Michael G. Cunningham
Author & Composer
Composer Information

CD of orchestral music: SONIC FLIGHT available from Amazon.com    It contains Violin Concerto, Dialogue and Diaphony for Orch. and Wind Trio, Wakefield Autumn, Kaleidoscope, and Venus and Adonis (ballet music).

Reviews of the above

S. James Wegg in the Jewish World Review:  "Much to admire in wide-ranging program."  Colin Clarke in FANFARE:  "Recommended, primarily for Venus."

Now available, 2nd CD of orchestral music.  Navona Records                              CD name:  "COLONNADE" available from Amazon.com
Free Designs
Irish Symphony
Symphonic Arias - Night (soloists and choir)
Aedon

Also available on Navona Records is the 1980 score TransActions, recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ovidiu Marinescu.  This work is on a compendium recording (shared by three other composers) entitled CONTINUUM, that is also available from Amazon.com. 

Review of the above:

Kraig Lamper in Amer. Record Guide:  "Free Designs....exhilerating expression.  ....Symphonic Arias ...... the gem of the program."

Available ERM label on its MILLENNIUM PROJECT -- MADE IN AMERICA, VOLUME ONE, SET TWO and conducted by the late Robert Ian Winstin, is String Quartet No. 6.

The following works have been recorded by that same company, ERM Media, using European orchestras, but will be released in 2013 by Parma/Navona:

Counter Currents (1960)

Trumpet Concerto (1967)

Naiadina (2006) ballet music


Catalog of works is available on the web under WAC (Wisconsin Alliance for Composers). 

www.wiscomposers.org/members/cunningham.html

Most music published by Seesaw Music Corp., a division of
Subito Music, 60 Verona Street
Verona, New Jersey 07044
mail@subitomusic.com

Certain saxophone works and quartet arrangements                                         
LAUREN KEISER MUSIC of St. Louis                                                  info@laurenkeisermusic.com

 

Seven scores from MEDIA PRESS, INC
www.mediapressinc.com
Prisms for string trio
Delicacies for fl, ob and cello
In Memoriam Leonard Bernstein for cl and piano
Polyphonies for perc. quartet
Baritone Sax Sonata  (with piano)
Ohio River Medley for a. sax and conc. band
Starry Visions for conc. band and electrosonics CD



W A I T I N G   F O R    STAGE   P R O D U C T I O N S

Orchestrated comic opera: Figg and Bean (Box and Cox redone)
Operas in piano score:
Catherine Sloper (Washington Square)
Dorian Gray (Picture of....)
Enchanted Cottage, The
Midge and Annabel (Dorothy Parker) mini-opera
Getting Gertie's Garter
Elizabeth and DeVere mini-opera
Fall of Occitania, The (lutes, guitars, soloists, pantomime action)
Magic Voice, The (based on l944 film The Climax)
Mudlark, The mini-opera
Chic Socialite, The (deaf woman discovers plot)
Quality Street
New Year's Wish, The (a year lived over)

 

CONCERT BAND MUSIC:  

The following are most serious: 

SUITE MONTAGE   Seesaw Music Corp.

STARRY VISIONS (with CD)  Media Press, Chicago

 

CLARINET CONCERTO  MS
FRENCH RHAPSODY (with T. Sax)  Seesaw
Arensky VALSE   (piano solo)  MS
Brahms' SYMPHONIC MOVEMENTS  MS
LANDSCAPE AND SUNBURST  MS
SCHUMANN CORSAGE (4 pieces) MS
YOUNG DEBUSSY (3 early pieces)  MS
THE TRIUMPH OF CHOPIN    MS
Clement's POLONAISE    MS
In preparation:
Faure's NOCTURNE No. 6

The following are light and suitable for summer park concerts:
COFFEE-CAKE WALK (clarinet solo)   Seesaw
MOUNTAIN POEM   Seesaw
OHIO RIVER MEDLEY  (a.sax solo)   Media Press, Chicago
LITTLE RHAPSODY  (a. sax. solo)    MS
HYMNAL FANTASY   MS
Three THEATER MUSIC Suites    MS
Two Theater OVERTURES     MS
NASSAU CABANA    MS
MICHIGANIA    MS
URBAN SAMBA   MS
ARMORED DIVISION MARCH    MS
PRESSED ROSE   MS
In preparation:
ANTHEM OF TWO NATIONS
   (variations on America/God Save the King by Beethoven) 

Corrections to the Sheetmusicplus.com.  These works are published by Seesaw/Subito, but are either not listed by Sheetmusicplus, or are wrongly described:

Not listed: 
Coffee Cake Walk, violin and piano version, or clarinet and piano version
Song and Fantasia for string quartet

