Edward D. Messerschmidt Highlights

Pressing On (2021)
Solo for Trombone and Piano soon to be available from Cimarron Music Press

Elegy (2006)
This is a recording of a symphonic poem I wrote while I was in grad school. The Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Pat Edmiston performed the piece. The picture in the video is a collage I made in art class in high school.

Fantasia (2009)
This is a live recording of the world premiere of a short recital piece I wrote, Fantasia for Horn and Piano. Two professors from Virginia Commonwealth University, Patrick Smith and Dmitri Shteinberg, did a fantastic job performing it.

The Source Revisited (2019)

Clip from the performance at the 2022 International Composers Festival in Bexhill-on-Sea, England. Choreography by the Lasolepa Dancers.

The Canterbury Tales - General Prologue in Middle English - “Whan that Aprille”
This pop setting of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales is my most viewed YouTube video. In addition to writing and recording the music, I made the video using MS Paint and Windows Movie Maker.
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Concertpiece: An Ancient Saga (2009; 2013) for Flute and Piano

My performance of Morceau Symphonique by A. Guilmant (1837-1911). Elena Pelih, piano
February 17, 2020, Lane Theater, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Regeneration (2016) for piano Dedicated to the composer’s wife Rosemary Sharpe Messerschmidt.

Solitary (2021) for Trombone and Actors

Performed by the composer with students from Oakwood Friends School. This video included in the digital gallery of the Boston University project Race, Justice, Prison: Illuminating Stories through the Arts