James Sheppard
Composer . Performer . Educator
Curriculum Vitae
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Locrian Waltz (2025) for Bass Clarinet and Piano, recorded at Mission Sound in June 2025.
Lullaby (2025) for String Quartet and Piano, premiered at the Diller-Quaile School of Music in December 2019.
Björk’s Cosmogony for Strings, Two Flutes, Two Basset Horns, Piano and Tenor Solo (2025)
Yellow (2023) for Soprano and Piano, words by Anne Sexton, premiered at the Diller-Quaile School of Music in March 2024.
By a Thread (2019), words and music by Daphne Overbeck and James Sheppard, written for their 2019 Laurie Beechman Theater Residency.
Song for Diller-Quaile (2019) for Soprano and Piano, premiered at the Diller-Quaile School of Music in December 2019.
The Story of Babar the Elephant (2018), an educational concert and arrangement commissioned for the Living Arts Collaborative based on Francis Poulenc’s work L’Histoire du Babar.
Music for the Emerald Trio (2018), For Flute/Piccolo, Violin/Viola and Piano premiered at the Hill and Hollow Music Institute in the Summer of 2018.
Help Us Compose a Song! (2017), an original children’s concert commissioned for the Bridge Art’s Ensemble.
The Lady Winifred and Didi Show (2016), seven original songs composed for two singers and jazz quartet, performed in the NY and Orlando Fringe Festivals.
Girl Without Hands (2014), for Flute,Viola and Narrator, premiered at Bowling Green State University May 3rd, 2014
There Will Be Rest (2014), for String Orchestra and Piano, premiered by the Shattered Glass String Ensemble at Rutgers University on May 10th, 2014
Drag Queen for Jazz Orchestra (2014), premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic April 12th, 2014.
Detroit (2013), premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Composer's Orchestra February 13th, 2013.
A Little Nightmare Opera (2013), a Chamber Opera in One Act for four vocalists and small amplified orchestra, premiered on behalf of the “Student Projects in Performance” at the Manhattan School of Music January 17th, 2014.
Machaut Variations (2013) for Woodwind Quintet, premiered at the Manhattan School of Music on November 10th 2013.
Nightscape August (2013) for solo piano, premiered at the Manhattan School of Music, March 28th 2013.
The Night Susannah Jumped (2013) for solo piano, premiered at the Manhattan School of Music, March 28th 2013.
Theme and Variations (2013) for solo Clarinet or solo Alto Saxophone, premiered at the Manhattan School of Music, February 13th 2013
Old City Songs (2013) for high voice and piano, premiered March 28th 2013.
Three Fugues for Orchestra (2012), premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia February 24th, 2012.
Red Line Retrospective (2012), for Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Hammond B3, Drumset and Voice, premiered April 10th, 2012.
Poems (2012), for unaccompanied Voice, premiered January 15th, 2012.
Y Remix (2012), for fixed media electronics premiered January 5th, 2012
Flowers (2012) for nine trumpets, premiered at the Manhattan School of Music,October 22nd 2012.
Generation Y (2011) for 2 Trumpets, Alto Sax, Marimba and Vibraphone, Piano,Choir, 2 Cello, Bass and Percussion, premiered February 7th 2011.
For Kim (2011) for solo Oboe, premiered May 5th 2012.
Duet For Marimba and Vibraphone (2010), premiered at the Manhattan School of Music, October 14th, 2010.
Computer Cornetto (2010) for live trumpet and electronics, premiered December 6th 2010.
The Princess and the Frog (2009) for Flute Quartet, premiered at the Manhattan School of Music, December 2nd, 2010..
The Waiting Room (2009) for Alto Sax, Alto Flute, Marimba, 2 Guitars and Bass, premiered at the Manhattan School of Music, February 9th 2009.
The Lorax for Flute Quartet and Narration (2009), premiered April 7th 2009 and performed again on December 2nd, 2010.
Two Paul Verlaine Poems (2008) for high voice and piano, premiered October 20th 2008.
Piano Concerto (2007) premiered by the Suffolk County Youth Orchestra July 10th 2007 at Suffolk Community College Selden Campus.