Music

Some of Jon Corelis's performed music compositions are available online the following links (please let me know if any of these links don't work):

 

Sabrina Fair

MacNeil of Barra/Sealwoman's Croon/Glenlogie for Solo Flute

Irish Dance for Solo Piccolo - Basler Piccolo Version

White Dawn

The Empty Plateia

Painted Seasons

Three Fairy Songs

Sappho: To Aphrodite For Mezzo-Soprano and Alto Flute 

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Jon Corelis posted a blog post
William LawesPortrait of William Lawes, artist unknownWilliam Lawes (1602-1645) came from a musical family: his father was the vicar choral, or lead liturgical singer, at the great cathedral of Salisbury, and his brother, Henry, was a very…
15 hours ago
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Veni, Emanuel
"Thanks for the suggestion, I'll investigate that."
yesterday
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Veni, Emanuel
"Thanks, I'll keep this advice on file for revision. One reason I use block chords is that I wanted a sort of stately progress effect, but maybe I made it too heavy handed. Or it may be the lingering effect of listening to too much Dave Brubeck at…"
yesterday
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Veni, Emanuel
"Thanks very much. I'll keep all this in mind. I'm familiar with the idea of using multiple instruments to give the effect of multiple stops, and it would probably be better, and certainly easier than looking up possible multiple stops in an…"
yesterday
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Three Impressions of Winter
"Thanks so much for the encouraging comment. Though I'm not particularly religious in the ordinary sense, I've been influenced by various sorts of of church music."
Friday
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Three Impressions of Winter
"Thanks, this advice is very useful."
Thursday
Jon Corelis posted a discussion
Three Impressions of Winter for Clarinet and PianoMoon - Snow - Solstice I posted an earlier version of this some time ago on the previous site, but the membership is now different enough that it will be new to most members of this forum, and at any…
Wednesday
Jon Corelis replied to Dave Dexter's discussion Hiraeth (for string orchestra) - a tone poem for homesickness
"Pizzicato is the drop of Tabasco sauce on the fried egg of music."
Dec 4
Jon Corelis posted a discussion
 [I somehow posted this by mistake as a reply to a posting in the Discussion Forum.  I just noticed the mistake, so I am posting here.] TurningSong for Mezzo-soprano, Cello, and PercussionAudio file here:  TurningMS4.mp3Score here: …
Dec 3
Jon Corelis posted a discussion
Drive The Cold Winter AwayMy choral arrangement for SATB of a well known traditional carol.Source: supposedly dating from the 17th century in England and found in variants in many old books. My adaptation is based on these public domain sources.…
Nov 28
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Three Miniatures for Solo Flute
"Thanks very much. Comments as a listener are as valuable as any, since after all the listener's feeling is the bottom line."
Nov 27
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Three Miniatures for Solo Flute
"Thanks very much for the comments and especially for the technical advice. I wondered about using the flute's lower range so much, but I hoped that since this is a solo piece the lack of projection wouldn't matter greatly. The piece on the rose…"
Nov 26
Jon Corelis posted a discussion
Three Miniatures for Solo FluteFluttering Leaf - Frozen Waterfall - Pale Rose I originally composed this for clarinet but then decided flute would be better. I tried to make it simple enough that it would find performers especially among students;…
Nov 25
Jon Corelis replied to Jon Corelis's discussion Oh-oh
"I think the real danger is that AI generated music will become normal.  In a decade or two, if you play a recording of Casal's Bach Cello suites to a younger person, they may say, "This somehow sounds artificial, like it wasn't made by a computer.""
Nov 19
Jon Corelis posted a blog post
 The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Hallssung by John MacCormackwords by Thomas Moore The harp that once, through Tara's halls, ⁠The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls ⁠As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days,…
Nov 19
Jon Corelis posted a discussion
Veni, Emanuel Instrumental for Alto Flute, Trombone, Viola, and Piano  An instrumental version of a very old Latin Advent hymn; adapted from a melody found in various public domain sources.I originally composed this as a vocal but decided my own…
Nov 19
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Bio

Jon Corelis was born in California and grew up in and around Chicago, where he earned a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures at the College of the University of Chicago. He later took a doctorate in Classics at Stanford, and taught Classics and Humanities at Stanford, the University of California, and the University of Minnesota. After a subsequent career as a software specialist in Silicon Valley, he now lives in Wisconsin. His poetry and other writings have been published in print and on web sites in eight countries, and he has given lectures and readings by invitation in America and Europe.


He more recently has turned to composing songs and instrumental pieces. His music has been featured on the web site The Flexible Persona, has been performed in concert by the Wisconsin ensemble a very small consortium, by the New York State flute quartet Party of Four, by the Opus Chorale of West Virginia, and at Denison University's TUTTI 2019 Festival, and has been recorded by flutist Robin Meiksins for her YouTube recording project 365 Days of Flute, by clarinetist Emily Mehigh for her YouTube recording project The Miniature Month of May, and by flutist Beth Ratay as part of the Boston New Music Initiative's Prismatic Congruency YouTube series.

His web site is joncorelis.com

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