Julia Scott Carey: Principal Compositions (with performance dates)
Cent'anni!
Commissioned for the centennial celebration of Jordan Hall, Boston, performed here by the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, under Benjamin Zander
Upcoming Premieres and Performances:
5/14/06: March of the Broken Toys, Suzuki School of Music, Newton, Massachusetts
Summer 2006: New orchestra work commissioned for the Greenwood Music Camp Orchestra
Spring 2008: Second and third movement of the Etowah Piano Concerto, commissione for the Etowah Youth Symphony
Principal Compositions, with performance dates
Blue Heron Waltz, for flute, two violins and piano
12/18/93: Longy School Preparatory Assembly, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts 6/12/94: Meadowbrook School graduation, Weston, Massachusetts
Dreaming, for flute and two violins
1/22/94: Longy School of Music Semester I Concert
Flow Sweet River, for violins and harpsichord
11/15/94: Longy School of Music Composition Master Class
The Land Unknown, piano solo
3/5/95: Newton Free Public Library New Music Series, Newton, Massachusetts 4/9/95: Composition and Jazz Recital, N.E.P.T.A., Watertown, Massachusetts 5/28/95: Music by Longy Composers, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Triptych, for string quartet 1997 Recipient of a special citation from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
7/20/95: (Je me souviens), Music On The Hill, Belmont, Massachusetts 1/12/97: Triptych (first movement), Boston Chamber Music Society Concert Series, Sanders Theater, Harvard.
8/22/99: (first movement), Portland Chamber Music Festival, Young Audience Concert, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
3/8/04: (first movement), Portland Chamber Music Festival, Young Audience Concert, Portland, Maine 1/30/05: (Premiere of entire three-movement work) New England Conservatory Contemporary Festival
Voyager, piano solo
3/24/96: An Afternoon of 20th Century Piano Music, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts
MoonTide, for clarinet and piano
5/15/96: Composition Seminar Recital, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts
One Star in the Lonely Sky , for clarinet and violin
6/2/96: Composition Seminar Recital, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tempest Trilogy, for flute, violin and cello 1999 Honorable Mention, International Young Composers Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
7/16/96: (In the Shadow of the Moon), Master Class, Music On The Hill, Belmont, Massachusetts 10/15/98: Bibliophonic Chamber Players, Newton Free Library Chamber Music Series, Newton, Massachusetts 3/25/99: International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia 3/31/99: Laureates' Concert, Young Composers Festival, Little Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Upstairs Room, for violin, cello and piano 1997 Composition Prize from the New England Pianoforte Teachers Association 1998 International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia, Second Place - Junior Division
2/1/97: Master Class with Alvin Singleton, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts 2/2/97: New England Conservatory Festival of Contemporary Music 4/6/97: Composition and Jazz Recital, N.E.P.T.A. (First Prize in Composition), Watertown, Massachusetts 5/17/97: New England Conservatory of Music Composition Recital 5/19/97: New England Pianoforte Teachers Association (N.E.P.T.A.) Awards Concert 11/7/97: The New England Conservatory Festival Concert 3/15/98: Anne Frank Memorial Concert, Brookline School of Music, Brookline, Massachusetts 3/27/98: International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia 3/29/98: Laureates' Concert, International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia 10/ 16/98: New England Conservatory of Music Trustees and Overseers Gala Concert, Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston 10/31/99: Chamber Sampler Concert Fund-raiser for the Wellesley Symphony, Wellesley, Massachusetts 1/30/00: The Papillon Trio, Contemporary Music Festival, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts 4/9/00: JPG Festival of Contemporary Music, Carlisle, Massachusetts 1/24/04: The Kairos Trio, Salute to Young Composers, Dinosaur Annex, Boston Community Center for the Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts
The Snow Queen, for full orchestra Commissioned by the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra 1998 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers 1998 Marilyn K. Glick Young Composer Showcase Award
12/7/97: The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Framingham, Massachusetts 12/14/97: The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 2/7/98: (taped), Master class with Martin Bresnick, Contemporary Music Festival, NEC, Boston, Massachusetts 10/1,2,3/98: The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard conducting, Roche Diagnostics Classical Series,
Young Composers Showcase, Indianapolis, Indiana
