Music for Live Performance

Performance highlights include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Federal Justice Cultural Center of Brazil, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Belgrade RTS Symphony and many more. In addition to concerts, my music has been featured with BBC3 Radio, CNN Money, the Aquarium of the Pacific, 98.7 WFMT, the Sound of Silent Film Festival and Classical King FM.

My music is available through Attacca Publishing, LLC and the American Composers Alliance.

Tim Corpus with the Illinois Council of Orchestras
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Highlights from the world premiere of the “Great Lake Concerto”, a double percussion concerto, premiered at Auditorium Theatre under the baton of Sir Emanuele Andrizzi with the Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra. Soloists Vadim Karpinos (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) and Ed Harrison (Lyric Opera of Chicago).

Recording of my chamber orchestra piece “A Light Divided”. Recorded at Silent Zoo Studios in 2023.

Performance of “Moonshot” by the Harper College Wind Symphony.

This recording by the Beo String Quartet was premiered at the 2021 Charlotte New Music Festival.

Performance of my Concerto for Timpani by Tony Edwards (soloist) and the Butler School of Music Percussion Ensemble directed by Thomas Burritt from November 2017.

“Letters Home” performed by Palomar Ensemble and commissioned by the Chicago Architecture Foundation and Access Contemporary Music.

List of Works

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Large Ensemble

Full Orchestra

  • Where The Rivers Meet (12′)
    • 2026, 2.2.2.2./4.3.3.1/tmp+2/hp/pno/strings
    • Premiere: Mar ’26, Danville Symphony Orchestra
  • The Great Lake Concerto (25′)
    • 2024, 2 percussion soloists + 2.2.2.2./4.2.3.1/tmp+2/hp/strings
    • Performed: July ’25, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Feb ’24, Roosevelt University
  • Nova (5′)
    • 2020, 3.2.3.3/4.3.3.1/tmp+3/hp/strings
  • Restore to Me That Little Spot (13’)
    • 2015, 2.2.2.2./4.2.2.1/tmp/strings
  • Beginning of a Beginning (Unfinished)
    • 2015, 2+pic.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/tmp/strings
  • The Shape of Things to Come (11′)
    • 2014, 2221/4331/+perc+timp/pno/strings
  • Symphony of the Sea (46′)
    • 2010, 2+pic.2+EH.2+bcl+2+cbn/4.3.3.1/4perc+timp/2hp/strings
    • Read: May ’10, Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL)
  • Autumn (6’)
    • 2011, 2.1+EH.2.2/4.2.2.1/3perc+timp/hp/strings

Wind Ensemble & Concert Band

  • Horizon’s First Light (3′)
    • Flex band
    • Premiered: May ’25, Monmouth United High School Band
  • Moonshot (7′)
    • 2023, 3+pic.2.3+bcl.asx.tsx.bsx.5.3.3.eu.tba.timp+5 perc (optional 7 percussion version)
  • Firework (4’30”)
    • 2016, 2+pic.2.2+bcl.asx+tsx+bsx.1/4.3.2.1+eu/hp/4perc+timp
    • Premiered: Sep 29, ’16, Roosevelt University Wind Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • First Flight (13’30”)
    • 2012, 2+pic.2+EH.2+bcl.asx+tsx+bsx.2+cbn/.4.3.1+eu/4perc+timp
    • Premiered: Apr. 9, ’14, Roosevelt University Wind Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • The Lost City (6’45”)
    • 2013, 3+pic.2.3+bcl.asx.tsx.bsx.1/3.2.2+btbn.1+eu/9perc+timp
      • – Commissioned by Yorkville Middle School Band
    • Premiered: Feb. 16, ’13, Yorkville Middle School Band (Yorkville, IL)
  • From Many, One (8’20”)
    • 2013, 3+pic.2+EH.3+bcl.asx.tsx.bsx.2+cbn/2.4.2+btbn.1+eu/4perc+timp
    • – Commissioned by Yorkville High School Band
    • Premiered: Feb. 16, ’13, Yorkville High School Band (Yorkville, IL)

String Orchestra

  • Breath, Op. 28C (6’46”)
    • 2012
    • Premiered: May 25, ’16, Whitney Young Magnet School (Chicago, IL)
    • Additional Performance: November 8, ’18, Lake Forest Symphony (Lake Forest, IL)
  • Adagio (8’)
    • 2011

Chamber Orchestra

  • A Light Divided (4’15)
    • 2023, fl. cl. ob. bs. hn. tpt. trb. tb. strings
  • Life
    • 2017, fl.cl.vln.cl.pno.perc
    • Premiered: Apr 22, ’16, Palomar Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • The Hipster & the Cat, (8’)
    • 2016, fl.cl.vln.cl.pno.perc
    • Premiered: Apr 16, ’16, Palomar Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • X=, (6’15”)
    • 2014, El Gtr.Mba.Kbd + 8 undetermined instruments

