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Greetings and welcome to my Web site! Here you will be able to find information about all of the music that I have written and wish to make available for you or your ensemble to perform.
Kallman Creates is the title under which much of my music of all genres is advertised and distributed. These pieces, as well as my compositions available from other publishers, are listed here in my Catalog.
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Daniel Kallman
FEATURED ORCHESTRAL WORKS:
(Click on title or scroll down for detailed information,
including prices. Phone: 507-645-8788; Fax: 888-891-1671)
UN TANGO NUEVO (full
orchestra, solo accordion) 5'00" Passion abounds
in this work featuring the king of all tango instruments. more
Listen (mp3; 5.3
MB) Order
(Kallman Creates Publications)
ROMP (full orchestra)
4'35" Five minutes of jazz- and rock-infused high-strung
energy. more
Listen (mp3; 5.6 MB) Order (Kallman
Creates Publications)
For the holidays:
GO TELL IT! (SATB; full
orchestra with electric bass, piano, drums, opt. saxes; opt.
handbells) 11'30" A medley of familiar carols climaxing
in a gospel-rock treatment of "Go Tell It On the Mountain."
Accessible to high school through professional. more
Listen (mp3; 13 MB)
Order (Kallman Creates Publications)
MESSIAH, PRINCE OF PEACE (full
orchestra) 7'20" A work of mystery and majesty centered
on Christ's birth, death and resurrection. more
Listen (mp3; 8.5
MB) ORDER from MMB Music (www.mmbmusic.com
or 800-543-3771)
A HOLIDAY HOEDOWN (full
or chamber orchestra) 5'40" A farcical frolic through
your holiday favorites! For college, community, or professional
ensembles. more
REQUEST RECORDING or ORDER from MMB Music (www.mmbmusic.com
or 800-543-3771)
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES (SA,
opt. SSAA, full orchestra) 18'00" The voices of young
children add a sense of wonder to Christmas in this medley of
four texts set to original music. more
Listen (mp3;
22 MB) Order
(Kallman Creates Publications)
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ABOVE PIECES ARE FOUND BELOW:
UN TANGO NUEVO (full orchestra, solo accordion) 5'00" Passion abounds in this work featuring the king of all tango instruments.
Listen (mp3; 5.3 MB) Order (Kallman Creates Publications)
FULL SCORE AND PARTS - RENTAL (inquire for fee)
This tango is the second movement of Pura Vida!, a commission from the Minnesota Orchestra in 2006 for their Young People's Concert , "Viva Latino! " The larger work includes narration, as it is intended to introduce the audience to various Latino styles of music. The premiere included dancers, but the Tango works fine as a concert piece on its own.
ROMP (full orchestra) 4'35" Five minutes of jazz- and rock-infused high-strung energy.
Listen (mp3; 5.6 MB) Order (Kallman Creates Publications)
FULL SCORE AND PARTS - RENTAL (inquire for fee)
This was a commission from the St. Olaf College Orchestra under the direction of Steven Amundson, a Luther classmate of mine who is an absolutely terrific conductor with equally terrific ensembles year after year..Romp is an energetic potpourri of styles with a fair amount of influence from Copland, Gershwin, John Adams and Frank Zappa, some of my favorite American composers. The percussionists are kept rather busy (but happy) throughout the entire piece. The St. Olaf Orchestra has taken this work on tour to the eastern United States. The complete instrumentation is: 3333, 4331, timpani, percussion (4 players) and strings.
GO TELL IT! (SATB; full orchestra with electric bass, piano, drums, opt. saxes; opt. handbells) 11'30" A medley of familiar carols climaxing in a gospel-rock treatment of "Go Tell It On the Mountain." Accessible to high school through professional.
Listen (mp3; 13 MB) Order (Kallman Creates Publications)
CHORAL SCORES - $5.50
FULL SCORE AND PARTS - RENTAL (inquire
for fee)
This medley of carols was commissioned for the combined chorus
and orchestra of Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
It was premiered in December of 1994. The familiar carols are
"O Come, All Ye Faithful", "What Child Is This?",
and "Go Tell It On The Mountain." The final carol is
set in gospel-rock style. The exact instrumentation is 2222,
4331, timpani, percussion (2 players), strings, handbells (5
octaves) or keyboard, saxophones (optional: 2 alto, tenor and
baritone, but covered in other parts), electric bass and piano
(gospel style). The orchestration is not difficult and is definitely
playable by an average college orchestra and even good high school
ensembles. Doc Severinsen has conducted several performances
of this with the Minnesota Orchestra and Milwaukee Symphony.
MESSIAH, PRINCE OF PEACE (full orchestra) 7'20" A work of mystery and majesty centered on Christ's birth, death and resurrection.
Listen (mp3; 8.5 MB) ORDER from MMB Music (www.mmbmusic.com or 800-543-3771)
This is the middle movement of Trinity Canticles which I wrote in 1989 for the Bloomington (MN) Symphony Orchestra. It is often used as a separate composition and has become the most performed orchestral work I have written. It has been used several times to open the popular St. Olaf Christmas Festival at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. It is a serene work featuring mainly slow, sustained strings at the beginning and the end. In the middle section, the winds are given quotations of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" and "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded", calling attention to the central events in the life of Christ.
A HOLIDAY HOEDOWN (full or chamber orchestra) 5'40" A farcical frolic through your holiday favorites! For college, community, or professional ensembles.
REQUEST RECORDING or ORDER from MMB Music (www.mmbmusic.com or 800-543-3771)
Garrison Keillor and Philip Brunelle asked me to write this for Keillor's Christmas Special with the National Symphony in Washington D.C. It was broadcast live nationwide on public radio in 1992. Garrison asked me to fit as many familiar holiday tunes as possible into a five-minute orchestral piece, requesting that I close with a quote of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" from the Messiah. The piece has received numerous performances by orchestras throughout the country.
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES (SA, opt. SSAA, full orchestra) 18'00" The voices of young children add a sense of wonder to Christmas in this medley of four texts set to original music.
Listen(mp3; 22 MB) Order (Kallman Creates Publications)
CHORAL SCORE: $5.50; FULL SCORE AND PARTS - RENTAL (inquire for fee)
This piece was commissioned by the Austin (MN) Symphony Orchestra and the Austin Symphony Children's Choir. The premiere took place on December 10, 2000. The four texts are: "This Is the Week When Christmas Comes" (Eleanor Farjeon), "little tree" (E.E. Cummings), "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks), "I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). Most of the choral writing is either unison or two-part, although there is one optional SSAA verse on "O Little Town of Bethlehem." That verse may be sung in unison as the harmonies are cued in the woodwinds.
Kallman
Creates Publications
519 Winona St.
Northfield, MN 55057
e-mail address: kallman@kallmancreates.com
Phone: 507-645-8788
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The creation of this website was made possible in part
through support from the McKnight Foundation of
Minnesota through the American Composers Forum.