about the composition

88 Keys (2004), by Carl Schroeder, is an 88-tone row for solo piano which utilizes each key on the piano exactly once. The approximate performance time is one minute and fifteen seconds.

88 Keys has been published by European American Music in volume 39 of the SCI (Society of Composers, Inc.) Journal of Music Scores.

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Performed by Carl Schroeder

about the composer

Carl Schroeder (b. 1982) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a graduate of St. Olaf College, writes music for concert band, orchestra, choir, chamber ensembles and piano that often draws inspiration from American history and current events. His large ensemble works have been performed by more than 30 concert bands, orchestras and choirs, including the Air Force Band of Mid-America and Ukraine's Chamber Choir Kyiv. 

Schroeder has studied composition primarily with Timothy Mahr and Peter Hamlin, and has also taken lessons with composers Mark Camphouse, Donald Grantham and Dana Wilson. In 2001, he was named "Composer with Most Potential" by the Minnesota Music Educators Association, and in 2004 he was one of three under-25 American composers chosen to participate in the National Band Association’s Young Composer Mentor Project. In 2006 his choral work Two December Carols received the ERM Media Masterworks Prize. He composed 88 Keys in 2004.

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CONCERT PERFORMANCES
February 25, 2005: Carl Schroeder, piano - Northfield, MN premiere
April 11, 2006: Carl Schroeder, piano - Minneapolis, MN
June 25, 2006: Carl Schroeder, piano - Minneapolis, MN

PUBLICATION
SCI (Society of Composers, Inc.) Journal of Music Scores, Volume 39: Published by European American Music

RECORDINGS
88 Keys: Piano Music by Carl Schroeder - Carl Schroeder, piano
Musings (Society of Composers, Inc., Volume 22) - Carl Schroeder, piano