Commissions

The following musical compositions were commissioned and premiered by Pacific Serenades. They are available for rental and purchase through Subito Music.

Walking Music (2016)
David Goodman
Commissioned by Mary Bomba for Pacific Serenades in celebration of her husband Tom O'Connor's 70th birthday
Three Divertimenti (2014)
Jeffrey Parola
Commissioned by Dr. Abdelmonem & Marianne Afifi
Bellscape (2013)
Stephen Cohn
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
String Theory (2013)
Gernot Wolfgang
Commissioned by Dorothy L. Carlson, MD, for Pacific Serenades
Piano Quartet No. 1: Mirror (2013)
Kenneth Froelich
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
The Soul of the White Ant (2013)
Eugene Friesen
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Different Lanes (2012)
Laura Karpman
Commissioned by Philip McKinley & Eric Lynxwiler and by Dorothy L. Carlson, MD, for Pacific Serenades
Four Songs on excerpts from Lucretius's "On the Nature of the Universe" (2012)
Justin Morell
Commissioned by The Pacific Serenades Commissioning Club of 2012
Scatterings (2012)
Duane Tatro
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Cave Paintings (2012)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Different Lanes (2012)
Laura Karpman
Commissioned by Philip McKinley & Eric Lynxwiler and by Dorothy L. Carlson, MD, for Pacific Serenades
Rapsodia Andina (2011)
Gabriela Lena Frank
Co-commissioned by Mallarmé Chamber Players, Colorado Chamber Players, Fulcrum Arts, Pacific Serenades, Cornish Music Series, Monadnock Music, and the Azure Ensemble
5 by 5 (2011)
Eric Charnofsky
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Duarte's Love Songs (2011)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Batik (2010)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by contributors to the Paul A. Carlson Memorial Fund for Pacific Serenades
Chamber Jams (2010)
Dwayne Milburn
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Still Time (2010)
Katisse Buckingham
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Batik (2010)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by contributors to the Paul A. Carlson Memorial Fund for Pacific Serenades
Bridges of Love (2010)
Sharon Farber
Commissioned by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades
Quintessence (2010)
Jeff Kryka
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Second Piano Quintet, "Aka Tombo (Dragonfly)" (2009)
Paul Chihara
Commissioned by Ann & James Mulally for Pacific Serenades
String Quartet #1 (2009)
Billy Childs
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
View from a Hilltop (2009)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Leavens Ranches
Memories of a Shoehorn (2009)
Münir Beken
Commissioned by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades
Friendly Persuasions (2008)
Jake Heggie
co-Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, London and Pacific Serenades, chamber version Commissioned by William Sullivan & Gerald Goodman for Pacific Serenades
Fantasy for Four Instruments (2008)
Jeremy Cavaterra
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Sonata (2008)
Bruce Broughton
Commissioned by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades
Between the Thoughts (2008)
John Daversa
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Between the dark and daylight (2007)
Adrienne Albert
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Three Cellos (2007)
Peter Schickele
Commissioned by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades
Between the dark and daylight (2007)
Adrienne Albert
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Dreams: All of a Peace (2007)
David Lefkowitz
Commissioned by J. Christopher Kennedy for Pacific Serenades
Songs of Rumi (2007)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Visions and Reflections (2006)
Leslie Drayton
Commissioned by Jan & Jim Goodwin
Pacific Dances (2006)
Joel McNeely
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Le Jardin Provençale (2006)
Byron Adams
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel
Under the Sun (2006)
Eugene Friesen
Commissioned by J. Christopher Kennedy
Short Stories (2005)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Shirley B. Levine for Pacific Serenades
Collage (2005)
Peter Knell
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Short Stories (2005)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Shirley B. Levine for Pacific Serenades
Pennipotenti (2005)
Maria Newman
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Latin Love (2004)
Miguel del Aguila
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Music in 4 Sharps (2004)
Ian Krouse
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Tapestry (2004)
Benjamin Lees
Commissioned by Gerry Aster and by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades
Divertimento (2004)
Daniel Catán
Commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades
Pacific Serenades Trio (2003)
Bruce Babcock
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
On the Coming of War (2003)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Natalie Limonick for Pacific Serenades
Current Events (2003)
Alex Shapiro
Commissioned by Gerry Aster and by J. Christopher Kennedy for Pacific Serenades
An Echo from the Shore (2002)
Gary Bachlund
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
September Music (2002)
Jeremy Beck
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Impressions (2002)
Gernot Wolfgang
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Spring Hodge-Podge (2002)
Shirley Walker
Commissioned by Gerry Aster and by Dorothy L. Carlson, MD, for Pacific Serenades
Concierto barroco (2002)
Enrique González-Medina
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Four Painters (2001)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Lou & Eirene Boni for Pacific Serenades
Nine Episodes for Four Players (2001)
Ned Rorem
Commissioned by the Eberli Ensemble, Pacific Serenades, SOLI Chamber Ensemble, and Music in the Park Series—West Coast Premiere
Tracking Inland (2001)
Donald Crockett
commissioned for Pacific Serenades by Charles Bush
Four Painters (2001)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Lou & Eirene Boni for Pacific Serenades
Piano Trio (2001)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Dr. Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Black Waltz of a Gossiping Diva (2001)
