List of Works


"Osborn's music is always a joy to hear or perform." Gregory Barrett, The Clarinet, March 2018

Composer and Clarinetist Sean Osborn has traveled the world as soloist, chamber musician, and during his eleven years with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Winner of the 2018 International Clarinet Association Composition Competition, and a recipient of an "Accomplished Musician" award from the IBLA Grand Prize, 15 ASCAPlus awards, and grants from Jack Straw, Sean has been commissioned by the North Corner Chamber Orchestra, Cornish College of the Arts, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Woodwind Quintet, and multiple solo performers. His compositions have been widely performed by amateurs, students, and professionals, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Auburn Symphony, Philharmonia Northwest, members of the American Saxophone Quartet and the orchestras of New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Dallas, the MET and participants in the Marlboro Music Festival. Mr. Osborn's compositions have also been featured on recordings by Cambria and Albany records, and reviewers have called his music full of "ingenious antiphony and counterpoint" (ClassicalNet), "fun-to-play" (The Clarinet), "engaging" (Fanfare), and "impetuous" (Hoefner Volksblatt).

Combining multiple styles and genres (Modern, Gregorian, Rock, Folk, Post-Minimal, etc.) with the styles of his Celtic and Native American heritage, Mr. Osborn achieves a synthesis like no other. Complex overlapping rhythm and ostinati often combine with multiple simultaneous tempos and free melodies. "Extended techniques" make up his wide and colorful palette, with each unusual sound always in service to the musical expression.

Unless otherwise noted, all music is published by Octogram Press. Please contact me if you wish to purchase any music, or borrow scores to peruse, or use the convenient PayPal buttons. All prices include shipping and handling to the US.


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Orchestral

(2017) Concerto for Chamber Orchestra - Commissioned by the North Corner Chamber Orchestra. 20 minutes. Three movements: I. Ostinatos, II. Hymns, III. Fun.
"...unusual and consistently engaging." " It feels impressionistic, like a Monet in soft colors." "...quirky...imaginative...fun..."
- Philippa Kiraly, City Arts, April 10, 2017
Winner of the Cascadia Composers/Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition
Score and parts FREE DownloadHere.
Bound Score - $30
I. Ostinatos (mp3)
II. Hymns (mp3)
III. Fun (mp3)


Unconcerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (or Chamber Ensemble [7 players])
Orchestra Score
Chamber Version Score
Recording


Claude Debussy Preludes for Orchestra - Complete orchestration of Debussy's Preludes for Piano, Book I.
FREE Download Score and recordings
here
Bound Score - $30


(2005) Deck with Joy, Double Fugue for Orchestra - 5.5 min. Double fugue with Deck the Halls, and Joy to the World as the subjects.
Score and parts: $50
Listen (midi mp3 file)
Score FREE Download


(2003) Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra - written for Trombonist Don Immel - 16 min. Playable by High School/College/Amateur level orchestras and professional trombonists.
Write for price.


(2002) Symphony No. 1 September 11th - 25 min. long for full orchestra. Begun September 11, 2001. Three movements, played without break. Unpremiered.
Score
Parts on request.

I. Chaos
II. Grief
III. Resolve


(1997) Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra with Percussion - Written for Metropolitan Opera Oboist John Ferrillo. 22 min. The inner movements are based on songs by Enya.
Write for price.
First Movement
Last Movement



Band/Wind Ensemble

(2005) Deck with Joy Double Fugue for Band 5.5 min Double fugue with Deck the Halls, and Joy to the World as the subjects.
Score and Parts $50
Listen (midi mp3 file)
Score (pdf) FREE Download


(2003) Concerto for Trombone and Band - written for Trombonist Don Immel - 16 min. Playable by High School/College/Amateur level bands and professional trombonists.
Write for price.