Percussion Ensemble

  • Concerto for Timpani (10’15”)
    • 2016, Timpani + 10 percussion – Commissioned by Roosevelt University
    • Premiered: Apr 20, ’16, Ed Harrison & Roosevelt University Percussion Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • Voyager (6’)
    • 2015, 6 percussion – Commissioned by Yorkville Middle School
    • Premiered: May 14, ’15, Yorkville Middle School (Yorkville, IL)
  • Linder (3′)
    • 2008, 12 percussion – Commissioned by Roosevelt University
    • Premiered: May 3, ’08, Roosevelt University Percussion Ensemble (Chicago, IL)

Chamber Ensemble

5 Players

  • Shards, Op. 21 (5′)
    • 2011, Brass Quintet – Commissioned by the Phantom Quintet
    • Premiered: Nov. 12, ’11, Phantom Quintet (West Hartford, CT)

4 Players

  • “As We Return”, String Quartet No. 4
    • 2021, String Quartet – Commissioned by the Charlotte New Music Festival
    • Premiered: July 29, ’21, Beo String Quartet (virtual)
  • Live Together, Die Alone (5’30”)
    • 2015, Percussion Quartet – Commissioned by Roosevelt University
    • Premiered: Apr 20, ’16, Lake Front Percussion Quartet (Chicago, IL)
  • We Can’t Breathe (4′)
    • 2014, Percussion Quartet
  • …from spring’s thaw… (3′)
    • 2013, Flute, Clarinet, Percussion & Piano – Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music
    • Premiered: Nov. 16, ’13, Palomar Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • Ever and Everywhere (2′)
    • 2012, Soprano Voice, Flute, Clarinet & Cello
  • Breath, Op. 28A (7′)
    • 2012, String Quartet
    • Premiered: Feb. 4, ’12, Student group (West Hartford, CT)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (7’23”)
    • 2012, String Quartet
    • Premiered: May 31, ’15, Grant Street String Quartet (Chicago, IL)
  • Mallet Quartet (5’45”)
    • 2012, 4 Percussion
  • Coruscate (6′)
    • 2011, 2 Percussion & 2 Pianos
  • String Quartet No. 1 (20’30”)
    • 2011, String Quartet
    • Premiered: May 31, ’15, Grant Street String Quartet (Chicago, IL)
  • Wing Quartet (8′)
    • 2011, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone & Bassoon – Commissioned by Connecticut Central State University
    • Premiered: May 3, ’11, CCSU Chamber Players (Bristol, CT)
  • Neighbors Ate My Zombie (1′)
    • 2008, 4 voices
    • Premiered: Mar. ’08, Student group (Chicago, IL)

3 Players

  • Where We Were (7′)
    • 2018, Violin, Cello & Vibraphone – Commissioned by Andrew Lidgus
    • Premiered: April 26, ’18 (Chicago, IL)
  • The World We Knew (7′)
    • 2011, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone & Piano – Commissioned by Kendra Emery and the Vagus Trio
    • Premiered: No. 12, ’11, Vagus Trio (West Hartford, CT)
  • Adagio for Those Who Need It (5′)
    • 2010, Trombone & 2 Oboes
    • Premiered: Mar. 21, ’11, David Cyzak and group, (West Hartford, CT)

2 Players

  • Kill the Oceans! (4’)
    • 2015, Trumpet & Tuba  – Commissioned by Temporal Brass Quintet
    • Premiered: Apr, 20, ’16, Members of Temporal Brass Quintet (Chicago, IL)
  • Letters Home (6’30”)
    • 2014, Clarinet, Cello & Audience Narrator – Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music & Union Station Chicago
    • Premiered: Oct. 19, ’14, Palomar Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • Mommy & Me (3′)
    • 2014, Guitar Duet – Commissioned by Breastfeeding USA
    • Recording Release: Jun. ’14, Tim Corpus (Facebook)
  • Niǎo 鳥 (Unfinished)
    • 2014, Guzheng & Cello – Commissioned by Yu Yen Xu
  • View From a Field, 1917 (6′)
    • 2013, Flute & Piano
  • Bird in Space (7’20”)
    • 2012, Clarinet & Cello – Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music & The Arts Club of Chicago
    • Premiered: Oct. 14, ’12, Palomar Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  • Seven Sightings of St. Elmo’s Fire (7’30”)
    • 2012, Organ & Percussion – Commissioned by Evan Cogswell
    • Premiered: May 6, ’12, Evan Cogswell (West Hartford, CT)
  • Set Phasers on Stun (5′)
    • 2011, 2 Snare Drums
    • Premiered: Nov. 12, ’11, Tim Corpus and Scott Comanzo (West Hartford, CT)
  • J*ulia (3′)
    • 2010, Vibraphone & Harp
    • Premiered: Apr. 15, ’10, JW Setzekorn and Julia Coronelli (Chicago, IL)
  • Alive at Twenty-Two Thirty Morris Dr. (6′)
    • 2006, 2 Marimbas
    • Premiered: 2006, Student group (Chicago, IL)
  • Just a Dream (4′)
    • 2006, Alto Voice & Piano
    • Premiered: May 2007, Alyssa Arrigo (Chicago, IL)

