Keith Gates: Music
Elegy for Viola
(Shelly Tramposh, viola; Julie Miller, piano)
Scores available
(Keith Gates)
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Biblical Sketch #3: The Maniac of Gadara (click here for notes by Keith Gates)
(Marilynn Gibson, trumpet; David Gibson, bassoon; Keith Gates, piano)
I. Journey across the Sea
II. Dance of the Swine Herders
III. The Maniac
IV. Confrontation and Exorcism
V. Dialogue
Worthy is the Lamb
(Westminster Choir of Potsdam First Presbyterian Church; Potsdam, NY; Laura Toland, conductor)
Concert Overture
(Walnut Creek Concert Band; Harvey Benstein, conductor)
Canto
(Sandy Tepper, clarinet; Julie Miller, piano)
Anthem for the Dedication of a Church
(Ron Brumley, tenor)
Fantasy for Trumpet
Icarus and Daedalus (Click here for notes)
(USAF Band of Flight, Larry Lang, conductor)
Evangeline, 1995 (Click here for pictures and information)
Libretto by Jon Robertson Evangeline from beginning to end of "How could a river change its course?"
Evangeline from beginning to end of "How could a river change its course?"
(Karen Schowalter, Ron Brumley, McNeese State University)
Prologue
(McNeese State University)
Follow me homeward
(Karen Schowalter Cooper)
The legend of the Loup-Garou
(Ron Brumley, Karen Schowalter Cooper, McNeese State University)
How could a river change its course?
(Karen Schowalter Cooper)
The Bay Glistens Like a Crystal
(Karen Schowalter Cooper, Scot Smith)
Sweet Ale!
(Ron Brumley, Ross Allured, Blake Whitley)
Ave Maria
(Thomas Brooks, Karen Schowalter)
Ending
(Karen Schowalter Cooper, Scot Smith, McNeese State University)
When Hope Still Had its Chance, 2003 (Click here for pictures and information)
Texts by John Wood Flemish Scene
Odysseys of Desire and Thoughts of Cavafy
Star Washer
Garden Walk
Three Places in the Landscape of a Soul, 1993 (Click here for pictures and information)
Text by Keith Gates In Prison
(Louisiana State University)
On the Battlefield
(Louisiana State University)
In the Garden
(Louisiana State University)
Symphony No. 2, 1997 (Click here for pictures and information)
Sinfonia
(Lake Charles Symphony)
Elegy
(Lake Charles Symphony)
Scherzo
(Lake Charles Symphony)
Soliloquy
(Karen Schowalter Cooper, Lake Charles Symphony)
Text from "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1969 (revised 1979) (Click here for pictures and information)
3. Presto
(Allan Fuller, Lake Charles Symphony, William Kushner, conductor)
1. Introduction; Allegro 2. Adagio
(Allan Fuller, Lake Charles Symphony, William Kushner, conductor)
Three Songs to Texts by Women Authors, 1993 (Click here for pictures and information)
Friendship (George Eliot)
Prayer (Ruth Bell Graham)
Life (Helen Lourie Marsh)
Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1972 (Click here for pictures and information)
I. Moderato
(David Taylor, Keith Gates)
II. Lento (Passacaglia)
(David Taylor, Keith Gates)
III. Vivace
(David Taylor, Keith Gates)
Introduction and Allegro, 2003 (Click here for pictures and information)
Introduction
(USAF Heritage of America Band, Lt. Col. Larry Lang, Conductor)
Introduction and Allegro (both together)
(USAF Heritage of America Band, Lt. Col. Larry Lang, Conductor)
Allegro
(USAF Heritage of America Band, Lt. Col. Larry Lang, Conductor)
Sonatina for Flute and Piano, 1992 (Click here for pictures and information)
Pastorale
Arioso
March-Rondo
Sonata for Clarinet, Trumpet, Piano, and Percussion, 1997 (Click here for pictures and information)
Allegro
Canto
Burlesca
Portraits from Macbeth, 1992 (Click here for pictures and information)
