Voice •
Cantico delle creature (2007), for soprano, violin, and piano (with an arrangement for an additional cello), premiered by Abigail Haynes Lennox, and Shaw in April 2007. •
By and By, for string quartet and voice, premiered by Abigail Lennox and the Hudson Quartet on March 11, 2010. •
Sounds of the Ocean Cassette Vol. 1, for narrator, cassette player, and two instruments, premiered in September 2011. •
Fly Away I, for
SATB chorus, premiered by the
International Orange Chorale of San Francisco in June 2012. •
Partita for 8 Voices, four pieces for eight singers, written 2009–2011 for
Roomful of Teeth, premiered as a whole on November 4, 2013, winner of the 2013
Pulitzer Prize for Music. •
Its Motion Keeps, for treble chorus and viola or cello, commissioned by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, premiered, with Shaw on viola, in November 2013. •
Music in Common Time, for chorus and strings, premiered by
Roomful of Teeth and
A Far Cry on May 10, 2014. •
Anni’s Constant, for chorus, two violins, cello, piano, guitar, bass guitar, and percussion, commissioned by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and BAM, premiered November 2014. •
and the swallow, for SATB chorus, on text from
Psalm 84; premiered by the
Netherlands Chamber Choir on November 11, 2017. •
Dolce Cantavi, for three voices (SSA), on a text by Francesca Turina Bufalini, Contessa di
Stupinigi (1544-1641), commissioned and premiered by
TENET (Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Quinn, and Virginia Warnken Kelsey performing). •
Cant voi l’aube (2016), on an anonymous 12th century French
trouvère text; written for
Anne Sofie von Otter and
Brooklyn Rider. •
To the Hands (2016), commissioned by
The Crossing for
Seven Responses, a seven-piece compilation inspired by
Dieterich Buxtehude's
Membra Jesu Nostri cantatas. •
so quietly (2016), premiered on June 9, 2016, by the
Brooklyn Youth Chorus. •
This Might Also Be a Form of Dreaming (2016), for voices and small chamber group, on text from ''Don't Let Me Be Lonely'' by
Claudia Rankine, commissioned by the
Ojai Music Festival where it was premiered on June 11, 2016, by Shaw and
Roomful of Teeth. •
Is a Rose, three songs commissioned by the
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for
Anne Sofie von Otter: •
red, red rose (2016), on words by
Robert Burns •
The Edge (2017), on words by
Jacob Polley •
And So (2018), on words by Shaw, Burns,
Gertrude Stein, and
Billy Joel •
Narrow Sea (2017), a five-part song cycle on texts from
The Sacred Harp. •
How to fold the Wind (2020), for 12-part SATB chorus; premiered by
Ars Nova Copenhagen on September 20, 2020.
Solo instrument •
in manus tuas, for cello or viola, premiered by Hannah Collins in 2009. •
Gustave Le Gray, for piano, premiered by Amy Yang on April 24, 2012. •
The Walking Man, for
shakuhachi, written with and for
Riley Lee, premiered on April 3, 2012.
Chamber ensemble •
Punctum (2009, revised 2013), for string quartet, workshopped in 2009–2010 with the Hudson Quartet and the Franklin Quartet, premiered in April 2010. Revised in 2013 for the
Brentano Quartet. • ''Entr'acte'', for string quartet, premiered by the
Brentano Quartet on March 21, 2011. •
Jacques Duran, for string trio, premiered by Lorna Tsai, Sage Cole, and Jonina Allan Mazzeo on August 26, 2011. •
Limestone & Felt, for cello and viola, premiered by Hannah Collins and Hannah Shaw in January 2012. •
Taxidermy, for percussion quartet (flower pots, vibraphones, and marimba), premiered by
Sō Percussion on May 2, 2012. •
Valencia, for string quartet, premiered by Lorna Tsai, Shaw, Sage Cole, and Shay Rudolph in August 2012. •
Boris Kerner, for cello and flower pots, premiered by
New Morse Code (Hannah Collins and Mike Compitello) on November 20, 2012. •
Plan & Elevation: The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks, for string quartet, commissioned by
Dumbarton Oaks, premiered by the
Dover Quartet on November 1, 2015. •
Draft of a High-Rise, for sextet, commissioned by
Carnegie Hall and yMusic, premiered by the latter on December 2, 2016. In three movements (
Inked Frame;
A Scribbled Veneer;
Their Stenciled Breath ). •
Blueprint (2016), for string quartet, commissioned by the
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts for the
Aizuri Quartet. •
First Essay: Nimrod (2016), commissioned by Coretet for the
Calidore String Quartet, premiered November 6, 2016. •
Second Essay: Echo and
Third Essay: Ruby, commissioned by the
BBC and Chamber Music Northwest, premiered at
The Proms by the
Calidore String Quartet on July 16, 2018. •
Really Craft When You (2017), commissioned by
Bang on a Can All Stars. •
The Evergreen (2020), for string quartet, commissioned by Third Angle New Music,
Bravo! Vail, Coretet, and Ragazze Quartet. In four movements (
Moss;
Stem;
Water;
Root). •
Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings (2023), commissioned by Byron Schenkman & Friends (re-named Sound Salon). Premiered on March 26, 2023, with
Byron Schenkman, at
Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA.
Orchestra •
Entr’acte, for string orchestra (2014) (an arrangement of the 2011 work for string quartet), commissioned by
A Far Cry. •
The Baltimore Bomb (2016), commissioned by the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, premiered on September 17, 2016. •
Lo (2016), concerto for violin and orchestra, premiered March 16, 2016 by Shaw and the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which co-commissioned the work with the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the
North Carolina Symphony, and the
Princeton Symphony Orchestra. •
Watermark (2018), concerto for piano and orchestra, commissioned by the
Seattle Symphony and the
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, premiered on January 31, 2019, by pianist
Jonathan Biss and the Seattle Symphony. •
The Listeners (2019), cantata/oratorio for orchestra, chorus, two soloists, and turntable; on texts by
Walt Whitman,
William Drummond of Hawthornden,
Alfred, Lord Tennyson,
Carl Sagan,
Yesenia Montilla, and
Lucille Clifton; premiered on October 17, 2019, by the
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra under conductor
Nicholas McGegan. •
The Observatory (2019), premiered on August 27, 2019, at the
Hollywood Bowl by the
Los Angeles Philharmonic with
Xian Zhang conducting. The work was inspired by a visit to the
Griffith Observatory and the music of science fiction. •
Brush (2021), commissioned by the
Britt Festival Orchestra, premiered on July 30, 2021, in
Jacksonville, Oregon with
Teddy Abrams conducting. The work is an experiential installation piece, consisting of multiple stations of musicians that the audience encounters spread along a woodlands trail system. The final station calls for a chamber orchestra which plays a 23-minute repeating work, with musical material drawing from the fragments heard throughout the trails.
Multimedia •
Ritornello, premiered on January 27, 2012.
Film and television •
To Keep the Light (2016) • ''
Madeline's Madeline'' (2018). •
The Sky Is Everywhere (2022) •
Fleishman Is in Trouble (miniseries) (2022) •
Leonardo da Vinci (miniseries) (2024) ==References==