William (Bill) MacSems was born in New York City, New York In 1930. He served in the US Air Force band from 1950 to 1953. In 1959 he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Los Angeles State College and earned his Master of Arts degree in Music Composition from San Francisco State College in 1967 where he studied with Roger Nixon.
The Songs Of Love; a cantata for solist chorus and orchestra text from the Songs Of Solomon
Hymn Of The Valley; (a tribute to California’s Great Central valley) for narrator, soloists, chorus and orchestra
The Key; for reader, chorus and orchestra or choir, Bb clarinet, viola & piano. Text by Martin Luther King
Chamber Music
Vienna String Quartet
Turkanschantz Park; violin (or cello ), Bb clarinet & piano
Sonata; Bb clarinet, cello & piano
Toot Suite; brass quintet
Three Songs for Flute & Guitar
Arioso, flute & piano
Opera
The Outcasts Of Poker Flat; a two act opera adapted from Bret Hart’s short story
Mardi Gras; a comedia del’Arte opera in one act
Pandora’s Box; a one act opera for childern
The Gift; a one act opera adapted from O’Henry’s “The Gift Of The Magi”
Infidel; a one act opera dealing with effect of 9/11 on boyfriend/girlfriendend
Band
Elegy for Band
Divergence for wind orchestra
Introspection: for Piano & Band
Lay Me Down Midst Gaelic Shamrog; band acc
Show Time (a band concert intro)
Suite for Band
Piano & Piano/Orchestra
Allegro; piano & orchestra
Bagatelle; piano & chamber orchestra
Introspection; piano & orchestra or concert band
Out of Cuba
Rodeo Rondo
The Rose Piano Concerto in Eb Minor
Choral
Humility a capella SSATB
Thre Poems (Emily Dickenson) a capella SATB, SSA, or SAB
Gold At Caloma; SATB piano acc.
Let There Be Love; a capella SATB
Stopping By The Wood On A Snowy Evening (Robert Frost) SATB/pn acc
Solo Voice
Tenor
No Man Is An Island ; piano acc
Lay Me Down Midst Gaelic Shamrog; piano acc/.band acc.
Hymn Of The Valley; piano or orch acc.
Soprano
Birds Of Frost; a song Cycle( R. Frost) piano/oboe acc.
Claire's Quandry; aria from opera, Infidel, pn acc.
Piano
Four Songs for Elementary Piano
Bagatelle;
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