This chamber work by American composer Joan Tower who is known for her symbolic titles that draw on abstract, action-filled imagery. Fantasy for Clarinet and Piano accompaniment is based on ...those H...
Composer Note: String Force (2010) was commissioned by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis for the 2010 competition and underwritten by the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation in honor...
Work for Guitar Solo composed in 1985. Clocks is Joan Tower's second excursion into guitar composition and she has crafted a magnificent representation of time. This measurable and memorable piece exp...
Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform.
The titles of the pieces in this four-movement suite were taken from lines of a poem by John Ashbery, 'No Longer Very Clear. ' Holding a Daisy was commissioned and premiered by Sarah Rothenberg. Or Li...
Joan Tower gives the viola plenty to say with Wild Purple, her first solo work written for violist Paul Neubauer. The work gives violists an opportunity to show the expressive and technical capabiliti...
For unaccompanied violin.
This dramatic new work from one of our most important contemporary composers was premiered at the 1996 annual conference of the American Guild of Organists. The title is a description of the upward-mo...
Composed for clarinetist Laura Flax, who premiered the piece at Merkin Hall (New York City) on December 14, 1981.
Scored for four trumpets, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 5 was commission by the Aspen Music Festival for the opening of the Joan and Irving Harris Concert Hall in 1993. Duration ca. 3 minutes.
