michael cotten
Dr. Jim daughters
duration: 2' 30"
Henry Fillmore Style March/Rag, 6 trombones
(Premiered at 2017 Midwest Clinic)
duration: 3' 30" - medium advanced
Stylistic variations of a Chaconne, solo piano
duration: 2-4' - beginner medium level
for two clappers with stomping
(Premiered at 2016 Ohio Music Education Association Conference)
Roman Carnival Overture (Berlioz/Cotten)
duration: 7'
Arrangement for 8 trumpet and Eb Bass Trumpet
(National Trumpet Competition Semi-Finalist Arr.)
Song Cycle For Unaccompanied Trumpet (Cotten)
duration: 10'
Moving, lyric, five movement solo song cycle
(Featured on "New Works For Trumpet" by Jason Dovel
ITG New Works Recital, International Women's Brass Conference)
duration: 3' 30" - beginner level
6 percussionists on trash cans in two parts
Tip Topper (Pryor/Cotten)
duration: 6'
Arthur Pryor's Tip Topper featuring trombone
(Performed at 2015 Eastern Trombone Workshop)
A Child's Dream Of A Star (Cotten)
duration: 3' - grade 2.5
Haunting, melodic, with narration
duration: 7' - grade 4
band and electronics, stage cherorgraphy
Dissonant Echoes (Cotten)
duration: 1' 45" - grade 1
Mischievous, industrial, rockin'
Little Goblin Dance (Cotten)
duration: 1' 45" - grade 1.5
Dance-like, macabre, fun
duration: 6' - grade 4
solo trombone and wind ensemble
Songs Of A Wayfarer (Mahler/Cotten)
duration: 5' - grade 4
solo soprano and wind ensemble
Orchestra
La Virgen De La Macarena (Pryor/Cotten)
duration: 6'
Solo Trombone and Beginner Full Orchestra
duration: 3'
Haunting, melodic, for 6 trumpets
(2016 Kentucky Music Education Association Collegiate Composition Contest Winner)
duration: 4'
Bombastic opener/closer, 6 trombones
(Recorded as single by University of Kentucky Trombone Octet