Music

Several of my compositions are freely available here for download. You may download and listen to as many as you wish, but bear in mind that all material is copyrighted and for personal use only. If you download my music, feedback is of course welcome and encouraged.

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Most Recent Works

Quartet CD

Senior Recital

Various Temple University Performances




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"The Stranger in Preservation Hall"
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Written for my lovely wife Karyn in summer 1999.



"Serenade for Karyn"
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Written for Karyn in spring 2005 and performed at our wedding, September 18, 2005.



"The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"
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Written and performed for Karyn at our wedding, September 18, 2005.



The Kevin Gallagher Quartet CD, recorded June 9, 2001: Back to Top



"Sod Jobs"
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Performers are as follows:
  • Joe Auger, tenor sax
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Nick Schuenemann, bass
  • Dan Bliss, drums



"Morada Bay"
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  • Joe Auger, tenor sax
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Nick Schuenemann, bass
  • Dan Bliss, drums



"Insomnia"
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  • Joe Auger, tenor sax
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Nick Schuenemann, bass
  • Dan Bliss, drums



"Ninety-Nine"
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  • Joe Auger, tenor sax
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Nick Schuenemann, bass
  • Dan Bliss, drums



"Minor Details"
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  • Joe Auger, tenor sax
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Nick Schuenemann, bass
  • Dan Bliss, drums



Temple University Senior Recital, March 23, 1999: Back to Top



"Molly"
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Performers are as follows:
  • Ralph DiSylvestro, trumpet
  • Jason Elliot, alto sax
  • Joe Auger, tenor sax
  • Chad Nash, trombone
  • Steve Selfridge, bari sax
  • Jeremy Barker, organ
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Mike Dubash, drums



"Disconnection"
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Performers are as follows:
  • Joe Auger, tenor sax
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Don Dinkin, bass
  • Mike Dubash, drums



Trio for...
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Trio for Soprano Saxophone, Double Bass, and MIDI-Controlled Electronic Sounds. The electronic sounds are produced by C-Sound running in real time and are triggered by a performer playing a MIDI keyboard controller.

Performers are as follows:
  • Norman David, soprano sax
  • Ed Gaittins, keyboard synthesizer
  • Mike Berry, double bass



C-Sound Suite
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C-Sound Suite, 3rd movement ("C-Rhythm.") The piece is in three movements: "Revolution," "Sympathetic" (based on the composition featured below,) and "C-Rhythm." The electronic sounds are produced by C-Sound running in real time and are triggered by a performer playing a MIDI guitar controller.



"Old School"
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Performers are as follows:
  • Odessa Balan, violin
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar



Various Temple University Performances: Back to Top



"Girl Drink Drunk"
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From the Fall 1997 New Music by Temple Jazz Composers recital, December 8, 1997.

Performers are as follows:
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Ryo Hangai, guitar
  • Jason Ganis, bass
  • Jeff Wasilauski, drums



MIDI Project
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Final project in Dr. Matthew Greenbaum's MIDI class at Temple University.



C-Sound Project
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Final project in Dr. Maurice Wright's Computer Synthesis class at Temple University. 12 timbres are triggered by 12 keys of a MIDI keyboard controller. The rest of the keys create pitches as usual. This allows for real-time creation of electronic music using C-Sound. The free improvisation is by Andrea Clearfield.



"Sympathetic"
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From the Spring 1998 New Music by Temple Jazz Composers recital, May 4, 1998. The piece is for solo hollow-body jazz guitar, utilizing feedback and volume swells.



"The Ant and the Grasshopper"
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From a children's piece for Temple University student educators in affiliation with the Philadelphia Classical Symphony. This music accompanies a reading from Aesop's Fables.

Performers on "The Ant and the Grasshopper" are as follows:
  • Heather Price, narrator
  • Chantelle Rupert, bassoon
  • Nicole Seiler, piccolo
  • Adam Shiffrin, percussion



"No More Late Nights"
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From the Spring 1999 New Music by Temple Jazz Composers recital, May 6, 1999.

Performers are as follows:
  • Ralph DiSylvestro, trumpet
  • Jon Thompson, tenor sax
  • Kevin Gallagher, guitar
  • Derrick Hodge, bass
  • Eric Johnson, drums



"The High Priest of Bop"
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From a reading session with the Temple University Jazz Big Band under the direction of Terrell Stafford, May 6, 1999.



All compositions © 1997-2005 Kevin Gallagher.