Compositions - Chronological Order
Note: Performances are listed in reverse order; the premiere performance of each piece appears last. String Quartet No. 2 is published by C.F. Peters. Pieces marked with * are published by the Association for the Promotion of New Music; those marked with + are published by Phantom Press, Soundspells Productions. All other pieces are published by the American Composers Alliance.
*String Quartet No. 3 (2009)
(12 min)
Members of the New Juilliard Ensemble: Alicia Choi, violin; Heidi Schaul-Yoder, violin; Eva Gerard, viola; Mimi Yu, cello; MOMA SUMMERGARDEN CONCERTS, New York, NY, July 25, 2010
*Mania Meets Melancholy
(8 min)
for Bass and Piano (2008)
Basso Moderno Duo, Allan Von Schenkel, bass; Kristin Williams, piano; Christ and St. Stephens Church 120 W. 69th Street New York, NY
*Celebration
(15 min)
for Solo Piano (2008)
Christopher Oldfather, piano, ACA Festival, LEONARD NIMOY THALIA AT SYMPHONY SPACE, June 18, 2010
Tatjana Rankovich. piano, Mannes Faculty Composers Concert, February 17, 2010
*Mood Swing
(10 min.)
for Oboe/Oboe d'amore/English horn; Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion (2008)
Cube Contemporary Ensemble Commission
Cube Contemporary Chamber Ensemble: Patricia Morehead, oboe; Chuck Bontrager, violin; Mira Luxion, cello; Philip Morehead, piano; Tina Laughlin, percussion; Lawrence Axelrod, conductor; Gottlieb Hall, Chicago, Ill.; 3/28/08
*Untitled I
(9 min.)
for Solo Dancer and SoloViolin (2006)
TAKE Dance Company commission
Take Dance Company; Ana Milosavljevic, violin;
Stuart Singer, dancer; Takehiro Ueyama, Choreographer
The Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, 9/ 22 - 24/ 06
PS 21, Chatham, NY, 8/12 – 13/ 06
Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, MA, 8/10/06
* Mirrors
(16 min.)
for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (2006)
Fromm Foundation Commission
New York New Music Ensemble: Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Linda Quan, violin; Theodore Mook, cello: Stephen Gosling, piano;
Merkin Concert Hall, New York; 5/15/06.
* Conversation
(12 min.)
for Piano Trio (2004)
Queens College Trio; New Music Festival; Society of Composers, Inc./Long Island Composers Alliance, LeFrak Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, Queens, Flushing, NY; 11/15/07
Jennifer Choi, violin; Joanne Linn, cello; Julia Dusman, piano; Mannes College of Music, New York, 10/15/06; Music and Poetry of Eleanor Cory: Montauk Library, Montauk, NY, 7/15/06
North River Music: Music of Eleanor Cory - Curtis Macomber, violin; Chris Finckel, cello; Stephen Gosling, piano; Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, New York; 3/18/2004.
Canto XXVI The Examination of God's Love (Dante)
(8 min.)
for Baritone, Mixed Chorus (SATB), and String Quartet (2002)
Dominic Infarrara, baritone; Greenwich Village Singers, Mark Mangini, conductor; Advent Lutheran Church, New York, Nov. 16, 2002
*O'Keeffe's Flora
(18 min.)
for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French horn, Violin, Viola, Cello Bass and Percussion (2001)
Mary Flagler Cary Trust Commission
North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra, Max Lifchitz, conductor; Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, NY.; 6/17/08
Bronx Arts Ensemble, Howard Hsu, conductor; New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY; April 14, 2002
* Chasing Time
(9 min.)
for Clarinet and Piano (2001)
Esther Lamneck, clarinet; Judith Olson, piano; Composers Concordance, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, New York, 11/10/06
Joshua Rubin, clarinet; Vanessa Perez, piano; Ross School, East Hampton, NY; March 19, 2004
North River Music: Music of Eleanor Cory - Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Stephen Gosling, piano; Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, New York; 3/18/2004.
