SYMPHONIES

 

 

• Symphony 1 Songs That Make Grown Men/Women Cry

  • for 8 Soloists, Choir, and Orchestra

• Symphony 2 Opus 58/59/60*†

  • for Chorus, Mezzo-Soprano, and Orchestra

 

 

SONG CYCLES

 

 

• Michael’s Letter to Mama (Opus 4)

  • Text by Armistead Maupin

  • Concert Piece for Tenor and Piano

  • Concert Piece for Counter-tenor and Piano

  • Concert Piece for 5 Soloists and Choir

• Shakespeare Songs Book 1 (Opus 9)

• Songs from the Underground (Opus 15)*†

• Four Melancholy Songs (Opus 16)*†

• Goodnight Moon (Opus 17)*†  

  • Available for SATB, TTBB, Soprano and Orchestra, Soprano and Piano, Tenor and Piano, Baritone and Piano

• Plums (Opus 18)

• The American Songs (Opus 21)

• The Moliere Songs (Opus 22)

• The Sante Fe Songs (Opus 23)*†

• The Promise (Opus 24)

• Fire Island (Opus 25)

• The Tyrell Songs (Opus 26)

• Poetic License (Opus 28)*†

• The Wyatt Songs (Opus 29)

• Bottom’s Dream (Opus 30)*

• The Shaw Songs (Opus 31)

• Three Songs by Jane Hirshfield (Opus 32)

• The Vineyard Songs (Opus 33)*†

• The Donald Hall Songs (Opus 34)  

• The Shakespeare Songs Book II (Opus 37)

• Six Ancient Chinese Songs (Opus 38)*†

  • available for High Voice and Piano

  • available for High Voice, Oboe and Piano

• Two Linen Handkerchiefs (Opus 41)

• Songs That Make Grown Men Cry (Opus 42)†

• Four Songs by Paul Éluard (Opus 43)†

• Aeolus (Opus 44)

• Venus and Adonis (Opus 45)

• More Yeats Songs (Opus 46)

• Thomas Hardy Songs (Opus 47) for Bass Clarinet and Baritone

• Pax Vobiscum (Opus 50)

• The Hudson Valley Songs (Opus 51)

• Songs that Make Grown Women Cry (Opus 52)

• The Hillary Speeches (Opus 55)*†

  • For Singer and Piano

  • For Singer and Orchestra

• Four Songs For Unaccompanied Women’s Choir (Opus 56)*

• Seven Songs for Unaccompanied Men’s Choir (Opus 57)

 

ORATORIO

 

• Ceremony of Prayers, Opus 61 *

  • Five Prayers for Gospel Choir, Soloist and Preacher​

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Opus 65

  • Four Spirituals by ​Paul Lawrence Dunbar for SATB Choir

 

 

OPERA

 

• Addresse Unknown, Opus 48

  • Libretto by Glen Roven​

• Anderson’s Solo, Opus 28

  • Libretto by Glen Roven​

 

 

INSTRUMENTAL

 

•  Fournier Suite

  • Sonata for Harpsichord

• Allegro For Viola And Harpsichord

•  Violin Concerto: The Runaway Bunny•†

  • Concerto for Violin, Reader and Orchestra

  • With Brook Shields and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra† http://bit.ly/runbunroyalphil

  • Piano Trio Version with Catherine Zeta-Jone and Trio 21† http://bit.ly/runbunczjrr

  • With Kate Mulgrew and the ISO Orchestra†

  • Available for rental and sale at billholabmusic.com

• Red Rose Piano Trio opus 40†

• Three Paintings by Agnes Martin Opus 53*†

• 55th Street Bop for Piano Trio 34A*†

• Sonata For Violin and Piano (Picasso) Opus 62

• The Jacob Variations (Solo Piano)  Opus 63

  • Suggested by the Zurubàn series Jacob and his Twelve Sons

• Elegy for Piano and Oboe Opus 64

  •    Suggested California During the Gulf War by Denise Levertov

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*Available at www.billholabmusic.com

†Recordings available on www.rovenrecords.com

All other works available directly from the composer.

 

 

MUSICALS

 

• Day and Nights of a French Horn Player

  • Based on the Novel by Murray Schisgall

• Heart’s Desire

  • Book by Stuart Dybek, Beverly Lowry, Armistead Maupin and Treva Silverman (Cleveland Playhouse and Shaftsebury Theater, London)

• The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T

  • Book by Maria S. Schlatter

• Norman’s Ark

  • Book by Jerome Kass

• Pandora’s Box

  • Book By Maria S. Schlatter

• Friends of Bill  

  • Book by Maria S. Schlatter

• World War Me

  • Book by Maria S. Schlatter

 

TRANSLATIONS

 

Berlioz

• Les Nuits D’été**

Brahms

•  Die Shöne  Magelone (with new recitatives by Glen Roven)**

•  Vier ernste Gesänge**

Mahler:

•  Des Knaben Wunderhorn**

•  Kindertotenlieder**

•  Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen**

•  Rückert-Lieder**

Mozart

• Così fan Tutti º

• Don Giovanni º

• Le Nozze di Figaro º

Schubert

• Winterreiseº

 Wolf

•  Italienische Liederbuch*

**Available for purchase at www.classicalvocalrep.com

ºAvailable directly from the composer

 

FILMOGRAPHY

 

• 2009 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas (TV Movie)

• 2008 The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)

