"whimsical"
Sunday Arts, Thirteen.org 1/27/2010
"exciting "
"exquisite ... hauntingly beautiful ..."
The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina
"… full of fierce rhythms ... "
Philip A. Metzger , Lehigh Valley Music
" ... brooding and dramatic ... "
CriticalMiami.com
Sunday Arts, Thirteen.org 1/27/2010
"exciting "
"exquisite ... hauntingly beautiful ..."
The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina
"… full of fierce rhythms ... "
Philip A. Metzger , Lehigh Valley Music
" ... brooding and dramatic ... "
CriticalMiami.com
COMPOSITION AWARDS
2010, Finalist (competition in progrss) Rapido Composition Contest
2009, Winner, American Composers Forum Competition - Los Angeles
2009, Winner, Society of Composers Inc. Competition
2008, Winner - Jacksonville Symphony’s Fresh Ink – Florida Composers’ Competition
2008, Finalist, British Trombone Society Composition Competition
2007, Honorable Mention, The Fauxharmonic Orchestra Adagio Composition Contest
2005, Winner, Vox Novus 60x60 Project
2004, Winner, University of Cincinnati Orchestral Composition Competition
2004, Second Prize Winner, ACCENT Competition MUSIC X Festival, Cincinnati
2003, First Prize Winner UPBEAT-Hvar, Croatia, composition competition
2001, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, double runner-up
2010, Finalist (competition in progrss) Rapido Composition Contest
2009, Winner, American Composers Forum Competition - Los Angeles
2009, Winner, Society of Composers Inc. Competition
2008, Winner - Jacksonville Symphony’s Fresh Ink – Florida Composers’ Competition
2008, Finalist, British Trombone Society Composition Competition
2007, Honorable Mention, The Fauxharmonic Orchestra Adagio Composition Contest
2005, Winner, Vox Novus 60x60 Project
2004, Winner, University of Cincinnati Orchestral Composition Competition
2004, Second Prize Winner, ACCENT Competition MUSIC X Festival, Cincinnati
2003, First Prize Winner UPBEAT-Hvar, Croatia, composition competition
2001, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, double runner-up
Performances:
ORCHESTRAL: Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville University Orchestra, New World Symphony, University of Cincinnati Philharmonia, Concert Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble, I.N.T.Y. Contemporary Orchestra, Queen City Virtuosi, Young Musicians Orchestra of Miami, Preludes Camp Orchestra (2009), Brunswick Symphony (2009)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sybarite Chamber Players (CBS Early Show, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Chamber Music Series, Lincoln Center), Juventas New Music Ensemble, Interlochen Chamber Players, Degas Quartet, Quarteto Latinoamericano, ACCORD Quartet, ALIAS Ensemble (Nashville, ASOL Conference, live radio performance on NPR),
Members of the Jacksonville Symphony , FAZA String Quartet, Roggero Trio, Spoleto Festival USA (Music In Time series), Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, UPBEAT-Hvar Festival in Croatia, New World Symphony Xchange and Forum concerts, Members of the New World Symphony, Music X New Music Festival, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Santa Fe New Music Festival, Bavarian Academy of Arts in Munich, Germany, Museum of Art and Design in Nuremberg, Germany, University of North Florida, Dwight Parry (principal oboe, Cincinnati Symphony), Robert Woolfrey (second clarinet, Cleveland Orchestra)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sybarite Chamber Players (CBS Early Show, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Chamber Music Series, Lincoln Center), Juventas New Music Ensemble, Interlochen Chamber Players, Degas Quartet, Quarteto Latinoamericano, ACCORD Quartet, ALIAS Ensemble (Nashville, ASOL Conference, live radio performance on NPR),
Members of the Jacksonville Symphony , FAZA String Quartet, Roggero Trio, Spoleto Festival USA (Music In Time series), Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, UPBEAT-Hvar Festival in Croatia, New World Symphony Xchange and Forum concerts, Members of the New World Symphony, Music X New Music Festival, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Santa Fe New Music Festival, Bavarian Academy of Arts in Munich, Germany, Museum of Art and Design in Nuremberg, Germany, University of North Florida, Dwight Parry (principal oboe, Cincinnati Symphony), Robert Woolfrey (second clarinet, Cleveland Orchestra)
All compositions available for listening, complete catalogue of works below.
