Philip Carlsen (1951- )
Philip Carlsen has had his music performed by a variety of ensembles in Maine and around the country. Highlights include Evening's Sabres for the Manhattan Marimba Quartet; Maine Traveler's Advisory for the Kennedy Center; Suite Mawar Mekar for Javanese gamelan and Western orchestra; A Dark Pine’s Hand and Rowing in Eden for the Portland Symphony Orchestra; The Garden, Night Thoughts, and Four Journeys in Maine for the chorus and orchestra at UMF; Landscape with Ladyslipper for the Sebago/Long Lake Region Chamber Music Festival, and Holly and Ivy,
a full-length Christmas ballet written for the Bossov Ballet
Theater. Carlsen has received fellowships from the Maine
Arts Commission, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the
National Endowment for the Arts, and a residency at the MacDowell
Colony. For twenty years, he was conductor of the UMF
Community Orchestra; currently, he teaches courses in theory,
composition, sight singing and ear training, music in film, and the
history of jazz. COMPOSITIONS Carlsen Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Totem, cello and percussion (1972)
Polter te creso, 14-part chorus with doubling instruments (1973)
Because it is there, 54 trombones (1974)
Nimbus, 3 percussionists (marimba, vibraphone, and 4 auxiliary instruments) (1978)
Tendril, clarinet, violin, vibraphone and voice (1979)
Skykomish River Music, 3 recorders (1979)
Morning Star, soprano and vibraphone (1981)
String Quartet No. 2 (1981)
Implications of Melissa, one-act chamber opera (1982)
Inaugural March, band (1984)
Fair Seed-time, tenor and orchestra (1985)
Soliloquy, viola (1986)
Penumbra, violin, clarinet and piano (1987)
Nocturne, 3 trumpets and 3 flutes (1988)
Modus operandi, band (1988)
Four Journeys in Maine, soprano and chamber orchestra (1989)
Evening's Sabres, marimba quartet (1990)
Echoes of a Shadow, piano (1990)
The Elusive Blues, piano (1990)
Polka Folks, accordion (1991)
Three Etudes, tuba (1991)
Rowing in Eden, orchestra (1992)
Songs of Herself (4 pieces), chorus (1993)
Night Thoughts, soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra (1996)
A Dark Pine's Hand, orchestra (1997)
Landscape with Ladyslipper, fl/dbl picc, ob/dbl Ehn, cl/dbl bcl, vln, vla, vc, db (1997)
Maine Traveler's Advisory, fl, cl, bsn, tbn, mar, vln, db (1997)
Holly and Ivy, ballet, fl/dbl picc, cl, hn, perc, vln, vla, vc, db (1998)
Echo Piece No. 1, double wind quintet, cellos and double basses (1998)
The Garden, chorus, 2 pianists and 2 percussionists (2000)
Suite Mawar Mekar, Javanese gamelan and orchestra (fp. 2003)
Dust as we are, Javanese gamelan (pelog), singers (gerongan) and Western orch (2003) [From Suite Mawar Mekar]
The Lotos-Eaters, Javanese gamelan (slendro), singers (gerongan) and Western orchestra (2003)
October, piano (2003)
Far Psalteries of Summer, violin, cello, marimba and piano (2003)
Valentine, Javanese gamelan (slendro and pelog) (2005)
Snow Leaf, Javanese gamelan (slendro and pelog) (2005)
Soft Voices, vocal quintet (2005)
Iambus, chamber orchestra (2006)
Car Afterlife, 50 automobiles with drivers and 4 conductors (2008)
Dragonfly, marimba (2008)
Incarnation for Automobile Orchestra, 32-automobile orchestra and conductor (2009)
WORKS BY GENRE Carlsen Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Implications of Melissa, one-act chamber opera (1982)
Holly and Ivy, ballet, fl/dbl picc, cl, hn, perc, vln, vla, vc, db (1998)
Orchestra
Rowing in Eden, orchestra (1992)
A Dark Pine's Hand, orchestra (1997)
Iambus, chamber orchestra (2006)
Car Afterlife, 50 automobiles with drivers and 4 conductors (2008)
Incarnation for Automobile Orchestra, 32-automobile orchestra and conductor (2009)
Band
Inaugural March, band (1984)
Modus operandi, band (1988)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Suite Mawar Mekar, Javanese gamelan and orchestra (fp. 2003)
- Dust as we are, Javanese gamelan (pelog), singers (gerongan) and Western orch (2003) [From Suite Mawar Mekar]
The Lotos-Eaters, Javanese gamelan (slendro), singers (gerongan) and Western orchestra (2003)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Night Thoughts, soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra (1996)
Choral
Polter te creso, 14-part chorus with doubling instruments (1973)
Songs of Herself (4 pieces), chorus (1993)
- I Like a Look of Agony
- I'm Nobody
- I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
- I Started Early, Took My Dog, and Visited the Sea
The Garden, chorus, 2 pianists and 2 percussionists (2000)
Large Ensemble
Car Afterlife, 50 automobiles with drivers and 4 conductors (2008)
Incarnation for Automobile Orchestra, 32-automobile orchestra and conductor (2009)
Chamber
Totem, cello and percussion (1972)
Because it is there, 54 trombones (1974)
Nimbus, 3 percussionists (marimba, vibraphone, and 4 auxiliary instruments) (1978)
Tendril, clarinet, violin, vibraphone and voice (1979)
Skykomish River Music, 3 recorders (1979)
String Quartet No. 2 (1981)
Penumbra, violin, clarinet and piano (1987)
Nocturne, 3 trumpets and 3 flutes (1988)
Evening's Sabres, marimba quartet (1990)
Landscape with Ladyslipper, fl/dbl picc, ob/dbl Ehn, cl/dbl bcl, vln, vla, vc, db (1997)
Maine Traveler's Advisory, fl, cl, bsn, tbn, mar, vln, db (1997)
Echo Piece No. 1, double wind quintet, cellos and double basses (1998)
Far Psalteries of Summer, violin, cello, marimba and piano (2003)
Valentine, Javanese gamelan (slendro and pelog) (2005)
Snow Leaf, Javanese gamelan (slendro and pelog) (2005)
Solo Instrument
Soliloquy, viola (1986)
Polka Folks, accordion (1991)
Three Etudes, tuba (1991)
Dragonfly, marimba (2008)
Piano
Echoes of a Shadow, piano (1990)
The Elusive Blues, piano (1990)
October, piano (2003)
Vocal
Tendril, clarinet, violin, vibraphone and voice (1979)
Morning Star, soprano and vibraphone (1981)
Fair Seed-time, tenor and orchestra (1985)
Four Journeys in Maine, soprano and chamber orchestra (1989)
Soft Voices, vocal quintet (2005)
Incidental Music
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music (2009)
CARLSEN LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
UMF Professor Philip Carlsen Composes Original Score for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Univ of Maine Farmington)
Composer's website . . . contact Philip Carlsen: here
Carlsen @ C. Alan Publications
Carlsen @ American Composers Alliance
Carlsen @ Inside UMF
Carlsen @ Sandy River Players
Carlsen @ University of Maine Farmington also here (via Google Advanced Search)
Publisher
Carlsen @ Composer's website
Carlsen @ C. Alan Publications
Carlsen @ American Composers Alliance
Streaming Audio
Carlsen @ Composer's website
Recordings
[none at the moment]
Video
Carlsen @ YouTube [none at the moment]
Carlsen @ Google Video
Carlsen @ Vimeo (via Google Advanced Search)
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