Matthew Nunes - Composer and Euphonist
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List of Works
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Large Ensemble
all before, 17, and more (a reflection) (2018)
for Wind Ensemble
A Moon, A Minute for Choir (2014)
Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Band (2015)
For Dr. Gail Robertson, euphonium 
Premiered April 21st, 2016 by Dr. Gail Robertson and the Little Rock Wind Symphony - Israel Getzov, Conductor
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2017)
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Fortitude for Brass Ensemble (2014)
Commissioned by Andrew Merrow
Premiered April 5th, 2014 - Felix Rivera, Conductor
In League with Extraordinary Women (Concerto for Tuba and Wind Band) (2017)
Commissioned by Dr. Robin Sisk
Premiered Nov. 29th, 2018 by Robin Sisk and the University of Florida Symphonic Band (Dr. Jay Watkins, conductor)
Pomp! for Brass Ensemble (2014)
For Christopher Nunes
Second Strike for Wind Ensemble (2014)
*Winner of the 2014 Phi Mu Alpha Mu Eta Chapter Composition Competition at the University of Central Florida
Premiered June 15th, 2014 by the Space Coast Symphony Winds - Aaron Collins, Conductor
Suite for Band (on a theme of Chopin) (2018)
for Wind Band
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Symphony for Orchestra and Choir (2019 - 2021)
Dedicated to Christopher Marshall
We cannot always paint flowers... (2018)
for Wind Ensemble

Chamber Ensembles/Duets
Beacons for Euphonium Quartet (2014)
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Breaking Day for Two Violins (2012)
Dedicated to Dr. Sun Mi Ro
​Premiered October 25th, 2013 by Savannah Adams and Irene Usova (violins)
Clarinet Trio No. 1 (2015)
Coalition for Horn Quartet (2014)
Fight Mii for Brass Quintet (2018)
A Fantasy on the Mii Channel Theme by Kazumi Totaka
Dedicated to Kate Siebel
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Flurry for Flute Quartet (2013)
Premiered January 30th, 2015 by the UCF Flute Knights - Dr. Nora Lee Garcia, Director
Published by Brixton Publications
Hypnos for Multiple-Woodwind Quintet (2017)
Commissioned by the Montclair State University Multiple-Woodwind Quintet
JERK for Two Horns (2014)
Commissioned by Emily Judd and Katie Rudzik
Premiered March 15th, 2015 by Emily Judd and Katie Rudzik (horns)
*Also available for alto and tenor saxophone
Kids in the Corner for Brass Quintet (2014)
Commissioned by Thomas Smith
No Longer at Ease for Euphonium Quartet (2018)
Radicals for Horn Quartet (2013)
For the UCF Horn Studio of Dr. Johnny Pherigo
Premiered April 5th, 2014 by Josie Wisser, Emily Judd, Katie Rudzik, and John Apostolides
Reflections on a Winter's Morning for Two Pianos (2014)
Commissioned by James Ehmer

​Solos

Ashe for Unaccompanied Euphonium (2013)
Commissioned by Ashley Klumpp
Premiered Fall 2013 by Ashley Klumpp (euphonium)

Published by Cimmarron Music Press
Au Contraire! for Contrabassoon (or Bassoon) (2014)
For Kristen Lichtenthal
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Concerto for Euphonium and Tuba-Euphonium Quartet (2015)
Concerto for Flute and Flute Choir ​(2016)
Commissioned by Dr. Nora Lee Garcia
Concerto for Karu (Concerto for Horn and Piano) (2018)
For Rebecca Karu
Constance for Baritone Saxophone and Piano (2013)
Commissioned by Nicholas Kevin Phillips
Premiered April 5th, 2014 by Nicholas Kevin Phillips (baritone saxophone) and Gregory Monroe, II (piano)
Dies Irave for Unaccompanied Euphonium (2013)
Premiered June 2014 by Matthew Nunes
Published by Cimmarron Music Press
Eclipse for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (2011)
Premiered November 14th, 2011 by Amber Farish (mezzo-soprano) and Brandon Clinton (piano)
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Hebdomad for Piano (2016)
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Horizon for Trumpet and Two Percussionists (2016)
The Phoenix for Tuba and Piano (2015)
Commissioned by Kayla Davis
Premiered April 19th by Kayla Davis (tuba) and Elisabeth Tomczyk (piano)
Raeswain for Unaccompanied Flute (2013)
Commissioned by Danielle Giguere
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Song without words for Euphonium and Piano (2018)
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Where Are You? for Voice and Piano (2016)
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Film Scores

