NEW WORKS
Carols of Christmas, for mixed chorus, brass quintet, and percussion, will be premiered
by the Commonwealth Chorale of Virginia, December 2015
Portraits, by Sigfrid Karg-Elert, 7 movements transcribed for wind ensemble
Fantasie Triomphale, by Theodore Dubois, transcribed for solo organ and wind ensemble.
CK's Melody, tenor saxophone feature for jazz ensemble
WASSAIL! Fanfare Variations was read by the Convention Band during the New Music Reading Session at the Association of Concert Band convention in Orlando, Florida.
March from Maid of Orleans, by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, transcribed for wind ensemble
ABED Suite for solo piano
Whistler Portraits has been selected as a HONORABLE MENTION WINNER in the Professional Composer Band/Wind Ensemble division of The American Prize national non- profit competitions in the performing arts.
My Country 'Tis of Thee was performed by the United States Naval Academy Brass Ensemble on a concert of composition contest winners. - https://www.gordonringmusic.com/_files/ugd/cb4b60_a0fd7073653d41c48af24f4f40a17c72.pdf
Owls Dance for solo piano commissioned by Luke McKenty, Mike and Aileen Kindsfater for their mother, Cheryl Edwall McKenty -
https://www.gordonringmusic.com/chamber-solo-keyboard-other
Sanctuary Windows, for solo organ, inspired by the stained glass windows of Farmville United Methodist Church (7 WORLD PREMIERES)
Trumpet Sounding, Tyler Gage, trumpet; Gordon Ring, organ, Farmville United Methodist Church (WORLD PREMIERE)
RECENT PERFORMANCES
December 15 - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, Farmville United Methodist Church
December 14 - Wassail! Fanfare Variations, Florida Wind Symphony, Matthew McCutchen, conductor
Hyde Park UMC, Tampa, Florida
December 7 - Celebrate Christmas , Ole Miss Concert Singers & Orchestra, Don Trott, conductor
December 6, 7 - Lo! How a Rose Is Blooming, Longwood University Camerata Singers, Pamela McDermott, conductor
Celebrate Christmas - Longwood University Wind Symphony, Michael Waddell, conductor
December 1 - Partita on "Vom Himmel Hoch" from from Three Chorale Preludes on Hymn Tunes of
Martin Luther, Gordon Ring, Farmville United Methodist Church
November 12 - My Country 'Tis of Thee, Ole Miss Concert Singers & Orchestra, Don Trott, conductor
October 22 - Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane from Sanctuary Windows, Andrew Bentley, euphonium, Gordon Ring, organ, Farmville United Methodist Church
July 31 - Suite for Eight Horns, read by the Convention Ensemble during International Horn
Society convention at Colorado State University.
July 7 - Sinfonia for a New Year, Gordon Ring, organ, Farmville United Methodist Church
April 27 - MetroDance, read by the Convention Band during the New Music Reading Session at the Association of Concert Band convention in Omaha, Nebraska.
April 26 - CK's Melody, Longwood University Jazz Ensemble
March 31 - Morning Meditation - Farmville United Methodist Church