Dr. Peter Nocella
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In addition to the music of great composers, past and present, I consider
the music of Mozart and the life affirming brilliance of Leonard Bernstein
as the principal sources of my musical inspiration.

 

ballet - modern dance

Poems of Love and the Seasons
  Florestan
    Domino
    Medusa
    Winter Dreams
    Time Passed Summer
    Zig Zag
    now is a ship *

 

brass - windwood

• Music for Brass and Timpani
  • Music for Winds, Percussion, and Doublebass
    • Morning Caprice (trpt & strgs or pa)
  ECS Publishing
    • Kingston Fanfare * (4 trpt)
    • Fanfare Introit 100 * (3 trpt, 3 trb, Timp, 2 Perc)
    • Woodwind Quintet in One Movement

 

strings - chamber and orchestra

  • Duo Sonata #1 for Violin and Viola *
    • Duo Sonata #2 for Violin and Viola *
  String Quartet #1 in Blue *
  Rose Tree Concerto* (str orch)
  Suite for String Orchestra *
    • Fantasia for Viola and Chamber Ensemble
    • Olympiad XII, Two Pieces for String Orchestra *

 

concert band

• Midday in Montreal (concert piece)
    • Vigilance and Valor * (march)
    • Symphony #2 for Wind Ensemble
   (available summer 2007)

mixed chamber orchestra

• Chamber Concerto #1
  • Music for Chamber Ensemble #1
    • Rhapsody for Piano Quartet *
    • ‘Twas the Night before Christmas *
    • Two Pieces for Flute and Harp *

 

choral - vocal

Missa Brevis *
  Eight Candles in the Darkness *

 

solos: concertos

Violin Concerto #1, “The Green Violinist” *
    • Dream Variations for Violin and Orchestra
    • Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra *
    • Sonata for Viola and Piano
    • Children’s Suite for Viola and Piano *
    • Sonata for Solo Vibraphone *
    • Eddie’s Piece * (solo bass trb)

 

symphony orchestra

• Symphony #1 - “A Summer Symphony”
   (available spring 2007)
    • Symphony #3 in F# (An Italian-American Symphony)
    • War Prelude #1 *
    • War Prelude #2 *
    • Vigilance and Valor *
    • The Romance of My Viola *

 

* Available for purchase from the composer:

 

Photo of Peter and Howard Frankel