12/16/98: The Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart conducting, Company Christmas at Pops, Symphony Hall Boston, Massachusetts 12/18/98: The Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart conducting, Christmas at Pops, Symphony Hall, Boston 3/10-13/99: The Snow Queen, Boston Symphony Orchestra, eight performances for the Youth Concert and Family Concert Series, Keith Lockhart conducting, Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. Includes live broadcast from Symphony Hall on March 13, 1999 over WCRB (102.5 fm) Classical Kids' Hour. 4/25/99: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Family Concert Series, Indianapolis, Indiana 12/10/99: Holiday at Pops, Keith Lockhart conducting, program of the December 1998 performance televised over WCVB-TV (ABC) 12/18/99: Boston Civic Symphony, Weston, Massachusetts 12/18/99: Youth Repertory Orchestra, Winter Festival, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music 12/18/99: Holiday at Pops, Keith Lockhart conducting, televised over Arts and Entertainment (A&E) cable television (two showings nationwide of December 1998 performance) 12/18, 19/99: Symphony-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Massachusetts 12/24/99: Holiday at Pops, Keith Lockhart conducting, televised over Arts and Entertainment (A&E) cable television two showings nationwide of December 1998 performance) 1/29/00: Youth Repertory Orchestra, Contemporary Music Festival, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston 12/3/00: The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 12/10/00: The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, MacKenzie Auditorium, Wellesley, Massachusetts 12/12/00: The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra, North Shore Music Theater, Beverly, Massachusetts 12/17/00: The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra, Revere, Massachusetts 12/15/01: The Boston Civic Symphony, Weston, Massachusetts 12/8/02: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Natick, Massachusetts 12/15/02: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra. Wellesley, Massachusetts 12/14/03: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 4/24/04: Milton Academy Orchestra, King Theatre, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts 11/14/05: Etowah Youth Symphony, Wallace Hall, Gadsden, Alabama
The Memory of Snow, for string orchestra
2./7/98: Contemporary Music Festival, NEC Preparatory String Orchestra, Boston, Massachusetts 2/25/00: The Gainesville Chamber Symphony, Gainesville, Florida 2/14/02: Thornton Academy String Orchestra, Sacco, Maine
Saturday, February 12, 1944, for soprano, clarinet and piano, drawn from The Diary of Anne Frank 1998 Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Composition Prize
5/6/98: New England Conservatory Composers Recital, Boston, Massachusetts 10/4/98: Wellesley Symphony Chamber Concert, Seton Hall, Wellesley, Massachusetts 11/14/98: Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Composition Competition Winners Concert, Watertown 1/10/99: Winter Concert, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts 5/22/02: Harvard Music Association Awards Concert, Boston, Massachusetts
The Crossing: To Dream a New World , triple concerto (clarinet, violin, cello) with full orchestra Commissioned work for the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra fiftieth anniversary concert 1999 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
11/8/98: The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 2/20/00: The Salem Symphony, Salem, Massachusetts 3/11/01: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 3/26/01: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte, Florida
The Promise, for clarinet, violin and cello 1999 Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Composition Prize, Junior High Division 1999 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Composition Prize, Junior High Division, Eastern Division and National Winner
1/30/99: Festival of Contemporary Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts 2/28/99: JPG Festival of Contemporary Music, Carlisle, Massachusetts 2/28/99: JPG Festival of Contemporary Music, Carlisle, Massachusetts 1/30/99: Festival of Contemporary Music, New England Conservatory of Music 3/26/00: Music Teachers National Association, Winners Concert, Minneapolis, Minnesota 10/8/00: Chamber Sampler Concert Fund-raiser for the Wellesley Symphony, Seton Hall, Wellesley, Massachusetts 3/11/01: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 3/26/01: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte, Florida 10/7/01: Chamber Sampler Concert Fund-raiser for the Wellesley Symphony, Seton Hall, Wellesley, Massachusetts 10/31/02: Collage New Music, master class presentation, Milton, Massachusetts
The Legend of Old Befana, for narrator and orchestra, drawn from the book by Tomie DePaola Commissioned by the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra 2000 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
12/5/99: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra,with narration by Julia Carey, Framingham, Massachusetts 12/12/99: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, with narration by Tomie DePaola, Wellesley, Massachusetts 12/16/00: The Boston Civic Symphony, Performing Arts Center, with narration by laura Carlo, Weston, Massachusetts 12/17/00: The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra, with narration by Tomie DePaola,Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, New Hampshire (two performances) 12/16,17/00: Symphony By the Sea, Abbot Hall, Marblehead, Massachusetts 1/29/00: (taped), presented in master class to Gunther Schuller, Contemporary Music Festival, New England Conservatory 12/9/01: Wellesley Symphony, with narration by Dixie Whatley, Wellesley, Massachusetts 12/21/02: The Civic Symphony of Boston, with narration by Laura Carlo, Regis Performance Center, Weston, Massachusetts 12/12/04: The Legend of Old Befana, New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra, with narration by Tomie DePaola, Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, New Hampshire 12/11/05: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, with narration by Leslie Holmes, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Pas de deux, three dances for violin and piano 2000 National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts Composition Prize - Second Place, Junior Division 2002 International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia, Second Place - Senior Division
