Earplay is proud to have commissioned the 103 works listed below.
Special thanks to our commissioning partners:
- American Composers Forum [ACF] Bay Area
- The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition
- The Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble
- The Fromm Music Foundation
- The Koussevitzky Foundation
- Meet the Composer
- Melody of China
- The Omni Ensemble
- The San Francisco Foundation Fund for Artists
- The San Francisco Silent Film Festival
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| Composer | Work | Instrumentation | Year | Commissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Aderholdt | Hammers and Bows | flute, violin, cello, tape | 1991 | Earplay commission |
| Donald Aird | Overture and Developments | clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 1990 | Earplay commission |
| Richard Aldag | Sappho Fragments | soprano, violin, viola, cello | 2004 | Earplay commission |
| Hendel Almétus | Tounen | flute | 2022 | Earplay commission |
| Byron Au Yong | The Headlands Suite | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2024 | Earplay commission |
| Nick Bacchetto | Redintegration | flute, violin, viola, cello | 2015 | Earplay commission |
| Ross Bauer | Anaphora | flute, violin, viola, cello, piano | 1991 | Earplay commission |
| Franck Bedrossian | I’m nobody! Who are you? | bass flute, contrabass clarinet, viola | 2016 | Earplay commission |
| Bruce Christian Bennett | the art of disappearing | viola, harp | 2020 | Earplay commission |
| Bruce Christian Bennett | from the ashes | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion | 2004 | Earplay/Fromm commission |
| Bruce Christian Bennett | twasome | flute, clarinet | 2015 | Earplay commission |
| Jonathan Berger | Yaqira | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 2011 | Earplay commission |
| Herb Bielawa | Drone on D | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello | 2015 | Earplay commission |
| Herb Bielawa | Through Thick and Thin | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 1990 | Earplay commission |
| Linda Bouchard | Second Survival | alto flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2009/2016 | Earplay/Fromm commission |
| Linda Bouchard | Systematic Survival | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2009 | Earplay/Fromm commission |
| Ronald Caltabiano | Clarinet Quartet | clarinet, violin, cello, percussion | 1998 | Earplay/Meet the Composer commission |
| Addie Camsuzou | Twilit | clarinet, violin, viola | 2020 | Earplay commission |
| James Carr | Seven Utopias | flute, clarinet, violin, cello | 2002 | Earplay commission |
| Chris Castro | Forms & Doubles | flute, viola | 2024 | Earplay commission |
| Josiah Tayag Catalan | Light, Smoke, and Siren Glow of Mist | flute, viola | 2020 | Earplay commission |
| Yu-Hsin Chang | Frozen Sparkles | clarinet, viola | 2019 | Earplay commission |
| Yu-Hui Chang | Perplexing Sorrow | flute, viola, piano | 2002 | Earplay commission |
| Miguel Chuaqui | Ad Hoc | clarinet, viola | 2023 | Earplay commission |
| Steven Clark | Suite | bass clarinet, cello, laptop | 2003 | Earplay commission |
| Andrew Conklin | I Am Not Prokofiev | piano | 2020 | Earplay commission |
| Cindy Cox | Axis Mundi | amplified flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, electronics |
2004 | Earplay/Fromm commission |
| Cindy Cox | Geode | flute, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion | 1996 | Earplay commission |
| Beth Custer | Waltz 101, Fall of the Imperialist, Holster | 1991 | Earplay commission | |
| Greg D’Alessio | Veil | flute, violin, viola, cello | 2001 | Earplay commission |
| Lori Dobbins | Through the Golden Gate | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2009 | Earplay commission |
| Lori Dobbins | Wave-Particle | cello, piano, percussion | 2001 | Earplay commission |
| Leo Eylar | The Temptation of Saint Anthony | string quartet | 1991 | Earplay commission |
| Richard Festinger | After Blue | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion | 1998 | Earplay/Fromm commission |
| Richard Festinger | From the Beginning | string quartet | 2004 | Earplay commission |
| Richard Festinger | Kleinen doch emsigen | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello | 2013/2017 | Earplay commission |
| Richard Festinger | Septet | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion | 1987 | Earplay commission |
| Richard Festinger | trionometry | flute, clarinet, piano | 1996 | Earplay commission |
| Andrew Frank | Piano Trio No. 2 | violin, cello, piano | 1990 | Earplay commission |
| Andrew Frank | String Quintet | two violins, two violas, cello | 1992 | Earplay commission |
| Pablo Furman | Matices Coincidentes | flute, clarinet, cello, piano, electronics | 1998 | Earplay commission |
| Guillermo Galindo | Post-colonial Discontinuum | maiz, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion | 2005 | Earplay/Meet the Composer commission |
| Erin Gee | Mouthpiece 40 | vocalist, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2024 | Earplay/Fromm commission |
| Alexander Hills | 1958-1961 | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello | 2011 | Earplay commission |
| Martha Callison Horst | Creature Songs | soprano, violin, viola, cello | 2007 | Earplay commission |
| Martha Callison Horst | Full Circle | flute, clarinet, violin, cello | 2001 | Earplay commission |
| Kyle Hovatter | Flowers by the Sea | flute, clarinet, viola | 2019 | Earplay commission |
| Joan Huang | Along the River During the Qingming Festival | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, gangquin, yanqin, pipa, sheng, dizi |
2011 | Earplay/Melody of China commission |
