Solo Repertoire + Works List

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Solo Repertoire + Works List -

The Famous People commissioned for Gil Shaham, by the Virginia Symphony and Eric Jacobsen

 

Concerto Repertoire

Original Works

  • Vivaldi / Stewart | Seasons of Change | recomposition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons | Violin + Strings, and optional video/audio | 2024 premiere with the Phoenix Symphony | 40’ (12’ - 12’ - 8’ - 8’)

  • Curtis Stewart | Violin Concerto | (2 -2-2-2-4-2 -0 -1 -perc-strings) | 2023 | 24’

  • Curtis Stewart | Resonance | Violin + Orchestra | commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Now | (1 -1-1-1-1-0 -0 -0 -perc-strings) | 2024 | 8’

  • Curtis Stewart | Embrace | Violin + Strings, and optional public conversation/video/audio | commissioned by the American Composer’s Orchestra | 2022 | 10’

  • Curtis Stewart | Circumvent | Violin + Orchestra | commissioned by Key to Change in partnership with the Seattle Symphony | (2 -2-2-2-4-2 -0 -1 -perc-strings) | 2024 | 6’

  • Dvorak / Stewart | “The Famous People” | Violin + Orchestra | recompositions of 5 of Dvorak’s “Slavonic Dances” fused with traditional American Slave dances | commissioned by the Virginia Symphony | (2 -2-2-2-4-2 -0 -1-perc-strings) | 2023 | 2’-20’

  • Coleridge-Taylor / Stewart | 3 Selections from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 24 Negro Melodies | Violin + Strings | 2022 | 15’

  • Bologne / Stewart | KNIGHT Music | Violin + Strings | recomposition of Joseph Bologne, the “Chevalier de St George” Violin Concerto #9 Op 8 in G major | 2022 | 11’

Preferred Concerto Repertoire by Canonized Composers

  • Roberto Sierra | Carribean Rhapsody | Violin, Saxophone + Strings | 2008 | 15’

  • Julia Perry | Violin Concerto | (2222 -3220 -hrp -pno- perc-strings ) | 1977 | 25’

  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk for Solo Violin | arr. Violin + Orchestra | (1111-1111- 2 perc-hrp-strings) | 2012 | 3’

  • Missy Mazzoli | Dark with Excessive Bright | Violin + Strings | 2018 | 13’

    More Concerto Repertoire by Canonized Composers

  • Piotr Tchaikovsky | Souvenir d’un lieu Cher | Violin + Orchestra | 1878 | 19’

  • Igor Stravinsky | Violin Concerto | Violin + Orchestra | 1931 | 21’

  • Pablo Sarasate | Zigeunerweisen | Violin + Orchestra | 1878 | 10

  • Leonard Bernstein | Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) | Violin + Strings, Harp, Percussion | 1954 | 25’ 

  • Bela Bartok | Roumanian Dances | arr. Violin + Strings / Violin + Orchestra | 1915 | 11’

  • Samuel Barber | Violin Concerto | Violin + Orchestra | 1939 | 25’

Works for Orchestra

  • The Famous People | recompositions of 5 of Dvorak’s “Slavonic Dances” | for orchestra, violin + orchestra, cello + orchestra | commissioned by the Virginia Symphony (2 -2-2-2-4-2 -0 -1 -perc-strings) | 2023 | - 2’-20’

  • Toward America | symphonic fantasy on Dvorak’s American Quartet | (1 -1-1-1-2-1 -0 -0 -timp- perc-strings) | commissioned by the Knights | 2023 | 25’

  • The Forest’s Touch | recomposition of Schubert’s Erlkonig | for small sinfonietta and solo voice (1 -1-1-1-1-1 -1 -0 -drum set-piano-strings) | commissioned by La Jolla Society | 2022 | 7’

  • Drill | concerto for prepared drum set and string orchestra | (prepared kit - 44442) | Commissioned by the Sphinx Organization, Carnegie Hall and the New World Symphony | 2023 | 8’

  • Essay #1: Leave the People | for string orchestra | Commissioned by NextFest of Emergin Musicians | 2024 | 14’

Chamber Music

  • Do you see the Flag | for Voice, Piano + Triggered Sound Samples | paraphrase of all verses of the US National Anthem - Commissioned for the NY Festival of Song | 2020 | 5’

  • Mangas | by Elektra Kurtis | for String Quintet (bass) | commissioned by Sybarite5 (string quartet + bass) | 2021 | 5’

  • The Gilded Cage | piano quintet | based on the music of the residents of Newport, RI | commissioned by The Newport Classical Festival | 2023 | 10’

  • The Pavement Pounding Rose | improvising string quartet | commissioned by PUBLIQuartet and New Music USA from Reflections on Beauty Project celebrating the life of Madame CJ Walker | 2019 | 4’

