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The Music of Gloria Wilson Swisher

From the audio collection of Joel Salsman

JS1 (4/15/84)

  • “Joel” Variations (Joel Salsman, pno) 5/15/83
  • Sisters (Susan Dolacky, mezzo; Joel Salsman, pno) 1/77
  • Sonnets for …(Susan Dolacky, mezzo; Joel Salsman, pno) 5/15/83

JS2

  • 3 Pieces for Band & Piano (Gloria Swisher, pno; UW Concert Band, W. Welke, cond.) 8/55
  • Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra (Elsa Ludwig-Verdehr, clar.; Eastman-Rochester Orch; H. Hanson, cond.) 4/27/60
  • Two Faces of Love (Seattle Communty College Chorale; W. Goleeke, cond.) 1973
  • A Velvet Madonna (S. Strick, sop; J.Salsman, pno) 4/21/95

JS3 (11/8/87)

    Serafina (Sarasota-Manatee Comm. Orch., P.Stenberg, cond.) 11/8/87

JS4

  • Suite for Wind Sinfonietta & Piano (G. Swisher, pno; UW Concert Band; W. Welke, cond.)1958
  • Dances for Tommorow (UW Concert Band; W. Welke, cond.) 3/63
  • Theater Trio (trpt, a.sax, & pno)(Deming, Spicer, Swisher)1961
  • Incidental music to “For Such a Time as This (play by Ann Chamberlin) (Allison Skerlong, harp)
  • Sisters (Janet Steele, sop.; M Fardink, pno) 3/13/79
  • 3 Songs (Alan Lund, bar.; Don Russell, pno) 8/29/63
  • Processions (Western Wash. State University Band; B. Hunnicutt, cond.) 6/1/78
  • Thanksgiving I (Central Washington Band; B. Christianson, cond.) 5/26/77

JS 5

  • The Promise (Part 1) (book & lyrics by Gary Munn) (R.C. Rudolph, cind.) 11/57

JS6

  • The Promise (Part2)
  • 3 Pieces for Band & Piano (Gloria Swisher, pno; UW Concert Band, W. Welke, cond.)8/55
  • Concerto for Clarinet (Gary Oules, Calr.; Wenatchee Symphony, M. Seagrave, cond.)11/6/71
  • Concerto for Clarinet (Elsa Ludwig-Verdehr, Clar.; Eastman-Rochester Orch; H. Hanson, cond.) 4/27/60
  • Two Faces of Love (Seattle Communty College Chorale; W. Goleeke, cond.) 1973
  • Canción (Univ. of Redlands Symphony) 1957

JS7

  • Suite for Wind Sinfonietta & Piano (J.Salsman, pno; Tacoma Concert Band; R. Musser, cond.) 11/10/89

JS8

  • The Artist and the Other (libretto by Willy Clark) 6/26/83
  • Montana (S. Dolacky, sop.; J.Salsman, pno) 4/22/90
  • 3 Pieces for Piano & Band (J. Salsman, pno; North Seattle C.C.Band; S. Miller, cond.)3/5/87
  • Words to a Grandchild (Univ. of Montana Wind Ensemble and University Choir; T. Cook, cond.) 3/7/84

JS9

  • Serafina: An Orchestral Portrait (Sarasota Pops Orch.; P. Stenberg, cond.) 11/6/94

JS10

  • Psalm 150 (Masterworks Choral Ensemble; G.D. Riley, cond.) 4/13/96

JS11

  • Niigata No Sumie, concerto for piano and chamber orchestra
    (J. Salsman, pno, Seattle Phil. Orch.; N. Snel, cond.) 10/26/86

JS12

  • Three for T (1990) (T.Lauber, ten.; J. Salsman, pno.) 4/5/92
  • Caprichos (1991) (D. Rice, gtr., J.Salaman, pno) 4/4/92
  • Pas de Trois (1992)(J.Leeson-Jackson, fl.; M.Weiss, vln.; J. Salsman, pno.) 5/28/93
  • “Sado” for Flute and Piano (1968) (J.Leeson-Jackson, fl.; J. Salsman, pno.)
  • Short Quartet (1961, rev. 1993)(J.Leeson-Jackson, fl.; M.Weiss, vln.; J. Bichsel, cello; J. Salsman, pno.)