Music – Christopher Cerrone

Opera

In a Grove

(2021)

for four singers (SCtTB), nine instruments, and electronics

All Wounds Bleed

(2011)

for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano

Invisible Cities

(2009-2013)

for four solo voices, vocal ensemble (SATB), eleven players, and electronics

Orchestra

The Year of Silence

(2023)

for singing narrator and orchestra

The Age of Wire and String

(2022)

for orchestra

What Divine Instrument

(2021)

for choir and orchestra

A Body, Moving

(2021)

for brass and orchestra

The Last Message Received

(2020)

for choir and orchestra

The Air Suspended

(2019)

for piano and strings

Meander, Spiral, Explode

(2019)

for percussion quartet and orchestra

Violin Concerto: “Breaks and Breaks”

(2018)

for violin and orchestra

The Insects Became Magnetic

(2018)

for orchestra and electronics

Will There Be Singing?

(2017)

for orchestra

High Windows

(2013)

for string orchestra

Still Life with Violin and Orchestra

(2010)

for violin and orchestra

Invisible Overture

(2008/13)

for small orchestra

Wind Ensemble

Darkening, Then Brightening

(2024)

for wind ensemble and soprano

Large Ensemble

The Air Suspended

(2019)

for piano and strings

The Branch Will Not Break

(2015)

for eight singers (SSAATTBB) or small choir and ten players

The Pieces That Fall to Earth

(2015)

for high soprano and 14 players

The Naomi Songs

(2015)

for mezzo-soprano or baritone, eleven players, and looping electronics

Reading a Wave

(2008/10)

for three trios throughout the audience

Invisible Overture (version for 10 players)

(2008)

for 10 players

Small Chamber

Fog in the Mouth of the Mountain

(2024)

for soprano, soprano saxophone, clarinet in b-flat, and percussion

Uncanny Valleys

(2024)

for two prepared pianos

The Pleasure at Being the Cause (version for ‘cello or violin and percussion)

(2023)

for 'cello and percussion

Ode to Joy

(2023)

for percussion quartet

Groundswell

(2022)

for trombone or tuba and piano

The Pleasure at Being the Cause (version for ‘cello and piano)

(2021)

for 'cello and piano

New Addresses

(2020)

for flute, bass clarinet, violin, and 'cello

Don’t Look Down

(2020)

for prepared piano and percussion quartet

Why Was I Born Between Mirrors?

(2019)

for flute (or sop. sax), clarinet (doubling b.cl), violin, cello, piano, and percussion

Nervous Systems

(2022)

for clarinet and string quartet

Ponte Musmeci

(2017)

for string quartet

A Natural History of Vacant Lots (Quartet)

(2017-18)

for percussion quartet and electronics

Can’t and Won’t

(2017)

for string quartet

Goldbeater’s Skin

(2016)

for percussion quartet and mezzo-soprano

Memory Palace (version for percussion quartet)

(2016)

for percussion quartet and electronics

Double Happiness (version for piano and percussion)

(2016)

for piano, percussion, and electronics

Sonata for Violin and Piano

(2015)

for violin and piano

The Naomi Songs (version for voice and sextet)

(2015)

for voice and sextet

South Catalina

(2014)

for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello

I will learn to love a person

(2013)

for soprano, saxophone (or clarinet), percussion and piano

“That Night with the Green Sky”

(2012)

for soprano and piano

Double Happiness (original version)

(2012)

for electric guitar, percussion, and electronics

Recovering

(2011/2012)

for cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, vibr., vln, and d.b. spread throughout the hall

How to Breathe Underwater (string quartet version)

(2011/16)

for string quartet

The Night Mare

(2011)

for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, and electronics

How to Breathe Underwater

(2011)

for baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and pre-recorded electronics

Variations on a Still Point

(2006/7)

for guitar, saxophone, percussion, and piano

Solo

Corridor of Uncertainty

(2022)

for solo piano and electronics

Exhalation

(2021)

for solo cello and electronics

Hoyt–Schermerhorn

(2022)

for harp and electronics

Liminal Highway (version for saxophone)

(2022)

for soprano saxophone and electronics

Passagework

(2020)

for solo piano

A Natural History of Vacant Lots (Solo)

(2017-18)

for solo percussion and electronics

Area of Refuge

(2022)

for solo piano

The Arching Path

(2016)

for solo piano (or two pianos)

On Being Wrong

(2015)

for solo cello and electronics

Shall I Project a World?

(2015)

for solo violin

Liminal Highway

(2016)

for flute and electronics

Memory Palace (Solo Version)

(2012)

for percussion and electronics

Hoyt-Schermerhorn

(2010)

for piano and electronics

Cornkind

(2009/21)

for piano and pre-recorded electronics

Vocal

Fog in the Mouth of the Mountain

(2024)

for soprano, soprano saxophone, clarinet in b-flat, and percussion

Wind Phone, Goleta, CA

(2022)

for choir (SATB), string quartet, and optional audio playback

Darkening, Then Brightening

(2024)

for wind ensemble and soprano

The Year of Silence

(2023)

for singing narrator and orchestra

Beaufort Scales

(2022-23)

for SSSSMMAA choir, electronics, & visual projections

What Divine Instrument

(2021)

for choir and orchestra

“Everything Will Be Okay”

(2020)

for mezzo-soprano and piano

Goldbeater’s Skin

(2016)

for percussion quartet and mezzo-soprano

“Apocatastasis” from Goldbeater’s Skin

(2016)

for soprano, guitar, vibraphone, and prepared piano

The Naomi Songs (version for voice and sextet)

(2015)

for voice and sextet

The Branch Will Not Break

(2015)

for eight singers (SSAATTBB) or small choir and ten players

The Pieces That Fall to Earth

(2015)

for high soprano and 14 players

The Naomi Songs

(2015)

for mezzo-soprano or baritone, eleven players, and looping electronics

Not One Word

(2014)

for men's choir (a cappella)

I will learn to love a person

(2013)

for soprano, saxophone (or clarinet), percussion and piano

“That Night with the Green Sky”

(2012)

for soprano and piano

three e.e. cummings poems

(2004)

for SSAATTBB choir

How to Breathe Underwater

(2011)

for baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and pre-recorded electronics

Requiem for K.V.

(2007/2009)

for solo amplified voice and pre-recorded voices

Installation/Arrangements

In a Grove

(2021)

for four singers (SCtTB), nine instruments, and electronics

“Kiss Me” (Stephen Sondheim recomp.)

(2019)

for solo piano

WA Mozart Concerto No. 9, Mvt II

(2010)

for solo piano, chamber orchestra, and electronics

Serenity (Charles Ives arr.)

(2010)

for bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, and cello

Five Days

(2008-10)

for fixed media