(2002) Symphony No. 2 for Band - 30 min. Challenging for players, accessible to audiences. Four movements, colorful orchestrations, dance and song themes in traditional forms. The last movement is a double fugue. Unpremiered.
Parts on
request.
Score
First movement - MIDI recording First movement is in traditional Sonata form, with a chromatic first theme full of energy, and a beautiful second theme in 5/8. A fugue developement leads to a free-form re-cap and beauty-culminating coda. Themes are constantly morphing from instrument to instrument bringing new dimensions of color to the ensemble that specializes in color: the Band.
II - Mosaic Recording. Mosaic pieces of themes are interwoven over ostinato in beautiful layers as the arch form reaches its peak, then subsides.
III - Song Recording. Three lyrical themes in verses and choruses separately and together, with a beautiful layered coda.
IV - Jig Recording. A double fugue featuring many original themes and "The Weaver and the Factory Maid." The second fugue is the inverse augmented retrograde of the first. A short homage to Grainger brings the folk song back with beautiful, crunchy harmony at the end.


(2001) Bulldog March for Band - 4.5 min. - Grade 4.
Score/Parts $50.
Score
Listen (mp3 file)


(2000) Fantasy on "Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming" For Junior High Band - 3.5 min - Grade 3.
Downloadable Score FREE
MIDI recording

Score/Parts $40
Choral

(2015) Epitaph for a capella SSAATTBB chorus. On a text by Merrit Malloy, used with permission
Score (with piano part for rehearsal)
MIDI recording
Clarinet Recording - the tempo is a bit fast here.



Chamber Music

(2023) Celtic Sonata for Flute and Piano - 22 minutes
I. Cerridwen
II. Morrigan
III. Taliesin
Score and Part
Video
Recording

(2018-19) Preludes and Counterpoints for Wind Quintet.
Eight stand-alone pieces that can also be performed in any set, in any order
Inspired by Bach and Debussy, as well as other composers, old and new.
"...a substantial contribution to the woodwind quintet repertoire. This excellent collection of compositions tackles interesting formal and technical questions without sacrificing an ounce of expressive potential." - Matthew Nelson, The Clarinet
Score, Parts, Recordings


(2012) Fantasy Variations for Viola and 'Cello - 4 minutes. Light-hearted and Tonal, also a version for Clarinet and Bass clarinet
Score FREE Download
Bound Score - $20


(2011, rev. 2014) Trio No. 2 for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon - Finalist The American Prize
Tired of light, short music for reed trio? This is your piece! A major work of 25 minutes and four movements.
"...highly theatrical...bringing great variety while maintaining stylistic unity." - Helena Michelson, American Prize jury
FREE Downloads
Bound Score/Parts - $40
I. Allegro
Score, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Video
II. Scherzo Score, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Video
III. Slow Score, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Video
IV Rondeau Score, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Video


(2009) Lyric Pieces - Quartets for Violin, Clarinet, 'Cello, and Piano.
FREE Download Score, Parts, and Recordings
HERE
Bound Scores/Parts - $5 each (specify in form which ones you want)



(2008) Theme and Three Variations for Piano - 11 min. - Piano piece with a LOT of leeway for the performer to put their stamp on it.
Theme (Finale *.mus file)
Variation I (Finale *.mus file)
Variation II (Finale *.mus file)
Variation III (Finale *.mus file)
Theme (mp3 file)
Variation I (mp3 file)
Variation II (mp3 file)
Variation III (mp3 file)


(2005) 12-4-6 - 12 min. - Sextet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello, Percussion, and Piano. Twelve pitches in twelve minutes for six players. The mood, volume, and number of pitches available to use follows a hyperbolic curve up and down (and from calm to activity) over the course of the 12 minutes, peaking at 7 minutes. Each pitch is then removes in the order in which it was introduced. For example, for the first minute, all we here is F, then we get E and play between the two, then C, etc., ending on A-flat.
FREE Download
Bound Score/Parts: $25
Video
Score pdf
Flute pdf
Clarinet pdf
Percussion pdf
Violin pdf
'Cello pdf
Piano pdf


