Composers

Regina Harris Baiocchi

1956 -

About

Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1956) is a composer, author, and poet whose music has been performed by Detroit Symphony and Chicago Symphony orchestras, Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, the US Army Band, among many other acclaimed artists. She has composed works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo piano, a marimba concerto, vocal and instrumental music, a mass, ballet, as well as written a libretto and one-act opera. Her music is featured on numerous recordings, including: Kidstuff, a self-produced CD of her children’s music, Kaleidoscope; Soul of a Singer; Good News Falls Gently; journeys, places, stories; Landscapes: one woman’s journey; unto thee i burn; and Where Freedom Rings. She is an award-winning author of short stories and poetry collections. She received a National Endowment for the Arts Regional Artists Program grant and is a recipient of the Chicago Music Association award in 1995. Her writings on artists of color, women, spirituals, jazz, gospel, blues, hip-hop, and poetry are published by Oxford University, the Center for Black Music Research Journal at Columbia College Chicago, among other noteworthy publications. She is also the founder of two exceptional organizations: 6Degrees Composers, which features music by women, and the Haiku Festival, which celebrates children and promotes literacy. She graduated from Roosevelt University with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1978. She continued her studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwest University, and graduated from New York University with a certificate in public relations and received a Master of Music degree from DePaul University. She is a member of the R. Nathaniel Dett Club, a Chicago Branch of the National Association of African American Musicians.

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Works by Regina Harris Baiocchi

Title Collection Voice Type Range Poet
(send me) a little word E.E. Cummings Songbook High Db4 - A5 E.E. Cummings
brain gesture E.E. Cummings Songbook High Eb4 - Bb5 E.E. Cummings
Cycles High C4 - A5 composer
Godmother's Lesson Fury's Ashes High C4 - Ab5 composer
Hold Out for Joy Medium Bb3 - Eb5 inspired by Psalm 30:5
house wind E.E. Cummings Songbook High C4 - Ab5 E.E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me E.E. Cummings Songbook High C4 - E5 E.E. Cummings
I've got a Mother and Father Medium D4 - E5 composer
I. How it Feels to be Colored Me Hurston Songs Soprano Bb3 - Bb5 Regina Baiocchi
II. I am not Tragically Colored Hurston Songs Soprano Bb3 - Bb6 Regina Baiocchi
imagine E.E. Cummings Songbook High F4 - Bb5 E.E. Cummings
Love Song High C4 - A5 Henry Dumas
love-crumbs E.E. Cummings Songbook High D4 - A5 E.E. Cummings
Psalm 23 Low D2 - D4 biblical
Title Published Size Solo with Ensemble Duration Range Level Orchestration
African Hands Yes Full Orchestra Hand Drummer (ashiko, bata, conga, djembe) 10-20 Professional tenor recorder, 2222-4331-3perc-timp-str Solo ashkio, batá, conga, dgembe drums
Communion Yes Chamber 10-20 Professional mba-str
Muse Yes Full Orchestra 5-10 Professional 3222-4331-timp-4perc-str
Orchestral Suite Yes Full Orchestra 10-20 Professional 2222-2222-3perc-str
Composer Title Work Instrumentation Level Number of Movements Accompanied Size Duration Range
Regina Harris Baiocchi Etude No. 2 Piano 1 No Solo