COMPOSITIONS

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  • Butterfly
    Puccini, arr. Sheldon
    Choreography by David Nixon
    World premiere: BalletMet and the Columbus Symphony

    Cole
    Cole Porter, arr. Sheldon Choreography by Wayne Soulant
    World premiere: BalletMet and the Columbus Symphony

    "The maestro's arrangements of Cole Porter tunes, taken from the ballet "Cole", were exceptional."
    - David A Frye, Palm Beach Daily News

  • Variations on a Theme of Handel
    World premiere: Columbus Symphony Orchestra

    Festival Overture
    World premiere: Lancaster Festival Orchestra

    Klezmer Medley
    World premiere: Lancaster Festival Orchestra

    Carmen Sandiego© Theme
    Sean Altman & David Yazbek, arr. Sheldon
    World premiere: Marin Symphony

  • "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" (Jerusalem of Gold)
    Naomi Shemer, arr. Sheldon, publ. Transcontinental
    World premiere: Marin Symphony at the Marin Jewish Community Center

    "Perhaps the most moving moment of the whole evening was Sheldon's rich arrangement of Naomi Shemer's Jerusalem of Gold, which featured the adult choir and two of the city's cantors, Vicki L. Axe and Jack Chomsky."
    - Barnet D. Wolf, Columbus Dispatch

  • Mississippi River Overture
    First recording: The Ohio State University Concert Band
    Klezmer Medley, 2005

  • Three Shakespeare Songs for soprano and piano

    Three Wordsworth Songs for baritone and piano
    World premiere: Cantor Jack Chomsky, Congregation Tifereth Israel

    String Quartet, "Quartetto"
    World Premiere, Stonegate Quartet

    "The Light from Long Ago"
    Lyrics: Michael Bronshvag for solo voice or chorus, publ. Transcontinental

    Choralleluia for brass septet
    Winner: NYSSMA Composition prize

    Festival Fanfare
    World premiere: Lancaster Festival Brass Quintet

    Three Etudes for Marimba

  • "Mississippi River Music"
    World Premiere: Mississippi River Museum, Memphis
    Recording by members of the New Orleans Symphony