B.Mus. in Theory and Composition, University of Maryland (1959)
M.Mus. in Theory, Composition/Music History and Piano, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1961)
Fulbright Fellowship, postgraduate study, Amsterdam Conservatory, The Netherlands (1962-63)
D.M.A in Composition, Musicology and Piano, University of Michigan (1964)

Principal teachers: Leslie Bassett, Ross Lee Finney, Ton de Leeuw, Jan Odé.

Teaching positions:
University of Tennessee (1976-77)
Columbia University (1974-76)
Appalachian State University (1973-74)
East Carolina University (1966-73)
Washington and Jefferson College (1965-66)

Gregory Kosteck was born in Plainfield, New Jersey of Ukranian immigrant parents in 1937.

As a graduate student Kosteck received the Horace Rackham Fellowship, the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Fulbright Fellowship for post-doctoral study in the Netherlands. In 1964-65 he was awarded a Ford Foundation Resident Artist Fellowship for a residency in the Norwalk, Connecticut school system through the Music Educators National Conference's Contemporary Music Project for Creativity in Music Education, Composers in Public Schools Program.

Subsequent prizes included the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds International Prize (Italy) (1965), Prix Internationale Reine Elizabeth de Belgique (Belgium) (1969), Concours Quatuor au Cordes Prix Internationale Liège (Belgium) (1972), Oscar Espla International Composition Award (Spain) (1976), an ISCM Award (1976), Harvey Gaul Opera Prize (1977), Costa Rica International Festival of Orchestral Music (1978), New York State Arts Council Award (1980), Wienawski International Composers' Competition (Poland) (1981) and an ASCAP Special Award (1982). He received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1976.

Kosteck's music was performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Chamber & Symphony Orchestras, Polish National Radio Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic, Juneau Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Radio Orchestra, Amadeus String Quartet, Manhattan String Quartet, Concord String Quartet and Claremont String Quartet, among others.

Even a brief glance at Kosteck's catalogue reveals a staggering number of compositions. Very few of his works have been recorded. Quite a few have been published, of which some are still in print, including the Dutch Fantasy for Cello, Summer Music for Tenor Saxophone, Oboe and Clarinet, Mini-Variations for Tenor Saxophone and Piano, Counterpoint for Percussion Quartet and the Piano Sonata No. 2. Many of his unpublished manuscripts have been located, but the whereabouts of at least thirty-five other scores are still unknown.

Kosteck retired from university teaching in 1977, spent several years in New York as a free-lance composer and teacher, and moved to Florida in 1987. His remarkable compositional pace appears to have slowed in the late 1970s and virtually stopped by the mid-1980s, apart from a handful of pieces dating from 1983-84 and the Violin Concerto No. 2 and Piano Quintet, both dated 1986. Little is known for certain about this period of his life, but it is believed that by 1978 he had already developed the illness that would be diagnosed as AIDS some years later.

Gregory Kosteck died of AIDS in Sarasota, Florida at the age of 54 on December 27, 1991.

—Nurit Tilles

WORKS:

OPERA

Maurya: An Opera in One Act and One Scene
for: alto, two sopranos, bass, mixed silent chorus, wind/brass/percussion ensemble
date: 1966, revised 1976
duration: 40:00
text: libretto adapted by the composer from The Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge
premiere: University Opera Workshop, East Carolina University, directed by Clyde Hiss
source: East Carolina University; University of Tennessee; Barry Shank

Vengeance is Mine: Opera in Two Acts
for: voices (unknown), chamber orchestra
date: 1962-63
duration: 60:00
text: libretto by Mary Eleanor Render
source: Nancy Kosteck (piano reduction and vocal parts)

ORCHESTRA

Fantasy for Orchestra
for: orchestra
date: 1968
duration: ca. 20:00
source: Northwestern University; University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Slow Piece
for: orchestra
date: 1964
duration: 9:00l
listed: Anderson

