ALL WORKS

String Quartet No. 6 (2022)

String Quartet no. 6 was commissioned by Cramer Quartet. With this project, Cramer Quartet connects its passion for historical performance with a commitment to rebalancing the string quartet canon by centering the voices of women, non-(cis)males, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ folx and other communities historically underrepresented in classical music....Read more

WHO IS CALLING? (2022)
for string quartet & audio track

For Kronos Quartet. Premiered by Kronos Quartet at Breadloaf during their 2022-2023 season. WHO IS CALLING?: String Quartet No. 7 (2022) for string quartet and audio file score and parts available.   PROGRAM NOTE   Who is Calling? for string quartet and audio track (2022) was composed alongside a field recording of frogs, in particular, the pseudacris crucifer, also known as spring peepers, chorus frogs, or small tree frogs—recorded on the traditional, unceded home of the...Read more

für pamuk (2020)

for piano trio

Commissioned by Margaret Janicek and J. Armand Musey for their beloved cat, Pamuk. Premiered May 1st, 2022 at Atelier 86. Für Pamuk is one of several of du Bois' works written for the traditional classical invocation of the term "chamber music. At the heart of chamber music is the home (chambers within it);  during this, the start of the decolonization of classical music, du Bois completes commissions from individuals commissioning chamber...Read more

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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

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.

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

queen jane (2018)
for solo piano

The Response Project is a commissioning initiative that asks composers to write a piece of music in response to a pre-existing work or idea. Twelve composers, nine filmmakers, and six multidisciplinary artists create a community-wide artistic response to Bob Dylan’s 1965  album Highway 61 Revisited. Alexandra du Bois’ new work for solo piano is a response to Dylan’s 1965 song, Queen Jane Approximately and was commissioned by Brianna Matzke for The Response Project....Read more

Oh Monarch, How Beautiful You Are (2019)
for solo piano

Pianist Anastasia Antonacos commissioned and presented the world premiere of du Bois' new Thich Nhat Hanh-inspired work ‘Oh Monarch, How Beautiful You Are’ for solo piano. The piece was commissioned jointly by Maine and New Hampshire Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association and was written, in part, while du Bois was composer-in-residence at Harrison House Music, Arts & Ecology, Joshua Tree, California and at Avaloch Farm Music...Read more