COMPOSITIONS and ARRANGEMENTS by TOM HOJNACKI
Embraceable…..You! (Gershwin) – arrangement for jazz orchestra (2020)
- premiere – 10/27/2021 – Berklee Faculty Jazz Orchestra - Berklee Performance Center
Songs for Jack – 15 art songs for mezzo, baritone and piano
- texts by Langston Hughes, Edna St.Vincent-Millay, Wiszlawa Szymborska, Jane Kenyon, et al
- commissioned by Mountain Top Music (2019-21)
The Stars – a sonata for piano (2015) - commissioned by Geoffrey Chasin - premiere – 2/11/2018 – Harvard Musical Association - Stella Owen, pianist
Saxophone Quartet #3 (2015) - premiere – 7/28/2015 – The Composer’s Saxophone Quartet
- Cambridge, MA
Saxophone Quartet #2 (2015) - premiere – 7/28/2015 – The Composer’s Saxophone Quartet
- Cambridge, MA
Lucky! (2014) for jazz orchestra - premiere – 10/13/2015 – Berklee Faculty Jazz Orchestra – Berklee College Music - David Friend Recital Hall
Symphony No. 2 (The Canyon) (2014) for large orchestra - premiere – 1/31/2015 – The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra – composer conducting
In [Just] Spring (2014) for violin, clarinet, cello and piano - premiere – 3/19/2014 – The Claflin Hill Musicians
Sonata for 'Cello and Piano (2013)
premiere – 9/19/2013 – Leo Eguchi and Tom Hojnacki
How Many In Your Quartet, Mr. Brubeck? (2013) an arrangement of Brubeck compositions for Horn Quartet
premiere – 4/14/2013 – The Hartford Symphony Horn Quartet - Hartford, CT
Melisande (2012) for jazz orchestra
premiere – 2/11/13 – The Berklee Harmony Jazz Orchestra - Berklee College of Music
Excursions and Diversions (2012) for violin, cello and piano
premiere - 9/14/2012 – The LLT Trio
- Boston, MA
String Quartet - Passion Renewed (2011)
premiere - 9/16/2011 - The Boston String Quartet - Boston, MA
The River Runs/The Mountains Rise (2010) for large orchestra
premiere - 1/29/2011 - The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra - composer conducting - Milford, MA
Crook’s Alley (2005) for jazz orchestra
- premiere – 2/10/06 – Berklee Faculty Jazz Orchestra with Joe Lovano and George Garzone – composer conducting - Berklee Performance Center
Angels and Demons (2005) version for large orchestra
- premiere – 1/28/06 – The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra – composer conducting
- Milford, MA
Music for an Imaginary Chiropractor’s Office (2005) for oboe and piano
Angels and Demons (2005) for organ
commissioned by Jack and Patti Dunn
- premiere – 5/21/05 – Ray Cornils, organist – Jackson NH
Concerto for Orchestra: Toccata, Tango & 'Toons (orch.2005)
- premiere – 4/30/2005 – Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra - composer conducting
Quintet No. 2 (2004) for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba
1. a fanfare for democracy 2. George of Arabia 3. a lament for all our loved ones killed in Iraq
4. Mad Cow 5. Howard Dean’s march on Washington, DC
- commissioned by Brass Venture - premiere – 7/2/2004 – Bar Harbor Music Festival, ME
Quintet No. 1 (2002) for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba
1. Allegro
Andante molto sostenuto ed espressivo 2. Scherzo 3. Adagio sostenuto 4. Allegro spirito - commissioned by Brass Venture – premiere 9/13/02 – Berklee College of Music
Allegro giocoso (2002) for organ
- premiere - 6/22/02 – Jackson Community Church – Jackson, NH – Susan Burk, organist
A Prayer for Peace (2001) for SATB Chorus
Symphony No. 1 (2001)
1. Largo; Adagio; Andante; Allegro 2. Adagio sostenuto 3. Scherzo notturno 4. Allegro vivace
- premiere - 5/06/01 – Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra – composer conducting
Jabberwocky (2000) for SATB Chorus with piano accompaniment
- premiere - 4/23/01 – New World Chorale – Holly MacEwen Krafka, conductor
Opening Day (2000) for SATB Chorus with piano accompaniment
1. I wish I were a pitcher 2. Season’s greetings 3. Opening day
- premiere - 4/23/01 – New World Chorale – Holly MacEwen Krafka, conductor
The River Runs/ The Mountains Rise (1999) for two pianos
- commissioned by Jack Dunn
– premiere 4/16/02 - Robert Schumann Hochschule für Musik – Düsseldorf, Germany
– Thöne Duo
On All My Holy Mountain (1998) for SAB chorus with piano accompaniment
- commissioned by Gorham Congregational Church – premiere 12/7/98 – Goreham, NH
