Music

Music

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Solo / Duo

Stairwell Echoes
2022 (05:00)
Celeste and harpsichord
Commissioned by Astra Chamber Music

To The Uttermost Parts
2022 (10:00)
Text by Wally Gunn
Solo percussion with speaking voice
Commissioned by Eric Shuster

Ore
2018 (07:00)
Text by Maria Zajkowski
Percussion duo with speaking voices
Commissioned by the New Works Project and consortium members

Seven Shells
2016 (06:00)

Text by Wally Gunn
Solo prepared drum kit and speaking voice
Commissioned by Becca Doughty and consortium

Astonishing Islands
2016 (09:00)
Solo guitar with voice
Commissioned by St John’s Smith Square
Written for Laura Snowden

Arches and Shadows
2016 (08:30)

Solo violin or solo viola with singing voice

Bare White Bones
2016 (10:00)
Text by Wally Gunn and James Gunn
Flute, percussion

Commissioned by Gemini Duo and consortium

Willow
2015 (04:00)
Text by Wally Gunn and Jenise Treuting
Solo drum kit
Commissioned by Jason Treuting

Little Things
2015 (22:00)
Text by Wally Gunn
Percussion duo
Commissioned by Steady State

Can You Hear Me?
2012 (09:00)
Piano, drum kit and percussion
Written for futureCities

Mantid
2012 (06:30)
Shakuhachi or alto flute, tape
Written for Riley Lee

The Hive
2005 (14:00)
Viola, percussion, tape
Written for Phoebe Green

Trio / Quartet

Space For Stars
2016 (17:00)
Music by Wally Gunn
Words by Maria Zajkowski
2 voices and 3 instrumental parts

Discothèque
2016 (10:00)
Percussion trio

Broken Song
2016 (06:30)
Oboe, melodica and toy piano, harp

Pinwheel
2016 (09:30)
Trumpet, trombone, electric guitar
Commissioned by Three

Blood
2015 (20:00)
String quartet
Commissioned by The Letter String Quartet

Vicious Children
2014 (09:00)
Text by Wally Gunn, after Mother Goose

Percussion quartet
Written for Mobius Percussion

Archaean Eon
2013 (06:00)
Electric guitar quartet, drum kit
Written for Dither Guitar Quartet

Stones
2013 (20:00)
Percussion quartet
Written for Mobius Percussion

Double Or Nothing
2012 (09:00)
Percussion quartet

Tangram
2012 (08:00)
Percussion quartet
Written for Sō Percussion

Skin and Bone
2008 (09:00)
String quartet

PreCambrian
2003 (04:40)
Guitar quartet

Larger Ensemble

Rorqual
2024 (55:00)
Song cycle for mezzo-soprano voice, flute, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion
Music by Wally Gunn
Text by various authors
Commissioned by Rubiks Collective

I heart Artemis
2021 (60:00)
An oratorio for six voices
Music by Wally Gunn
Libretto by Maria Zajkowski
Written for Variant 6 and The Consort of Melbourne

Moonlite
2019 (88:00)
Music by Wally Gunn
Libretto by Maria Zajkowski
6 voices, 4 percussion, viola
Written for Variant 6 and Mobius Percussion

Interior
2016 (08:30)
Flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin, contrabass
Written for Ensemble Mise-En

The Ascendant
2012 and 2016 (31:15)
Text by Maria Zajkowski
8 voices, drum kit
Commissioned by Roomful of Teeth

Arid Land
2014 (06:00)
Orchestra

The Earth Must Move
2015 (06:00)
Text by Nicolaus Copernicus

Mens vocal ensemble
Commissioned by Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Long Distance
2015 (22:40)
Text by Scott Brennan
Tenor voice, woodwind octet, piano, percussion

A Sort Of Orbit
2013 (07:00)

Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass
Written for 3 Shades Black

Lonely Road
2011 (08:00)
Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass

Doublethink
2009 (07:50)
Orchestra