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Tim Olsen has written music for a wide range of instrumental and vocal combinations, skill levels, and venues. Significant performances are listed in brackets. With a few exceptions, the music of Tim Olsen is available from Vischer Ferry Music Publishing Company (ASCAP).
Music for Large Ensemble
Kiriba (2005) wind ensemble
duration 8:00
commissioned by the Saratoga County (NY) Arts Council
Blue Line (2001) twelve brass and timpani
duration 4:00
commissioned by the Association for the Preservation of the Adirondacks, Schenectady, NY
[members of the Union College and Community Orchestra 11/01]
Trumpet Concerto (1997) trumpet and orchestra
duration 10:00
[Union College Orchestra, Brian Gilman, trumpet 11/97]
Passacaglia (1991) string orchestra (arranged for full orchestra 1998)
duration 10:00
commissioned by the Hamlet Strings, Espergaerde, Denmark
[Union College Orchestra 11/98; members of Yale Philharmonia 11/94; Hamlet Strings, Helsingor, Denmark 11/91]
Roman Holiday (1991) twelve players
duration 13:00
[Ensemblet for Ny Musik, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen 4/91]
March--"Cap and Gown" (1989) wind ensemble
duration 3:45
[Yale Concert Band 5/90, 5/89]
Licking Stick (1988) wind ensemble
duration 12:15
[Union College Jazz Ensemble 2/00; Yale Composers Series 12/88]
Colorondo (1987) wind ensemble
duration 8:45
[Yale Composers Series 2/88]
Rhapsody for Trumpet and Strings (1982)
duration 4:30
[University City (MO) Symphony, Tim Olsen, trumpet 5/82]
Chamber and Solo Works
Three Postcards (2006) solo piano
duration 12:00
[Arts Center Theater, Saratoga Springs 4/06; WAMC-FM, Albany 4/06]
Dolly's Waltz (2004) solo piano
duration 3:00
Mountains/Trees (1995) 10 players
duration 8:00
[University of South Carolina School of Music, Columbia 7/95]
Veni, Veni (1994) handbell choir
duration 1:00
[Grace United Methodist Church, St. Louis, MO 12/00; Second Baptist Church, Clayton, MO 12/94]
Chanson d'Hiver (1994) flute solo
duration 8:00
[Reva Youngstein, Yale D.M.A. recital 11/94]
Betrachtung (1993) soprano, string quartet, piano
duration 10:00
[Indiana University School of Music 7/94]
Three Welsh Preludes (1990) organ
duration 4:00
[Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, CT 5/90]
Postlude-Fantasy on "Slane" (1990) organ
duration 2:00
[Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, CT 5/90]
Fantasia for Horn and Piano (1990)
duration 5:45
[New Music New Haven 2/90]
Oleolsen (1989) English horn, piano, guitar, percussion
duration 6:00
[Three Slender Fellas New Music Ensemble, Yale British Art Center 11/89]
Immoderate Acts (1988) trumpet and percussion
duration 11:00
[Union College Jazz Ensemble 10/98; Indiana University School of Music 6/96; SKRAEP Eksperimental Musikforum, Copenhagen, Denmark 5/91; John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY 4/89; Yale Composers Series, Tim Olsen trumpet, Ray Kaczynski, percussion 4/88]
Anagrams (1987) bass clarinet, tuba, and contrabass
duration 12:30
[Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 3/00; University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2/00; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2/00; Yale Composers Series 4/87]
Mamba (No. 1) (1987) four trombones and percussion
duration 6:00
[Yale Composers Series, Tim Olsen, cond. 12/87]
Melody for twelve winds (1986)
duration 11:00
[John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY 4/89; Yale Composers Series, Tim Olsen, cond. 12/87]
Rhumba Phase (1985) 3-5 percussion
duration 5:30
[University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 10/97; Indiana University School of Music 7/96; Tapsichore, St. Louis, MO 7/94; Yale University 3/92; SKRŪP Eksperimental Musikforum, Copenhagen, Denmark 5/91; University of California-Redlands 10/88; American Society of University Composers Convention, Lawrence, KS 5/88; Minnesota Composers Forum, St. Paul 10/85; Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN 5/85; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 5/85]
Quartet (1984/rev. 1994) clarinet or English horn, violin, viola, cello
duration 13:20
[Minnesota Composers Forum, Mpls. 4/85]
Prelude and Caccia (1984) trumpet, horn, trombone
duration 5:00
[University of Minnesota Student Composers Series, Minneapolis, MN 2/84]
A Riddle Song (1983) tenor and piano
duration 2:00
[Washington University honors recital 4/83]
Rhapsody for trumpet and piano (1982)
duration 4:30
[Washington University honors recital 4/83]
Prelude for piano four-hands (1981)
duration 5:45
[Washington University Student Composers Series 3/82]
Metaphrasis for solo cello (1980)
duration 6:00
[Washington University honors recital 4/83]
Ten Studies for two trumpets (1980)
duration 12:00
[Washington University Student Composers Series 12/80]