Composers

Adolphus Hailstork

1941 -

About

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941) received his doctorate in composition from Michigan State University, where he was a student of H. Owen Reed. He had previously studied at the Manhattan School of Music, under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, at the American Institute at Fontainebleau with Nadia Boulanger, and at Howard University with Mark Fax. Dr. Hailstork has written numerous works for chorus, solo voice, piano, organ, various chamber ensembles, band, and orchestra. Significant performances by major orchestras (Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York) have been conducted by leading conductors such as James de Priest, Paul Freeman, Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Masur, Lorin Maezel, Jo Ann Falletta and David Lockington. Recent commissions include Rise for Freedom, an opera about the Underground Railroad, premiered in the fall of 2007 by the Cincinnati Opera Company, Set me on a Rock (re: Hurricane Katrina), for chorus and orchestra, commissioned by the Houston Choral Society (2008), and the choral ballet, The Gift of the Magi, for treble chorus and orchestra, (2009). In the fall of 2011,Zora, We’re Calling for You, a work for speaker and orchestra, was premiered by the Orlando Symphony. I Speak of Peace commissioned by the Bismarck Symphony (Beverly Everett, conductor) in honor of (and featuring the words of) President John F. Kennedy was premiered in November of 2013. Hailstork’s newest major works are Robeson, an operatic theater work (written for the Trilogy Opera Company of Newark, New Jersey), and Hercules(“the veriest dandy slave”) a concert overture for the Grand Rapids Symphony, which was premiered in October 2014. Current projects are Bound for the Promised Land for the Atlanta Festival (November 2016) and Ndemarafor the Myrelinques Festival of France (May 2017). Dr. Hailstork resides in Virginia Beach Virginia, and is Professor of Music and Eminent Scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