Strophes
for: orchestra
date: 1968
listed: Anderson

Symphony No. 1 (First Symphony)
for: orchestra
date: 1968
duration: 20:00
source: East Carolina University

Three Lyric Pieces
for: orchestra
date: 1966
duration: 9:00
published: Bourne Music Publishers (availability unknown)
source: Barry Shank

SOLO INSTRUMENT(S) WITH ORCHESTRA

Adagio
for: viola, horn, orchestra
date: 1960
duration: 8:25
performances: Louise Payler, viola, Thomas Newell, horn, Houston Symphony, Leopold Stokowski, conductor, 1960
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

Capriccio for Piano & Orchestra
for: piano and orchestra
date: 1958
performances: Charlton Meyer, piano, National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell, conductor, 1959

Concert Fantasy for Violin, Piano, & Orchestra
for: violin, piano, orchestra
date: 1967
duration: 25:00

Concerto for Cello, Sixteen Solo Strings, and Harp
for: cello solo, 8 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses, harp
date: 1982
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
duration: 20:00
source: American Music Center

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
for: clarinet and orchestra: 4333 4331 timp, perc(4) hrp pno(cel) str
date: 1977
duration: 25:00
sources: American Music Center; New York Public Library; East Carolina University

Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
for: tenor saxophone and orchestra (also tenor saxophone and piano reduction)
date: 1972
source: East Carolina University

Double Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra
for: violin, piano, orchestra
date: 1967
source: Barry Shank

The Enchanted Island: Symphonic Poem for Tuba and Orchestra
for: tuba and orchestra: 4333 4431 timp, perc(4) hrp(2) pno cel str
date: 1983
duration: 11:00
source: American Music Center; New York Public Library
note: commissioned by Sande and Paula MacMorran
performances: Knoxville Symphony, 12/10/81

Four Pieces for Cello, Winds, Percussion & Harps
for: cello solo, winds, percussion, 2 harps
date: 1961
duration: 13:00
premiere: Ohio State University Wind Ensemble, 1962
source: Barry Shank; University of Maryland (College Park)

Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra
for: cello and orchestra
date: 1964
duration: 20:00
note: dissertation for D.M.A. thesis, University of Michigan
source: East Carolina University; University Microfilms, Ann Arbor

Variations for Viola and Orchestra
for: viola and orchestra
date: 1965
duration: 21:00
performances: Joel Berman, viola, Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Emerson Head, conductor, College Park, MD, March 1967

Violin Concerto No. 1 (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra)
for: violin and orchestra (also violin and piano reduction)
date: 1959
performances: Lloyd Blackman, violin, Saskatchewan Symphony
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

Violin Concerto No. 2
for: violin and orchestra: 4343 4441 timp, perc(4) hrp pno cel str
date: 1986
source: American Music Center; New York Public Library

BAND/LARGE ENSEMBLE

Concert Music for Band
for: band
date: 1966
duration: 9:00
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

Cycles for Chamber Ensemble
for: piccolo, flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 2 percussion, piano, violin, cello
date: 1970
duration: 9:00
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Elegy for Band
for: band
date: 1964
duration: 8:00
published: Bourne Music Publishers
recorded: East Carolina College Symphonic Band, Herbert L. Carter, conductor, Lincolnshire Posy East Carolina University Symphonic Band, Herbert L. Carter, conductor, East Carolina University Symphonic Band (see Discography)
source: Eastman School of Music; University of Maryland (College Park); University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Requiem for Trombone and Band
for: trombone and band (also trombone and piano reduction)
date: 1967
published: Bourne Music Publishers
source: East Carolina University; Baylor University; University of North Texas

STRINGS (SOLO AND ENSEMBLE)

Adagio in C
for: string quartet
date: 1959
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

Duo for Cello & Piano
for: cello and piano
date: 1968
duration: 10:00

Dutch Fantasy (Fantasy for Cello)
for: cello
date: 1963
duration: 9:00
published: Broekmans & Van Poppel 701174
performances: Nancy Kosteck, cello, Amsterdam and The Hague, 1963.
recorded: Radio Nederland Unie, NCRV, Hilversum (for European Broadcast rights), 1963.
source: Eastman School of Music; Harvard University; Nancy Kosteck (manuscript)

Ecologue for Cello and Piano
for: cello and piano
date: 1971
source: University of Tennessee; University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Nancy Kosteck

Elegies for Piano Trio
for: violin, cello, piano
date: 1966
duration: 10:00
premiere: University of Maryland Trio, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, April 1967.

