concert music
“My mission in my concert music is to bridge the chasm between art and populist music by creating a repertoire that simultaneously challenges the performers while being captivatingly engaging to a broad audience. My compositions weave the rhythms and melodic gestures of diverse World Music genres with the sophisticated compositional techniques of Western European art music and Jazz. My aim is to engage brain, heart, and body at the same time. As you’ll see, I often re-orchestrate successful pieces for many types of performing ensembles.”
~ Jimmy Kachulis
Solo and Ensembles
Strings
Brass
Woodwinds
Mixed Ensembles
Percussion
Orchestra
Piano
Band
Vocal
Series of Pieces
Early Empire Series
Each piece of Renaissance music in Early Empire Series for Brass - originally created for the legendary Empire Brass Quintet - is chosen for it's unique musical aspect, differentiating it from the usual Early music repertoire. My original pieces combine those aspects with World Musics, and a 21st century vocabulary. It includes the following pieces:
Agnus Dei, Ascendit Deus, Domine Dominus Noster
Esse Quam Videri, Homage to Petrucci, Josquin's Spanish Dance
Mirabile Mysteruim, Trust in Tye
Latin American Portraits
Each piece in the Latin American Portraits Series blends the rich melodic and rhythmic gestures of Latin American folk music, Jazz, other World Music, and the compositional techniques of European Classical music. Orchestrated for various ensembles, the pieces can be performed individually, or grouped in any order. It includes the following pieces:
Choro Steps, Midnight Guanabara Bay, Pifa Parade
Seven Steps Ahead, Salsa Passacaglia
Mediterranean Portraits
Each piece in the Mediterranean Portraits Series blends the rich melodic and rhythmic gestures of Mediterranean folk musics with other World Music cultures, and the compositional techniques of European Classical Music. Orchestrated for various ensembles, the pieces can be performed individually, or grouped in any order. It includes the following pieces:
Circle Round, Mourning Song, Whirling Dervish, Balkan Scherzo Refugee Songs from Asia Minor, The Middle East
concert music Awards & recognition
Winner
N.E.O. Sound Composition Competition, Fresh Voices XIX Contemporary Composition Competition, UPH Festival of Contemporary Music - Indonesia, Charlotte New Music Festival, VI Encontro Internacional de Cordas of the Symphonic Society of Limeira - Brazil, International Trombone Festival, 3x Spectrum Festival for Orchestral Music, Otterbein Festival of Contemporary Music: Old Links To New Music, International Society of Bassists - Composition Competition
Finalist
Inspired by Beethoven - American Beethoven Society, Northern California Viola Society Composition Competition, Sao Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival, Flute New Music Consortium Competition, Boston Ballet – Composer Choreographer Project