Joan Tower

Composer Note: String Force (2010) was commissioned by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis for the 2010 competition and underwritten by the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation in honor...

Sheet music for Joan Tower's Second String Force for Solo Violin.

For unaccompanied Violin.

Work for Orchestra composed in 1986.

This piece was written for and premiered by the New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Frank Epstein, in April 2003.

G. Schirmer Concert Band - Grade 3-5 Joan Tower's first major work for winds is characterized by an energetic style that is colorful, rhythmic, and muscular. The title refers to the many contours of m...

For flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.

For flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.

Tower's Rain Waves, which musically explores the motion of a wave form, was written in 1997 as a commission by Michigan State University for the Verdehr Trio. A recording is available on compact disc:...

First performed by The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio on March 2, 2004 at the Tucson Winter Festival, For Daniel was commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. The work was written in mem...

Orginally composed for oboe and wind quartet, the composer created this version for oboe and strings in 1989.

Rising for Flute and String Quartet was commissioned by Backshore Artists Project Inc. , on the occasion of Carol Wincenc's 60th birthday; underwritten by a generous grant from Linda and StuartNelson....

Joan Tower's Dumbarton Quintet (2008) for Piano Quintet. This work was premiered on 12 April 2008 at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, by the Enso String Quartet with Joan Tower on thePiano. Following...

Work for Flute, Violin, Clarinet, Cello, Percussion and Piano.

For Clarinet and String Quartet. This fascinating one-movement work was premiered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

This work derives from a drawing the composer once did of colour rays emanating from a black piano-like object. This work for Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone and Double Percussion was first...

Composer Note: Ivory and Ebony was written for the 2009 San Antonio International Piano Competition. The themes in the work are based on the black and white notes of the piano, often played separately...

For violin and orchestra (piano reduction).

This is Joan Tower's first string quartet. First performed in 1994 by the Muir String Quartet.

Piano Reduction.

Orchestral reduction and solo part arranged by Tower for Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform.

For flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano.