
New music composer James Ricci
was
born in
After receiving initial training at Juilliard in 1972,
Ricci
moved to
Ricci's principal composition teachers were Donald Martino and Martin
Boykan, and he has participated in diverse seminars and master
classes both
in
For a number of years Ricci was an active "bell
ringer" at
Ricci was nominated three times for an award from
the
“Although music
is by
nature elusive, amazingly diverse, and difficult to discuss, I find it
to be a
potent means of interpersonal communication and enlightenment.
For me,
the act of musical composition is a lifelong process of musical
development and
self-exploration, and I strive to share the results of this experience
with
anyone who will listen to my work. My music has evolved over the
past
three decades, and it continues to develop and assert itself - as if it
had a
mind of its own.”
DodeKagon
(1975) for
Clarinet
Performed by Larry Scripp (Annex Players) at
Quintet
(1976) for
Fl., Cl., Vln., Vla. and Vlc.
String
Trio (1977) for
Vln., Vla., and Vlc.
The
Frog
Prince (1977) for Soprano and Bassoon (Text from
"Transformations" by Anne Sexton)
Shadows
of
Synchronicity (1977) for Fl., Ob., Cl., Tpt., Trb., Vln, Vla,
Vlc, Pno,
and Perc.
Performed at NEC Composers Concert, Jordan Hall, 1978
Three
Taoist
Songs (1978) for Soprano and Clarinet
Performed at NEC Composers’ concert, 1979
The
Round and
the Square (1978) for Violin and Piano
Invention
(1979) for
Guitar
Performed by John Armstrong
at
Dunster House Library, Harvard University,
Syntropy (1979)
-Electronic Music (Text from by R. Buckminster Fuller, read by
Ezra Sims)
Nexus
(1979) for
Orchestra
Read
by the New England Conservatory Repertory Orchestra, 1979
Four
Movements (1980) for
Flute and Piano
Performed by Judy Chemey and
Martin
Amlin at Brandeis University, 1980
Metalogue
(1981) for
Solo Violin
Performed
by Wilma Smith at Brandeis University,
Edaneres
(1981) for
Chamber Orchestra
Listen (.MP3)
Read by Yale Norfolk Summer School Orchestra, Arthur Weisberg
conductor, 1981
Diafonia
(1981) for
Two Pianos (Finalist, Boston ISCM Competition
1983)
Performed by Martin Amlin and Janice Weber at
Fantasy
(1984) for
Bassoon (also exists as a Bass Clarinet
transcription)
Listen (.MP3)
Performed by Amy Travis at
String
Quartet
(1984)
Listen (.MP3)
Mov. I Mov. II
Mov.
III Mov. IV
Performed by the Lydian String Quartet at Brandeis University,
Duo
(1986) for
Two Violins - to Tony and Titia
Minute
Waltz (1989) for
Clarinet and Piano - to David and Beth
Plain
Hunt on
Eight (1990) for Flute and Guitar
Performed by Willemien Insinger and Armand Qualliotine, 1990
Duo
(1999) for
Flute Duo
Listen (.MP3)
Performed
by Willemien Insinger and Mies Boet-Whitaker (Duo Atlantica)
4/8/2001and
Three
Pieces (1999) for
Piano
Listen to 1st Movement
(.MP3)
Performed by John McDonald
Concerto
for
Piano and Chamber Orchestra
(2000)
Sonatina
(2000) for
Solo Viola
Listen (.MP3)
Performed by Wouter Schmidt
Piano
Quintet (2001) for
Pno., Vln. (2), Vla., Vlc.
Mov. I
(.Pdf)
Mov. II (.Pdf)
Mov.
III (.Pdf)
(electronic
realization)
Mov. I (.MP3)
Mov. II (.MP3)
Mov. III (MP3)
Tone
Poem (2003) for Orchestra
Listen (.MP3) (electonic
realization)
Score (.Pdf)
Birthday Tune (2003) for Piano (for Cathrien Insinger-Soutendam's 80th Birthday)
Performed by Loukie Insinger
Lyric
Piece (2003) for
Flute Duo
Score (.Pdf)
Performed by Willemien
Insinger &
Mies Boet-Whitaker (Duo Atlantica)
Quintet
(2003) for
Fl., Cl., Vln., Vlc., Pno.
Mov. I
(.Pdf)
Mov. II
(.Pdf)
Mov.
III (.Pdf)
Mov. III (.MP3)
Performed by the Xanthos Ensemble
6/3/2007 (Newton Public Library), 6/4/2007 (Berklee College of Music)
Indigo
Blue (2004) for
Flute and Piano
Score (.Pdf)
Performed by Willemien Insinger and John McDonald
Petite
Suite (2004) for
unaccompanied Violoncello
Mov. I
Mov.
II
Mov.
III
Mov. IV
Mov. V
(Listen .MP3)
Mov. I
Mov. II
Mov. III
Mov. IV
Mov. V
Performed by Jan Insinger 2004 (
To
the Solar
Winds (2004) for Woodwind
Quintet
Score (.Pdf)
Listen (.MP3)
Commissioned by the Arlington Council for the Arts
Performed by
Song
without Words (2005) for Piano
Score (.Pdf)
Listen (.MP3)
"an
evocatively musing and third-laden essay subtly tinged with early
Berg" - www.newmusicon.org
Performed by Donald Berman
2/5/2006 John Knowles
Paine Hall, Harvard University
Waltz (2005)
for Piano
Score (.Pdf)
014
Blues (2006) for Piano
Score (.Pdf)
Fantasy-Variations (2006)
for Piano
Score (.Pdf)
Listen (.MP3)
Performed by Donald Berman 2/5/2006 John
Knowles Paine Hall, Harvard University
Boogie
Woogie (2006) for Piano
Score (.Pdf)
Listen (.MP3) (electonic
realization)
Lux
Aeterna (2006) for Choir
(SATB)