Musicatlas
Music
- First Lipstick, Then Chapstick for Trumpet
- in Dust and Ashes... for Multi-percussion
- Ooghedy Booghedy for Bassoon
- Six Preludes a Boda Zapha for Piano
- Swagger for Piano
- Tangents for Marimba
- Three Turns of the Wind for Clarinet
- Fricas, Fracas, Frucas for Flute, Percussion, ‘Cello
- Furtive Glances for Alto Sax, Piano, Contrabass
- Rabble Rouser for Violin, Piano
- T-Rex for Piano, Percussion
- Three Psalms for Soprano, Violin, Viola, ‘Cello
- Tinged with Afterglow for Baritone Voice, Piano
- 2 Pieces in Memoriam for Woodwind Quintet
- Psalm 66 for Church Choir and Organ
- Rocked in the Cradle for Mixed choir and piano
- The Slash for Mixed Choir, 4 Percussion, and 2 Contrabasses
- Songs of Comfort for Mixed Choir & String Bass
- This Precious Gift for SSAATTBB a cappella
- Whispers Through the Cold for Women’s Choir and Oboe
- ICA for Brass Choir
- Loose Radicals for Full Orchestra
- Rough Hewn & Silky Smooth for String Orchestra
Life
Ralph Kendrick has had his works performed throughout the United States and in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the Czech Republic by groups such as the South Dakota Symphony Wind Quintet, the Indiana University Contemporary Chorale, the Quodlibet Quintet, the University of Iowa Center for New Music, Chorale Midwest, the College Street String Quartet, the Iowa City Symphonic Orchestra, the Loras College Bella Voce Choir, and the University of Minnesota Brass Choir.
Kendrick has quickly emerged as one of the leading Iowa Composers. He has received commissions from several Iowa organizations – including the Iowa Composers Forum; Iowa Music Teachers Association; Northwestern College; Iowa Arts Council; Marilynn Etzel Commission Fund; and the Iowa City Community Orchestra.
He has completed over 40 compositions in a variety of genres, including works for orchestra, choir, chamber groups, and solo musicians.