Small Chamber – Christopher Cerrone

Orchestration for voice, electric guitar, vibraphone, and electronics Duration 5 minutes Commissioned By/Premiere Canto Selah was commissioned by The Living Show, who premiered the work along with Tanner Porter, voice, on January 30th, 2026 in San Francisco. Score This score is in exclusivity until January 2027. Notes Canto Selah takes its name and inspiration from…

Orchestration for flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, and electronics Duration 20 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Premiered by Hub New Music on May 20th, 2025 at Rocket City New Music, Huntsville, Alabama Barnes Dances was commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting, Hub New Music, Rocket City New Music, and CAP UCLA, and is dedicated to Hub. Listen Score…

Orchestration for four low voices and electronics Text from the Commedia of Dante and traditional Sicilian hymns Duration 25 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Premiered January 25th, 2025 at The Church at Sag Harbor. This commission, written for Roomful of Teeth, has been made possible by theChamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Mellon…

Orchestration for string quartet Duration 8 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Ponte Musmeci was premiered on March 19, 2017 at the Broad Stage in Los Angeles, California by the Calder Quartet. Commissioned by the Calder Quartet. Score Purchase from Project Schott New York Listen Note Ponte Musmeci draws its title from a visit to the Ponte Sul…

Orchestration for soprano, soprano saxophone, clarinet in b-flat, and percussion Text Poem by Andrés Cerpa Duration 5 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Premiered October 29th, 2024 at Het Cenakel in Tilburg, Netherlands. Commissioned by and written for Ensemble VONK. Score This score is in exclusivity until October 29th, 2025. Notes “Fog in the Mouth of the Mountain”…

Orchestration for two prepared pianos Duration 9 and a half minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by The Gilmore International Piano Festival sponsored by Friends of the van der Westhuizen Family in memory of Pieter and Madelyn van der Westhuizen May 1, 2024Kasey Shao and Harmony Zhu, pianos Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, Gilmore Piano Festival Score Purchase…

Orchestration percussion quartet Duration 10 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Ode to Joy was premièred on October 1 and 3, 2023 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, NY and performed by Sandbox Percussion. The European première took place on October 22 and 23, 2023 in Rome, Italy, and was performed by Blow Up Percussion. Commissioned…

Orchestration for trombone and pianofor tuba and piano Duration 8 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Premiered June 13, 2023 by Joshua Williams, tuba and Yu-Ting Peng, piano at Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA. Commissioned by Music Academy of the West. This work was created with the support of a residency from the Stiftung Laurenz-Haus…

Orchestration for B-flat clarinet and string quartet Duration 13 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere June 4 and 5, 2022, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles, Ben Mitchell, clarinetSeptember 22 and 24, 2022, Omega Ensemble, Sydney and Melbourne, David Rowden, clarinetOct 19 and 20, 2022, Third Angle New Music, Portland, James Shields, clarinetApril 7, 8, and 9, 2023 Chatter…

Orchestration for ’cello and piano (2021)for ’cello or violin and percussion (2023) Duration 6 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by and dedicated to Inbal Segev as part of the 20 for 2020 Recording Project. The premiere recording took place at Oktaven Audio, Mt Vernon, NY with Inbal Segev, cello and Timo Andres, piano. The version for…

Orchestration for flute, bass clarinet, violin, and cello Duration 10 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Premiered via livestream with Arizona Friends of Chamber Music on January 16, 2021 Commissioned by Hub New Music with co-commissioners Friends of Chamber Music Denver and Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Score Purchase from Project Schott New York Note The title New Addresses was suggested…

Orchestration for prepared piano and percussion quartet Duration 17 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Premiered via livestream on August at Carmoor on August 6, 2020 Commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting for Conor Hanick and Sandbox Percussion, with additional support provided by Sandbox Percussion. Score Purchase Don’t Look Down from Project Schott New York. Listen Note Don’t Look…

Orchestration for solo percussion and electronics (2012)for percussion quartet and electronics (2016) Duration 23 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere The original solo version was made possible by a grant from the American Composers Forum/JFund for a consortium of ten percussionists; first performed June 20, 2012 at The Stone, New York, NY by Owen Weaver. The version for…

Orchestration saxophone, guitar, piano, and percussion Duration 9 minutes Score Score and parts are available for rental. Email rentals@christophercerrone.com for a rental quote.

