string orchestra (6-5-4-4-2); duration: ca. 5′

It’s Raining Today is a string orchestra piece I wrote for the LA Phil Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program. The piece was read and recorded by Gemma New and the Los Angeles Philharmonic on May 19, 2021 in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Many thanks to everyone at CFP, Ms. New, and the LA Phil.

The recording above was recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of the LA Phil. Copyright © 2021 by Noah Godard

2.2.2.2–4.2.2.btbn.1–timp.perc–hp–str; duration: ca. 1’15”

This is my orchestration of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Prelude No. 6, from his 24 Preludes, Op. 36. It was written for the LA Phil Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program in March 2020, and was scheduled to be read by the American Youth Symphony on March 28. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the reading was cancelled.