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"exciting ... skillful, idiomatic writing"

"exquisite ... hauntingly beautiful ..."

The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina

" ... he writes with fluidity and sense of natural instinct born of his vast experience as a performer ... his music always possesses a clarity of expression and strong personal voice ..."

Michael Fiday, Composer, Professor of Composition, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music 6/11/2004

" ... His musical skills are very advanced and manifest themselves in a sophisticated and unique compositional voice ... Piotr's strong jazz influence lends his scores currency and accessibility to a broad range of audience ..."

Mark Gibson, Conductor, Director of Orchestral Activities, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music 6/14/2004 

" ... His music is characterized by a particularly unusual beauty of sound, an elegance of approach, a highly-developed sense of rhythm, and a sure sense of structure ... there is a real originality in his compositional ideas ... Piotr has become a sophisticated, mature composer ... "

Joel Hoffman, Composer, Professor of Composition Universiyt of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Music Director MUSIC X contemporary music festival. 8/30/2004

"New World Symphony violinist Piotr Szewczyk led off the evening with his own Lament for the Tsunami Victims, Written for solo violin, Szewczyk's Lament conveys his reaction to the unfolding tragedy. In a slow crescendo, spare, harmonically ambiguous fragments become longer, reaching a discordant peak before descending, all passion and anger spent, in a quiet resignation. The inluence of his compatriot Penderecki is palpable in the spiky angular humanism, but Szewczyk's piece has its own voice and makes a concise and effective response to the desaster. The composer's performance provided ardent advocacy."

Lawrence A. Johnson, South Florida Sun Sentinel

MP3 downloads of Piotr Szewczyk's selected compositions:           

First Coast Groove for Violin Solo (2008) performed by Piotr Szewczyk, complete composition

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Cadenza I for Violin Solo performed by Piotr Szewczyk, complete composition

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Time Travel for String Quartet (2005) Commissioned by Karl and Isabel Allen for their daughter Jane Allen.

Sample of 1st movement: 1805 in 2005

Performed by Piotr Szewczyk, Veronica Pellergrini - violins, Elizabeth Jaffe - viola, Aaron Merrit - cello

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Sample of third movement of Time Travel: Triads from the Futuredownload mp3

 

The Rebel for String Quintet (2005) 

Piotr Szewczyk - Violin I, Yuko Uchiyama - violin II, Elizabeth Jaffe - viola, John Eadie - cello, Matt Heller - bass

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Half-Diminished Scherzo for String Quartet (2004)

2nd Prize Winner ACCENT 04 Composition Competition

FAZA String Quartet: Piotr Szewczyk - Violin I, Amy Harris - Violin II, Nick Jeffery - viola, Amanda Blickensderfer - cello

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Fantasia for Violin and String Orchestra (1997)

Piotr Szewczyk - violin with Queen City Virtuosi, Joon-Ho Kim - conductor

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Conundrum for Violin and Viola (2003)

Commissioned by Nick Jeffery

Piotr Szewczyk - violin, Nick Jeffery - viola

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Lament for The Tsunami Victims for Violin Solo (2005)

Piotr Szewczyk - Violin

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Rebirth of Hope for String Orchestra (2004)

Members of the New World Symphony: Violin: Veronica Pellergrini, Louise Alexander, Elspeth Lacy, Yuko Uchiyama, Adam Didderich, Hanna Cho, Eric Buchman Viola: Duke Lee, Hilary Herndon, Joy Fellows Cello: John Eadie, Rebecca Zimmerman, Aaron Merrit Bass: Scott Dixon, Andrew Giller

Piotr Szewczyk - leader, Reuben Blundell - conductor

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Concertino Parroso for Oboe and String Orchestra (2005) Commissioned by Dwight Parry, now principal oboe, Cincinnati Symphony

Dwight Parry - Oboe, Piotr Szewczyk - leader, Reuben Blundell -conductor

Members of the New World Symphony Violin: Ashoka Tjagarajan, Louise Alexander, Yuko Uchiyama, Holly Smith, Nancy Chang, Sofia Gentile Viola: Duke Lee, Elizabeth Jaffe, Katie Wyatt Cello: John Eadie, Rebecca Zimmerman, Daniel Thomas Bass: Sean O'Hara, Scott Dixon

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In Motion for String Quartet (2004)

performed at the MUSIC X Festival                                                     

1st movement sample

2nd movement sample 

3rd movement  sample

Introduction and Scherzo for String Trio (2002)

Piotr Szewczyk - violin, Zoltan Tacsik - viola, Martha Lisle - cello

sample of Introduction

sample of Scherzo

Two Remembrances for String Trio (2002)

Piotr Szewczyk - violin, Zoltan Tacsik - viola, Martha Lisle - cello

sample of First Remembrance 

sample of Second Remembrance

Three Summer Sketches for Violin, Clarinet and Bassoon (2002)

Amy Harris - violin, Joan Blazich - Clarinet, Julia Starr - bassoon

sample of Sketch 1

sample of Sketch 2

sample of Sketch 3

Snapper for Violin and Piano (2003)sample

Traffic Jam Alert for String Quartet (2002)

FAZA String Quartet: Piotr Szewczyk - violin I, Amy Harris - violin II, Nick Jeffery - viola, Hayk Babayan - cello

sample 1

sample 2

Piotr Szewczyk is a member of ASCAP,

All music copyright 1997-2008 Piotr Szewczyk.

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