Database
Title | Composer | Librettist | Length (H:MM) | Performance Forces | # Roles | # Inst | Recording | |||||
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¿Y los pasteles? | Johanny Navarro | José Félix Gómez | 1:30 | cl, bsn, cor, tbn, perc, str 5tet | 10 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
“Or like a…” | Tania Leon | John Ashbery | 0:15 | bar — vc, perc | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||
[INSERT CAPTION HERE] | Christian Quinones | 0:10 | auto-tuned mez — keyboard, live electronics | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | auto-tuned mez | concert | |||
[redact] | Nina Shekhar | Nina Shekhar | 0:09 | sop — cl, ten sax, vln, vc, perc, electronics, (optional lighting) | 1 | 6 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |
1619 opera cycle | Joseph C Phillips Jr | Joseph C Phillips Jr, Kelley Rourke, and others | varies — varies — SATB chorus | English | ||||||||
18 Palace Road | Shreya Jha | Shreya Jha | 1:40 | sop, mez, ten — cor, pno, perc, vln, vla, v c — chorus | 3 | 6 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | staged | ||
9 Death Haiku | Michi Wiancko | vocals — str 4tet, bass, perc | 1 | 6 | Listen | chamber ensemble | vocals | concert | ||||
A Bayou Legend | William Grant Still | 2:00 | sop, mez, ten, bar, bass — orchestra: 3-2-EH-3-2; 3-3-2-1, timp, perc, cel, hp, str, drums, cymbs — chorus | 5 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
A Common Truth | Joseph Jones | 2:50 | mez, ten, 2 bar, bass — Orchestra (2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-T+1-Str) | 5 | 30+ | English | orchestra | |||||
A Cup of Sin | Parisa Sabet | Simin Behbahani | 0:16 | mez — cl, pno, vc, elec git | 1 | 4 | Listen | English, Farsi | chamber ensemble | mez | concert | |
A Kiss in Xanadu | H. Leslie Adams | unknown voice types — | 8 | |||||||||
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Michael Ching | William Shapespeare | “voicestra” of 15-20 voices | 15 | chamber orchestra | staged | ||||||
A Pilgrim’s Songs | Chia Yin Wu | 0:08 | sop — vc, pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | Mandarin | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
A Rose | Kamala Sankaram | Kamala Sankaram, Misha Penton | 0:15 | sop, ten, 2 Hindustani singers — fl, ob, vln, vla, pno, tabla | 4 | 6 | chamber ensemble | |||||
A Royal Feast | Michael Ching | staged | ||||||||||
A Setting of Five Poems by Langston Hughes | Joyce Solomon Moorman | Langston Hughes | ten — bsn, cor, xylo | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | ten | |||||
A Souther Interlude | William Grant Still | 1:00 | staged | |||||||||
a summer more like a song | Melissa Dunphy | Juliette Lee | 0:01 | bar — vln, vc, pno | 1 | 3 | English | chamber ensemble | bar | concert | ||
Aesopica | Marcos Balter | ten/narrator — fl, cl, bsn, cor, tba, perc, pno, 2vln, vc, electronics | 1 | 11 | chamber ensemble | ten/narrator | concert | |||||
After the Wailing | Jonathan Bailey Holland | Stephen Caldwell Wright | 0:05 | sop — vln, vla, vc | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Ainadamar | Osvaldo Golijov | David Henry Hwang | 1:10 | 2 sop, mez, 2 ten, 2 bar, bass — 3 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 cor, 2 tpt, tbn, 3 perc, 3 cajons, 2 git, pno, computer-based sampler-harp-strings — female chorus | 8 | 21 | Listen | Spanish | chamber orchestra | staged | ||
Aksobya | Leila Adu | voice — pno, electronics | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | |||||
Alice Ryley | Michael Ching | Michael Ching | staged | |||||||||
Alice Tierney | Melissa Dunphy | Goldfinger | 1:00 | 7 solo voices — chamber ensemble | 7 | staged | ||||||
all decisions will be made by consensus | Kamala Sankaram | Rob Handel | 0:12 | 6 singers — live electronics | 6 | 1 | chamber ensemble | |||||
All Dressed Up (No Place to Go) | Michael Ching | concert | ||||||||||
Always | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:10 | 2 sop, 2 ten — piano | 4 | 1 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
American Apollo | Damien Geter | Lila Palmer | staged | |||||||||
American Voices | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:15 | narrator — 4 ten tbn, 2 bass tbn | 1 | 6 | Listen | chamber ensemble | narrator | ||||
Americana | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:07 | voice — fl, acoustic git, drums, 2vln, vl, vc, db | 1 | 8 | chamber ensemble | voice | |||||
Americans all around us | Obediya Wonderful Jones-Darrell | Wayde Compton | 0:02 | bar, bass bar — str 4tet | 2 | 4 | English | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Amistad | Anthony Davis | Thulani Davos | 2:02 | 2 sop, 2 mez, 4 ten., 2 bar, b.bar, 2 bass — Orchestra with Harp, Saxophone, Trombone, Bass, Drums and Percussion. — 2 choirs – a Black ensemble and predominately White chorus | 13 | 30+ | Listen | English, Haitian dialect | orchestra | staged | ||
An African American Requiem | Damien Geter | sop, alt, ten, bass — orchestra — SATB chorus | 4 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | concert | |||||
An American Soilder | Ruo Huang | David Henry Huang | 2 sop, 2 mez, 4 ten, 5 bar, 7 bass — | 20 | 30+ | Listen | English | orchestra | staged | |||
An Opera in One-Act Opera | Faye Chiao | Faye Chiao | 0:30 | Listen | staged | |||||||
Ana y su Sombra | Gabriela Ortiz | 0:45 | 2 sop, mez, ten — fl, vln, pno | 4 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | |||||
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:12 | narrator — 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bsn, 2cor, perc, str | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | narrator | |||||
Ancient | Tania Leon | 2 sop — fl, cl, perc, vla, vc | 2 | 5 | chamber ensemble | |||||||
And The Lands Were Dreaming | Parisa Sabet | 0:13 | ten — cl, pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ten | concert | |||
And the Ocean was Gone | Roydon Tse | Sue Goyette | 0:09 | sop, mez, ten, bar — large chamber ensemble | 4 | Listen | English | |||||
Angel’s Bone | Du Yun | Royce Vavrek | 1:27 | mez, ten, bar, female punk voice, male sop or countertenor — fl, ob, cl, tpt, tba, drumkit, lute, vln, vla, vc, electronics — chorus of 7 people | 5 | 11 | Listen | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Angst | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:12 | sop — | 1 | 0 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Anna Hunter | Michael Ching | Michael Ching | staged | |||||||||
Archaeology | Maria Thompson Corley | Kirsten Maria Corley | 0:06 | sop — clarinet | 1 | 1 | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Arkana Aquarium, An Opera | Michi Wiancko | Annie-Sage Whitehurst | 0:25 | Listen | staged | |||||||
Asphalt Grandpa | Leila Adu | voice — cimbalom, electronics | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | ||||
At the Door | Daniel Sabzghabaei | Rumi | 0:14 | high voice, medium voice — pno | 2 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
At War with Ourselves | Michael Abels | Nikky Finney | concert | |||||||||
Autumn | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:10 | sop, mez — fl, 2 perc, vla, db | 2 | 5 | chamber ensemble | concert | |||||
Ayre | Osvaldo Golijov | 0:40 | sop — fl, cl, bas, cor, perc, harp, git, solo vln, solo vc, solo db, laptop | 1 | 11 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Baba Yaga and The Firebird: A Musical for Family Audiences | Faye Chiao | Anton Dudley | 1:00 | Listen | English | staged | ||||||
Balm in Gilead | Shawn E. Okpebholo | bar — fl, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||||
Basho Haiku | Roger Zare | 0:10 | sop — perc, str 4tet | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
Bayoán | Roberto Sierra | 0:40 | sop, bar — orchestra — SATB chorus | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
Bernsteinlied | Alvin Singleton | 0:04 | sop — fl, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Between Sisters | Alvin Singleton | Rita Dove | 0:10 | sop — alt fl, vibraphone, pno | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Beyond the Silence of Sorrow | Roberto Sierra | 0:25 | sop — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | ||||
Birthday Clown | Michael Ching | staged | ||||||||||
Black Thunder | Melissa Dunphy | Luke Stromberg | 0:06 | bar — vln, vc, pno | 1 | 3 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | bar | concert | |
Blake | H. Leslie Adams | Daniel Mayers | 2 sop, mez, ten, bar, bass, 4 speaking roles — orchestra or chamber orchestra — chorus | 10 | 30+ | English | orchestra | |||||
Blessings as Rain Fall | Leila Adu | Kalu Rinpoche | 0:19 | 1 voice — symphony orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | 1 voice | concert | ||
Bloodlines | Shuying Li | Lila Palmer | 0:30 | sop, mez, bar — fl, cl, vln, vc, pno | 3 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
Blue Steel | William Grant Still | 2:00 | sop, bar, cont, ten — orchestra: 3-2-EH-4-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., perc., cel., hp., str., 3 tom-toms — chorus | 4 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
blush | Nina Shekhar | Nina Shekhar | 0:10 | sop — — SSAATTBB choir | 1 | 0 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |
