A further focus is on contemporary works; autumn 2008 brings a performance of the first composition commissioned from Kurt Schwertsik for combined professional and youth orchestra.

His compositions include orchestral works, cantatas, chamber music, and solo works (mainly for organ), including several compositions commissioned by the Danish Royal Family.

It is a 33 minute composition commissioned by the Charlotte, Nashville, New Jersey, Rochester and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras.

The composition, commissioned by Olson's Voices of Mel Olson chorale, has become a much-performed favourite over the years.

It is sometimes music, usually a composition commissioned by the station itself or "royalty-free" stock music.

On July 23, 1971, she premièred the first of Leon Kirchner's compositions commissioned for her, Flutings for Paula, in Sanders Theater at Harvard University.

He named this composition, commissioned for Michael Tilson Thomas by the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Ojai Festival, "A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky."

It is one in a series of compositions commissioned by the bandleader/clarinetist featuring solo clarinet.

He has had compositions and arrangements commissioned for virtually every instrumental combination from symphony orchestra to solo piano.

Missing Commissions Missing are six of the eight compositions commissioned for this festival.