DaCapo Chamber Players: Meighan Stoops, clarinet, Blair McMillen, piano; Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY; October 8, 2003
Phillip Bashor, clarinet; Jenny Undercoffler, piano; Women Composers from Sarah Lawrence; Sarah Lawrence College; Nov. 3, 2002
Long Island Composers Alliance: Esther Lamneck, clarinet, Jenny Undercoffler, piano: Queens College, Astoria, NY; Oct. 10, 2002
Esther Lamneck, Clarinet; Chi Wen Lee, Piano, Frederick Loewe Theater, New York University, New York 5/31/01
* Three Songs
(10 min.)
for Soprano and Piano (James Merrill, Robert Creeley, Marvin Bell) (2000)
Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Dianne Frazer, piano; Music Festival of the Hamptons; East End Composers Concert, Wolffer Estate Vineyards, Sagaponack, NY; 7/15/08
Szilvia Schranz, soprano; Vanessa Perez, piano; Ross School, East Hampton, NY; March 19, 2004
North River Music: Music of Eleanor Cory - Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Stephen Gosling, piano; Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, New York; 3/18/2004.
Gayla Morgan, Soprano, Jenny Undercoffler, piano; Faculty Composers Concert, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY; May 9, 2002
String Quartet No. 2 (2000)
(18 min)
Sigma Alpha Iota/ C.F. Peters Commission
C.F. Peters, publisher
Momenta String Quartet (Miranda Cuckson, violin; Jennifer Curtis, violin, Stephanie Griffin, viola; Jennifer Lin, cello), Mannes College of Music, 11/9/04
North River Music: Music of Eleanor Cory - The Atlantic String Quartet (Linda Quan, violin; Deborah Wong, violin; Lois Martin, viola; Chris Finckel, cello), Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, New York; 3/18/2004.
* Bouquet
(16 min)
for Flute, Clarinet, French horn, Trumpet, Percussion, Piano, Violin, and Cello (1999)
Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players commission
Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, Paul Vaillancourt, Conductor, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, 4/19/99; Recital Hall, Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, 4/14/99
* Visions
(19 min)
for Flute (Alto Flute), Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), French Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello (1998)
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble Commission
American Composers Alliance Festival: Ensemble Pi, Koszciusko Foundation, New York, NY; 6/15/03
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Dia Center for the Arts. New York, 2/8/98
* Play Within a Play
(14 min)
for Solo Piano (1996, rev 1998)
Diane Frazer, piano; Music Festival of the Hamptons; East End Composers Concert, Wolffer Estate Vineyards, Sagaponack, NY; 7/15/08
Margaret Kampmeier, piano; MOTE, Music on the Edge, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 9/ 29/ 07
Julia Dusman, piano; Mannes College of Music, 1/30/07
Christopher Oldfather, piano Friends and Enemies of New Music, CAMI Hall, New York 2/31/01
David Holtzman, piano Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, 3/16/00; New Jersey Composers Guild, Shea Center for the Performing Arts, William Paterson University Patterson, New Jersey, 3/6/00; Long Island Composers Alliance; Great Hall, C.W. Post College, LIU, Brookfield, New York, 3/2/00; Kuzweil Recital Hall, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Bayside, New York, 2/2/00
Margaret Kampmeier, piano, Kingsborough Community College; 10/27/99
Marcia Eckert, piano, National Association of Composers/USA, Christ and St. Stephen's Churche, New York, 3/11/97; A Celebration of Women Composers, Barnard College, New York, 2/28/97; Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, 2/16/97; Lang Hall, Hunter College, New York, 2/4/97
* Of Mere Being (7 min)
for Chorus (SSATB) and Brass Quintet (Walace Stevens) (1987, rev. 1997)
Eastman Chorale commission
New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, 11/8/97
