Sample Repertoire
We primarily program music by composers who are women, people of color, LGBTQ+, refugees, and immigrants. We also work with youth and adult community members to compose their own original material - music knowledge or background not necessary.
STRINGS:
- Sahba Aminikia, One Day; Tehran
- Elizabeth Brown, Catalog of Scents in the Garden at Night
- John Corigliano, Snapshot circa 1909
- John Harbison, Trio Sonata
- Imogen Holst, The Fall of the Leaf
- Jessica Mays, Spin
- Jessie Montgomery, Rhapsody #1
- Jessie Montgomery, Strum
- Angelica Negrón, Bubblegum Grass/Peppermint Field
- Ayumi Okada, String Quartet No. 1
- Chia Patiño, Wild Swans
- Manuel Ponce, Sonata a duo
- Florence Price, String Quartet in G Major
- Shulamit Ran, Bach-Shards
- Steve Reich, Different Trains
- Peter Schickele, Little Suite for Autumn
- Caroline Shaw, Entr’acte; Limestone & Felt
- Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet #7
- Ben Tomkins, Tangos for 4 Lonely People
- John Zorn, Kol Nidre
MIXED INSTRUMENTS:
- Kenji Bunch, Suite for viola & piano
- Benjamin Britten, Phantasy Quartet Op. 2
- David Bruce, Gumboots
- Lukas Foss, Three American Pieces
- Gabriela Lena Frank, Sueños de Chambi
- Vivian Fung, Miniatures for clarinet & strings
- Lou Harrison, Suite for cello & harp
- Jessica Mays, On Shapes and Figures
- Nico Muhly, Big Time
- Hilary Tann, From the Song of Amergin
- Kerry Turner, Sonata for horn & strings
- Christian Woehr, Djembach
- Chen Yi, Romance and Dance
- Evan Ziporyn, Be-In
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Oboe Quartet