William Edward Childs - Classical Commissions

Classical Commissions

  • 1992 - Grenoble Jazz Festival, Chamber Orchestra Music (Steve Houghton - soloist)
  • 1993 - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tone Poem for Holly (Esa-Pekka Salonen - conductor)
  • 1994 - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Fanfare for the United Races Of America (Esa-Pekka Salonen - conductor)
  • 1994 - Monterey Jazz Festival, Concerto Piano and Jazz-Chamber Orchestra (Billy Childs - soloist)
  • 1995 - Akron Symphony Orchestra, The Distant Land (Alan Balter - conductor)
  • 1997 - Akron Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Just Like Job (Alan Balter - conductor)
  • 1997 - The Dorian Wind Quintet, A Day in the Forest of Dreams (Billy Childs - piano, with Dorian Wind Quintet)
  • 1997 - Mancini Institute, The Winds of Change (Roy Hargrove - soloist)
  • 2001 - Kuumbwa Jazz Society, Into the Light (Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble)
  • 2004 - Los Angeles Philharmonic, For Suzanne (Dianne Reeves - vocal soloist, Billy Childs - piano soloist)
  • 2004 - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The Fierce Urgency of Now (Wynton Marsalis - musical director)
  • 2005 - Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Voices of Angels (Grant Gershon - conductor)
  • 2007 - The American Brass Quintet, 2 Elements (Billy Childs - piano, with American Brass Quintet)
  • 2007 - Fontana Chamber Arts, The Path among the Trees (Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble with Ying Quartet)
  • 2010 - Detroit Symphony, Concerto For Violin And Orchestra (Regina Carter, soloist)
  • 2010 - Monterey Jazz Festival, Music For Two Quartets (Kronos Quartet with Billy Childs, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, and Steve Wilson)
  • 2012 - The Ying Quartet, Awakening - String Quartet #2 (The Ying Quartet)

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