Piotr Szewczyk (ASCAP)
Catalogue of compositions (with dates and durations)
SOLOS
A Frenetic Poem Strolls for Solo Clarinet (4'30") 2010
Jay Jay Bee for Solo Clarinet 3' (2010)
First Coast Groove for Violin (3’50”) 2008
T-Boned for Tenor Trombone (4’) 2008
Lament for the Tsunami Victims for Violin (5’40”) 2005
All-Wheel Drive for Violin (2’40”) 2004
Cadenza I, II, III, IV and V for Violin Solo (2’- 5’each) 1997-2003
DUETS
The Moon Goddess for Violin and Cello (3’50”) (2007)
An Adventure on Another Planet for Viola and Cello (16’) 2007
By The Fire for Two Cellos (3’50”) 2005
Conundrum for Violin and Viola (7’) 2004
Snapper for Violin and Piano (4’30”) 2004
Fantasia for Violin and Piano (15’) 2000
Two Movements for Violin and Piano (5’30”) 1999
Three Moods for Violin and Piano (10’) 1999
TRIOS
Conundrum II for Three Violins (10’30”) 2006
Ma Intenso for String Trio (9’30”) 2005
Three Images for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (11’10”) 2004
Introduction and Scherzo for String Trio (6’) 2002
Two Remembrances for String Trio (9’20”) 2002
Wild West Sketch for String Trio (4’45”) 2002
Three Summer Sketches for Violin, Clarinet and Bassoon (9’30”) 2002
Three Summer Sketches for String Trio (9’30”) 2002
QUARTETS
Time Travel for String Quartet (16’30”) 2005
Ocean Drive for String Quartet (4’) 2005
Half-Diminished Scherzo for String Quartet (5’15”) 2004
In Motion for String Quartet (15’) 2004
Traffic Jam Alert for String Quartet (4’20”) 2003
Three Miniatures for String Quartet (8’30”) 2001
OTHER CHAMBER MUSIC
Images From A Journey for FLute, Clarinet, Cello and Piano 2010
Apparitions for Violin, Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Percussion (5’34”) 2006
The Rebel for String Quintet (3’15”) 2005
Romantic Beatbox for Piano, Marimba and String Quintet (14’30”) 2003
Three Images for Viola, Clarinet and Piano (11’) 2003
STRING ORCHESTRA
Jazz It Up (5') 2010
Summer Music (5’) 2009
Rebirth of Hope (5’45”) 2005
A Journey Within (12’) 2005
Concertino for Oboe and String Orchestra (12’) 2005
Three Dimensions (11’30”) 2004
Fantasia for Violin and String Orchestra (6’) 1997
ORCHESTRA
First Coast Fanfare for Orchestra (12’) 2010
Violin Concerto (17’) 2006
Transposed Memories for Orchestra (11’) 2004
Time for Change for Electric Violin and Jazz orchestra (9’30”) 2003
Catalogue of compositions (with dates and durations)
SOLOS
A Frenetic Poem Strolls for Solo Clarinet (4'30") 2010
Jay Jay Bee for Solo Clarinet 3' (2010)
First Coast Groove for Violin (3’50”) 2008
T-Boned for Tenor Trombone (4’) 2008
Lament for the Tsunami Victims for Violin (5’40”) 2005
All-Wheel Drive for Violin (2’40”) 2004
Cadenza I, II, III, IV and V for Violin Solo (2’- 5’each) 1997-2003
DUETS
The Moon Goddess for Violin and Cello (3’50”) (2007)
An Adventure on Another Planet for Viola and Cello (16’) 2007
By The Fire for Two Cellos (3’50”) 2005
Conundrum for Violin and Viola (7’) 2004
Snapper for Violin and Piano (4’30”) 2004
Fantasia for Violin and Piano (15’) 2000
Two Movements for Violin and Piano (5’30”) 1999
Three Moods for Violin and Piano (10’) 1999
TRIOS
Conundrum II for Three Violins (10’30”) 2006
Ma Intenso for String Trio (9’30”) 2005
Three Images for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (11’10”) 2004
Introduction and Scherzo for String Trio (6’) 2002
Two Remembrances for String Trio (9’20”) 2002
Wild West Sketch for String Trio (4’45”) 2002
Three Summer Sketches for Violin, Clarinet and Bassoon (9’30”) 2002
Three Summer Sketches for String Trio (9’30”) 2002
QUARTETS
Time Travel for String Quartet (16’30”) 2005
Ocean Drive for String Quartet (4’) 2005
Half-Diminished Scherzo for String Quartet (5’15”) 2004
In Motion for String Quartet (15’) 2004
Traffic Jam Alert for String Quartet (4’20”) 2003
Three Miniatures for String Quartet (8’30”) 2001
OTHER CHAMBER MUSIC
Images From A Journey for FLute, Clarinet, Cello and Piano 2010
Apparitions for Violin, Flute, Clarinet, Cello and Percussion (5’34”) 2006
The Rebel for String Quintet (3’15”) 2005
Romantic Beatbox for Piano, Marimba and String Quintet (14’30”) 2003
Three Images for Viola, Clarinet and Piano (11’) 2003
STRING ORCHESTRA
Jazz It Up (5') 2010
Summer Music (5’) 2009
Rebirth of Hope (5’45”) 2005
A Journey Within (12’) 2005
Concertino for Oboe and String Orchestra (12’) 2005
Three Dimensions (11’30”) 2004
Fantasia for Violin and String Orchestra (6’) 1997
ORCHESTRA
First Coast Fanfare for Orchestra (12’) 2010
Violin Concerto (17’) 2006
Transposed Memories for Orchestra (11’) 2004
Time for Change for Electric Violin and Jazz orchestra (9’30”) 2003