2025
BUTLER UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE
Indianapolis, IN - February 28 - March 2, 2025
Guest Composer
Performance of THE REPUTATION (2024)
Gary Wayne Hill, guest conductor
SCHELLE, SASAKI and Friends
Indianapolis, IN - March 18, 2025
Butler University Faculty Artist series
Chamber music by Michael Schelle and Miho Sasaki
Featuring the "Bang on a Roomful of Teeth All Stars"
Eidson Duckwall Recital Hall - 7:30 pm
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
State College, PA - April 14-17
Guest Composer
Working with Penn State composition students,
and the PSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Performance of THE END OF THE WORLD (2011)
Dr. Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, music director and conductor
BUTLER UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE
Indianapolis, IN - April 27, 2025
Guest Composer
Performance of THE END OF THE WORLD (2011)
Dr. Trae Blanco, music director and conductor
RONEN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Indianapolis, IN - May 11-12, 2025
Guest Composer
Two Performances of KURASHIKKU (2021)
- for flute / bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, piano
Basile Theatre (Indiana History Center)
Basile Theatre (Indiana History Center)
RAM - RANDOM ACCESS MUSIC
Guest Composer - New Music Festival
Brooklyn / Manhattan / Queens, NY - May 15-18, 2025
Performances of a new work for clarinet and ensemble
Thomas Piercy, clarinet
Secret Theatre (Queens), Martha Graham Studio (NYC), etc.
ALBA (ITALY) MUSIC FESTIVAL
Alba, NW Italy - May 24 - June 3, 2025
Guest Composer / Composer in Residence
Alba Music Festival Composition Program
Teaching, masterclasses, presentations, performances
- Website / link -
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Dayton, OH - October 17-18, 2025
Guest Composer
Two Performances of EXIST (2024)
Premiere performance - commissioned by the DPO
Neal Gittleman, music director and conductor
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2024
DANA ZENOBI, soprano
Indianapolis, IN - January 23, 2024
JCA School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Performance of SWANWHITE (1981)
Letters from Harriet Bosse to August Strindberg
Dana Zenobi, soprano Amanda Hopson, piano
Eidson Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University
SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Notre Dame, IN - February 10, 2024
Guest Composer
THE FIFTH HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE (2023)
Premiere performance - commissioned by the SBSO
Alastair Willis, music director and conductor
TOKYO CONCERT LABS
Tokyo, Japan - February 16, 2024
"Tokyo to New York" series, Thomas Piercy, director
Performance of KINGFISH LEVINSKY (2023)
Piercy, clarinet Seiko Takemoto, cello Shoichiro Tanaka, piano
SCHELLE, SASAKI and Friends
Indianapolis, IN - March 5, 2024
Butler Univ. School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Chamber music by Michael Schelle and Miho Sasaki
Featuring the "Bang on a Roomful of Teeth All Stars"
Eidson Duckwall Recital Hall - 7:30 pm
CLASSICAL REVOLUTION CINCINNATI
Cincinnati, OH - March 10 and 24, 2024
Performances of ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN, ST. FRANCIS.
KATZENJAMMERKINDER and STRAIGHT, NO LITHIUM
James Loughery, piano
First Lutheran Church, Cincinnati
TRINITY UNIVERSITY
San Antonio, TX - April 27-29, 2024
Guest Composer
Performance of THE END OF THE WORLD (2011)
Trinity University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
James Worman, music director and conductor
SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Notre Dame, IN - July 3, 2024
Guest Composer
Performance of PROFILE IN COURAGE (2023)
Alastair Willis, music director and conductor
ENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
Mansfield, PA / Corning, NY - July 21 - August 6, 2024
Premiere of ENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC (2024), violin & piano
July 28 : Noelle Tretick Gosling, violin
KRISTEN YEON-JI YUN and PHOENIX PARK-KIM
Performances of HARANBANJŌ (2023)
Duo Dolce : Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello and Phoenix Park-Kim, piano
* Indiana Wesleyan University - September 4, 2024
* Universidad Nacional de México - September 11, 2024
* The Cello Festival of Utah - September 13-14, 2024
* Butler University, IN - September 17, 2024
TOKYO TO NEW YORK Concert Series
Bloomfield, NJ - October 13, 2024
Performance of AKITA EKHO for bass clarinet and piano
Thomas Piercy, bass clarinet
Bloomfield Presbyterian Church "On the Green" concerts
KOKOMO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kokomo, IN - October 19, 2024
Performance of THE AFFIRMATION (2023)
Jose Valencia, music director and conductor
Indiana University Kokomo - Havens Concert Hall
THE HARTT SCHOOL / UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD
Hartford, CT - November 6, 2024
Guest Composer
Hartt Composition Seminar, etc.
