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Michael Colgrass (born April 22, 1932, Brookfield, Illinois, USA - died July 2, 2019) was an American-born Canadian musician, composer, and educator.

ALBUMS

Stravinsky*, Milhaud*, Persichetti*, Nagel*, Colgrass*, Heisinger* - I Fiati Di Milano, Silvano Scanziani, Ernesto Colombo

20th Century Music For Wind Ensemble

2024, CD, Album, Da Vinci Classics

Michael Colgrass, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

Michael Colgrass

2012, 2xCD, Comp, GIA (2)

Turrin*, McTee*, Husa*, Salfelder*, Hause*, Colgrass*, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

2012, CD, GIA WindWorks

Michael Colgrass

Percussion Music 1951-1957

2012, CD, Album, Equilibrium,

Messiaen*, Applebaum*, Colgrass*, Kucharzyk*, Kulesha*, Freedman*, Wallace Halladay, Simon Docking, Toronto Wind Orchestra, Tony Gomes

2009, CD, Album, Naxos,

Juliet White-Smith , Featuring Works Composed By: George Walker (4), Maurice Gardner, Michael Colgrass

Fashionably Late: Juliet White-Smith Debuts!

2009, CD, Album, Centaur Records

Dvořák* • Gillingham* • Colgrass* • Rimsky-Korsakov* • The Ohio State University Wind Symphony, Russel C. Mikkelson

Winds Of Nagual

2007, CD, Album, Naxos

Diamond*, Hartley*, Murray*, Colgrass*, Nelson* – Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

Michael Colgrass / Gunther Schuller - Kenneth Radnofsky, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Charles Peltz

2003, CD, Mode,

David Schrader, Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar - Barber*, Piston*, Sowerby*, Colgrass*

American Works For Organ And Orchestra

2002, CD, Cedille Records,

Modern/Contemporary/Post-Modern

University Of Miami Wind Ensemble, Gary Green (2) - James Syler, Michael Colgrass, Thomas Sleeper

Blue / Dream Dancer / Concerto For Piano And Wind Ensemble

2002, CD, Albany Records

Harbison* / Colgrass* - The New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble*, Frank Battisti*

Three City Blocks / Music For Eighteen Winds / Arctic Dreams

1996, CD, Album, Centaur Records,

Benjamin Lees, Robert Starer, Meyer Kupferman, Michael Colgrass, Lou Harrison, Walter Piston, William Bergsma

American Concertos

1995, 2xCD, Album, Comp, RM, VoxBox,

Modern/Contemporary

New Music Circle Of St. Louis - Colgrass* / Chamberlin* / Miller* / Hunt*

Reflections (Night Of The Raccoon / 3 Pastimes 3 / Piece For Clarinet And Tape / Other Realities)

1985, LP, Album, New Music Circle, New Music Circle

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Catherine Comet - Michael Colgrass / Jacob Druckman

Déjà Vu / Light Spirit / Aureole

Yizhak Schotten, Carole Terry, Frank Epstein - W.F. Bach* / Hindemith* / Colgrass*

Sonata In C Minor / Sonata For Viola Alone, Op. 25, No. 1 / Variations For Four Drums & Viola

1983, LP, Crystal Records (5),

Baroque/Classical/Modern/Contemporary

Michael Colgrass / Karl Korte

Concertmasters For Three Violins And Orchestra / Concerto For Piano And Winds

1977, LP, Album, Turnabout

Fredonia Percussion Ensemble / Gitta Steiner / Michael Colgrass / James Stabile / Zita Carno / Edgar Varese* / Niel DePonte

Percussion At Fredonia

1975, LP, Album, Instructional Resources Center

The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Raymond DesRoches*, Varèse*, Colgrass*, Cowell*, Saperstein*, Oak*

