MARK BULLER | COMPOSER
Past Performances
May 18, 2023
Drives (World Premiere)
libretto by Euan Tait
Cadie Jordan Bryan, soprano; Mark Diamond, baritone
Houston Grand Opera; Eiki Isomura, conductor
Rothko Chapel, Houston
May 13, 2023
Tombeau after the Chaconne in D minor by J.S. Bach (World Premiere)
text by Euan Tait
members of Houston Chamber Choir
Matt Detrick, violin (Apollo Chamber Players)
April 30, 2023
Ethel Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers (chamber orchestration by MB)
Symphonia Boca Raton, FL
April 30, 2023
Tombstone Songs (premiere of chamber version)
Soundproof Ensemble/Weston Lewis
Butler School of Music, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
April 1, 2023
Haydn: Finale of 'Farewell' Symphony (chamber arrangement by MB)
ROCO, Houston, TX
December 15, 2022
O magnum mysterium
St. Luke's Chamber Choir/Randy Murrow
Houston, TX
December 3, 2023
Holiday choral arrangements
Houston Grand Opera
Discovery Green, Houston, TX
October 20, 2022
Clouds of Unknowing for brass quintet and orchestra (World Premiere)
Houston Brass Quintet; ECHOrchestra/Michael Fahey
October 8, 2022, 10 AM & 11:30 AM
Cadenza for Joseph Bologne, Violin Concerto in D op. 3/1 (World Premiere)
Rainel Joubert; Houston Symphony/Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
July 1, 2022
The Impresario of Oz (World Premiere)
Houston Grand Opera / HGOco
The Art of Opera high school summer program
Kinder HSPVA, Houston
June 22, 2022
Nursery Rhymes (World Premiere of version for baritone and full orchestra)
James Rodriguez; AFA Summer Music Festival Symphony Orchestra/Michelle Perrin Blair
Moores Opera House, Houston
April 16, 2022
The Blessed Virgin's Outcry (World Premiere)
Julia Fox, soprano; Matthew Dirst, organ
Houston, TX
April 3, 2022
The Parallactic Transits (World Premiere)
Savannah Music
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Savannah, GA
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano
March 31/April 2, 2022
The Parallactic Transits (World Premiere)
Atlanta Symphony Hall
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano
February/March 2022
Tombstone Songs (World Premiere of chamber version)
Ensemble, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow, Russia
December 18, 2021
String Quartet No. 4 "Fantasia on Three Christmas Carols"
Wayne Ashley; Apollo Chamber Players
First Congregational Church, Houston
December 17, 2021
String Quartet No. 4 "Fantasia on Three Christmas Carols"
Wayne Ashley; Apollo Chamber Players
MATCH
Houston, TX
December 16, 2021
String Quartet No. 4 "Fantasia on Three Christmas Carols"
Wayne Ashley; Apollo Chamber Players
Harris County Public LIbrary
Houston, TX
December 11, 2022
Three Spanish Carols; Christmas arrangements
Houston Grand Opera
Discovery Green, Houston
Fall 2021
Suite for solo viola "Lines from Infinite Jest" (World Premiere)
Nina Knight, viola
December 2021
O magnum mysterium
Pomona College Choir
Claremont, CA
September 4 2021
Nocturnes (World Premiere)
Sofie Caruso, soprano
University of Oklahoma
May 2021
The Passion of St. Cecilia (World Premiere)
Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri
Houston Chamber Choir/Robert Simpson
Apollo Chamber Players
April 2021
Joysong (World Premiere)
Melissa Givens, soprano
Pomona College, CA
March 2021
Schlechtesübersetzunglieder
Michelle Girardot, soprano/Laura Bleakley, piano
University of Houston
January 2021
Regressive Variations
Atlanta Chamber Players
January 2021
Occhi miei lassi (World Premiere)
Tamara Jones
St. Mary's, Boston
December 2020
Fantasia on VENI EMMANUEL (World Premiere)
Tamara Jones, soprano
St. Mary's, Boston
December 2020
Sie rufen uns (mit hellem Munde)
Sophia Jieun Park, violin
Dallas, TX
December 2020
O magnum mysterium
Houston Chamber Choir/Robert Simpson
December 2020
Three Spanish Carols; Christmas arrangements