Boozhoo Manoomin Suite | Beverley Mckiver | 0:25 | voice — fl, pno, vla OR vc | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | |||
Born To Say Thank You | Brent Michael Davids | 0:05 | sop — Native American wood flute, orchestra (double winds) | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | concert | ||||
Bound | Kevin Lau, G.F. Handel | Joel Ivany | 1:00 | sop, alt/c.ten, ten, bass — 1.1.1.1 – perc – 1.1.1.1.1 | 4 | 10 | chamber ensemble | |||||
Buoso’s Ghost | Michael Ching | Michael Ching | staged | |||||||||
California Shoreline | Kui Dong | Kui Dong | sop — str 4tet and harp or prepared piano | 1 | 5 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Call Out | Kamala Sankaram | from Twitter, Gawker, and adapted from Rumi | 0:15 | bar — vc, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||
Cancionero Sefardí | Roberto Sierra | 0:16 | sop or ten — fl, cl, vln, vc, pno | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop or ten | ||||
Canto | Tania Leon | 0:15 | bar — cl/b cl, mar, vc, pno | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | bar | |||||
Champion | Terence Blanchard | Michael Christofer | sop, 2 mez, 3 ten, bar, b.bar, bass, boy sop — | 10 | staged | |||||||
Chekhov’s Gun | Christian Quinones | 0:08 | bar — b cl, tpt, tbn | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | bar | concert | |||
Chhlong Tonle (Crossing the River) | Liliya Ugay | Sokunthary Svay | staged | |||||||||
Chronicle for An Eccentric Heart | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:12 | sop — cl/b.cl, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Chronicles of Ghosts | Extraordinary Women of the 16th Century | Clarice Assad | 0:18 | sop — vln, vc, pno | 1 | 3 | Spanish and English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Cirandadas | Clarice Assad | 0:20 | at least one low and one high voice — picc, 2fl, ob, e.h., cl, b cl, bsn, cbsn – 4cor, 2tpt, 3tbn, b tbn, tba – 4perc, hp, pno – str | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | concert | ||||
City Night | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:13 | sop — fl, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Cocks Must Crow | Michael Ching | Michael Ching | staged | |||||||||
Come, My Tan-Faced Children | Melissa Dunphy | Walt Whitman | 0:06 | mez — str orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | English | orchestra | mez | concert | |
Coming Forth By Day | Kerwin Young | 0:15 | bar — ob, vla, vc | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | bar | |||||
Compadre Huashayo | Gabriela Lena Frank | 0:20 | 3 male voices — 3 Quena (3 Quenilla), 2 Flauta de Pan, 2 Zampoña, 6 Toyo, 6 Percussion, 4 Charango, 4 Bandolín, 4 Bandola, 6 Guitarra, Arpa Andina, Contrabass | 3 | 30+ | orchestra | ||||||
Completing the Picture | Michael Ching | staged | ||||||||||
Confessions | Clarice Assad | Catherine Maxymuk, Naomi Major, Alissa McLaughlan | Listen | concert | ||||||||
Connections | Shreya Jha | Shreya Jha | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Consolations | Kento Stratford | Boethius | 0:12 | sop — alt fl, ob, b cl, vln, vla, vc, timp, harp, pno, electronics, | 1 | 10 | Listen | English, Latin | chamber ensemble | sop | ||
Corps of Discovery | Michael Ching | Hugh Moffatt | staged | |||||||||
Costaso | William Grant Still | 2:00 | sop, mez, 2 ten, bar — orchestra: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2-EH-2-2; 3-3-3-1; timp., perc., cel., hp., str., sn. drum, cymbs., bells, castanets, claves, gong, wire brush — chorus | 5 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
Cue 67 | Michael Ching | Sandra Bernhard | 0:35 | staged | ||||||||
Dance of the Streets | Joyce Solomon Moorman | sop — cl, vc, pno, drumset | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||||
Dark Lady (Four Shakespeare Sonnets) | Joshua Cerdenia | Shakespeare | 0:16 | ten — vln, pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | ten | ||
Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story | Mary Watkins | Mary Watkins | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Darkness Visible | Tarik O’Regan | 0:02 | c.ten, ten — piano | 2 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | |||||
Dear Abby | Nina Shekhar | 0:06 | 2 singers — sinfonietta | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | concert | ||||
Dear Lenny | Dai Wei | voice — chamber orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | voice | concert | |||||
Death by Life – Scene 4. When the Time Hits You | Jonathan Bailey Holland | Cerise Jacobs | 0:06 | 2 sop, mez, male actor — cl, vln, vc, pno, marimba | 4 | 5 | chamber ensemble | |||||
Decoupling | Roydon Tse | Roydon Tse | 0:09 | 2 sop — perc, vc, pno | 2 | 3 | English | chamber ensemble | ||||
Dentro La Notte | John Paul Aguilar | Joel Barbosa | 1:47 | sop, mez, alt, 2 ten, bar, bass — Chamber Orchestra — SATB chorus (min 4 voices) | 7 | Listen | English | |||||
Desassossego | Marcos Balter | sop — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | concert | |||||
Die Mistel (Mistletoe) | Karim Al-Zand | 0:05 | bar — piano 4tet, vibraphone | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||
Dinner 4 3 | Michael Ching | Deborah Brevoort | 0:11 | sop or mez, ten or bar, ten — vln, bas, pno | 3 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Dodo, mon tout petit | Ian Cusson | Mavor Moore | 0:07 | sop — orchestra (1,1,2,1; 4,3,2,0; harp, cel; 12,19,7,7,5) | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | ||||
Dominican | Kui Dong | 0:05 | sop — vc | 1 | 1 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Doña Rosita | Roberto Sierra | 0:06 | mez — wind 5tet | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | mez | ||||
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen | Ruo Huang | Candace Mui-ngam Chong | 2 sop, 2 mez, ten, bar, bass — | 8 | Listen | Mandarin | staged | |||||
Drag Down the Sky | Osvaldo Golijov | Conor McPherson | 0:20 | bar — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | Ensligh | chamber ensemble | bar | concert | ||
Dream of the Red Chamber | Bright Sheng | David Henry, Bright Sheng | 2:15 | 8 principle roles — orchestra (2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp, 3perc, harp, qin – str) — SATB chorus | 14 | 30+ | English | orchestra | staged | |||
Dream Sequence ’76 | Alvin Singleton | Alvin Singleton | 1:10 | 2 sop, 2 alt, 2 ten, bar, bass, 2 actors, pantomime, 6 extras — chamber orchestra and tape | 17 | 30+ | English | orchestra | staged | |||
Dream Variations | Joyce Solomon Moorman | sop — fl, pno, drumset — SATB chorus | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||||
Dream World | Jerod Tate | 0:20 | narrator — fl, cl, b cl, bsn, perc | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | narrator | ||||
Dunbar Songs | H. Leslie Adams | Paul Laurence Dunbar | 0:15 | high voice — fl, ob, cl bsn, 2hn, timp, perc, harp, str | 1 | 30+ | Listen | English | orchestra | high voice | ||
Ear, Skin, and Bone Riddles | Marcos Balter | 0:06 | sop — vln, vc | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Edge of a Dream | Juhi Bansal | 0:25 | sop, bar, student singer — vln, vc, pno or synth — chorus of k-12 students with or without musical experience | 3 | 3 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
El Castillo Interior | Carla Lucero | Santa Teresa de Avila | 0:07 | male sop — bs. cl., prepared pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | male sop | concert | |
El éxtasis de Santa Teresa | Roberto Sierra | 0:15 | sop — chamber orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | ||||
El mensajero de plata | Roberto Sierra | 1:10 | Listen | staged | ||||||||
El último sueño de Frida y Diego | Gabriela Lena Frank | Nilo Cruz | 2:00 | sop, mez, c.ten, bar — orchestra (2,1,2,1; 1,1,0,0; 2perc, pno/cel, str) — SSAATTBB chorus | 4 | 30+ | Listen | Spanish | orchestra | |||
Elegía | Gabriela Ortiz | 0:14 | 4 sop — 2perc, timp, pno/cel, hp, str | 4 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
Elegies for the Fallen | Joyce Solomon Moorman | Rashidah Ismaili | 1:30 | 3 sop, c.alt, 2 ten, bar, bass — orchestra (picc.2.2.e.hn,2,b.cl,2 – s.sax.2.2.1.0 – xylo, 2 marimba, guiro, vibraslap, rachet, cabaca, chocolo, shekere, tamtam, snare, 2 congas, bass drum, pno) — SATB chorus | 9 | 24 | Listen | English | chamber orchestra | |||
Elementos | Clarice Assad | Daniel Basilio | 0:20 | mez — vln, cl, pno, vc | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | mez | concert | ||
Emmett Till: The Opera | Mary Watkins | Clare Coss | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Empire of Wild | Ian Cusson | Cherie Dimaline | ||||||||||
Empower | Damien Sneed | Ike Holter | staged | |||||||||
Enchantress of Numbers – Ada Lovelace Opera | Juhi Bansal | Neil Aitken | Listen | |||||||||
Escape from the Evil Empire | Kerwin Young | 0:15 | sop — orchestra (3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp, 4perc, hp, pno – str. — women’s choir | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | |||||
Eternal Peace | Roydon Tse | 0:08 | c.ten, bar — str trio | 2 | 3 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Ev’rytime I Feel the Spirit | Shawn E. Okpebholo | bar — vla, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||||
