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