Eastman Chorale and Brass Quintet, Donald Neuen, conductor, Kilbourne Hall, Rochester, New York, 11/5/97
* Interviews
(10 min)
for Viola and Piano (1996)
Louise Schulman, viola, Margaret Kampmeier, piano, New York University, 3/29/99; Kingsborough Community College, 10/20/99; Liana Laura Mount, viola, Max Lifchitz, piano, North/South Consonance Ensemble, Christ and St. Stephen's church, New York, 2/26/97
Foreign Echoes
(14 min)
for Orchestra (1995)
Kingsborough Community Orchestra, Bruce McKinney, Conductor, Brooklyn, New York, 3/9/96
+ Pas de Quatre
(13 min)
for Flute (Alto Flute), Violin, Cello, and Piano (1994)
New York Camerata commission
Music and Poetry by Eleanor Cory: Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Jennifer Choi, violin; Jennifer Lin, cello; Julia Dusman, piano, Montauk Library; Montauk, NY, 6/15/06
Mannes College of Music, Sue Ann Kahn, flute, Eriko Sato, violin, Michael Finckel, cello, Thomas Osuga, piano, 11/16/05
Society of Composers, Inc. National Convention, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, New York, 4/24/99
Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, Jayn Rosenfeld, flute, Deborah Wong, violin, Chris Finckel, cello, Margaret Kampmeier, piano, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, 3/25/97
New York Camerata, Jayn Rosenfeld, flute, Diane Bruce, violin, Charles Forbes, cello, Meg Vas, piano, Renee Weiler Hall, New York, 3/17/94; Longy School of Music, Boston, 4/8/94
Souvenirs: Four Scenes for Band
(10 min)
(1993)
Kingsborough Community Band, Bruce McKinney, Conductor, Brooklyn, New York, 11/10/93
Presence Without Name
(16 min)
for Soprano and Woodwind Quintet (Mark Strand, Octavio Paz, and Rachel Hadas) (1992)
Elizabeth Farnum, Soprano, Renaissance Woodwind Quintet, Heckscher Park, Huntington, New York, 8/6/98
Lynn Vardaman, soprano, Quintet of the Americas, MAC Conference Center, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, Brooklyn, New York, 3/26/95
+ Northwest Passages
(7 min)
for Solo Clarinet (1991, rev. 1993)
Ira Berman, clarinet, Long Island Composers Alliance, Poppenhausen Library, Queens, New York, 6/5/99; Edward Marks, clarinet, New Music and Art Festival, Bowling Green, Ohio, 10/7/93
+ Canyons
(11 min)
for Chamber Orchestra (1991)
Colonial Symphony, David Sampson, conductor, Community Theater, Morristown, New Jersey, 5/6/00
Hudson Valley Philharmonic, JoAnne Falletta, Conductor, Music in the Mountains Festival, New Paltz, New York, 7/31/93
Chamber Symphony of Princeton, Mark Laycock, Conductor, 5/3/92
Fantasy
(8 min)
for Flute, Guitar and Percussion (1991)
Cygnus Ensemble commission
Cygnus Ensemble: Tara Helen O'connor, flute; William Anderson, guitar; Peter Jarvis, percussion, Carnegie Recital Hall, 5/13/91; Kingsborough Community College, 4/30/91
Crystals
(4 min)
for Solo Piano (1989)
Leonard Lehrman, piano, Long Island Composers Alliance, Queens College, CUNY, 9/9/97; Association of Piano Teachers of Long Island, Garden City, Long Island, New York, 2/19/97
Elizabeth Rodgers, piano, Hubbard Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, 10/22/89
Hemispheres
(15 min)
for Cello and Piano (1989)
Chris Finckel, cello, Christopher Oldfatehr, piano; League-ISCM, Ethical Culture Society, New York, 4/18/95
Alison Chesley, cello, Cara Chowning, piano, Northwestern University School of Music Contemporary Ensemble, Evanston, Ill., 5/26/94
Spectri Sonori: Drew Owen, cello, Barbara Jazwinski, piano, Dixon Recital Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans, 2/18/91
Chris Finknel, cello, Christopher Oldfather, piano, The Guild of Composers, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, 11/21/89
Maxine Neumann, cello, Elizabeth Rodgers, piano, Renee Weiler Auditorium, 4/14/89, all Cory concert.
* Ehre
(8 min)
for Solo Violin (1982, rev. 1988)
North River Music: Music of Eleanor Cory - Curtis Macomber, violin; Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, New York; 3/18/2004.