Writer's Block (2015)
A film by Robby Sparks
Premiered October 23rd, 2015 at the Melbourne Film Festival by the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra - Aaron Collins, conductor
​*Screened at the 2016 Imaginarium Convention
*Nominated for Best Comedy at the 2017 Red Dirt Film Festival
*Screened at the 2017 Clean Shorts Film Festival



Picture
The World Premiere of "Writer's Block" at the Melbourne Film Festival with Aaron Collins leading the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Terry Cronin

The Atom Bomb (2012)
A film by Robert Forehand and Jordan Chipps
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The Proposal (2012)
A film Kimberly Nedrow (Batspork Productions)

Paper Pushers (2012)
A film by Patricia Miller and Viviana Werner (DesignGroupables)


Dollhouse (2011)
A film Kimberly Nedrow (Batspork Productions)
*Nominated for Best Drama at the 2011 Campus Movie Festival at UCF


Tuba-Euphonium Quartet Arrangements

The Banjo by Louis Moreau Gottschalk 

Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones 

Chop Suey! by System of a Down 

Circle of Life from The Lion King by Elton John and Tim Rice

The Elephant from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens 
Premiered April 2015 by the MOCO Tuba Quartet - Kayla Davis, soloist
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Everything is Awesome 
from The LEGO Movie 
Music by SHAWN PATTERSON
Lyrics by SHAWN PATTERSON, ANDY SAMBERG, AKIVA SCHAFFER, JORMA TACCONE, JOSHUA BARTHOLOMEW and LISA HARRITON
Premiered April 2015 by the MOCO Tuba Quartet

*Permission License granted by Alfred Music 

Forget You by Cee Lo Green 
Music and Lyrics by CHRISTOPHER BROWN, PETER HERNANDEZ, ARI LEVINE, PHILIP LAWRENCE, and THOMAS "CEE LO" CALLAWAY

Gotta Catch Em All (the Pokemon theme)

I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift 

Labour and Love by Percy Fletcher 
Premiered at SERTEC 2018 by the University of Florida Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble (Dr. Robin Sisk, conductor)

March of the Lions from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens 

Minuet and Trio by Luigi Boccherini (2015)

Misery Business by Paramore 

Paranoid by Black Sabbath 

Rolling Thunder by Henry Fillmore 
Premiered April 2015 by the MOCO Tuba Quartet

Six Pieces for Children by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy


String Quartet in C Major Op.33, No. 3 by Franz Joseph Haydn 

Symphonie de Fanfares by Jean-Joseph Mouret

Tournament Galop by Louis Moreau Gottschalk 



Brass Quintet Arrangements

The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band 

Duality by Slipknot

String Quintet in C by Franz Schubert 
​III. Scherzo

Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus

Educational / Instructive Arrangements

DUETS:
1812 Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Nunes) - B-flat Trumpet and Trombone Duet
bad guy by Billie Eilish (arr. Nunes) - B-flat Trumpet and Trombone Duet
Danse russe Trepak from The Nutcracker by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Nunes) - B-flat Trumpet and Trombone Duet
William Tell Overture by Giachino Rossini (arr. Nunes) - B-flat Trumpet and Trombone Duet 

TRUMPET Solos:

An American in Paris by George Gershwin (arr. Nunes) - Trumpet Solo
Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner (arr. Nunes) - Trumpet Solo
Theme from 
Sinfonie de Fanfares by Jean-Joseph Mouret (arr. Nunes) - Trumpet Solo 
William Tell Overture by Giachino Rossini (arr. Nunes) - Trumpet Solo

TROMBONE Solos:
Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner (arr. Nunes) - Trombone Solo
Seventy-Six Trombones from The Music Man by Meredith Willson (arr. Nunes) - Trombone Solo
William Tell Overture by Giachino Rossini (arr. Nunes) - Trombone Solo 

TUBA Solos:
Bydlo from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modeste Mussorgsky / arr. Maurice Ravel (arr. Nunes) - Tuba Solo
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modeste Mussorgsky / arr. Maurice Ravel (arr. Nunes) - Tuba Solo
Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner (arr. Nunes) - Tuba Solo
Theme from Sinfonie de Fanfares by Jean-Joseph Mouret (arr. Nunes) - Tuba Solo 


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