wORKS
SOLO
Rhapsody No. 1 (2014)
Written for Jessie Montgomery’s debut album, Strum: Music for Strings
Instrumentation: solo violin
Premiere: June 2014, Jessie Montgomery, violin, Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
Duration - 7 minutes
Rhapsody No. 2 (2020)
Written for Michi Wiancko on the album Planetary Candidate
Instrumentation: solo violin
Premiere: September 2020, Michi Wiancko, violin
Duration - 5 minutes
Rhapsody No. 1 (2021)
Instrumentation: solo viola
Transcription by the composer from the violin version
Duration - 7 minutes
Rhapsody No. 2 (2021)
Instrumentation: solo viola
Transcription by the composer from the violin version
Duration - 5 minutes
Cadenzas for Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major (2014)
Instrumentation: solo cello
Premiere: April 2014, Christine Lamprea with the Delphi Chamber Orchestra, New Haven, CT
Duration - Movement I: 3 minutes; Movement II: 1 minute
CHAMBER MUSIC
Starburst (2012, arranged for chamber ensemble 2020 by Jannina Norpoth)
Commissioned by: the Sphinx Organization
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello
Duration - 3 minutes
Strum (2006; revised 2012)
Commissioned by: Community MusicWorks; revision by the Sphinx Organization
Instrumentation: string quartet or string quintet (also available for string orchestra)
Premiere: April 2006; revision in February 2012, The Providence String Quartet; The Catalyst Quartet; Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI
Duration - 7 Minutes
Voodoo Dolls (2008)
Commissioned by: JUMP! Dance Company of Rhode Island
Instrumentation: string quartet
Premiere: June 2008, The Providence String Quartet, The Carriage House, Providence, RI
Duration - 5 minutes
Break Away (2013)
Commissioned by: PUBLIQuartet for the Music of Now Marathon
Instrumentation: string quartet
Premiere: February 2013, PUBLIQuartet, Symphony Space, NYC
Duration - 12 minutes
Source Code (2013)
Commissioned by: the Isaiah Fund for New Initiatives in partnership with Symphony Space
Instrumentation: string quartet (also available for string orchestra)
Premiere: November 2013, The Cassatt Quartet, Symphony Space, New York, NY
Duration - 8 Minutes
In Color (2014) Program Notes
Commissioned by Bob Stewart
Instrumentation: tuba and string quartet
Premiere: September 2014, PUBLIQuartet and Bob Stewart, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, New York, NY
Duration - 11 minutes
Duo for Violin and Cello (2015) Performance
Instrumentation: violin and cello
Duration - 11 minutes
Performed by: Ensemble Pi members; Airi Yoshioka, violin Alexis Gerlach, cello
D Major Jam! (2016)
Instrumentation: student string quartet and string accompaniment
Duration - 3 minutes
Derived from work with the Catalyst Quartet and students in the Seattle Music Partners program
Lunar Songs (2019)
Instrumentation: voice and string quintet
Text: J. Mae Barizo
Duration - 7 minutes
Commissioned by ASCAP for the Leonard Bernstein Centennial
Peace (2020) Performance
Instrumentation: violin and piano, viola and piano, or clarinet and piano
Duration - 4 minutes
Commissioned by Victoria Robey OBE for Elena Urioste and Tom Poster, premiered as part of #UriPosteJukeBox
VOCAL
I Want To Go Home, African American Spiritual (2015)
Instrumentation: soprano and string orchestra (or string quintet)
Premiere: December 29, 2015; Julia Bullock and Loisaida Collaborative, Trinity Wall Street 12th Night Festival, New York, NY
Duration - 4 minutes
Danse Africaine (2016)
Commissioned by: Young People's Chorus of New York, Transient Glory Series
Instrumentation: youth chorus, SSAA
Premiere: November 4, 2016, Young People's Chorus of New York; National Sawdust, NYC
Premiere: May 2015, Community MusicWorks Players, Southside Cultural Center, Providence, RI
Loisaida, I love you (2016)
Commissioned by: 5 Borough Music Festival: 5 Borough Songbook, Volume II
Instrumentation: mezzo soprano and cello
Premiere: February 11, 2017, Jennifer Johnson-Cano, mezzo; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello; The DiMenna Center, New York, NY
Duration - 5 minutes
ORCHESTRA
Commissioned by: the Sphinx Organization
Instrumentation: string orchestra
Premiere: September 2012, The Sphinx Virtuosi, New World Center, Miami, FL
Duration - 3 minutes
Minimum string count required: 3/3/3/2/1
Strum (2006; revised 2012) Rental
Commissioned by: Community MusicWorks; revision by the Sphinx Organization
Instrumentation: string orchestra
Premiere: April 2006; revision in February 2012, The Providence String Quartet; The Catalyst Quartet; Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI
Duration - 7 Minutes
Minimum string players required: 3/3/3/2/1
Source Code (2013) Rental
Commissioned by: the Isaiah Fund for New Initiatives in partnership with Symphony Space
Instrumentation: string orchestra
Premiere: November 2013, The Cassatt Quartet, Symphony Space, New York, NY
Duration - 8 Minutes
Minimum string players required: 3/3/3/2/1
Banner for chamber orchestra or string orchestra (2014) Rental
Commissioned by: the Sphinx Organization and the Joyce Foundation
Instrumentation: solo string quartet and string orchestra or solo string quartet with chamber orchestra (2d1.1.1.1.--1.1.0.0.--timp.perc.--strings)
Premiere: September, 2014, New World Center, Miami, FL
Duration - 8 Minutes
Minimum string players required (chamber orchestra version): 2/2/2/2/2, plus string quartet
Minimum string players required (string orchestra version): 3/3/3/2/2, plus string quartet
Soul Force (2015) Rental
Commissioned by: The Dream Unfinished, a benefit for civil rights
Instrumentation: 2222--4331--timp--2 perc--strings
Premiere: July 2015, James Blachly, conductor, Centennial Memorial Temple, New York, NY
8 minutes
Caught by the Wind (2016) Rental
Commissioned by: The Albany Symphony, American Music Festival
Instrumentation: 2232--4331--2 perc--strings
Premiere: July 2015, James Blachly, conductor, Centennial Memorial Temple, New York, NY
Duration - 10 minutes
Records from a Vanishing City (2016) Rental
Commissioned by: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: 122(bcl)2--2200--timp--strings
Premiere: October 27, 2016, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium, New York, NY
Duration - 14 minutes
Minimum string players required: 3/3/3/2/1
Coincident Dances (2017) Rental
Commissioned by: Chicago Sinfonietta
Instrumentation: 2(picc)22(bcl)2--2231--timp--3 perc--strings
Premiere: September 16, 2017, Chicago Sinfonietta, Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, IL
Duration - 12 minutes
Shift, Change, Turn (2019) Rental
Commissioned by: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: 1(picc)11(eb)1--1100--timp--strings
Premiere: September 26, 2019, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Duration - 12 minutes
I Have Something to Say (2020) Rental
Commissioned by the Cathedral Choral Society and the Cincinnati May Festival
Instrumentation: 2(picc)222--4031--timp--1 perc--celesta--strings--SATB chorus--children’s choir
Premiere: March 13, 2022, Cathedral Choral Society, Washington, DC
Duration - 8 minutes
Five Freedom Songs (2021) Rental
Co-Commissioned by: Sun Valley Music Festival, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, Music Director, Grand Teton Music Festival, Kansas City Symphony, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Arts Festival
Instrumentation: voice, percussion (1 player), strings
Premiere: August 7, 2021, Sun Valley Music Festival, Ketchum, ID
Duration - 20 minutes
L.E.S. Characters, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2021) Rental
Commissioned by the Grant Park Music Festival, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: 2(picc)2(eh)22(cbn)--alto sax--2200--timp--3 perc--harp--strings--solo viola
Premiere: October 23, 2021, Masumi Per Rostad, viola, with Orlando Philharmonic, Orlando, FL
Duration - 20 minutes
Hymn for Everyone (2021) Rental
Commissioned by Riccardo Muti, Zell Music Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Made possible through the generous support of Helen Zell
Co-Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West
Instrumentation: 2(picc)2(eh)22(cbn)--2231--timp--3 perc--strings
Premiere: April 28, 2022, Chicago Symphony, Chicago, IL
Duration - 12 minutes
Commissioned by Art of the Piano Foundation for pianist Awadagin Pratt
Co-Commissioned by Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, IRIS Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Instrumentation: piano solo, strings
Premiere: March 27, 2022, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Hilton Head, SC; Awadagin Pratt, soloist
Duration - 15 minutes
Instrumentation: 2222--2220--timp--strings
Duration - 5 minutes
FILM MUSIC
Sketch (composer)
Lou Hamou-Lhdaj; short animation; NYU Tisch
Instrumentation: chamber orchestra
Homecoming (composer)
Josiah Signor and Gritty Committee; short film; NYU Tisch
Instrumentation: acoustic guitar and string orchestra
Bubble Tree (composer)
Ran Jing; short animation; NYU Tisch
Strings (2014) (music supervisor)
Taner Jarman and Jarman Entertainment