<![CDATA[ELLIOTT MILES MCKINLEY • COMPOSER - News]]>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:39:13 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[The Invention Project]]>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:09:26 GMThttps://www.elliottmilesmckinley.com/news/the-invention-projectPianist Lorenzo Marasso performed the 15 Inventions and Sinfonias of J.S. Bach, each paired with 15 new works (world-premieres) commissioned specifically for this occasion. McKinley joined 14 other amazing composer colleagues as part of this project, including Anne LeBaron, Michael Finnissy, Nina C. Young, Giacomo Platini, Daniel Corral, Tom Flaherty, Roberta Vacca, Wayne Marshall, Vera Ivanova, Jeffrey Holmes, Jack Van Zandt, Bernhard Lang, Carmelo Lacertosa, and Morgan Hayes.
The entire concert is available on demand via YouTube below.
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]]><![CDATA[New CD Announcement]]>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:19:09 GMThttps://www.elliottmilesmckinley.com/news/new-cd-announcement
NEW: "The Shadow Dancer", has been released featuring String Quartet No. 8, A Letter To Say I Love You, and Goodbye, and the title work, The Shadow Dancer (Piano Trio No. 1). For more information and to purchase CLICK HERE! 
]]><![CDATA[New Commission:]]>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:14:17 GMThttps://www.elliottmilesmckinley.com/news/new-commission

Pale BLuE Dot

This is a new sextet for Transient Canvas and the Semiosis String Quartet based on Carl Sagan's soliloquy about the fragility of human life on our home planet, "Pale Blue Dot." The work is scheduled for a premiere and subsequent tour in the fall of 2020. 
]]><![CDATA[New CD: "Three Scenes"]]>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:41:05 GMThttps://www.elliottmilesmckinley.com/news/new-cd-three-scenesPicture
McKinley's latest CD, "Three Scenes" was released on July 12, 2019 on Navona Records. The CD features three recent works: Six Movements for Brass Quintet, Aria, and Four Grooves.
]]><![CDATA[New CommissionS in 2019]]>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:40:29 GMThttps://www.elliottmilesmckinley.com/news/new-commissions-in-2019"Betwixt bach" - for solo violin Picture
Commissioned for the 300th anniversary of the completion of the Bach Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, McKinley will compose a set of connecting movements, including a prelude and postlude, for violinist Erik Rohde to be premiered in the fall of 2020.

Soliloquy III for solo Dulcimer

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Commissioned by Alex Lubet, McKinley will compose a solo work for mountain dulcimer to be premiered in the fall of 2019. 
]]><![CDATA[Shadow DanceR: JanačEk Trio]]>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.elliottmilesmckinley.com/news/shadow-dancer-janacek-trio
Commissioned by the Janàček Trio, this new trio was premiered in Prague at on March 21, 2019 at Prague Spring Hall. The work will be recorded for a CD release as well.
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