Every Grass a Spring | Du Yun | Du Yun, Yang Nan | 0:05 | bar — sheng, pipa, electronics | 1 | 3 | Listen | Chinese | chamber ensemble | bar | concert | |
Exile/Home | Joshua Cerdenia | bar — vln, vc, pno | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||||
Experiments In Opera: Everything For Dawn | Clarice Assad | Jason Cady, Adrienne Danrich, Lauren D’Errico, Krista Knight, Jerry Lieblich, and Jerome A. Parker. | staged | |||||||||
Faith | Michael Ching | Michael Ching | staged | |||||||||
Fantasies on Tang Poetry | Roydon Tse | Guangzhong Yu | 0:10 | bar — cl, vln, pno | 1 | 3 | Listen | Chinese Mandarin | chamber ensemble | bar | ||
Fantasma | Ian Cusson | Colleen Murphy | 0:50 | |||||||||
Faryad | Nasim Khorassani | Mehdi Akhavan Sales | 0:08 | bar — b.cl, tpt, tbn | 1 | 3 | Listen | Persian in International Phonetic Alphabet | chamber ensemble | bar | concert | |
Fault Lines | Gity Razaz | 0:20 | 4 voices — chamber orchestra | 4 | 30+ | orchestra | ||||||
Final Proof | Ian Cusson | Daniel Solon | 0:06 | |||||||||
Fire Shut Up In My Bones | Terence Blanchard | Kasi Lemmons | 2:10 | Listen | staged | |||||||
Five Freedom Songs | Jesse Montgomery | 0:20 | voice — perc, str | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | voice | |||||
Five Millay Songs | H. Leslie Adams | Edna St. Vincent Millay | mez or bar — fl/picc, ob, cl, fag, 2cor, timp, perc, harp, str | 1 | 30+ | English | orchestra | mez or bar | ||||
Five Songs on Poems of Marilyn Dumont | Ian Cusson | Marilyn Dumont | 0:20 | mez — chamber orchestra (1.1.1.1 – 0.0.0.0 – pno – 3.0.2.1.1) OR pno 5tet | 1 | 12 | Listen | chamber ensemble | mez | |||
Flight of Faith | Gity Razaz | 0:05 | tenor — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | tenor | |||||
Food Fight | Nina Shekhar | Nina Shekhar | 0:05 | sop — alt sax, pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Footsteps in Campbell House | Roydon Tse, Joshua Denenberg, Tyler Versluis, and Yu-Ting Lin | Michael Albano | 4 sop, mez, 2 ten, bar — vln, pno | 8 | 2 | English | chamber ensemble | staged | ||||
Forbidden | Afarin Mansouri | Donna-Michelle St. Bernard | sop, mez, bar, Farsi rapper — 3 Persian musicians: ney, tar, and perc | 4 | 3 | Listen | English, Farsi | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Formidable | Kamala Sankaram | Jerre Dye | 0:12 | sop, mez — vln, git | 2 | 2 | chamber ensemble | |||||
Found Again | Jerod Tate | Joy Harjo | 0:25 | vocal quartet — piano — optional children’s chorus | 4 | 1 | chamber ensemble | |||||
Fountain of You: A Musical Comedy | Faye Chiao | Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Listen | English | staged | |||||||
Four Freedoms | Joseph C Phillips Jr | Joseph C Phillips Jr | 1:00 | 6 sop, 2 mez, ten, 2 bar/bass — fl, alt sax, ban, cor, tpt, tbn, pno, harp, vln, vla, vc, db — SATB chorus | 11 | 12 | English | chamber ensemble | ||||
Frederick Douglass | Dorothy Rudd Moore | Dorothy Rudd Moore | 3:00 | Orchestra: 2 fl, ob, cor ang, 2 cl, b.cl, bas, 2 cor, 2 tpt, tbn, b.tbn, perc, timp, pno, str | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | staged | ||||
Freedom Suite | Leila Adu | 0:14 | 1 voice — large chamber ensemble | 1 | Listen | 1 voice | concert | |||||
Frenesí | Johanny Navarro | José Félix Gómez, Johanny Navarro | 0:45 | sop, ten, bar — cl, pno, str 4tet | 3 | 6 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
Für Meinen Vater | Jeff Scott | ten — str 4 tet | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | ten | ||||||
G. F. Handel’s Messiah: The Pre-Game Show | Karim Al-Zand | 0:45 | actor, ten, bar — 2ob, 2bsn, 2tpt, timp, harpsichord, str — SATB chorus | 3 | 30+ | orchestra | ||||||
Ghasedak | Parisa Sabet | Mehdi Akhavan-Saless | 0:12 | ten — vibraphone | 1 | 1 | Listen | Farsi | chamber ensemble | ten | concert | |
Ghosts | Kamala Sankaram | 0:06 | sop — flute choir, pno | 1 | sop | |||||||
Glosa a la sombra | Roberto Sierra | 0:10 | mez — cl, vla, pno | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | mez | ||||
Guakia Baba | Johanny Navarro | 0:06 | sop — fl, cl, vl, vc, pno | 1 | 5 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Hakka Tea Bliss | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:09 | solo male or female voice — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | solo male or female voice | |||||
Have and Hold | Allison Loggins-Hull | 0:03 | singing flutist — singing flutist, electronics | 1 | 1 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | singing flutist | concert | ||
Heart of Darkness | Tarik O’Regan | Tom Phillips | 1:15 | 2 sop, 6 ten, 3 bar, bass — fl/alt/picc, cl/Eb/b cl, cl/bcl, cor, perc, hp, acoustic git, pno/cel/harpsichord/chamber organ, 2vln, vla, 2vc, db | 8 | 14 | chamber orchestra | staged | ||||
Heart of Ours – A Piece | Tania Leon | R. Sandecki, multiple Indigenous authors | 0:08 | ten — fl, 4tpt, 2perc — men’s chorus | 1 | 7 | chamber ensemble | ten | ||||
Here | Rich Coburn | Anabel Maler | 0:03 | 1 sop — vc, vibraphone, pno | 1 | 3 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | 1 sop | ||
Hervararkviða (The Incantation of Hervor) | Melissa Dunphy | Melissa Dunphy | 0:12 | mez — vln, harp | 1 | 2 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | mez | concert | |
Highway I, USA | William Grant Still | 1:00 | sop, ten, bar — orchestra: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2(2nd ad EH)-2(2nd ad Bb cl.)-2; 4-2-2-0; timp. (2), perc., hp., str. — chorus | 3 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
ho.ma.ge | Marcos Balter | sop, alt, ten, bass — cl, str 4tet | 4 | 5 | chamber ensemble | concert | ||||||
Holy Ground | Damien Geter | staged | ||||||||||
How I Love You | Parisa Sabet | 0:03 | sop — fl, vc, perc | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Hózhó (Navajo Strong) | Jerod Tate | 0:07 | sop — vc, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Human Moments: A Song Cycle on the Poems of Brett Foster | Shawn E. Okpebholo | sop, male speaker — electric git, 2pno, chamber str, mixed media | 2 | 30+ | orchestra | |||||||
Hutong | Kui Dong | Monica Datta, Paul Schick | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Hymn to Freedom | H. Leslie Adams | Paul Laurence Dunbar | 0:10 | sop, ten, bar — Woodwind (doubling picc, B flat cl, bass clar, and E flat alto sax), tpt, tenor tbn and bass tbn or tuba (doubling string bass), pno, perc, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass. | 3 | 30+ | orchestra | |||||
I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams | Jorge Sosa | Cerise Jacobs | 3 female, 2 “children” — orchestra — children’s chorus | 5 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
I Am Carmen Miranda | Roberto Sierra | 0:18 | mez — large chamber orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | mez | ||||
I Must Survive | Du Yun | Matthew Maguire | 0:07 | sop — ensemble | 1 | Listen | English | sop | ||||
I Saw A Woman At the Mill | Ian Cusson | Ian Cusson | 0:06 | mez — orchestra (2(picc),2(eh),2,bcl,2,cbsn; 2,2,2,1; timp, 2perc, harp, pno/cel; 6,4,4,4,2) | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | mez | ||||
I Want To Go Home | Jesse Montgomery | 0:04 | sop — string quartet, quintet, or string orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | |||||
Iberian Songs | Gabriela Lena Frank | anonymous | 0:10 | sop — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | Spanish | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Illuminated Grey for Large Ensemble | Marc Zollinger | ten — fl, a.sax, vib, perc, vln, electronics | 1 | 6 | chamber ensemble | ten | concert | |||||
Images | Joseph Jones | Ranier Rilke | 1:37 | mez, ten, bass — Orchestra (3.3.3.3-4.3.3.0-T-Str) — SATB chorus | 3 | 30+ | German | orchestra | ||||
Immortal Pilots | Melika M. Fitzhugh | Chase Twichell | 0:07 | ten — ten/bass recorder (could substitute C/bass flute), pno/harpsichord | 1 | 2 | English | chamber ensemble | ten | |||
In Our Daughter’s Eyes | Du Yun | Michael McQuilken | staged | |||||||||
Interludes | John Wineglass | 0:07 | mez — vc, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | mez | |||||
Inuit Games | T. Patrick Carrabré | Katajjak singers — orchestra | 30+ | orchestra | concert | |||||||
Invisible | Damien Geter | bar — pno, tpt | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | bar | concert | |||||
Invocaciones | Roberto Sierra | 0:14 | voice — perc | 1 | 1 | chamber ensemble | voice | |||||
Iphigenia | Wayne Shorter | Esperanza Spalding | orchestra and jazz sax, drums, pno, db | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | staged | |||||
Iron John: An American Ghost Story | Jacinth Greywoods | Rebecca Hart | 4 male, 2 female — | 6 | Listen | |||||||
Island of the Moon | Faye Chiao | Anton Dudley | Listen | English | staged | |||||||
It Is So Cold Tonight | Miguel del Aguila | 0:09 | solo high or med voice — orchestra (2.2.2.2 – 2.2.2.1 – timp, 2perc, pno – str) | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | solo high or med voice | concert | ||||
Ithánali (I Know) | Jerod Tate | 0:07 | sop — vc, pno | 1 | 2 | Chickasaw, English | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
