Symphonies (Back to Top)
Symphony #1 for String Orchestra, 1968 (18”)
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra – Leapold Sipe, conducting ’69
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra – Mendy Rodan, conducting ’73
Alaska All-State Orchestra – Fredrick Kaufman, conducting ’81
Symphony #2 for Wind Orchestra, 1970 (21”)
(1/2, 2, 2 (1), 2, 2, 2, 1, 3 percussion)
Wisconsin All-State Band – Col. Gabriel, conducting ’70
South Dakota All-State Wind Ensemble – Fredrick Kaufman, conducting ’71
Eastman Wind Ensemble – Frederick Fennell, conducting ’73
Eastern Montana Wind Ensemble ’73
Numerous College and University performances throughout the United States
Symphony for Strings and Percussion, 1976 (16”)
(3 percussion and strings 6,6,5,4,2)
Commissioned by the Israel Youth Orchestra
Israel Youth Orchestra – Shalom Ronli-Rickles, conducting ’77
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra – Joseph Primavera, conducting ’85
Delaware Symphony Orchestra – Stephen Gunzenhausen, conducting ’85
Brazilian National Symphony Orchestra – Fredrick Kaufman, conducting ‘96
When The Twain Meet, (A Symphonic Movement), 1981 (24”)
(2,2,2,2,4,2,3, percussion and strings 5,5,4,3,2)
London Sinfonietta, Queen Elizabeth Hall ’81
Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts Orchestra ’83
Symphony #5 “The American”, 1987 (22”)
(2,2,4,2,4,3,3,2, percussion, harp & strings 6,6,5,4,2, optional narration)
Commissioned by We The People 200 City of Philadelphia for the National Ceremonial
Concert commemorating 200th anniversary of signing of the Constitution of the U.S.A.
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Philadelphia Academy of Music
Joseph Primavera, conducting; Martin Bookspan, narrator ’87, ’89
Los Angeles Philahrmonic, Hollywood Bowl – Andres Previn, conducting
Loren Greene, narrator ’87
Boston Pops, Symphony Hall – John Williams, conducting ’87
Los Angeles Soloists Orchestra ’88
Orchestral Compositions (Back to Top)
The Journey, 1974 (20”)
(3,2,3,2,4,3,3,1, percussion & strings 6,6,5,4,2)
Israel Philahrmonic, Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv & Bat-Sheva Dance Company
Zubin Mehta, conducting ’74
Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts Orchestra – Joseph Primavera, conducting ’83
Ballet Music, 1976 (16”)
(3,3,3,3,6,4,3,1, percussion, harp, piano & strings 6,6,5,4,2)
Commissioned by the Batsheva Dance Company
Israel Philharmonic – Fredrick Kaufman, conducting ’76
San Francisco Retrospective ’77
Seascape, 1987 (17”)
(8 violin, 3 viola, 3 violoncello, 2 double bass, celeste, harp, 4 percussion)
Orchestra 2001 – James Freeman, conducting ’92
Festival Orchestra – Stewart Robertson, conducting ’01
The Dance of Death, 1990 (9”)
(2,2,2,2,4,2,2, percussion & strings 6,6,5,4,2)
London Sinfonietta, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London ’90
The Dance of Death II, 1997 (24”)
Czech Radio Orchestra, Prague ’98
FIU Music Festival – Stewart Robertson, conducting ’02
Catalan Concertante, 2000 (10”)
Festival Orchestra , Miami – Carlos Piantini, conducting ’00
Symphony for Winds, 1969 (14”)
Yankton College Symphonic Wind Ensemble – Fredrick Kaufman, conducting ’69
University of Michigan Symphonic Band ’71
Goldman Band, New York City – Richard Goldman, conducting ’74
Eastman Wind Ensemble ’74
Numerous Colleges & University performances throughout the United States
Southeast Fantasy, 1982 (18”)
Commissioned by the city of Kethikan, Alaska
Kethikan High School Symphonic Band, Ketchikan, Alaska ’82
Philadelphia Wind Ensemble ‘84
Symphony #5, (band version)1988 (22”)
Virginia All-State Band ’88
University of Montana Concert Band ’88
All-American Concert Band, European Tour ’89
Pittsburgh Winds ‘89
Concertos (Back to Top)
Violin Concerto, 1968 Orion Masterworks Recording ’85 (20”)
(solo violin & strings 5,5,4,3,2)
Mario Bonaventura – Pittsburgh Symphony ’68
Yael Kless – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra ’77, Holon Orchestra ’78
Roy Malan – University of Colorado ’80
Avigdor Zamir – Garden State Orchestra ’90
Triple Concerto for Piano, Tenor Saxophone, Jazz Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, 1975 (20”)
(solo tenor saxophone, piano, jazz band (18) 2,2,2,2,4,4,3,1, strings)
