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Breath of Life Houston Premiere 6/29/24, Video is now on You Tube:
Score to the Opera, Breath of Life, Act I and II for 10 singers and piano:
Breath of Life Piano Reduction Score
Excerpt: Just a Girl
TMC News 2015 Article: http://www.tmcnews.org/2015/10/breath-of-life-opera-bridges-the-medical-and-arts-communities/?x=6
Psalm 23
Video (a 3/24 performance by the University of Houston Chorus): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxbf30v0o2pebml5hki6t/Psalm-23.MOV?rlkey=zrglt2isfkk06e9hjm5fp4psk&dl=0
Score: Psalm 23
Fantasy in Blue
for Guitar and Piano (written for Jay Kacherski and Lina Morita)
Score Version I
Score Version II (with a cut)
Fantasy in Blue (with cut) – Score
Brazos De Dios
for guitar and piano (from the version for guitar and orchestra)
New Recording by Jay Kacherski, Guitar and Lina Morita, Piano
Score (Extended Version): Brazos de Dios
Score (Shortened Version): Brazos de Dios
CD/Liner Notes: Landscape_Booklet_Final
Recording: (dropbox link)
Link to view entire CD all tracks and to purchase:
Theme and Responses
for organ
Score: Score Final
MIDI Recording: Theme and Variations
Video Reading (Aaron Tan, Organist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCjTwBJvao
Piece for Peace (blend of hymns and spirituals) 1996/2022
“An impression of Harmony” inspired by a hymn, spiritual and folk song, coming together from different traditions; for Woodwind Quintet and Piano
Woodwind Quintet and Piano
Score: Piece for Peace Score
Recording (MIDI): Piece for Peace MIDI Playback
Hymn for Strength
SATB and Piano (written for a combined healthcare employee choir and the Houston Chamber Choir and dedicated to caregivers)
Program Notes and Score:
Videos:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ppq_tBluARE
We Hold These Truths
An Oratorio in 8 Parts based on the life of Thomas Jefferson: Soloists (violin, soprano, tenor, narrator and actor), Chorus and Orchestra
Full Libretto/Program Notes and Score (Part I and II):
We Hold These Truths (Oratorio Full Score)
We Hold These Truths (version of Movement I for Solo Voice (tenor or soprano), Chorus, Violin and Piano)
Score: We Hold Chorus Voice Violin Piano – Score
or for Solo Voice (tenor or soprano), Chorus and Organ)
Score: We Hold Chorus Voice Violin Organ – Score
a brief response to the aura of Ford Fry’s Restaurants : )
Gloria (written 4/21), for organ and SATB choir
Score: Gloria (SATB:Organ)
Recording (MIDI): Gloria
Hymn: Houston Methodist; Together We Are Strong
Score: Houston Methodist (Intro and Hymn)
Sharing the inclusion of one of my works in the Kennedy Center Washington National Opera Concert for Inauguration Day with Renee Fleming. Starts at 16:41 of this video: https://www.kennedy-center.org/video/digital-stage/opera/2021/nso-inauguration-concert/
An American Quintet (or) Summer Music (1994/2021)
for Woodwind Quintet
Score:
MIDI (computer) Recording:
Barry Corbin’s Interview in Texas Monthly, Buffalo Altar (c. 1/3 into article)
J. S. Bach Art of Fugue #14 Ending:
Score:
Midi Recording:
Art of the Fugue #14 ending organ playback
2020 and earlier / selected projects
Complete Evensong Service and Sacred Choral Music Book (2023)
Complete Evensong Service
Sacred Choral Music Book
Recordings of 8 Sacred Choral Works. From new music readings sessions by the Composers’ Choir of New Haven , CT.