Ivo, Ivo | Tania Leon | Manuel Martin | 0:05 | sop — cl, bcl, vla, vc, db | 1 | 5 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
J’adore les orages | Ian Cusson | Marc Bouchard | 0:06 | mez — orchestra (picc.2.2.eh.3.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc.harp.cel-str) or piano | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | mez | |||
Jeanne | Justine F. Chen | 1:15 | sop, mez, ten, bar, bass — orchestra | 5 | 30+ | orchestra | ||||||
Journey | Tania Leon | 0:06 | high voice — fl, hp | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | high voice | |||||
Journey of the Shadow | Gabriela Lena Frank | Nilo Cruz | 0:22 | narrator — orchestra (1,1,1,1; 0,0,0,0; perc, pno; str(1,1,1,1,1)) | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | narrator | ||||
Journey to Freedom | Julius Williams | 0:30 | sop, ten — orchestra (3.3.2.3 – 4.3.2.1 – timp, perc, pno) — chorus | 2 | 24 | chamber orchestra | ||||||
Juana | Carla Lucero | Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Carla Lucero | Listen | Spanish | staged | |||||||
Katie: The Strongest of The Strong | Faye Chiao | Anton Dudley | 0:45 | staged | ||||||||
King of the Clouds | Michael Ching | Hugh Moffatt | staged | |||||||||
Kivalina | Kamala Sankaram | 0:07 | mez — vln | 1 | 1 | chamber ensemble | mez | |||||
Klage | Joseph Jones | Rainer Maria Rilke | 0:18 | ten — fo, ob, cl, bsn, cor | 1 | 5 | German | chamber ensemble | ten | |||
Kyrie | Malcolm J. Solomon | sop — fl, organ | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||||
L’Histoire de l’oie | Ian Cusson | Michel Marc Bouchard | 0:15 | mez, bar, c.ten — pno | 3 | 1 | chamber ensemble | |||||
L’homme Armé | Melissa Dunphy | anonymous | 0:06 | sop or ten — cor, cl, theremin, vc, tape | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop or ten | concert | ||
La Alcaldesa | Laura Jobin-Acosta | Sandra Flores-Strand | Listen | staged | ||||||||
La Centinela y la Paloma | Gabriela Lena Frank | Nilo Cruz | 0:24 | sop or mez — Orchestra (2,2,2,2; 2,2,0,0; 2perc, cel/pno, harp; str) | 1 | 30+ | Listen | Spanish | orchestra | sop or mez | ||
La flambeau | David Bontemps | staged | ||||||||||
La Pasión según San Marcos | Osvaldo Golijov | 1:27 | 3 vocalists — non-trad orchestra: 2 tpt, 2 tbn, 3 perc, singers or instrumentalists playing brimbau/cajón/udú/clave/wind chimes/whistle/shaker/gua gua/cuica/SD/BD/bell/bombo/repinique/surdo/ganza, pno, acc, git, str (6.0.6.1 OR 12.0.8.4) — chorus | 3 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | concert | ||||
La Reina | Jorge Sosa | Laura Sosa Pedroza, Jorge Sosa | 2vln, vla, vc, db, fl/picc, ob/cor angl, cl/bass cl, bsn/contrabsn, tpt, tbn, piano/keyboards, perc, laptop | 14 | Listen | English, Spanish | chamber orchestra | |||||
Lacrymosa | Melissa Hui | voice — chamber ensemble, woodwinds, keyboards | 1 | voice | concert | |||||||
Lahzeh-e Didar | Parisa Sabet | Mehdi Akhavan-Saless | 0:03 | ten — vibraphone | 1 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ten | concert | ||
Lamentations of an Aztec Poet (paired with Every Gnome Knows) | Melika M. Fitzhugh | Unknown Aztec Poet(s) | 0:19 | ten — sop/alt/ten recorder alt/ten recorder ten/bass recorder (C or bass flutes may be substituted) | 1 | 3 | English, Nahuatl | chamber ensemble | ten | |||
Las Tres Mujeres de Jurusalén | Carla Lucero | Carla Lucero | Listen | Spanish | staged | |||||||
Lear on the Second Floor | Anthony Davis | Allan Havis | staged | |||||||||
Leeves | Michael Ching | Michael Ching | staged | |||||||||
Leila | Karim Al-Zand | 0:11 | bar — git, str 4tet | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||
Leo: Opera in One Cat | Michael Ching | Fernando Fonseca | 0:15 | staged | ||||||||
Letras para cantar | Angélica Negrón | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | 0:11 | 3 female voices — electronics | 3 | 1 | Spanish | chamber ensemble | concert | |||
Letter To Our Children | Justine F. Chen | Jacqueline Goldfinger | 0:14 | mez — harp, 2vln, vla, 2vc | 1 | 6 | chamber ensemble | mez | ||||
Lilith | Anthony Davis | Allan Havis | English | staged | ||||||||
Lo-Re-Lei | Dai Wei | throat singer — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | throat singer | concert | ||||
Loisaida, My Love | Jesse Montgomery | Bimbo Rivas | 0:05 | mez — vc | 1 | 1 | chamber ensemble | mez | ||||
Looking at You | Kamala Sankaram | Rob Handel | 1:30 | 6 singers — 3 sax, pno, electronics | 6 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
Lord, I Want to be a Christian/Give Me Jesus | Shawn E. Okpebholo | bar — fl, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||||
Love Raise Your Voice | Tarik O’Regan | 0:02 | sop — vln, pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Love Songs | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:08 | sop — fl, cl, perc, vl, vla, vc | 1 | 6 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Lowak Shoppala’ (Fire and Light) | Jerod Tate | 1:30 | sop, bar, narrator — orchestra (3(2 picc).2.3(b cl).3(cbsn) – 4.3.3.1 – timp, 3 perc, hp, pno, str) — children’s chorus | 3 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
Luciérnaga | Gabriela Ortiz | Silvia Peláez | Listen | |||||||||
Lunar Songs | Jesse Montgomery | J Mae Barizo | 0:07 | voice — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | voice | ||||
Luv | Shreya Jha | staged | ||||||||||
Luz de Lava | Gabriela Ortiz | Armando Salas Portugall | 0:33 | sop — orchestra (3.2.3.3 – 4.4.3.1 – timp, 3perc, hp, pno – str) — choir | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | |||
Lynx Lamour Goes to Nashville | Tomson Highway | Tomson Highway | Woods Cree | staged | ||||||||
Lyrics of Love and Sorrow | Malcolm J. Solomon | voice — vc, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | |||||
Madame Mao | Bright Sheng | Colin Graham | 2:00 | orchestra (2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 0 timp, 4perc, hp – str) — SATB chorus | 13 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | ||||
Madame White Snake | Zhou Long | Cerise Lim Jacobs | Listen | English | staged | |||||||
Madcap’s Diary | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:08 | sop — a.fl, harpsichord | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Maku | Parisa Sabet | 0:08 | sop — fl, cl, pno, vl, vc, audio playback | 1 | 6 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Malabarismos | Angélica Negrón | 0:02 | female voice — flute | 1 | 1 | chamber ensemble | female voice | concert | ||||
Mama’s little Precious Thing | Allison Loggins-Hull | sop — 4vln, 2vla, 2vc, db | 1 | 9 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||||
Marian’s Song (a chamber opera) | Damien Sneed | Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton | sop, mez, ten, b.bar, bass, unknown — orchestra — chorus | 6 | 30+ | Listen | English | orchestra | staged | |||
Mask Your Sonic Story | Reiko Yamada | Reiko Yamada | 1:00 | 9 female singers — percussion ensemble | 9 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | staged | |||
Master | Jacinth Greywoods | Deepali Gupta | 2 female, 1 male — | 3 | ||||||||
May I Feel – An Opera in Seven Minutes | Bright Sheng | e e cummings | 0:07 | sop, ten — pno 4 hands | 2 | 2 | English | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Meditation on a Century Plant | Michi Wiancko | voice — strings | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | voice | concert | |||||
Messa | Alvin Singleton | from Catholic Liturgy | 0:26 | sop — fl, electric organ, 2git, vc, db — SATB chamber chorus | 1 | 6 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Mi Lumia | Angélica Negrón | 0:05 | 3 female voices — | 3 | concert | |||||||
midnight, often | Che Buford | r.h. sin Buford | 0:06 | sop — vla, pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | english | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |
Minette Fontaine | William Grant Still | 2:00 | col sop, sop, cont, ten, bar — orchestra: 3(2 3 ad picc.)-2-EH-3-2(2nd ad contrab.); 3-2-3-1; timp., perc., hp., str. — chorus | 5 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
Miranda | Kamala Sankaram | Kamala Sankaram, Rob Reese | 1:15 | 6 singers — vln, vc, cl, ten sax, bass cl, bari sax, el git, electronics | 6 | 8 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
Misha’ Sipokni’ (The Old Ground) | Jerod Tate | 0:35 | top, ten, bar — orchestra (2(picc).2.3(b cl).3(cbsn) – 4.2.3.1 – timp, 2perc, hp, pno – str) — children’s chorus | 3 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
Missa Latina | Roberto Sierra | 1:17 | sop, bar — orchestra — SATB chorus | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
Missa pro Defunctis | Joseph Jones | 1:30 | sop, mez, ten, bar — Orchestra (2.2.2.2-4-4-3-0-T+5-Str) — SATB chorus | 4 | 30+ | Latin | orchestra | |||||
moment colorés | Faye Chiao | Albert Giraud | 0:18 | sop — fl, cl, vln, vc, pno | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers | Kamala Sankaram | David Johnston | 0:40 | 4 singers — pno, hand perc | 4 | 2 | chamber ensemble | |||||
Morning Call | Liliya Ugay | Sokunthary Svay | 0:07 | sop — fl, ob, cl, perc, hp, vln, vla, vc db | 1 | 8 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |
