QUINTETS AND SMALL MIXED ENSEMBLES

Heron. Rain. Blossom. (2020)

for flute, clarinet, viola, and cello

Heron. Rain. Blossom. for flute, clarinet, viola, and cello commissioned by Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center was premiered during CMS' 50th Anniversary season by Adam Walker, flute, Sebastian Manz, clarinet, Richard O'Neill, viola, and Mihai Marcia, cello on 12 March 2020 at Lincoln Center, New York, New York. Written, after time spent at the Bread Loaf Mountain Zen and, in part, while composer-in-residence at Harrison House Music, Arts,...Read more

19 August, 2019

quintet: quiescence (2018)

for bass clarinet, piano, and strings

Institut Curie, Paris, in coordination with the MUSE-IC Project and Université Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) will present the world premiere of the new work by Alexandra du Bois at Salle Cortot in Paris.

The quintet for bass clarinet, piano and strings was commissioned by the Curie Institute in Paris and is inspired by current scientific research in the...Read more

19 August, 2019

Bugaršćica (2016)

for string quartet and optional double bass with low-C extension

Arrangement of a Croatian Bugaršćica first notated and transcribed by Petar Hektorović in 1568. Commissioned and premiered by Apollo Chamber Players, Houston, Texas, 2016...Read more

22 May, 2016

As Long As Thy Grief Lives (2014)

for mezzo soprano, duduk (doubling bass duduk), piano and cello

Text by Daniel Varoujan
Written in observance of the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in 2015
Score/parts available
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03 February, 2015

Indlovu: Piano Quintet “The Elephant” (2013)

for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass

Commissioned by the Savannah Music Festival World premiere: March 2013, Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano, Benny Kim, violin, Carla Maria Rodrigues, viola, Camden Shaw, cello, Joseph Conyers, double bass, Lucas Theatre, Savannah, Georgia. Dedicated to family friend Timothy O’Brien (1957-2012) and elephant whisperer Lawrence Anthony (1950-2012) I. Altocumulus lacunosus: Boundaries (Adagio) II. Cumulus humilis: Interlude (Andante) III. Cumulonimbus: Journeys (Allegro) IV. Altocumulus castellanus - cirrus castellanus: Memories (Larghetto) V. Cirrostratus fibratus: Sunshowers and cumulonimbus (Andante) VI. Altocumulus lenticularis: Memorials...Read more

03 February, 2015

Bryant Medley (2007)

for two violins, viola, cello, and double bass

Commissioned by Del Bryant in honor of the 50th anniversary of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant’s songs
World premiere: September 2007, Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music, Nashville, Tennessee
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03 February, 2015

Night Songs (Nachtliederen) (2005 original) (2007 arrangement)

arranged for woodwind quintet (2007)

Original version for string quartet commissioned and premiered by Kronos Quartet. Arrangement for woodwind quintet commissioned by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York City
World premiere: May 2007 throughout public schools in New York, Brooklyn and the Bronx Score/parts available Night Songs (Nachtliederen), String Quartet No. 3 (2005) I. Ontvouwen (Unfolding) II. Lente en Zomer (Spring and Summer) III. Stacheldraht (Barbed wire) IV. Het Denkende Hart (The Thinking Heart) V. Niet Verzonden Brieven (Unsent Letters) VI. Zoeklicht...Read more

03 February, 2015

Bruciare Distante (Burning Distant) (2006)

for piano, violin, two cellos and double bass

Commissioned by The Juilliard School’s ChoreoComp, choreographed for eight dancers by Collin Baja
World premiere: December 2006, Vassilis Varvaresos, piano, Elissa Cassini, violin, Victoria Bass, Dane Johansen, cello, Andrew Roitstein, double bass, Vince Lee, conductor and eight members of The Juilliard School’s Dance Division at Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York, New York
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03 February, 2015

String Quintet, A Requiem for the Living (2001)

for two violins, viola, and two double basses

World premiere: March 2002, Boris Kupesic and Sarah Hill, violin, Luis Enrique Casal, viola, Colin Corner, Corey Watson, double bass, Darko Butorac, conductor, Auer Hall at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana
Dedicated to the victims of 9/11 in the United States and the victims of the United States’ invasion of Iraq
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03 February, 2015

Hope Dies Last (2015)

Nonet (for chamber ensemble)

Commissioned by the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings for trombonist David Jackson
Original photography and video mapping by photojournalist and artist Michelle Andonian
In creative preparation for writing Hope Dies Last, Alexandra du Bois traveled throughout Armenia with artist Michelle Andonian. The work honors the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in 2015. Du Bois collaborated with University of Michigan trombonist David Jackson and Detroit-based artist Michelle Andonian (a recent...Read more

03 February, 2015