Oscar Thorp
Conducting Repertoire 2011-2022
Chamber Ensemble (Performed)
Paul Dukas Fanfare from ‘La Peri’ University of Arizona Brass Ensemble, April 2015
Antonin Dvorak Serenade for Winds in D minor Oberlin Wind Serenades, November 2012
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon Septemi Toni #2 University of Arizona Chamber Winds, October 2014
Charles Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette arr. Thorp New Horizons Band at Third Street, December 2021
Petite Symphonie Pierce College Chamber Winds, December, 2017
Peter Graham Crimond Puget Brass, April 2016
Prelude on Tallis Puget Brass, April 2016
G.F. Handel Selections from Water Music Suites 1 and 2 arr. Thorp, New Horizons Brass Ensemble, January 2019
Gordon Jacob Old Wine In New Bottles University of Arizona Chamber Winds, May 2015
More Old Wine In New Bottles Pierce College Chamber Winds, March 2018
Giacomo Meyerbeer Coronation March from “Le Prophete” arr. Langford, Puget Brass, June 2016
William H. Monk Abide With Me arr. Goff Richards, Puget Brass, June 2016
Claudio Monteverdi Toccata and Ritornello from “L’Orfeo” arr. Thorp, New Horizons Brass Ensemble, December 2019
Franz Schubert “Sanctus” from German Mass arr. Curnow, Puget Brass, April 2016
Stephen Sondheim Fanfare from “The Frogs” Recording Session for “There Won’t Be Trumpets” February 2019
Remember from “A Little Night Music” Recording Session for “There Won’t Be Trumpets” March 2019
Philip Sparke Valerius Variations Puget Brass, April 2016
Richard Strauss Serenade for Winds in Eb Pierce College Chamber Winds, June 2018
Suite in B-flat New Conductors Orchestra, April 2022
Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, May 2014
Arthur Sullivan Overture to “H.M.S. Pinaforte” New Horizons Brass Ensemble, June 2019
Giuseppe Verdi Grand March from “Aida” arr. Denis Wright, Puget Brass, June 2016
Ralph Vaughan Williams “Marcia alla Scherzo” from Symphony No. 8, University of Arizona Chamber Winds, October 2013
Wind Ensemble (Performed)
Vasilij Agapkin The Slavic Woman’s Farewell arr. Rhea, University of Arizona Wind Symphony, March 2015
Kimberly Archer Hymn to the Dawn New horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2022
Malcolm Arnold English Dances Part I University of Arizona Wind Symphony, March 2014
Brian Balmages Arith-Metric No. 1 New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, July 2021
Open Space Pierce College Concert Band, March 2018
Sun Cycles New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, June 2019
Ludwig van Beethoven March Op. 45, No. 1 in C arr. Thorp, Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017
Robert Russell Bennett Suite of Old American Dances Pierce College Concert Band, March 2017
Warren Benson The Leaves Are Falling University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, December 2014
Leonard Bernstein “West Side Story” Selections for Band arr. Duthoit, Pierce College Concert Band, March 2017
Bruce Broughton Takin’ It Easy New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Steven Bryant Dusk Pierce College Concert Band, March 2018
The Low Arc of the Sun New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, June 2022
Daniel Bukvich Symphony No. 1 “In Memoriam Dresden, 1945” Pierce College Concert Band, June 2018
Frank Cesarini Greek Folk Song Suite New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, May 2019
James Barnes Chance Variations on a Korean Folk Song Pierce College Concert Band, June 2018
Aaron Copland Down a Country Lane arr. Patterson, Pierce College Concert Band, March 2018
Larry Daehn As Summer Was Just Beginning New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, June 2019
Steve Danyew Three Tallis Melodies New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Kevin Day Rocketship! New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Elliot Del Borgo Chester Variations New Horizons Summer Band, Third Street Music School, July 2019
Norman Dello Joio Scenes from “The Louvre” Pierce College Concert Band, June 2016
Zo Elliott British Eighth Pierce College Concert Band, June 2018
Frank Erickson Air for Band New Horizons Summer Band, Third Street Music School, July 2019
Toccata for Band New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2018
Henry Fillmore Americans We University of Arizona Symphonic Band, April 2015
George Gershwin An American In Paris arr. Brubaker, Pierce College Concert Band, March 2017
Gershwin Classics arr. Sweeney, New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, December 2019
Julie Giroux A Time to Dance New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, June 2022
I’ll Be Home A’fore Ye New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Ludwig Göransson The Mandalorian arr. Murtha, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Adam Gorb Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2019
Yo Goto Fanfare and Celebration March New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, March 2022
Morton Gould An American Salute Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017
Mini Suite for Band New Horizons Summer Band, Third Street Music School, July 2019
Percy Grainger Children’s March Pierce College Concert Band, June 2018
Molly on the Shore Pierce College Concert Band, December 2016
Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon University of Arizona Symphonic Band, April 2015
Edvard Grieg Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Norvaak University of Arizona Wind Symphony, December 2013
Ira Hearshen “After the Thunderer” from Symphony on Themes by John Philip Sousa Pierce College Band, December 2017
Gustav Holst First Suite for Military Band in E-flat University of Arizona Symphonic Band, May 2014
Second Suite in F Pierce College Concert Band, December 2016
Mars from “The Planets” arr. Pay/Smith, Pierce College Concert Band, March 2018
Charles Ives Old Home Days Suite arr. Elkus Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017,
Variations on America arr. Schuman/Rhoads, Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017
Naohiro Iwai Dreams of Tomorrow Overture for Rebuilding, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, June 2022
Gordon Jacob An Original Suite University of Arizona Symphonic Band, December 2013
Elton John Highlights from ‘Rocketman’ arr. Johnnie Vinson, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2022
Michael Kamuf From the Yorkshire Coast New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2018
Pierre La Plante In the Forest of the King New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2018
Morton Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium Pierce College Concert Band, June 2018
Pierre Leemans March of the Belgian Paratroopers arr. Swearingen, New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, March 2020
Tania León Alegre New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, March 2022
John Mackey Sheltering Sky Pierce College Concert Band, June 2017
Timothy Mahr The View from the Mountaintop Pierce College Concert Band, June 2017
David Maslanka Give Us This Day Pierce College Concert Band, June 2017
Mother Earth New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2019
Requiem Pierce College Concert Band, June 2018
Francis McBeth Kaddish New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2019
Of Sailors and Whales Pierce College Concert Band, December 2016
Felix Mendelssohn Fingal’s Cave Overture arr. Winterbottom, Pierce College Concert Band, December 2016
Alan Menkin Aladdin (Medley) arr. Jennings New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, March 2020
Darius Milhaud Suite Française University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, May 2015
W.A. Mozart Overture to The Impresario arr. Ring, Pierce College Concert Band, March 2018
Paul Murtha Glenn Miller in Concert New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2019
Cait Nishimura Beneath the Canopy New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Into the Blue New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
William Owens Summit Fanfare New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Jose Padilla El Relicario New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2019
Vincent Persichetti Symphony No. 6 University of Arizona Wind Symphony, December 2014
Divertimento Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017
Astor Piazzolla A Piazzolla Trilogy University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, October 2014
James Ployhar March of the Irish Guard New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2018
Sergei Prokofiev Athletic Festival March arr. Goldman, Pierce College Concert Band, June 2016
Gavotte arr. Gordon, Pierce College Chamber Winds, June 2018
Alfred Reed Armenian Dances Part I Pierce College Concert Band, June 2016
Ottorino Respighi Airs of the Court arr. Longfield, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2019
Claude-Michel Schonberg Selections from Les Miserables arr. Vinson, New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, March 2020
David Shaffer Spania New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, March 2022
Alex Shapiro Tight Squeeze Pierce College Concert Band, March 2018
Dmitri Shostakovich Folk Dances arr. Curnow, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, June 2019
John Philip Sousa El Capitan Pierce College Concert Band, March 2017
Hands Across the Sea Make Music New York: Sousapalooza, June 2022
In Memoriam Make Music New York: Sousapalooza, June 2022
Manhattan Beach Make Music New York: Sousapalooza, June 2022
The Fairest of the Fair Make Music New York: Sousapalooza, June 2022
The Liberty Bell Make Music New York: Sousapalooza, June 2022
The Stars and Stripes Forever Make Music New York: Sousapalooza, June 2022
The Thunderer Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017
The Washington Post Make Music New York: Sousapalooza, June 2022
William Grant Still Summerland New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, June 2022
Hugh Stuart Three Ayres from Gloucester New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, December 2019
Erika Svanoe Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, July 2021
Michael Sweeney/Ellington Salute to the Duke New Horizons Summer Band, Third Street Music School, July 2019
Michael Sweeney/Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2020
Pavel Tchesnokov Salvation Is Created arr. Houseknecht, Grand Street Community Band, May 2019
Omar Thomas Sharp Nine New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, July 2021