Gilda Lyons, director
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2023 highlights
SOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Notre Dame, IN - January 7, 8, 2023
Guest Composer
Performances of SUMMIT AT SAN QUENTIN (2020)
Alastair Willis, music director and conductor
TOKYO TO NEW YORK concert series
Tokyo, Japan - January 20, 2023
Performance of STASIS AT WARP SPEED
- for clarinet (Thomas Piercy) and piano (Shoichiro Tanaka)
Tokyo Concert Lab series, Tokyo, Japan
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Dayton, OH - March 10, 11, 2023
Guest Composer
Performances (2) of RESILIENCE (2015)
Double Concerto for viola, cello and orchestra
Sheridan Currie, viola Jonathan Lee, cello
Neal Gittleman, music director and conductor
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE WIND ENSEMBLE
Allentown, PA - April 22, 2023
Performance of CLIFFHANGER (1984)
Andrew Ardizzoia, music director and conductorQUEENS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL, NY
Queens, NY - May 4 - 7, 2023
Guest Composer
Sponsored by RAM (Random Access Music), NYC
Performance (5/7) of KURASHIKKU (2021)
Thomas Piercy, clarinet(s), Lish Lindsey, flute(s), Tengku Irfan, piano
CLASSICAL REVOLUTION CINCINNATI
Cincinnati, OH - July 9, August 26, 2023
Performances of STRAIGHT, NO LITHIUM (2010)
James Loughery, piano
BUTLER UNIVERSITY CHORALE
Indianapolis, IN - September 17, October 6, 2023
Performances of RA-AHMEN (2010)
- for SATB and four doublebasses - American premiere
Dr. Eric Stark, music director and conductor
DUO KAROLINA MIKOŁAJCZYK & IWO JEDYNECKI
Indianapolis, IN - October 31, 2023
Violin and accordion duo from Warsaw, Poland
Performance of WHEN FEARS CEASE TO BE (2023)
Duckwall Artist Series - School of Music, Butler University
BARGEMUSIC, INC. NYC : "Hear and Now" Festival
Brooklyn, NY - November 3, 2023
Guest Composer
Performance of KINGFISH LEVINSKY (2023)
Thomas Piercy, clarinet, Aaron Wolff, cello, Marina Iwao, piano
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA
Valparaiso, IN - November 11, 2023
Guest Composer
Performance of PROFILE IN COURAGE (2023)
Performance of PRAYER (2004)
- for solo cello, winds, piano, harp and percussion
Patricia White, cello
Troy Webdell, music director & conductor
CUNY - QUEENS COLLEGE
Aaron Copland School of Music
Queens, NY - November 14, 2023
Guest Composer
Composition Seminar: presentation, masterclass
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2022 highlights
FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Midwest locations - February 2022
Guest Composer
FWPO "on tour" - concerts across the Midwest : tour program includes:
AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT (2016)
Troy Webdell, conductor
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF SARASOTA
Sarasota, FL - March 22-23, 2022
Guest Composer
Premiere Performances of THE SIXTH DIMENSION OF LIGHT (2021)
Commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota
Robert Vodnoy, music director and conductor
HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY
Tiffin, OH - April 21-22, 2022
Guest Composer
Lessons, masterclass, lecture, presentations
Heidelberg University School of Music and Theatre
MISSOURI S&T SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rolla, MO - May 1, 2022
Guest Composer
AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT (2016)
Kyle Wernke, music director and conductor
FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Ft. Wayne, IN - May 15, 2022
Guest Composer
Premiere performances of FATAL EXTRACTION (2022)
Troy Webdell, music director and conductor
FACULTY ARTIST SERIES - Butler University School of Music
Indianapolis - September 27, 2022
Chamber music by Michael Schelle, Miho Sasaki and Friends
Premiere: "Fear and Loathing in the Carthusian Monastery at Valldemossa"
- for 2 pianos (6 hands), clarinet, tenor sax, accordion, bass and percussion
INTERNATIONAL CLARINET ASSOCIATION
New York, NY - October 22-23, 2022
Guest Composer - ICA New Music Weekend
Performance of IN THE SHAME OF HER OWN SILENCE (2021)
- for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
ASIAN CULTURAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA of NY
New York City - December 29, 2022
Guest Composer
Carnegie Hall, Main Stage / Stern Hall - New York City
A new work for Chinese Dasheng / Bianzhong Bells and Western Orchestra
"Escape from Xishuangbanna"
The Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra - ensemble of NYC area professionals
New work commissioned by the Confucius Institute of Valparaiso University
Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra of New York, Dennis Friesen-Carper, conductor
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CAPITAL UNIVERSITY, Columbus, OH
February 16-17, 2021
Guest Composer
Performances, masterclasses, lectures, presentations
NOW Music Festival, Capital University Conservatory of Music
TOKYO TO NEW YORK concert series, New York, NY
March 31, 2021
Guest Composer
Premiere performance of IN THE SHAME OF HER OWN SILENCE (2021)
- for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Commissioned for Tokyo to New York series, Thomas Piercy, music director
The DiMenna Center for New Music, 450 W 37th St., Hell's Kitchen, NYC, NY
TRINITY UNIVERSITY, San Antonio, TX
May 7-10, 2021
Guest Composer
Premiere performances of HANGOVER HOTEL (2020)
- commissioned by the Trinity University Wind Ensemble
James Worman, music director and conductor
BRNO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Brno, Czech Republic
June 2-3, 2021
Guest Composer
Performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8
Commercial recording (Ablaze Records : Australia) in the Czech Republic
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikel Toms, music director and conductor
TOKYO TO NEW YORK concert series,
New York, NY - September 12, 2021
Guest Composer
- for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Commissioned for Tokyo to New York series, Thomas Piercy, music director
Scorca Concert Hall, National Opera Center, Manhattan
JCA FACULTY WIND QUINTET
Indianapolis - September 21, 2021
Guest Composer
Premiere performances of Fünf Verschwörungstheorien
- "Five Conspiracy Theories" for wind quintet
Schrott Center for the Performing Arts
TOKYO TO NEW YORK concert series
Brooklyn, NY - October 1, 2021
Performance of STASIS AT WARP SPEED
- for clarinet (Thomas Piercy) and piano (Shoichiro Tanaka)
Bargemusic concert series - at the foot of the Brooklyn BridgeINDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Indianapolis
October 16, 2021
Guest Composer
Performance of RESILIENCE (2015)
double concerto for viola, cello and orchestra
Honoring the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2. Review here
Matt Albert, viola Joshua DeVries, cello
Matthew Kraemer, ICO music director and conductor
TOKYO TO NEW YORK concert series
Brooklyn, NY - October 17, 2021
Performance of STASIS AT WARP SPEED
- for clarinet (Thomas Piercy) and piano (Shoichiro Tanaka)
The Oratory Church of St. Boniface and Assumption, Brooklyn
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Dayton, OH
October 17, 2021
Guest Composer
Premiere Performances of TRAPPED LIKE RATS (2021)
Commissioned for the Dayton Philharmonic
Neal Gittleman, music director and conductor
MARCIN BŁAŻEWICZ Memorial, Warsaw, Poland
November 4, 2021
Guest Composer (virtual) - lecture / presentation
Celebration of the life and music of Polish composer (and friend) Marcin Błażewicz (1954-2021)
My talk: "each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive" -Anaïs Nin
Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina / Chopin University of Music - Warsaw, Poland
COPLAND & HINDEMITH Symposium, New Zealand
November 13-15, 2021
Guest Composer (virtual) - lectures / presentations
Festival / symposium celebrating the music of Copland and Hindemith
BUTLER UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE, Indianapolis, IN
November 18, 2021
Guest Composer
Premiere Performance of A FAR CRY FROM FAIRVIEW (2020)
Commissioned for the Butler University Wind Ensemble
Michael Colburn, music director and conductor
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2020 highlights
PORTLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Portland, ME - January 18, 2020
Guest Composer
Back Cove Music Festival premiere of PSALM OF THESE DAYS (2019) for 8 pianos
(8 pianists in in 8 practice rooms - audience in the hallway(s)
THE CHICAGO ENSEMBLE, Chicago, IL
January 19-21, 2020
Guest Composer
Performances of CHORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOUR EYES (2017)
- University of Chicago's International House, E 59th St - January 19, 3 pm
- Fourth Presbyterian Church (near Water Tower) - January 21, 7:30 pm
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet Gerald Rizzer, piano
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Bloomington, IN - March 5, 2020
Bloomington, IN - March 5, 2020
Guest Composer
New work commissioned by the IU New Music Ensemble, Bloomington
Premiere performance of SUMMIT AT SAN QUENTIN
IUNME - David Dzubay, music director and conductor
* Most 2020 scheduled "live" performances CANCELLED (Covid-19) *
COLLEGE MUSIC SOCIETY / PI KAPPA LAMBDA, Miami, FL
October 20-25, 2020
Guest Composer
Premiere performances of a new chamber work commissioned by Pi Kappa Lambda
The Pi Kappa Lambda (national music honor society) Board of Regents selected
Michael Schelle in a national competition to receive the 2020 commission award.
