Robert Aldridge (born 1954) is an American composer, professor, and current professor of composition at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. He has written over sixty works for orchestra, opera, musical theater, dance, and various chamber ensembles that have been performed in the United States, Europe, and Japan. He is widely known for his opera Elmer Gantry which was completed in 2007 and won Best Engineered Album (Classical) and Best Contemporary Classical Composition in the 54th Grammy Awards.
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The Zebra
Sister Carrie, Act I: When You Asked If You Could Be with Me, What Did I Say? (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: I Have Only Dreams, Carrie (Live)
From My Little Island: Hymn
From My Little Island: Dance of Passion
Elmer Gantry: Act II Scene 5: Dear God, look into my heart (Sharon, Elmer)
Clarinet Concerto: I. Fast and light
Elmer Gantry: Act II Scene 3: Is belief a gift? (Frank)
Clarinet Concerto: II. With serene and steady motion
Waltz No. 9
Clarinet Concerto: III. Fast, bold and animated
Sister Carrie, Act II: Dear George (Live)
Samba
Three-Dance
Elmer Gantry: Act I Scene 1: So she… (Elmer, Men's Chorus, Frank, Bully)
Combo Platter I
Sister Carrie, Act II: If You Have Any Real Feeling, Hide It like a Treasure (Live)
Elmer Gantry: Act I Scene 2: Who's the man among us has not battled for the Lord? (Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer, Frank, Eddie, Lulu)
Sister Carrie, Act II: This Is a Moment I Only Knew in My Dreams (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act II: Must Be Getting on Ten (Live)
SoundMovesBlues
Sister Carrie, Act II: And Their Father, Poor Old Goriot (Live)
Elmer Gantry: Act I Scene 3: When you hear the truth do you know it? (Elmer, Frank, Lulu)
Sister Carrie: Carrie Arrives in Chicago, 1900 (Live)
Sister Carrie: She Finds Work in a Vast Shoe Factory (Live)
Elmer Gantry: Act I Scene 4: Vessels of service, great and small (Chorus, Ice Cream Vendor, Revival Worker, Revival Singer, Child, Sharon, Elmer, Keely Family Singers, Lulu, Frank)
From My Little Island (Ed. N. Zeltsman): I. Theme
From My Little Island (Ed. N. Zeltsman): II. Tango
Sister Carrie, Act I: I Can Help You Get Along (Live)
Dance of Passion
Sister Carrie, Act I: It's Opening Night at McVickar's (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: There They Are! (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: Try the Bright Ingénue (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: Here's a Very Good Worker Who Can't Make It Go (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: My Darling! (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: Is Dinner Ready Yet? (Live)
Waltz No. 11
Waltz No. 12
Combo Platter (1983): For me there's no more love / For you there's no more pumpkin pie
From My Little Island (Ed. N. Zeltsman): III. Dance of Passion
From My Little Island (Ed. N. Zeltsman): IV. Sad Song
From My Little Island (Ed. N. Zeltsman): V. Hymn
From My Little Island (Ed. N. Zeltsman): VI. Sweet Song
Sister Carrie, Act II: Would Anyone Like to Hear My News? (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: Four On, Four Off (Live)
Sister Carrie, Act I: There Is Music Here, Bill (Live)
Elmer Gantry: Act I Scene 6: Sweetheart? Eddie? What are you doing? (Lulu, Eddie)
Elmer Gantry: Act II: Introduction
Combo Platter, Part 1
Sister Carrie, Act II: I Know You, Carrie (Live)
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