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Music
Recent Works:
Original works
- The present of time 12/2007 (10’48") Piano quartet
- My radiance indwelling 12/2007 (60") 60x60 project
- Sueño despierto 12/2007 (2’7") SSA with flute
- Occam’s Laser 9/2007 (9’51") Recorder quartet
- Entreat me not 8/2007 (3’10") AB voices with flute and piano
- souvislosti 7/2007 (7’48") Clarinet and Piano
- Wind from the Shore 6/2007 (3’35") Oboe and Guitar
- 68181 60x60 Project 5/2007 (60") Chamber orchestra
- Vixen! Piano opera 5/2007 (22’58") SATB with piano
- The Queen of Air and Darkness variations on tune by O’Carolan 4/2007 (5’11") Flute and Harp
- Jacobs Ladder 3/2007 (10’30") Flute Quartet with piccolo, alto and bass doubles
- Their Mouths Struck Dumb Chamber Ensemble 2/2007 (9’34") Fl/cl/pcs/pno/vn/vc
- Blooming with Brazen Light 2/2007 (4’34") Brass Quintet with Organ
- Quiet Confidence Text from the Book of Common Prayer Kent School Choir 1/2007 (2’45") SATB Chorus
- Between Two Hills Poem by Carl Sandburg Carolina Concert Choir 1/2007 (3’04") SATB Chorus
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 1/2007 (5’34") SATB chorus with wind quintet
- Négociation 9/2006 (10’01") Chamber Orchestra
- Haworth Suite 9/2006 (22’0") Recorder by Czech Radio Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
- Chiese Serenissime 8/2005 (20’00") Fl/ob/pno Premiered at Venice, 2/3/2007 Enzo and Livio Caroli
- String Quartet 6/2005 (15’00")
- Nunc Dimittis 6/2005 (3’15") SATB choir and organ
- Dark Wing Symphonic Band 5/2005 (14’00") Concert band.
- Brassica 5/2005 (3’52") Canzona for brass quartet premiered St. Barnabas Day 06/05
- I am the resurrection and the life Biblical quotations from the Episcopal service for the dead. 4/2005 (2’45") Baritone with ob/eh/handbells
- Prologue to a time that is not itself Poem by Eunice Odio, translated by Martha Collins 3/2005 (6’10") Five movements for SATB chorus plus fl/ob/vib
- All Wrapped in Grief St. Mary Magdalene choirs Poem by Patricia Clark 3/2005 (3’51") Church setting of an Easter poem; premiered 4/05
- Soldier for the Queen Poems by A.E.Housman 1/2005 (18’00") Eight-song cycle of military poems for baritone, euphonium, piano, drums, TTBB chorus.
- Lily of a day Cincinnati Camerata Poem by Ben Jonson 12/04 (2’45") SSAATB premiered 10/05 October Festival Choir
- O beautiful power Translated by Neil Parker 10/2004 (2’53") SATB setting of a prayer from the Egyptian Book of the Dead
- Evocation 9/2004; (5’45") Chamber Ensemble fl/vc/harp.
- Coplas del aprender 9/2004 (8’40") SATB chorus with 2pc/eh/bn/percussion
- Liquescence 9/2004 (9’37") Solo flute and string orchestra Premiered by Enzo Caroli and the Orchestra Sinfonica Adriatica EPICmusic winner, 2004.
- Flos campsis 9/2004 (6’54") Solo trumpet and string orchestra.
- Villagers all Poem by Kenneth Grahame 8/2004 (2’19") Carol for recorder plus SATB chorus
- Clap your hands (Psalm 47) 6/2004 (2’43") Soprano with SATB choir, organ, percussion
- Present for the Creation 5/2004 (48") solo flute
- Epithalamion 5/2004 (57") solo viola
- Then a voice came from the throne 5/2004 (2’58") Baritone solo with SATB choir, organ and timpani
- My beloved spake 2/2004 (5’37") Soprano with flute, organ and alto
- Livre d’orgue 1/2004 5 short organ works
- I wonder as I wander 11/2003 (3’15") SAA + flute
- Et Volavit 9/2003 (3’00") SATB chorus
- Carol Fantasia 8/2003 (9’37") SATB chorus with fl/vn/va/vc/trp/organ Performances: 12/2003 St. John’s/Wytheville VA 12/2004 Cincinnati Camerata/Covington, KY
- Sonata for Viola and Piano 7/2003 (18’21") viola and piano
- I wonder as I wander 11/2003 (3’15") SAA + flute
- Variations on I wonder... 11/2003 (4’38") flute alone
- Wind Quintet No. 2 7/2003 (13’41") Fl/ob/cl/hn/bn
- Brazen Music from the Late Post-Sixteenth Century Completed 7/2003 Brass quintet
- In Nomine 7/2003 (4’11") Brass quartet St. Barnabas Day, 2004
plus arrangements and works for hire
A substantial body of work composed prior to 1986 is not included in this list.