Premiere: College Music Society national conference (virtual), Miami, FL
TOKYO TO NEW YORK concert series, Tokyo, Japan
November 11, 2020
Guest Composer (virtual)
Premiere performances of STASIS AT WARP SPEED (2020)
東京 と ニューヨーク - for clarinet (Thomas Piercy) and piano (Shoichiro Tanaka)
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2019 highlights
TOKYO TO NEW YORK, Indianapolis, IN
March 19 / May 30, 2019
Composer / Project Coordinator-Director
NYC / Tokyo-based multi-instrumentalist Thomas Piercy presents a concert of new music.
New music by Miho Sasaki, Masatora Goya, Chen Yihan, Hifumi Shimoyama, John Cage.
AND the premiere of Michael Schelle's JUKAI : The Mt. Fuji Suicide Forest
(for hichiriki, 3 voices, accordion, harp, piano, doublebass and percussion)
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University School of Music
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, IN
March 27, 2019
Guest Composer
Visiting professor - guest speaker / composer for the IU Composition Department Symposium
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University - P.Q. Phan, host
CINCINNATI COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Cincinnati, OH
April 1, 2019
Guest Composer
Guest Composer
Visiting professor - guest speaker / composer for the CCM Composition Department Symposium
Presentation and discussion of THE END OF AL CAPONE (2015 chamber opera)
CCM / University of Cincinnati - Douglas Knehans, host
THE CHICAGO ENSEMBLE, Chicago, IL
April 20, 2019
Guest Composer
Performance of CHORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOUR EYES (2017), for clarinet and piano
Part of the Chicago Ensemble's "Discover America" series. Gerald Rizzer, music director
OBERLIN COLLEGE, Oberlin, OH - April 21, 2019
Performance of THE ILLUSION OF INVINCIBILITY (2017), for violin and piano
Kelly Sohyoung Lee, violin Julian Grabarek, piano
UNIWERSYTET MUZYCZNY FRYDERYKA CHOPINA, Warsaw, Poland
May 1 - 7, 2019
Guest Composer
Guest Composer
Week-long residency for presentations, masterclasses, lectures - and the Eastern European premiere of
THE END OF AL CAPONE, new production by the Chopin University Modern Ensemble / Opera Theatre.
Ignacy Zalewski, music director and conductor
AKADEMIA MUZYCNA W KRAKOWIE
KRAKÓW ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Kraków, Poland
May 8 - 10, 2019
Guest Composer
Guest Composer
Visiting Professor / Guest Composer : lessons, masterclasses, lectures, seminars, presentations
Kraków Academy of Music, Poland
NEW HAMPSHIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Laconia, NH - July 14, 2019
New England premiere of CHORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOUR EYES (2017)
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet George Lopez, piano
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Dayton, OH - October 20, 2019
Guest Composer
Premiere performances of VIRUS (2019)
Neal Gittleman, music director and conductor
TOKYO TO NEW YORK, Brooklyn, NY
October 25, 2019
Guest Composer
Bargemusic (Brooklyn Bridge Blvd.) / Thomas Piercy's "Tokyo to New York" concert series
Premiere of The Tragic Paradigm of Miss Mi$-T's Misguided Expectations
Thomas Piercy, clarinet, Chen Yihan, piano, Miho Sasaki, accordion, Michael Schelle, perc.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT
November 12-15, 2019
Guest Composer
Performances of THE END OF THE WORLD (2011)
UCONN Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Vu Nguyen, music director and conductor
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2018 highlights
BEETHOVEN 250, Bonn, Germany
One of the composers invited to participate in this international project -
- conceived, organized and directed by German pianist Susanne Kessel.
"Beethoven 250 : New Piano Pieces for Beethoven"
My piece, "Alberti Bombardier" (after op. 54), was premiered summer 2018,
recorded, and published (December 2018) in Vol. 6 of the collection.
TEXAS UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE, Dallas, TX
BEETHOVEN 250, Bonn, Germany
One of the composers invited to participate in this international project -
- conceived, organized and directed by German pianist Susanne Kessel.
"Beethoven 250 : New Piano Pieces for Beethoven"
My piece, "Alberti Bombardier" (after op. 54), was premiered summer 2018,
recorded, and published (December 2018) in Vol. 6 of the collection.
