"The music of Craig Fitzpatrick is a delightful blend of creative textures, well crafted development and expert orchestration. He demonstrates a marvelous ability to create a wide variety of expressive settings for ensembles of all levels of playing experience, from young players to the most advanced performers"
Robert Sheldon, Composer and Music Editor
for Alfred Music Publishing
Sample: "(Re-Connected): Three Incomplete
Curves"
6.29.09
Looking for Concert or Marching Music?
I am currently lining up concert commissions for
the upcoming year, and marching music commissions for the fall
of 2010.
If you have an interest or any questions please
contact me at craig@fitzpatrickmusic.net
as soon as possible to reserve your spot.
5.7.09
2009 Music Clients
Work is moving along for
competitive shows for the 2009 Fall marching season. Below
is a list of bands I'm writing music for and their show
titles if available listed by state and band in alphebetical
order.
Recordings can be found
on my 2009 High School Marching Band Media Page. Located
HERE.
Most shows now up!
Illinois
Lincoln-Way West High School - "Warrior: Raising
to Battle" - Original Music
Morton High School - "The Butterfly Effect"
Original Music Inspired by Igor Stravinsky's “The
Rite of Spring”
Normal Community High School -
United Township - “From Dusk to Dawn”
music based on:
Eric Whitacre's “Sleep”
John Adams' “Wild Nights”
Peter Graham's “Harrison's Dream”
David Gillingham's “New Century Dawn”
Indiana
Beech Grove High School - "...like no one is watching..."
- Original Music
Minnesota
Waseca High School – "De-Railed"
music based on:
Eric Whitacre's “Ghost Train”
John Mackey's “Kingfishers Catch Fire”
Nevada
Basic High School - “Mind Over Matter”
Original Music
North Carolina
Northern Nash High School -
Texas
Cypress Ridge - "Finding Sanctuary"
music based on:
John Mackey's “Asphalt Cocktail”
Eric Whitacre's “Water Night”
Verdi's “Requiem”
Wisconsin
Greendale High School - "Alone in a Crowd"Original music based on
"Nessun Dorma"
2009
Drill Clients
Illinois
Limestone High School
Morton High School
Salem High School
United Township High School
Indiana
Beech Grove High School
Texas
Cypress Ridge High School
12.8.08
Story from local newscast
On Friday the Morton High School Marching Band
from Morton, Illinois, was notified that it
was selected to perform in the upcoming inauguration
parade for Barack Obama. After submitting videos,
recordings, and essays the band was chosen from
a pool of nearly 800 bands for this honor.
Congratulations Morton
High School Marching Band!
Congratulations are also in
order for the Blue Springs Golden Regiment from
Blue Springs, MO. They also found out that they
will be performing in the Inaugural next month.
Blue Springs is also performing in the Rose
Bowl Parade at the end of the month.
4.24.09
I am happy to be able to
officially announce that my piece “(Re-Connected):
Three Incomplete Curves” is a finalist in the 2nd
International Frank Ticheli Composition Contest for band.
The piece is available to listen on the main website and
in the flash player to the left. Clink on the link below
for more info.
4.3.09
Here is the premiere performance of "...what
cannot be expressed..." written for the Morton Jr.
High School 8th Grade Band in memory of Heidi White.
This performance is from the Heidi White Scholorship
Concert, and the Morton High School Chorale joined the
8th graders for the premiere.
7.26.08
I
just got ahold of a video from the premiere
of my new piece (Re-Connected): Three Incomplete
Curves". Please take a listen.
5.17.08
Tonight
was the premiere performance of "(Re-Connected):
Three Incomplete Curves". The concert
was great from top to bottom. My thanks go
out to Colin Holman the director of the Fox
Valley Concert Band and the members of the
band for all of their hard work preparing
the piece. You can find out more about the
piece, listen to the premiere, and check out
the score on my BLOG.
4.9.08
I
just received word today that TRN Music
Publisher, Inc. will be publishing my new
work "Shades of Green" for concert
band. There is a link below to a recording
of the premiere performance.
3.10.08
Recently
the Illinois State University Wind Symphony
conducted by Dr. Steve Steele was kind enough
to rehearse and record my piece "A Changed
Anthem". The original work was selected
for the NBA Young Composer Mentor Project
in 2005, however this is a significant reworking
of that piece. Click on the image to the left
to listen. "A Changed Anthem" was
written in memory of the events of September
11, 2001.
3.1.08
*These items are now officially
available!
A new series of brass etudes will be available
through Layered Publishing. Low brass etudes
are composed by Craig Fitzpatrick (Craig's
BIO available on this website) and are based
on the style of various classic wind band
composers. The high brass etudes are composed
by Ben Harloff, an original “Blast!”
cast member and soloist, as well as instructor
with many university and high school groups.
He currently works with Carolina Crown.
Each month a new etude will be available
from layered.org. Click on the layered logo at the bottom to go to their main page. Click
on any of the etude cover pages above to
go directly to their store for purchase.
Print versions of
most of my music is now available.
Follow the link above to check out
purchase and rental fees.
Check
out my new MySpace Music Page for updates
and info
New Blog
Links
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