Mota | William Grant Still | 2:00 | sop, mez, ten, ba — orchestra: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2-2-2; 4-3-3-1; timp., perc. (2), hp., str. — chorus | 4 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
Motherless Child | Maria Thompson Corley | Kirsten Maria Corley | 4:30 | sop — string quartet | 1 | 4 | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Murasaki’s Moon, An Opera | Michi Wiancko | Deborah Brevoort | 1:09 | Listen | staged | |||||||
Muscogee Hymn Suite | Jerod Tate | 0:30 | traditional Mvskoke singer, bar — orchestra (2(alto/picc).2.2(b cl).2(cbsn) – 4.3.3.1 – timp, 2perc, hp – str) — children’s chorus | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
Mystery Date | Malcolm J. Solomon | Malcolm J. Solomon | 0:29 | 2 sop, mez, spoken male — orchestra | 4 | 30+ | Listen | English | orchestra | staged | ||
Myths of History | Julius Williams | sop — orchestras | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | ||||||
Namwayut | Parmela Attariwala & Ian Cusson, co-composers | Yvette Nolan | staged | |||||||||
Naomi in the Living Room | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:20 | 2 sop, bar — ob, cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, perc, hapr, 2 vln, vla, vc, cb | 3 | 12 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Napi and the Rocks | Cris Derksen | 0:25 | narrator — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | narrator | concert | ||||
Navidad en la montaña | Roberto Sierra | Virginia Sierra | sop — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | ||||
Necessity is a Mother | Alvin Singleton | Alvin Singleton | 0:30 | 3 female actors — amplified db | 3 | 1 | chamber ensemble | concert | ||||
Never Seek to Tell Thy Love | Hannah Kendall | 0:05 | 2 sop, alt — | 3 | 0 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Never was the way | James Diaz | 0:15 | voice — g fl, b cl, perc, vln, vc | 1 | 5 | chamber ensemble | voice | |||||
New Andean Songs | Gabriela Lena Frank | José Maria Arguedas | 0:21 | sop, mez — 2 perc, 2pno | 2 | 4 | Spanish | chamber ensemble | ||||
Night Songs | Vivian Fung | 0:18 | mez — fl, ob, cl, bsn, cor, tpt, tbn, perc, pno, harp, vln, vla, vc, db | 1 | 14 | Listen | chamber orchestra | mez | concert | |||
Night Wears Black | Juhi Bansal | adapted from Rumi | 0:05 | sop — vc, pitched bells | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Nightsongs | H. Leslie Adams | multiple librettists | 0:20 | mez or bar — fl, ob, cl, bsn, 2hn, timp, perc, harp, str | 1 | 30+ | Listen | English | orchestra | mez or bar | ||
Nirvana Sketches | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:11 | solo male or female voice — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | solo male or female voice | |||||
Not Hands Like Mine | Hannah Kendall | 0:06 | 2 sop, alt — | 3 | 0 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Nothing is Subtle | Karen Sunabacka | mez, actor — fl, cl, perc | 2 | 3 | chamber ensemble | |||||||
Now Fatal Change | Tarik O’Regan | 0:09 | mez — vln | 1 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | mez | ||||
O Death, O Grave | Ian Cusson | 0:05 | 2 voices — e.git, harpsichord | 2 | 2 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
O Nightingale | Parisa Sabet | 0:04 | mez — fl, git, harp | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | mez | concert | ||||
Obeah Opera | Nicole Brooks | Nicole Brooks | 20+ women — a capella | 20 | 0 | Listen | chamber ensemble | staged | ||||
Öcalan | Nathan Felix | Nathan Felix | 0:20 | sop, ten — vln, vla, vc, pno — SATB chorus | 2 | 4 | Listen | Kurdish | chamber ensemble | staged | ||
Ocean Child | Alice Ping Yee Ho | Marjorie Chan | 0:16 | sop — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | |||
Oceana | Osvaldo Golijov | 0:27 | sop, boy sop — 2 fl, 3 perc, 2 git, harp, str — chorus | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | concert | ||||
Of the Sea short | Ian Cusson | Kanika Ambrose | 0:07 | |||||||||
Omar | Michael Abels, Rhiannon Giddens | Michael Abels, Rhiannon Giddens | staged | |||||||||
On Baldness & Other Songs | Cynthia Lee Wong | multiple librettists | 0:19 | sop — orchestra (4.3.3.3 – 2.2.2.1 – timp/rt, 3 perc, hp, pno/cel – str | 1 | 30+ | English | orchestra | sop | concert | ||
On Music | Shawn E. Okpebholo | sop — cl, pno | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
On the Origin | Justine F. Chen | Rochelle Bright | 0:25 | 2 sop, bar — pno | 3 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
one story | Faye Chiao | 0:20 | sop, narrator — chamber ensemble | 2 | Listen | concert | ||||||
Opera das Pedras | Clarice Assad | Denise Milan | staged | |||||||||
Orchestral Powwow | Cris Derksen | 0:45 | 6 Powwow singers — orchestra, drummers, solo vc, 1 hoop dancer | 6 | 30+ | orchestra | concert | |||||
Out of the Rain | Michael Ching | Hugh Moffatt | staged | |||||||||
Owl Song | Raven Chacon | voice — sinfonietta | 1 | voice | concert | |||||||
Panacea Nø-Chê | Du Yun | 0:08 | countertenor — tenor recorder, electronics | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | countertenor | concert | ||||
Panamericana, A Latin-Jazz Fantasy | Paquito D’Rivera | Annie Colina | 0:08 | sop — cl/alto sax, tpt, git/Venezuelan Cuatro, bandoneon, marimba/vibraphone, pno, bass, trap drum/perc | 1 | 9 | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Paradise Interrupted | Ruo Huang | Ji Chao, Jennifer Wen Ma, Huang Ruo, Qian Yi | 1:30 | Kunqu opera singer, c.ten, ten, bar, b.bar — | 5 | Listen | staged | |||||
Parizade and the Singing Tree | Karim Al-Zand | 0:24 | narrator — fl/picc/alt fl, cl/bass cl, vln, vc, pno, perc | 1 | 6 | Listen | chamber ensemble | narrator | ||||
Parsimonia | Angélica Negrón | 0:04 | 6 female voices — | 6 | 0 | chamber ensemble | concert | |||||
Partial Men | Dai Wei | Dai Wei | voice — str 4tet, live electronics | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | |||
Pearl of Asia | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:30 | sop — orchestra — chorus | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | |||||
Pendulum | Clarice Assad | 0:15 | vocalist — tpt, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | vocalist | concert | ||||
Philomel | Justine F. Chen | 0:15 | sop — fl/picc/alt fl, bsn, cor, tpt/flugelhorn, vln, vc, db | 1 | 7 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Pierrot Songs | Joshua Cerdenia | 0:13 | sop — Pierrot ensemble (fl, cl, vln, vc, pno) | 1 | 5 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Pimooteewin (The Journey) | Melissa Hui | Tomson Highway | sop, ten, narrator/actor — fl, ob, perc, vln, vla, vc, bass | 3 | 7 | Cree | chamber ensemble | concert | ||||
Plenty Good Room | Maria Thompson Corley | Kirsten Maria Corley | 2:19 | sop — string quartet | 1 | 4 | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Pomok naka Poktoinskwes | Jeremy Dutcher | 0:06 | sop, male voice — perc, str 5tet, electronics | 2 | 7 | Listen | chamber ensemble | |||||
Poppies in the Graveyard | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:09 | sop — cl/b cl, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Prayer | Alvin Singleton | 0:21 | ten — organ, harp, tpt, vc — chamber choir | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | ten | concert | ||||
Pueblo Mulato | Tania Leon | Nicolás Guillén | 0:12 | sop — ob, gui, perc, pno | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
Purchase of Manhattan | Brent Michael Davids | 0:56 | sop, ten, bar, American Indian singers — chamber orchestra, American Indian flute — SATB chorus | 30+ | orchestra | concert | ||||||
Pythagoras of Samos (Drama Musical in one act) | Andersen Viana | Andersen Viana | 1:30 | sop, ten, 2 bar, bass — pno, perc (Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Bass Drums, Susp. Cymbals, Snare Drums, Triangle, Ganzá) — SATB chorus | 5 | 2 | Listen | Portuguese | chamber ensemble | staged | ||
Qadar | Tony Small | Tony Small | 2:00 | 2 sop, mez, 2 alto, 2 ten, bar, bass — orchestra, incl oud — chorus | 9 | 30+ | Listen | English, Arabic | orchestra | staged | ||
Queen Clara | Mary Watkins | Lance Belville | staged | |||||||||
Quiet Love and Moon Aria | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:10 | sop — pno, git | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Quiet Thoughts by Night | Daniel Sabzghabaei | Bai Li | 0:05 | sop or ten — orchestra, incl dagu drum and pipa | 1 | 30+ | Listen | Mandarin | orchestra | sop or ten | concert | |
Quiet Thoughts by Night | Roydon Tse | 0:04 | sop or ten — orchestra, incl dagu drum and pipa | 1 | 30+ | Mandarin | orchestra | sop or ten | ||||
Quirkhead | Nina Shekhar | Nina Shekhar | 0:09 | sop — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |
Raices (Tabla Raza) | Tania Leon | 0:12 | voice — fl, vln, db, pno, tabla solo, 2perc | 1 | 7 | chamber ensemble | voice | |||||
ramonanewyorkamsterdam | Kamala Sankaram | Kamala Sankaram | 0:25 | mez — str 4tet, pno | 1 | 5 | chamber ensemble | mez | ||||
Redención | Johanny Navarro | 0:25 | ||||||||||
Reflections | Tania Leon | Rita Dove | 0:10 | sop — pno, cl, a sax, tpt, 2perc, str 5tet | 1 | 11 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
