Spaniola Music Catalog – Midwest Clinic 2025

Joseph T. Spaniola announces the release of BRASS TACKS 3 available June 6. This album contains his JOY AND CELEBRATION (Brass Quintet) and WEDDING SUITE (Brass Quintet). It was a joy to work with the NdBrass on this project. Pre-save your copy today: https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6714/ BRASS TACKS 3 unites contemporary brass works that reflect on memory,…

The album SYMPHONIC STRADIVARIUS (recorded by the London Symphony and David Alogna, Navona Records) which contains Joseph T. Spaniola’s composition, A SOLITARY TREE (Violin and Orchestra) received a Gold Medal from the Global Music Awards. This is the eleventh Global Music medal for Spaniola. Global Music Awards are “known as ‘music’s golden seal of approval,’…

Thanks to the UNT College of Music for the following post:Joseph T. Spaniola, Composer (DMA ’00) releases a new composition written for and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra. Violin soloist Davide Alogna performed “A Solitary Tree” on a “1690s ‘Stevens’ Stradivari” belonging to the first group of red varnished violins ever made. Miran Vaupotić conducted the…

Joseph T. Spaniola’s A SOLITARY TREE was released on the album SYMPHONIC STRADIVARIUS. The composition was written for and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and violin soloist Davide Alogna. Recorded at the historic LSO St. Lukes, the album offers musical insight into the environmental aspects of our world, all united by a world-class ensemble,…

I am pleased to announce the release of my THE SOLITARY TREE written for and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra with violin soloist Davide Alogna. The music is on the album SYMPHONIC STRADIVARIUS. The official release date is January 10. Pre-save the album on your favorite streaming service today: https://lnk.fuga.com/londonsymphonyorchestrasophiaserghijosephtspaniolamarkdalportodeborahkavaschliovabuenobarbarajazwinskinanavantmichaeljevansderekamckinneymarcosmaresmckinneypaulpaccionerichardebrown_symphonicstradivarius

A highlight this year includes the return of a favorite titled “Is There a Santa Claus?”, a musical work written by Joseph T. Spaniola based on the text taken from the 1897 editorial titled “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.” Francis P. Church’s editorial, which was published in the New York Sun in response…

Joseph T. Spaniola’s composition, THE FIRST STEP (Bassoon and Orchestra) received a Silver Medal from the Global Music Awards in the Composition/Composer category. The composition was recently released on DIMENSIONS Vol. 5 (Navona Records) and recorded by Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (Czech Republic), Radek Joska, Bassoon, and Stanislav Vavřínek, conductor. This is the tenth Global Music…

A recording of Joseph T. Spaniola’s PASSAGE: SEMPRE AVANTI (trombone ensemble) was recently released the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) Natural Slides Trombone Ensemble album “Sempre Avanti.” UCA lead a consortium of 21 institutions across the US to commission PASSAGE: SEMPRE AVANTI. The album is available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/track/6kc7VaiTI46vI7fAG5VkEy?si=e1fe1040e8854f85

It is time, once again, for The Midwest Clinic. If you are attending, stop by W375AB on Wednesday, Dec. 20 (2023) at 11:30 AM for my TOGETHER IN THE PARK written for and premiered by the WHEATON MUNICIPAL BAND. I will see you at the performance or stop by to see me at the MUSICA…

UPLIFTED selected as Finalist Honorable Mention for The American Prize

Joseph T. Spaniola’s THE FIRST STEP (Bassoon and Orchestra) has been released on the album DIMENSIONS Vol. 5 (Navona Records) and recorded by Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (Czech Republic), Radek Joska, Bassoon, and Stanislav Vavřínek, conductor. The First Step explores the mourning of the old, summoning the courage to move forward, and ends with the first…

On March 31 Dr. Joseph T. Spaniola was honored for Distinction in Faculty Scholarly, Creative, and Research Activities at the University of West Florida. On receiving the award, Spaniola stated, “I am humbled that the work that I find so engaging and rewarding rises to the level of distinction.”

For all o f you heading to the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference 2023 Biennial Conference held at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, stop by to hear Chris Sacco’s premier of my new work, Unibi Ortri on Friday, March 31. The performance is located at the Thad Cochran Center – Ballroom 3 at…