Works
GARBO AND ME
Music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
Book and lyrics by Joanne Sydney Lessner
Staged reading – York Theatre Developmental Reading Series
September 17, 2009
http://yorktheatre.org for tickets
BUSH IS BAD
The Musical Cure for the Blue-State Blues!
Concept, music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
Triad Theater, September 2005 – December 2006
Impeachment Edition – Triad Theater
LA Edition – Noho Arts Center, North Hollywood
Midwestern Edition – Old Arizona Theater, Minneapolis
Alaskan Beauty Pageant Edition – Noho Arts Center
“A sensation!” – Variety Magazine
“Bush-hating has become fun again! Audiences go wild!” – NY Times
CD: Original Cast Records OC-6160
EINSTEIN'S DREAMS
Music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
Book and lyrics by Joanne Sydney Lessner
Based on the novel by Alan Lightman
Peter Norton Theater at Symphony Space, February, 2009
Teatro di Trindade, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005
FERMAT'S LAST TANGO
Music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
Book and lyrics by Joanne Sydney Lessner
York Theatre, November – December 2000
“Rollicking! Whimsical! Catchy and clever!” – NY Times
“Interesting, challenging, and above all entertaining!” – Curtain Up
“Smart and fun! A bright new Off-Broadway entertainment!” – Wolf Entertainment Guide
CD: Original Cast Records OC-6010
DVD: Clay Mathematics Institute
Joshua Rosenblum has composed over forty pieces on commission for chamber groups, instrumental soloists, orchestra, concert band and chorus. Several are included on these CDs:
Impetuosities: Music of Joshua Rosenblum (Albany Records, Troy 571)
Sundry Notes: More Music of Joshua Rosenblum (Albany Records, Troy 978)
Selected works include:
Prelude and Fugue
for cello and jazz piano trio (2009)
Commissioned and premiered by Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf
The Kosziuszko Foundation, June, 2009
Who Knows? Maybe
for clarinet/sax, piano, bass, percussion (2009)
Commissioned and premiered by The Chase Brock Experience
Baruch Performing Arts Center, April, 2009
Mean Theme and Deplorable Variations
for violin, cello, bass, clarinet, accordian and percussion (2008)
Commissioned by Peter Sachon
Performed as part of The Cello Project
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, February, 2008
Cut to the Chase
for chamber ensemble (2008)
Commissioned and premiered by The Chase Brock Experience
Joyce Soho, April, 2008
Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music
song cycle to poems by William Shakespeare et al.
SATB soloists and piano, four hands (2005)
Commissioned by Tim Peierls in memory of Ronald Peierls
Premiered by The Sundry Note Singers
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, April, 2005
(Sundry Notes)
5 x 4 = 20
for piano, four hands (2004)
Commissioned by Tim Peierls
Premiered by Lora Tchekoratova and Ofra Yitzhaki
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, April, 2005
(Sundry Notes)
Will You Please Be Serious?
for string quartet (2003)
Commissioned and recorded by ethel
(Impetuosities)
Toccata and Blues
Trombone and piano (2002)
Commissioned, premiered and recorded by Haim Avitsur
Mannes College of Music, May, 2003
(Sundry Notes)
Marilyn's Solo
for solo violin (2000)
Commissioned and recorded by Marilyn Gibson
(Impetuosities)
Tall Tales
for horn quartet (1999)
Commissioned by the International French Horn Society
Premiered by
Recorded by the Shubert Alley Horns
(Impetuosities)
Impetuosities
for trumpet and piano (1997)
Commissioned and recorded by Philip Smith (principal tpt, New York Philharmonic)
(Impetuosities)
Starting in 2007, Rosenblum began an exciting collaboration with choreographer Chase Brock, and the Chase Brock Experience. Two ballets have resulted from their joint efforts: Mission: Implausible, a dance piece based on Rosenblum’s Cut to the Chase, and After Dark, based on the instrumental piece Who Knows? Maybe. Mission: Implausible had its premiere in April, 2008, as part of CBE’s spring season at Joyce Soho, and quickly became an audience favorite. It was revived in April, 2009, and performed in repertory with After Dark, which had its world premiere as part of the same season.
Rosenblum and Brock have plans for additional collaborations in future seasons, including a full-length work to comprise half a program.
Other compositions include:
- Songs and incidental music for plays:
- The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite
by Quincy Long
Atlantic Theater Company - The Spirit of Man
Mint Theater Company - The Miracle Worker
Ohio Valley Summer Theater
- The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite
- Numerous art songs and song cycles
- Over 60 cabaret songs
- There’s a Monster in My Closet
a musical revue
premiered at Don’t Tell Mama, NYC - The Brave Little Turtle
a musical for children
book by Helen Faye Rosenblum
music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum
premiered at Theater Three, Port Jefferson, LI - Several orchestral songs
I Love Thee
,If You But Knew,
andMediocrity in Love Rejected
recorded by Peter Büchi on his CD, Tenor Torch Songs.Give Thanks
recorded by Peter Büchi and Rebecca Luker on the CD Peter Büchi: An American Voice.
- Several songs for the New Voices Collective series at Symphony Space
- Incidental music for The Atlantic Theater Company’s annual Benefit Fundraiser, including
The Atlantic Anthem
(lyrics by David Mamet) - Numerous songs and pieces, tailor-made for special occasions: anniversaries, weddings, special birthdays. You can have your own (or give one as a surprise gift to a loved one)! Contact: josh@rosenblummusic.com