TEXAS UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE, Dallas, TX
February 2018
Liberty High School Orchestra - conference and concerts, February 26, 2018
Performances AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT (2016)
Julie Blackstock and James Weaver, conductors
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE, Cleveland, OH - April 20-22, 2018
Guest Composer
Featured guest composer with the NDC Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
Michael David Krueger, music director and conductor
Liberty High School Orchestra - conference and concerts, February 26, 2018
Performances AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT (2016)
Julie Blackstock and James Weaver, conductors
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE, Cleveland, OH - April 20-22, 2018
Guest Composer
Featured guest composer with the NDC Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
Michael David Krueger, music director and conductor
CHATTERBOX Jazz Club, Mass Ave, Indianapolis, IN - May 29, 2018
Guest Composer
World premiere performances of ROSEMARY'S BABY'S ACCORDIONS (2018)
- for guitar, violin and three accordions
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI - November 9, 2018
Performance of PRAYER for cello and chamber winds
University of Michigan Symphony Band
WESTCHESTER SYMPHONIC WINDS, White Plains, NY
November 11, 2018
Guest Composer
Performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
WSW, Curt Ebersole, music director and conductor
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2017 highlights
Capital University "NOW Music Festival", Columbus, OH - February 15 - 19, 2017
Guest Composer
30th annual NOW Music Festival, Capital University Conservatory of Music, Columbus, OH.
2017 highlights
Capital University "NOW Music Festival", Columbus, OH - February 15 - 19, 2017
Guest Composer
30th annual NOW Music Festival, Capital University Conservatory of Music, Columbus, OH.
Performances of Michael Schelle's chamber music and ...
Capital Symphony Orchestra: AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT (2016)
Capital Symphonic Wind Ensemble: PRAYER (2012), for cello and chamber winds. Joseph Mueller, cello
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Terre Haute, IN - April 27, 2017
Guest Composer
Performance of PRAYER (2004) for cello and chamber winds
The ISU Wind Ensemble - Dr. Nikk Pilato, conductor
CORONA GUITAR KVARTET, Copenhagen, Denmark - October 1 - 5 / 28 - 30, 2017
World Premiere
Premiere(s) ("on tour") of BURY THE HATCHET (2017) for guitar quartet, commissioned by CGK
TOKYO TO NEW YORK, New York City - November 17 - 19, 2017
Guest Composer
The critically-acclaimed "Tokyo to New York" concert series of new music by Japanese and American composers.
Annual chamber concerts throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, etc.).
Premiere of CHORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOUR EYES (2017) - for clarinet and piano
Thomas Piercy, clarinet, Michael Schelle, piano
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL - November 28 - 30, 2017
Guest Composer
Visiting Guest Composer with the USF Composition Department, and
USF Symphonic Band performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9.
Matthew McCutchen, music director and conductor
Capital Symphonic Wind Ensemble: PRAYER (2012), for cello and chamber winds. Joseph Mueller, cello
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Terre Haute, IN - April 27, 2017
Guest Composer
Performance of PRAYER (2004) for cello and chamber winds
The ISU Wind Ensemble - Dr. Nikk Pilato, conductor
CORONA GUITAR KVARTET, Copenhagen, Denmark - October 1 - 5 / 28 - 30, 2017
World Premiere
Premiere(s) ("on tour") of BURY THE HATCHET (2017) for guitar quartet, commissioned by CGK
TOKYO TO NEW YORK, New York City - November 17 - 19, 2017
Guest Composer
The critically-acclaimed "Tokyo to New York" concert series of new music by Japanese and American composers.
Annual chamber concerts throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, etc.).
Premiere of CHORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOUR EYES (2017) - for clarinet and piano
Thomas Piercy, clarinet, Michael Schelle, piano
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL - November 28 - 30, 2017
Guest Composer
Visiting Guest Composer with the USF Composition Department, and
USF Symphonic Band performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9.
Matthew McCutchen, music director and conductor
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2016 highlights
NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL, Columbus, OH - February 8 - 10, 2016
Guest Composer
29th annual NOW New Music Festival, Capital University Conservatory of Music. Performances of
TRANQUILIZER (2015), HEARTLAND (2007) and MYSTIC MOURNING (2014) for chamber ensembles
AKADEMIA MUZYCNA W KRAKOWIE
UNIWERSYTET MUZYCZNY FRYDERYKA CHOPINA
Krakow & Warsaw, Poland - April 7 - 25, 2016
Guest Composer
Composition masterclasses, lectures, presentations, seminars, meeting with composition faculty and students.
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music is among the oldest, largest and most recognized music conservatories
in Europe. Notable alumni include: Fryderyk Chopin, Witold Lutoslawski, Grazyna Bacewicz, Wanda Landowska,
Andrzej Panufnik, and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Honoris causa degrees to Nadia Boulanger and Krzysztof Penderecki
The Krakow Academy of Music - notable alumni include: conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and composers
Boguslaw Schaeffer, Wojciech Kilar and Krzysztof Penderecki.
PORTLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Portland, Maine - April 9, 2016
8th annual Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival @ the Portland Conservatory of Music
Premiere performances of two new works written for the 80th birthday celebration of Elliott Schwartz:
CHAMBER CONCERTO MMXVI and BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
TRINITY UNIVERSITY, San Antonio, TX - April 29 - May 2, 2016
Guest Composer
Composition masterclass, rehearsals and premiere performance of O MAGMA MYSTERIUM
Commissioned by the Trinity University Wind Symphony, Jim Worman, music director and conductor
KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Kalamazoo, MI - September 16, 2016
Performances of DETOUR TO NOWHERE and THE LAST RIDE (from "Spirits")
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Harvey, music director and conductor
Gala opening concert of the 2016/17 KSO Subscription Series season
Western Michigan University Center for the Performing Arts
AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA "EarShot" New Music Week - September 20 - 24, 2016
Guest Composer
Mentor composer (w/ Robert Beaser and Melinda Wagner) for the five national competition finalists,
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra / ACO / School of Music, Jordan College of the Arts, Butler University
PLUS : performances of Schelle's STRAIGHT, NO LITHIUM (2010) for solo piano, and the premiere
performances of ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN, 2.0 and ON ONE CONDITION, for solo piano
September 20, 2016 - Jim Loughery, piano
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Detroit, MI - October 23, 2016
Guest Composer
Performance of AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT
DSO Youth Philharmonic, Kenneth Thompson, music director and conductor
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Dayton, OH - October 30, 2016
Guest Composer
Performances of AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT
Dayton Philharmonic "PhilharMonster" concerts, Neal Gittleman, conductor
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA, Valparaiso, IN - November 11, 2016
Guest Composer
Veteran's Day performance of RESILIENCE, Double Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra
Honoring the 71st anniversary of the end of World War 2
South Shore Orchestra, Troy Webdell, music director and conductor
NEWARK-GRANVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Columbus, OH - December 4, 2016
Guest Composer
Performance of THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY (2012)
Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra, William Boggs, music director and conductor
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2015 highlights
7th ANNUAL BACK COVE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
PORTLAND (Maine) CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Portland, ME - April 9 - 12, 2015
Featured Composer in Residence
Lectures, presentations, and performances of various chamber works during the three-day festival
ARTSFEST 2015 "Outlaws and Outsiders", Butler University, Indianapolis, IN - April 16, 2015
Third annual 2-week festival / celebration of music and the performing arts
Premiere production / performances of THE END OF AL CAPONE (2014)
- Commissioned for ArtsFest 2015
30:00 mono-drama / mono-opera for singer/actor and chamber ensemble Review of the premiere
COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Columbus, IN - April 26, 2015
Guest Composer
Performances of RAIN (2009) and THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY (2012)
Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Lyon, Guest Conductor
RONEN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, Indianapolis, IN - May 12, 2015
Guest Composer
Premiere performance of THE WOLVES OF PARNASSUS
A new 25:00 work for clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Commissioned by Cathedral Arts, Inc. for the 31st anniversary season of the Ronen Chamber Ensemble Concert Review
CULTURES IN HARMONY, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, etc., August 16 - 31, 2015
Global Premiere of Out of the Past-acaglia (string trio) for the Cultures in Harmony Passacaglia Project
Three American musicians (NYC, Oberlin, San Antonio) on a Cultures in Harmony goodwill tour.
Performances in the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Belize, and the Philippines
FORT SMITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Fort Smith, AR - October 1 - 4, 2015
Guest Composer
US premiere of RESILIENCE : Double Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra
Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the End of World War 2
Consortium commission from various orchestras in Europe, Japan and the USA.
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra : John Jeter, Music Director and Conductor video excerpts here
ORCHARD PARK (NY) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Orchard Park, NY - October 30, 2015
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8 (2004)
Concert program w/ Charles Ives, Bernard Herrmann, etc.
Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra, David Rudge, Music Director and Conductor
SUNY FREDONIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Fredonia, NY - October 31, 2015
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8 (2004)
Concert program w/ Charles Ives, Bernard Herrmann, etc.
SUNY Fredonia Symphony Orchestra, David Rudge, Music Director and Conductor
TOKYO TO NEW YORK, New York City - November 1, 2015
New York City premiere of AKITA EKHO (2014) for solo clarinet
The critically-acclaimed "Tokyo to New York" chamber music concert series in NYC and Tokyo
Thomas Piercy, clarinet and series music director
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY, Stephenville, TX - November 12 - 15, 2015
Multiple performances of FEAR STRIKES OUT (2014), for trombone and wind ensemble
("on tour" throughout Texas 11/12-14, then home TSU concert 11/15)
TSU Wind Ensemble, Anthony Pursell, Music Director and Conductor, William Haugeberg, solo trombone
SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY ARTIST SERIES, Indianapolis - November 17, 2015
Full program of 21st Century chamber music by Michael Schelle : Schellekammermusikonzert
Butler University, College of the Arts, School of Music Faculty Artist Series, Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall
Review here
BARTLESVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Bartlesville, OK - November 21, 2015
Performance of SAMURAI (1999)
Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, Lauren Green, Music Director and Conductor
THE HARTT SCHOOL (UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD), Hartford, CT - December 9 - 12, 2015
Guest Composer
3-day residency @ The Hartt School : incl. rehearsals and performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
The Hartt Symphonic Wind Ensemble : Glen Adsit, Music Director and Conductor
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2014 highlights
Guest Composer
Composition masterclasses, lectures, presentations, seminars, meeting with composition faculty and students.
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music is among the oldest, largest and most recognized music conservatories
in Europe. Notable alumni include: Fryderyk Chopin, Witold Lutoslawski, Grazyna Bacewicz, Wanda Landowska,
Andrzej Panufnik, and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Honoris causa degrees to Nadia Boulanger and Krzysztof Penderecki
The Krakow Academy of Music - notable alumni include: conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and composers
Boguslaw Schaeffer, Wojciech Kilar and Krzysztof Penderecki.
PORTLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Portland, Maine - April 9, 2016
8th annual Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival @ the Portland Conservatory of Music
Premiere performances of two new works written for the 80th birthday celebration of Elliott Schwartz:
CHAMBER CONCERTO MMXVI and BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
TRINITY UNIVERSITY, San Antonio, TX - April 29 - May 2, 2016
Guest Composer
Composition masterclass, rehearsals and premiere performance of O MAGMA MYSTERIUM
Commissioned by the Trinity University Wind Symphony, Jim Worman, music director and conductor
KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Kalamazoo, MI - September 16, 2016
Performances of DETOUR TO NOWHERE and THE LAST RIDE (from "Spirits")
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Harvey, music director and conductor
Gala opening concert of the 2016/17 KSO Subscription Series season
Western Michigan University Center for the Performing Arts
AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA "EarShot" New Music Week - September 20 - 24, 2016
Guest Composer
Mentor composer (w/ Robert Beaser and Melinda Wagner) for the five national competition finalists,
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra / ACO / School of Music, Jordan College of the Arts, Butler University
PLUS : performances of Schelle's STRAIGHT, NO LITHIUM (2010) for solo piano, and the premiere
performances of ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN, 2.0 and ON ONE CONDITION, for solo piano
September 20, 2016 - Jim Loughery, piano
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Detroit, MI - October 23, 2016
Guest Composer
Performance of AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT
DSO Youth Philharmonic, Kenneth Thompson, music director and conductor
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Dayton, OH - October 30, 2016
Guest Composer
Performances of AND THEN THEY JUST DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT
Dayton Philharmonic "PhilharMonster" concerts, Neal Gittleman, conductor
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA, Valparaiso, IN - November 11, 2016
Guest Composer
Veteran's Day performance of RESILIENCE, Double Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra
Honoring the 71st anniversary of the end of World War 2
South Shore Orchestra, Troy Webdell, music director and conductor
NEWARK-GRANVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Columbus, OH - December 4, 2016
Guest Composer
Performance of THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY (2012)
Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra, William Boggs, music director and conductor
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2015 highlights
7th ANNUAL BACK COVE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
PORTLAND (Maine) CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Portland, ME - April 9 - 12, 2015
Featured Composer in Residence
Lectures, presentations, and performances of various chamber works during the three-day festival
ARTSFEST 2015 "Outlaws and Outsiders", Butler University, Indianapolis, IN - April 16, 2015
Third annual 2-week festival / celebration of music and the performing arts
Premiere production / performances of THE END OF AL CAPONE (2014)
- Commissioned for ArtsFest 2015
30:00 mono-drama / mono-opera for singer/actor and chamber ensemble Review of the premiere
COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Columbus, IN - April 26, 2015
Guest Composer
Performances of RAIN (2009) and THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY (2012)
Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Lyon, Guest Conductor
RONEN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, Indianapolis, IN - May 12, 2015
Guest Composer
Premiere performance of THE WOLVES OF PARNASSUS
A new 25:00 work for clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Commissioned by Cathedral Arts, Inc. for the 31st anniversary season of the Ronen Chamber Ensemble Concert Review
CULTURES IN HARMONY, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, etc., August 16 - 31, 2015
Global Premiere of Out of the Past-acaglia (string trio) for the Cultures in Harmony Passacaglia Project
Three American musicians (NYC, Oberlin, San Antonio) on a Cultures in Harmony goodwill tour.
