MICHAEL TRINASTIC

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    The Yellow Wallpaper  (2006-11)

    monodrama in three scenes for dramatic soprano

    libretto adapted by the composer from the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

     

    performed by

    Aimee Marcoux, soprano

    Tomoko Nakayama, piano

     

    Nelson Music Room, Durham, NC

    March 2, 2012

     

     

    Trio (2008)

    for Alto Sax, Cello, and Piano

    Commissioned by the Lawrence University Saxophone Studio

     

    performed by

    Lindsay Crabb, cello

    Jesse Dochnahl, saxophone

    Joseph Ross, piano

     

    Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

    May 2008

     

     

    Three Quodlibets (2005)

    for solo piano

     

    performed by

    Michael Trinastic, piano

     

    Nelson Music Room

    Durham, NC

    2006

    Lost in the Funhouse (2005)

    for chamber orchestra

     

    performed by

    Alarm Will Sound

    Alan Pierson, conductor

     

    Baldwin Auditorium

    Durham, NC

    2006

     

    Salviations (2003)

    for string quartet

    Winner of the 2004 William Klenz Prize in Composition

     

    performed by

    The Ciompi Quartet

    Eric Pritchard, first violin

    Hsiao-mei Ku, second violin

    Jonathan Bagg; viola

    Fred Raimi, cello

     

    November, 2003

    Nelson Music Room

    Durham, NC

    Bursting and Searching (2001-02)

    for solo piano

     

    performed by

    Michael Trinastic, piano

     

    November, 2003

    Nelson Music Room

    Durham, NC

     

    selected recordings

    © 2015 by Michael Trinastic.