William Goldstein: Selected Concert and Classical Works
William Goldstein studied composition with Vittorio Giannini, Nicholas Flagello
and Ludmila Ulehla at the Manhattan School of Music where he received
a Bachelor degree in composition and completed additional graduate study.
Concert Hall
An Inner Voice, Movement for Cello and Orchestra, available from the Walt Disney Music Company
The Goldstein Variation,
The Goldstein Variation was composed for the
Switched On Classics album in 1987. Goldstein composed and recorded all the parts without writing anything down on paper! Robert Boudreau, conductor of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra commissioned this version, completed in April 2009, for his ensemble. It is available from Edition Peters.
Suite from Saving Grace, available from EMI Music Celebration Overture 1776-1976,
was commissioned by ABC TV for the Bicentennial. It was premièred by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC in May 1976. It contains variations on Yankee Doodle, and a majestic Americana Theme.
Colloquy for Solo Trombone and Symphonic Band
was commissioned by The United States Army Band and premièred before 12,000 people at an outdoor concert in Washington DC at the Watergate the
summer of 1967. The New York première took place that winter at
Carnegie Hall. Colloquy is a favorite of the trombone soloists of the
Boston Symphony and New York Philharmonic. Since 1992 when Colloquy for Solo Trombone and Symphony Orchestra, premièred Colloquy has become repertoire. It has been performed
worldwide in both orchestral and symphonic band versions by both Jazz and Symphonic
players. Joe Alessi, soloist of the New York Philharmonic, recently
recorded Colloquy, as did Ron Barron, soloist of the Boston Symphony,
a few years earlier. Yet another version of Colloquy was commissioned in April 2009 by the American Wind Symphony Orchestra.
"Colloquy possibly represents the best example of
contemporary writing with jazz implications in the entire trombone
repertoire."
Vern Kagarice, "Guide to Trombone Solos"
Wake Up America Overture was commissioned by ABC TV in 1974. This work was performed by the Toronto Symphony the summer of 1975.
Stage Works
The Peddler, a one act opera
A Bullet for Billy the Kid, a one act folk opera for orch, chorus and
soloists
