Historical Repertoire Catalog
instrumentation format: fl,ob,cl,bn – hn,tp,tbn,tba – pc,hp,pn – vn,va,vc,cb. | *=World premiere, ** = US premiere.
2024-25 Season
September 26, 2024 | Pascal Le Boeuf, guest composer
Ives, Set for Theatre Orchestra
1. In the Cage, 11(Ehn)00 – 0000 – T, Pn – 3330
2. In the Inn (Potpourri), 0011 – 0000 – T; Pn – 2210
3. In the Night, 1(pc)000 – 1000 – T, Chimes (Vib., chimes, pno3), harp, pno1&2 – 3222
Julia Wolfe, A Wild Furze (2017, 5’) 1010 – 0010 – perc,pn,gtr – 0111
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Barbaverde (2024, 12’) 11(o/eh)1(cl/bcl)01(asx) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2110
Pascal Le Boeuf, Imprints (2022, 8:15) 1(f/p)12(Bb,Eb)1 – 111(Btrb)0 – 2pc, pno – 2111
October 3, 2024 | Charles Ives at 150: Music, Imagination, and American Culture
Ives chamber and chamber orchestra works, with commentary by James B. Sinclair, Paul Borg, and Derek J. Myler
- Ives: Set for Theater Orchestra, 1(f/p)1(Eh)11 – 1010 – T+1(Vibe, chimes/pno?), Hp, Pn – 3332
- Ives: Set No. 6 for Chamber Orchestra (comments by James B. Sinclair): 1110 – 0100 – glock (or cel.), hp, pn – 4221
- Ives: Three Quarter-tone Pieces for two pianos (comments by Paul Borg; Paul Borg & Kim Carballo, piano)
- Ives: A Set of Three Short Pieces for string quartet and double bass (Kuttner Quartet)
- Ives: Central Park in the Dark (comments by Derek Myler), 2(pc, fl)11(Bb/Eb)1 – 0110 – perc (sn dr, b dr, opt cym), 2 pf – 4221
October 31, 2024 | Felipe Lara, Five Friends guest composer; Lauren Manon, soprano
Felipe Lara, Mosaic Maze (2024, 15’) 11(o/eh)1(cl/bcl)01(asx) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2110
Eugene O’Brien, In the Country of Last Things (1999, 20’) 1*12*1-1110-2pc,hp-2111-sop
December 5, 2024 |
Program notes
Mason Bates, The Rise of Exotic Computing (10-12’) 1111 – 1100 – pc,hp,pn -2111 – laptop
*Corey Chang, What’s Next? (2024, 12’) NME commission 111(cl/bcl)11(asx) – 1111 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2111
Sean Shepherd, Simple Machines (2024, 12’) 11101(asx) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2110
February 6, 2025 | Christopher Trapani, guest composer; Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Hannah Kendall, Verdala (2018, 5’) 1(p)11(bcl)1 – 1110 – 1pc,hp – 2121
*PQ Phan, Violin Concerto (2024, 19′) 1111 – 1111 – T+2pc, hp – 2111 – solo violin
**Christopher Trapani, Unfeeling (2021, 10’) 1(afl)1(Ehn)2(cl, bcl)1(cbn) – 1110 – 2pc, hp, harm., pno/cel – 2111 US premiere
Fox, Dreamcatcher (1994, 17’) 1(f/p)110 – 1110 – 2pc,pn – 1111
March 13, 2025 | Stephen Hartke, Five Friends guest composer; Jeffery Meyer, guest conductor; Robert Wente, baritone
Daniel Pesca, New Examples of Confusion (2022, 16’) 1(f/p)12(cl,bcl)11(asx) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2111
*Daniel Cui, Get Your Head in the Game! (2024, 10’) (Joshi Commission) 1(f/p)11(c/bc)1 – 1111 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2111 – baritone.
