concert

- Cope, for chamber ensemble; written for Sound Icon

- Tell hope everything you hear..., for prepared steel-string guitar and pre-recorded guitar (winner of the 2012 highSCORE Festival Prize)

Liu-Si: Threnody for Violin, Chorus and Orchestra (2010)The Light Bringer (Symphony No. 1 ) (2010)Ka (2010) for OrchestraHa (2010) for Clarinet, Violin and PianoViolin Concerto: Three Visions (2010) for Violin and OrchestraSongs of the Kisaeng (2010) for Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and PianoCorona (2009) for Koto and CelloClarinet Concerto (2009) for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble

"To Fill the Hour" for Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Percussion, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Contrabass. [20 mins.] "Once" for English Horn and 3 Bassoons [2.5'] "The Crail Family, 1910" for Toy Piano [6.5'] "Friend" for Viola and Piano [6.5'] "Misty Valley Chickens" for Soprano Saxophone and Contrabass [4.5'] "Crowd Scene" for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano [5'] "Trail Days" for Flute, Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones [5'] "Unsaid" for Violin and Cello [3'] "Animus Semotus" for Piano [6.5'] "Pantomime and Pastorale" for Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano [6'] "Two Indiscretions" for Piano solo [8'] "Quandaries" for String Quartet [27']"Three Rumi Love Songs" for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano [4.5']

ELEVEN for eleven clarinetsSextetfor flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussionThe Rite of Spring arranged for woodwind quintetFull Faith and Creditfor clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussionString Quartet #1

TO KNOW (for Mixed Chorus, a cappella, a setting of a poem by Emily Dickinson that expresses the thoughts of a person whose loved one has died far away from home); WORLD WITHOUT WAR: A PRAYER FOR PEACE (for Mixed Chorus and Strings); HEART OF DARKNESS: A SYMPHONIC VISION OF THE SHORT NOVEL BY JOSEPH CONRAD (for large Orchestra); IN THE SILENCE OF MY SOUL (an a cappella anthem for mixed chorus); I AM A POOR WAYFARING STRANGER (an a cappella spiritual arrangement for mixed chorus); MY SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD (an a cappella setting of the Magnificat for divided Mixed Chorus); SING THEM TILL THE NIGHT EXPIRE (a new Christmas Carol for Mixed Chorus and Celesta); WHO ARE YOU, MY LITTLE ONE? (also Christmas, mixed chorus and piano, with optional oboe); WHEREVER YOU GO: A SONG OF RUTH (treble chorus with piano).

Other projects recently completed include an orchestral transcription of the social, historical, and psychological implications of Joseph Conrad's novella HEART OF DARKNESS (for large orchestra), I, MARINER (for solo voice and orchestra - "An excellent work featuring poems about the sea; impressionistic and multi-cultural, with lovely canto passages" - Foundation Orchestra Association), and WORLD WITHOUT WAR (a 20 minute, 3 movement prayer for peace incorporating thoughts from 12 major world religions, scored for mixed chorus and strings). Dr. Zeliff currently resides near the Claremont Colleges and maintains a busy schedule teaching composition at Claremont Graduate University in addition to giving private voice and piano lessons, composing, and conducting church choirs, all the while finding the time to prepare full length piano recitals. Edward David Zeliff is both a composer and publisher member of ASCAP.

Meldings a collaborative installation with video artist Ronald Todd

SZELLEM, for alto saxophone and guitar, commissioned by Duo Montagnard, 2012; GANGES (piano and electronics) for the "Music With A View" Festival at the Flea Theater, NYC, 2011; JANG (piano and electronics) 2011; THEN (2009) for voice, flute, viola and cello, commissioned by Monadnock Music; QUARTET FOR SAXOPHONES, commissioned by the Mana Quartet (2010); FIELD MUSIC: ASH (violin and cello) 2007; FIVE CHORUSES from "Oedipus at Colonus" (voices, oboe and percussion) 2006-2007 (commissioned by Vassar College and the Mellon Foundation); THREE PIECES (flute and piano) 2006; TWO FOR THREE (flute, clarinet and piano) 2007. Visit my website for more information: www.jonathanelliott.net