Performances in the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Belize, and the Philippines
FORT SMITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Fort Smith, AR - October 1 - 4, 2015
Guest Composer
US premiere of RESILIENCE : Double Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra
Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the End of World War 2
Consortium commission from various orchestras in Europe, Japan and the USA.
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra : John Jeter, Music Director and Conductor video excerpts here
ORCHARD PARK (NY) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Orchard Park, NY - October 30, 2015
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8 (2004)
Concert program w/ Charles Ives, Bernard Herrmann, etc.
Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra, David Rudge, Music Director and Conductor
SUNY FREDONIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Fredonia, NY - October 31, 2015
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8 (2004)
Concert program w/ Charles Ives, Bernard Herrmann, etc.
SUNY Fredonia Symphony Orchestra, David Rudge, Music Director and Conductor
TOKYO TO NEW YORK, New York City - November 1, 2015
New York City premiere of AKITA EKHO (2014) for solo clarinet
The critically-acclaimed "Tokyo to New York" chamber music concert series in NYC and Tokyo
Thomas Piercy, clarinet and series music director
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY, Stephenville, TX - November 12 - 15, 2015
Multiple performances of FEAR STRIKES OUT (2014), for trombone and wind ensemble
("on tour" throughout Texas 11/12-14, then home TSU concert 11/15)
TSU Wind Ensemble, Anthony Pursell, Music Director and Conductor, William Haugeberg, solo trombone
SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY ARTIST SERIES, Indianapolis - November 17, 2015
Full program of 21st Century chamber music by Michael Schelle : Schellekammermusikonzert
Butler University, College of the Arts, School of Music Faculty Artist Series, Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall
Review here
BARTLESVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Bartlesville, OK - November 21, 2015
Performance of SAMURAI (1999)
Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, Lauren Green, Music Director and Conductor
THE HARTT SCHOOL (UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD), Hartford, CT - December 9 - 12, 2015
Guest Composer
3-day residency @ The Hartt School : incl. rehearsals and performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
The Hartt Symphonic Wind Ensemble : Glen Adsit, Music Director and Conductor
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2014 highlights
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA, the "Bridge to Beijing" tour of China" - January 2014
China premiere of SUN-WUKONG for cello and orchestra
The work was included on the SSO tour throughout China - 12 day China tour, eight (8) concerts
South Shore Orchestra (Valparaiso, IN), Troy Webdell, music director and conductor; Joshua DeVries, cellist
South Shore Orchestra (Valparaiso, IN), Troy Webdell, music director and conductor; Joshua DeVries, cellist
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY "NOW Music Festival", Columbus, OH - February 11 - 16, 2014
Composer in Residence
Featured Guest Composer for a six-day residency: the NOW Festival at the Conservatory of Music, Capital University.
Presentations, composition seminars, masterclass(es), lectures and performances of a lot of Schellemusik ...
by the Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, the symphonic wind ensemble, and various faculty and guest artis
Presentations, composition seminars, masterclass(es), lectures and performances of a lot of Schellemusik ...
by the Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, the symphonic wind ensemble, and various faculty and guest artis
CAPITAL CONSERVATORY/BEXLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Columbus, OH - February 16, 2014
Guest Composer
Performances of SUN-WUKONG and THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY.