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Works by Adolphus Hailstork

Title Collection Voice Type Range Poet
A Charm at Parting A Charm at Parting Voice C#4 - G5 Mary Phelps
A Cry Lollipops Soprano Db4 - Ab5 Sara Teasdale
A Song: Thou Art The Soul of a Summer's Day Soprano D4 - G5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
A Woman's Song Soprano B3 - Ab5 Glen Allen
Answer July Summer. Life. Song. High G4 - G5 Emily Dickinson
As Children Bid The Guest Goodnight Summer. Life. Song. High Eb4 - Gb5 Emily Dickinson
Autumn Fires Two Moods of Autumn High F4-A5 Robert Louis Stevenson
Christmas Everywhere Three Simple Songs High D4 - G#5 Phillips Brooks
Create In Me, 1992 High Voice Eb4 - Bb5 Biblical
Day Five Dunbar Lyrics Voice A3 - G5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Debt Lollipops Soprano Eb4 - G5 Sara Teasdale
Decisions Songs of Love and Justice High Bb3 - Bb5 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Deep in the Dark Ventriloquist Acts of God High C4 - Ab5 Ellen Wise
Difficulties Songs of Love and Justice High D#4 - A5 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Finis Voice E4 - F5 Waring Cuney
For My Unborn Son I've Seen The Day Soprano Bb - A#5 Robert J. Abrams
Give Thanks to the Lord Preach The Word High D4 - B#5 Isaiah: 12: 4 - 6
Go Now To Your Dwelling Place High D4 - Ab5 | Eb4 - A5 Apache Indian
Good Night Four Love Songs Tenor G3 - Ab4 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Good Night Five Dunbar Lyrics Voice C4 - F5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Good Night Three Love Songs High Db4 - Ab5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
I Loved You A Charm at Parting Voice B3 - F5 Alexander Pushkin, trans. Zola Essman
I Shall Keep Singing Summer. Life. Song. High E4 - Bb5 Emily Dickinson
i thank You God High C4 - C6 E. E. Cummings
If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking Summer. Life. Song. High D4 - G5 Emily Dickinson
If Thou Must Love Me Two Sonnets of E. B. Browning High F#4 - A#5 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If We Must Die Voice Eb4 - Gb5 Claude McKay
Invitation to Love Four Love Songs Tenor F3 - Bb4 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Invitation to Love Three Love Songs High F4 - G5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
It's Easy to Invent a Life Summer. Life. Song. High Db4 - Ab5 Emily Dickinson
Jardin japonais Deux Chansons, For Soprano, Clarinet and Piano High Gb4 - Ab5 Roseann Runte
Justice Songs of Love and Justice High D4 - A5 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Le matin à Matane Deux Chansons, For Soprano, Clarinet and Piano High Db4 - Gb5 Roseann Runte
Listen Preach The Word High E#4 - B#5 Isaiah 17: 12, 18: 4
Longing Four Love Songs Tenor E3 - A4 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Longing Three Love Songs High Db4 - Gb5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Love Songs of Love and Justice High F#4 - F#5 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Loveliest of Trees Soprano Eb4 - Bb5 A.E Houseman
Luna Moth Ventriloquist Acts of God High E4 - G5 Ellen Wise
Merry Autumn Two Moods of Autumn High E4 - A5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Midway I've Seen The Day Soprano C4 - A#5 Naomi Long Madgett
Morning Five Dunbar Lyrics Voice D4 - F5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Morning Song, Vocalise for Soprano and Viola (Flute or Clarinet Optional) Soprano C4 - C6 N/A
Night Sunset and Night High D4 - A5 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Not in Vain Three Simple Songs High D4 - G5 Emily Dickinson
Open The Gates Preach The Word High F#4 - C6 Isaiah: 26; 1 - 2, 4
Over the Fence Summer. Life. Song. High D4 - Bb5 Emily Dickinson
Perhaps You'd Like to Buy a Flower Summer. Life. Song. High D#4 - G5 Emily Dickinson
Pillars of the Earth Soprano Db4 - Bb5 1 Samuel 2: 7-10
Serenade Soprano | Solo Treble Whitman & Browning
Title Published Size Solo with Ensemble Duration Range Level Orchestration
A Knee on The Neck Yes Chamber Lyric Soprano, dramatic soprano, tenor, high baritone (or tenor) Professional Chamber orchestra
American Guernica Yes Wind Ensemble Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Baritone 5-10 Professional 3+Picc.3.3+Eb Clar+Alto Clar+BCl.2+Cbsn.AATB Saxes: 4.3.3.Euph.3: Timp.Perc(6).Pno.Clst: DB
