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Compositions Currently Available
The following works are currently available.  Please contact the composer at FWiley@neo.rr.com for further information on these and other compositions.
Catalyst (2016)
  • Solo harp
3 minutes
Composed in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Bascom Little Fund
Premiere by harpist Shelly Du scheduled for Sunday, July 17, 2016, 3:00 P.M.
     St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Available for purchase:  score


Horizon (1986, 1986/2016)
  • Original version: flute, clarinet, 2 percussion, harp, violin, viola, cello bass (1986)
  • 2016 version:  flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, piano, violin, viola, cello, bass (1986/2016)
10 minutes
Dedicated to Edwin London and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Original version premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, conducted by Edwin London,  Cleveland, Ohio, April 14, 1986 
2016 version premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, conducted by Steven Smith, Cleveland, Ohio, March 9, 2016
Available for purchase:  2016 version score, set


Laments and Exultations: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2015)
  • Solo viola
  • 2 flutes, 2nd doubling piccolo - oboe - English horn - 2 clarinets in Bb - bassoon - contrabassoon
  • 2 horns (optionally doubled) - 2 trumpets - 3 trombones - tuba
  • Timpani, 3 percussion
  • Strings
28 minutes
Premiere by Yu Jin, viola and the Kent State University Orchestra, Charles Latshaw, Music Director, Frank Wiley,
     Guest Conductor, Kent, OH, Nov. 1, 2015
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soundcloud.com/frank-wiley/laments-and-exultations-premiere
Available for purchase:  score, solo viola part
Performance materials available on rental
 
Portals of Light (2014)
  • Alto saxophone and piano
20 minutes
Premiere by Jeffrey Heisler, alto saxophone, and I-Chen Yeh, piano, North American Saxophone Alliance Conference,
     University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March 21, 2014,
Recording:  Jeffrey Heisler and I-Chen Yeh: Gradient, AMP Recordings

http://amp-recordings.com
Available for purchase:  set - saxophone part and piano score

Of Mountains Lost to Time (2009/2010)
  • English horn and string quartet (2009)
  • English horn and string orchestra (2009/2010)
18 minutes
Premiere of the original version by Danna Sundet, English horn; Samuel Huang and Tak-Kin Wong, violins;
     Wing-Sun Man, viola; Jeff Millen, cello
     Cleveland Composers Guild concert, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, April 12, 2015

https://soundcloud.com/frank-wiley/wiley-of-mountains-lost-to-time
Premiere of the version for English horn and string orchestra by Andrew Parker, English horn;
     The University of Iowa Center for New Music; David Gompper, conductor
     University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 5, 2010

Available for purchase:  score, parts

Desert Rose (2009)
  • SATB chorus, a cappella
8 1/2 minutes
Premiere by the Kent State University Chorale, Scott MacPherson, Director, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Nov. 1, 2009
Poem by Alison Wiley
Available for purchase:  vocal score including keyboard reduction


Dona nobis pacem (2009)
  •  SATB chorus, a cappella
10 1/2 minutes
Available for purhcase:  vocal score including keyboard reduction


Awakenings of Earth and Time (2004)
  • Multiple percussion (one player)
12 minutes
Premiere by Erick Saoud, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, March 29, 2004
Available for purchase:  score


PRIZM (2003)
  • B-flat clarinet and percussion (multiple, one player)
11 minutes
Premiere by PRIZM: Holly Haddad, clarinet and Erick Saoud, percussion
     2003 International Clarinet Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
Available for purchase: score, parts


Invocation and Spirit Dance (2000)
  • Solo B-flat or A clarinet
10 1/2 minutes
Premiere by Dennis Nygren, July 14, 2000
     International Clarinet Association Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Recording by Dennis Nygren: Dennis Nygren: A Clarinet Collective, Albany Records

http://www.albanyrecords.com/
Available for purchase: score - 11x17 landscape format cardstock in folio

