marcy and Mark Sudock for the Musique Sur la Mer Orchestra ~ Marcy Sudock, conductor ~ Brett Deubner, viola
For solo viola and string orchestra
Composed in 2016 ~ Duration: 12 minutes
Golemtanz
Written for Sarah Hubbard and the Berklee World Strings
For solo violin, harp, and string orchestra
Composed in 2016 ~ Duration: 5 minutes
Viola Concerto #1, "Giants"
I. Father Time
II. The Golden Harp
III. Dance of the Cloud Women
Written for Brett Deubner
For solo viola and orchestra (2,2,2,2 - 2,2,0,0,timp,hp,2perc,str)
Composed in 2015 ~ Duration: 18 minutes
Melangell/Conset y Peipar Coch/Erddigan y Pibydd Coch
Traditional Welsh, arranged by Max Wolpert
Written for the Berklee World Strings
For solo violin, harp, and string orchestra
Composed in 2014 ~ Duration: 5 minutes