5/26/00: Private concert, The New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts 12/7/00: ASCAP Awards Gala, Kaplan Center, Lincoln Center, New York 1/28/01: Festival of Contemporary Music, The New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts 2/25/01: Recital, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts 10/7/01: Chamber Sampler Concert Fund-raiser for the Wellesley Symphony, Seton Hall, Wellesley 3/ 29/02: International Young Composers Competition, Competition Recital, House of Composers, St. Petersburg, Russia 3/31/02: International Young Composers Competition, Laureates' Concert, Little Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia 5/1/02: Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, for the nationally syndicated radio broadcast From The Top, (National Public Radio) 5/22/02: Harvard Music Association Awards Concert, Boston, Massachusetts 6/27/02: National Youth Orchestra Festival Composers Concert, Sarasota, Florida 7/21/02: Private concert, Notre-Dame de Sion, Paris, France 8/1/02: (excerpt), televised over The Today Show, NBC affiliates 9/7/02: NPR radio broadcast on From The Top, National Public Radio Affiliates 10/31/02: Collage New Music, master class presentation, Milton, Massachusetts 3/27/03: International Young Composers Competition Laureates' Concert, Little Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia 6/8/03: President's Library reception, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts 6/21/03: NPR radio broadcast on From The Top (rebroadcast of 5/1/02 Lincoln Center taping) 7/--/03: Master class presentation to Sam Adler, Boston University Tanglewood Institute 1/18/04: NPR radio broadcast on From The Top (rebroadcast of 5/1/02 Lincoln Center taping) 5/21/04: Conservatory Lab Charter School Assembly, Brighton, Massachusetts 5/23/04: Milton Performing Arts Concert, Straus Hall, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts 7/29/05: European American Musical Alliance composers concert, Salle Cortot, L'Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, France
Fanfare and Procession, for brass quintet
8/6/00: Boston University Tanglewood Institute Composition Recital, Lenox, Massachusetts 1/28/01: Scholarship Brass Quintet, Festival of Contemporary Music, The New England Conservatory, Boston 2/4/01: Scholarship Brass Quintet, Chamber Music Festival, The New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
March of the Broken Toys, concertino a cinque, for flute, two violins, cello and percussion with full orchestra Commissioned for a benefit concert with the Charness Family Quintet and the Newton Symphony
4/1/01: The Charness Family Quintet and the Newton Symphony Orchestra, Newton, Massachusetts Numerous presentations in piano reduction form at concerts given by the quintet
Sabrina Lake Sketchbook, for full orchestra Commissioned by the Wellesley Cultural Council and funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council 2001 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
5/6/01: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 1/26/02: Master class presentation (taped) with Stephen Hartke, New England Conservatory
The Lake Isle of Innisfree, for chamber chorus and chamber orchestra, a setting of the poem by W. B. Yeats Commissioned work for the Milton Academy Orchestra and the Milton Academy Chamber Singers Winner of the Composition Prize of the Rivers Music School Seminar on Contemporary Music 2003
3/10/02: (Piano Reduction Format) Ruth King Theater, Milton Academy 3/19/02: Lord Mayor's Concert, Chester, England 3/21/02: St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland 3/23/02: St. Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, Ireland 3/26/02: The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 12/15/02: Milton Academy Chamber Chorus and Chamber Orchestra 12/19/02: Milton Academy Chamber Chorus and Chamber Orchestra 5/16/04: Wellesley Choral Society Concert, Village Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Harvest, for orchestra Commissioned work for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
5/19/02: Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony Concert Orchestra, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1/25/03: Master class presentation (taped) with Yehudi Wyner, New England Conservatory 4/4/04: Rivers Symphony Orchestra, Rivers Seminar of Contemporary Music, Weston, Massachusetts
May All Who Enter Here, a choral setting of a poem by Charles Coe Commissioned for the Arts Festival of the Meadowbrook School , Weston, Massachusetts
10/8/02: Meadowbrook Glee Club, Meadowbrook School of Weston, Weston, Massachusetts 4/25/03: End-of-Year Concert, Conservatory Lab Charter Charter School of Boston 6/10/03: Graduation Ceremony, Meadowbrook School of Weston, Weston, Massachusetts
Escape, a one-movement concerto grosso for string ensemble and orchestra Commissioned for the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2003 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) 3/2/03: Wellesley Symphony and the Wellesley Middle School String Orchestra, Wellesley, Massachusetts 7/03: Master class presentation (taped) to Sam Adler, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Lenox, Massachusetts
