Marc Mellits

About the artist

Marc Mellits was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1966. He was already composing music for the piano before he started formal piano lessons at the age of 6. He went on to study at the Eastman School of Music, Yale School of Music, Cornell University, and Tanglewood. His composition teachers have included Samuel Adler, Martin Bresnick, Dominic Frasca, Bernard Rands, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner, Roberto Sierra, and Steven Stucky, yet one hears other influences in Mellits' music.

Top songs

  1. Black
  2. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Five
  3. Ex Machina: Machine I (Let the Funk Out)
  4. Ex Machina: Machine II (Flowing)
  5. Tapas Five
  6. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": One
  7. Ex Machina: Machine IV (Dancing a Mean Ghastly Dance)
  8. Groove Machine
  9. 2 Pieces for Flute & Guitar: II. Elegy for Lefty. Expressive
  10. Ex Machina: Machine VI (Flowing, Lyrical, & Songlike)
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  1. Ex Machina: Machine III (Not Quite, but Almost Pensive; Sunflowers in Love)
  2. Ex Machina: Machine VII (Aggressive & Funky)
  3. Revolution: I. Groove Canon
  4. Revolution: IV. Groove Machine
  5. Tachycardia
  6. Gravity
  7. Ex Machina: Machine V (The Morning After)
  8. Mara’s Lullaby
  9. Tapas (Arr. M. Mellits & D. Espinoza for Saxophone Quartet): II. —
  10. Revolution: II. Mara's Toys
  11. Revolution: III. December 1989
  12. Tapas (Arr. M. Mellits & D. Espinoza for Saxophone Quartet): III. —
  13. Smoke: I. —
  14. Smoke: II. —
  15. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Four
  16. Smoke: V. —
  17. Red: II. Fast, Aggressive, Vicious
  18. Red: VI. Fast, Obsessive, Bombastic, Red
  19. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Two
  20. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Three
  21. Red: III. Moderate, with Motion
  22. Smoke: IV. —
  23. Red: I. Moderately Funky
  24. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Seven
  25. Smoke: VII. —
  26. Smoke: III. —
  27. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Eight
  28. Red: V. Moderate, with Motion
  29. String Quartet No. 3 "Tapas": Six
  30. Prime
  31. Red: IV. Slow, with Motion
  32. Antique
  33. Apollo: I. Theia
  34. String Quartet No. 4, Prometheus: VI. Tempo rubato
  35. Opening
  36. Smoke: VI. —
  37. Smoke: VIII. —
  38. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: II. Two
  39. Broken Glass
  40. String Quartet No. 5, Waníyetu: IV. Playful
  41. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: III. Three
  42. Troica
  43. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: I. One
  44. Tapas (Arr. M. Mellits & D. Espinoza for Saxophone Quartet): I. —
  45. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: V. Five
  46. Splinter: I. Scarlet Oak
  47. Tapas (Arr. M. Mellits & D. Espinoza for Saxophone Quartet): IV. —
  48. No Strings Attached I. Splifficated Mustard
  49. Paranoid Cheese
  50. Tapas (Arr. M. Mellits & D. Espinoza for Saxophone Quartet): VI. —
  51. Tapas: VIII. Eight
  52. Platter of Discontent: I. The Seduction of Brie
  53. The Misadventures of Soup
  54. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: VIII. Eight
  55. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: VI. Six
  56. Machine IV
  57. Tapas Two
  58. Apollo: V. Debbie Waltzing on the Moon
  59. Tapas (Arr. M. Mellits & D. Espinoza for Saxophone Quartet): VII. —
  60. Enter
  61. Dreadlocked
  62. Tapas: II. Two
  63. String Quartet No. 4, Prometheus: V. Andantino
  64. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: IV. Four
  65. V. Jello Infusion
  66. No Strings Attached III. This Side of Twilight
  67. String Quartet No. 4, Prometheus: I. Lento, tranquillamente
  68. String Quartet No. 4, Prometheus: II. Moderato
  69. Splinter: IV. Black Ash
  70. No Strings Attached II. Stiletto Crunch
  71. String Quartet No. 5, Waníyetu: I. Clear Winter
  72. Cortex
  73. Lefty's Elegy
  74. Machine III
  75. Tapas (Arr. M. Mellits & D. Espinoza for Saxophone Quartet): VIII. —
  76. Red II. Fast, Aggressive, Vicious
  77. String Quartet No. 4, Prometheus: VII. Allegro groove
  78. String Quartet No. 4, Prometheus: IV. Adagio
  79. Splinter: II. Sugar Maple
  80. Machine V
  81. Escape
  82. Red I. Moderately Funky
  83. Tapas: I. One
  84. String Quartet No. 3, Tapas: VII. Seven
  85. String Quartet No. 4, Prometheus: III. Allegro e agressivo
  86. Splinter: VIII. Red Pine
  87. Exit
  88. Swerve
  89. Red
  90. Red III. Moderate, With Motion

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