Rubin Academy Jazz Ensemble with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra,
Lukas Foss, conducting ’76
Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra “Kaddish,” 1987 Compact Disc ’94 (18”)
(solo cello & strings 6,6,5,4,2)
Andres Diaz – Moscow Philharmonic ’92, Garden State Orchestra ’88
Mark Drobinsky – Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra ’92
Mark Drobinsky – Instrumental Ensemble of Grenoble ’92
Yehuda Hannani – Lincoln Center – Heritage Orchestra ’89, ’90
Mihaly Virizlay – Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra ’87
Lee Feiser – Cincinnati Conservatory of Music ’91
Andres Diaz –New World Symphony – Fredrick Kaufman, conducting ’97,
Dominican Republic Orchestra ’98
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, “The Arronson,” 1988 Compact Disc ’93 (17”)
(clarinet & strings 5,5,4,3,2)
Commissioned by Fred Storfer and the Garden State Orchestra
Charles Neidich – Garden State Orchestra ’88
Ellie Eban – Concerto Soloists ’90
Stuart Best – The Philadelphia Camarata Orchestra ’92
JoAnn Sternberg – St. Cyprien Chamber Ensemble ’92
Concerto for Trombone and Strings, 1998
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 2005
Commissioned by Kemal Gekic
Opera and Compositions for the Stage
MASADA, 1989-91
An opera in 3 acts for 7 solo singers, mixed chorus and orchestra (36)
International Festival of Arts Music, Vilinius, Lithuania – Lithuanian Opera ’92
The Nothing Ballet, 1971 ( 20”)
(1/2,2,2,3,6,4,2,1, harp, piano, 5 percussion, strings 6,5,,3,2, & electronic tape)
National Education Television – Sandra Perlman, choreographer ’71
Royal Winnepeg Ballet – Sandra Perlman, choreographer ’72
The Dancers Stage, Haifa, Israel – Lea Shubert, choreographer ’73,’75
Batsheva Dance Company, Tel-Aviv, Israel – Rina Gluck, choreographer ’73.’75
Israel Philharmonic and The Bat-Sheva Dance Company, Tel-Aviv,Israel,
Zubin Mehta, conducting (renamed The Journey) ’74
Royal Swedish Ballet, Stockholm, Sweden –
Kennith Cristophson, choreographer ’76,’79,’84,’87
San Francisco Mime Theater, San Francisco, California ’78
Telluride Music Festival, Telluride, Colorado ’80
Birds (Ballet), 1974 (electronic tape) (11”)
Commissioned by Lea Shubert & The Dancers Stage
The Dancers Stage, Haifa – Lea Shubert, choreographer ’74
The Cage (Ballet), 1976 (electronic tape) (10”)
Commissioned by the Bat-Dor Dance Company
Bat-Dor Dance Company, Tel-Aviv – Rina Schoenfeld, choreographer ’78
The Changling (Drama), 1971 (9”)
(electronic tape, rhythm & blues band and concrete sounds)
Commissioned by the University of Wisconsin & the Wisconsin Theatre Company ’71
And The World Goes On (Theatre Piece), 1971 (15”)
(percussion, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, electronic guitar, electronic tape & piano)
Commissioned by the University of Wisconsin
New Music Ensemble, University of Wisconsin ’71
Darmstadt New Music Festival, Darmstadt, Germany ’74
Retrospective of the Music of Fredrick Kaufman ’68-’78, San Francisco YM & YWHA ’78
Berkeley Museum of Fine Art, Berkeley, California ’78
Telluride Music Festival, Telluride, Colorado ’79
Northern Illinois University ’80
Regal Fanfare, 1996 (6”)
(antiphinal brass, chorus, concert band, and orchestra)Inauguration of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Miami ’96
Silver Fanfare, 1997 (7”)
(chorus and orchestra)
Commissioned by Ron Logan (Executive, Walt Disney World Entertainment Company)
Film Scores (Back to Top)
Scenes in Ein Hod, 1973 (14 minute score)
A thirty minute television film documenting life in the Israeli artist village of Ein Hod. Diverse grouping of instruments including: alto recorder, flute, oboe, ud & celeste.
San Francisco Bay, 1977 (15 minute score)
A thirty minute television documentary featuring the many personalities of the San Francisco bay. Sponsored by the San Francisco PBS station KQED. Scored for electronic sounds, a wide spectrum of concrete sounds, a string quartet and a woodwind trio.
Arabs in America, 1979 (12 minute score segment)
Sixty minute award winning PBS-Television film documenting the plight of a displaced Arab population in Deerborn, Michigan. Score derived from Triple Concerto for Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Jazz Band & Symphony Orchestra.
