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

Selah

(2026)

for violin, cello, and chamber orchestra

The Year of Silence

(2023)

for singing narrator and orchestra

The Age of Wire and String

(2022)

for orchestra

A Body, Moving

(2021)

for brass and orchestra

What Divine Instrument

(2021)

for choir and orchestra

The Last Message Received

(2022 / 2026)

for chorus and orchestra / for chamber choir and 10 players

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 / 2013)

for orchestra / for ten players

Wind Ensemble

Darkening, Then Brightening

(2024)

for wind ensemble and soprano

Large Ensemble

Of Being Numerous

(2025)

for chamber choir (SATB), chamber ensemble, and electronic sounds

The Last Message Received

(2022 / 2026)

for chorus and orchestra / for chamber choir and 10 players

The Air Suspended

(2019)

for piano and strings

The Naomi Songs

(2015 / 2017)

for voice and large ensemble / 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

Invisible Overture

(2008 / 2013)

for orchestra / for ten players

Reading a Wave

(2008/10)

for three trios throughout the audience

Small Chamber

Canto Selah

(2025)

for voice, electric guitar, vibraphone, and electronics

Barnes Dances

(2024)

for flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, and electronics

Friday’s Saints

(2024)

for four low voices and electronics

Uncanny Valleys

(2024)

for two prepared pianos

Fog in the Mouth of the Mountain

(2024)

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

Ode to Joy

(2023)

for percussion quartet

Groundswell

(2022)

for trombone and piano / for tuba and piano

Nervous Systems

(2022)

for clarinet and string quartet

The Pleasure at Being the Cause

(2021 / 2023)

for ’cello and piano / for ’cello or violin and percussion

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

A Natural History of Vacant Lots

(2017–18)

for percussion quartet and electronics / for solo percussion and electronics

Ponte Musmeci

(2017)

for string quartet

Can’t and Won’t

(2017)

for string quartet

Goldbeater’s Skin

(2016)

for percussion quartet and mezzo-soprano or soprano

The Naomi Songs

(2015 / 2017)

for voice and large ensemble / for voice and sextet

Sonata for Violin and Piano

(2015)

for violin and piano

South Catalina

(2014)

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

I will learn to love a person

(2013)

for soprano, clarinet or saxophone, piano, and percussion / for soprano and piano

Memory Palace

(2012 / 2016)

for solo percussion and electronics / for percussion quartet and electronics

“That Night with the Green Sky”

(2012)

for soprano and piano

Double Happiness

(2012 / 2016)

for electric guitar, percussion, and electronics / for piano, percussion, and electronics

Recovering

(2011/2012)

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

The Night Mare

(2011)

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

How to Breathe Underwater

(2011 / 2016)

for baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and electronics / for string quartet and electronics

Variations on a Still Point

(2006/7)

for guitar, saxophone, percussion, and piano

Solo

Swift Interval

(2025)

for harp and electronics

The Matteo Songbook

(2025)

for piano and electronics

Corridor of Uncertainty

(2022)

for solo piano and electronics

Area of Refuge

(2022)

for solo piano

Exhalation

(2021)

for solo cello and electronics

Passagework

(2020)

for solo piano

A Natural History of Vacant Lots

(2017–18)

for percussion quartet and electronics / for solo percussion and electronics

The Arching Path

(2016)

for solo piano / for two pianos

On Being Wrong

(2015)

for solo cello and electronics

Shall I Project a World?

(2015)

for solo violin

Liminal Highway

(2016 / 2022)

for solo flute and electronics / for solo saxophone and electronics

Memory Palace

(2012 / 2016)

for solo percussion and electronics / for percussion quartet and electronics

Hoyt-Schermerhorn

(2010 / 2022)

for piano and electronics / for harp and electronics

Cornkind

(2009/21)

for piano and pre-recorded electronics

Vocal

The Only Way Is Through

(2026)

for choir (SSA) and percussion quartet

Canto Selah

(2025)

for voice, electric guitar, vibraphone, and electronics

Of Being Numerous

(2025)

for chamber choir (SATB), chamber ensemble, and electronic sounds

Friday’s Saints

(2024)

for four low voices and electronics

Fog in the Mouth of the Mountain

(2024)

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

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

Wind Phone, Goleta, CA

(2022)

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

“Apocatastasis” from Goldbeater’s Skin

(2016)

for soprano, guitar, vibraphone, and prepared piano

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 or soprano

The Naomi Songs

(2015 / 2017)

for voice and large ensemble / 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

Not One Word

(2014)

for men's choir (a cappella)

I will learn to love a person

(2013)

for soprano, clarinet or saxophone, piano, and percussion / for soprano and piano

“That Night with the Green Sky”

(2012)

for soprano and piano

How to Breathe Underwater

(2011 / 2016)

for baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and electronics / for string quartet and electronics

Requiem for K.V.

(2007/2009)

for solo amplified voice and pre-recorded voices

three e.e. cummings poems

(2004)

for SSAATTBB choir

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