Gregory Fulkerson, violin, Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 11/19/94; Grand Teton Music Festival, Wyoming, 8/24/89; Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio, 4/22/89; Renee Weiler Auditorium, 4/14/89, all Cory concert
Benjamin Hudson, violin, Washington Square Contemporary Music Series, NYU theater, 3/29/84
Spectra
(15 min)
for Flute, Clarinet, French Horn, Trumpet, Piano, Violin, and Cello (1988)
Alea III, Theadore Antoniou, conductor, Tsai Performance Center, Boston, 4/27/91
String Quartet No. 1
(20 min)
(1985, rev. 1988)
Alea III: Tison Street, violin, Jane Hemenway, violin, Scott Woolweaver, viola, Mark Simcox, cello,Theodore Antoniou, conductor, Boston University Concert Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 9/24/88
+ Phases
(8 min)
for Guitar (1987)
Oren Fader, guitar, National Association of Composers - USA, Renee Weiler Hall, 3/19/95
William Anderson, guitar, Sarah Lawrence Faculty Composers Concert, 4/17/90; Composers Concordance, St. Ignatius Church, 11/20/87
Michael McCartney, guitar, National Associaton of Composers - USA, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, 3/29/87; Recital Hall, State University of New York, Purchase, N.Y., 4/26/87
Encounters
(6 min)
for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello (1986)
New York University New Music and Dance Ensemble, Frederick Lowe Theater, New York, 12/2/96
Sarah Lawrence Faculty Composers Concert, Eleanor Cory, conductor, 4/17/90
Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East, Bennington, Vermont, Eleanor Cory, conductor, 8/16/86
+ Apertures
(12 min)
for Solo Piano (1984)
Jed Distler, piano, Composers Collaborative, Bloomingdale House of Music, 5/9/95
Aleck Karis, piano, Renee Weiler Auditorium, 4/14/89, all Cory concert
Max Lifchitz, piano, North South Consonance, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, 10/18/84
+ Profiles
(9 min)
for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1983)
Mark Margolies, clarinet; Darry Dolezal, cello; Mika Tanaka, piano; Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, Vermont; 7/12/08
Esther Lamneck, clarinet, Tomas Ulrich, cello, Joshua Pierce, piano, New York University New Music Ensemble, N.Y., 3/25/94
Stephen Hartman, clarinet, Maxine Neuman, cello, Elizabeth Rodgers, piano, Renee Weiler Auditorium, 4/14/89, all Cory concert
Peter Josheff, clarinet, Beth Pierson, cello, Eric Moe, piano, Earplay, First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, California, 11/23/87
Allen Blustine, clarinet, Eric Bartlett, cello, aleck Karis, piano, Speculum Musicae, Whitney Museum Sculpture Court, 3/31/87
Michael Dumouchel, clarinet, Maxine Neumann, cello, Stephen Manes, piano, Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East, Bennington, Vermont, 8/16/86
Stephen Hartman, clarinet, Zella Terry, cello, Margaret Singer, piano, Marymount Manhattan Theater, 11/3/86
Meyer Kupferman, clarinet, David Moore, cello, Kazuko Hayami, piano, Carnegie Recital Hall, 5/3/84
Tapestry
(18 min)
for Orchestra (1982)
New Jersey Symphony, Hugh Wolff, conductor, Hollybush Festival, Glassboro, New Jersey, 5/21/87
* Surroundings
(15 min)
for Voice and Piano (Mark Strand, W.S. Merwin, Rachel Hadas) (1981)
Deanna McBroom, soprano, Emily Remington, piano, Piccollo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina, 5/1/84
Joan Heller, soprano, Yale University, 5/4/82
Beverly Morgan, mezzo-soprano, The Guild of Composers, McMillin Theator, Columbia University, 3/11/82
* Designs
(11 min)
for Violin, Cello and Piano (1979)
Arioso Trio commission
Arioso Trio, Washington Square Contemporary Music Series, 3/10/81; Yale University, 3/28/80; Carnegie Recital Hall, 5/6/79; Wave Hill Estate, 5/4/79
Counterbrass
(20 min)
for French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano and Percussion (1978)
University of Texas Chamber Players, Houston, Texas, 12/5/79
The Ensemble, Harvey Sollberger, conductor, League-ISCM Concerts, Carnegie Recital Hall, 2/4/79
The New Reperatory Ensemble, Dinu Ghezzo, conductor, Yale Composers, 4/4/79; Queens College, 3/25/79
Aria Viva
