James Robert Brašić
Works
A klezmer love song (a ballet) for clarinet in A and Bb and three percussionists 2002
Four Songs for soprano, Bb clarinet, and piano
1980, a thesis presented to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of
Washington University,
Cadmus (James Robert Brašić)
A white blossom (D. H. Lawrence Love poems and others 1913)
Chansons innocentes: I (E. E. Cummings Tulips and chimneys 1923)
Pied beauty (Gerard Manley Hopkins Poems 1918)
Performed
Performed April 24, 1980, in a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Arts in Composition, by Jan Parker, soprano; Gary Scott, clarinet; and Margaret Peterson, piano; in Graham Chapel, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
Termination for flute and drums 1976
Performed
Performed with an audiotape by Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion, for Flute and Drum choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II, and danced by Catherine MacNeil and Geoff Nimmer, on April 7 and 8, 1984, in an Evening of Dances, a Choreographic Showcase of Danceworks, at the David Howard School of Ballet, Third Floor, 36 West 62nd Street, New York, New York 10023
Performed on videotape with an
audiotape by Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion, for
Flute and Drum choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II, and danced by
Catherine MacNeil and Geoff Nimmer, in 1984, in a studio in
Performed with an audiotape by Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion, for Eastern Images “Flute and Drum” choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II, with costumes by Erich Hochman and Frank C. Martin, II, and danced by Melinda Jackson and Frank C. Martin, II, on May 28, and May 29, 1986, at an open rehearsal of the American Contemporary Dance Company/Company of American Dance, at the Harkness Ballet Foundation, 4 East 75th Street, New York, New York, supported by a grant from the Harkness Ballet Foundation
Performed with an audiotape by Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion, for Eastern Images “Flute and Drum” choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II, with costumes by Erich Hochman and Frank C. Martin, II, and danced by Melinda Jackson and Frank C. Martin, II, on June 4, and June 5, 1986, in an Evening of Dances in the Spring Season 1986 of the American Contemporary Dance Company/Company of American Dance, at the Harkness Ballet Foundation, 4 East 75th Street, New York, New York, supported by a grant from the Harkness Ballet Foundation
Performed and videotaped for Opus
17 (“Composition for Flute and Drum”) choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II,
with dance costumes by Shirley Fields, performed by Lisa Arkis, flute, Michael
Osrowitz, percussion, and danced by Kimberliegh Jordan and Al Itoka, at the
Movement – Music – Voice Program of the American Contemporary Dance Company, Merkin Concert
Hall, Abraham Goodman House, New York, New York, on November 15, 1988
Performed for Opus 17 (“Composition
for Flute and Drum”).
Choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II, with dance costumes by Shirley Fields, performed by Lisa
Arkis, flute, Jim Baker, percussion, and danced by Kimberliegh Jordan and Frank
Martin, at Dance Conversations, American Contemporary Dance Company, Merkin
Concert Hall, Abraham Goodman House,
Performed and videotaped with
an audiotape by Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion, for Metamorphosis choreographed by Belinda Sue James, with costumes by
Belinda James, assisted by Carol Etkin and Ed Sandford, and danced by James
DeVille and Belinda James, at Raven Renault and Colleagues at the Mid Day Concert
Series, Mark Goodson Theatre, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 2
Columbus Circle, New York, New York, December 17, 1990.
Performed and videotaped with an
audiotape by Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion, for Metamorphosis choreographed by Belinda Sue James, danced by Benjamin
Bowman, Jonathan Phelps, and Gregory Wolverton, at A First Peoples’ Thanksgiving, The
Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine,
Performed with an audiotape by
Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion, for Metamorphosis choreographed by Belinda Sue James, danced by Jonathan Phelps
and Gregory Wolverton, Lighting by David Hein, at Color Pointes, The Souls of
Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival 2001, Triangle Theater, Thelma Hill
Performing Arts Center, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, June 23 and 24,
2001. Recorded on
Presented on January 24, 2003, at Winter Words, a concert of music and the spoken word, by the Baltimore Composers Forum, at the Creative Alliance, 413 South Conkling Street, Baltimore, Maryland, on a videotape of Flute and Drum choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II, danced by Catherine MacNeil and Geoff Nimmer, in a studio in New York, New York, in 1984, to an audiotape recorded in 1980, by Jennifer Jo Schroeder, flute, and Mark Lewis Tate, percussion.
Presented on January 24, 2003, at Winter Words, a concert of music and the spoken word, by the Baltimore Composers Forum, at the Creative Alliance, 413 South Conkling Street, Baltimore, Maryland, on a videotape of Opus 17 (“Composition for Flute and Drum”) choreographed by Frank C. Martin, II, with dance costumes by Shirley Fields, performed by Lisa Arkis, flute, Michael Osrowitz, percussion, Kimberliegh Jordan, dancer, and Al Itoka, dancer, at the Movement – Music – Voice Program of the American Contemporary Dance Company, Merkin Concert Hall, Abraham Goodman House, New York, New York, on November 15, 1988.
Nocturne for flute and piano 1975
Performed
Orientale I, II, III, and IV (E. E. Cummings Tulips and chimneys 1923) for mixed chorus (SATB) and percussion 1980
String quartet 1980
th for flute and piano 1980
Performed
Triad (Adelaide Crapsey) for bass voice, flute, and piano 1974
Performed