Four Bagatelles for String Trio
for: violin, viola, cello
date: 1960-63
note: "To Paul T., Rodney, and Paul K."
source: East Carolina University; Barry Shank

Four Short Studies
for: violin
date: 1983
source: Barry Shank

Five Little Pieces for String Trio
for: violin, viola, cello
date: 1984
duration: ca. 14:00
source: Bowling Green State University

Love Song for Solo Viola
for: viola
date: 1965
duration: 5:00
source: Barry Shank

Lute Song by John Dowland (arrangement)
for: adapted and arranged for 3 cellos
date: ca. 1969
duration: ca. 2:00
note: "Dedicated to Nancy, and Jim and David"
source: Nancy Kosteck

Night Music
for: string quartet
date: 1977
note: "Commissioned by and composed especially for The Manhattan String Quartet"
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Piano Quintet: To the memory of a beloved friend (1951-1986)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano
date: (?) 1986, 1989
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Piano Trio
for: violin, cello, piano
date: unknown
source: Barry Shank

(First) Piano Trio
for: violin, cello, piano
date: 1965
duration: 18:00
source: Barry Shank

Serenade for String Quartet
for: string quartet
date: 1965
duration : 13:00 (?)
note: Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds International Prize, 1965
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano
for: violin and piano
date: 1964
note: "Dedicated to Joel Berman"
source: East Carolina University

Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano
for: violin and piano
date: 1972
note: "Commissioned by NCMTA and MTA"
source: East Carolina University; Barry Shank; Appalachian State University; University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Sonatine for Violin & Piano
for: violin and piano
date: 1964
duration: 6:30

String Quartet No. 1, 1958
for: string quartet
date: 1958
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

String Quartet No.3
for: string quartet
date: 1969
note: "Written for the West Point Quartet"
source: Barry Shank

String Quartet No. 4
for: string quartet
date: 1971
duration: ca. 12:00
published: Elkan-Vogel/Theodore Presser Company 466-00025
source: American Music Center; Columbia University; Northwestern University; Barry Shank

String Trio
for: violin, viola, cello
date: 1965
note: "Composed for and dedicated to the University of Connecticut Resident String Trio"
duration: 15:00
source: East Carolina University

String Quartet No. 5
for: string quartet
date: 1974
note: written for Manhattan String Quartet
source: Barry Shank

See also Concertos:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (#1)
Adagio for viola, horn and orchestra.
Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra
Double Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra
Concert Fantasy for violin, piano, and orchestra
Concerto for Cello, Sixteen Solo Strings, and Harp
Violin Concerto No. 2

WINDS (SOLO AND ENSEMBLE)

Chorale & Variations on J.S. Bach's Es ist genug
for: 4 trombones, tympani (optional?)
date: 1968
source: Barry Shank

Chromatic Fantasy
for: soprano saxophone
date: 1980
duration: 6:45
published: Dorn Publications
recorded: James Dawson, soprano saxophone, Crystal S-158 (see Discography)

Concert Music for Brass Quintet
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
date: 1977
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
recorded: Jeffrey Reynolds, bass trombone with various artists, Crystal S-383 (see Discography)
source: University of Tennessee; University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Concert Music for Unaccompanied Bass Trombone
for: bass trombone
date: unknown
duration: 5:20
recorded: Jeffrey Reynolds, Crystal Records C383 (see Discography)

Fanfare for Bass Saxophone and Contrabassoon
for: bass saxophone and contrabassoon
date: 1970
duration: ca. :45
source: Northwestern University