Capital Conservatory / Bexley Symphony Orchestra, William Boggs, Music Director and Conductor
SOUTHWEST (AZ) REGION HONORS ORCHESTRA, Phoenix, AZ - February 13 and 14, 2014
Performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8, conducted by Gary Hill (Arizona State University)
NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY, Aberdeen, SD - February 16, 2014
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
Northern State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Boyd Perkins, Music Director and Conductor
CBDNA (College Band Directors National Association), Muncie, IN - February 27 - March 2, 2014
CBDNA Midwest Regional Conference - Ball State University School of Music
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9 .... Saturday afternoon, March 1st
CBDNA Midwest Intercollegiate Honors Band, Gary Hill (Arizona State University), guest conductor
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9 .... Saturday afternoon, March 1st
CBDNA Midwest Intercollegiate Honors Band, Gary Hill (Arizona State University), guest conductor
NEBRASKA STATE BANDMASTERS ASSOC. CONVENTION , Lincoln, NE - March 6 - 8, 2014
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
University of Nebraska Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Anthony Falcone, Music Director and Conductor
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Lincoln, NE - March 11, 2014
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
University of Nebraska Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Anthony Falcone, Music Director and Conductor
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
University of Nebraska Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Anthony Falcone, Music Director and Conductor
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Lincoln, NE - March 11, 2014
Performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
University of Nebraska Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Anthony Falcone, Music Director and Conductor
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI - Sunday, March 23. 2014 : 7:30 pm
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL - April 16, 2014
Guest Composer
Performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
University of South Florida Symphonic Band, Matthew McCutchen, Music Director and Conductor
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, Albuquerque, NM - April 22 - 26, 2014
Guest Composer
Performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
University of Michigan Symphonic Band, Mark Norman, Music Director and Conductor
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL - April 16, 2014
Guest Composer
Performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
University of South Florida Symphonic Band, Matthew McCutchen, Music Director and Conductor
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, Albuquerque, NM - April 22 - 26, 2014
Guest Composer
Two Performances of THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra : John Jeter, Music Director and Conductor
Presentations, composition seminar, master class
Rehearsals and performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
University of New Mexico Wind Symphony, Eric Rombach-Kendall, Music Director and Conductor
FORT SMITH (AR) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Fort Smith, AR - April 28, 2014
Guest ComposerTwo Performances of THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra : John Jeter, Music Director and Conductor
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Dayton, OH - May 16 and 17, 2014
Guest Composer
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A special concert honoring the victims and survivors of the great March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Presented on the 2nd anniversary of the disasters, the entire project was funded by a 2012 Kickstarter project.
The new work was the centerpiece / grand finale of a concert that also featured the music of Hifumi Shimoyama,
Miho Sasaki, Kazuo Fukushima and Akira Kobayashi
World premiere: Thalia Theatre @ Symphony Space, New York City: 15 March 2013
Their Was Around Here, Somewhere . . . (2012) LISTEN HERE VIDEO: Part 1 VIDEO: Part 2
Performances of SWASHBUCKLER !! (1984)
2013/2014 Subscription Series Concerts - Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Program also includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Neal Gittleman, Music Director and Conductor
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Dayton, OH - September 26, 27 and 28, 2014
Guest Composer
TRINITY UNIVERSITY, San Antonio, TX - October 24 - 27, 2014
Guest Composer
Lectures, composition masterclass, rehearsals and performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
Trinity University Wind Symphony : Jim Worman, Music Director and Conductor
ROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Rockford, IL - October 25, 2014
"Music that Goes Bump in the Night!"
Performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8 and THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
Rockford Symphony Orchestra : Steven Larsen, Music Director and Conductor
PACIFIC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Portland, OR - November 12 - 15, 2014
Guest Composer
Lectures, composition masterclasses (Pacific University), rehearsals and performances of orchestral works
- including VOX HUMANA
Pacific Philharmonic Orchestra: Bryce Seliger, Music Director and Conductor
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA - November 19, 2014
Performance of PRAYER for cello and chamber winds
KSU Wind Ensemble : David Kehler, Music Director and Conductor, Charae Krueger, cello
Guest Composer
Performances of THE BIG NIGHT (1991)
2014/2015 Subscription Series Concerts (9/26, 27) - Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
2014/2015 DPO Classical Connections Concerts (9/28) - Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
2014/2015 DPO Classical Connections Concerts (9/28) - Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Program also includes Rimsky's Le Coq d'Or and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Neal Gittleman, Music Director and Conductor
TRINITY UNIVERSITY, San Antonio, TX - October 24 - 27, 2014
Guest Composer
Lectures, composition masterclass, rehearsals and performance of EXTRACTION ON NO. 9
Trinity University Wind Symphony : Jim Worman, Music Director and Conductor
ROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Rockford, IL - October 25, 2014
"Music that Goes Bump in the Night!"
Performances of EXTRACTION ON NO. 8 and THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
Rockford Symphony Orchestra : Steven Larsen, Music Director and Conductor
PACIFIC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Portland, OR - November 12 - 15, 2014
Guest Composer
Lectures, composition masterclasses (Pacific University), rehearsals and performances of orchestral works
- including VOX HUMANA
Pacific Philharmonic Orchestra: Bryce Seliger, Music Director and Conductor
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA - November 19, 2014
Performance of PRAYER for cello and chamber winds
KSU Wind Ensemble : David Kehler, Music Director and Conductor, Charae Krueger, cello
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2013 highlights
Premiere performance of THEIR HOUSE WAS AROUND HERE, SOMEWHERE . . . A special concert honoring the victims and survivors of the great March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Presented on the 2nd anniversary of the disasters, the entire project was funded by a 2012 Kickstarter project.
The new work was the centerpiece / grand finale of a concert that also featured the music of Hifumi Shimoyama,
Miho Sasaki, Kazuo Fukushima and Akira Kobayashi
World premiere: Thalia Theatre @ Symphony Space, New York City: 15 March 2013
Their Was Around Here, Somewhere . . . (2012) LISTEN HERE VIDEO: Part 1 VIDEO: Part 2
Victoria, TX
- June 1 - 8, 2013
Performance of STRAIGHT, NO LITHIUM
- Faith DeBow,
piano
"Beethoven and Beyond" program : Beethoven, Ligeti, Corigliano and Schelle
38th Annual Victoria Bach Festival
- July 26, 2013
CSYOST / Kunama Quartet performance of SPRECHSTISAMBASTIMME
Historic Fine Arts / Studebaker Building, downtown Chicago - Rehearsal video here
AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS AND MUSIC
and NAGOYA IMPERIAL GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
, Nagoya, JAPAN - July 18 - 31, 2013
Composer in Residence / Artist in Residence
Two-week residency for various guest composer activities - including a lecture on American film music for
Two-week residency for various guest composer activities - including a lecture on American film music for
the annual Japan Musicological Society Conference, a lecture on "Collage in American Music" for the Nagoya
Imperial University "Collage in the Arts" symposium ... and master classes, rehearsals, performances, and two
(2) "all-Schelle" chamber music concerts featuring faculty artists and graduate performance majors from
Aichi Prefectural University of Music and Fine Arts, and Nagoya Imperial Graduate University
NAGOYA AZAKO NAGAKUTE JAPAN July 2013 現 代 音 楽 の 諸 相
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA, Valparaiso, IN - October 4, 2013
Guest Composer
Premiere of SUN-WUKONG (2013) for cello and orchestra
The piece will also be included on the January 2014 SSO tour throughout China - 12 days, eight (8) concerts
South Shore Orchestra, Troy Webdell, music director and conductor
Joshua DeVries, cellist
HARTFORD INDEPENDENT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Hartford, CT - October 11 - 20, 2013
Guest Resident Composer
Hartford New Music Festival 1913 / 2013
Premiere performances (2) of a new 28:00 orchestral piece,
Hartford New Music Festival 1913 / 2013
Premiere performances (2) of a new 28:00 orchestral piece,
THROUGH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF HELL
co-commissioned for the
combined forces of the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra and The Generous Ensemble.
