Monterey County Composers' Forum

08/20/2025

Here's my "Orion" from the MCCF concert on Aug. 3, 2025.

This is the pictorial video of my "Orion", Op. 123. It's a work for violin, cello and piano and was written in 2025. (You can also find on this channel the L...

06/27/2025

https://youtu.be/WFzYYOC8STU?si=Zx2q-77rBBbJSshc

This is my Sonata for French Horn and Piano, Op. 107 (2015). It was performed here in 2016 by John Orzel, horn and Rick Yramategui, piano.

04/24/2025

https://youtu.be/92uCE7AA38U?si=oHwSQ2gH5wykbLQa

08/10/2024

This is my Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 103 in live performance on August 4, 2024. It's performed here by Igor Poklad, clarinet and Rick Yramategui, piano.

This is my Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 103 in live performance on August 4, 2024. Performed by Igor Poklad, clarinet and Rick Yramategui, piano.This i...

10/10/2023

Here's a concert on Sunday, Oct. 29th where one of my recent works - "River" for flute and two guitars - will be premiered. Come, and enjoy a lovely day in Carmel Valley.

09/22/2023

https://youtu.be/9t4oxn5M0sg?si=kvp5mleGLCnZHt8n
From Dale Victorine - This is my Waltz for Piano, Opus 120.

This is my Waltz for Piano in C, Op. 120 (2022) Performed on March 19, 2023 by Rick Yramategui. I'm dedicating this piece to my daughter, Sandra. (She's not ...

09/19/2023

Here's one of my new works - one for cello and piano titled "Pole Star". It was performed in August by Hannah Ettinger, cello and Rick Yramategui, piano.

I wrote "Pole Star" in early 2023, based on a poem I'd written. The performance for this video took place on Aug. 27, 2023. For sheet music please contact me...

07/15/2022

Here is my setting of I Carry Your Heart With Me - poem by E. E. Cummings. I originally wrote this in 1980 for mixed chorus. This version is for women's chorus, and was performed by Ladyesong in 2007.

Title: I Carry Your Heart with Me, Op. 29Text: E. E. CummingsPerformed by Ladyesong, directed by Mary E. Enmann - in 2007.I originally wrote this piece in 19...

04/04/2022

My friend and great composer, Nancy Bloomer Deussen, wrote this amazing piece - American Hymn. I helped her make this video in 2009, using photos she and her husband, Gary had taken on trips around the US. I looked the video up last night, just to make sure it was still up on the web, and was surprised to find that the performance was done by the Kiev Philharmonic. Nancy passed away in Nov. 2019 at the age of 88, and remained an active composer right till her last days. Those of you who knew her, PLEASE keep her memory alive.

Nancy Bloomer Deussen: American Hymn - Performed by the Kiev Philharmonic and conducted by Robert Ian Winstin.

03/08/2021

The Monterey County Composer’s Forum is offering “Online Concert #1: In Memory of George Peterson.” This free concert can be accessed as of Sunday, March 7 by clicking the link on the Forum’s web page: https://www.mccomposers.org/

Our March concert features many diverse, rarely heard pieces by Dale Victorine, Julie Roseman and Paula Kaiser, Edward Moncrief, Douglas Ovens, David Price, David Canright, Rick Yramategui, Alejandro Gatica, Carleton Macy and Steve Ettinger.

The Monterey County Composers' Forum produces three concerts per year, featuring music by local composers and songwriters.

09/07/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxb9zml6c7c
Dale E. Victorine - "Ave Maria" for SATB Chorus. In March 2019 I heard the first four measures of this “Ave Maria” in a dream, sung by a chorus. It was a version I’d never heard before. Finally, in Sept. 2020 I decided to try to use that opening for my own setting. The audio for this video is computer generated. If interested in the sheet music, please contact me at [email protected].

In March 2019 I heard the first four measures of this “Ave Maria” in a dream, sung by an a chorus.It was a version I’d never heard before. Finally, in Sept. ...

08/02/2020

Joan Cobb Hopkins, one of our past members, has passed away. Here is a Youtube video about her life.
https://youtu.be/CQ-grd2dAss