RORY BRICCA
COMPOSER
ORCHESTRA
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (2024)
Written for the Brevard Music Center Orchestra conducted by Dr. David Dzubay, Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, Brevard, NC. July 29, 2024. 5 mins.
For piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones (III. bass), tuba, timpani, 3 percussion, pianoforte, harp, strings.
FLOW (2022)
Premiered by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Luis Gomez, Leo Rich Theater, Tucson, AZ. TSO Young Composers Festival, May 22, 2022. 7 mins.
For piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones (III. bass), tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, pianoforte, harp, strings.
SALEM (2021)
Written for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Project. 5 mins.
For piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (II. bass), tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, 1 pianoforte/celesta, harp, strings.
A SINGLE STEP (2019)
Premiered by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Luis Gomez, Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Tucson, AZ. TSO Young Composers Festival, May 18, 2019. 6 mins.
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, pianoforte, harp, strings.
LANDFALL (2018)
Premiered by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Luis Gomez, Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Tucson, AZ. TSO Young Composers Festival, May 17, 2018. 5 mins.
For piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, pianoforte, harp, strings.
Additional performances:
April 18, 2019: Tucson Symphony Orchestra 2019 Free Concert conducted by José Luis Gomez, Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Tucson, AZ.
April 30 - May 2, 2019: Tucson Symphony Orchestra 2019 Young People’s Concerts conducted by José Luis Gomez, Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Tucson, AZ.
WIND ENSEMBLE
DUPLICITY (2023)
Premiered by the Yale Concert Band conducted by Thomas Duffy. December 1, 2023, 7 mins.
For piccolo; flutes 1, 2; oboes; bassoons; clarinets 1, 2, 3; bass clarinet; alto saxophones 1, 2; tenor saxohpone; baritone saxophone; horns 1, 2, 3, 4; trumpets 1, 2, 3; trombones 1, 2; bass trombone; euphonium; tuba; string bass; pianoforte; 4 percussion; timpani.
CHAMBER
SIX CENTS for saxophone quartet (2024)
Premiered July 6, 2024: Everest Li, Liam Klug, Hannah Xu, and Owen Kummer at the Brevard Music Center Parker Concert Hall. 5 mins.
For the Brevard Music Center New Music Concerts.
ALONG THE GARDEN PATH for flute, oboe, clarinet (2023)
Premiered February 2, 2023: Maddy Park, Matthew Miller, and Margalit Patry-Martin at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT. 4 mins.
Written for the Yale Undergraduate Chamber Orchestra
Responding to Claude Monet's The Artist's Garden in Giverny at the Yale University Art Gallery.
ACTIVE REST for piano quartet (2022)
For pianoforte, violin, viola, violoncello. Inspired by "the architecture of sleep" as described in Why We Sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker. 8 mins.
1. Departure from Consciousness (NREM 1)
2. Asleepening (NREM 2)
3. Slow Wave (NREM 3)
4. Psychotic Paralysis (REM)
MIXO for large chamber ensemble (2021)
Premiered and recorded virtually June 12, 2021 by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. TSO Young Composers Festival. 6 mins.
For flute, oboe, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, pianoforte, violin, viola, violoncello.
SOLO
SINGING BIRD for tenor and piano (2024)
Premiered July 2, 2024: Carter Ray Route and Rory Bricca at the Brevard Music Center Parker Concert Hall. 2.5 minutes.
For the Brevard Music Center New Songs Concert. Based on the poem A Birthday by Christina Rossetti.
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF SAM SMITH for piano (in progress)
Based on the chorus from "Unholy" by Sam Smith.
DOUBLE FUGUE IN C MINOR (2024)
For piano. On a given first subject. 4 mins.
DAYBREAK for B flat clarinet (2023)
Premiered May 5, 2023: Jalen Li at Lloyd Van’t Hoff Clarinet Studio, Sudler Hall, New Haven, CT. Commissioned by Jalen Li. 4 mins.
EMPTY BAR for mezzo-soprano and electronics (2023)
Premiered April 7, 2023: Jennifer Beattie at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, New Haven, CT. 3 mins.
Based on the poem Empty Bar by Jennifer Beattie.