1. Amen III (a round in 4 parts for a cappella voices):
Recording: Amen-Round
Score:
Amen III (Round) w. keyboard Book
2. Anthem: “I Was Glad” from Psalm 122 for choir and organ:
Recording: I Was Glad
Score: Anthem (I Was Glad)
3. Canticles I and II, a cappella choir, (Amen):
Recording: Canticles I and II
Score: Canticles
4. Kyrie II, two a cappella choirs:
Recording: Kyrie
Score: Kyrie II a cappella Final
5. Little Lamb, Mighty Tyger, for choir, organ (or orchestra) and solo group:
Recording: Little Lamb, Mighty Tyger
Score: Little Lamb, Mighty Tyger
6. Nunc Dimittis, for choir, organ and soprano solo:
Recording: Nunc Dimittis
Score: Nunc Dimittis
7. The Lord’s Prayer, unison choir or solo and organ:
Recording: Our Father (Lord’s Prayer)
Score: Lords Prayer
8. Preces, a cappella choir:
Recording: Preces
Score: 1 Preces
The Arts | Renée Fleming surprises and delights, as always | Seattle Times Newspaper
Audio: We Hold These Truth (Live)
We Hold These Truths (Live – No Intro)
Recording of Wild Horses with Renee Fleming in Nashville:
Wild Horses Renee Fleming – 1_6_15, 3.13 PM
Charlottesville, VA at the premiere of the “University of Virginia Suite” on October 6, 2017, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the laying of the first cornerstone of the University of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson on October 6, 1817. An estimated 20,000 people attended the Bicentennial Launch Celebration on the lawn of the University in front of the Rotunda. Actor Bill Barker performed as Thomas Jefferson.
Actor Bill Barker performs as Thomas Jefferson.
We Hold These Truths
Thomas Jefferson; The Making of America
An Oratorio in 8 Parts: Soloists (violin, soprano, tenor, narrator and actor) and Orchestra
Full Libretto/Program Notes and Score:
Jefferson Final Score Part 1,2
“We Hold These Truths Suite”, also called “University of Virginia Suite” or “Thomas Jefferson Suite” is comprised of Movements I, V, and VII/VIII from the complete Oratorio for orchestra, chorus and soloists (soprano, tenor and actor)
Text: from the writings of Thomas Jefferson, his friends and colleagues
Music and Libretto: by J. Todd Frazier (b. 1969), with quotations from music popular in Jefferson’s time
The Suite was commissioned by and is dedicated to the University of Virginia in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the laying of the first cornerstone by Thomas Jefferson. Performed by the Charlottesville Symphony and UVA Choir Directed by Michael Slon, Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson and Soloists Janice Chandler-Eteme and Glenn Seven Allen:
VIDEO (from University of Virginia):
We Hold These Truths (Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus)
Excerpt Move. 5 (Jefferson and Liberty), Move. 7-8 (Freedom of Thought)
Live Recording, I. “We Hold These Truths”: We Hold These Truths
Live Recording, III. “Freedom of Thought”: Freedom of Thought
Buffalo Altar; A Texas Symphony
Full Orchestral Score:
Audio, Live Performance, Houston Ballet Orchestra, Barry Corbin, Actor, J. Todd Frazier Conductor: Buffalo Altar with Orchestra
L to R: Marc Sanders (Piano), Barry Corbin (Narrator), Todd Frazier (Composer), Steven Harrigan (Writer)
Live Video, Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, TX – Piano, Percussion and Narrator:
Version for Piano and Narrator:
Cover:
Text:
Photo Caption: Dean of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, Jamal Rossi presenting J. Todd Frazier, Composer and Director, Center for Performing Arts Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital the Eastman School of Music Luminary Award, April 29, 2016.
University of Rochester
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman Luminary Award is given by the Eastman School of Music to individuals who have given “extraordinary service to music and the arts at the national and local levels.” The design of the Luminary Award is taken from the round window at the top of the staircase in the Eastman School’s Lowry Hall, seen by generations of students since the School opened in 1921.
Todd Frazier (BM ’92) is the epitome of an artist citizen. Throughout his career, he has embraced music’s power to heal, inspire, and celebrate key moments in American history. As a composer, he has written music performed by such artists as Renée Fleming. As an arts administrator, he founded the American Festival of the Arts, an organization that has enriched the lives of thousands of student musicians for over two decades. And now, as the director of Houston Methodist Hospital’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine, he is forging new paths that integrate arts and medicine. As a member of Eastman’s National Council, he contributes to and guides the vision of this internationally preeminent school of music.
Todd has made extraordinary contributions to the musical and educational life of Houston. Nationally, he continues to champion efforts to build bridges between the medical and artistic communities. Through his work at CPAM, Todd has collected data that scientifically proves what many of us feel: adding music to our lives, particularly where we might not expect it, can have a profound positive impact.
Todd’s current work is based on the notion that with creative thinking, seemingly different fields can influence each other and lead to innovation. As he says, “There is an element to science that is artistic in its balance, an element that doctors or researchers can’t learn in the classroom.” The Eastman School of Music is proud to honor Todd Frazier’s dedication to music, to creative thinking, and to scientific innovation by presenting him with the Eastman Luminary Award.
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Jamal J. Rossi
Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music
PRESENTED FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2016