Orchestration seven players (cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, vibraphone, vln, d.b.) spread through the hall Duration 9 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Carnegie Hall/Ensemble ACJWZankel Music Center, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY on February 10, 2012 Score Purchase score from PSNY Listen Note Recovering is about gradually coming back to how things were, and in the process becoming something…

Orchestration seven players (fl+a.fl, b.cl, perc., p.no, vln, vla, vc) and electronics Duration 9 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Red Light New MusicSymphony Space on October 3, 2011, Ted Hearne, conductor Score Purchase score from PSNY Listen Buy MP3 (iTunes) Buy CD (New Focus Recordings) Note on electronics: Download electronics. The live music is performed alongside sampled…

Orchestration for electric guitar, percussion, and electronics (2012)for piano, percussion, and electronics (2016) Duration 14 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by The Living Earth Show. The original version for guitar and percussion was premiered by Travis Andrews, guitar and Andrew Meyerson, percussion on April 4, 2013 at the Fast Forward Austin Festival, Austin, TX. The version…

Orchestration flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion Duration 11 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere South Catalina was commissioned by the Stuart and Maxine Frankel Foundation for the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall Visual arts production elements made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Texas Performing Arts at The University of…

Orchestration violin and piano Duration 15 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard Universityfor Rachel Lee Priday, violin and David Kaplan, pianoMarch 18, 2015, Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College Score Purchase from PSNY. Listen Violin Sonata by Christopher Cerrone Note I have a distinct memory of a composition lesson I had in college (probably…

Orchestration string quartet Duration 11 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by the LA Philharmonic, with generous support from Helen and Justus Schlicting, and the Calder Quartet Premiered on December 7, 2017 at Walt Disney Concert Hall Score Purchase from Project Schott New York. Listen July 3, 2020: A Benefit Compilation by New Amsterdam Records Note Can’t…

Orchestration for percussion quartet and electronics (2017–18)for solo percussion and electronics (2018) Duration 9 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Co-commissioned by Miller Theatre at Columbia University and Third Coast Percussion’s New Works Fund. Premiered March 29, 2018 at Miller Theatre by Third Coast Percussion. The solo version was commissioned by a consortium of percussionists led by Andy…

Orchestration for flute (or sop. sax), clarinet (doubling b.cl), violin, cello, piano, and percussion Duration a bit over 8 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere World Premiere: May 17, 2019, Stage 773, Chicago, Il, Latitude 49 Premiere of Version with Flute: July 12, 2019. City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Kevin Noe, artistic director European Premiere: February 1, 2020; Museo M9, Mestre, Italy; Sentieri…

Orchestration for baritone voice, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and electronics (2011)for string quartet and electronics (2016) Duration 4 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by Loadbang. Premiered February 23, 2010 at The Yale Club, New York, NY. The version for string quartet was commissioned by the Argus Quartet and premiered February 14, 2017 at James Madison University’s…

Orchestration soprano and pianotext by: Tao Lin Duration 5 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere OPERA America to celebrate the opening of their new opera centerPremiered by Mellissa Hughes at the National Opera Center on March 20, 2013 Score Published in The Opera America Songbook by Schott NY. Purchase from Hal Leonard or Amazon. Listen Note That Night with the…

Orchestration for soprano, clarinet or soprano saxophone, piano, and percussionfor soprano and pianotext by Tao Lin Duration 18 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Programwith generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundationand the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.Premiered by The Color Field Ensemble at Constellation, Chicago, IL on August 18, 2013 Score…

Orchestration for amplified voice, 1.1(=EH).1.1–1.0.1.0–pno–1.0.1.1.1, and electronics (2015)for amplified voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello, and electronics (2017) Duration 8 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra with funds provided by the Music Alive Residency Program of New Music USA. The version for voice and sextet was created specifically for the Pittsburgh…

Orchestration for mezzo-soprano or soprano and percussion quartet Duration 21 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting and the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. The world premiere was given by Third Coast Percussion and Rachel Calloway on February 4, 2017. Score Purchase from Project Schott New York: mezzo-soprano version / soprano…