New Works
Vox Minima Nebulae (2022) · 5min
For Toy Piano and 4-Speaker Audio
Toy piano, fixed media (Mac laptop running Max/MSP)
Written for Jennifer Hymer
Arirang Together (2022) · 3.5min
for soprano voice and piano
vocal, piano
Commissioned by Yoo Sun Na and the Korean Cultural Society of Boston
Chang’E and the Elixir of Immortality (mixed orchestra version) (2022) · 15min
for mixed orchestra (seven Chinese instruments and Western symphony orchestra)
dizi, 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, sheng, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, suona, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, yangqin, 2 harps, pipa, zhongruan (doubling daruan), guzheng, timpani, percussion (4 players), strings
Original version for Chinese Orchestra commissioned by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Selected Projects
BSO Online Conservatory
Project developed in partnership with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Northeastern University ...
Step On It!
Winner, Macworld "Game Hall of Fame"; only computer game to receive a 5-star Rating by Macworld in 1997...
De Ritis draws on the resources of his acoustic-electronic laboratory and applies them with a healthy enthusiasm for engaging tunes and harmonies, lively beat and a love of Technicolor.Gramophone
De Ritis is, clearly, a bit of a visionary.Audiophile Audition
Anthony De Ritis' "Devolution: Concerto for DJ and Orchestra" with the Alabama Symphony is the kind of audience-expanding programming orchestras need to expand tastes and connect with our times. Jesse Rosen, President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras (2008-2020)
An eclectic whose other works draw on popular and electronic music. The Wall Street Journal