John Biggs
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
String Quartet No. 2 (2000)
Kathryn Mishell
Commissioned by Susan Powers, MD, for Pacific Serenades
Hommage à Messiaen (2000)
Ian Krouse
Commissioned by Dr. Eberhardt & Deedee Rechtin for Pacific Serenades
War Scrap (2000)
John Steinmetz
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Suite from the Everlasting Bonfire (1999)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Piano Quartet (1999)
David Goodman
Commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades
Siren Songs (1999)
Paul Chihara
Commissioned by Dorothy L. Carlson, MD, for Pacific Serenades
Divertissement (1999)
Tania French
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Dream Fantasies (1999)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Pacific Serenade (1998)
Miguel del Aguila
Commissioned by Dr. Eberhardt & Deedee Rechtin for Pacific Serenades
Pacific Serenade (1998)
Miguel del Aguila
Commissioned by Dr. Eberhardt & Deedee Rechtin for Pacific Serenades
Generations (1998)
Larry Lipkis
Commissioned by Dr. Edward & Adele Shapiro for Pacific Serenades
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1998)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Virgil & Lynn Roth for Pacific Serenades
Pacific Serenade (1998)
Miguel del Aguila
Commissioned by Dr. Eberhardt & Deedee Rechtin for Pacific Serenades
Sextet Pacifica (1997)
Árni Egilsson
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Mulholland Fantasies (1997)
Russell Steinberg
Commissioned by the Gordon J. Carlson Memorial Fund for Pacific Serenades
A Primer for Malachi (1997)
Bruce Broughton
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Lauds (1997)
Maria Newman
Commissioned by Dr. Edward & Adele Shapiro for Pacific Serenades
An American Quintet (1997)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Six Bagatelles (1995)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by David & Carol Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Mixed Blessings (1995)
John Steinmetz
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Six Bagatelles (1995)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by David & Carol Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Quartet in C minor, Op. 124 (1995)
Michael Kibbe
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Quartet (1994)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Quartet (1994)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Quartet (1994)
Myra Kestenbaum
Commissioned by Gordon & Dorothy Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Dancing in Her Sleep (1994)
Larry Lipkis
Commissioned by David & Carol Carlson for Pacific Serenades
String Quartet No. 2: Outcrops and Upshots (1994)
Alexandra Pierce
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Quartet (1994)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades
Silhouettes at Sunrise (1993)
Tania French
Commissioned by Gordon & Dorothy Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Three Folksongs (1993)
Robert Aldridge
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Silhouettes at Sunrise (1993)
Tania French
Commissioned by Gordon & Dorothy Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Abschied (1993)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Three Folksongs (1993)
Robert Aldridge
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Piano Quartet (1992)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Piano Quartet (1992)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Aubade (1992)
Paul Chihara
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
American Baroque (1992)
Roger Bourland
commissioned for Pacific Serenades by contributors to the Charlie Swigart Memorial Fund
Piano Quartet (1992)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
From One Who Stays (1991)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Atlantic Serenade (1991)
Martin Amlin
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
From One Who Stays (1991)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Trio (1991)
John Maxwell Anderson
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Tientos (1991)
Ian Krouse
commissioned for Pacific Serenades by contributors to the Charlie Swigart Memorial Fund
The Hall of Mirrors (1990)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Hope Pompei Freedman for Pacific Serenades
Quintet for Piano and Strings (1990)
David Conte
Commissioned by Dr. Taro & Rita Yokoyama for Pacific Serenades
Sonata: Celtic Wedding (1990)
Paul Reale
Commissioned by David & Carol Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Pacific Serenades (1990)
Robert Kyr
Commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Quintet for Piano and Strings (1990)
David Conte
Commissioned by Dr. Taro & Rita Yokoyama for Pacific Serenades
Winter Moods, Op. 106 (1990)
Michael Kibbe
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
The Hall of Mirrors (1990)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Hope Pompei Freedman for Pacific Serenades
Starry Night (1989)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Rebel Angel (1989)
Larry Lipkis
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Behind the Gathering Clouds (1989)
Zelman Bokser
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Recent Dreams (1988)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades
Of a Summer Evening (1988)
David Conte
Commissioned by Pacific Land Design for Pacific Serenades
Graces and Furies (1988)
Paul Reale
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Serenade No. 2 (1987)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
This Is the Garden (1987)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades
Ocean Scherzos (1987)
Russell Steinberg
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Four Movements (1987)
Alexandra Pierce
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Serenade No.2: Paintings (1986)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Serenade No.2: Paintings (1986)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Serenade No.2: Paintings (1986)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Pacific Serenades
Twas Brillig (1982)
Mark Carlson
Commissioned by Greg Harrold for the inauguration of his Opus 3 (1980) organ for The Parish of St. Matthew, Pacific Palisades, CA
Cantilena (1982)
Roger Bourland
Commissioned by Mark Carlson for Pacific Serenades