List of Compositions By Gregory Short - Orchestral Poems

Orchestral Poems

• “Farewell Duet” Orchestra based on Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran from a projected opera
• "Fog Woman" for Orchestra (Tlingit story)
  1. Raven Is Fishing
  2. Mist and Fog Woman's Song
  3. Raven and Fog Woman
  4. Becoming As One
  5. Dance of Sparkling Salmon
  6. The Relationship Sours
  7. Raven's Fit of Rage and Fog Woman's Resolve
  8. Final Song
  9. Fog Woman Dissolves
• "From Dust We Came...." for Wind Ensemble, Rock/Folk/Jazz Ensembles, Reader, Audience Participation and Delay (audio effect)
• “Germany” Large Orchestra with Organ based on German classical, folk and popular melodies
  1. Rhine River
  2. Oktoberfest
  3. Cathedrals
  4. Schwartzwald
• “Hobbit Preludes” Large Orchestra based on The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (Book 1)
  1. Middle Earth and Bilbo's Long Expected Party
  2. Dwarves March
  3. Spiders of Mirkwood
  4. Crossing the Misty Mountains
  5. Mines of Moria
  6. Lothloraine
• Northwest Tetralogy for Orchestra
  1. * “Mount Tacoma|Mount Takhoma” Orchestra
  2. * "The Raven Speaks" Suite for Orchestra based on Northwest Coastal Forest Native American Songs and Dances: I. Coastal Forest and Raven: Cradle Song (Kwakiutl), Totem Pole (Kwakiutl); II. Totem Pole (Haida); III. Hat game (Tlingit); IV. Love Song (Tlingit); V. Grandmother Rock and the Little Crabs (Lummi); VI. Northern Lights and Raven: Lullaby for a Boy (Tsimshian), She Will Gather Roses (Tsimshian)
  3. * "Bridge of the Gods, The Warrior Who Became A Mountain" Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, plus Piano Transcription (Nisqually) - Pahto's Call, Wyeast's Challenge, Newit's Warning, Combat, Pahto's Death, Newit's Lament, Mountain Transfiguration, Spirits Within
  4. "Chief Seattle" Orator and Orchestra with Folk Instruments: - Chief Seattle's 1854 speech recited while the orchestra presents its ideas and images in sound.
• “Salute: To the Men and Women of the American Armed Forces” for Band arranged from the first movement of the "American Bicentennial" Sonata No. 4 for Piano
• ”Tehame” Suite for Band - Based on Native American Songs and Dances suitable for high school and college band
  1. Round Dance (Kiowa)
  2. Duck Dance (Seminole)
  3. Riding Song (Navajo)
  4. Night Is Here (Cherokee)
  5. Totem Pole (Haida)