Welcome
Betsy Schramm
“visionary quality” “impressive lyricism” “expansive, daring, and unpredictable”
(Boston Globe, Buffalo News, Boston Herald)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeMxjRgUESw
Boston Inspires
Christopher Keach, trumpet and Eric Orosz, percussion, perform live at McGill University, Montreal, May 13, 2023.
Schramm Arrays of Light CD features Mark Ponzo, trumpet
Over 75 minutes of my brass music in different combinations!
Three Pieces for String Quartet
The Craft Ensemble performs my Three Pieces for String Quartet.I also wrote a string orchestra version of this work.
Fantasia and Dances for Solo Violin
Ricardo Odriozola performs my Fantasia and Dances for Solo Violin.
An exceptional performer!
Thanks Ricardo!
while east deserves of dawn
My dear mentor and friend Jane Manning with Jane's Minstrels perform my setting of three poems e.e.cummings. Dear Jane and her husband, composer Anthony Payne, passed away last year and are greatly missed by all who knew them.
The Quickening of a Summer's Morn
Written while a was a Ph.D. candidate at the Eastman School of Music, my colleague Jeff Renshaw conducted the premiere with the Eastman Wind Ensemble.
American Mosaic
This three movement orchestral work was premiered by the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Ballet. The ballet danced in front of the orchestra!
Words of War/Letters of War
This work features narration of war letters and sung war poetry of American poets . It was written in response to the losses in all wars. Rep. Jay Kaufman, narrator, Melanie Salisbury, soprano,
Charles Blandy, tenor, Betsy Schramm, conductor, flute, clarinet, trumpet, horn, violin I, violin II, cello, piano, percussion.
Gold Star Award Massachusetts Cultural Council Arlington/Massachusetts Cultural Council commission
the roses of the day grow deep
three poems of e.e. cummings set for soprano, tenor and chamber ensemble. Melanie Salisbury, soprano, Martin Thomson, tenor,
Jill Deeben, flute, Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello, Steve Yenger, piano Betsy Schramm, conductor, Lumen Composer Series
and leap into the ripe air
The New Millennium Ensemble and Mary Nessinger, mezzo soprano, premiered this setting of three poems of e.e. cummings at Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York City
Luminous Duo - Bright Suns
Mark Ponzo, trumpet and Greg Beyer, percussion
Transformations - Tangled
Mark Ponzo and David Gauger, trumpets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOf2B7PsiaM
Light Excelleth Darkness - Fair as the Moon
Mark Ponzo, trumpet, and Jeong Soo Kim, piano
Luminous Duo - Starlight
Mark Ponzo, trumpet, Greg Beyer, percussion
Luminous Duo - Moonbeams
Mark Ponzo, trumpet, Greg Beyer, percussion
Light Excelleth Darkness - Light Excelleth Darkness
Mark Ponzo, trumpet, and Jeong Soo Kim, piano
Transformations - Homage a Hindemith
Mark Ponzo and David Gauger, trumpets
Transformations - Clarion Calls
Mark Ponzo and David Gauger, trumpets
Transformations - Air
Mark Ponzo and David Gauger, trumpets
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