Choral Music (Back to Top)
5 Psalms, 1973 (12”)
Commissioned by the Temple Beth-El, Duluth, Minnesota
Temple Beth-El, Duluth, Minnesota ’73
Temple Israel, Brooklyn, New York ’74
Temple Emmanuel, San Francisco ’78
Knesith Israel, Chicago, Illinois ’81
Numerous performances in synagogues throughout the United States
Contata, 1975 (17”)
Rubin Academy Chorus, Jerusalem, Israel – Stanley Spurber, conducting ’75
Echoes, 1978 (13”)
(chorus (SATB) flute, clarinet & 3 percussion)
Eastern Montana College Concert Choir ’79
North Dakota State University Chorus ’81
University of the Arts Chorus ’88
Stars and Distances, 1982 (18”)
(chorus (SATB) minimum 16 voices) plus optional amplification
Commissioned for 1982 graduation ceremony, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma , WA
Choir of the West ‘82
Festival Chorus, London ‘89
Mother of Exiles, 1986 (9”)
(chorus (SATB), optional strings 5,5,4,3,2)
Commissioned by the Statue of Liberty Rededication Committee
United Nations Chorus – nationally broadcast rededication ceremony of the Statue of Liberty, NBC-TV ’86
Canticum Novum Chorus, N.Y.C. – Harold Rosenbaum, conducting ’88
Prayer, 1988 (12”)
(chorus (SATB), clarinet & percussion)
Canticum Novum Chorus, N.Y.C. – Harold Rosenbaum, conducting ’88
Vilnius Chamber Chorus, Vilnius, Lithuania ’92
String Quartets (Back to Top)
String Quartet #1, 1969 (18”)
Lewis & Clark String Quartet ’69
Windsor String Quartet ’76
DePasquale Quartet ’77
String Quartet #2, 1978 (16”)
Commissioned by the Windsor String Quartet
Windsor String Quartet ’78
String Quartet #3, 1980 (15”)
Ars Nova Quartet, Haifa, Israel ’90
Miami String Quartet ’00
String Quartet #4, 1984 (14”30’)
DePasquale String Quartet ’84
Mobile String Quartet, 1985 (15”)
Philadelphia String Quartet ’86
Columbia String Quartet ’89
De Pasquale String Quartet ’88
Catalan Concertante, 1992 (10”)
De Ponte String Quartet ’92
St. Cyprien Festival quartet, St. Cyprien, France ’92
Catalan Concertante II, 1998 (10”)
De Ponte Quartet ’98
Miami String Quartet ’00 Klavier Label KL 11123
Amernet String Quartet, Cincinnati Music Festival ‘04
Chamber Works (Back to Top)
3 Poems by W.E. Henley, 1968 (9”)
(voice & piano)
Numerous performances worldwide.
Sonata for Violin & Piano, 1969 Orion Masterworks Recording ’85 (17”)
Over 100 Performance in United States, Europe, The Baltic Seas, Russia, Ireland & Israel.
Aspen Music Festival ’70
Israel Music Festival ’72, ’74
Ein Hod Festival ’75
Telluride Chamber Music Festival in Telluride, Colorado ’78
Royal Festival Hall, London ’81
Mann Music Center, Philadelphia ’82
Merkin Hall, New York City ’87
St. Cyprien Music Festival, France ’92
Danced by The Pennsylvania Dance Theatre ’92
Woodwind Trio, 1969 (14”)
(flute, clarinet & bassoon)
Commissioned by the South Dakota Composers Association.
Yankton College faculty Woodwind Ensemble, South Dakota Music Conference ‘69
Interiors, 1971 (10”)
(violin & piano)
Commissioned and premiered by violinist Avigdor Zamir ’72
Roy Malan – the San Francisco Retrospective ’78
Roy Malan – the University of California, Berkeley ’78
Roy Malan – Telluride Chamber Music Festival ’79
Numerous additional performances throughout the United States
Percussion Trio, 1975 (20”)
Jerusalem Symphony Percussion Ensemble, Hebrew University ’75
University of California Percussion Ensemble – Berkeley ’77
Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble ’80
Temple University ’88
University of the Arts Percussion Ensemble ’87, ’92
Yom Kippur War Piece, 1974 (7”)
(shofar, bass drum, electronic tape)
Rubin Academy of Music ’74
Film: Fredrick Kaufman, Life of a Composer ’76
Telluride Music Festival ’79
Introduction & Dance, 1975 (12”)
(clarinet, violin, cello & piano)
San Francisco Retrospective ’77
Telluride Chamber Music Festival ’77
St. Cyprien Festival ’93
Five Fragrances of Winter, 1980 (16”)
(clarinet, harp & 3 percussion)
Cleveland Institute of Music ’82
Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts ’83
Colordo Music Festival ‘98
Piano Gigue #2, 1980 (6”)
Commissioned by the Montana Piano Teachers Association
Premiered by Dorathea Churgin ’80
Gigue for 2 Violins, 1980 (5”)
Commissioned by the Telluride Chamber Music Festival
Premiered by Arturo Delmoni and Roy Malan ’80
Gigue for Harpsicord, 1980 (6”)
Duo for Violin & Guitar, 1980 (9”)
Meditation for a Lonely Flute, 1983 (7”)
Julius Baker ’84
Adeline Tomasone ’85
Numerous performances worldwide.