Frank Ticheli An American Elegy Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017
Cajun Folk Songs New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2020
Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2022
Shenandoah Pierce College Concert Band, December 2016
Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite Pierce College Chamber Winds, June 2018
Sea Songs Pierce College Concert Band, December 2016
Johnnie Vinson A Christmas Overture New Horizons Green Band, Third Street Music School, December 2019
Richard Wagner Trauersinfonie arr. Leidzen, Pierce College Concert Band, December 2017
Eric Whitacre October University of Arizona Wind Symphony, October 2013
Meredith Willson Highlights from The Music Man arr. Reed, Pierce College Concert Band, March 2017
Dana Wilson Colorado Peaks Pierce College Concert Band, June 2017
John Williams Star Wars Trilogy arr. Hunsberger, Pierce College Concert Band, March 2018
Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder in Concert arr. Paul Murtha, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2022
Roger Zare Meditation on Amen, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2021
Orchestra (Performed)
Miguel Del Aguila “Broken Rondo” for English Horn and Chamber Orchestra Broken Chamber Ensemble, March 2015
Aaron Copland Quiet City Oberlin Conservatory Junior Recital, March 2012
Saturday Night Waltz from “Rodeo” Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, April 2013
George Frideric Handel “Let the bright Seraphim” from Samson Oberlin Conservatory Senior Recital, April 2013
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D Major “Reformation” Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, January 2013
Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, November 2012
New Music Recorded
Frederick Evans Gila, at the Fred Fox School of Music, D.E.R.F. Contemporary Ensemble, February 2015
O Midnight, at the Fred Fox School of Music, D.E.R.F. Contemporary Ensemble, May 2015
Mary Hansen Plurality Perceptions, at the Fred Fox School of Music, D.E.R.F. Contemporary Ensemble, May 2015
Ryan Lester Love and Venom, at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, The Amerikans, January 2013
Adriel Reynolds The Wishing, D.E.R.F. Contemporary Ensemble, May 2015
Kelli Vitt Fanfare on Arrival, Pierce College Chamber Winds, June 2017
Chamber Ensemble (Rehearsed Only)
John Luther Adams The Farthest Place D.E.R.F. Contemporary Ensemble, February 2015
William Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag (Octet Version, arr. Scatterday), Eastman School of Music Wind Conducting Seminar, July 2022
Scott Joplin Bethena (Octet Version, arr. Scatterday), Eastman School of Music Wind Conducting Seminar, July 2022
Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium (Octet Version, arr. Scatterday), Eastman School of Music Wind Conducting Seminar, July 2022
W.A. Mozart “Deh vieni non tardar” from Le Nozze di Figaro Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, February 2013
Don Giovanni arr. Josef Triebensee, Eastman School of Music Wind Conducting Seminar, July 2022
Serenade No. 11 in Eb Eastman School of Music Wind Conducting Seminar, July 2022
Serenade No. 12 in C minor Northwestern University Conducting Symposium, 2017
Igor Stravinsky L’histoire du soldat Oberlin Sinfonietta, April 2012
Octet University of Arizona Chamber Winds, December 2013, Conducting Video, March 2021
Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, December 2011
Eric Whitacre Sleep (Octet Version, arr. Scatterday), Eastman School of Music Wind Conducting Seminar, July 2022
Wind Ensemble (Rehearsed only)
J.S. Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring arr. Mills, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, March 2020
Brian Balmages Phasing Thunder, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, December 2019
Leonard Bernstein Overture to Candide arr. Grundman, UMass Conducting Workshop, 2017
Suite from “West Side Story” arr. Davis, University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, January 2013
Aaron Copland A Copland Tribute arr. Grundman, Seattle Symphonic Band, May 2016
James Curnow Toward the Rising Sun Seattle Symphonic Band, May 2016
Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy University of Arizona Wind Symphony, October 2013, University of British Columbia Conducting Symposium 2013, 2014, 2016
Paul Hindemith March from Symphonic Metamorphosis arr. Wilson, University of Puget Sound Conducting Workshop 2017
David Holsinger On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss Seattle Symphonic Band, May 2016
Robert Jager Esprit de Corps Seattle Symphonic Band, May 2016
Pierre La Plante Prairie Songs New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School, August 2018
David Maslanka Liberation University of Puget Sound Conducting Workshop 2017
Mass University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, March 2015
Symphony No. 4 University of Arizona Wind Symphony, December 2013
W.A. Mozart Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro” arr. Slocum, Grand Street Community Band, May 2019
Carter Pann Three Embraces University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, October 2013
Vincent Persichetti Pageant Pierce College Concert Band, January 2016
Alfred Reed The Hounds of Spring Seattle Symphonic Band, May 2016
Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture arr. Hunsberger, University of Arizona Wind Symphony, February 2014
John Philip Sousa Hail to the Spirit of Liberty Seattle Symphonic Band, May 2016
Jack Stamp Pastime Pierce College Concert Band, May 2016
Steven Stucky/Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary University of Arizona Chamber Winds, January 2013
Andrew Lloyd Webber Selections from “The Phantom of the Opera” arr. Barker, Seattle Symphonic Band, May 2016
John Williams The Cowboys arr. Curnow, Pierce College Concert Band, May 2016
Orchestra (Rehearsed Only)
Béla Bartok Hungarian Sketches: Suite No. 1 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, December 2011
Ludwig van Beethoven “Egmont” Overture Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, January 2013
“Leonore” Overture No. 3 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, November 2012
Symphony No. 1 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, February 2012
Symphony No. 5 Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, October 2021
Symphony No. 7 Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, February 2020
Hector Berlioz “March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie Fantastique Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, April 2019
Leonard Bernstein Selections from “West Side Story” Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, April 2013
Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, October 2012
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, November 2012
Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony Conducting Video, March 2021
Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture Sheboygan Area Youth Orchestra, December 2015
Anton Dvorak Slavonic Dances Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, December 2011
César Franck Symphony in D minor Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, December 2010
Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite Pierce College Orchestra, June 2018
Gustav Holst St. Paul Suite Pierce College Orchestra, October 2017
Felix Mendelssohn Trumpet Overture Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, April 2019
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 25 Pierce College Orchestra, October 2017
Symphony No. 40 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, March 2011
Symphony No. 41 Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, March 2011
Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, May 2011
Peter and the Wolf Oberlin Orchestra, May 2012
Ottorino Respighi Ancient Aires and Dances Pierce College Orchestra, October 2017
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, May 2022
Scheherazade Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, February 2020
Camille Saint-Saëns Danse Bacchanale Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, May 2022
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, November 2012, InterSchool Orchestras of New York: Concert Orchestra, May 2022
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte Conducting Video, March 2021
Jean Sibelius Finlandia Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, April 2019
Symphony No. 2 University of Oregon Orchestra, January 2013
Valse Triste Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, September 2011
Johann Strauss II Pizzicato Polka Pierce College Orchestra, October 2017
Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Lab orchestra at Oberlin, April 2012
Berceuse and Finale from “The Firebird” Third Street Philharmonia Orchestra, April 2019
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet arr. Brubaker, InterSchool Orchestras of New York: Concert Orchestra, May 2022
Serenade for Strings Pierce College Orchestra, June 2018
Ralph Vaughan Williams Sea Songs Pierce College Orchestra, October 2017
Pieces Taught Virtually during 2020-2021
Malcolm Arnold Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
J.S. Bach Passepied 1 and 2 from ‘Orchestral Suite No. 1’ arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
James Barnes Yorkshire Ballad, Prelude Band, Third Street Music School
Chick Corea Three Chick Corea Pieces arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
Adolphus Hailstork New Wade ‘N Water, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
Tania León Alegre, Prelude Band, Third Street Music School
Freddie Mercury Don’t Stop Me Now arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
Charles Mingus Goodbye Pork Pie Hat arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
James Ployhar March Triumphant, Prelude Band, Third Street Music School
Johnny Richards Young at Heart arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
Arthur Sullivan Little Maid of Arcadee arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
P.I. Tchaikovsky Morning Prayer arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
Kurt Weill Two Songs from ‘Threepenny Opera’ arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
John Williams Hedwig’s Theme arr. Thorp, Prelude Band, Third Street Music School
Brian Wilson God Only Knows arr. Thorp, New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School
Good Vibrations arr. Thorp,New Horizons Band, Third Street Music School