for Tenor, Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, and Guitar (Dsvid Ignatow) (1977)
Greg Smith Singers, 4/20/78
Trio for Flute (Piccolo), Oboe (English Horn), and Piano
(10 min)
(1977)
Patricia Morehead, oboe, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 4/26/86
New England Chamber Trio, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 4/2/78;ASUC Regional Conference, Sarah Lawrence College, 11/12/77; Carnegie Recital Hall, 6/9/77
Octagons
(7 min)
for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano, Vibraphone, Guitar, Violin, and Cello (1976)
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, 3/14/82
Composers Chamber Group, 3/3/80
Yale Composers, 11/8/78
The Composers Ensemble, Peter Lieberson, conductor, 1/19/76 and 1/16/76
Waking
(12 min)
for Soprano, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass (Murial Rukeyser) (1974)
Contemporary Chamber Players, University of Chicago, Ralph Shapey, conductor, 3/3/78
The Light Fantastic Players, Daniel Shulman, conductor, League-ISCM concerts, Carnegie Recital Hall, 12/18/57
* Epithalamium
(6 min)
for Solo Flute (1973)
Sue Ann Kahn, flute; Mannes Faculty Composers Concert, Mannes College of Music, New York, 11/13/07
Sue Ann Kahn, flute; Long Island Composers Alliance, Belport Library, Belport, Long Island, NY; 10/21/07
Ann Donner, Sigma Alpha Iota National Convention, Dallas, Texas, 8/6/00
Jayn Rosenfeld, Composers Forum, New York University, N.Y., 10/18/93
Sue Ann Kahn, NACUSA, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, 3/17/91
Patricia Spencer, Sarah Lawrence Faculty Composers Concert, 4/17/90; College Music Society Regional Conference, 4/15/89; School of Music, University of Manitoba, Canada, 9/19/85; Faculty Concert, New School for Social Research, 9/24/85; Guild Hall, East Hampton, L.I., N.Y., 9/14/85; Composers Forum, 11/9/74; A.S.U.C.
National Music New Music Festival Youngstown, Ohio, 4/24/87
Joseph Spivack, Baruch College, 4/17/74; columbia Composers, 4/4/74
Trio for Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), Cello, and Piano
(6 min)
(1973)
Michael Sussman, clarinet, Helen Harbinson, cello, Ursula Oppens, piano, Composers Forum, 11/9/74
Virgil Blackwell, clarinet, Fred Sherry, cello, Ursula Oppens piano, Columbia Composers, 4/19/73
Modulations
(8 min)
for Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Two Percussion (1972)
Members of the Light Fantastic Players, Eleanor Cory, conductor, Columbia Composers, 5/15/72
Tempi
(5 min)
for Clarinet and Tape (1971)
Bryant Hayes, clarinet, A.S.U.C. Regional Conference, 5/10/76
John Huefeld, clarinet, Los Angeles ISCM, 6/10/73
Virgil Blackwell, clarinet, Brooklyn College, 4/23/72; Columbia Composers, 5/1/72
Septet
(18 min)
for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn, Violin, Viola, and Cello (1971)
Composers Conference, Johnson, Vermont, 8/26/72
Columbia Composers, Eleanor Cory, conductor, 5/20/71
Combinations
(11 min)
for Solo Piano (1970)
Rebecca LaBrecque, piano, Whitney Counterweight Festival, 4/6/77; State University of New York, Stony Brook, N.Y., 4/1/76
Ursula Oppens, piano, Composers Forum, 11/9/74
Robert Miller, piano, composers Conference, Johnson, Vermont, 8/16/72
Eleanor Cory, piano, Columbia Composers, 3/19/70
Concertino
(10 min)
for Piano and Chamber ensemble (18 Instruments) (1970)
Eleanor Cory, piano, Tibor Putzdai, Conductor, Composers Symposium, New England Conservatory, 4/3/70
Liebeslied
(6 min)
for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Bass (Rainer Maria Rilke) (1969)
Janet Steele, mezzo-soprano, Composers Forum 11/9/74
Eleanor Cory, Conductor, Columbia Composers, 10/22/70
Trio for Violin, Bass Clarinet and Piano
(6 min)
(1969)
Quartet for Oboe, Trumpet, Cello and Vibraphone
(7 min)
(1968)
Klangfarben Three for Six
(9 min)
for Flute, Oboe, Cello, Bass, Piano and Harp (1965)
Sarah Lawrence College, 4/65
Words
(4 min)
for Soprano and Piano (1964)
Agnus Dei and Libera Me
(3 min)
for Female Chorus (1964)
Sarah Lawrence College, 5/64
Adagio Quartetto
(12 min)
for String Quartet (1963)
Student Composers Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, summer 1964