• 2007 God Out the Window (Short)

• 2007 The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)

• 2006 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sean Connery (TV Special)

• 2006 2006 ALMA Awards (TV Special)

• 2006 The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special)

• 2006 Moving Image Salutes Ron Howard (TV Movie)

• 2005 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas (TV Special)

• 2004 Moving Image Salutes John Travolta (TV Movie)

• 2004 A Clay Aiken Christmas (TV Special)

• 2004 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) (1 episode)

• 2004 Episode dated 6 September 2004 

• 2002 Concert for America (TV Movie)

• 2001 Santa, Baby! (TV Movie)

• 2000 Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (TV Movie)

• 2000 The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards (TV Movie)

• 2000 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Harrison Ford (TV Movie)

• 1999 America's Millennium (TV Special)

• 1999 Michelle Kwan Figure Skating (Video Game)

• 1999 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Dustin Hoffman (TV Special documentary)

• 1998 The Puppies Present Incredible Animal Tales (TV Movie)

• 1998 Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (TV Movie documentary)

• 1997 Melinda: First Lady of Magic (TV Special)

• 1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (TV Special)

• 1996 Caesars Palace 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV Movie documentary)

• 1995 Sinatra: 80 Years My Way (TV Movie documentary)

• 1995 Nancy Kerrigan Special: Dreams on Ice (TV Movie)

• 1994 A Gala for the President at Ford's Theatre (TV Special)

• 1994 Greatest Hits on Ice (TV Movie)

• 1994 The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (TV Special)

• 1994 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)

• 1994 She TV (TV Series)

• 1994 ABC's 40th Anniversary (TV Special)

• 1993 The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part II (TV Movie)

• 1993 The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (TV Special)

• 1993 The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (TV Movie)

• 1992 Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall (TV Movie documentary)

• 1992 The Grand Opening of Euro Disney (TV Special documentary)

• 1992 Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (TV Special)

• 1991 Operation Welcome Home (TV Movie documentary)

• 1991 Age Isn't Everything

• 1991 A Party for Richard Pryor (TV Special documentary)

• 1990 An Empty Bed

• 1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV Movie)

• 1990 Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special)

• 1989 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV Series) (1 episode)

• 1989 The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening 

• 1987 The 41st Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)

• 1987 American Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)

• 1987 The Wide Net (1987)

• 1986 The 40th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)

• 1985 The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)

• 1985 The 39th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)

• 1985 Plácido Domingo: Stepping Out with the Ladies (TV Special)

• 1985 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) (1 episode)

• 1985 The Exchange Student 

• 1984 Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness (Video)

• 1984 ABC Weekend Specials (TV Series) (1 episode)

• 1984 A Different Twist 

• 1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV Special)

• 1979 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Special)

• 1979 The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)

• 1978 We Interrupt This Week (TV Series)

• 1977 Night of 100 Stars (TV Special)

 

SOUNDTRACKS

 

• Just Visiting (writer: "Medieval Music")

• 1993 Candles, Snow and Mistletoe (lyrics: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas") / (writer: "Don't Bring An Elephant (to a Family Meal)", "Candles Long Ago")

• 1990 The Baby-Sitters Club (TV Series) (writer - 13 episodes)

• Stacey Takes a Stand (1990) ... (writer: "Say Hello to Your Friends")

• Mary Anne and the Brunettes (1990) ... (writer: "Say Hello to Your Friends")

• Dawn and the Haunted House (1990) ... (writer: "Say Hello to Your Friends")

• The Baby-Sitters Remember (1990) ... (writer: "Say Hello to Your Friends")

• Dawn Saves the Trees (1990) ... (writer: "Say Hello to Your Friends")

• CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1985) (music - 1 episode, 1985)

• The Exchange Student (1985) ... (lyrics: "The Two of Us") / (music: "The Two of Us")

 

NON -FICTION WRITING

Books

 

• Games We Played (Book of essays, Contributor, Simon and Schuster)

 

• City Secrets: New York (Travel book, Contributor)

 

• City Streets: London (Travel book, Contributor)

 

From The New York Times

• Taking a Taxi (Remembering Mickey Rooney)​

 

From LA Review of Books

• Have a Carrot​

• Art is Mute​

• Uptown/Downtown (Phillip Glass Autobiography)​

• I am not a Cheese (Ian Bostridge on Winterreise)​

 

 

From Broadwayworld.com

 

• You Gotta Go to Placido's  (Hildy Parks) ​

• Memories of Ann Miller​

• Fred, Onna Cy, Oh My​

• Andy Hardy Grows Up- Mickey Rooney in SUGAR BABIES​

• THE DOCS THAT ROCK - by Glen Roven​

• Exclusive: My Dinner with Arthur Laurents​

• Peter Howard and Alvin Colt: An Intimate Examination​

 

From the Huffington Post

 

• Playing for the Greats

• The Hills Are Alive with the Santa Fe Opera​

• The National Chorales 'S Wonderful​

• My Brooklyn Bridge (The Party's Not Over)​

• Senior Moments​

• Straight to Hell in a Good Way​

• In With The New

• The Inner City that Never Sleeps​

• Memories of Ann Miller​

• Hudson River Schooled​

• Nice Jewish Music​

• A Party With John and Don​

• His Friend Georgie​

• Sin Twisters Hole My Start​

• Art Isn't Easy​

• Maye Her Force Be With You​

• Unexpected Places​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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