Percussion Music

Lou Harrison, Michael Colgrass, Gerald Strang, Malloy Miller, Warren Benson

Song Of Quetzalcoatl, Music For Percussion Instruments

The New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Werner Torkanowsky, Norman Treigle, Gordon O. Brown - Floyd* / Hovhaness* / Colgrass* / Rorem*

Pilgrimage / Fra Angelico / The Earth's / Lions

Elliott Carter / Michael Colgrass

Piano Concerto / As Quiet As

1968, LP, Album, RCA Victor

Elliott Carter, Jacob Lateiner / Michael Colgrass, Boston Symphony*, Erich Leinsdorf

Piano Concerto / As Quiet As

Elliott Carter, Jacob Lateiner / Michael Colgrass, Boston Symphony*, Erich Leinsdorf

Piano Concerto / As Quiet As

LP, RP, Whi, RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Victor Red Seal

Varese* : Harrison*, Bartlett*, McKenzie*, Colgrass*, Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, Paul Price

Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Robert J. Ambrose

American Manuscripts

2009, CD, Summit Education,

APPEARANCES +

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

The Complete RCA Album Collection 1964-68

2022, 10xCD, Comp + Box, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical,

Romantic/Modern/Classical

Dizzy Gillespie

Milestones Of A Legend (1948 - 1961)

2017, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents, The Intense Media,

Blues, Ballads And Beyond: Influences Outside The Concert Hall

2015, CD, Album, Summit Records (3),

Neo-Classical/Classical/Neo-Romantic/Latin Jazz/Contemporary/Free Improvisation

UCO Wind Symphony*, Brian Lamb

Colgrass Horizons: The Music Of Michael Colgrass

2013, CD, Equilibrium,

Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz, Kevin Cobb

Remembering The Beach

2012, CD, Mark Masters

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

2011, CD, GIA WindWorks, GIA WindWorks,

University Of Manitoba Wind Ensemble, Fraser Linklater

North Winds III

2011, CD, Album, Not On Label (University Of Manitoba Wind Ensemble Self-released)

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 8 Grades 2/3

2011, 3xCD, Album, GIA (2),

2010, CD, Comp, Él

North Texas Wind Symphony, Showa Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon* / Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Robert J. Ambrose

Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 7 Grades 4/6

2010, 3xCD, Album, GIA (2)

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 7 Grades 2/3

2009, 3xCD, Album, GIA (2),

Various, Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Stephen L. Gage

2008, CD, Album, Naxos,

Modern/Romantic

Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble

2007-2008 Concert Exerpts - Live From LSU, V11

2008, 2xCD, Vestige Audio/Video,

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 6 Grades 2-3

2008, 3xCD, Album, GIA (2),

Donald Grantham, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

Transformations

2007, CD, Album, GIA WindWorks,

North Texas Wind Symphony, Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Showa Academia Musicae Wind Symphony*, Eugene Migliaro Corporon* / The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp

Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 6 Grades 4-5

2007, 3xCD, Album, GIA (2),

Miles Osland, Osland Saxophone Quartet, University Of Kentucky Wind Ensemble, John Cody Birdwell, Richard Clary

Straddling The Classical Divide

2006, CD, Mark Masters,

Contemporary/Modern

Yizhak Schotten

The Elegant Viola

2006, CD, Album, Crystal Records (5)

The University Of Michigan Symphony Band, Michael Haithcock

2004, CD, Equilibrium,

New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Frank L. Battisti

Live From Jordan Hall

2003, CD, Albany Records,

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*

Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 4 Grades 2-3

2003, 4xCD, Album, GIA (2),

Illinois Wind Symphony, James F. Keene

Dreams And Achievements - Live! In Concert 133

The Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Mallory Thompson

Winds of Nagual

2001, CD, Album, Summit Education

Joseph Lulloff, The Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra, Michigan State University Wind Symphony, The Great Lakes Saxophone Quartet

Joseph Lulloff Plays The Saxophone Music Of Colgrass, Dahl, Ruggiero

2000, CD, Arizona University Recordings

North Texas Wind Symphony

1998, CD, Album, Klavier Records,

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band*

The Bicentennial Collection (Celebrating The 200th Anniverary Of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band)

1998, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Not On Label (United States Marine Band Self-released),

Military/Classical/Marches

Norwegian Wind Band Championships 1998 (Norgesmesterskapet For Janitsjarkorps 1998)

1998, 2xCD, Doyen,

University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble And Friends

Blue Dawn Into White Heat

1998, 2xCD, Album, Innova Recordings

The Harry Partch Collection Volume 2

University Of Miami Wind Ensemble, Gary Green

Urban Requiem • New Music For Winds & Percussion

1996, CD, Albany Records,

Modern/Contemporary

Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble

1994, CD, Album, DMP

The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage

Contemporary/Modern/Electroacoustic

John Cage / Merce Cunningham

Cage/Cunningham

Interview/Modern Classical/Experimental

Cincinnati College-Conservatory Of Music Wind Symphony*, Eugene Corporon

Rivka Golani, The Toronto Symphony*, Andrew Davis

"Chaconne" - Music For Viola & Orchestra

Emanuel Vardi, Violist*

Breaking Boundaries

1979, LP, EV Productions (4)

The Long Island Chamber Ensemble of New York

Colgrass/Richter

1978, LP, Vol, Grenadilla Records,

Orchestres De Jeunes Alfred Loewenguth

Concerts Annuels Salle Pleyel - 1974 -

1974, 2xLP, OJAL,

The Governor's School of North Carolina - Orchestra and Chorus

1973, 2xLP, Album, Gat, Century Records (4)

The Ohio State University Percussion Ensemble

Concepts In Percussion

1972, LP, Album, Mark Records,

Post-Modern/Neo-Classical/Avant-garde Jazz/Easy Listening/Contemporary/Modern/Opera/Classical

Boston Symphony Chamber Players / Peter Ustinov

Mozart • Brahms • Schubert • Poulenc • Colgrass • Villa-Lobos • Haieff

1968, 3xLP + LP, Mono, Bon + Box, RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Victor

Boston Symphony Chamber Players / Peter Ustinov

Mozart • Brahms • Schubert • Poulenc • Colgrass • Villa-Lobos • Haieff

1968, 3xLP + LP, Comp, Mono, Bon + Box, RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Victor,

Classical/Modern/Romantic

Orchestra U.S.A. Musical Director, John Lewis

Cool Jazz/Contemporary

1962, LP, Album, Gate 5 Records,

Contemporary/Avantgarde

Dizzy Gillespie

The Paul Price Percussion Ensemble

Sound Adventure

Harry Partch / Gate 5 Ensemble

Conflict: Phil Kraus Presents A Study In Hi-Fidelity Percussion

1957, LP, Album, Golden Crest,

Modal/Experimental/Instrumental/Space-Age

American Percussion Society, Paul Price

Breaking The Sound Barrier Vol.1 Percussion

Theodore Frazeur

The Percussionist

LP, Mark Records

Het Mols Percussie - Ensemble, Leo Ouderits, Jean-Marie Van Broeckhoven

Speelt : J.S. Bach, A. Hovaness, A. Dornel, M. Colgrass, Louis Cauberghs

LP, Gat, Tibur Records

University Of Manitoba Wind Ensemble, Fraser Linklater

CD, Album, Not On Label (University Of Manitoba Wind Ensemble Self-released)

Kazuo Yamada Cond. M. Aruga Percussion Ensemble*

Études Chorégraphiques Fur Schlagzeug / Prelude For Percussion

Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Teac,

Contemporary/Modern

40th Festival Of Contemporary Music Anniversary

1985, LP, Vestige,

The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage

Contemporary/Modern/Electroacoustic

Dizzy Gillespie

Hard Bop/Big Band

LP, Unofficial, RRRip,

Modern/Experimental

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