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 [...]
I have written four of what I hope to be five movements of Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (Weaving Olden Dances), a consortium commission comprised of:
Westchester Chamber Orchestra (NY), Barry Charles Hoffman, Director
Western Piedmont Symphony (NC), John Gordon Ross, Director
San José Chamber Orchestra (CA), Barbara Day Turner, Director
Appalachian State [...]
Pick it up and Run with it (2001, rev. 2005) ca. 6’15”
Orchestra.
3333 4331 Timp, 2 Perc, Pf, Strings
Selected for a reading session by the Plymouth Music Series Orchestra in February 2001 as part of the American Composers Forum’s Orchestal Reading Project. Phillip Brunelle conducted. Alvin Singleton acted as composer-mentor.
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The Vampire Chronicles (1995) Four Movements. ca. 24’
Orchestra. (See below for specific instrumentation.)
Received performance prize of premiere by the University of Minnesota Orchestra, Keith Clark, director.
Listen to excerpts from the premiere:
Movement I:
unauthorized-vampire-chronicles-mvt-1-excerpt-2.mp3
Movement II:
unauthorized-vampire-chronicles-mvt-1-excerpt.mp3
Movement III, opening:
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Most pieces can be auditioned on their post pages. But you can sample some audio here.

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Charles Griffin recently returned to the U.S. after spending 5 years living and working in Latvia. His compositions and arrangements have been performed at festivals and concert halls throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Recent projects include commissions from pianist Ana Cervantes and the Colorado State University Percussion Ensemble.
Read more in the biography section.
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