shirley mier logo
notes_banner3
Band & Orchestra
Concert Band

Courage Shining Forth (2013)
Commissioned by the Minnesota Symphonic Winds

Forge Ahead! (2010)
Commissioned by the Cottage Grove Middle School Eighth Grade Band, Cottage Grove, MN
Published by Alfred Music

Song of the Wind: An Aztec Legend (2009)
Commissioned and premiered by Roosevelt High School Band, Minneapolis, MN
Published by Alfred Music

Maiden Voyage (2005)
Finalist in the First Frank Ticheli Composition Contest, 2005
Published by Grand Mesa Music

Theme and Deviations for Band (2003)
Commissioned by the Seward Concert Band, Minneapolis, MN Winner of the Fifth Annual H. Robert Reynolds Composers’ Competition in 2004 and performed by the National Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, NY


Orchestra

Six Scriabin Preludes (2011)
Commissioned by the Century Chamber Orchestra, Century College Orchestral arrangement of piano preludes by Alexander Scriabin

Visages: A Song Cycle for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra (2005)
Songs: “Tibetan Girl,” “Luguhu’s Calling,” and “Beijing Hutongs” (text by Diana Fu)
University of Minnesota Orchestra (Doctoral Dissertation Thesis, 2005)