Houston Grand Opera
Discovery Green, Houston
August 2020
States of Resistance
Nicholas Phillips, piano
San Francisco International Piano Festival
June 2020
Lustige Streiche
Jiang/Cheng Family
May 2020
Two-Part Invention for 2 violins
Choir of Kaohsiung Academy, Taiwan/Jojo Mai
May 2020
Jubilate in tempore solitudinis
Christa Miller, organ
May 2020
Song for Mother's Day
Apollo Chamber Players
Spring 2020
First Words
Claire McCahan, mezzo-soprano
Boulder, CO
Spring 2020
Erasure
Emme Hooks, mezzo-soprano
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
December 2019
O magnum mysterium
Choir of Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart/Patrick Schneider
Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva (New arrangement for chamber orchestra)
Paul Jacobs, organ
ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra)
David Danzmayr, conductor
Houston, TX
Ethel Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers (New arrangement for chamber orchestra)
ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra)
Brett Mitchell, conductor
Houston, TX
From the Unreal (from To the Soul: Five Sacred Songs)
Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano
Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center
New York, NY
String Quartet No. 4: "Fantasia on Three Christmas Carols" (World Premiere)
Apollo Chamber Players
First Congregational Church
Houston, TX
Mr. Peck (from Tombstone Songs)
Laura Strickling, soprano
Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center
New York, NY
O nata lux
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral/Robert Simpson
Houston, TX
Song of the Caged Children (World Premiere)
If You Could Go Back
Anna Diemer, soprano
Mark Buller, piano
Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church
Houston, TX
Tombstone Songs (New York premiere)
Tombstone Songs, Vol. II (World Premiere)
Emily Riley, soprano
Tatiana Lokhina, piano
Fall Island Vocal Academy
Crane School of Music
Potsdam, NY
Look Back on Time With Kindly Eyes (World Premiere)
If You Could Go Back (World Premiere)
Anna Diemer, soprano
Mark Buller, piano
Houston, TX
One-Star Songbook
Matthew Gifford, tenor
Texas Christian University
Ft. Worth, TX
February 2018
Tombstone Songs (World Premiere of version for orchestra)
Nursery Rhymes (World Premiere of version for orchestra)
Timothy Jones, baritone
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Houston, TX
O magnum mysterium
Houston Chamber Choir/Robert Simpson
Chapel of the Villa de Matel
Houston, TX
7:30 PM
One-Star Songbook
Matthew Gifford, tenor
Pepsico Recital Hall
Texas Christian University
7 PM
September - November 2017
Overboard
HGOco Chorus (Prerecorded)
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
Overboard
Houston Grand Opera
Christ Church Cathedral, Houston
2:30 PM
Motion Studies (Michigan Premiere)
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
"I Am a Soldier" (from Veterans Songbook)
Wes Landry, baritone; Mark Buller, piano
Private HGOco performance
Sie Rufen Uns (Mit Hellem Munde)
Ingrid Capparelli Gerling, violin;
Andreea Mut, piano
Houston Hobby Airport
Nursery Rhymes
James Rodriguez, baritone
Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX
ELEGY (World Premiere)
Patrick Schneider, Apollo Chamber Players
Benefit Concert for Harvey Victims
Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston
Unclose the Pale Gates of Sunrise
Excerpts from One-Star Songbook
Mark Thomas, tenor
Mark Buller, piano
Lone Star College - University Park
The Town Musicians of Bremen (excerpts)
WindSync
Chamber Music Festival of Lexington
Lexington, KY
June 3, 2017
The Songs of Ophelia
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano
Woodruff Center
Atlanta, GA
June 1, 2017
The Songs of Ophelia (World Premiere)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano
Woodruff Center
Atlanta, GA
April 28, 2017
The Town Musicians of Bremen
WindSync; Kinetic: The Conductorless Ensemble
Zilka Hall, Houston, TX
April 21, 2017
Tendril (World Premiere)
Duo Scordatura
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
April 3, 2017
Motion Studies
Atlanta Chamber Players
SoundNow Festival of Contemporary Music
Atlanta, GA
April 1, 2017
At First Bloom (World Premiere)
Julia Fox, soprano
Foundation for Modern Music
Houston, TX
April 1, 2017
O magnum mysterium // Ave verum corpus
FMM Vocal Ensemble
Foundation for Modern Music
Houston, TX
March 13, 2017
Tombstone Songs
Alyssa Weathersby, soprano
New England Constervatory
Boston, MA
March 13, 2017
Nursery Rhymes
James Rodriguez, baritone; Scott Arens, piano
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
March 1, 2017
Overboard (World Premiere)
Houston Grand Opera/HGOco chorus
Julia Ideson Library
Houston, TX
February 24,, 2017
Tombstone Songs
Julia Fox, soprano; Keith Weber, piano
House concert
Houston, TX
January 8, 2017
Motion Studies (Texas Premiere)
Voices of Change
Dallas, TX
December 2016
Nursery Rhymes (selections)
Mark Thomas, tenor
in masterclass with Jake Heggie and Ann Moss
University of Houston
Houston, TX
November 5, 2016
Motion Studies (Northeast Premiere)
Boston Musica Viva
October 2016
Tombstone Songs (selections)
Timothy Jones, baritone; members of River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
September 16, 2017
Nursery Rhymes
James Rodriguez, baritone
New Hope Lutheran Church
Missouri City, TX
September 2017
Tombstone Songs
Julia Fox, soprano; Keith Weber, piano
Houston, TX
September 2016
Motion Studies (World Premiere)
Atlanta Chamber Players
July 1-2, 2016
Recyclable (Premiere)
3G Percussion
Gray Contemporary
Houston, TX
May 29, 2016
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Said Pressley, bass-baritone
Private concert; Houston, TX
May 7, 2016
The Trial of Alice (Premiere)
One-act opera based on Alice in Wonderland
Houston Girls Chorus
Commissioned by AFA
April 23, 2016; 7:30 PM
Erasure (Premiere)
Regressive Variations (Houston Premiere)
Patrick Schneider, baritone; Alexandra Doyle, clarinet; Laura Bleakley, piano
Choral Recital Hall
Moores School of Music 160
University of Houston
Houston, TX
April 18, 2016; 7:00 PM
The Buddha and the Wave
St. Arnold Brewery, Houston, TX
Anna Diemer, soprano
Presented by Prima Volta
April 17, 2016; 3:00 PM
Unclose the Pale Gates of Sunrise (Book of Hours, part 6)
Atlanta, GA
Caleb Houck, piano
April 16, 2016; 2:00 PM
First Words (Premiere)
Teresa Procter, mezzo-soprano; Stephanie Ng, piano
Houston Mennonite Church
Presented by Da Camera of Houston
April 15, 2016; 6:30 PM
One-Star Songbook (Premiere)
Mark Thomas, tenor
Dudley Recital Hall
University of Houston
Houston, TX
February 28, 2016
Chorale Prelude on 'LAUDA ANIMA' for organ (Premiere)
Patrick Parker, organ
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, Dallas, TX
February 25, 2016
Tombstone Songs (Texas premiere)
Julia Fox, soprano; Keith Weber, piano
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, College Station, TX
February 7, 2016
Chorale Prelude on 'LAUDA ANIMA' for organ (Preview)
Patrick Parker, organ
Angleton, TX
Winter/Spring (January 25 - May) 2016
The Puffed-Up Primadonna, or La Primadonna Prepotente
World Premiere | Libretto by Charles Anthony Silvestri
Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go! cast
Touring throughout the greater Houston area
January 30, 2016
Three by Silverstein
Anna Diemer, soprano; Mark Buller, piano
Midtown Arts & Theater Center, Houston (MATCH)
January 28, 29, & 30, 2016
The Puffed-Up Primadonna, or La Primadonna Prepotente
World Premiere | Libretto by Charles Anthony Silvestri
Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go! cast
Heinen Theater, Houston, TX