(2004) Quintet for Clarinet and Strings - "The Beatles" - 21 min. - Beatles songs used compositionally for more than just an arrangement. 19 songs in four movements. Published by permission from Hal Leonard.
"...catchy...dissonant...oblique...impetuous..." - Lilo Etter, Hoefner Volksblat, July 1, 2013
Score and Parts: $25
Video
here
I. For Eleanor excerpt
II. Mother Julia Will excerpt
III. Chaos excerpt
IV. I've got nowhere, love sunshine. Think writer. Because, the end. excerpt


(2001) Miniature Trio - 7 min. - Familiar forms (sonata-allegro, scherzo-trio, song, and rondo) done with the absolute minimum length needed to fulfill all the rules. Part one can be played on Oboe, Clarinet, or Violin; part two on Clarinet or Viola; and part three on Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, 'Cello, or Trombone, thus giving you a Reed Trio, a String Trio, a Clarinet Trio, or any combination.
FREE Download
Bound Score and 6 Parts - $15
I. Sonata-Allegro
Recording Score Parts
II. Scherzo Recording Score Parts
III. Song Recording Score Parts
IV. Rondo Recording Score Parts


(2000) Serenade for Woodwinds (Pic, Fl, Ob, EH, Eb Cl, Bb Cl, Bs Cl, A Sax, T Sax, and BN) - 60 min. - a major work of large scope. Pointellism, Minimalism, Rock and everything in between. Written as a 20th Century companion to Mozart's Gran Partitta.
Parts on
request.
Score
Audio
I. (untitled)
II. Mosaic
Catch 1
III. Scherzo
IV. The Blender
Catch 2
V. Song
VI. Jig


(1995/1999) Sonata for Violin and Piano - 17 min. - An ecclectic mixture of Celtic polyrhythms, avant garde construction and "new age" sounds.
"...charming, direct melodicism" - The Clarinet, March 2018
FREE Download
Bound Score/Part - $15 I. April Morning
Recording, Violin, Score.
II. Night Music Recording Violin, Score.
III. Jig Recording Violin, Score.


(1999) Romance for 'Cello and Piano - 5 min. - Written for Gerald and Susan Kagan. Also available for Viola, Clarinet, or Bassoon and Piano - specify instrument when ordering.
FREE download
Bound Score/Parts - $15 (Specify 'Cello/Bassoon, Viola, or Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Score
Cello part (also Bassoon)
Viola
Bass Clarinet
Video ('Cello version)
Recording (Bass Clarinet version)


(1997) Brief Duet for Bassoon and Clarinet - 12 min. - Fun, professional-level piece.
FREE Download
Bound Score/Parts - $15
I. Very Fast - mp3 Score, Clarinet, Bassoon
II. Freely - mp3, Score, Clarinet, Bassoon
III. Waltz - mp3, Score, Clarinet, Bassoon
IV. Moderate - mp3, Score, Clarinet, Bassoon


(1995) Quintet for Clarinet and Strings No. 1 - 20 min. - Five movements, tonal, beautiful, simple.
FREE Download
Bound Score/Parts - $20
Recording
I. Sarabande
II. Tempets in a Teacup
III. Lullabye
IV. Reel
V. Hymn
Sheet Music
Score
Clarinet
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
'Cello


(1993) The Mating Call of the Warthog for Basson and Contrabassoon - a short self-explanitory piece. $10



Clarinet Quartet Arrangements

Angels We Have Heard On High
Score
Video

(2012) Hedwige Chretien - Andante espressivo from Sonatine No. 3 for Piano, arranged for Four B-flat Clarinets - 2 minutes.
Score, 1st 2nd, 3rd, 4th
mp3

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks
Score and Parts available at
Sheet Music Plus
Video

Let It Snow - Jule Styne
Score and Parts available at
Sheet Music Plus
Video

A Holly Jolly Christmas - Johnny Marks
Score and Parts available at
Sheet Music Plus
Video




Clarinet Choir Arrangements

Impresario Overture - Mozart
Score and Parts
Video

Prelude No. 2 - Gershwin
Score and Parts
Video coming soon

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
Score and Parts
Video coming soon

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Martin/Blane
Score and Parts available at
Sheet Music Plus
Video



Orchestral Excerpts

Strauss - Rosenkavalier
D Clarinet part, transposed to E-flat



Miscellaneous compositions Write to me with questions about these.

