Composer and Arranger
Composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Christopher Teves has been writing, producing, and performing music in a wide array of styles and mediums. His musical voice has been expressed through the intimate sounds of solo classical guitar (Maria Cristina Falls, 2017), large scale orchestral arrangements (Motown Fantasy, 2016, premiered by the North Charleston Pops!), music for the short film medium (Dustin and Hoffman, 2014, premiered at the Charleston Film Festival) and chamber music (Wild Things, suite for 14 chamber winds) Always seeking new palettes of musical color, he’s produced tracks in his home studio which have incorporated combinations of purely electronic sounds (When I Close My Eyes, 2015), electric guitars with computer generated sounds (Stars on a Winter Sky, 2015), and folk inspired tracks with guitars, mandolin, ukulele, and bass (Winter Woods, 2015.)
Selected List of Compositions and Arrangements
Works for Orchestra and Band
On the Shores of Skye- Written for Tacy Edwards and and the North Charleston Pops! Premiered Spring 2019. Scored for solo flute and orchestra (2,1,3,2 - 4,3,3,1 - 3 perc - hp -Str) 6 min.
Yes Sir That’s My Baby by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn-Commissioned by Nick Palmer and the North Charleston POPS! (3(pic),2,3-2 - 4,3,3,1 - 2 perc, (drum set)- strings
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay- by Otis Redding- Written for the North Charleston POPS Brass Band.
Motown Fantasy- Arrangement of My Girl, Heard it Through the Grapevine, and You are the Sunshine of My Life written for and premiered by Nick Palmer and the North Charleston Pops! Scored for full orchestra (2,2,3dalto sax,2-4,3,3,0-timp, 3 perc, dr set, piano, elec gt, elec b, str) 9 min.
Brians Song by Michel Legrand- Arranged for solo piano and orchestra. Premiered by Bob Alberti, Nick Palmer and the North Charleston Pops!
Chamber
A Place Where We Belong- for flute and guitar. Written for and premiered by the Silver-Rose Duo (2020)
Wild Things- for 14 winds (2,1,2+1b,1-2,2,2,1) In three movents. I. A Rustling in the Forest Canopy, II Lullaby for a Furry Blue Creature, III Let the Rumpus Begin. 15 min
On the Shores of Skye- arranged for the Eclipse Ensemble (flute and piano trio from the original flute and orchestra version. Premiered Spring 2019)
The Black Pearl Dragon- for Horn Quartet. Written for Debra Sherrill.
Ghost Winds at the Old City Jail- Flute choir (4 fl, 1 alto, 1 bass).
Mountain Prelude- Violin and guitar, Written for Mary Taylor, 4 min.
Voices of Spring by Strauss- arranged for fl, cl, gt. Commissioned and premiered by Chamber Music Charleston Spring 2019)
To A Wild Rose by Edward McDowell- arranged for flute choir (4 fl, 1 alto, 1 bass).
Solo Guitar
Maria Cristina- 4 min
Lullaby for Dreaming Doggies- 4 min
Winter Dream on a Summer Day (Prelude)- 3 1/2 min
Guitar Trio
Through a Radiant Light: I. Floating Away II. Vivo
Written and premiered in 2020 for the Silver Rose Duo. This work is about the place that we all long for that feels like home where we are loved and accepted, a place that is the essence of h...
A short Preview of my new work for 14 wind instruments.
Guitars and Sampled orchestral sounds
Folk inspired tune for guitars, mandolin, ukulele, and bass.