January 23, 2016
Two-Part Invention (Premiere of version for violin & viola)
Duo Scordatura
Houston, TX
January 17, 2016
Regressive Variations (East Coast premiere)
Atlanta Chamber Players
High Museum's Hill Auditorium
Atlanta, GA
January 10, 2016
Tombstone Songs (Houston Preview)
Julia Fox, soprano
Houston, TX
December 11, 2015
O nata lux (from Five Motets)
BJU Chamber Singers; Warren Cook, director
War Memorial Chapel, Greenville, SC
November 30, 2015
Sonnet (My Thoughts Through Yours) (Premiere)
Ardore! Choral Ensemble; Kody Pisney, director
A.D. Bruce Religion Center, Houston, TX
November, 2015
Sonnet (My Thoughts Through Yours) (Preview)
Ardore! Choral Ensemble; Kody Pisney, director
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Houston, TX
November 20, 2015
Tombstone Songs (Premiere)
Laura Dixon Strickling, soprano; Joy Puckett Schreier, piano
War Memorial, Baltimore
November 8, 2015
Veterans Songbook
Houston Grand Opera
7:30 PM, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, TX
November 5, 2015
Veterans Songbook
Houston Grand Opera
Mental Health America Gala, Houston, TX
October 25, 2015
Regressive Variations (Premiere)
Voices of Change
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
October 25, 2015
Veterans Songbook
Houston Grand Opera
Wortham Center, Houston, TX
Spring 2015
Sie Rufen Uns (Mit Hellem Munde)
The Aster Duo
Austria, Slovakia
May 26, 7:00 PM
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Eric Rea, baritone
Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
May 16, 7:30 AM
Unclose the Pale Gates of Sunrise
Mark Buller, piano
Houston Baptist University
May 6-8, 10 AM
The Pastry Prince
Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go! cast
Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston, TX
May 7, 7:30 PM
Five Motets: O nata lux; Tenebrae factae sunt; Ascendit Deus
San Jacinto College South College Choir/John Cornish
May 3, 3:30 PM
"Like a Broken Record" from Piano Trio No. 2 'Idioms'
Choral Hall, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
April 26, 7:00 PM
Five Motets: Ascendit Deus
The Houston Cecilia Chamber Choir/Kevin Klotz
Clear Lake United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, TX
April 26, 1:00 PM
Veterans Songbook
Tina Boosahda, soprano; Samuel Schultz, baritone; Keith Weber, piano
Wortham Center lobby (prior to HGO Sweeney Todd matinee)
April 25, 3:30 PM
'A Soldier's Arabic' from Of Shrapnel and Blood; "The Picture I Saw"
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-sropano; Mark Buller, piano
Foundation for Modern Music; MECA, Houston, TX
April 24, Noon (Repeated at 1 PM)
The Pastry Prince
Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go! cast
Joe Frank Theatre, Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Houston
April 18, 12:40 PM
The Picture I Saw
Cecy Duarte, mezzo-soprano; Mark Buller, piano
Global Issues Summit; Sugar Land, TX
April 17, 7:30 PM
Five Motets: Ascendit Deus
The Houston Cecilia Chamber Choir/Kevin Klotz
Grace Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX
April 11, 2015, 10 AM
Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go! cast
Cypress Creek F.A.C.E., Spring, TXThe Pastry Prince
March 28, 2015, 10 AM
Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go! cast
Cypress Creek F.A.C.E., Spring, TXThe Pastry Prince
March 16, 2015, 6 PM
Houston Grand Opera, Opera to Go! cast
OKRA Charity Saloon, Houston, TXThe Pastry Prince (Excerpts)
March 3, 2015, 7 PM
Jeff Ragsdale, countertenor
Foundation for Modern Music: Music for Peace'Ajal' from Of Shrapnel and Blood
Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston, TX
February 26, 2015, 5:30 PM
Aaron Perdue, flute; orchestra conducted by Jerry Hou
Duncan Hall, Shepherd School of Music; Rice University, Houston, TXConcerto for flute, strings, percussion and celesta