Rituals of Earth and Fire (1999)
  • Solo violin
12 minutes
Premiere by Jameson Cooper, May 27, 1999, Kent, OH
Recording by Jameson Cooper, Jameson Cooper and Jacob Murphy: The Harlequin, Centaur Records

http://www.centaurrecords.com
Available for purchase: score

Star-Fall Dances (1993)
  • B-flat clarinet and marimba
19 minutes
Premiere by Dennis Nygren, clarinet, and Michael Burritt, marimba, Oct. 10, 1993
Recording by Dennis Nygren, clarinet and Michael Burritt, marimba, Michael Burritt: Shadow Chasers, Truemedia Records
C. Alan Publications:  http://c-alanpublications.com/star-fall-dances/


Some Hope Upon the Sky:  Three Songs on Sonnets by James Agee (1991)
  • Soprano and piano
16 minutes
Commissioned by Jane Dressler
Premiere by Jane Dressler, soprano and Jerry Davidson, piano, Canton, Ohio, March 4, 1991
New York premiere by Jane Dressler, soprano and Jerry Davidson, piano, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 20, 1991

https://soundcloud.com/frank-wiley/sets/some-hope-upon-the-sky
Available for purchase: score

Earth Dances (1991)
  • Percussion quintet
13 minutes
Composed for the Percussion Section of the Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble
Premiere by the Kent State University Percussion Ensemble, Michael Burritt, Director, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1991
Recording by the Percussion Section of the Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble, Frank Wiley, conductor
Available for purchase: score and parts

Zephyrs (1991)
  • Solo flute
9 minutes
Commissioned by Linda Madsen
Premiere by Linda Madsen, Great Ashfield, England, July 4, 1991
Available for purchase: score


Ritual Music (1990)
  • B-flat clarinet, alto saxophone, percussion (one player, multiple)
Premiere by Triptych (Ann Marie Bingham, clarinet; Edward Bingham, alto saxophone; Stephen Hall, percussion), 
     Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky, November, 1990
Note:  The percussion part requires a large number of instruments.  Timbrack notation is employed for part of the piece.
Available for purchase: score (All players play from score.)


Voces luminis (1989)
  • Solo organ with auxiliary percussion played by the organist
Percussion: 2 triangles, small and medium; mark tree; small suspended cymbal (16"); medium suspended cymbal (18") with sizzle;
     four crotales - upper octave C, D, G#, B; high bells or wind chimes (optional); brass beater (crotale beater); soft timpani
     mallets; triangle beater (optional)
Composed for Karel Paukert for his 1989 European tour,
     in honor of the 2,000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Bonn, Germany
Premiere by Karel Paukert, Cleveland Museum of Art Summer Series, Regional Conference of the American Guild of Organists,
     Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, June 21, 1989


The Magus (1989)
  • Solo marimba
Premiere by Michael Burritt, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1989
Recording by Michael Burritt, Michael Burritt: Perpetual, Peppermint Records


Heraldings (1985/1994)
  • 2 trumpets
Premiere by Michael Chunn and Terry OConnell, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, April 21,1984
Acoma Editions, Toronto, Canada: 
http://www.acoma-co.com

Caverns (1982)
  • Solo tuba
Premiere by Ronald Bishop, Cleveland Museum of Art, Dec. 5, 1982
Ludwig Masters Publications

Fantasia super BACH (1978)
  • Organ (chimes needed - If there are no chimes on the organ, a separate percussionist is required.)
Winner of the Holtkamp Organ Composition Contest, Hartt College of Music International Contemporary Organ Music Festival
Hinshaw Music, Inc.:  http://www.hinshawmusic.com


Dreamscape (1976)
  • Solo piano (optionally amplified)
Premiere by the composer, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1976
Note:  This composition makes extensive use of piano interior techniques.  Because much of the interior material is very quiet, simple amplification is recommended when the piece is performed in larger spaces.
Available for purchase: score

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