Life
Richard Arnest holds degrees in composition from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Hawaii. An accomplished flutist and player of Renaissance winds, he was Artist-In-Residence in the mid-70s and early 80s for the Arkansas Arts Council and the State Arts Council of Oklahoma, for whom he presented concerts, performed in schools, created classical music programming for Arkansas Educational Television, and taught woodwinds at the Arkansas Governor’s School.
After an 18-year hiatus, he returned to his first love and began composing music again in 2003. His Liquescence for flute and strings won the 2004 EPICmusic competition and was recorded by Enzo Caroli with the Symphony Orchestra of the Adriatic. He received ASCAPLUS awards in 2005 and 2006, and belongs to ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, the American Federation of Musicians and the American Music Center. His latest project is Music Under Construction, a fledgling service bureau for composers and new music in the Midwest.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, he lives and composes in Cincinnati, where he is an Artist in Residence with the Ohio Arts Council’s Arts in Education program and sings with the May Festival Chorus.
In addition to ACF he belongs to ASCAP, the American Federation of Musicians and the American Music Center. He is an Artist in Residence with the Ohio Arts Council Arts In Education program. You can buy his flute music (including many arrangements) from FluteWorld.com, who named him their ‘Featured Composer’ in 2006. His music is published by Amber Waves Music Publishing and Music Under Construction.
Awards
- 2005 - 2007 ASCAPLUS Award
- 2004 EPICmusic competition: First Prize; Liquescence
- 1985 Ohio Federation of Music Clubs: First Prize; Quintet for Winds
Honors
- Flute World - Featured Composer at FluteWorld.com
- National Endowment for the Arts - Music Program Fellow
Recent Performances
- Entreat Me Not - 8/2007
- Wind from the Shore - 6/2007
- Between Two Hills - Carolina Concert Choir 5/2007 and Piccolo Spoleto 2007
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Cincinnati Camerata 5/6/2007
- Chiese Serenissime - Enzo Caroli (Venice) 2/3/2007
- Yorkshire Wassail - May Festival Chorus (Carolfest) 12/2006
- Midwinter - Cincinnati Camerata (Marian Concert) 12/2006
- Lily of a Day - Cincinnati October Festival Choir, 10/2005
- Star Spangled Banner - (arr. for string quartet) Cincinnati Reds, 9/2005
- Liquescence - Enzo Caroli (Symphony Orchestra of the Adriatic (Strassoldo, Venice, Mirano), 6/2005
- All Wrapped in Grief - Mary Magdalene choir, 4/2005
- Carol Fantasia - Cincinnati Camerata, 12/2004 and St. John’s Choir (Wytheville, VA), 12/2003
Other Media
- 21st Century Flute Concertos (CD)
2006 Enzo Caroli and the Orchestra Sinfonica Adriatica directed by Paolo Pessina - Haworth Suite (CD)
2008 Czech Radio Philharmonic directed by Robert Ian Winstin (post-production) - 1981 Vox Balaenae* (TV/AETN)
- 1981 Three Poems of Lily Peter (TV/AETN)
- 1980 The Second Coming (TV/AETN)
- 1979 An Evening of Flute and Guitar* (TV/AETN)
- 1972 A Medieval and Renaissance Christmas* (TV/KHET)
- Producer for all television programs
- AETN: Arkansas Educational Television Network
- KHET: Hawaii Educational Television
* performer only
Artist’s Statement:
My music is characterized by lyrical counterpoint, accessible harmony and flexible rhythms. I’m committed to accessible music that can be enjoyably performed and heard by professionals and amateurs.