(2002) Triangle Round for Four Trinagles - 2 min.

(2002) Three variations for Quake's New Diabelli Variations

(2001) The Scorpio Creed for A Capella Chorus - 3 min.

(2000) Sarah for electronic piano - 5 min. - named for my cousin Jennifer's daughter Sarah Nicole.

(1996) "The Fox Hunt" for Soprano and Piano - meant to be part of a larger cycle. Currently looking for animal-related texts to finish it.

(1994) Solitare for Piano - a minimalist experiment representing a game of cards.

(1984) Andante for Piano - a short, easy piece.



Clarinet Music

(2017) Concertino for Two Basset-Horns and Clarinet Orchestra
- 13:30, Three movements without pause.
Commissioned by the
Capriccio Clarinet Orchestra
FREE Download
Bound Score/Parts - $40
Score
Basset-Horn Solo Parts Sub Bb clarinets
E-flat Clarinet Sub Bb clarinet
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Clarinet 3
Clarinet 4
E-flat Alto Clarinet Sub Basset-Horn Sub Bb clarinet 5
Bass Clarinet 1
Bass Clarinet 2
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet Sub Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet


(2016)Meditation and Funk for Clarinet Choir - 12:30, two movements. Winner of the International Clarinet Association's 2017 Composition Competition.
"...beautiful, slow first movement..." "...exquisite sonorities..." "...groovy..." "A favorite..."
- Margaret Thornhill, The Clarinet, June 2017
Recording
FREE Download
Bound Score/Parts - $40
Score
Meditation Parts
Eb
Bb 1
Bb 2
Bb 3
Bb 4 (instead of Alto Clarinet)
Eb Alto (instead of Bb Clarinet 4)
Basset Horn (instead of Bb Clarinet 4)
Bass Clarinet 1
Bass Clarinet 2
Bb Contra-bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-alto Clarinet (instead of Bb Contra-bass Clarinet)
Mpingo Funk Parts
Eb
Bb 1
Bb 2
Bb 3
Bb 4 (instead of Alto Clarinet)
Eb Alto (instead of Bb Clarinet 4)
Basset Horn (instead of Bb Clarinet 4)
Bass Clarinet 1
Bass Clarinet 2
Bb Contra-bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-alto Clarinet (instead of Bb Contra-bass Clarinet)


(2016)Four Moods for Two Bass Clarinets - 12 minutes, four movements - Dramatic, Creepy, Fun, and Contemplative. Showcasing the vast palette of colors and sounds available on the Bass Clarinet, in service to musical expression.
FREE Download
Bound Scores(2) - $25
Free downloadable
Score
Video


(2014)A Day at the Opera/A Night at the Races for Clarinet in A (or Basset Clarinet in A) and Piano - 20 minutes, 3 movements. This sonata is based on the music of Queen, all with permission of the copyright holders. Songs are used motivically, and include We Will Rock You, Under Pressure, Bohemian Rhapsody, Love of my Life, Death on Two Legs, Tie Your Mother Down, and many others.
Video

(2013) Suite of Music by William Byrd for Three B-flat Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
22 Minutes, 6 movements. Beautiful Elizabethan era music. Think Shakespeare and the Renaissance. Version also available for Saxophone -
contact me for more info.
FREE Download Score, 1, 2, 3, Bass
Bound Score/Parts - $30
VIDEO
I. O Mistris Myne
II. Pavana. The Earle of Salisbury
III. Galiarda
IV. Galiardas Passamezzo
V. The Carman's Whistle
VI. Tregian's Ground


(2012) Fantasy Variations for Clarinet and Bass Clarinet - 4 minutes.
Part of my new
Commissioning Project, commissioned by Jean Pace.
FREE Download
Bound Score - $20
Score
mp3


