Chamber works are published by Project Schott New York:
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Chamber

solo works are published by Project Schott New York: 
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Solo

Orchestra works are available for rental at:
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Orchestral Works

"HYPER" for violin and cello [2020] 
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

commissioned by National Sawdust.
premiering on Thursday, December 10th at 5:00 pm EST.

"HYPER" for violin and cello [2020]

reading with Curtis Symphony
Jacob Niemann,  conducting
recorded, Dec 2021

"Frack[in]g" for orchestra [2018]

B-sides for orchestra 
from 2018 and revised in 2021
Carlos Ágreda, conducting
Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia
Teatro Colón, Bogotá
Premiered, January, 2022

Another take on "Mille Regretz". This time I inverted his meaning of "Thousand Regrets". So no regrets at all! In CADENZA, also from 2018, I used it as a distorted texture. Here, the vocal qualities of the original clash with purely textural micro pieces. Other vocal-like textures are born out of the ashes.

"B-Sides" for orchestra [2018]

Catarsis for orchestra
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia- ANMS.
Conductor: Alejandro Posada 
Premiere: 29 Nov. 2013

Catarsis for orchestra [2013]

for orchestra
no les puede decir quien toca... por cosas de sindicatos lol
and does the moon also fall?

"y la luna también cae?" for orchestra [2023]

Inflexiones Siderales para Trompeta y Vibráfono
Duo Percutrom:
Trompeta: Juan F. Avendaño
Vibráfono: Gabriel Galvis
Estreno 26 de Noviembre 2014
Sala Olav Roots

Inflexiones Siderales for Trumpet and Vibraphone (2014)

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra 
Luces de Saturno - I
James Diaz, composer
Mateo Sepulveda, conductor
Mario Sarmiento, soloist
Juan david Forero, soloist
Gabriel Galvis, soloist
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra - Luces de Saturno - I

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra 
Luces de Saturno - Interludio I
James Diaz, composer
Mateo Sepulveda, conductor
Mario Sarmiento, soloist
Juan david Forero, soloist
Gabriel Galvis, soloist
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra - Luces de Saturno - Interludio I

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra 
Luces de Saturno - II
James Diaz, composer
Mateo Sepulveda, conductor
Mario Sarmiento, soloist
Juan david Forero, soloist
Gabriel Galvis, soloist
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra - Luces de Saturno - II

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra 
Luces de Saturno - Interludio II
James Diaz, composer
Mateo Sepulveda, conductor
Mario Sarmiento, soloist
Juan david Forero, soloist
Gabriel Galvis, soloist
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra - Luces de Saturno - Interludio II

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra 
Luces de Saturno - III
James Diaz, composer
Mateo Sepulveda, conductor
Mario Sarmiento, soloist
Juan david Forero, soloist
Gabriel Glabis, soloist
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer


Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra - Luces de Saturno - III Cadenzas

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra 
Luces de Saturno - Interludio III
James Diaz, composer
Mateo Sepulveda, conductor
Mario Sarmiento, soloist
Juan david Forero, soloist
Gabriel Galvis, soloist
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra - Luces de Saturno - Interludio III

Dynamics of a Meteorite for string quartet (2014)
Journey I
Efferus String Quartet
New Music Ensemble CD by National University of Colombia
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer
Carolina Morales, CD cover art.

Dynamics of a Meteorite for string quartet [2014] Journey I

Dynamics of a Meteorite for string quartet (2014)
Journey II
Efferus String Quartet
New Music Ensemble CD by National University of Colombia
Esteban Parra, Audio Engineer
Carolina Morales, CD cover art.

Dynamics of a Meteorite for string quartet [2014] Journey II

Mirrors in the Void/Espejos en el Vacío
for Orchestra
2017
National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia,
Jose Luis Dominguez, conducting.
Premiere: March 24, 2017. Bogotá.

Mirrors in the Void for orchestra [2017]

Quartet 121
Molly Germer, violin I
Julia Suh, violin II
Lena Vidulich, viola
Thea Mesirow, cello

Premiered at Riverside Church Hall. NYC. October 2017.
Recording: New York 2020.

INFRASTRUCTURES - IV

Quartet 121
Molly Germer, violin 1
Julia Suh, violin II
Lena Vidulich, viola
Thea Mesirow, cello

Premiered at Riverside Church Hall. NYC. October 2017.
Recording: New York 2020.

INFRASTRUCTURES - III

String quartet:
Molly Germer, violin 1
Julia Suh, violin II
Lena Vidulich, viola
Thea Mesirow, cello

Premiered at Riverside Church Hall. NYC. October 2017.
Recording: New York 2020.

INFRASTRUCTURES - II

INFRASTRUCTURES - I

CADENZA for orchestra
2018
Performed by the Manhattan School of Music Composers Orchestra,
conducted by Maestro George Manahan.
Riverside Church

CADENZA for orchestra [2018]

Scene 5 - Postludio
From opera Simulacrum
Production: PATH New Music Theater
World Premiere, June 2018. NYC.
Pierre Lidar, photography.
Scene 5 was written as a part of Path New Music Theater’s first production. Simulacrum is an opera combining contemporary music with live action, interactive performance, wearable techniques, scenic design and contemporary dance. The libretto is based on an original play entitled Loved for Parts by playwright Marianna Staroselsky, structured in six scenes and two interludes, each part set to music by a different composer.

