Marcus Karl Maroney - Composer

Stage Works

• Dust of the Road (2007) – duration 35:00
  Chamber Opera in One Act
  [Mzo, Ten, Bar; Flt/Picc., Clt/Bass Clt., Vln, Vcl, Pno, Perc]
  Commissioned by Juventas!

Orchestra/Large Ensemble

• Suspiria (2009) - duration 12:00
  [SATB Chorus; 3(pic).2.3(bass).2 4.2.3.1 timp perc(2) harp organ(ad lib.) strings]
  text by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  Winner: 2009-10 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition
  mp3 - Excerpt
  
  
• Rochambeau (2008) – duration 13:00
  [Wind Ensemble: 5(pic).3(EH).6(e-flat, bass, contra).3(contra) Sax(1.1.1.1) 4.4.4.Euph.1 pno/cel timp perc(4)]
  Commissioned by the University of Houston Wind Ensemble; David Bertman, Director
  mp3 - III. Scissors
  

• Flights (2007) – duration 7:30
  [Flute Ensemble: 2 Picc, 6 Flt, Alto Flt, Bass Flt]
  Commissioned by Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  
  
• Märchenbilder (2007) – duration 21:00
  [Orchestra: 3(pic).3(EH).3(bass).3(contra) 4.3(pic. tpt).3.1 timp perc(3) celesta harp strings]
  Commissioned by the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival; Alan Austin, General Director
  mp3 - I. Es war einmal (opening)
  mp3 - II. Entführung (ending)
  mp3 - III. Dritter Wunsch (ending)
  
  
• Pantheon – duration 15:00
  [Percussion Ensemble: 12 Players]
  Commissioned by the Moores School Percussion Ensemble; Blake Wilkins, Director
  Recording: Albany Records, TROY1076
  
  
• Introit for Brass and Percussion (2003) – duration 5:00
  [0.0.0.0 4.3.3.1 timp perc(2)]
  mp3 - complete work
  
  
• Those Teares are Pearle (1999) – duration 9:30
  [3(pic).3(EH).3(bass).3(contra)  4.3(pic. tpt).3.1 timp perc(3) piano/celesta harp strings]
  Winner – Chicago Symphony Orchestra First Hearing Prize, 1999
  mp3 - (excerpt)
  
  
• The Ever-Fixed Mark (1998) – duration 5:45
  [2(pic).2.2.2 4.3.3.1 timp perc(2) harp strings]
  mp3 - complete work
  
  

Instrumental Chamber Music

• Saxophone Quartet (2011) - duration 13:00
  commissioned by the Iridium Quartet
  
  

• Chamæleon II (2009/10) - duration 12:00
  [Clt, Alto Sax]

• Mouvements cachés (2009) - duration 8:30
  [Clt, Harp, Vcl]
  mp3 - I. Sketch
  

• Chamæleon I (2009) - duration 9:00
  [Clt, Pno]
  Commissioned by Mingzhe Wang
  

• Three Pieces for String Quartet (2007) – duration 12:00
  Composed for the Deer Valley Music Festival
  
  
• Brightening (2007) – duration 5:00
  [Bsn, Pno]
  
  
• Dreifach (2006) – duration 7:30
  [Flt, Bsn]
  mp3 - II. Veraenderungen (mit Pausen)
  
  
• Spur (2006) – duration 6:00
  [Clt, Vln, Vcl, Pno, Perc]
  mp3 - (excerpt)
  Composed for the Ernest Bloch Music Festival 
  
  
• Fossil (2005) – duration 7:00
  [Flt, Oboe, Clt, Bsn, Pno]
  
  
• Hudson (2005) – duration 16:00
  [Flt, Vln, Vla, Vcl]
  Commissioned by The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
  
  
• Rhythms (2005) – duration 5:00
  [Flt, Clt, Vln, Vcl, Pno, Perc]
  Commissioned by eighth blackbird
  Winner – ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer’s Award, 2005
  mp3 - complete work
  
  
• Pas de deux (2004) – duration 8:00
  [Bsn, Gtr]
  
  
• Introduction and Barrage (2003, rev. 2004) – duration 9:00
  [Vln, Vcl, Pno]
  Commissioned by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival for The Gryphon Trio
  mp3 - II. Allegro errutare
  
  
• Morgenstern (2003) – duration 5:30
  [Horn, Pno]
  
  
• Vocalise (2002) – duration 6:10
  [Horn, Pno]
  
  
• Four Preludes for Two Clarinets (1999/2001)- duration 7:00
  
  
• Six Pieces for Wind Quintet (1999) – duration 6:00
  [Flt, Oboe, Clt, Horn, Bsn]
  Winner – ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer’s Award – 1999
  
  
• Pentapod (1998) – duration 8:00
  [Bsn, Pno]
  
  
• Variations for Two Violins (1997) – duration 6:00
  
  

Chamber Music with Voice

• Ode (2011) - text from the Shijing - duration 3:00
  [Sop, Pno]
  Composed for Anne Chao
  

• If I Could Tell You (2011) - W.H. Auden - duration 8:00
  [High Voice, Vcl]
  Commissioned by the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
  
  
• Songs from Rock Hill (2005) – various texts – duration 15:00
  [Sop, Clt, Pno]
  
  
• some(time) songs (2000)- texts by e.e. cummings – duration 13:00
  [Sop, Tpt, Vln(2), Vla, Vcl, DB, Harpsichord]
  
  
• Songs of the Spirit (1997) – texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson – duration 11:45
  [Sop, Flt, Clt, Vln, Vcl, Pno, Perc]
  
  

Choral

• Im Grase (2004) – text by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff – duration 10:00
  [SATB]
  
  
• O vos omnes  (2004) - duration 4:00
  [SATB]

Instrumental Solo

• Scherzo for Piano ("How a Mosquito Operates") (2011) - duration 5:30
  Composed for Tali Morgulis

• Trio Sonata (2010) - duration 13:00
  [Organ]
  Commissioned by Andrew Peter Sheranian

• Panneaux en acier (2009) – duration variable
  [Solo percussion]
  Commissioned by the Texan-French Alliance for the Arts
  
  
• Three Movements for Organ (2008) - duration 18:00
  Commissioned by Michael Wayne Smith
  
  
• Two Bagatelles for Piano (2007) – duration 2:00
  
  
• Denk Dir: (2006) – duration 8:00
  [Soprano saxophone]
  Commissioned by Timothy McAllister
  
  
• Touché (2004) – duration 3:00
  [Piano]
  mp3 - complete work
  
  
• Toccata (2003) – duration 3:30
  [Flute]
  mp3 - complete work
  
  
• Prelude and Fugue for Organ (2003) – duration 9:00
  Commissioned by Michael W. Smith
  
  
• Variations for Solo Viola (2001) – duration 15:15
  
  
• Cinque Ricordi (1998) – duration 14:45
  [Piano]
  
  
• Prelude and Fugue (1996) – duration 3:15
  [Piano]