Solos

  • The Legend of Bill (2′)
    • 2018, Timpani
  • The Seven Etudes I Met In Music School (7’)
    • 2015, Concert Snare Drum
  • Great Yu Battles The Floods (4’)
    • 2015, Pipa – Commissioned by Yang Wei
  • 1687, the first law (4′)
    • 2014, Electric Cello with delay pedals – Commissioned by Liz Lee & Access Contemporary Music
  • Windy (4′)
    • 2014, Marching Snare Drum
    • Premiered: Jun. 21, ’14, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)
  • Voyager on the Stream (3’30”)
    • 2014, Piano – Commissioned by Jeffrey Hampton
    • Premiered: Oct. 14, ’14, Jeffrey Hampton (Evansville, IN)
  • Escape in One Movement (1′)
    • 2014, Percussion
    • Premiered: Sept. 27, ’14, A Very Small Consortium (Madison, WI)
  • Three Pieces for Five Timpani (7′)
    • 2011-2014, Timpani – Commissioned by Ed Harrison and Roosevelt University
    • Premiered: Sept. 27, ’15, Ed Harrison (Chicago, IL)
  • Chicago Style (8′)
    • 2013, Marching Snare Drum
    • Premiered: Jun. 21, ’14, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)
  • The Land of Mystery and Trolls (1′)
    • 2013, Violin – Commissioned by Eva Ingolf & Vox Novus
    • Premiered: Feb. 9, ’14, Eva Ingolf (New York City, NY)
  • Sonata for Bassoon (4′)
    • 2012, Bassoon & Piano – Commissioned by Steven Louis
  • Sonata for Trombone (4’50”)
    • 2012, Trombone & Piano – Commissioned by Jeff Smith
  • Motion (4′)
    • 2011, Keyboard
  • Currents (3′)
    • 2011, Snare Drum
  • Deletude (5′)
    • 2010, Electric Guitar
    • Premiered: Apr. 13, ’11, Elias Mullane (West Hartford, CT)
  • Sonatina (5′)
    • 2010, Acoustic Guitar
    • Premiered: Dec. 6, ’10, Elias Mullane (West Hartford, CT)
  • Yalli (2′)
    • 2010, Snare Drum
    • Premiered: Feb. 20, ’10, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)

Arrangements

  • Clair de Lune (C. Debussy) (6′)
    • 2010, Marimba
    • Premiered: Feb. 20, ’10, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)
  • Prelude to a Kiss (D. Ellington) (2′)
    • 2010, Vibraphone
    • Premiered: Feb. 20, ’10, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)
  • Anthropology (C. Parker, D. Gillespie) (2′)
    • 2009, Orchestra 1111/211/1perc/strings
  • Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum (C. Debussy) (3′)
    • 2008, Marimba
    • Premiered: Feb. 24, ’09, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)
  • Fantasia in D-minor (J.S. Bach) (2′)
    • 2009, Marimba
    • Premiered: Feb. 24, ’09, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)
  • Prelude for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 1 (A. Scriabin) (4′)
    • 2009, Vibraphone
    • Premiered: Feb. 24, ’09, Tim Corpus (Chicago, IL)
  • Donkey Kong Country (Beanland, Fischer & Wise) (12′)
    • 2007, 10 Percussion
    • Premiered: May 3, ’07, Roosevelt University Percussion Ensemble (Chicago, IL)

Drumline

  • 2016 LUC Drumline Book
    • Democratic Left
  • 2015 LUC Drumline Book
    • T-Word, Buckaroo
    • Premiered: Aug. ’15, Loyola University Chicago Drumline (Chicago, IL)
  • 2014 LUC Drumline Book
    • Polar Vortex, City Spree
    • Premiered: Aug. ’14, Loyola University Chicago Drumline (Chicago, IL)
  • 2013 LUC Drumline Book
    • Captain, PHAT, Jesuit Jam, Sister Jean
    • Premiered: Aug. ’13, Loyola University Chicago Drumline (Chicago, IL)

Electronic

  • Was that easy? (3’45”)
  • 2012, digital performance
  • The boy, the girl & the glass (11’30”)
  •                 2012, digital performance
  • Breath, revisited, Op. 28b (7”)
    • 2012, digital performance & 4 Percussion – Commissioned by Third Coast Percussion
  • Mechinisonicization (12’15”)
    • 2011, digital performance
    • Premiered: Mar. 9, ’11, Connecticut Historical Society (Hartford, CT)
  • Signal (3’14”)
    • 2011, digital performance
  • Cygnus Machina (1’53”)
    • 2011, digital performance

Ravinia Festival Photographer: Tong Hao Courtesy of Ravinia Festival
Lake Forest Symphony Photographer: Elliot Mandel