Concert Music
“Wonderful, imaginative music skillfully written for the ensemble coupled with a professionalism and an enthusiasm that made programming and performing his music a celebrated event. I keep looking forward to more of his music.”
“Bop” from Three Pieces for Sextet
“Allegro Marcato” from Sonata for Trombone and Piano
“Youth Cries from Four Songs
“Prelude” from New York Rising
Silver Screen
“Come Away Death from Four Simple Shakespeare Songs
Lingo
To And From Again
“Fire” from Elements
“St. George for England” from The Sea
(fl., cl., vln., vcl., pno., perc.)
(tbn., pno.)
(soprano and piano)
(saxophone quartet)
(orchestra)
(voice and piano)
(alto sax, el. gtr., marimba, pno.)
(string orchestra)
(percussion ensemble)
(mixed ensemble)
Click here for Full List of Compositions (Industry Format PDF)
Joseph’s concert work includes commissions from the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, the Yale School of Music, ASCAP /The Henry Mancini Institute; a recording with The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet; and performances by Eighth Blackbird, Tactus, Fireworks, The String Orchestra of New York City, The New Jersey Symphony Community Chorus, and conductors Alexander Mickelthwate and Vince Mendoza.
Joseph completed his B.M. in Music Composition at the Manhattan School of Music studying with Giampaolo Bracali and his M.A. at UCLA with Paul Chihara and Roger Bourland. As the first graduate of UCLA’s Composition for Visual Media program, his studies not only included traditional film scoring, but also film production classes at the UCLA Department of Theatre, Film and Television.
Mentors during study abroad and in masterclasses include Martin Bresnick, Louis Andriessen, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Julia Wolfe, as well as film and television composers Mark Snow, Bruce Broughton, Jack Smalley, and Ira Newborn.
“Joe's music is first-rate, and cogent. The materials were very well prepared. He was flexible, and clear with what he wanted. Joe was a pleasure to work with!”