An American Port of Call Yes Full Orchestra + SATB Chorus Mezzo, Tenor, Bass-baritone 5-10 Professional SATB - 3[1.2.Pic] 2 2 3[1.2.Cbn] - 4321 - Tmp+3Perc - Pf - Str
Baroque Suite Yes String Orchestra 10-20 Professional Str
Break Forth Yes Full Orchestra 5-10 Professional 3[1.2.Pic] 2 2 3[1.2.Cbn] - 4321 - Tmp+3Perc - Pf - Str
Celebration Yes String Orchestra Under 5 Professional Hp (opt.) - Str
Church Street Serenade Yes Full Orchestra + SATB Chorus 5-10 Professional SATB - 2[1.2] 2[1.2] 2[1.2/Bcl] 2[1.2]-0331-Tmp+Perc(suspended cymbal, snare)-Org-Str
Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra Yes Full Orchestra 10-20 Professional 2[1.2/picc] 332-4331-timp-perc(5)-st
Crispus Attucks - American Patriot Yes String Orchestra 20+ Professional Str
Done Made My Vow Yes Full Orhcestra + Two SATB Choirs 20+ Professional 2SATB + 2[1.2/Pic]222[1.2/Cbn] - 4331 - Tmp + 2Perc - Hp - Pf - Str
EarthRise (A Song of Healing) Yes Full Orchestra 20+ Professional 3223-4331-Timp+2-hp-str
Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed: In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. For Orchestra Yes String Orchestra 5-10 Professional Str
Essay for Strings Yes Full Orchestra 5-10 Professional 2222 - 2331 - Tmp+Perc - Str
Fanfare on Amazing Grace for Orchestra Yes Full Orchestra Under 5 Collegiate and above 3[1.2.Pic] 3[1.2.3/Eh] 3[1.2/Bcl.3] 3[1.2.Cbn] - 4331 - Tmp+3Perc - Str
Four Spirituals Yes Full Orchestra 10-20 Professional 3[1.2.Pic] 222 - 4331 - Tmp+3Perc - Str
Hercules Yes Chamber Orchestra 10-20 Professional 0022 - Str
I will lift up mine eyes Yes Full Orchestra 10-20 Professional 2222-2200-timp-perc-pf(cel)-str
Intrada Yes Full Orchestra + SATB choir Under 5 Professional SATB - 23[1.2.Eh]22 - 3000 - Hp - Cel - Str
Lachrymosa: 1919 Yes Chamber Orchestra 10-20 Professional 0022 - Str
My Lord, What a Mourning Yes String Orchestra 5-10 Professional Str
Paul Laurence Dunbar - Common Ground Yes Full Orchestra Professional 22[1.2/Ebcl/Bcl] 22-2220-perc(2)-str
Piano Concerto Yes Full Orchestra 20+ Professional 2222-2200-timp-str
Serenade “To Hearts Which Near Each Other Move” Yes Full Orchestra 20+ Professional 3[1.2.3/Pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 2 3[1.2/Bcn.3] - 4331 - Tmp+3Perc - Str
Soliloquy to Martyred Hero Yes Full Orchestra 20+ Professional 3[1.2.3/Pic] 2[1/Eh.2] 2 2 - 4331 - Tmp - Perc - Str
Sonata da Chiesa Yes String Orchestra 10-20 Professional Str
Sonata for Trumpet (or Clarinet) and String Orchestra Yes Chamber + Dancers and Children's Chorus 20+ Professional Children's Choir - 2 2[1.2/Eh] 0 2 - Hp - Pf/Cel - Perc - Str
Songs of Innocence Yes Full Orchestra 20+ Professional 2[1.2/Pic] 222 - 2331 - Tmp+2Perc - Str
Songs of Isaiah Yes Full Orchestra + SATB Chorus Professional SATB - 222(eb+Bcn)2 - 2220 -Timp Mar Pfr - Str
Symphony No. 1 Yes Full Orchestra + SATB chorus Narrator, soloists 20+ Professional 2222 2200 tmp str
Symphony No. 2 Yes Full Orchestra Piano 20+ Professional solo Pf - 2222 - 4331 - Tmp+3Perc - Str
Symphony No. 3 Yes Full Orchestra + SATB Chorus Soprano 20+ Professional SATB - 3[1.2.Pic] 2[1.Ca] 22 - 4331 - Tmp+3 - Str
Symphony No. 4 No Full Orchesta + SATB Chorus Soprano, Mezzo, Baritone Professional SATB - 3[1.2.3/Pic] 3[1.2.3/Eh] 00 - Perc - Cel - Hp - Str
The Gift of the Magi A “Choral Ballet” Yes String Orchestra + SATB Chorus Soprano, Tenor 20+ Professional SATB - Str
The World Called Yes Full Orchestra + SATB Chorus Tenor 20+ Professional SATB - 1111 - 1110 - Perc - Str
Three Spirituals Yes Full Orchestra Trumpet 10-20 Collegiate and above 2[1.Pic] 222 - 2331 - Timp+2Perc - Str
Two Romances for Viola and Chamber Orchestra Yes String Orchestra Trumpet | Clarinet 10-20 Professional Str
Violin Concerto Yes Full Orchestra Violin 20+ Professional Vn - 2222 - 2200 - Tmp+2Perc - Hp - Str
Within Our Gates Yes Chamber Viola 20+ Professional Va - Fl - Hp - Str
Zora No Full Orchestra + SATB Chorus Two Sopranos 20+ Professional SATB - 1111 - 1110- Tmp - Perc - Str
Composer Title Work Instrumentation Level Number of Movements Accompanied Size Duration Range
Adolphus Hailstork Fantasy on Brother James' Air Organ 1 No Solo
Adolphus Hailstork Guest Suite Piano 3 No Duo
Adolphus Hailstork Listen to the Lambs Organ 1 No Solo
Adolphus Hailstork Suite for Organ Organ 1 No Solo
Adolphus Hailstork Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer" Cello 6 No Solo
Adolphus Hailstork There Is a Balm in Gilead Organ 1 No Solo