Bagatelles for Wind Ensemble, several short movements for wind quintet
8/03: (second movement) Boston University Tanglewood Institute Composers Concert 2/1/04: NEC Honors Wind Quintet, NEC Contemporary Music Festival
Cent'anni!, for full orchestra Commissioned by the New England Conservatory in celebration the 100th anniversary of Jordan Hall 2004 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
7/ 30/03: First reading of partial score, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Orchestra, Paul Brust conducting Lenox, Massachusetts 10/26/03: Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zander conducting, Jordan Hall Centennial Celebration, Jordan Hall, Boston, Massachusetts 1/30/04: Master class presentation (taped) to Chen Yi, New England Conservatory Contemporary Festival
Love Song, for chorus and string ensemble (or piano reduction) (a setting of the poem by W.B.Yeats) Commissioned for the Wellesley Choral Society
5/16/04: Wellesley Choral Society, Ted Whalen conducting, The Village Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Lullaby, for children's chorus and mixed wind and string ensemble with piano (a setting of the poem by Charles Coe) Commissioned for the Conservatory Lab Charter School of Boston
5/28/04: The Conservatory Lab Charter School Chorus and Players, CLCS, Brighton, Massachusetts
Sonnet CXLVI: Poor Soul, for soprano and piano ( a setting of the sonnet by William Shakespeare)
5/29/04: Composers Studio Recital, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts 6/04: Composers Forum, SongFest, Malibu, California 12/3/05: Juventas Music, Marsh Chapel, Boston University, Boston, massachusetts 12/4/05: Juventas Music, Holmes Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2/26/06: Juventas Music and the Harvard-Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble, Holmes Hall
I Will Laugh, for soprano and piano (a setting of the text by Og Mondino)
3/19/05: Private celebration
Piano Concerto Commissioned by the Etowah Youth Symphony, Honda Manufacturing Foundation Grant 2005 Morton Gould Young Composers Award, (ASCAP) Honorable Mention 5/15/05: Etowah Youth Symphony, Mike Gagliardo conducting, Wendy Faughn, soloist, Mort Glosser Amphitheatre, Gadsden, Alabama 1/17/06: Etowah Youth symphony, Mike Gagliardo conducting, Wendy Faughn, soloist, Performance Center, Jacksonville State University, Gadsden, Alabama 1/19/06: Etowah Youth Symphony, Mike Gagliardo conducting, Wendy Faughn, soloist, Alabama Music Educators Conference, Moody Music Building, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
The Red Room, for solo piano Commissioned by Bank of America-Boston Celebrity Series for the Rainbow Hexameron Project
4/16/05: (Premiere) Sergey Schepkin, Bank of America Celebrity Series, Jordan Hall, Boston 5/7/05: Julia Carey, Arts First Celebration, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 11/12/05: Harvard Group for New Music, Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Journey to Green Gables, for three voices and small ensemble, a setting a scene from Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Montgomery, with libretto by Sherra Wang
4/23-24/05: Harvard-Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble Opera Production, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Psalm 98: Cantate Domino, for chorus (with organ reduction)
6/26/05: (Organ reduction), Julia Carey, First Church, Marlborough, Massachusetts 7/27/05 : Choir of the European American Musical Alliance, Saint Severin Cathedral, Paris, France 7/29/05: Choir of the European American Musical Alliance, Salle Cortot, L'Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, France
Psalm 67: Deus misereatur, for chorus (with organ reduction)
8/21/05: (organ reduction) (Premiere), Julia Carey, First Church, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Fugue, for organ
8/28/05: (Premiere) Julia Carey, First Church, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Music, for chorus and instrumental ensemble (a setting of the poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson) Commissioned by the Quincy Choral Society in celebration of their 25th anniversary 12/11/05: (Premiere) The Quincy Choral Society, Church of the Sacred Heart, Quincy, Massachusetts
Piano Piece, for solo piano 1/29/06: (Premiere) Hsuan-Fong Chen, New England Conservatory Contemporary Music Festival, Brown Hall, Boston, Massachusetts 2/7/06: Hsuan-Fong Chen, Composers Series, New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Impetus, for string orchestra Commissioned by the Brattle Street Chamber Players 2/25/06: (Premiere) Brattle Street Chamber Players, Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Movie Score, for full orchestra Commissioned by the Harvard-Radcliffe Pops Orchestra 2/25/06: (Premiere) Harvard-Radcliffe Pops Orchestra, Lowell Hall, Harvard University
Other: 5/12/01: WCRB (102.5 FM) nationally syndicated broadcast of "Great Young Ladies of Classical Music" on Kids' Classical Hour, featuring an interview by Laura Carlo and broadcast of excerpts from The Memory of Snow, The Snow Queen, The Legend of Old Befana, Pas de deux, and The March of the Broken Toys 5/11/02: WCRB "Great Young Ladies of Classical Music" (rebroadcast of 5/12/01 program) 5/10/03: WCRB "Great Young Ladies of Classical Music" (rebroadcast of 5/12/01 program) 5/9/04: WCRB "Great Young Ladies of Classical Music" (rebroadcast of 5/12/01 program) 5/8/05: WCRB "Great Young Ladies of Classical Music" (rebroadcast of 5/12/01 program)