Rhyme and Punishment: A Musical Comedy in One Act | Faye Chiao | Anton Dudley | 0:45 | Listen | English | staged | ||||||
Ribas-Dominicci | Nathan Felix | Nathan Felix | 0:25 | mez, bar — vln, vla, vc, pno — SATB chorus | 2 | 4 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | staged | ||
Rivers, A Poetic Suite | Paquito D’Rivera | Langston Hughes, Julia de Burgos, José Maria Heredia | 0:18 | sop — fl, cl/alt sax, cor, pno, perc, vc, db | 1 | 7 | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Robotic Songs | Cynthia Lee Wong | 0:03 | 2 sop — perc | 2 | 1 | chamber ensemble | concert | |||||
Rosalind | Hannah Kendall | 0:15 | sop (playing 15 note music box and harmonica in C), bar — piano (+ a piece of A4 paper) | 2 | 1 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Rose | Tomson Highway | staged | ||||||||||
RSBE | Michael Ching | Listen | staged | |||||||||
Ruka The Eco-Musical | Tony Small | Tony Small | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Saia’tatokenhti: Honouring Saint Kateri | Barbara Assiginaak | Darren Bonaparte | staged | |||||||||
Sarajevo | Osvaldo Golijov | 0:05 | sop — cl, vla, vc, db | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Sarrasine, Scene 3, “Our love is like a diamonded chalice…” | Kyle Ukes | Kyle Ukes | c.ten, bar — pno | 2 | 1 | English | chamber ensemble | staged | ||||
Say You Have This Ball of Meaning | Alvin Singleton | Patricia Hampl | 0:15 | bar — harp, accordion, 2 perc, str | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | bar | concert | |||
Scattered | Clarice Assad | 0:23 | scat singing — orchestra w piano solo (2.2.2.2 – 4.3.2.b tbn.1 – timp, 2perc – str) | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | scat singing | concert | |||
Scourge of Hyacinths | Tania Leon | Tania Leon | 1:30 | mez, 3 ten, 3 bar, bass, 3 speakers — fl/A fl/pic, cl/Eb/b cl, A sax/T sax, bsn/cbn – cor, tpt/cnt, tbn – 3perc, pf – solo str | 11 | 16 | Listen | chamber orchestra | staged | |||
Search | Alvin Singleton | Mari Evans | 0:02 | sop — fl, vibraphone | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Seven Armenian Songs | Gabriela Lena Frank | Nahapet Quchak | 0:30 | sop — perc, vln | 1 | 2 | Listen | Armenian | chamber ensemble | sop | ||
Seven Sisters | Justine F. Chen | Stephanie Fleischmann | 1:30 | 5 sop, 2 mez — 3vln, 3vla, 3vc, 1db, perc | 7 | 11 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
Seven Songs from Midare-gami | Reiko Yamada | Akiko Yosano | sop — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Seven Woods and a Van | Michael Ching | staged | ||||||||||
She | Nina Shekhar | Maya Angelou | 0:08 | mez — sitar, vln, vc, marimba | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | mez | concert | |||
Shell Shaker: A Chickasaw Opera | Jerod Tate | 1:30 | 3 sop, girl sop, mez, ten, boy, 2 ten, 2 bar, bass — orchestra (3(picc).3(eh).3(bcl).3(cbsn) – 4.3.3.1 – timp, 3perc, hp – str) — SATB chorus | 11 | 30+ | orchestra | ||||||
Shikata ga nai | Roydon Tse | 0:15 | ten, bar — pno | 2 | 1 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Shilombisho Ittayallittook (Worth of the Soul): A Musical Tribute to American Indian Warriors | Jerod Tate | 1:00 | narrator — orchestra/symphonic wind ensemble — chorus | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | narrator | |||||
Shine Through | Tony Small | Tony Small, Lisa Levine | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Shiva She Says | Dai Wei | throat singer — str orchestra, pno, perc | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | throat singer | concert | ||||
Silver River | Bright Sheng | David Henry Hwang | 1:08 | African-American actress (Western style), Asian Male singer (Chinese Opera style), bar (Western Opera/Musical Theatre style) — fl/picc/a fl, cl/b cl/perc, pipa, perc, vln/perc, vc/perc | 3 | 6 | English | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Sing My People | Joyce Solomon Moorman | sop, ten, bas — chamber ensemble — SATB chorus | 3 | |||||||||
Sing to the Sun | Alvin Singleton | Ashley Bryan | 0:16 | narrator — ob, cl, perc, pno, vla — children’s chorus | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | narrator | concert | ||
Singin’ Sepia | Tania Leon | Rita Dove | 0:12 | sop — cl, vln, pno 4 hnds | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Sirens | Juhi Bansal | adapted from James Russell Lowell | 0:32 | 2 sop, mez — pre-recorded track | 3 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
Slaying the Dragon | Michael Ching | Ellen Frankel | staged | |||||||||
Small Argument | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:20 | sop — fl, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Smash Division | Leila Adu | 1 female — percussion quartet | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | 1 female | concert | ||||
Snow on the River | Cynthia Lee Wong | Liu Zongyuan | 0:03 | sop — orchestra (1.1.1.1 – vib, mar, hp, cel, solo zhonghu (or solo vla) – str) | 2 | 30+ | orchestra | concert | ||||
Someone Else’s Child | John Wineglass | 0:13 | narrator — orchestra (3(picc).3(e.hn).3(e.b,b.cl).3(c.bsn) – 4.4.3.1 – timp, 4 perc, hp, pno/cel – str) | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | narrator | |||||
Song of the Peach Blossom Cottage | Xuesi Xu | Yin Tang | 0:06 | sop — fl, cl, marimba, vln, vc, pno | 1 | 6 | Chinese | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Songs for Baritone and Orchestra | Julius Williams | bar — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | bar | ||||||
Songs from the Book of Nightmares | Gity Razaz | 0:07 | sop — oboe, cl, hn, pno | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Songs from the Diaspora | Roberto Sierra | 0:20 | sop — str 4tet, pno | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
Songs from the Post-Truth Era | Karim Al-Zand | 0:06 | sop — bsn | 1 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
Songs of Gernika | Cynthia Lee Wong | Irantzu Agirre | 0:09 | sop — hp, str 4 tet | 1 | 5 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Soon I will Be Done | Maria Thompson Corley | Malcolm Richard Corley | 4:10 | sop — string quartet | 1 | 4 | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Speed Dating Tonight | Michael Ching | Michael Ching | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Spirit Chief Names the Animal People | Jerod Tate | 0:25 | narrator — orchestra (1.0.0.2 – 2.2.0.0 – perc, pno – str) | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | narrator | ||||
Spirit Woman Song | Brent Michael Davids | 0:05 | sop — orchestra or chamber orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | concert | |||
Spiritual Suite | Tania Leon | 2 sop, narrator — amplified ensemble — chorus | 3 | |||||||||
Splintered | Justine F. Chen and Jorge Sosa | Lila Palmer | ||||||||||
Standing Bear: A Ponca Indian Cantata in Eight Tableaux | Jerod Tate | 0:25 | bar — pno, str 6tet | 1 | 7 | Listen | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||
Statistics | Shreya Jha | Shreya Jha | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Stein Songs | Roger Zare | 0:17 | sop — b.cl, vln, perc | 1 | 3 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Stockbridge Mohican Song | Brent Michael Davids | Brent Michael Davis | 0:05 | voice — shaker, 2db | 1 | 3 | Mohican | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | ||
Suite for voice and chamber ensemble | Gity Razaz | voice — chamber ensemble | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | voice | ||||||
Suite for Voice, Piano, and Bassoon | Malcolm J. Solomon | voice — bsn, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | |||||
Surely I know the Spring that Swiftly Flows | Karen Sunabacka | bar — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||||
Sweet Land | Raven Chacon, Du Yun | Aja Couchois Duncan, Douglas Kearney | 2:02 | fl, fl/sax, 2 cl/sax, tpt, tbn, 2 tba, 3 perc, 2 git, 2pno, 3 vln, 2 vla, 2 vc, 2 db, — chorus | 16 | 23 | Listen | chamber orchestra | staged | |||
Swimmy | Karim Al-Zand | 0:05 | narrator — cl, pno, vln, vc | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | narrator | ||||
Synthetico | Clarice Assad | amplified voice (TC Helicon’s Voice Live Touch) — vln, cl, pno, vc | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | amplified voice (TC Helicon’s Voice Live Touch) | |||||
Taking Up Serpents | Kamala Sankaram | Jerry Dye | 1:00 | 6 singers — 3 sax, pno, electronics | 6 | 5 | chamber ensemble | |||||
Tale of Da Ji Prologue | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:05 | sop, b.bar — cl/b.cl, bsn, tpt, perc, pno, vln, vla, vc | 2 | 8 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Tale of M’Whell | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:20 | sop — b.cl, vln, pno | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Tan-Tan | Hannah Kendall | 0:15 | mez (who plays harmonica and 15 note Music Box) — fl/picc/alt fl/b fl/harmonica, cl/b cl, vln/voice, perc/voice | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | mez (who plays harmonica and 15 note Music Box) | |||||
