Thank you so much for continued readership. I didn’t expect my blog to be a huge source of engagement. I only did Thank you so much for reading my blog. I did this just for fun and share my thoughts about what’s going on in the world and share my approach to music and 500 people a month are interested in reading it.
Part of the components of my blog outlined in the first post includes a “Repertoire Quarterly.” Since I started the blog in Q4 and it’s the end of the year, I’m going to show you everything I did through the entire year of 2019.
Occupations:
- Accompanist at Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy
- Rehearsal Pianist/Accompanist for Take Note! the subset of Denver Woman’s Chorus of the Rocky Mountain Arts Association
- Substitute Accompanist at Denver School of the Arts
- Rehearsal pianist for CenterStage Theater Company
- Accompanist at True Voice Vocal Studio
- Private Instructor
Writing:
- Undergraduate Honors Thesis (awarded magna cum laude from the English department and the University of Colorado)
- This Blog
Original Classical Music Chronological:
- 4 Waltzes, op 99 (40 pgs)
- Bach Passacaglia BWV 582 for Piano (13 pgs)
- Buxtehude Chaconne BuxWV 160 for Two Pianos (24 pgs)
Original Dance Music as Joe Roller Chronological (Publication Pending):
- Fire Inside (ft. Kay-Kay) (5 min)
- Arapahoe Wind (8 min)
- Sixish (6 min)
- Tawa (6 min)
- Nuvak (6 min)
- Onyo (7 min)
- Dream Field (7 min)
- Lucid Sound Distribution (5 min)
- IM3 (3min)
Solo Piano Repertoire Alphabetical:
- Schubert Impromptus D935 op. post
- Bach/Roessler Passacaglia BWV 582 for Piano
- Buxtehude/Roessler Chaconne BuxWV 160 for Two Pianos (both parts)
Musicals Alphabetical:
- 9 to 5
- Footloose Jr.
- Frozen Jr.
- Into the Woods
Choral Repertoire Alphabetical:
| Adkins, Adele and Wilson, Daniel | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Someone Like You |
| Ahrens, Lynn and Flaherty, Stephen | Shaw, Kirby | Make Them Hear You |
| Bassett, Dave and Platten, Rachel | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Fight Song |
| Batie, Cassandra Monique and Decliveo, Jennifer | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Rise Up |
| Bechler, Emma | The Revival | |
| Brown, Andrew “Knox;” Glynne, Jessica; Smith, Finlay; Bennett, Janee | Sharpe, Bryan | Ain’t Got Far To Go |
| Burrows, Mark | Until All of Us Are Free | |
| Holland, Brian et al. | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Feel It Still |
| Ivory Circle | No One Will Find Us | |
| Jones, Mick and Strummer, Joe | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Should I Stay or Should I Go |
| Jovi, Jon Bon and Karak, George | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Runaway |
| Key, Francis Scott | Redei, Rob | The Star Spangled Banner |
| Lauper, Cindi and Hyman, Rob | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Time After Time |
| Milck | Quiet | |
| Miranda, Lin-Manuel | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | How Far I’ll Go |
| Moroder, G. and Forsey, K. | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | The Never Ending Story |
| Olsavsky, Alexendra | Artemisa | What Happens When a Woman? |
| O’Mara, Mike | It’s Love, I Just Know It | |
| Peňa, Andrea and Garrity, Sawyer | Finegold, R. M. | Shine |
| Rae, Kayla | All Love | |
| Rae, Kayla | Changed Up | |
| Ray, Amy | Lemon, Shari | Go |
| Reagan, Bernice Johnson and Baker, Ella Josephine | Kucsan, Kathy and McElhaney, Clarsa | Ella’s Song |
| Rollison, Shelly | Human to Human | |
| Sherman, Richard M. and Sherman, Robert B. | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Chim Chim Cher-ee |
| Simon, Paul and Withers, Bill | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Bridge Over Troubled Water / Learn On Me Medley |
| Thomsen, Sara | Water is Life ~ Mni Wičoni | |
| Young, Adam and Owl City | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | Fireflies |
| Young, Adam; Thiessen, Matthew; Lee, Brian | Roessler, Joseph and Merchant, Scott | When Can I See You Again? |
Vocal Repertoire Alphabetical:
| Composer | Title |
| Anka, Paul | Put your Head on my Shoulder |
| Barber, Samuel | Sure on This Shining Night |
| Brown, Jason Robert | Stars and the Moon |
| Brown, Jason Robert | Still Hurting |
| Carmichael, Hoagy and Mercer, Johnny | Skylark |
| Carnelia, Craig | What You’d Call a Dream |
| Collins, Phil | You’ll Be In My Heart |
| Davenport, Phil and Cooley, Eddie | Fever |
| Fauré, Gabriel | Ici-bas!, op 8 n 3 |
| Garner, Erroll | Misty |
| Gershwin, George and Gershwin, Ira | Someone to Watch Over Me |
| Gershwin, George and Gershwin, Ira | Summertime |
| Griffes, Charles T. | Tone Images, op. 3 |
| Hamilton, Arthur | Cry Me a River |
| Hamlisch, Marvin and Kleban, Edward | What I Did for Love |
| Howard, Bart | Fly Me to the Moon |
| John, Elton and Taupin, Bernie | Your Song |
| Lambert, Lisa and Morrison, Greg | As We Stumble Along |
| Lawrence, Drew C.; Perri, Christina; Yeretsian Barrett | Jar of Hearts |
| Lennon, John and McCartney, Paul | Let It Be |
| Mancini, Henry | Moon River |
| McCartney, Paul and Lennon, John | Blackbird |
| McCoy, Kansas-Joe | Why Don’t You Do Right? |
| Mercury, Freddie | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| Minchin, Tim | When I Grow Up |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Ave Verum Corpus, K618 |
| Pasek, Benj and Paul, Justin | Runnin’ Home To You |
| Pickett, Wilson | Mustang Sally |
| Porter, Cole | In the Still of the Night |
| Reid, Mike and Shamblin, Allen | I can’t Make You Love Me |
| Rodgers, Richard | My Funny Valentine |
| Schubert, Franz | An Die Musik |
| Schubert, Franz | Ave Maria |
| Schumann, Robert | Im wundershönen Monat Mai |
| Sheik, Duncan and Sater, Steven | Mama Who Bore Me |
| Sondheim, Stephen | Giants in the Sky |
| Stewart, Dave; Rubin, Bruce Joel; Ballard, Glen | With You |
| Stewart, Michael and Coleman, CY | The Colors of My Life |
| Strauss, Johan and Genée, Richard | Mein Herr Marquis |
| Traditional | Par un Matin |
| Tunstall, KT | Black Horse and the Cherry Tree |
That’s a wrap! Thanks for a great year and see you on the other side!
