composer – trombonist
Ian Schwalbe
Full list of works available here.
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Thank you so much for your interest in my music! Pricing and MIDI recordings of unrecorded works are available upon request. All scores and recordings will be sent digitally.
Large Ensemble​
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Regal Thoughts (2025)
for British brass band
duration: 4' ca.
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High Tide (2024)
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for concert band (grade 3.5)
duration: 4' ca.
2fl.ob(opt).3cl.bcl / aatb sax /
3tpt.hn.2tbn.euph.bsn(opt).tuba / timp.4perc
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Fanfare for Midnight
(version for orchestra) (2024)
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duration: 1' ca.
2-2-2-2, 4-2-3-1, timp+2, strings
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Acrylic Rays (2023)
for orchestra
duration: 2' ca.
2-2-2-2, 4-2-3-1, timp+2, strings
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Chamber Ensembles
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Living Infinite (2025)
for tuba-euphonium quartet
duration: 15' ca.
commissioned by the MAGE Quartet and
the KSU Tuba-Euphonium Quartet
Reaching For (2024)
for 2 violins, cello, double bass, and three dancers
duration: 6' ca.
written with Anna Kirkland, violin and Kathryn Green, choreographer
Wijsmuller (2024)
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for wind quintet
duration: 10' ca.
written for the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival
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604-Step (2024)
for flute, bassoon, violin, and cello
duration: 6' ca.
written for Decoda
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Long Exposure (2024)
for string quartet
duration: 4' ca.
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Tree(3) (2024)
for alto saxophone, violin, cello, double bass, and percussion
duration: 13' ca.
written for the Collective at the University of South Carolina
as part of the 2023 Whittaker Commission
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Divisive Connection (2023)
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for flute, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, and piano
duration: 7' ca.
written for the Wet Ink Ensemble
as part of the 2023 Duncan Endowment Reading Session
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Life as a Fractal (2023)
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for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
duration: 7' ca.
written for the Atlantic Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble
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A Little Over Six Minutes (2023)
for clarinet, English horn, marimba, and piano
duration: 9' ca.
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​​Hardrada (2024)
for trombone and piano
duration: 12'ca.
commissioned by Nick Dewyer
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Trombone Choir
Through the Concrete Forest (2023)
6 tenor, 2 bass
duration: 6' ca.
difficulty - hard
winner of the 2024 British Trombone Society Composer's Competition
Go Where You Please (2022)
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6 tenor, 2 bass
duration: 4' ca.
difficulty - very hard
winner of the 2023 British Trombone Society Composer's Competition
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Fanfare for Midnight (2022)
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6 tenor, 2 bass
duration: 1' ca.
difficulty - easy