Festival Fanfare
for: brass septet (3 trumpets, 4 trombones)
date: 1970
duration: ca. 0:40
source: Northwestern University; Barry Shank

Four Pieces for Woodwind Quintet
for: clarinet, oboe, horn, English horn, bassoon
date: 1964
duration: 7:00

Magic Music for Woodwind Quintet
for: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
date: 1969
duration: 7:30
source: Northwestern University; University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Mini-Variations for Tenor Saxophone and Piano
for: tenor saxophone, piano
date: 1968, revised 1971
published: Media Press, Inc. MP 3205
performances: James Houlik, Tenor Saxophone, Charles Stevens, piano, Phillips Collection, Washington DC, January 1969
recorded: James Houlik, Tenor Saxophone, Paul Tardif, piano, Crest RE 706 (see Discography)
source: Barry Shank; New York Public Library

Music, A Design for Dance
for: alto saxophone and piano
date: 1980
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Music for Brass & Percussion
for: brass and percussion
date: 1966 (revised 1969?)
duration: 10:00
source: Barry Shank

Music for Virginia
for: tenor saxophone, piano
date: 1980
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Serenade
for: English horn, harpsichord
date: 1969 (revised edition — from Three Pieces?)
source: Barry Shank

Serenade
for: flute (piccolo, alto), trumpet
date: 1967
duration: 8:00
note: commissioned by James Searl
source: Northwestern University; Barry Shank

Serene Voices
for: 4 tubas
date: 1978
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Serious Developments for Saxophone Quartet
for: 4 saxophones (SATB)
date: 1979
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Summer Music for Tenor Saxophone, Oboe and Clarinet
for: tenor saxophone, oboe, clarinet
date: 1969
duration: 12:00
published: Dorn Publications
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Three Pieces for English Horn & Harpsichord
for: English horn, harpsichord
date: 1968

Variations for Clarinet & Piano
for: clarinet, piano
date: 1964
duration: 6:00
published: Contemporary Music Project Library
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

See also Concertos:
Adagio for viola, horn and orchestra.
Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
The Enchanted Island: Symphonic Poem for Tuba and Orchestra

See also Large Ensembles:
Requiem for Trombone and Band

PERCUSSION

Counterpoint for Percussion Quartet
for: (non-pitched) percussion quartet
date: ca. 1976
published: H. Adler/ CPP Belwin (1992) HAA440040
source: East Carolina University; Barry Shank; New York Public Library

MIXED CHAMBER

Clouds, for Strings and Percussion
for: strings (violins, violas, cellos and basses), cow bells, wind chimes, bongos, suspended cymbals, tom-tom, triangles, snare drum, tambourine, bass drum, timpani, xylophone, orchestra bells, marimbas, vibraphone, piano-celeste
date: 1969
duration: 7:00
published: Mapleson Music (out of print)
source: University of Wisconsin; Barry Shank

Fireflies: Concert Study for Soprano Saxophone, Cello and Piano
for: soprano saxophone, cello, piano
date: 1981
source: California State University (Hayward)

Four Pieces for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Harps
for: cello, winds (?), percussion, 2 harps
date: 1961
duration: 13:00
source: Barry Shank; University of Maryland (CP)

Music for Organ and Four Trombones
for: organ and four trombones
date: 1969
source: East Carolina University; Free Library of Philadelphia; Barry Shank

Reflections on a Theme of Schoenberg
for: flute, trombone, cello, piano
date: 1969
source: Barry Shank

Variations for Flute and String Quartet
for: flute and string quartet (also flute and piano)
date: 1959
duration: 6:15
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

Whisper of Time of the Cloud
for: percussion, trumpet, clarinet, viola, piano
date: 1971
source: Barry Shank

PIANO

Cantilena
for: piano
date: 1973
recorded: Dave Hatt, piano, Advance Recordings FGR-37 (see Discography)
source: Barry Shank

First Suite for Piano
for: piano
date: 1959
premiere: Professor Mary Green, piano, University of Maryland 1959
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

