Delvyn Case (1974- )
Delvyn
Case is Boston-based musician who is active as a
composer, orchestral and choral conductor, and college educator.
He also
maintains an active career as a writer and lecturer on a variety of
musical topics, from sacred music to hip-hop, and pursues numerous
musical outreach projects in his home city of Quincy, Massachusetts,
and beyond. He is currently Assistant Professor of Music at Wheaton
College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he serves as Music Director of
the Great Woods Chamber Orchestra. Formerly he served as Visiting
Professor of Theory and Composition at the Longy School of Music
and as an
adjunct faculty member at Boston College and Northeastern University.
He currently serves as Music Director of the Eastern Nazarene College
Choral Union, the Quincy Bay Chamber Orchestra (a professional
orchestra he founded in order to provide outreach and educational
concerts), the Quincy Summer Singers (a community choir he founded in
2009), as pianist in the avant-garde improvisation ensemble "The
Meltdown Incentive", and as composer-in-residence for Cambridge’s
"Dance
Currents, Inc."COMPOSITIONS Case Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Protean Slip, orchestra (1997)
No Secret Hidden, baritone and piano (1999) [text: Bible]
Tenebrae factae sunt, chorus (2000)
Sacred Symphony, orchestra (2000-2001)
Dayspring, clarinet (or saxophone) and piano (2002; arr. w/string orchestra, 2003)
Cityscape, bass trombone (2002)
brutal arithmetic, soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano (2003) [text: Christopher Hood]
"Gemini" Variations, 2 saxophones (2004)
Strange Energy, flute/picc, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano and tape, w/opt. visuals (2004)
Perichoresis, brass quintet (2005)
Psalm 19, baritone and piano (2005)
The Prioress's Tale, opera (2007-2008) [libretto: Christopher Hood]
Rocket Sleigh, orchestra (2008)
Siciliana, saxophone and string trio (2008)
Lighthouse Keeper: The Story of Abbie Burgess, narrator and string ensemble (2010)
WORKS BY GENRE Case Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
The Prioress's Tale, opera (2007-2008) [libretto: Christopher Hood]
Orchestra
Protean Slip, orchestra (1997)
Sacred Symphony, orchestra (2000-2001)
Rocket Sleigh, orchestra (2008)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Dayspring, clarinet (or sax) and string orchestra (2003)
Choral
Tenebrae factae sunt, chorus (2000)
Chamber
"Gemini" Variations, 2 saxophones (2004)
Strange Energy, flute/picc, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano and tape, w/opt. visuals (2004)
Perichoresis, brass quintet (2005)
Siciliana, saxophone and string trio (2008)
Lighthouse Keeper: The Story of Abbie Burgess, narrator and string ensemble (2010)
Instrument and Piano
Dayspring, clarinet (or saxophone) and piano (2002)
Solo Instrument
Cityscape, bass trombone (2002)
Vocal
No Secret Hidden, baritone and piano (1999) [text: Bible]
brutal arithmetic, soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano (2003) [text: Christopher Hood]
Psalm 19, baritone and piano (2005)
Electronic
Strange Energy, flute/picc, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano and tape, w/opt. visuals (2004)
CASE LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Challenging Musical Boundaries (Wheaton College)
"The Prioress's Tale" to be performed at the Thomas Crane Library (Wicked Local Quincy)
Composer's website . . . contact Delvyn Case: here
Case @ BMI
Case @ Dance Currents, Inc.
Case @ Facebook
Case @ InstantEncore
Case @ LinkedIn
Case @ Manduca Music
Case @ The Meltdown Incentive
Case @ OrchestraList
Case @ Rutgers/Mason Gross School of the Arts
Case @ Waltham Symphony Orchestra
Case @ Wheaton College also here
Publisher
Case @ Composer's website
Case @ Manduca Music
Streaming Audio
Case @ Composer's website (check under individual title listings)
Recordings
[none at the moment]
Video
Case @ YouTube
Case @ Google Video
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