Stephen Hartke, SHIP OF STATE (2017, 17’) 111(cl/bcl)1(bn/cbn) – 1111 – 2pc,hp, synth/cel – 3331 – solo piano (Xak, J Meyer)
April 17, 2025|
Thomas Adès, Living Toys (1993, 17’), 1(f/p)1(o/Eh/recorder)1(Bb/Eb/bcl)1(b/cbn)-11(t/picc.)10-pc,pn-2111
Sarah Gibson, To See Takes Time (2023, 8-10’), 1111 – 1111 – pc, pn – 2111
Greg Beyer, (Amen)ding Thirteen (2024, 13’) 1(f/p)11(cl/bcl)01(asx) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2110
2023-24 Season
September 28, 2023 | George Lewis, Five Friends guest composer; Sophie Choate, soprano
Edgard Varèse, Offrandes (1921, 7’) 2(pc,fl)111 – 1110 – pc, hp – 2111 + soprano
Toru Takemitsu, Rain Coming (1982, 9’) 1*111 – 1110 – 2pc, pn – 2111
Hildur Guðnadóttir, From the other place (2014, 5’) graphic score. Tutti ensemble
**George Lewis, The Deformation of Mastery (2022, 20’) 1(fl/pc)11(cl/bcl)1 – 1110 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2111
October 26, 2023 | Lei Liang, Five Friends guest composer; Theresa Labuda, harp
Stream available at IU Music Live
Lei Liang, brush-stroke (2005, 10′) 1111 – 1110 – 2pc, pn – 2111
Kaija Saariaho, Semafor (2020, 14’) 1(pic)01(cl)1 – 0000 – pn(cel) – 1111
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Lei Liang, Harp Concerto (2008, 15’) 1111 – 1110 – 2pc – 2111 Schott
*Don Freund, Soul Chaconne, with tsunami (2023, 10’) 11111(sx) – 1111 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2111
November 30, 2023 | Claude Baker, guest composer
Claude Baker (2023, 12′) Carmen Infernarum Machinarum Fugax, 1(f/p)12(cl,cl/bcl)1 – 1110 – 2pc, pn – 2111
Oswald Huỳnh, I Ask My Mother to Sing (2022, 8’) 112(II=bcl)1 – 1110 – 2pc, pn – 2111
David Dzubay, Labyrinth (1994, 13’) 1111 – 1110 – pc, hp, pn – 2111
February 8, 2024 | Pamela Z, Five Friends guest composer/performer; Nina Young, guest composer; Jeffery Meyer, guest conductor; David Platt, guest conductor
Pamela Z, Heiligenstadt Lament (2018, 8′) 1111 – 1100 – Timpani – 2111
Pamela Z, TBA solo work
Nina Young, Vestigia Flammae (2014, 14′) 1(p/f/a)1(o/ehn)2(cl/bcl,cl/Eb)1 – 111(Btrb)0 pc,pn – 2111
*Daixuan Ai, The Burning of Yuan Ming Yuan (2023, 10’) 1111 – 1111 – 3pc, hp, pn/cel – 2111 (NME commission)
March 7, 2024 | Chihchun Lee, guest composer; Jae Hwan Lee, guest conductor; Elizaveta Agladze, soprano
Stream available at IU Music Live
Bernard Rands, …in the receding mist… (1988, 10’) for flute, harp, violin, viola, and cello
*Chihchun Lee,To be, or not to be?! (2023, 11’) 11111(sx?) – 1111- 2pc, hp, pn – 2111
*Alexey Logunov, The Hollow Men (2023, 20′) 1111 – 1111 – 2 pc, hp, pn – 2111 (Joshi commission)
Augusta Thomas, Terpsichore’s Box of Dreams, (2023, 17’) 111(cl/bcl)01(asx/bsx) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2110
April 18, 2024 |
Chen Yi, Fire (2019, 7′) 1110 – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2110
Melinda Wagner, Limbic Fragments (2024, 15′?), 1(f/p)11)c/bcl)0a(asx) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2110
Anthony Cheung, Parallel Play (2022, 18’) 1(f/p)11(cl/bcl)1(bn/cbn) – 2110 – 2pc, pn/kybd, org – 2121
2022-23 Season
September 29, 2022 | Laura Schwendinger, Five Friends guest composer
*Nicholas Landrum, l’enfant terrible (2022, 12’, dissertation) 1(f/p)1(ob/eh)1(cl/bcl)1(bn/cbn) – 111(Btrb)1 – 2pc, hp, pn/synth – 2111
Laura Schwendinger, Sinfonietta (2012, 15’) 1111(bn/cbn) – 1111 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2111 https://vimeo.com/136732352
*John Gibson, Fire Clouds (13′) 1(f/p/a)1(ob/eh)1(cl/bcl)1(bn/cbn) – 1111 – 2pc, hp, pn – 2111
October 27, 2022 | Ryan Chase, alumnus guest composer; Han Lash, harp
Stream available at IU Music Live
Harrison Birtwistle, Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum (1978, 10’) 1(f/p)1(ob)1(cl/bcl)1(bn/cbn) – 1110 – pc, pn – 2111
Han Lash, Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (2015, 15′) 1111 – 1100 – timp.pc(b.d) – strings
*Ryan Chase, skyking skying do not answer (2022, 14′, alumni commission) 1(f/p)1(ob/eh)1(cl/bcl)1(bn/cbn) – 11(tpt/picc tpt)1(btrb)1 – 2pc, hp, pn, cel – 2111
December 1, 2022 | Felipe Perez Santiago, guest composer; Preston Duncan, guest alto saxophonist
*Jamie Kunselman, Dance Dance Circumvolution (2021, 11’, dissertation) 112(cl, bcl)11(asax) – 1111 – 3pc, hp, pn(+cel), ebass – 2111
