The Music of Adam Reifsteck

Catalog of Works

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Small Ensemble

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Questions Unanswered (2012)

Instrumentation: flute, violin, cello, vibraphone
Premiere Performance: 6/07/2012 - iConcert - Good Shepherd School Auditorium - New York, NY
Recording Sample: Cadillac Moon Ensemble
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Resistance Underneath Biomechanical Sentinels (2011)

Instrumentation: brass quintet
Premiere Performance: 11/04/2011 - Gaudete Brass Quintet Concert - Roosevelt University - Chicago, IL
Recording Sample: II. Anxiety | Gaudete Brass Quintet
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Earning the Muse (2009)

Instrumentation:  saxophone quartet
Premiere Performance: 1/09/2011 - Mana Quartet - Peace Memorial Concert Series - Clearwater, FL
Recording Sample: II. Meditation | Mana Quartet
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Excursions (2007)

Instrumentation: clarinet, violin, piano
Premiere Performance: 4/19/2008 - New Sounds Festival - Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI
Recording Sample: I. Into The Earth | Michael Tolbert (clarinet), Nelly Shmuckler (violin), Jean-Pierre Caltiz (piano)
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Nightscapes (2005)

Instrumentation: woodwind quintet
Premiere Performance: 4/7/2005 - Student Composers Concert - Duquesne University - Pittsburgh, PA
Recording Sample: I. Darkness Falls | Western Michgian University Graduate Woodwind Quintet: Danielle Breisach (flute), Ryan Estes (oboe), Michael Tolbert (clarinet), Dan Spencer (horn), and Jason Kramer (bassoon)
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Creation (2005)

Instrumentation:  3 narrators, piano, synthesizer, sound samples
Premiere Performance: 12/3/2005 - Senior Composition Recital - Duquesne University - Pittsburgh, PA
Recording Sample: IV. From the Earth Man Was Made | Adam Reifsteck (narrator, piano, synthesizer, programming)
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Large Ensemble

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Three Sunsets (2008, 2010)

Instrumentation: countertenor, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano
Alternate Instrumentation: 1 fl./pic., 1 cl., 1 ob., 1 bn., 2 hn., 1 tpt., 1 tbn., chimes, vib., glock., perc., pno., countertenor, strings
Premiere Performance: 3/25/2011 - WMP Concert Hall - New York, NY
Recording Sample: Tyler Wayne Smith (countertenor), Caia LaCour (horn), Marc Giosi (piano), Attacca Quartet
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Poignant Faces (2005)

Instrumentation: soprano saxophone, flugelhorn/trumpet, synthesizer, piano, bass, drums
Premiere Performance: 12/3/2005 - Senior Composition Recital - Duquesne University - Pittsburgh, PA
Recording Sample: Jeff Hart (soprano saxophone), James Withrite-Reig (flugelhorn/trumpet), Adam Reifsteck (synthesizer), Greg Barbone (piano), Diana Gomes (bass), and Chris Parker (drums) 
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Sacred Choral

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Missa Cor Inflammatus (2007)

Instrumentation: SSAATTBB a cappella choir
Premiere Performance: 4/20/2008 - Western Michigan University Chorale Concert -
Dr. Karl Schrock, conductor - St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Parish - Portage, MI
Recording Sample: II. Gloria | Western Michigan University Chorale
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Attende Domine (2003)

Instrumentation: SAATTBB a cappella choir
Premiere Performance: 3/31/2003 - Duquesne University Student Composers Concert - Pittsburgh, PA
Recording Sample: Duquesne University Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred with guest conductor Adam Reifsteck and bass soloist Benjamin Fillipone

 

Why Have You Abandoned Me (2003)

Instrumentation: SATB, piano, flute, cello
Premiere Performance: 4/2006 – St. Joseph Catholic Church – Battle Creek, MI
Recording Sample: Duquesne University Chamber Singers, Dr. Brady Allred (conductor), LeAnn Belasco (flute), and Elliott Anderson (cello)
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