Julia Adolphe List of Works

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Julia Adolphe List of Works
Julia Adolphe
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Selected Works & Performances
ORCHESTRA
Dark Sand, Sifting Light (2014) for orchestra | 9 minutes
- New York Premiere: The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor; June 5, 2014 at
Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
- World Premiere: The USC Thornton Symphony, Donald Crockett, conductor; February 27,
2014 at Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
OPERA
Sylvia (2013 revision)
A chamber opera for four singers, clarinet/alto saxophone, cello & piano | 50 minutes
Libretto by Julia Adolphe
- Premiere (concert version): Eric Guinivan, conductor; Maureen Hustkey, director; Sophie
Wingland, soprano; Jessica Mirshak, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Leighton, tenor; Mario DiazMoresco, baritone; John Lowery, clarinet/alto saxophone; Mariel Roberts, cello; Ada Jeon,
piano; March 21, 22 & 23, 2013 at Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY
Sylvia (2012)
A chamber opera for four singers, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, percussion, violin, viola &
cello | 50 minutes
Libretto by Julia Adolphe
- Workshop: Julia Adolphe & Lester Grant, producers, Eric Guinivan, conductor; Maureen
Huskey, director; Sophie Wingland, soprano, Jessica Mirshak, mezzo-soprano, Matthew
Miles, tenor; Mario Diaz-Moresco, baritone, Mira Magrill, flute/alto flute; Jonas Losciale,
clarinet/bass clarinet, Laura Kramer, alto saxophone; David Werfelmann, percussion; Sakura
Tsai, violin; Deanna Lynn, viola; Lars Hoefs, cello; April 14 & 15, 2012 at the Lost Studio
Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
- Concert Performance (excerpt): April 22, 2012 at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los
Angeles, CA
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE & SOLO INSTRUMENT
Nine Lives (2014) for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello | 17 minutes
Commissioned by Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival & Inscape Chamber Orchestra
- Premiere: Richard Scerbo, conductor; Susanna Loewy, piccolo/flute/alto flute; Bethany Slater,
oboe/english horn; Evan Solomon, clarinet/bass clarinet, Sarah D’Angelo, violin; Julia Biber,
cello; August 1, 2014 at Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival, Jamaica Town Hall, Jamaica, VT
Veil of Leaves (2014) for string quartet | 8 minutes
- Premiere: Christopher Otto, violin I; Leah Marie Kettlekamp, violin II; Samantha Chestney,
viola; Kevin McFarland, cello; June 14, 2014 at Middlebury Town Hall Theater, Middlebury,
VT
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Wordless Creatures (2013) for chamber ensemble | 12 minutes
Re-orchestration commissioned by Inscape Chamber Orchestra for their album American Aggregate
recorded by Sono Luminus with a release date of August 2014
- Premiere: Inscape Chamber Orchestra; Richard Scerbo, conductor; Susanna Loewy, flute/alto
flute; Evan Solomon, clarinet/bass clarinet; Brandon Almagro, trumpet; Eric Plewinski,
percussion; Cara Fleck, harp; Timothy McReynolds, piano; Sarah D’Angelo, violin; Douglas
Jameson, cello; David George, bass; May 18, 2014 at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer,
Bethesda, MD
Commissioned by Mak Grgic (original version)
- Premiere: The USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble; Donald Crockett, conductor;
Mak Grgic, guitar; Eric Jacobs, clarinet; Matt McConnell, trumpet; Elizabeth Kosko,
percussion; Clara Kim, violin; Harish Kumar, bass; March 6, 2013 at Newman Hall,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Vines (2013) for string quartet | 4 minutes
- U.S. Premiere: Sylvanus Ensemble; March 9, 2014 at the 2014 Women Composers Festival of
Hartford, Hartford, CT
- World Premiere: Quartetto Euridice; July 24, 2013 at Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Italy
I Felt a Cleaving (2011) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, bass clarinet &
piano | 5 minutes
Text by Emily Dickinson
Commissioned by Grace Chung
- East Coast Premiere: The Great Noise Ensemble; Armando Bayolo, conductor; Lisa Perry,
soprano; Sonya Alexandra Knussen, mezzo-soprano; January 21, 2012 at the Catholic
University of America, Washington D.C.
- World Premiere: Eric Guinivan, conductor; Jessica Kluck, soprano, Shabnam Kalbasi, mezzosoprano; Lauren Osaka, flute; Trey Farrell, oboe; Carmen Izzo, bass clarinet; Grace Chung,
piano
Between the Accidental (2010) for string quartet | 6 minutes
- The Fiato Quartet; May 4, 2014 at the Hear Now Music Festival, First Lutheran Church of
Venice, Los Angeles, CA
- Premiere: James McFadden-Talbot, violin I; Michelle Black, violin II; Nathan Yamamoto, viola;
Nicholas Bollinger, cello; November 7, 2010 at Newman Hall, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA
White Flag (2009) for solo cello | 4 minutes
- West Coast Premiere: Fredéric Rosselet, cello; June 21, 2014 at the What’s Next? Ensemble’s LA
Composers Project, Art Share-LA, Los Angeles, CA
- Susanna Mendlow, cello; May 4, 2014 at SUNY Stony Brook, NY
- New York Premiere: Susanna Mendlow; November 23, 2013 at the Nouveau Classical Project,
Spectrum, New York, NY
- World Premiere: Avery Waite, cello; August 1, 2009 at the Artists of Tomorrow Concert Series,
Studzinski Hall, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brunswick, ME
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He Disappeared into Complete Silence (2008) for soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon &
percussion | 15 minutes
A setting of nine parables & engravings by Louise Bourgeois
- Jonathan Bautista, conductor; Erin Winker, soprano; Rachel Harewood, flute; Matthew M.
Maris, clarinet; Sarah Furnish, bassoon; Evan Peltier, percussion; May 3, 2009 at Barnes Hall,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
VOCAL MUSIC & CHORAL WORKS
To Dissolve (2012) for tenor & piano | 3 minutes
Text by Elizabeth Cantwell
- Premiere: Matthew Miles, tenor; Lisa Sylvester, piano; May 3, 2012 at Jeanette MacDonald
Recital Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; May 3, 2012
Noon, Not a Sound (2012) for mezzo-soprano & piano | 4 minutes
Text by Chrisopher Santiago
- Premiere: Victoria Fox, mezzo-soprano; Lisa Sylvester, piano; March 23, 2012 at Boston Court
Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, CA
“Sculpture Aria” from Sylvia (2011) for soprano & cello | 4 minutes
Text by Julia Adolphe
- Sophie Wingland, soprano; Sunny Yang, cello; June 2012 at SongFest, Thayer Hall, The
Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
- New York Premiere: Sarina Zhang, cello & Serafim Smigelskiy, cello; February 5, 2012 at The
Juilliard School, New York, NY
- Sophie Wingland & Michael Kaufman, cello; December 12, 2011 at Space A Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
- Katherine Sanford, soprano & Pierre Derycz, cello; December 3, 2011 at Kerrytown Concert
House, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Sophie Wingland & Stella Cho, cello; November 6, 2011 at Newman Hall, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- U.S. Premiere: Sophie Wingland & Stella Cho; October 11, 2011 at Newman Hall, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- World Premiere: Julia Adolphe, soprano & Natalia Costiuc, cello; July 6, 2011 at the Neue
Synagogue, Berlin, Germany
I Wish it Were T. S. Eliot (2009) for tenor & piano | 3 minutes
Commissioned by Dr. Neal Zaslaw
Text by Julia Adolphe
- Zachary Wadsworth, tenor; Daniel Anastassio; May 9, 2010 at Barnes Hall, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
- World Premiere: Zachary Wadsworth, Catharine Likhuta, piano; May 1, 2009 at Lincoln Hall,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sheep in Fog (2009) for SSAA a cappella chorus | 3 minutes
Text by Sylvia Plath
- The Cornell University Chorus; Scott Tucker, conductor; John Rhowel, assistant conductor;
Spring 2010 Tour
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o March 30 at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
o March 26 at Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, Blacksburg, VA
o March 24 at the Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, SC
o March 23 at the Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church, Cary NC
o March 22 at Jones Chapel, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
o March 21 at First Baptist Church, Richmond, VA
o March 20 at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, VA
World Premiere: October 31, 2009 at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
If Only She (2008) for mezzo-soprano & piano | 3 minutes
Text by Julia Adolphe
- West Coast Premiere: Julia Adolphe, mezzo-soprano; Irene Gregorio, piano; December 3, 2010
at United University Church, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Julia Adolphe; Daniel Anastassio, piano; May 9, 2010 at Barnes Hall, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY
- U.S. Premiere: Jill McCoy, mezzo-soprano, Daniel Anastassio; November 10, 2008 at Barnes
Hall, Ithaca, NY
- World Premiere: Julia Adolphe; Philippa Neuteboom, piano; July 31, 2008 at Salle Cortot, Paris,
France

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