(2011) Bits and Pieces for Solo Clarinet - 11 Minutes, 5 movements. Commissioned by Paul Petrucelly. For PARTS of the clarinet. Some extended techniques. Recording on my CD "Bits and Pieces"
Title and Explination pages
FREE Download
Bound Score - $10
I - for Mouthpiece and Barrel Score mp3 excerpt
II - for Mouthpiece, Lower Joint, and Bell Score mp3 excerpt
III - for all but Mouthpiece Score mp3 excerpt
IV - for Mouthpiece, Barrel, Upper Joint Score mp3 excerpt
V - for Upper Joint, Lower Joint, and Bell Score mp3 excerpt


(2011) Character Duets for two B-flat Clarinets - 12 minutes. Six movements.
FREE Download
Bound Scores(2) - $15 I. Joze (Kotar)
Score mp3
II. Eric (Mandat)Score mp3
III. Jim (Ognibene)Score mp3
IV. Jesse (Canterbury) Score included in "Jim" above. No recording (I don't want to cause undue influence).
V. Frank (Kowalsky)Score mp3
VI. Jennifer (Nelson)Score mp3



(2011) Three Miniatures for B-flat Clarinet solo. 3 min. Student level piece.
Free Score
Recording soon.


(2009) Three Women and Three Girls for B-flat Clarinet and Piano. Musical portraits of six of my cousins. Uncomplicated, beautiful, humerous, sweet. Playable by high school students as well. 11 min.
FREE Download
here.


(2004) Character Pieces for solo B-flat Clarinet. Five movements depicting five people - four clarinetists and three composers. 10 min.
FREE Download
here. Bound Score - $10


(2001) Miniature Trio for Two B-flat Clarinets and Bass Clarinet - 7 min. - Familiar forms (sonata-allegro, scherzo-trio, song, and rondo) done with the absolute minimum length needed to fulfill all the rules. Part one can also be played on Oboe or Violin; part two on Viola; and part three on Bassoon, 'Cello, Euphonium or Trombone. To listen to MP3 files, or download free pdfs of score and parts, scroll down to entry under Chamber Music.
FREE Download.
Score and 6 Parts - $15
I. Sonata-Allegro
Recording Score Parts
II. Scherzo Recording Score Parts
III. Song Recording Score Parts
IV. Rondo Recording Score Parts


(1995/1999) Sonata for E-flat Clarinet and Piano - 17 min. - An ecclectic mixture of Celtic polyrhythms, avant garde construction, and "new age" sounds.
"...charming, direct melodicism" "...at the top of my list of works for E-flat clarinet and piano." - Gregory Barrett, The Clarinet, March 2018
Available at
Presser Music
I. April Morning - mp3
II. Night Music - mp3
III. Jig - mp3


(1995) Quartet No. 1 for Four Bb Clarinets - 13 min. - Good for professionals and students alike. Available from Presser. $29.99
"...most engaging" - Ronald Grames, Fanfare, May/June 2010
"An elegant and concise score." - Steve Schwartz, Classical.net, 2010
"Sean Osborn wrote this delectable quartet destined to be loved by audiences." - Michele Gingras, The Clarinet, 12/04
Complete Review in "The Clarinet"
Video of The Toledo Clarinets peforming it.
I. Moderate
II. Scherzo
III. Freely
IV. Dorian Dance




Wind Quintet

Ravel - Pavanne for a Dead Princess $15


Mozart - Impressario Overture $15


Grieg - Lyric Pieces March of the Dwarves, Notturno, Scherzo, Ringing Bells. $15


Bach - Fugue in g minor (the little) $10


Byrd - The Bells $10


Deck the Halls Carol and Fugue $10
Also available for Clarinet Quintet/Choir (specify when ordering)
Video of Clarinet version


Boar's Head Carol and Fugue $10


Variations on the Twelve Days of Christmas Humorous and fun. $10
Video


Come All Ye Shepherds/Carol of the Bells $10






Currently in production:

Mixed Clarinet Quartet
Quartet for Newspapers
Sonata for Flute and Piano