As the decade comes to a close, here are some of my favorite pieces that I’ve written about that have come to us in the 2010s. This is not an exhaustive list, and there are surely more that I haven’t yet had the chance to feature – I already have several awaiting write-ups in the new year. But these are some favorites from this past decade that I hope will continue to be played everywhere forevermore. I will gladly take your suggestions about pieces I’ve missed.
Steven Bryant – Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2010)
Kevin Walczyk – Songs of Paradise (2011)
Viet Cuong – Sound and Smoke (2011)
John Mackey – The Frozen Cathedral (2012)
Michael Markowski – City Trees (2012)
David Maslanka – On This Bright Morning (2013)
Carter Pann – The Three Embraces (2013)
Julie Giroux – Riften Wed (2013)
Chris Lamb – Chamber Symphony (2016)
Michael Markowski – Machiavelli’s Conscience (2017)
John Mackey – This Cruel Moon (2017)
Michael Markowski – Reckoning (2017)