Wind Ensemble

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Solo Works

Music for Two

Chamber Music for Larger Ensembles

Tip of the Spear (2019) for trombone choir (8 parts: 6 tenor, 2 bass)
Heroic Brew (2018) for horn choir (6 parts)
Moonlight Rhapsody (2016) for oboe, viola, and piano
Up To No Good (2015) for woodwind quintet
Homage (2014) for trumpet sextet
Inosculation (2014) for string quartet
Compressionism (2012) for trumpet sextet
Cross Face Cradle (2010) for clarinet, trumpet, viola, piano, and percussion
Ice Town (2009) for trumpet sextet
OK, Then AL (2005) for brass quintet
The Belfry (2001) for woodwind quintet and vibraphone
The Last Sunset (2000) for trumpet, trombone, and piano

Duration: 12’00”

First seven score pages (pdf)

Excerpt 1            Excerpt 2             Excerpt 3

The Last Sunset was originally written for two friends at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati who often performed together: James Ackley (University of South Carolina) and Mark Babbitt (Illinois State University). One of the main considerations was to give them a piece that displayed their ensemble ability by including many passages for them to play together in harmony as well as sections with a high degree of rhythmic interaction between the two parts. Most of the musical material is uncovered by the piano during the first minute of the piece and is developed further by the interaction of all three instruments. The end was inspired by an experience I had with close friends when we hiked up a small mountain in West Virginia to watch the final sunset of 1999 together.

Contact the composer directly to inquire about score/parts: mikedambrosio@gmail.com

Poetics (1999) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, and marimba
What Love Tells Me (1999) for 2 horns and organ
Prelude and Scherzo (1995) for brass quintet