Elliott Bark (1980- )
Elliott
Jungyoung Bark's works have been performed/read by many
orchestras, ensembles and musicians, including the New York Youth
Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra
musicians, Indiana University Orchestra & New Music Ensemble,
Juventas New Music Ensemble, Zzyzx Saxophone Quartet, Indiana
University Saxophone Ensemble, Kuttner String Quartet, Luna Nova
Chamber Ensemble, duo parnas, conductor Kevin Noe, violinists Liana
Gourdgia and Michelle Lie, countertenor Daniel Bubeck and saxophonist
Zach Shemon. His works have also been presented at the Bowdoin
International Music
Festival, the Festival of New Music at Florida State University,
Midwest
Composers Symposiums at Universities of Indiana (‘07), Iowa (‘08) and
Michigan (‘09), North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference,
Belvedere Chamber Music Festival, United States Navy Band International
Saxophone Symposium and 2010 GAMMA at University of Texas at Austin.
Bark's numerous prizes include the Korean
Episcopal Church Composition Competition, Beethoven Club
Composition Contest, Kuttner Quartet Composition
Competition, First place for the SCI/ASCAP student commission in
the Region V, First Music Commission and Bowdoin
International Music Festival Composition Competition. In addition to
composing, he has held
positions as pianist in the Republic of Korea Navy Symphonic
Band, music director of many churches, and assistant director
of the Indiana University New Music Ensemble. He has studied
composition with Claude Baker, David Dzubay, Don Freund
and P.Q. Phan and instrumental conducting with David Effron and Arthur
Fagen, and is pursuing his doctoral degree at Indiana
University, where he will serve as an Associate Instructor in the
composition department this coming fall. COMPOSITIONS Bark Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Three Pieces, organ (1999)
String Quartet No. 1, "Traces" (2000)
Undivided Division, piano and organ (2000)
Stigmata, flute and voice (2001)
Hallelujah!, chorus and organ (2003)
After Prayers, Lie Cold, chorus (2005-06)
Beyond Elegy, clarinet, cello and piano (2005) [also arr. 2006 for orchestra]
Good Fight and Race, saxophone quartet (2006)
DUO, flute and cello (2006)
Sorrow, flute (2006)
In Padded Cells, flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, cello, double bass and piano (2006)
Inner Journey, tape (2006)
Reminiscence, string orchestra (2007)
Forsaken Flower, piano (2007) [also arr. for orchestra]
Jogging Girl and Marching Dog, orchestra (2007)
Ballade Mystique, saxophone quartet (2007)
The Garden of Eden, marimba (2007)
Slow Invasion, tape (2007)
Amazing Grace, soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra (2008)
Winter Sketches, string quartet (2008)
Three Musical Moments, violin (2008)
- Three Musical Moments, violin and orchestra (2009)
Amazing Grace, soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra (2008)
Neutral Tones, countertenor and chamber ensemble (2008)
Shalom, flute and orchestra (2009)
autumn leaves canvas, harp (2009)
Momentum Ecstasio, cello (2009)
The Mystic Trumpeter, soprano, trumpet and piano (2009)
...de l’amour..., soprano saxophone, harp and string orchestra (2010)
Crossover, string quartet and piano (2010)
Concerto for Quintet, flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2010)
Bach to the Future, youth string orchestra (2011)
WORKS BY GENRE Bark Links ~ top of page ~
Orchestra
Beyond Elegy, orchestra (2006) [from original work for clarinet, cello and piano, 2005]
Reminiscence, string orchestra (2007)
Forsaken Flower, orchestra (2007) [from original work for piano]
Jogging Girl and Marching Dog, orchestra (2007)
Bach to the Future, youth string orchestra (2011)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Three Musical Moments, violin and orchestra (2009) [from work for solo violin, 2008]
Shalom, flute and orchestra (2009)
...de l’amour..., soprano saxophone, harp and string orchestra (2010)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Amazing Grace, soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra (2008)
Choral
Hallelujah!, chorus and organ (2003)
After Prayers, Lie Cold, chorus (2005-06)
Chamber
String Quartet No. 1, "Traces" (2000)
Beyond Elegy, clarinet, cello and piano (2005) [also arr. 2006 for orchestra]
Good Fight and Race, saxophone quartet (2006)
DUO, flute and cello (2006)
- Simple
- Dramatic
- Exciting
In Padded Cells, flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, cello, double bass and piano (2006)
Ballade Mystique, saxophone quartet (2007)
Winter Sketches, string quartet (2008)
- ...snow...falling...blurred...
- Dark White
- Resounding Prayer in Empty Heart
Crossover, string quartet and piano (2010)
Concerto for Quintet, flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2010)
Solo Instrument
Sorrow, flute (2006)
The Garden of Eden, marimba (2007)
Three Musical Moments, violin (2008) [also for violin and orchestra, 2009]
- Rubato
- Intoxicating
- Presto
autumn leaves canvas, harp (2009)
Momentum Ecstasio, cello (2009)
Piano/Organ
Three Pieces, organ (1999)
Undivided Division, piano and organ (2000)
Forsaken Flower, piano (2007) [also arr. for orchestra]
Vocal
Stigmata, flute and voice (2001)
Amazing Grace, soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra (2008)
Neutral Tones, countertenor and chamber ensemble (2008)
The Mystic Trumpeter, soprano, trumpet and piano (2009)
Electronic
Inner Journey, tape (2006)
Slow Invasion, tape (2007)
BARK LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Composer's website . . . contact Elliott Bark: here
Bark @ Facebook
Bark @ InstantEncore
Bark @ MySpaceMusic
Bark @ University of Michigan School of Music also here
Publisher
Bark @ Composer's website
Streaming Audio
Bark @ Composer's website - check under individual work listings
Bark @ MySpaceMusic
Recordings
[none at the moment]
Video
Bark @ YouTube
Bark @ Google Video
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