Discography

“I have always loved to travel, and all the music on this album is inspired by that love. The pieces selected are based both on my actual journeys and on travels as yet only imagined.” (Marc Satterwhite)

Marc Satterwhite’s music has been performed in diverse venues all over the United States, as well as in Europe, England, Australia, the Americas, South Africa, Japan, Hong Kong, China and South Korea. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and Indiana University and was for several years a professional orchestral bassist before switching his emphasis to composition. He has taught in Texas, Indiana and Michigan and is Professor of Composition and Music Theory at the University of Louisville School of Music where, in addition to his teaching duties, he directs the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Memento Mori 3, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Memento Mori 2, and Spiky Epiphanies recorded by J. Patrick Rafferty, violin; Dallas Tidwell, clarinet; Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano; Benjamin Sung, violin; Jihye Chang, piano; Louisville String Quartet (J. Patrick Rafferty, violin; Marcus Ratzenboeck, violin; Chien-Ju Liao, viola; Paul York, cello); Arsenal Trio (Benjamin Sung, violin; Hrant Parsamian, cello; Jihye Chang, piano)

Total Duration: 66:29

Recorded January 12, 28 and February 26, 2008 at TNT Productions, Louisville, Kentucky. Produced by Marc Satterwhite. Engineered by Phil Stirgwolt. Edited by Phil Stirgwolt and Marc Satterwhite. Mastered by Phil Stirgwolt.

Read Gainsford, piano; Daniel Weeks, tenor; Bruce Heim, horn; Naomi Oliphant, piano

Epitafio, Witnesses of Time, Memento Mori 1, and Concertino à Tre recorded by Paige Morgan, English horn; Conrad Alexander, percussion; Paul York, cello; The Core Ensemble (Andrew Mark, cello; Hugh Hinton, piano; Michael Parola, percussion); Kathy Karr, flutes; Matthew Karr, bassoon; Joanna Goldstein, piano

Total Duration: 60:17

Recorded 1996-2004. CD mastered by Tim Haertel, January 23, 2006.

Ossuary Cross for strings (13 solo strings or string orchestra), recorded by José Serebrier conducting the St. Michel Strings

Total Duration: 66:57

Recorded October 2011 at Mikaeli Hall, Mikaeli, Finland. Produced by Laura Heikinheimo. Recording, editing, and mastering by Matti Heinonen.

Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones, recorded by the Verdehr Trio

Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones, recorded by the Verdehr Trio

And What Rough Beast…? for tuba and percussion recorded by Gene Pokorny and Ted Atkatz

And What Rough Beast…? for tuba and percussion recorded by Gene Pokorny and Ted Atkatz

Recorded at Christ Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL, July 27, 1998

Engineered by Micky Wrobleski

Recorded live at DMA Chamber Recital at the University of Georgia

©2014 Simon Wildman and Marc Satterwhite

Witnesses of Time for solo cello, recorded by Paul York, cello

Witnesses of Time for solo cello, recorded by Paul York, cello

Total Duration: 68:34

Recorded March 2004. Produced by Sidney King. Engineered by Phil Stirgwolt. CD mastered by Tim Haertel.

Character Sketches for solo clarinet, recorded by Dallas Tidwell, clarinet

Character Sketches for solo clarinet, recorded by Dallas Tidwell, clarinet

Total Duration: 51:56

Recorded 2007-09 at Margaret Comstock Concert Hall, University of Louisville. Produced by Roslyn Mattingly and Amanda Boyd. Engineered by Phil Stirgwolt, Tim Haertel, and Chris Jones.

Amentecáyatl for two saxophones and piano recorded by Mike Tracy, Tom Walsh and Denine LeBlanc

Amentecáyatl for two saxophones and piano recorded by Mike Tracy, Tom Walsh and Denine LeBlanc

available from the University of Louisville

This hard, gem-like flame…this ecstasy recorded by Michael Tunnell, trumpet, and Meme Tunnell, piano; and La luz es como el agua recorded by the Louisville Brass Ensemble, conducted by Frederick Speck

This hard, gem-like flame…this ecstasy recorded by Michael Tunnell, trumpet, and Meme Tunnell, piano; and La luz es como el agua recorded by the Louisville Brass Ensemble, conducted by Frederick Speck

This album features premiere recordings of pieces by Kaija Saariaho, Joël-François Durand, Bruce Quaglia, and Marc Satterwhite, and includes contemporary masterworks by Donatoni, Sørensen, Husa, and Penderecki. The works on this album were composed between 1980 and 2015, and each presents the listener with complex soundscapes that push the boundaries of clarinet technique.

Músico en la nada recorded by Michael Tunnell, trumpet, and Chad Stoltenberg, bass drum

Músico en la nada recorded by Michael Tunnell, trumpet, and Chad Stoltenberg, bass drum

August Evening with Corno da Caccia for corno da caccia and piano, recorded by Michael and Meme Tunnell

August Evening with Corno da Caccia for corno da caccia and piano, recorded by Michael and Meme Tunnell

Clarinet Quintet, and Las viudas de Calama, recorded by Richard Nunemaker, clarinet and bass clarinet, the Louisville String Quartet, and Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano

Clarinet Quintet, and Las viudas de Calama, recorded by Richard Nunemaker, clarinet and bass clarinet, the Louisville String Quartet, and Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano

Sorrow is Almost Violet, recorded by Michael Tunnell, trumpet, and Meme Tunnell, piano

Sorrow is Almost Violet, recorded by Michael Tunnell, trumpet, and Meme Tunnell, piano

performed by Stephen Mattingly guitar, on Music by Grawemeyer Award Composers

Piano Flamboyant recorded by pianist Denine LeBlanc

Piano Flamboyant recorded by pianist Denine LeBlanc

Recorded at the University of Louisville (KY) School of Music, 2003