Daniel J. Laubacher

     Composer, Songwriter, Music Educator

Composition Catalog (Selections)

In the list of compositions below you will find a partial list of music by Daniel Laubacher. Listening (mp3 or streaming) and viewing (pdf) samples have been included for a number of pieces. 
 

Version Year Title Approx. Duration Genre, Instrumentation, Notes
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2010 Finale: Turning Carbon into Gold 3:30 Song, a medley of tunes from other songs in the musical Turning Carbon into Gold.
2009 If we don't play by the Rules... 3:30 Song, Orchestra, vocal (2 parts) from the musical "Turning Carbon into Gold"
  Turning Carbon Into Gold 2:30 Song, Orchestra, vocal (2 parts) from the musical "Turning Carbon into Gold
  Guggisberg Variations 10:30 Variations on a melancholic Swiss melody for orchestra
2008 Our Circus World 3:00 A fun song about the circus. Available in versions for full orchestra and piano-vocal (with guitar chords)
  One Ocean United 1:00 A pirate song which kids really enjoy singing, from Racing to chase Alice the Albatross
  Walk like an Albatross 2:00 A canon-like structure, polyphonic from Racing to chase Alice the Albatross
  Alice the Albatross 3:00 Has simple polyphonic sections
2007 Shining Lights 2:00 A song for children between the ages of 5 and 10
  Circus Mystique 1:30 From the school musical Ring around the Circus, piano-vocal version
  met A mad AP.E. 1:10 From the school musical Ring around the Circus, piano-vocal version
  They haven't got a Clue 2:00 From the school musical Ring around the Circus, piano-vocal version
  We've been looking for this famous Crook 2:00 From the school musical Ring around the Circus, piano-vocal version
  Everyone's a Suspect 2:00 From the school musical Ring around the Circus, piano-vocal version
  The Essence of Simplicity within an Entity 10:00 Orchestra, music structured on an original 12-tone row, quotes from Bach and Laubacher
  The Snow Queen, a symphonic poem for orchestra 12:00 Orchestra, Classical, after the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen
2006 Die höheren Gnadengaben (1 Corinthians 13) 3:00 Cello and Piano
  The Seasons as I remember 3:30 SATB Choir and piano
(version also available for fl, ob, cl, bsn, pf). Premiered on 9 June 2006 by the ICRC Choir in Geneva
  Christmas in Santa's Village 3:00 Song, vocal-piano/guitar chords; from the school musical The North Pole Pact
  JS Bach: Ricercar a 6
(arr. D. Laubacher)
7:00 Arr. for Orchestra (fl, ob, cl, hrn, tbn or bsn, timp, strings
2005 Five Moments around and about in Vienna 4:15 Instrumental (fl,cl,bsn,perc,pf,strings), for school or community ensembles
2004 "Magnolia, the Tree of one I love" 3:00 The instrumentation with voice: fl, cl, hrn, gui, pf, vln, vlc
2003 (The) Dragon’s approaching 0:35 instrumental, school musical, (audio) from the school musical "Hickory's Trickery, a Halloween Story"
  "Magic Bubble Circus" 1:30 song, school musical, "Magic Bubble Circus"
  Overture: “Hickory’s Trickery” 2:20 overture to the school musical "Hickory's Trickery, a Halloween Story", flexible instrumentation

  "Oh, I'd love to be a Clown" 2:25 song, school musical "Magic Bubble Circus", flexible instru.
  Scare the Dragon out of the Cave 1:40 instrumental, school musical "Hickory's Trickery, a Halloween Story", orchestra
  "Trick or Treat, it’s Halloween today" 2:25 song, school musical "Hickory's Trickery, a Halloween Story", flexible instrumentation
  "We’ve seen the Dragon stealing..." 2:40 song, school musical "Hickory's Trickery, a Halloween Story", flexible instrumentation
  "What else could it be if it's not a Dragon?" 2:20 song, school musical "Hickory's Trickery, a Halloween Story", flexible instrumentation
2002 "The Question is: How must they pay?" 2:15 song, school musical "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove", flexible instrumentation
  "Life as a wandering Pirate" 2:40 song, school musical "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove", flexible instrumentation
  (The) "Ocean Waves are high" 1:15 song, school musical "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove", flexible instrumentation
  Overture: "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove" 2:45 overture to the school musical "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove" flexible instrumentation
  "Ray of Hope" 3:00 song, school musical, "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove", flexible instrumentation
  "Twelve O'clock's approaching" 2:20 song, school musical, "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove", flexible instrumentation
1999 "Friends we will always be" 3:00 organ piece

1996

"You can count on us! (Clock Song)" 3:00 song, divided children's choir in four parts (piano-vocal version)

 

"Children of a Mind" 3:00

song, two-part children's choir, piano (version also available for full orchestra)

  "Long ago when Time stood still" 5:30 song, piano-vocal version, soprano (version also with children's choir)

1995,
1997

Within the Walls, a Symphonic Poem 18:00 symphonic poem, tenor and soprano soloists, orchestra, pf, children choir.  Premiered in Kuwait, 1995, as a benefits concert for the ICRC; dedicated to "all prisoners of conflict around the world"

 

Opening
"Waiting for Someone"
Trumpet Solo, "Hope"
Instrumental Transition
"Ah" Chorus to End
Children's Choruses from "Within the Walls"  

 

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