Deborah Fischer Teason
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Selected Works

2019    Trinity (concerto for steel band and orchestra) revised for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with 
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Kenneth Joseph
2014    Spinks (double seconds pans, saxophone, piano, string bass and percussion)
              Collaboration (double seconds pans and piano) composed in collaboration with Istvan B'racz
2012    Arpeggio (solo for tenor bass pan)
2010    Essakane (two tenor pans, double seconds pan, piano, string bass and percussion) commissioned for premiere on the
              Duke Ellington Concert Series at Yale University
2006    Cadences (tenor steel pan and string quartet) commissioned by Carl David Fischer, Jr. for Liam Teague and the Vermeer
              Quartet
              A Shining Peace (solo baritone, violin, piano) commissioned by Paul Guida for Richard Lalli, Artemis Simerson and William
              Braun
2003    Bloodlines (one-act opera) in collaboration with South Omaha High School; commissioned by Opera Omaha
             On the basis of... (SAB chorus and orchestra) in collaboration with the Roosevelt School Class of 2003; commissioned                    by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
2002    Trinity (concerto for steel band and orchestra) commissioned by the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
2001    Another Way (SAB chorus, rap group and orchestra) in collaboration with the Roosevelt School Class of 2001;          
              commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
2000    Heartland (SATB chorus, children's chorus, piano, violin, clarinets, trumpets, baritones, tuba, percussion, button  
              accordions; commissioned by the Butler County Community Choir and the Butler County Arts Council with a grant from 
              the American Composers Forum Continental Harmony project
1999    Three Words Woods Hole (mezzo-soprano, speakers, electronic tape); commissioned by Lawrence Cohen, Yale University
1998    Comin' from the Block (children's chorus, jazz ensemble, Orff ensemble, orchestra) with Bill Apollo Brown; commissioned 
              by Garfield School with a grant to the Greater Bridgeport Symphony from the Ruth Krauss Foundation and Meet the 
              Composer New Music in the Schools
1997    Dwelling Places (flute and string trio); commissioned by the Wall Street Chamber Players
1996    Songs of Us (chorus and orchestra) in collaboration with the Longfellow School 1996 Fifth Grade Class; commissioned 
              by Longfellow School with a grant from Meet The Composer New Music in the Schools
              Scenes from (full orchestra); commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
1995    The Golden Door (full orchestra); commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
1994    The Bells at Saint-Aignan (soprano, baritone and piano); commissioned by Tobé Malawista
              Dancing at the Edge of Dawn (symphonic winds); commissioned by the American Band
1993    Listen (solo soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass, SATB choir with organ); commissioned by the First Congregational 
              Church of Guilford
              Key Caribe (solo piano); commissioned by the Renée B. Fisher Foundation
1992    Friday Night at the Diner (SATB a cappella); commissioned by the Guilford High School Madrigal Singers and Meet The 
              Composer
1991    Stained Glass (oboe, clarinet and bassoon); commissioned by Ensemble Festivo and the New Haven Cultural Affairs 
              Commission
             Another Tree Without Leaves (soprano, violin and piano); commissioned by the New World Ensemble and Meet The 
             Composer
1990   Trees Without Leaves (a requiem for solo soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone, SATB chorus with chamber orchestra); 

              commissioned by Linda Tietjen, Noel McIntosh and the New Haven Chorale
             Follow Me (a musical in two acts); commissioned by St. Margaret-McTiernan School


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