This is a comical solo piano piece depicting a moment in children’s daily life. It is inspired by Ayumi's experience growing up in Japan where children go to school on their own--full of curiosity every day and always finding something interesting that happily distracted her and her friends on the way to school (and still got to school on time mostly!)

Sheet music is available at: https://abundantsilence.store/collections/all/products/capricious-march-ayumi-okada

Capricious March

Commissioned and premiered by "Let’s Title The Pieces Together!" at Ensemble Hall Murata at Kyoto Concert Hall on November 11. 2013. Originally titled as ここよりはじまる - 時を越えて, and later titled as Cape Roca inspired by the original title which means "It starts from here".

The sheet music is available at:
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Cape Roca for Cello and Piano

Finished 03.24.2010
Premiered 04.22.2010
This recording was made 04.29.2012

Suite for Piano Solo "The days of childhood"

I. Dolente (0:00-)
II. Largo (2:11-)
III. Allegro Giocoso (3:55-)
IV. Grave (5:30-)
V. Tranquillo (8:17-)

Suite for String Orchestra (2010)

A Suite for Cello and Piano inspired by the story of The Light Princess by George MacDonald. Commissioned and premiered by A.W.Duo. (http://www.awduo.com)

I. She Laughs Too Much
II. Look at the Moon
III. This is Very Kind of You

3.30.14 Live at Church of the Good Shepherd

The sheet music is available at:
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The Light Princess Suite (2014)

原曲: 北村季晴作曲「信濃の国」（長野県県歌）

クラリネット：伊藤優美　ピアノ：斎藤誠二

*伊藤優美による委嘱作品

On themes from Shinano no Kuni (the prefecture song of Nagano Pref.)by Masaharu Kitamura.

Performed by Yumi Ito on Clarinet and Seiji Saito on Piano.

*written for Yumi Ito in 2017

幻想曲「信濃の国」"Shinano no Kuni Fantasy"

"In the Ancient Forest" for Solo Cello (2011) Ayumi Okada
I. Tranquillo
II. Giocoso
III. Scherzando
IV. Moderato quasi "Pastorale"

Premiered by James Waldo 02/22/2012 @ Mannes College

Music available at Abundant Silence:
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"In the Ancient Forest" for Solo Cello

Commissioned by Yumi Ito (http://yumiclarinet.com/)
Premiered by Yumi Ito and Mariko Furukawa at Mannes College of Music on April 15th, 2012

The sheet music is available at:
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"A Walk in the Park" for Clarinet and Piano

premiered: 4/29/2012 @ Mannes College of Music
                 

Violin Concerto No.1

Poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa
Translated by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura

I have to go now, 
right now,
but don't know where.
Cherry trees bloom along the street.
I cross when the light turns green,
the familier mountains beyond as my guide.
Have to go by myself
but don't know why.
I'm sorry, Mom.
Treat Dad nice.
I won't gripe about food
and I'm going to read more than I used to.
At night I'll look at the stars,
During the day I'll talk to all sorts of people.
Try to find out what I really like best and
if I do I'll hang on to it and live as long as I can 
and not be lonely even if I'm a long way away.
I have to go now.

Premiered: 06/13/2012 @ Hunter College Lang Recital Hall, NY

"Goodbye" for SATB Chorus and two guitars

Ai mite no from "OGURA HYAKUNIN ISSHU" - Fujiwara no Atsutada

逢ひ見ての／Ai mite no／I have met my love.
後の心に／Nochi no kokoro ni／When I compare this present 
くらぶれば／Kurabureba／With feelings of the past,

むかしは物を／Mukashi wa mono o／My passion is now as if 
思はざりけり／Omowazari keri／I have never loved before

"Ai mite no" for Tenor and String Quartet

Ayumi Okada is a New York-based composer. Inspired by stories and natural landscapes, her music fuses traditional and modern sounds to create a unique compositional voice in the domains of concert and theatre.

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