Tania | Anthony Davis | Michael John La Chiusa | 1:30 | sop, mez, ten, bass, 2 male, 4 female — 3ww.bn/2perc/pf/vn.vc.db | 10 | 10 | English | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Technobabble IV | Daniel Sabzghabaei | 0:09 | high voice — fl, cl, vl, perc/plastic bags | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | high voice | concert | |||
Tender Buttons | Roger Zare | 0:17 | sop — vln | 1 | 1 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
Tesla’s Pigeon | Melissa Dunphy | Shakespeare, Goethe, Viereck, Traditional | 0:18 | sop — orchestra (3,2,3,3; 4,2,2,1; timp, perc, hp; str) | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | concert | ||
The (Post) Mistress | Tomson Highway | Tomson Highway | English, with some Cree and French | staged | ||||||||
The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry | Jonathan Bailey Holland | Carole Real | 0:12 | 2 sop, mez, male actor — cl, vln, vc, pno, marimba | 4 | 5 | chamber ensemble | |||||
The Bitter Suite | Kamala Sankaram | Hunter S. Thompson | 0:08 | sop — vla, vc, acoustic bass, e git | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
The Boatman’s Aria | Kamala Sankaram | 0:05 | bar — fixed electronics | 1 | 0 | chamber ensemble | bar | |||||
The Book Collector | Stella C. Y. Sung | Ernest Hilbert | 0:49 | Listen | staged | |||||||
The Boy from Troy | Maria Thompson Corley | Diana Solomon-Glover | staged | |||||||||
The Bronze Legacy | Damien Geter | low/med voice — fl, pno, db, perc | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | low/med voice | concert | |||||
The Call Across the Valley of Not-Knowing | Gity Razaz | 0:35 | sop, bar — cl, vc, pno | 2 | 3 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | ||||
The Central Park Five | Anthony Davis | Richard Wesley | sop, 2 mez, 5 ten, bar, 3 b.bar — | 12 | staged | |||||||
The Course We Set | Johanny Navarro | 0:10 | ||||||||||
The Crossing | Clarice Assad | E. M. Lewis | staged | |||||||||
The Curious Lady of Lyme Regis | Laura Jobin-Acosta | Kaitlin Sullivan | Listen | staged | ||||||||
The Disappeared | Clarice Assad | Daniel Basilio | 0:10 | Listen | ||||||||
The Disinherited | Clarice Assad | Niloufar Talebi | staged | |||||||||
The Dragon | Justine F. Chen | 0:50 | sop, mez, ten, bass — pno OR 3fl, perc — optional chorus | 4 | 1 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
The Gonzales Cantata | Melissa Dunphy | public domain | 0:40 | 6 sop, alt, ten — organ — SSAT choir | 8 | 1 | Listen | chamber ensemble | concert | |||
The Grey Land | Joseph C Phillips Jr | Joseph C Phillips Jr, Isaac Butler, Sonya Sotomayor, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carolyn Bryant Donham | 1:05 | sop, narrator — fl/picc, cl, alt sax, bsn, cor, tpt, tbn, 4electric/acoustic git, 2 electric pno, harp, 4 vln, 2vla, vc, electric bass — 6 treble voices | 2 | 22 | Listen | English | chamber orchestra | |||
The Hill Wife | Joseph Jones | Robert Frost | 0:24 | medium-high voice — cl, vln, vc | 1 | 3 | English | chamber ensemble | medium-high voice | |||
The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace | Kamala Sankaram | Rob Handel | 0:45 | 6 singers — str 4tet, pno | 6 | 5 | chamber ensemble | |||||
The Knife of Dawn | Hannah Kendall | Tessa McWatt | bar — harp, vln, vla, vc — 2 sop, alt | 1 | 4 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | bar | |||
The Landing | Leila Adu | 1 female — str 4tet, harp | 1 | 5 | chamber ensemble | 1 female | concert | |||||
The Late Walk | Jasmine Barnes | Nikolaus Hochstein Cox | 0:12 | sop, 2 mez, bar — bas, pno | 4 | 2 | chamber ensemble | |||||
The Leader | Karim Al-Zand | 0:35 | sop, mez, ten, 2 bar — fl, cl, cornet, tbn, 2 vlns, vla, vc db, perc | 5 | 10 | Listen | chamber ensemble | |||||
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Vivian Fung | operatic voice — | 1 | operatic voice | staged | |||||||
The Letter | Malcolm J. Solomon | staged | ||||||||||
The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing | Justine F. Chen | David Simpatico | 1:50 | sop, mez, 2 ten, bar, 2 b.bar — orchestra (picc.1(picc).1.1(b c).a sax/bar sax.1(cbsn) – 1.1.1.1 – perc, pno/cel/pipe organ, hp – str (5.4.4.4.2)) — SATB chorus (24 singers min) | 7 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | ||||
The Lonely Doll: A Full Length Musical | Faye Chiao | Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Listen | English | staged | |||||||
The Lost Country of Sight | Juhi Bansal | Neil Aitken | 0:12 | sop — vc, pno, perc | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | |||
The Lotus Told Me | Dai Wei | throat singer — fl, cl, vln, vc, pno | 1 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | throat singer | concert | ||||
The Madness of Queen Charlotte | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:09 | sop — fl, vla, vc, pno | 1 | 4 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
The Maiden Tower | Justine F. Chen | 0:40 | sop, ten, bass, actress — fl/picc, cl, cor, perc, hp, pno, 2vln, vla, vc, db, electronics (quadraphonic speaker set-up) | 4 | 12 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
The Man Who Swallowed a Snake | Du Yun | 0:19 | voice — perc, db OR sax, perc | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | |||
The mask in the Mirror | Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson | 2:30 | 3 sop, 3 mez, 3 ten, 2 bar — 2 fl (picc), ob, eng horn, cl, 2 fag, 2 cor, 2 perc | 11 | 11 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | staged | ||
The Meadow Lark | H. Leslie Adams | Paul Laurence Dunbar | 0:05 | high voice — 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bsn, 4hn, 3tpt, 3tbn, tba, perc, str | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | high voice | ||||
The Mouse and the Camel | Robert Owens | Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi | mez — vla, vc, pno | 1 | 3 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | mez | |||
The New Canadians | Peter Abando | Carolyn Nakagawa | 2:00 | 9 actor/singers — | 9 | 6 | Listen | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
The Night Singer | Vivian Fung | sop, ten, b.bar — pno | 3 | 1 | chamber ensemble | staged | ||||||
The Parksville Murders, Episode 1 | Kamala Sankaram | Jerre Dye | 0:10 | sop, mez — fixed electronics — chorus | 2 | 1 | chamber ensemble | |||||
The Phoenix | Bright Sheng | Hans Christian Anderson, Bright Sheng. | 0:25 | sop — orchestra (3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp, 4perc, hp – str) | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | concert | |||
The Pillar | William Grant Still | 2:00 | sop, mez, 2 c.ten, 3 ten, 2 bar, bass — orchestra: 2-picc.-2-EH-3-2-contrab.; 3-3-2-1; timp., perc., cel., hp., str., drums, tom-toms, cymbs., chimes, tamb., trian., temple blks., maracas. — chorus | 10 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
The Prisoner | Karim Al-Zand | 0:28 | bass — orchestra (3,3,3,3; 4,4,3,1; harp, pno/cel, timp, 4 perc; str) | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | bass | ||||
The Red Ribbon | Ylan Chu | Ylan Chu | 0:08 | sop, ten — picc/fl, cl, cor, vln, vc | 2 | 5 | English | chamber ensemble | ||||
The Red Silk Thread: An Epic Tale of Marco Polo | Stella C. Y. Sung | Ernest Hilbert | Listen | staged | ||||||||
The Rosina Project | Ikechi Chijiuba Ihemeson & K.F. Jacques | Mikey to the P | ||||||||||
The Secret Code of Mary Bowser: An Operatic Scene | Faye Chiao | Anton Dudley | 0:10 | staged | ||||||||
The Secret River | Stella C. Y. Sung | Mark Campbell | 1:10 | 3 sop, mez, bar — fl, cl, bas, vl, vla, vc, db, harp, pno, perc | 5 | 11 | Listen | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
The Seduction of Honorius | Daniel Sabzghabaei | mez — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | mez | staged | ||||
The Selfish Giant | Clarice Assad | Lila Palmer | staged | |||||||||
The Seven Last Words of Christ | Laura Jobin-Acosta | 0:45 | sop, bar — fl, str 5tet — 8 voice choir | 2 | 6 | Listen | chamber ensemble | concert | ||||
The Sky Where You Are | Maria Thompson Corley | Jenny O’Connll | sop, mez, bar — vln, pno | 3 | 2 | English | chamber ensemble | staged | ||||
The Snow Globe | Ian Cusson | Colleen Murphy | 0:07 | |||||||||
The Son of Man | Kareem Roustom | Kahlil Gibran | 0:58 | sop, mez, ten, b.bar — tpt, hp, perc, organ — SATB chorus | 4 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
The Song of Majnun | Bright Sheng | Andrew Porter | 1:00 | orchestra (2.1.1.1 – 2.1.1.0 – timp, 3perc, hp, pno – str) — chorus (16-24) | 8 | 30+ | English | orchestra | staged | |||
The Song Poet | Jocelyn Hagen | Kao Kalia Yang | ||||||||||
The Start Are Setting | Parisa Sabet | Hakim Omar Khayyam | 0:11 | voice — mandolin orch, guitar 4tet, str | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | voice | concert | |||
The Stream, An Opera | Michi Wiancko | Sarah LaBrie | staged | |||||||||
The Tongue & The Lash | Damien Sneed | Karen Chilton | ten, bar, bass — — chorus | 3 | English | staged | ||||||
The Wanton Sublime | Tarik O’Regan | Anna Rabinowitz | 0:30 | mez — fl/picc, 2perc, acoustic git, electric git, vln, vla, vc, db, pre-recorded mezzo soprano | 1 | 9 | chamber ensemble | mez | staged | |||
The War Bride | Nathan Felix | Nathan Felix | 0:30 | sop, 3 ten, 4 bar — ob, cl, tpt, tbn, vln, vla, vc, pno, perc — chorus | 8 | 9 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | |||