Metamorphosis for Piano (14”)
Susan Starr ’84
Marcantonio Barone ’85
Kemal Gekic ’00
A Bud for Bloom, 1988 Compact Disc ’93 (15”)
(flute, oboe, piano)
Julius Baker, Richard Woodhams, Susan Starr – Lincoln Center, New York City ’88
Rubin Academy of Music, Israel ’89
Adeline Tomasone, Sarah Lambert Bloom, Susan Starr – St. Cyprien Festival ’92
Julius Baker, Sarah L. Bloom, Susan Starr, FIU Music Festival ‘96
Echoes, 1990 Compact Disc ’94 (16”)
(mezzo-soprano, oboe, violin & viola)
Isabelle Ganz, Sara Lambert Bloom, Chin Kim, Roberto Diaz – St. Cyprien Festival ’92
Echoes II, 2002 (15”)
(tenor, oboe, viola)
Commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
NATS National Conference, New Orleans ’04
Fanfare for Oboe, 1990 Compact Disc ’94 (4”)
Sarah Lambert Bloom – Cincinnati Conservatory of Music ’91
Instrumental Double Reed Society Convention, Frankfurt, Germany ‘92
Nodus I, 1991 (12”)
(clarinet & piano)
Jon Manasse & Susan Starr – St. Cyprien Festival ’93
Fanfare for Alto Saxophone, 1991 (3”)
Fanfare for Contrabassoon, 1996 (3”)
Regal Fanfare, 1996 (5”)
(antiphinal brass, chorus, concert band & symphony orchestra)
Silver Fanfare, 1997 (5”)
(chorus & orchestra)
Aaronson Clarinet Quintet, 1988 (14”)
Charles Neidich ’88
Catalan Concertante, 1991 (10”)
(guitar quartet)
Entrequatre, Asturias ’98
Sudon, 1999 (13”)
(clarinet and piano)
Commissioned by the Florida Music Teachers Association
Paul Green, 1999-2001 ( 8 performances in Moldova, Poland and United States)
Dance of Death II, 1997 (24”)
Czech Radio Orchestra ’98
FIU Music Festival – Stewart Robertson, conducting ’03
Nodus II, 1997 (13”)
(clarinet and piano)
Paul Green, 1998-2001 (12 performances in Poland and the U.S.)
Richard Stolzman 1998-2001 ( 8 performances)
Inner Sanctum , 1999 (10”)
(solo cello)
Keith Robinson, New Music Miami Festival ’99
Wild Wind, 2002 (9”)
(solo clarinet)
Paul Green, National Clarinet Association Conference ‘02
Wild Wind II, 2003
(solo bass clarinet)
Henri Bok, Miami/Holland ‘03
The Dynamic Duo, 2003 (11”)
(2 solo violas)
Commissioned by Laura Wilcox for a recording with Chauncey Patterson
Yin & Yang: A Dialogue Between Two Grand Pianos, 2003 (12”)
Commissioned by The Dranoff International Two Piano Competition
Tosheff Piano Duo, California ’03
Dranoff Two Piano Competition, Miami ’03
Kaufman Auditorium, New York ’04
Colorado Music Festival ‘04
Inner Sanctum II, 2003
(solo bass clarinet)
Henri Bok, Miami/Syngapore/Spain ’03
Recording scheduled ‘04
Asturias (11”)
(guitar quartet)
Commissioned by Entrequatre and the city of Asturias, Spain
Coda, 2003 (5”)
(clarinet, viola, piano)
National Clarinet Conference ‘03
Kaminarimon, 2002 (12”)
(flamenco dance, taiko drums)
Miami New Music Festival ’02
FIU Music Festival ’02
Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities ’03
Music Festival of the Hamptons, East Hamptons, New York ’04
Electronic Music
11 works conceived 1971-1983 on Moog, Arp & Buchla synthesizers12 miscellaneous Incidental Chamber and solo works for stage productions
Incidental Music
12 miscellaneous Incidental Chamber and solo works for stage productions
Biographical Film
Fredrick Kaufman: Life of a Composer ‘76
Israel Television (30”)