  • Call / Response | improvising string quartet | commissioned by Carnegie Hall: Play USA along with 3 other commissions by members of PUBLIQuartet | 2019 | 3’

  • Bird in Paris | improvising string quartet | based on Charlie Parker’s Blues for Alice and works of Claude Debussy | 2015 | 5’

  • LiberTango | improvising string quartet (and expanded ensemble) | arrangement of Astor Piazzola’s iconic song | 2014 | 5’

  • We The Messiah | improvising string quartet, electronics, optional MC’s, improvisations from the Messiah | 2021 | 60’

  • Work Monologues: i. Futility | string quartet, electronics | commissioned by IlluminArts | 2024 | 6’

  • Threat | duo for viola + cello | commissioned by the Chamber Music America Artistic Projects grant | 2024 | 8’

Recital Repertoire

  • John Adams - Road Movies

  • Improvised J.S. Bach solo Sonatas

  • Dance Schematics - micro commissions based on the Bach Chaconne (Tod Machover | Jasmine Barnes | Miguel Atwood Fergusson | David Balakrishnan | Linda Oh |Mazz Swift

  • David N Baker - Deliver my Soul for violin + piano

  • Ludwig Van Beethoven - Romance #1 and #2 for violin and Orchestra or Piano

  • J Rosamund Johnson / Stewart - Lift Every Voice and Sing - based on the Black National Anthem for solo Violin and optional Electronics/Video (2020)

  • Wynton Marsalis - Fiddle Dance Suite (solo violin)

  • Oliver Messiaen - Them and Variations for violin and piano

  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk for Solo Violin

  • Julia Perry - Violin Concerto (violin + piano reduction)

  • Oscar Peterson / Stewart - Hymn to Freedom - commissioned by Royal Conservatory of Music - Oscar Peterson - arrangement for solo violin (2020)

  • Henry Purcell - Dido’s Lament

  • Maurice Ravel - Violin Sonata #2

  • Maurice Ravel - 5 Greek Songs arr. Steven Gerber

  • Curtis Stewart - Thalassaki Mou; my little sea - for solo Violin (2022)

  • Curtis Stewart - Seattle Etudes - commissioned by the Key to Change for beginner and intermediate violinists/violists (2022)

  • Curtis Stewart - Gone - for solo violin

  • Piotr Tchaikovsky - Souvenir d’un lieu Cher - for violin + piano

  • Stewart / Vivaldi - “Seasons of Change” - recomposition of Vivaldi's entire Four Seasons - an Afrofuturist / AI dreamscape on climate, technology + class, inspired - solo violin + strings with optional video/audio narrative 12-48’

  • Stevie Wonder / Stewart - “Isn’t She Lovely” - recomposition from GRAMMY nominated album OF POWER (2021)

Works for Solo Strings
with optional electronics, video AND/OR Piano

  • Lift Every Voice and Sing - based on the Black National Anthem for solo Violin and optional Electronics/Video (2020)

  • Lament - Concert Etude for Cello + Piano commissioned by the Eastman Cello Institute and Daniel Ketter (2021)

  • Magic Might - for Voice, Violin and Electronics and optional Video (2020)

  • Varying level Etudes in the Royal Conservatory of Music (2020)

  • “We are going to be OK” - recomposition of Brahms Violin Sonata No 1 in G major op 78 ii. Adagio for violin and electronics (2021)

  • Hymn to Freedom - commissioned by Royal Conservatory of Music - Oscar Peterson - arrangement for solo violin (2020)

  • Remember them - recomposition of Henry Purcell’s “Lament” for violin and electronics (2020)

  • Seattle Etudes - commissioned by the Key to Change for beginner and intermediate violinists/violists (2022)

  • “Isn’t She Lovely” - recomposition from GRAMMY nominated album OF POWER (2021)

  • Gone - for solo violin

  • Grief Monologues - commissioned by WQXR - community submitted voice memos on stories of grief scored for Solo violin and Electronics

  • We who Seek - commissioned by the Experiential Orchestra - paraphrase + verse on the original spiritual, with remix of the Julia Perry / Jannina Norpoth setting of the hymn - for solo violin, optional voice, optional string quartet

Residencies and Engagement


All appearances may include a residency component.

  • Community conversations, including talkback with community leaders

  • Masterclasses for standard repertoire, chamber music, composition, or improvisation

  • Improvisation or Composition workshops

  • Session on “A Place for the Blues in Classical Music” - Reviewed in Violinist.com from the Starling Delay Symposium

  • Recorded interactions with community for optional inclusion and trigger in performance.

 

Contact Curtis for perusal score, audio and arrangement needs.