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Excerpts from McConnell's Compositions

The Mouse Out of the House (the last movement from A Mouseful of Trouble, also published in an SATB arrangement by E.C. Schirmer) (Christine Petkus, soprano)

Capriccio (the second movement from Concerto for Toy Piano and Chamber Orchestra performed with a full orchestra) (Keith Kirchoff, Toy Piano)

Cakewalk and Finale (the third movement from Concerto for Toy Piano and Chamber Orchestra performed with a full orchestra) (Keith Kirchoff, Toy Piano)

Joy to the Heavens! (a Christmas piece for glockenspiel and celesta)

Afternoon Sun Over the Lake (from Three Miniatures for Solo Piano) (Anthony Green, Piano)

Vestial Virgin Dance (a work using "just intonation" for synthesizer)

Fierce (part of the third movement from Piano Trio No. 1)

Fantasy for Eb Alto Saxpohone and Piano (the end of the work) (Benjamin Sorrell, saxophone and Yoshiko Kline, piano)

Spectre Waltz (two-piano reduction of the second movement from Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra & Timpani) (Matthew McConnell & John Van Buskirk, pianists)

II. (from Four Short Pieces for Solo Violin ) (Stephanie Skor, violin)

IV. (from Four Short Pieces for Solo Violin ) (Stephanie Skor, violin)

Performance Excerpts

Blitzkrieg (the first half of the work) composed by Albert Oppenheimer (Matthew McConnell, organ)

Legde (a portion of the work) composed by Albert Oppenheimer (Matthew McConnell, piano and Joshua Weilerstein, violin)

Alpha Proxima Procyn composed by Benjamin Sorrell (Matthew McConnell and Troy Lucia, pianists)

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