Concert & Chamber Works
Concert works by Robert Schoen include pieces for cello, clarinet, saxophone, piano, trombone, and mixed ensemble. Infinite Courage, written for concert band and dedicated to the memory of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia, has been performed by wind bands at Stanford University, California State University East Bay, William Paterson University, the Oakland Municipal Band, and the 399th Army Band (Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri). He has also written a variety of pieces for middle school concert band and string orchestra.
Concert Band
Infinite Courage
Written for Concert Band. Premiere performance by California State University East Bay Symphonic Band, Hayward, California. Ann Porter, Conductor. (This is the recording of that performance.)
Infinite Courage was most recently performed on July 4th, 2014 by the Oakland Municipal Band.
Abby’s Nigun
Written for Concert Band. Premiere performance by Edna Brewer Middle School, Oakland, California. Zack Pitt-Smith, Music Director.
Dancing at the Red Sea
Written for Concert Band. Premiere performance by Stanley Middle School, Lafayette, California. Bob Athayde, Music Director.
Hold Your Breath
Written for Concert Band
Note: a warm-up piece & study in long tones
Interior Motives
Written for Concert Band. Premiere performance by San Jose Middle School, Novato, California. Dan Rugani, Conductor.
Maxwell’s Cat
Written for Concert Band. Premiere performance by Stanley Middle School, Lafayette, California. Bob Athayde, Music Director.
The Queen of Chocolate
Written for Concert Band. Premiere performance by Cincinnati Youth Concert Band, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ann Porter, Conductor and Music Director.
The Waltzing Dreidel
Written for Concert Band. Premiere performance by Edna Brewer Middle School, Oakland, California. Zack Pitt-Smith, Music Director.
String Orchestra
Klezmer Lullaby and Dance
Light the Candles, Spin the Dreidel
The Little Latke That Could
For pizzicato string orchestra
Tango Romantico
The Waltzing Dreidel
For string orchestra & percussion
What Comes After?
Small Ensemble & Solo Pieces
Ask Me If I Care
Written for Percussion Ensemble
Clarinet Games
Written for Clarinet and Piano
Fanfare for My Father
Written for Brass Quintet
Fanfare for Maz
Written for Brass Quartet
Hacky Sac
Written for Brass Trio
Hommage à Debussy
Written for Piano
Melancholy for Bass Trombone
Written for Solo Bass Trombone
A Secret Passage
Written for Small Percussion Ensemble
Tapestry of Tones No. 2
Written for Mixed Ensemble
Weaving a Tapestry of Tones
Written for Mixed Ensemble
Memoires de Paris
2001
1. Marche de Triomphe
Written for Solo Saxophone
2. Valse Piaf
Written for Solo Saxophone
3. Une Excursion à Giverny
Written for Solo Saxophone
4. Montmartre la Nuit
Written for Solo Saxophone
Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
1. Hustenmusik
Written for Clarinet and Piano
2. Langweilig
Written for Clarinet and Piano
3. Russische spitzert
Written for Clarinet and Piano
Note
These three pieces were originally composed for: “Revenge of the Composer–A Performance Piece For Six Actors, Conductor, Clarinet, and Piano”
Written for Clarinet and Piano
Romance for Cello & Piano (Theme and Variations)
Lawrence Granger, cello
Priscilla Carter Granger, piano
Theme
Written for Cello and Piano
Variation 1
Written for Cello and Piano
Variation 2
Written for Cello and Piano
Variation 3
Written for Cello and Piano
Variation 4
Written for Cello and Piano
Variation 5
Written for Cello and Piano
Finale
Written for Cello and Piano
Songs and Vocal Ensemble Compositions
Remember this Day (Vocalist: Cantor Ilene Keys)