Four Epigrams for Piano
for: piano
date: 1959
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

Music for Piano Duo on a Note-Row by Alban Berg
for: piano four-hands
date: 1969
source: Northwestern University; University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Rhapsody for Piano
for: piano
date: 1977
duration: 5:50
source: American Music Center; New York Public Library; Barry Shank

Sonata No. 1 (First Piano Sonata)
for: piano
date: 1961
performances: Shiela Bates, London 1962
listed: Anderson

Sonata No. 2 (Second Piano Sonata)
for: piano
date: 1964
duration: 10:00
published: Broekmans & Van Poppel 700805
source: Eastman School of Music; University of Michigan; East Carolina University

ORGAN

Dramatic Interlude for Organ
for: organ
date: 1967
duration: 14:00
published: World Library of Sacred Music (Consolaire, 1968 collection) (out of print)
source: Washington University (Missouri)

A Liturgy for Organ
for: organ
date: 1967
duration: 14:00
published: World Library of Sacred Music (Manualiere, 1968 collection) (out of print)
source: Minnesota State University (Mankato)

Organ Fantasy
for: organ
date: 1967
duration: 10:00
published: World Library of Sacred Music (out of print)

CHORAL

Bloom is Result (A Madrigal)
for: SSATB
date: unknown
text: Emily Dickinson
source: Barry Shank

Cantata 1973
for: male voices and brass
date: 1973
listed: Anderson

A Christmas Lullabye
for: two-part school choir
date: 1964
duration: 3:00
published: Elkan-Vogel (out of print)

Credo in the Style of Bach
for: mixed chorus and string orchestra
date: 1956
text: in Latin
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

A Devotional Anthem
for: SATB and organ
date: 1977
texts: Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901) and from the Psalms
published: Rochester Music Company (out of print)
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)

Love Poems from Youth
for: SATB and piano
date: 1966
duration: 9:00
text: Gregory Kosteck
published: Westwood Press, Cincinnati, Ohio, Greenwood Press, sole distributors
source: Washington University (Missouri); Barry Shank; Nancy Kosteck

Oratio Jeremiae Prophaetae
for: large mixed chorus, four horns
date: 1969
text: ?
source: Barry Shank

Textures
for: men's voices (TTBB)
date: 1970
text: "consists primarily of vocal syllables, with a few isolated words in English occasionally used."
source: Northwestern University; Barry Shank

VOCAL

Adonai Roee (The Lord is My Shepherd)
for: alto and wind ensemble (piano reduction)
date: 1973
text: Psalm 23 in Hebrew
note: dedication (in German) to Gary Thalheimer
source: Nancy Kosteck

Come Lovely and Soothing Death
for: alto, flute, clarinet
date: 1965
duration: 4:00
text: Walt Whitman

Five Songs for Baritone and Ensemble
for: baritone, piccolo, oboe, clarinet (e-flat and b-flat), tenor saxophone, xylophone, marimbra, vibraphone, piano, percussion, solo violin, bass
date: 1964
text: Ogden Nash
source: Barry Shank

Five Songs on Texts by Ogden Nash
for: baritone and chamber ensemble (?)
date: 1967
note: another version of Five Songs for Baritone and Ensemble, above?

Haloed, the Moon
for: mezzo-soprano, piano, vibes, celeste
date: 1966
duration: 3:00
text: C. Wiley

The Lamb
for: alto and viola
date: 1966
duration: 3:00
text: William Blake

O Powerful Eastern Star
for: bass and piano
date: 1967
text: Walt Whitman
source: Barry Shank

On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont
for: tenor and piano
date: 1962
duration: 4:00
text: John Milton
performances: James Miller, Michigan 1962
source: Nancy Kosteck (manuscript)

The Owl and the Pusseycat [sic]
for: mezzo-soprano, bass, violin, double bass
date: 1969
text: ?
source: University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire); Barry Shank

Sing on, Sing On
for: soprano and percussion
date: 1967
duration: 2:00
text: Walt Whitman