The Wife | Kamala Sankaram | Kamala Sankaram | 0:12 | sop — accordion, live electronics | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||
The Wind May Know | Dai Wei | sop — vc | 1 | 1 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||||
The Yellow Wallpaper Songs | Gitz Razaz | 0:10 | sop — vln, vc, pno | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Thirst | Du Yun | 0:15 | two Xinchang opera singers, two female voices — orchestra: 3.3.3.3 / 4.3.3.1 / 3 perc, harp, cel, str | 2 | 30+ | orchestra | concert | |||||
Thirteen Tanka | Karim Al-Zand | 0:09 | bar — ob, vla, vc | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||
Three Chinese Love Songs | Bright Sheng | 0:08 | sop — vla, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Three Negro Slave Songs | Shawn E. Okpebholo | bar — vla, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | bar | ||||||
Three Patriotic Songs | Melissa Dunphy | Katharine Lee Bates, John Philip Sousa, Lee Greenwood | 0:08 | c.ten — 2fl(2nd also picc), harpsichord | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | c.ten | concert | ||
Three Psalmic Meditations | Shawn E. Okpebholo | sop — alt tbn (or vla or cl), pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | ||||||
Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra | Osvaldo Golijov | Sally Potter, Rosalía de Castro, Emily Dickinson | sop — orchestra: 2.2.2.2 – 2.0.0.0 – 2 perc, cel, harp, strings | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | concert | |||
Three Songs from Tang Dynasty | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:10 | sop or mez — fl, vln, pno | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop or mez | concert | |||
Three, Two, One- BANG! | Justine F. Chen | 0:25 | 2 sop, 2 mez, ten, bar, 4 spoken roles — str 4tet, pno | 10 | 5 | chamber ensemble | ||||||
Thrivers | Michael Ching | 0:29 | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Thumbprint | Kamala Sankaram | 1:30 | 6 singers — fl, vln, vla, bass, pno +harmonium, drum kit + Indian perc. | 6 | 6 | Listen | chamber ensemble | |||||
To See the Stars | Faye Chiao | 0:45 | 2 sop — fl, cl, vln, vc, pno | 2 | 5 | Listen | chamber ensemble | concert | ||||
touch | Carla Lucero | Carla Lucero, Marianna Mott Newirth | Listen | staged | ||||||||
Troubled Island | William Grant Still | 3:00 | sop, cont, ten, bar, ba — orchestra: 2(2nd ad picc.)-2(2nd ad EH)-2-2; 3-3-2-1; timp., perc., hp., pno., str., drums, spec. drums, tom-toms, cymbs., chime in F#, bells, xylo., gong, tamb., gourd — chorus | 5 | 30+ | orchestra | staged | |||||
Turning | Tania Leon | 0:13 | sop — vc, pno | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
Tuxedo: Between Carnival and Lent | Hannah Kendall | 0:08 | alto — 2 cuffed vln, 2 harmonicas, music boxes | 1 | 5 | chamber ensemble | alto | |||||
Two Opera Scenes: Grover and Friends/Alarm | Vivian Fung | Royce Vavrek | 0:08 | sop — perc (porcelain bowls, metal chimes, glass bowls, small tam-tam, wooden planks, brake drum, tenor drum, kick drum) | 1 | 1 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | staged | |
Two Poems From the Sung Dynasty | Bright Sheng | 0:14 | sop — 1.1.1.1 – 1.0.0.0 – perc, hp, pno – single strings | 1 | 13 | Listen | chamber orchestra | sop | concert | |||
Two Reflections on The Belovèd | Daniel Sabzghabaei | 0:08 | sop — perc 4tet | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked | John Wineglass | 0:30 | mez, bar — orchestra (2(picc).2(e.hn).2.2(c.bsn) – 4.4.3.1 – timp, 4 perc, pno – str — SATB chorus | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | |||||
Under the Double Moon | Anthony Davis | Deborah Atherton | 1:45 | sop, mez, 2 ten, bar, b.bar, bass — orchestra (2.0.0.12cb.cl/bamboo.fl.1 – 2.1.2.0 – timp, 3perc, harp – str) | 7 | 30+ | English | orchestra | staged | |||
Undying Love | Steve Wallace | Steve Wallace | staged | |||||||||
Unicamente la verdad | Gabriela Ortiz | 1:20 | Listen | |||||||||
Unknown | Shawn E. Okpebholo | mez, 2 bar — pno, alt sax, 2 vln, vc, bass, perc | 3 | 7 | chamber ensemble | |||||||
Until Nothing More Can Come Out | James Diez | sop, alt, ten — 1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – perc. hp, pno, accor – 1.1.1.1.1 — SATB chorus | 3 | 16 | Listen | chamber orchestra | ||||||
Untitled for Large Ensemble | Marc Zollinger | sop — cl, a.sax, cor, e.git, haegum, melodica, vln, vla, db | 1 | 9 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||||
Untitled Song Cycle | Kareem Roustom | 0:30 | mez — orchestra | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | mez | ||||
Variaciones de soledad y esperanza | Roberto Sierra | 0:07 | sop — vln, vc, pno | 1 | 3 | chamber ensemble | sop | |||||
VIVA Songs | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:10 | sop — sax, pno — children’s chorus | 1 | 2 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
Wakonda’s Dream | Anthony Davis | Yusef Komunyakaa | English | staged | ||||||||
Waktégli Olówaŋ (Victory Songs) | Jerod Tate | 0:25 | bar — orchestra (1(picc).1.2(Eb/b cl).1 – 1.1.1.0 – timp, perc, hp – str | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | bar | |||||
Walk on the Beach | Laura Jobin-Acosta | 0:06 | sop — str 4tet | 1 | 4 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Water People: Mbe Nenangpe | Brent Michael Davids | 0:15 | bass — shell horn, quartz crystal bass flute, water pipes, clay flute, b cl, water bowls, 6 water drums | 1 | 12 | chamber ensemble | bass | concert | ||||
We Look to the Stars | Juhi Bansal | multiple librettists | 1:00 | 2 sop, mez, alt, ten — 3 perc, harp — chorus | 5 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | ||||
We the Innumerable | Niloufar Nourbakhsh | Lisa Flanagan | 1:06 | 2 sop, ten, bass — cl, vln, vc, pno, perc, santour, electronics — TB chorus (min 4 singers) | 4 | 7 | Listen | English and Persian | chamber ensemble | staged | ||
When Day is Done | Meiqiao Wang | Raindranath Tagore | 0:10 | alt, bar — vc, db, pno | 2 | 3 | Listen | English, Mandarin | chamber ensemble | |||
When Reality Breaks the Heart Remains | Leila Adu | 0:05 | voice — shakuhachi, electronics | 1 | 2 | Listen | chamber ensemble | voice | concert | |||
When the Moon Came Up | Wenxin Li | 0:07 | sop — fl, git, harp | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
When the Purple Mountains Burn | Shuying Li | Listen | ||||||||||
Where There’s a Wall | Ian Cusson | Joy Kogawa | 0:16 | voice — (fl, cl, bsn, vln, vla, db) OR (pno) | 1 | 6 | chamber ensemble | voice | ||||
Where We Lost Our Shadows | Du Yun | 0:28 | female voice, male voice — orchestra, percussion soloist, video | 2 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | concert | ||||
Whitman’s War | Jonathan Bailey Holland | 0:15 | sop — orchestra (2(picc),2(eh),2(b cl),2(cbsn); 4,3,3,1; timp, perc; str | 1 | 30+ | orchestra | sop | |||||
Who Married Star Husbands | Shuying Li | Kenzie Allen | 0:15 | sop — chamber orchestra (1.1.1.1 – 1.0.0.0 – perc. pno – str.) | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | sop | |||
Winter Scenes | Karim Al-Zand | D. G. Jones | 0:13 | mez — harp, fl/alt fl, vla | 1 | 3 | Listen | chamber ensemble | mez | |||
Wisdom Whispers on the Wind | Laura Jobin-Acosta | 0:07 | 2 sop, mez — drone, organ | 3 | 2 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | concert | |||
Wolf Woman | Alice Ping Yee Ho | 0:30 | sop — | 1 | 0 | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||||
WUORNOS | Carla Lucero | Carla Lucero | Listen | English | staged | |||||||
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Anthony Davis | Thulani Davis | 2:30 | 5 sop, 5 mez, 5 ten, 4 bar, b.bar, bass, non-speaking roles — orchestra: 2(pic)12(2sax)2(cbn)/2120/timp.3perc/cel.pf/str; jazz band: fl.2cl.tpt.perc.vc.db.pf.dms | 21 | 30+ | English | orchestra | staged | |||
Yellow Crane Tower | Roydon Tse | Cui Hao | 0:06 | bar, ten — orchestra — SATB chorus | 2 | 30+ | Listen | Chinese Mandarin | orchestra | |||
Yet Unheard | Courtney Bryan | voice — orchestra — chorus | 1 | 30+ | Listen | orchestra | voice | concert | ||||
Yo Misma Fui Mi Ruta | Laura Jobin-Acosta | 0:10 | sop — 4 fl, 2 alt fl | 1 | 6 | Listen | Spanish | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | ||
Yoshiko | Ian Cusson | Lila Palmer | 0:07 | |||||||||
You Got Your Head Up In the Clouds | Kerwin Young | 0:07 | 2 sop — orchestra (1.1.1.1 – a.sax, t.sax – 1.1.1.0 – drums, e.pno, stgs, e.bass) | 2 | 30+ | orchestra | ||||||
Your Eyes Are Not Your Eyes | Du Yun | 0:10 | sop — ob, git, harp, vln | 1 | 4 | Listen | chamber ensemble | sop | concert | |||
Yunnan Folk Songs | Vivian Fung | 0:19 | mez, bar — fl, ob, cl, sheng horn (Chinese reed), perc, vln, vla, vc | 2 | 8 | Listen | chamber ensemble | concert | ||||
Zolle | Du Yun | Du Yun | 0:55 | female voice, ten, narrator — fl, cl, perc, vln, vla, vc, recorded ensemble, electronics | 3 | 7 | Listen | chamber ensemble | staged | |||
Zoo Song | Nina Shekhar | Nina Shekhar | 0:10 | singing flutist — singing flutist | 1 | 1 | Listen | English | chamber ensemble | singing flutist | concert | |
Zuleykha | Afarin Mansouri | Afarin Mansouri | 1:00 | Farsi | staged |