- Patricia Van Doren Dunn, conductor
Biltmore Estates Alleluia (1998) for soprano and orchestra
- commissioned by Biltmore Estates, Inc. – aired on A&E and HGTV cable networks
All Through the Night (1997) a new musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
- commissioned by the Franklin Performing Arts Company – premiere - 12/13-15/97
Changing Times/Changing Places (1996)
- commissioned by Franklin Music Boosters
– premiere - 5/21/98 – Franklin High School Concert Band – Franklin, MA
Waltzes for Linnéa's New Piano (1995)
1. Ethereal Echo 2. Flirtation 3. Cat and Mouse
4. Pursuit 5. Separation 6. Grand Waltz
- premiere - 3/18/95 - Dean College Faculty Recital – Tom Hojnacki, piano - Franklin, MA
Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? version for low voice and 7 instruments (1995)
- premiere – 5/03/95 – Paine Hall, Harvard University – Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano
3 Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins SATB chorus (1995)
- premiere – 4/23/95 – Dean Franklin Choral Union – composer conducting - Franklin, MA
Introduction & Allegro (1995)
- premiere – 5/03/95 – Paine Hall, Harvard University – Forbes/McDonald Trio
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1995)
- premiere – 3/19/95 – Wayland Little Theatre Series – Wayland, MA – J. Michael Leonard, alto saxophone; Tom Hojnacki, piano
Psalm 23 for SATB chorus (1994)
- premiere – 4/23/95 – Dean Franklin Choral Union – composer conducting - Franklin, MA
The Wind in the Trees/The Clouds in the Sky (1993)
- premiere – 8/05/93 – Wheaton College, Norton, MA – SMARTS Chamber Orchestra – Ann Danis, conductor
Chamber Concerto for 7 players (1993)
1. Toccata 2. Tango 3. 'Toons
- premiere – 2/6/94 – Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble – David Stock, conductor
Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? 3 songs on poetry of Ogden Nash (1993)
1. He digs, he dug, he has dug 2. For a good dog 3. I shall arise and go now
premiere - 10/21/93 - Dean College Faculty Recital – Natalia DeRezendes, soprano; Linnéa Bardarson, piano - Franklin, MA
Psalm 100 for mixed chorus (1993) - premiere – 4/23/95 – Dean Franklin Choral Union – composer conducting - Franklin, MA
3 Romances for flute and piano (1991-1993)
1. Invocation 2. Sisters 3. Dithyrambe - premiere - 3/07/93 - Dean College Faculty Recital – Blaine Corey, flute; Linnéa Bardarson, piano - Franklin, MA
Fanfare for the Uncommon Kid for mixed instrumental ensemble (1992) - premiere – 8/03/92 – Wheaton College, Norton, MA – SMARTS Chamber Orchestra – composer conducting
Bratislava for organ (1992) - premiere – 2/16/93 – Berlin, Germany – Albert Gőken - organist
Klarinarkestra suite for unaccompanied clarinet (1992-97)
1. Ragtime 2. Waltz 3. Tango 4. Funk 5. Balinese 6. Bebop - premiere - 2/01/97 – Berry Concert Series – Franklin, MA - Paul Surapine, clarinet
Nocturne for 3 Bb clarinets (1992) - premiere - 3/07/93 - Dean College Faculty Recital – Paul Surapine, Terry Harrell, Warren Barnes
’Toon, Variations and Fugue (1992) - premiere – 3/21/93 – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY – The Berlin Saxophone Quartet
New Orleans March (1992)
recorded 6/18/92 by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra –
Robert Black , conductor
Three 2-Part Inventions for piano (1991)
Paths - a song cycle on poetry of Richard Wilbur for baritone voice, 'cello and piano (1991)
1. Piazza di Spagna - early morning 2. John Chrysostom 3. Parable
- premiere – 4/20/92 – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY – Larry Vote, baritone: Joel Wizansky, piano; Deborah Greitzer, ‘cello
Four Moods for Clarinet and Piano (1991) - premiere - 10/18/91 - Dean College Faculty Recital- Paul Surapine, clarinet; Linnéa Bardarson, piano - Franklin, MA
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1991)
Andante/Allegro/Waltz - premiere - 3/21/91 - Dean College Faculty Recital – Blaine Corey, flute; Linnéa Bardarson, piano - Franklin, MA
Incidental Music for Ibsen's A Doll's House (1986) - premiere - 1/16/86 - Dean College Theater
- Franklin, MA
3 Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins – SSA chorus (1986) - premiere - 4/26/86 – Dean College Women’s Choral Ensemble - Franklin, MA