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queen jane (2018)
for solo piano

queen jane for solo prepared piano (2018) was commissioned by pianist Briana Matzke for The Response Project. 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. Philosophically, the project was inspired by Killer Mike and Stephen Colbert asking composers to write “on behalf” of a person, idea, or thing. Twelve composers, nine filmmakers, and six...Read more

19 August, 2019
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

19 August, 2019
Preludes to Solitude (2001)
for solo guitar

Commissioned by the Hammer and Nail Project at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music World premiere: October 2001, Espen Jensen, guitar, Auer Hall, Bloomington, Indiana; New York Premiere: Bryce Dessner, guitar, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, New York I. Andante agitato (attacca) II. Allegro con fuoco Score available Excerpt ...Read more

03 February, 2015
Interstices of Aurorae (2015)
for clarinet and cello arranged for violin and cello

Commissioned by the Azure Ensemble, New York
World premiere: June 2010, Azure Ensemble, Merkin Hall, New York City
Written while in-residence at the Harrison House Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, California
Dedicated to Eva Soltes
Violin and violoncello arrangement premiered by Elisa Cassini and Ashley Bathgate of Manhattan's Duplexity Project, May 2015
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18 April, 2015
Chanson d’orage (2009)
for two violins

Commissioned by the 2009 Savannah Music Festival for virtuoso Daniel Hope
World premiere: March 2009, violinists Daniel Hope and Lorenza Borrani, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia; Los Angeles (Zipper Hall) and Hanoi, Vietnam (Hanoi Opera House) premieres: 2010, Southwest Chamber Music’s violinists Shalini Vijayan and Lorenz Gamma
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03 February, 2015