MARK BULLER | COMPOSER
ORCHESTRA/CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CHAMBER SYMPHONY NO. 1 'NIGHT MUSIC' (2011)
15 minutes
2(1=picc).1.2.1 1.2(2=flg).2.1 perc 0.0.0.0.0
Commissioned by the BJU Faculty Chamber Winds
Premiered in 2011 in Greenville, SC
OF SHRAPNEL AND BLOOD (2014)
50 minutes
Version for Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone, SATB chorus, and orchestra
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns in F, B-flat trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, 2 percussion, electric guitar, harp, and strings)
Text by Brian Turner, Rudyard Kipling, Siegfried Sassoon, and Walt Whitman, and from the Qu'ran
Premiered April 2014 in Houston, TX
ALSO AVAILABLE: 'Greenbriar' chamber version
0.1.1.1 2.0.0.0 perc pno 2.1.1.1
This arrangement for the Greenbriar Consortium, Anne Leek, director
Premiered January 27, 2015 at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Houston, TX
CONCERTO FOR FLUTE, STRINGS, PERCUSSION & CELESTA (2014)
22 minutes
Premiered February 26, 2015 at Duncan Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX
Aaron Perdue, flute; orchestra conducted by Jerry Hou
CONCERTO FOR ENGLISH HORN AND STRINGS (2017)
12 minutes
Commissioned by Brett Linski
THE SONGS OF OPHELIA (2017)
7 minutes
Commission from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Premiered June 2016 by the ASO and conductor Robert Spano
2 flutes (1=picc), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (2=bcl), 2 bassoons (2=cbn); 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba; timpani, percussion (sus. cymbal, tambourine, BD); harp, strings
TOMBSTONE SONGS (2017)
8 minutes
Version for baritone and chamber orchestra
1.1.1.1 1.1.0.0 timp perc strings
Texts from humorous tombstone epitaphs
Commissioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
NURSERY RHYMES (2017)
10 minutes
Version for baritone and chamber orchestra
1.1.1.1 1.1.0.0 timp perc strinsg
Texts from well-known nursery rhymes
Commissioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
TWO SPIRITUALS (2019)
6 minutes
Commissioned by Tamra Grace Jones and the Carlisle (MA) Chamber Orchestra
Premiered February 2019
2 flutes (=picc), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons; 3 horns, trombone, bass trombone, tuba; timpani, strings
WHIRLIGIG (2019)
3 minutes
Commission from ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra)
Premiered September 2019 at Miller Outdoor Theatre by ROCO and conductor Mei-Ann Chen
piccolo, flute, 2 oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon; 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion (bicycle bell, triangle, finger cymbals, crash cymbal, suspended cymbals, hi-hat, brake drum, kick bass, tam-tam); celesta, strings
THE PARALLACTIC TRANSITS (2022)
4 minutes
For the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Robert Spano
Premiered April 2023
CLOUDS OF UNKNOWING (2022)
12 minutes
for solo brass quintet and orchestra
Commission from Houston Brass Quintet
MASS IN EXILE (2023)
45 minutes
for solo baritone, chorus and chamber orchestra
Text by Leah Lax
FIRST LIGHT (2023)
5 minutes
Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Sütterlin, conductor
JOHN THE REVELATOR (2024)
5 minutes
ROCO
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor