Charles B. Griffin » Music

Gaudeamus REMIX

Charles — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:18:47 +0000

Click on the blue VOTE button to support my entry in this unique Remix competition hosted by Indaba Music. This embedded player features both my remix and the original track by the Early Music male vocal quartet New York Polyphony. The challenging aspect of a lot of Remix competitions [...]

Hold the Mayo premieres at Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles, June 4

Charles — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:49:00 +0000

Dances with Films Festival
Saturday, June 4 · 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Laemmle Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90046

WRITER/DIR/PROD: Jeffrey Williams
CAST: Saul Herckis, Damian Samuels
ORIGINAL SCORE: Charles Griffin

Sam is a beleaguered sandwich store clerk who is having a very bad [...]

Emergence (for Flute Quartet, with prerecorded audio and video projection)

Charles — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:37:13 +0000

for four flutists, prerecorded audio and video projection (2010) ca. 28′

Commissioned by the Latvian Culture Capital Fund for the Riga-based Flute Quartet 4-tune. Premiered at the Ave Sol Concert Hall in Riga, Latvia, on April 7, 2010.

Flutes: Dace Bičkovska, Lolita Oša, Anna Petraškeviča, Daina Treimane
Video Projection: Uģis Brikmanis [...]

Ana Cervantes to premiere …Like Water Dashed From Flowers… at the 38th Annual Festival Internacional Cervantino 2010, October 19

Charles — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:44:57 +0000

Following on the success of her Juan Rulfo project, pianist Ana Cervantes has put together another multi-composer themed commissioning project entitled Song of the Monarch: Women in Mexico. Nearly 20 composers from around the world were commissioned to respond to the theme, which conflates the varied historical roles played by women [...]

Hashkivenu (SATTBB, a cappella)

Charles — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:07:31 +0000

A setting of the traditional prayer in Hebrew and English for SATTBB, a cappella, with Tenor solo (2003), ca. 3’20″.

Commissioned as part of a Faith Partners Residency, sponsored by the American Composers Forum and the Wolfensohn Family Foundation.
Premiered at Temple Emanu-el, Hunter Tillman, Senior Organist.

Now [...]

El Paso de la Siguiriya

Charles — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:50:16 +0000

I just received a recording from the Milwaukee Choral Artists‘ February 14 performance, directed by Sharon Hansen, of my El Paso de la Siguiriya, a flamenco-inflected setting for women’s voices of the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. Here’s an MP3. El_Paso_De_La_Siguiriya

I couldn’t have asked for a better [...]

San José Chamber Orchestra performs Weaving Olden Dances: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, August 29 & 30

Charles — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:50:17 +0000

The San José Chamber Orchestra’s Season Opening Concerts will feature pianist Jon Nakamatsu playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto #21 in C major, and the West Coast premiere of my Weaving Olden Dances: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra.

These performances, led by conductor Barbara Day Turner, are [...]

Ook Pik Waltz – Arrangement for Violin, Cello and Guitar

Charles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:03:57 +0000

An arrangement for Violin, Cello, and Guitar of a fiddle melody by Canadian Frankie Rodgers. (2008) ca. 4″

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Live performance by Uncle Joe members Iveta Dejus, violin, Ursula Jurjana, cello, and Charles Griffin, guitar, [...]

Fischiettando – Arrangement for Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and Tambourine (optional)

Charles — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:22:49 +0000

An arrangement for Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and optional Tambourine of a traditional Sicilian melody. (2008) ca. 1’30″

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Live performance by Uncle Joe members Liene Denisjuka, piccolo, Iveta Dejus, violin, Ursula Jurjana, cello, and Charles [...]

Habañera/Carmen Fantasy – Arrangement for Flute (Optional),Viola and Cello

Charles — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:23:08 +0000

An arrangement for Flute (Optional),Viola and Cello of the Habañera from Bizet’s opera, Carmen, using Pablo Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Piano as a starting point. (2008) ca. 3’30″

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Live performance by [...]