I. Prelude
(Tina Walton, Dave Walton, and Ammon Young, percussion)
II. Fantasia
V. Nocturne
(Michele Martin)
VI. Elegy
Tom Sawyer
I like her more than... (text by Jon Robertson)
(William McCrary)
Its the robbin' life for me (text by Jon Robertson)
(William McCrary)
The Fable, 1998 (Click here for pictures and information)
Introduction, Variations 1 and 2
(Members of the Lake Charles Symphony)
Variations 3 through 7 and Ending
(Members of the Lake Charles Symphony)
Suite Comique, 1969 (Click here for pictures and information)
Scherzo
Allegro
Adagio
Finale
Symphony for Winds, 1989 (Click here for pictures and information)
Presto Agitato
(McNeese State University Wind Ensemble - David Waybright, conductor)
Cantabile
(McNeese State University Wind Ensemble - David Waybright, conductor)
Toccata
(McNeese State University Wind Ensemble, David Waybright, conductor)
Sextet for Brass, 1986 (Click here for pictures and information)
I. Declaration (With great energy)
(McNeese State University Brass Ensemble)
II. Bon amis (Slow and stately)
(McNeese State University Brass Ensemble)
III. Procession (Moderato)
(McNeese State University Brass Ensemble)
IV. Introduction and Jubilee
(McNeese State University Brass Ensemble)
The Hollow, 1988 (Click here for pictures and information)
I am a stranger in this land
(McNeese State University)
Be wary of wishes
(McNeese State University)
End of scene 2, all of scene 3
(McNeese State University)
One voice more
(McNeese State University)
The Christmas Coin, 1999 (Click here for pictures and information)
Chris Miller, conductor Prologue (Von Himmel Hoch)
(Kristine Killingsworth)
Lullaby
The Ballad of the Ghost Ship
(William McCrary)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, 1999 (Click here for pictures and information)
Susan Waller, fluteContra Costa Chamber Orchestra
Harvey Benstein, conductor
Legend
Cantilena
Intermezzo
Danse Brusque
Migle and the Bugs, 1969 (Click here for pictures and information)
Migle and the Bugs, Part 1
(North Carolina School of the Arts, Robert Vodnoy, conductor)
Migle and the Bugs, Part 2
(North Carolina School of the Arts, Robert Vodnoy, conductor)
Concertino for Flute and Wind Ensemble, 1996(Click here for pictures and information)
Toccata
Nocturne
Windsor Variations
Concert Sonatina for Alto Saxophone, 1985(Click here for pictures and information)
Concert Sonatina, mvt. 1
Concert Sonatina, mvt. 2
Concert Sonatina, mvt. 3
Mass in English, 1985(Click here for pictures and information)
Masterworks Chorale, Lamar Robertson, conductor Kyrie
(Masterworks Chorale)
Gloria
(Masterworks Chorale)
Credo
(Masterworks Chorale)
Offertory (Click here for text by Keith Gates)
(Masterworks Chorale)
Benedictus
(Masterworks Chorale)
Agnus Dei
(Masterworks Chorale)
Quintet for Brass, 1988(Click here for pictures and information)
I. Light and Lively
(McNeese State University Brass Quintet)
II. Lament
(McNeese State University Brass Quintet)
III. Allegro giocoso
(McNeese State University Brass Quintet)
An American Requiem, 2002 (Click here for pictures and information)
Anthem, "In the midst of life we are in death" from "An American Requiem"
(Guilherme Rogano)
The Committal
(McNeese State University)
Recessional, "Why Should We Shrink at Jordan's Flood?"
(McNeese State University Heritage Chorale and Wind Ensemble)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, 1989 (Click here for pictures and information)
Andante con moto
(Raphael Sanders, Julie Miller)
Waltz
(Raphael Sanders, Julie Miller)
Romance and Finale
(Raphael Sanders, Julie Miller)