Until Nothing More Can Come Out - Postludio (From opera Simulacrum)[2018]

Premiered by Paul Mizzi at Miller Hall, MSM.
2018

false states and interludes- for bass flute/piccolo and electronics [2018]

"a song for..." was written for and in collaboration with violinist Julia Suh. 
Performed in Bossi-Comelly Hall, MSM.
April 25, 2018.
Recording: New York, Dec. 2020

"A song for..." for amplified violin and electronics [2018]

Track Seven - Outro
Chamber version and arrangement with electronics of CADENZA for orchestra
CPP Workshop
Miller Hall, Manhattan School of Music
(Pic-Fl-Cl-B.Cl-2 Perc- Pno-2Vln-Viola-Vc-DB)
2018

Track Seven - Outro, for ensemble and electronics [2018]

"In Her Dream Song" was composed as part of the 2018 Loretto Project. The piece is dedicated to John, Pala and Renata, members of the Longleash Trio.

Sound recording and engineering: Chris Kincaid.

"In Her Dream Song" - for violin, cello, and piano feat. Longleash [2018]

Premiered by ZOFO Duo.
Boonvile, California.
"This work was created under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music"

"Track One - Intro", for piano hour-hands and bluetooth speaker [2018]

Neil Beckmann, guitar
Premiere: Nov. 9, 2018, at Spectrum, Brooklyn, NYC.

"Watching Her Fade Away" - for guitar scordatura [2018]

"Never was the way"
I.
II. 
III.
for alto flute, bass clarinet, female voice, percussion, violin, and cello.
Premiered by TAK Ensemble + cellist Meaghan Burke
March, 23., 2019 at the ARCH, UPenn.

"Never was the Way" - for ensemble [2019]

for chamber orchestra [2222.22.tmp+3+strings]

"Behind a wall of illusions" for orchestra [2019]

REFERENCE for orchestra
Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia-ANMS.
Premiere: 9 Nov. 2012.
Conductor: Baldur Bronnimann

REFERENCE for orchestra [2012]

"In times of passive voice" for amplified cello, with scordatura and practice mute.
Composed as part of the C3 residency at the University of Texas at Austin. 
Hear No Evil's cellist, James Burch.
Premiere: Sept. 21, 2019.

"In times of passive voice" for amplified cello [2019] feat James Burch

"only what we remember" for flute, clarinets, piano, and electronics.
written for Apply Triangle, Joshua Weinberg (flute), Tyler Neidermayer (clarinets), Jixue Yang (piano).


Premiered: Oct 22nd, 2019 at Ades Hall, New York.
Recording version: Dec 6th, 2019, Penn Sound Collective Concert, Philadelphia.

"only what we remember" - [2019] feat Apply Triangle

"RETRO" for orchestra and electronics.
Commissioned by Medellin Philharmonic.
Juan Pablo Valencia, conducting.
James Diaz, electronics.

Premiere: 23 Nov 2019, Teatro Metropolitano de Medellin.

1. Lineas Rojas
2. Azul
3. A las fronteras lejanas donde todo es amarlllo.*

*Based on the poem "No Estamos Ciegos" (We are not blind) by the Colombian writer/composer, Juan Carlos Padilla.

No Estamos Ciegos
Un cielo claro, mudo, que oculta las noches y los días tras un resplandor frágil, se ha
llevado a mi padre.
Lo lleva a otro mundo; a las fronteras lejanas de todo lo que nace sin saber por qué.
Entonces me pregunto por el enigma del tiempo, que debemos descifrar;
por la ineludible señal de la vida breve, que seguimos, aunque la espera sea larga,
rogando al cosmos que algún sol esté con nosotros, el día que por necesidad
seamos puestos aquí para respirar en círculos.
Un camino frágil;
unos pasos que en la luz se deshacen;
una rosa pálida;
un ángel ausente;
una palabra bárbara, inexpresable;
un sarcófago milenario;
una puerta con cerrojo,
se han llevado mi padre.
Entonces me pregunto por el sentido del mundo que contemplo cada día;
por aquello que está oculto al otro lado de la vía;
rogando una vez más al cosmos que algún sol nos acompañe como si fuera un guía el
día de nuestra marcha.
No estamos ciegos dicen los espíritus;
es el fin una añorada estrella; la que ayer,
se llevó a mi padre."
Juan Carlos Padilla Rincón

RETRO III: A Las Fronteras Lejanas Donde Todo Es Amarillo

"RETRO" for orchestra and electronics.
Commissioned by Medellin Philharmonic.
Juan Pablo Valencia, conducting.
James Diaz, electronics.

Premiere: 23 Nov 2019, Teatro Metropolitano de Medellin.

1. Lineas Rojas
2. Azul
3. A las fronteras lejanas donde todo es amarlllo.

RETRO II: Azul (Blue)

RETRO I: Lineas Rojas (Red Lines)

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