*Felipe Perez Santiago, Awake – concerto for alto sax & ensemble (2022, 11′) 1111 – 1110 – 2pc, pn, hp – 2111
John Adams, Chamber Symphony (1992, 23′) 1(f/p).1.2(I/Ebcl, II/bcl).2(II/cbn) – 1.1.1.0 – pc, kbd sampler – 1111
February 2, 2023 | Osvaldo Golijov and Seung Jae Chung, guest composers; Sara Fruehe, bassoon; Charlie Kanne, viola; Sun in Chung, piano
LIVE Stream available at IU Music Live
Alvin Singleton, Again (1979, 12’) 1(pic).1.1(bcl).1-1.1.1.0-perc-pno-str
Clara Iannotta, Àphones (2011, 7’) 1(f/bsf)11(cl/bcl)03(as, ts, bs) – 1110 – pc, pn(prepped) – 2111
*PQ Phan, Bassoon Concertante (2022, 18′) 1111 – 111(btbn)0 – pc, hp – 2111
Seung Jae Chung, Scattered Air for viola & piano (2022, 10’)
Osvaldo Golijov, Qohelet for string quartet (2011, 12′)
March 2, 2023 | Shulamit Ran, Five Friends guest composer
Shulamit Ran, Grand Rounds (2019, 14’) 1111(asax/bari or ten)0 – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pno – 2110
*Reid Merzbacher, Whatever’s Left (2022, NME commission) 1(p)11(bcl/Eb cl)1(tsax)1 – 1111 – 2pc, hp, pn, synth – 2111
Aaron Travers, The Nameless Path (2022) 1(f/p)11(cl/bcl)1(asax)0 – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pno – 2110
April 13, 2023 | Zosha Di Castri, Five Friends guest composer
Maggie Kinabrew, soprano; Rose Wollman, viola; Paul Armitage, trumpet
Zosha Di Castri, Time-Time-Time (2022, 12′) 11101(bsax) – 1000 – 2pc, hp, pno – 2110
*Younje Cho, For All We Took (2023, Joshi commission) sopr solo – 1(f/p)11(cl/bcl)1 – 1111 – 2pc, hp, pn(+cel) – 2111
Andy Akiho, “Pillar I” from Seven Pillars (2020) percussion quartet
From Loop: Ligeti’s Inspiration and Legacy (Rose Wollman, viola)
Melia Watras, Blue Rose (2021)
Rose Wollman, Wanderlust (2021)
György Ligeti, Prestissimo con sordino (1994)
Atar Arad, Caprice Fourteen (György) (2021)
Natalie Williams, Ciklus (2022)
György Ligeti, Mysteries of the Macabre (arr. Elgar Howarth, 1991, 8’) 1*11*1*-1110-2pc,pn/c,mand-2111 + trpt.
2021-22 Season
September 23, 2021 | NME & NOTUS combined; Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, Tyler Taylor (alumnus) & Corey Rubin (alumnus), guest composers; Dominick DiOrio, guest conductor
*Tyler Taylor, Distill (2021, 10’), 1(+pc)1(+Ehn)1(+Eb)11(Asx) – 1111 – 2 pc, hp, pn – 2111, NME commission prize
*Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, The full moon reigns in a shiver of haze (2021, 15’) 11(+Ehn)11 – 1110 – 2pc, pn, hp – 2111 premiere
Fahad Siadat, Hymn to Aethon (2015, 6′), performed by NOTUS Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
*Corey Rubin, Concerto for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (2020, 15’) 1111 – 1111 – 2 pc, hp, pn – 2111 – SATB chorus, dissertation
October 28, 2021 | Eric Wubbels, Sky Macklay & Claude Baker, guest composers
Archived stream available at IU Music Live
Sky Macklay, Microvariations (2016, rev. 2017, 12′) 112(c,bcl)1(cbn) – 111(btrb)0 – T, pno – 2111
Eric Wubbels, Auditory Scene Analysis (I) (2014, 15′) 112(cl,bcl)11(tsx) – 0111 – 2 pc, pn, sampler – 2111 – female voice, sound engineer
*Claude Baker, Tre Canzone for Chamber Orchestra (2020, 18’) 112(2+bcl)1-1111-hp-pno-2 perc-33222
December 2, 2021 | Clint Needham (alumnus), Leigha Amick (alumna) & Andreia Pinto Correia, guest composers
Andreia Pinto Correia, El Concierto interrumpido (2010, 8′) 1(f/p)12(cl,bcl)1 – 1110 – 2pc, pno – 2111
*Clint Needham, in this climate (2021, 12’) 11111(sx) – 1111 – 2pc, pn – 2111, IU JSOM Centennial Commission
*Leigha Amick, Eikasia (2021, 10’) 111(cl/bcl?)1 – 1110 – 2pc, pn, hp – 2111, NME commission prize
Andy Akiho, Cobalt Canvas (2018, 13′) 1021 – 1110 – pc, pn (4-hands) – 3221
February 3, 2022 | Krzysztof Wolek, guest composer; Alejandra Martinez, soprano
Annie Gosfield, Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery (2000, 15′) percussion quartet and amplified string quartet
Krzysztof Wolek, Eppur Si Muove (And Yet it Does Turn, 2006, 22′), Soprano, 1(+afl)1(+Ehn)1(+Bcl)0 – 1110 – 2pc, pn, – 2111 – Electronics and optional Video
March 3, 2022 | Korea: REMIXED; Yie Eun Chun & Texu Kim, guest composers; Maggie Kinabrew, soprano
Archived stream available at IUMusicLive.