Three Satires for string quartet (Qt. No. 2)

Partitions for string quartet (Qt. 3)

Interlacings for string quartet (Qt. 4)

String Quartet No. 5

Romantic Sonata for String Bass (or Tuba) and piano

Preludes for Harp

Nocturnes for Harp

Forest Ballads for guitar

Cavatina and Jiubiloso for Sop. Sax and Guitar

Violin Sonata No. 1

Piano Trio No. 9

Piano Sonata No. 4

Harpsichord Sonata

Dialogue for Two Pianos

Theater Music for two pianos

Little Organ Book of neglected melodies

Miraculous Legends for organ

Spring Sonnet for solo flute and 8 instruments

Haiku Suite for flutes and piano

Trumpet Sonata No. 1

Trumpet Concerto

Statements for trombone and piano

Alto Sax Sonata

Illusions for trombone and piano

Piano Trio No. 4 for clarinet, bassoon and piano

Song of Hope for bassoon and piano

Pastel Design for flute quintet

Linear Ceremony for ww. quintet

Concertant (Brass quintet No. 1)

Aedon for chamber orchestra and electrosonics

Time Frame for chamber orchestra

Islands for orchestra

Holiday Drive for brass choir and rhythm section

Terzetts for three horns

Illustrations for trombone quartet

Saxophone quartet

Soliloquy for timpano

Miro Gallery for ww quintet

Brass Quintet No. 2

Chaconne for euphonium/tuba quartet

Noetical Rounds for Violin, oboe, marimba and string bass
Romantic Sonata for piano and double bass, or tuba
Toy Waltz for cello and piano
Three Valentines for a.sax, strings and rhythm section
Memorabilia for piano
Chaconne for tuba quartet
Counter Currents for string orchestra
Counter Currents for full orchestra
Irish Symphony for string orchestra
TransActions for orchestra


JAZZ ENSEMBLE PIECES AVAILABLE FROM SEESAW/SUBITO:
Autumn Moan
Cat Feet
Grasshopper
Moxie
Quatrain
Remembering Bill Evans
Shorty
Swing Waltz
Vignette

THE FOLLOWING ARE AVAILABLE FROM SEESAW/SUBITO, BUT HAVE MISLEADING INSTRUMENTATION LISTED ON sheetmusicplus.com
Azure Blues is for 3 cellos
Cathedral Music is for brass ensemble
Churches of Utrillo is for organ and 5 horns
Coloratura is for clarinet choir
Confections is for brass ensemble
Dialogue for Orchestra and Wind Trio involves fl,cl,bssn
French Rhapsody is for t.sax and concert band
French Rhapsody is available with just t.sax and piano
Holiday Drive is for brass ensemble and percussion
Illustrations is for trombone quartet
Islands is for full orchestra
Man About Town is for 6 clarinets and rhythm section with elec. piano
Motet for Brass is for brass ensemble
Night Flight for 2 violins and piano
Pavane is for 3 cellos
Potpourri Overture is for chamber orchestra
Remembering Helen Keller is for brass ensemble
Rivals is for 2 trumpets
Serenade (string version) is for either string trio or string ensemble
Serenade (ww version) is for clarinet, a.sax and bassoon
Sonatina is for 2 clarinets
Theater Music is for 2 pianos
Three Inventions is for 2 like saxophones
Three Terzetts is for 3 horns
Trifles is for flute and vibes

THE FOLLOWING INVOLVE POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE INSTRUMENTS:
   (there are specification errors in the sheetmusicplus.com listings)
Chromaglyphs is for bass flute and guitar (or harpsichord)
Cool Fantasy Fugue is for flute, string bass and vibes (or clarinet, or a.sax)
Eusebius (a piano trio) is for cello and viola (or clarinet)
Fireside Music is for flute, clarinet, bassoon, and oboe (or soprano sax.)
Incantation is for one player on piano and electronic piano on celeste                                                 stop, and alto flute (or a.sax)
Linear Ceremony is for standard woodwind quintet
                        (with t.sax possibly replacing horn)
Noetical Rounds is for violin, marimba, double bass and oboe (or cl, or s.sax)
Phantasm is for harpsichord and oboe (or cl, or s.sax)
Three Romances are for viola (or clarinet), and cello (or bassoon) or any combination.
Vocalise is for organ and soprano (or trumpet, or s.sax)


 

85 Art Songs
by Michael G. Cunningham

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For over 45 years composer Michael G. Cunningham, himself a pianist and singer, created a number of Art Songs, which he now shares with the public. Most are for medium-range voice, and all use poetry from the Renaissance through the early 20th-Century.