Three Songs on Poems of Walter Savage Landor
for: soprano and piano
date: 1965
duration: 6:00

White Horses of the Sea
for: medium voice and piano
date: 1958-1959
text: ?
source: University of Maryland (College Park)

PEDAGOGICAL

Kosteck composed 28 pieces for the Music Educators National Conference's Contemporary Music Project for Creativity in Music Education, Composers in Public Schools Program (a Music Educators National Association — Ford Foundation program). His residency was in the Norwalk, Connecticut school system for the academic year 1964-65. Most of the pieces below were written around this time for high school or younger musicians. Music Educators National Conference made some of these scores (those selected by the composers themselves) available through the CMP Library Edition, published by University Microfilms, and many are part of the Special Collections at the University of Maryland Performing Arts Library. Some of the scores are available for circulation; others are in the "composer's portfolio" and do not circulate outside the UMD reading room.

Break Forth in Song, Ye Trees
for: SATB a cappella
date: 1964-65 (?)
duration: 6:00
text: Robert Pierpont
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Christmas Fanfare
for: 2 trumpets, baritone, trombone
date: 1964
duration: 3:00
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

A Christmas History
for: SATB chorus with keyboard (strings)
date: 1965
duration: 9:00
text: from the Bible
note: "Difficulty: Average-advanced high school-college; difficult moderately difficult."
published: CMP Library Edition 036-3-01
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"; California State University (Hayward); University of Missouri (Kansas City); Barry Shank

A Christmas Lullabye
for: 2-part elementary and junior high school choir
date: 1964
duration: 3:00
text: uncredited
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Concert Music for Band
for: band
date: 1966
duration: 9:00
published: CMP Library Edition, 036-1-01
note: "Difficulty: Advanced high school-college"
source: University of Maryland (College Park): CMP circulating score and parts; California State University (Hayward); Illinois Wesleyan University, others

Easter Bells
for: SA chorus with piano
date: 1964-65
duration: 5:00
published: CMP Library Edition 036-3-02
text: Gregory Kosteck
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Elegy for Band
for: band
date: 1964
duration: 8:00
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Essay: A Norwalk Spring
for: orchestra
date: 1964-65 (?)
duration: 8:00
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Five-finger Suite (For Young Pianists)
for: piano
date: 1964-65 (?)
duration: 2:00
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Four Pieces for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Harps
for: cello solo, winds, percussion, 2 harps
date: 1961
duration: 13:00
published: CMP Library Edition, 036-1-02
note: "Difficulty: Advanced high school-college"
source: University of Maryland (College Park): CMP circulating score and parts; California State University (Hayward); University of Oregon; Barry Shank

I Am A Tiger
for: unison children's chorus, piano
date: 1964
duration: 1:00
text: Gregory Kosteck
note: "Difficulty: Elementary school"
published: CMP Library Edition 036-3-03
source: University of Maryland (College Park): CMP circulating score; California State University (Hayward); University of Missouri (Kansas City); University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

O Come Adore
for: SATB chorus with strings
date: 1964-65 (?)
duration: 3:00
text: uncredited
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

O Let Us Not Mourn
for: SATB chorus with narrator
date: 1964-65 (?)
duration: 5:00
text: by Norwalk High School students in memoriam John Kennedy
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Prelude to Christmas
for: narrator, SSAATTBB chorus, orchestra, brass band
date: 1968
duration: 10:00
text: from the Gospel of Luke
note: "Difficulty: average-advanced high school."
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"; Northwestern University

Psalm 121
for: SATB chorus
date: 1964
duration: 4:00
text: from the Bible
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Refrains and Canons
for: SSAA with piano or four Bb clarinets
date: 1965
duration: 5:00
texts: Thomas Moore, William Shakespeare, and Thomas Beddoes
note: "Difficulty: Average high school; moderately difficult-easy"
published: CMP Library Edition 036-3-05
source: University of Maryland (College Park): CMP circulating score; California State University (Hayward); University of Missouri (Kansas City); Barry Shank