Jihyun Kim, Once Upon a Time… (2018, 9’) 1(+pc)111 – 1110 – pc, pn – 2111. alumna
*Yie Eun Chun, Urban Light (2021, 10′) 101(+bcl)0 – 1000 – pc, pn – 1110, alumna guest composer
*Texu Kim, Fantasia Oscura (2021, 10′), piano quintet, alumnus guest composer
Unsuk Chin, Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland (ensemble version) (2017/2019, 20’) 1111 – 1000 – 2pc, pn – 2111
April 14, 2022 | Katherine Balch, guest composer; Geneil Marie Perkins, soprano
*Seare Farhat, موجیم (‘maujem’) (2021, 10’) 1(+pc&alto)02(cl, cl/bcl)1 – 1110 – 2 pc, hp, pn – 2111+ amplified vocalist, with live electronics, NME Commission prize
*Katherine Balch, Chamber Music (2018, arr. 2021, 11′) 1(+pc&afl)1(+Ehn)1(+bcl)11(asx) – 1111 – 2pc,hp,pn(prepared) – 2111
*Alex Tedrow, the sea grows old… (2021, 12’) 1(+pc)11(+bcl)11(asx) – 1111 – 2pc,hp,pn – 2111 + voice, Georgina Joshi Commission Award
David Dzubay, PHO (2018, 17’) 1(+pc)11(+bcl)01(asx) – 1000 – 2pc,hp,pn – 2110
2020-21 Season
Dec. 3, 2020, 8pm, stream program #1 at IUMusicLive
György Kurtág, A Kis Csáva (The Little Fix) Op. 15b (1978)
Arvo Pärt, Fratres, for string quartet (1977)
Ferenc Farkas, Four Pieces for Double Bass and Woodwind Quintet (1966)
Philip Glass , Music in Similar Motion (1973)
Jörg Widmann, String Quartet no. 3 (“Hunt”) (2003)
Dec. 10, 2020, 8pm, stream program #2 at IUMusicLive
Julius Eastman, The Holy Presence of Joan D’Arc (1981), ten cellos
Torū Takemitsu, Rainspell (1982), fl, cl, pc, pn, hp
Robert Honstein, Patter (2019), vn, mar
David DeBoor Canfield, Maesta (1982), vn, va, cb
Live from the Georgina Joshi Studio, April 14, 2021, 8pm at IUMusicLive
Kenji Bunch, Boiling Point (2002), 7′, drum set & amplified string quintet
Gilad Cohen, Trio for Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello, and Ruminating Harp (2010), 12′
Eleanor Alberga, String Quartet No. 2 (1994), 15′
April 29, 2021, 8pm, stream program #2 (recorded in March & April) at IUMusicLive
Hannah Lash, Moth Sketches (2013), 13′, 1(pc)000-0100-T+3,hp,cel-3111 (Five Friends guest composer)
*Jeremy Podgursky, Trance Organics (2018/2021), 13′, 1*1111 – 0000 – pn, pn – 2111
Eugene O’Brien, Elegy to the Spanish Republic (2020), 10′, 1(fl/pc)01(cl/bcl)0 – 0100 – vibe, pno – 1111
*Eric Nathan, Chamber Concerto (2019), 15’, 1(f/p)111-11(t/pt)11-2 perc, hp-pno–2111 (alumnus guest composer); This piece was made possible by a grant from the Fromm Music Foundation
May 6, 2021, 8pm, stream program #3 (recorded in March & April) at IUMusicLive
Tonia Ko, The Sea as Fallacy (2020), 6′, 1111-1000-pn. (alumna guest composer)
Jonathan Bailey Holland, Synchrony (2014), 10′, 0101 -0000 – pn – 1010
*Shuyu Lin, When the Moon Appears (2020), 10′, 1010-0000 – pn – 1010 – tenor (Georgina Joshi Composition Commission Award)
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