Jonathan Godfrey
Guitarist | Composer | www.TampaBayGuitar.com
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Guitar solo
Sonatina - 3 movements, 15' - Grand prize winner, 2010 Boston GuitarFest Composition Competition; Dedicated to Nemanja Ostojic
never odd or even - 5' Premiered by the composer, Indiana University
dusk. can. wait. - 3 attaca movements - 15' - for hyper-stretched solo guitar, commissioned by the Nightlight Art Collective (Atlanta)
blue. night. pools. - 5' - Written for Ivan Maceda Vela
Ionian Prelude - 4' - Written for and premiered by Erol Ozsever
Gulf Stream - 4' - Written for and premiered at Guitar Sarasota
Guitar Ensemble/Chamber/Orchestra
Okeechobee - 8'30; (Banjo and orchestra; also arranged for guitar ensemble) - commissioned by the Bradenton Symphony Orchestra
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo- 5' (Guitar quartet or Guitar Trio )- Purchase score at SheetMusicPlus.com.
Tunguska - 5' (Guitar quartet)- Honorable mention, Austin Classical Guitar Society Composition Competition
Moon Migration - 6' (Guitar orchestra and flute) - Performed by the Glendale Community College Guitar Orchestra (Chuck Hulihan, conductor)
Music at 80MPH - 6' (Guitar and cello; arranged also for viola, violin. or flute)
Saudade - 2 Movements, 10' (Guitar, violin, viola, flute)
Florida Man - 3 movements, 6' (Banjo, three guitars, bass)
Tenebrae - 6 movements - 20' (Guitar, piano, violin, cello, clarinet, prepared piano) - Premiered by the Goliard Ensemble (NYC)
Suite in Mu Major (Homage to Steely Dan) - 5 movements - 20' (Guitar, viola, flute) -Commissioned and premiered by Trio Voila
Black Solstice- 3 movements, 20' (Guitar and chamber orchestra) - Commissioned and premiered by the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra
Choral
Three Songs of Wakefulness - 3 movements - 7' - Six unaccompanied female voices - Premiered by Tuumben Paax, Foro Manuel Enriquez, Mexico City
Psalm 121 - 5' - SATB with piano
Holy Week - 8 Movements - SATB, String quartet, percussion, Narrator -
Night Prayer - 5' - unaccompanied SATB
ARRANGEMENTS
"I love re-conceptualizing existing works in a classically-based medium, or taking existing classical works and showing how they can be heard in a new light on the guitar. Since I'm an avid improviser this list doesn't begin to cover the works I've toyed with in some capacity, but these are all the works that have been committed to notation and performed, either by myself or the wonderful musicians I've been fortunate to collaborate with over the years. If you'd like information on any of the below, feel free to contact me - I have scores for most all of them, but note that I do not sell, distribute, or otherwise profit from arrangements of unlicensed non-Public Domain works."
Guitar and high voice:
Theme and Variations on A vous dirais je maman - Adolphe Adam
Stars and the Moon - Jason Robert Brown
Taylor the Latte Boy - Marcy Heisler/Zina Goldrich
The Girl in 14G - Jeanine Tesori
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
My Stupid Mouth - John Mayer
Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Arirang - Korean Folk Song
Dongshimcho - Korean Folk Song
Les filles de cadix - Leo Delibes
Blue Hair - Joe Iconis
Fantasia on Tico-Tico no Fuba - Zequinha de Abreu
Carnival Town - Norah Jones
I Will Survive (Alla cubana) - Gloria Gaynor
My Ship - Kurt Weill
A Word on my Ear - Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
My Favorite Things - Rodgers & Hammerstein
Sound of Music Medley - Rodgers & Hammerstein
Till there was You - Meredith Wilson
Guitar solo:
Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre
Torre bermeja - Isaac Albeniz
Cordoba - Isaac Albeniz
James - Pat Metheney
Guitar duo:
aisatsana [102] - Aphex Twin
Greensleeves - Anonymous
Tango - Igor Stravinsky
Guitar quartet:
Famicom (Based on music of the Nintendo Entertainment System)
Greensleeves - Anonymous
The Force Theme (from Star Wars) - John Williams
Arirang - Korean Folk Song
Christmas Eve / Sarajevo - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Morning Bell - Radiohead
Primavera Portena - Astor Piazzolla
Choir:
El noi de la Mare - Catalan Folk Song - SSAA with guitar
City of Stars - Justin Hurwitz - SATB, Piano, Vibraphone
Other:
The Girl from Ipanema (Pops Orchestra + Baritone)