The Nightengale [sic] and the Moon for elementary string players, grade school treble chorus and piano
for: 10 violins I, 10 violins II, 8 violas, 10 cellos, piano and treble chorus (at least 30 voices)
date: 1970
text: from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 4.
duration: 4:00
note: "Composed for the Greenville, North Carolina string project in the public schools"
source: Barry Shank

Slow Piece for Strings
for: string orchestra (violin, viola, cello, double bass)
date: 1964-65 (?)
duration: 2:30
note: "Composed for the FORD-MENC Music Project, Norwalk, Conn."
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"; East Carolina University

Three Pieces for Piano
for: piano
date: 1964-65 (?)
duration: 5:00
source: University of Maryland (College Park): non-circulating "composer's portfolio"

Three Pieces for Strings
for: strings
note: written for Ford/Music Educators National Conference project
source: Barry Shank

Variations for Clarinet and Piano
for: Bb clarinet and piano
date: 1964
duration: 6:00
published: CMP Library Edition, 036-1-03
source: University of Maryland (College Park): CMP circulating score; California State University (Hayward); Northern Illinois University

TITLES LISTED ELSEWHERE, NOT YET FULLY IDENTIFIED:

Anthem: Psalm 121 for SATB Chorus
for: SATB chorus
date: 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Cantata for SATB Solo and Chorus
for: SATB solo and chorus
date: 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Cello Concerto
for: [cello and orchestra?]
date: 1963
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Concert Music for Unaccompanied Tuba
for: tuba
date: 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Concert Offertory for Organ
for: organ
date: 1963
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Concert-Toccata for Piano
for: piano
date: 1963
performed: (performer not identified), Netherlands 1963
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Fantasy on Amazing Grace
listed: ASCAP database

First Orchestra Suite from "Vengeance is Mine"
for: orchestra
date: 1963
performed: Goshen College Orchestra, Lon Sherer, conductor, 1963
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Motions
for: viola and piano
date: 1960
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Pieces for Chamber Ensemble
for: chamber ensemble
date: 1961
performed: Sutherland, conductor, Dubbe, cello, Michigan 1962; Columbus (Ohio) Symphony, Wahlen, conductor, Eppesen, cello, 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

A Quiet Celebration
date: 1976
listed: Anderson

Quiet Piece for Bassoon and Piano
for: bassoon and piano
date: 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Second Cello Sonata
for: cello
date: 1962
performed: Nancy Kosteck, cello, Netherlands 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Second Piece for Orchestra
for: orchestra
date: 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello
for: cello
date: 1961
performed: Arthur Hunkins, cello, Michigan 1961
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Sonata for Unaccompanied Flute
for: flute
date: 1961
performed: Connie Cowan, flute, Michigan 1961; Des Moines 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

A Song of Thanks, Praise and Hope
for: SATB [solo?], chorus and organ
date: 1963
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Study for Organ
for: organ
date: 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Three Pieces for Harpsichord and Lyre
for: harpsichord and lyre
date: 1962
performed: Muiderslot Castle, Netherlands 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Variations for Harpsichord, Flute and Bassoon
for: harpsichord, flute, bassoon
date: 1962
performed: Muiderslot Castle, Netherlands 1962
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

Variations for Orchestra
for: orchestra
date: 1960
listed: Kosteck resume for MENC

UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
Unknown

WRITINGS:
Unknown. In an undated resume from the Knoxville years, Kosteck refers to himself as a program book annotator and published critic, but these writings have not yet come to light.

