Stacy Garrop

When Stacy Garrop first heard the Appalachian folk song Silver Dagger at a folk festival, the simplicity of the melody and its cautionary love tale enthralled her, leading to several years researching...

Inspired by the dramatic interplay of light and shadow in Rembrandt's paintings, Stacy Garrop's CHIAROSCURO translates this effect into sound in a seven-minute work for mixed sextet. The music dances...

Inspired by an optical phenomenon only visible from high altitude mountains at dawn and dusk, this double concerto for alto saxophone and tuba by Stacy Garrop—whose music is esteemed and loved among w...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for Violin, Cello, and Piano. It depicts the composer's awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of t...

SANSKARA is a free-flowing, lyrical solo work for horn, inspired by the Sufi religion practiced by Garrop's first composition teacher. The composer has written: 'While he and I never talked about his...

Legends of the phoenix are found in stories from ancient Egypt and Greece. While each culture possesses a range of stories encompassing the myth, these tales tend toward similar traits: a sacred bird...

Flamenco is an art form involving highly dramatic music and dance. Associated with the Andalusia region of southern Spain, its actual origins are less clear, often assumed to have been developed by mi...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for oboe and piano. It depicts the composer’s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyoming...

Legends of the phoenix are found in stories from ancient Egypt and Greece. While each culture possesses a range of stories encompassing the myth, these tales tend toward similar traits: a sacred bird...

In this textural tour de force, a trio of soprano saxophones creates unique sound colors and gestures to dramatically depict the archangels Michael (Warrior), Raphael (Healer), and Gabriel (Heralder)....

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for Soprano and Tenor Saxophones and Piano. It depicts the composer's awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vas...

In ATHENA TRIUMPHANT, Stacy Garrop depicts the goddess Athena marching into war with her armies, a frenetic battle, and the quiet joy of victory in vivid detail and with remarkable concision. Adapted...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for SATB Saxophone Quartet. It depicts the composer’s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the...

While researching an inspiring Appalachian folk song, Garrop discovered multiple variants, all with similar themes, differing outcomes. From three of these variants, she has crafted a lyric trio for a...

Garrop musically explores one of the dramatic occurrences in human history, the explosion of Krakatoa. Scored for solo Viola, Percussion, and Strings, her concerto begins by capturing the essence of a...

The film noir genre of 1940s cinema typically includes a strong but flawed male lead (often a detective), a beautiful woman who coerces the male into committing murder or is a killer herself (a “femme...

Stormy; Husky; Brawling takes its name from the 4th line of the poem Chicago; written by Carl Sandburg in 1916 when Chicago was the heart of the meatpacking and railroad industries. When bass tromboni...

Originally a saxophonist herself; Stacy Garrop has enriched the sax repertory with many chamber works that offer both daredevil excitement and an insider's affinity for the instrument. Stubborn As Hel...

Commissioned by and composed for celebrated clarinetist Robert Spring, Stacy Garrop has created a piece that not only reflects Spring's technical and musical abilities, but also his great sense of hum...

Dramatic and declaratory; The Trumpets at Jericho is a 5 1/2-minute fantasy inspired by the famous biblical story; including captions in the music as the drama unfolds. The Israelites cross the Jordan...