| Lee Hyla | Ciao, Manhattan | viola, flute, cello, piano | 1990 | Earplay/Dinosaur Annex/Omni Ensemble commission |
| Maija Hynninen | Glow within | flute, bass clarinet | 2018 | Earplay commission |
| Andrew Imbrie | Earplay Fantasy | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion | 1995 | Earplay commission |
| Christopher Wendell Jones | Archaeology | clarinet, viola, piano | 2015 | Earplay commission |
| Peter Josheff | It seems the trees are dancing | bass clarinet | 1994 | Earplay commission |
| Peter Josheff | Jonquils/In the Meadow/Wintry Trees | soprano, piano | 1989/1990 | Earplay commission |
| Peter Josheff | Two Poems by Stephen Kusch | piccolo, two clarinets, cello, two spoken voices | 1991 | Earplay commission |
| Peter Josheff | Waiting | oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 2013 | Earplay commission |
| Louis Karchin | Orpheus | baritone, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, harpsichord |
2003 | Earplay/Barlow commission |
| William Kraft | Vintage Renaissance and Beyond | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2005 | Earplay/Koussevitzky commission |
| Ursula Kwong-Brown | Unwinding | violin, viola, cello | 2016 | Earplay commission |
| David Lang | Burn Notice | 1989 | Earplay commission | |
| Fred Lerdahl | Reflection | flute, clarinet, piano | 2020 | Earplay commission |
| Jorge Liderman | Swirling Streams | guitar, clarinet, violin, viola, cello | 2002 | Earplay commission |
| Jorge Liderman | Tropes III | flute, clarinet, cello | 1990 | Earplay commission |
| Mei-Fang Lin | Friction | flute, viola | 2008 | Earplay/ACF commission |
| Emma Logan | A Certain Slant of Light | violin, viola | 2018/2022 | Earplay commission |
| Michelle Lou | Alluvium | flute, clarinet, cello | 2011 | Earplay/SF Foundation commission |
| John MacCallum | Hyphos | alto flute, bass clarinet, viola, electronics | 2014 | Earplay commission |
| Ursula Mamlok | Rhapsody | clarinet, viola, piano | 1989 | Earplay commission |
| Eric Moe | Tough Songs about Death | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, soprano | 2017 | Earplay commission |
| Christopher Trebue Moore | Amnesia Barrier | flute, cello, piano | 2009 | Earplay commission |
| Hyo-shin Na | Ocean/Shore 2 | clarinet, violin, viola, cello | 2003 | Earplay commission |
| Hyo-shin Na | Song of One Lost in the Fog | koto, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2009 | Earplay/SF Foundation commission |
| Hyo-shin Na | To the Ice Mountains | oboe, clarinet, viola, cello | 2020 | Earplay commission |
| Charles Nichols | Flutter, Pulse, and Flight | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, computer | 2018 | Earplay commission |
| Sam Nichols | Unnamed, Jr. | clarinet, viola, piano | 2010 | Earplay commission |
| Mika Pelo | Abandoned | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2022 | Earplay/Fromm commission |
| David Pereira | Before and After | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 1998 | Earplay/Meet the Composer commission |
| Wayne Peterson | Diptych | flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, percussion | 1992 | Earplay/Koussevitzky commission |
| Wayne Peterson | Duo for Violin and Piano | violin, piano | 1993 | Earplay commission |
| Wayne Peterson | Labyrinth | flute, clarinet, violin, piano | 1987 | Earplay commission |
| Wayne Peterson | A Three Piece Suite | flute/alto flute/alto piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion |
2003 | Earplay/Koussevitzky commission |
| Alexander Post | This is the Garden | mixed chorus, flute, clarinet, viola, harp, percussion | 1991 | Earplay commission |
| Jody Rockmaker | The Eyes of an Abhinaya Dancer | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 1995 | Earplay commission |
| Jody Rockmaker | Where late the sweet birds sang | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion | 1994 | Earplay commission |
| Mauricio Rodriguez | Crepitum | viola | 2010 | Earplay/SF Foundation commission |
| Kurt Rohde | Drift | violin, viola | 1997 | Earplay commission |
| Laurie San Martin | Fray | violin, viola, cello | 2016/2020 | Earplay commission |
| Laura Schwendinger | A Flock Ascending | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 2023 | Earplay commission |
| Allen Shearer | We Three | flute, cello, piano | 1989 | Earplay/Meet the Composer/NEA/Lila Wallace Fund commission |
| Frank Stemper | Remembering Fire | soprano, violin, clarinet, piano, percussion | 1990 | Earplay commission |
| Reynold Tharp | Piano Trio | violin, cello, piano | 2014 | Earplay commission |
| John Thow | Sextet | flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano | 1993 | Earplay commission |
| Nicolas Tzortzis | Emak-Bakia | flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano | 2015 | Earplay commission |
| Erik Ulman | Eclogue | clarinet, cello, bass | 2011 | Earplay commission |
| Beth Wiemann | Villancico | flute, clarinet, viola, cello | 1991 | Earplay commission |
| Mark Winges | Dusk Music | flute, violin, viola, cello | 1990 | Earplay commission |
| Mark Winges | Late Year Music | mixed chorus, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, harp, percussion | 1990 | Earplay commission |
| Mark Winges | Local Colloquies | clarinet, violin, viola, cello | 2013 | Earplay commission |
| Mark Winges | Urban Green | violin, cello, piano | 1991 | Earplay commission |
| Walter Winslow | Trio Rustica | flute, clarinet, cello | 1989 | Earplay commission |
| Jon Yu | Pnema | clarinet, violin | 2018 | Earplay commission |
| Eric Zivian | Manners of Speaking | violin, cello, clarinet, piano | 1999 | Earplay commission |
| Eric Zivian | Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano | clarinet, cello, piano | 2008 | Earplay commission |