Small Chamber – Christopher Cerrone

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 This…

Orchestration for ‘cello and percussion Duration 6 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by and dedicated to Inbal Segev as part of the 20 for 2020Recording Project. Version for percussion and ‘cello commissioned by Ensemble Offspring, Sydney. Score Purchase the cello and percussion version from Project Schott New York Note The phrase “The Pleasure at Being The…

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 or 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 in…

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 Duration 6 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Commissioned by and dedicated to Inbal Segev as part of the 20 for 2020Recording Project. The premiere recording took place at Oktaven Audio, Mt Vernon, NY withInbal Segev, cello and Timo Andres, piano. Listen Also available from all other streaming platforms. Score Purchase the cello…

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 YorkPeruse on Issuu Note The title New…

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 amplified voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, vionocello, and looping electronics Duration 8 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Albany Symphony Orchestrawith Funds Provided by the Music Alive Residency Program of New Music USA.This version specifically created for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Summer 2017 Score Purchase from Project Schott New York. Listen Electronics Download electronics. The singer…

Orchestration percussion quartet and electronics Duration 23 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Memory Palace was made possible by a grant from the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation and is dedicated to Owen Weaver. Version for percussion quartet commissioned by the LA Percussion Quartet and premiered at Chapman University’s MUSCO Center for the Arts…

Orchestration saxophone, guitar, piano, and percussion Duration 9 minutes Score Contact me

Orchestration version for string quartet and electronicsfor male voice, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet version click here. Duration 4 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere LoadbangThe Yale Club, New York, NYFebruary 23rd, 2010 Version for string quartet was commissioned by the Argus Quartet.James Madison University’s Contemporary Music Festival, Harrisonburg, VirginiaFebruary 14, 2017 Score Purchase from Project Schott New York (string quartet…

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 piano, percussion, and electronics (click here for the version for guitar, percussion, and electronics) Duration 14 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Double Happiness was commissioned by The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews, piano and Andrew Meyerson, percussion) as was premiered by the same group at the Fast Forward Austin Festival in Austin, TX on April 4, 2013. The version for…

Orchestration electric guitar, percussion, and electronics (click here for the version for piano and percussion) Duration 14 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere The Living Earth ShowApril 4, 2013, Fast Forward Austin Festival, Austin, TX Score Purchase from Project Schott New York Listen Also available from iTunes and Amazon Electronics Download electronics. Double Happiness is an electroacoustic work. In addition to…

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 percussion quartet and electronics (click here for solo percussion version) Duration 9 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere Co-commissioned by Miller Theatre at Columbia University and Third Coast Percussion’s New Works Fund on March 29, 2018 at Miller Theatre by Third Coast Percussion Score Purchase the quartet version from Project Schott New York. Listen Christopher Cerrone: A Natural…

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 baritone voice, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and pre-recorded electronics(also available in a version for string quartet and electronics) Duration 4 minutes Commissioned by/Premiere LoadbangThe Yale Club, New York, NYFebruary 23rd, 2010 Version for string quartet was commissioned by the Argus Quartet.James Madison University’s Contemporary Music Festival, Harrisonburg, VirginiaFebruary 14, 2017 Score Purchase from Project Schott New…

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 soprano, clarinet or soprano saxophone, piano, and percussionor 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 Purchase…

Orchestration for solo mezzo-soprano and percussion quartetalso available in a version for 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 Mezzo-Soprano Version from Project…