Funded by generous
grants from MUSIC-USA, the Greater Hartford Arts Council, and the City of Hartford Arts & Heritage
Grant Program.
Chamber works also performed during the 10 day residency, including RACING WITH RABBITS, Grant Program.
GIMME SHELTER, CRUSHER and SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, IN - November 5, 2013, Musical Arts Center
Guest Composer
Performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
Indiana University Symphonic Wind Ensemble : Stephen Pratt, Music Director and Conductor
Indiana University Symphonic Wind Ensemble : Stephen Pratt, Music Director and Conductor
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Detroit, MI - November 10, 2013
Guest Composer
Performance of THE EXORCISM OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
Kenneth Wayne Thompson, Conductor
NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY, Aberdeen, SD - November 12 - 17, 2013
Guest Composer
Lectures, seminars, composition masterclass, clinics, rehearsals and performance of WRIGHT FLIGHT
piano concerto (2002) by the Aberdeen / NSU Symphony Orchesta. Also during the week-long residency:
performances of various chamber works ... and EXTRACTION ON NO. 9 performed by the NSU Symphonic
Wind Ensemble. Northern State University faculty artists, the Aberdeen / NSU Symphony Orchestra : Robert Vodnoy,
Music Director and Conductor, and the NSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Boyd Perkins, Music Director and Conductor
Lectures, seminars, composition masterclass, clinics, rehearsals and performance of WRIGHT FLIGHT
piano concerto (2002) by the Aberdeen / NSU Symphony Orchesta. Also during the week-long residency:
performances of various chamber works ... and EXTRACTION ON NO. 9 performed by the NSU Symphonic
Wind Ensemble. Northern State University faculty artists, the Aberdeen / NSU Symphony Orchestra : Robert Vodnoy,
Music Director and Conductor, and the NSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Boyd Perkins, Music Director and Conductor
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
, Manhattan, KS
- December 2 - 5, 2013
Guest Composer
Lectures, composition master class, rehearsals and performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
Kansas State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble : Frank Tracz, Music Director and Conductor
Lectures, composition master class, rehearsals and performance of THE END OF THE WORLD
Kansas State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble : Frank Tracz, Music Director and Conductor
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AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS
and
NAGOYA IMPERIAL GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Nagoya, JAPAN
Featured Guest Composer: Michael Schelle
and
NAGOYA IMPERIAL GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Nagoya, JAPAN
Featured Guest Composer: Michael Schelle
"Decay and Regeneration in the Arts" - an international festival / symposium
Guest Composer for composition masterclasses, seminars, and performances
of my chamber music including the premieres of Say Goodnight, Gracie (chamber winds)
of my chamber music including the premieres of Say Goodnight, Gracie (chamber winds)
and Straight, No Lithium (solo piano) - both new pieces commissioned for the festival.
NAGOYA * AZAKO NAGAKUTE * JAPAN * December 4 - 7, 2010
現 代 音 楽 の 諸 相
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA (Chicago) CHINA TOUR
26 December 2009 thru 7 January 2010 - Composer in Residence on the tour
7 performances in 7 different concert halls: Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing.
Sponsored by the Confucius Institute for International Knowledge, the concert tour highlighted
Schelle's WRIGHT FLIGHT (2002 Piano Concerto), featuring Miho Sasaki, piano, on each program
Sponsored by the Confucius Institute for International Knowledge, the concert tour highlighted
Schelle's WRIGHT FLIGHT (2002 Piano Concerto), featuring Miho Sasaki, piano, on each program
The concerts also included music by Paganini, Copland, Bernstein and 2 Chinese composers.
ST. PETERSBURG (Russia) CHAMBER PHILHARMONIC - December 2009
Premiere of commissioned work RAIN, for soprano and chamber orchestra, based on selected
texts of Nabokov. Julia Kogan, soprano; Jeffery Meyer, conductor. St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
NAGOYA IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY (Japan) - Guest Composer
Nagoya Imperial University (Japan) School of Music / School of International Studies 2009
"Technology of New Pleasures" Symposium, An international symposium focusing on the 'new',
eclecticism and bricolage in the arts. The three featured guests were: a Chinese multi-media
visual artist, a British writer, and me, the featured Guest Composer. I was also commissioned
to compose a new multi-media work for premiere at the symposium (NAGOYA SPIRAL) and write
/ deliver the Keynote Address. November 18 - 23, 2009
"Technology of New Pleasures" Symposium, An international symposium focusing on the 'new',
eclecticism and bricolage in the arts. The three featured guests were: a Chinese multi-media
visual artist, a British writer, and me, the featured Guest Composer. I was also commissioned
to compose a new multi-media work for premiere at the symposium (NAGOYA SPIRAL) and write
/ deliver the Keynote Address. November 18 - 23, 2009
Nagoya Imperial University, Japan : November 2009
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CHINA : DECEMBER 2009 / JANUARY 2010
CHINA : DECEMBER 2009 / JANUARY 2010 14 day / nine concert China tour by the South Shore Orchestra (Chicago) - featured Michael Schelle's 'Wright Flight' Piano Concerto; Miho Sasaki, piano on each program. Sponsored by the Confucius Institute
SHANGHAI, BEIJING, HANGZHOU, NINGBO, ZHOUSHAN, JIAXIN
Composer MICHAEL SCHELLE and pianist MIHO SASAKI
SOUTH SHORE ORCHESTRA
MIHO SASAKI, pianist
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JAPAN: 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 (see Guest Composer)
CONFUSED on MIYA JIMA ISLAND OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF JAPAN
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