DISCOGRAPHY:
"Concert Music for Unaccompanied Bass Trombone," The Big Trombone, Jeffrey Reynolds, bass trombone, Crystal C383 (cassette, 1978, LP, 1979)
"Concert Music for Brass Quintet," The Big Trombone, Jeffrey Reynolds, bass trombone, with various artists, Crystal C383 (cassette, 1978, LP, 1979)
"Chromatic Fantasy," James Dawson:Soprano Saxophone, Crystal S-158 (LP, 1982)
"Mini-Variations," James Houlik, Tenor Saxophone; Paul Tardif, Piano, Crest Music RE 7060 (cassette, 1975); Golden Crest Records RE 7060 (LP, 1975).
"Cantilena," The Coefficient of Restitution, Dave Hatt, piano, Advance Recordings FGR-37 (cassette, 1993?).
"Elegy for Band," Lincolnshire Posy, East Carolina College Symphonic Band, Herbert L. Carter, conductor, Copeland Sound Studio CSS-737-2168 (live concert LP, 1968).
"Elegy for Band," East Carolina University Symphonic Band, East Carolina University Symphonic Band, Herbert L. Carter, conductor, Silver Crest (LP, 1969).

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• "Gregory Kosteck," Contemporary American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary by E. Ruth Anderson (G.K. Hall & Co., Boston: 1982), p.291.
• Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra reviewed by Paul Hume, Washington Post, 1959.
• First Piano Sonata reviewed by Paul Cooper, Ann Arbor News and by George Collins, Detroit Free Press, February 1962.
• Second Cello Sonata reviewed by Rene Frank, Het Vaderland, by G.C., Haagse Courant and by M.A.Vr., De Tijd, May 1963.
• Variations for Viola and Orchestra reviewed by Wendell Margrave, The Evening Star (Maryland), March 23, 1967.
• Elegies for Piano Trio reviewed by Wendell Margrave, The Evening Star (?) [masthead not visible on photocopy], April 17, 1967.
• Mini-Variations for Saxophone and Piano reviewed by Lawrence Sears, The Evening Star, January 1969.

PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
ASCAP

RESOURCES:
H. Adler Music Publishers
CPP/Belwin Music
15800 NW 48th Avenue
Miami FL 33014
Tel: (305) 620-1500
Fax: (305) 625-3480

American Music Center
30 West 26th Street
Suite 1001
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 366-5260
Fax: (212) 366-5265
www.amc.net
American Music Center Collection
The NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
www.nypl.org

Bourne Music Publishers
5 West 37th Street
New York NY 10018
Tel: (212) 391-4300
Fax: (212) 391-4306
bourne@bournemusic.com
www.bournemusic.com

Broekmans & Van Poppel
Van Baerlestraat 92-94
1071 BB Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: (31) (20) 6796575
Fax: (31) (20) 6646759
www.broekmans.com

Contemporary Music Project Library
c/o Curator, Special Collections in Performing Arts
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
2511 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
College Park, MD 20742
www.lib.umd.edu/PAL/SCPA

Dorn Publications, Inc.
P.O. Box 206
Medfield MA 02052
Tel: (508) 359-1015
Fax: (508) 359-7988
dornpub@dornpub.com
www.dornpub.com

East Carolina University
Music Library
Academic Library Services
David Hursh, Head Music Librarian
Greenville, NC 27858
(252) 328-1239
hurshd@mail.ecu.edu
(collection includes some manuscripts and scores with composer's marks)

Elkan-Vogel
Theodore Presser Company
588 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia PA 19406
Tel: (610) 525-3636
Fax: (610) 527-7841
presser@presser.com
www.presser.com

Media Press, Inc.
P.O. Box 3937
Champaign IL 61826-3937
Thomas Siwe, Director
Tel: (217) 359-0162
t-siwe@uiuc.edu

MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
Unknown

OTHER CONTACTS:
James Houlik (saxophonist, premiered many works)
510 Orchard Hill Drive
Gibsonia, PA 15044
(412) 396-5478 (office)
(724) 449-2663 (home)
(724) 449-2678 (fax)
(412) 721-8160 (cell)
baroness@usaor.net

Barry Shank (retired conductor, premiered many works, has many scores)
110 Roanoke Place
Greenville, NC 27834
(252) 756-0612

Nancy Kosteck (cellist, premiered some works, has some scores)
302 Hawthorne Drive
Goshen, IN 46526
(574) 533-8858