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Touched by her hand (Excerpt)
Dur (Excerpt)
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Tum

Every ascending minor third in my Breitkopf Nr. 3765 book (Bach Chorales)

(2023)

Sarrasine

(2021)

52'
ten interlocutors, soprano, string quartet, vibraphone, jazz trio
Honoré de Balzac's short story, translated by Clara Bell, memorized and retold to friends by me, memorized and retold to you by them...and on and on...
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INTERLOCUTORS

Maryam Abdurrahman
Florent Ghys
Samuel Himmelfarb
Vivien Huang
Brooke Johnson

Jane Meenaghan
Asher Muldoon
Thomas van Liere

Cleek Schrey

Emily Liushen (unheard)

MUSICIANS
Allison Spann, soprano
Maya Keren, piano/keyboard
Akiva Jacobs, bass
Maya Stepansky, drums
Jack Shigeta, violin
Ethan Glattfelder, viola
Yuqi Liang, violin
Bridget Denzer, cello
Elijah Shina, vibraphone

Directed, recorded, and engineered by Emily Liushen.

Construction for 22 Clarinets
David Shifrin & Friends
Projections by Nikki Pet

Sprague Memorial Hall
December 4, 2022

Press:  David Shifrin & Friends celebrate the clarinet

 

works list

chamber / solo

Body Caprices (2024-26)
for solo viola / prepared viola
I. Gag
II. Clo
III. Tum
IV. Lut
V. Mas
Commissioned by Katie Liu with the support of Yellow Barn and The Juilliard School.


Paper Thin
(2026)
for wind quintet (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano)
Commissioned by The Juilliard School for Ensemble Connect.

Schubert (2026)
for solo piano
Commissioned by Nabeel Hayek with the support of the Thea Musgrave Commissioning Prize. 


Dumbo (2025)
for guitar duo
Suvan Agarwal and Madeline Hall, guitars


Touched by her hand (2025)
string quartet
Lake George Music Festival. Premiered June 17, 2025 by The Rhythm Method.


Seraphim (2024)
for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano
Text by Seraphim Arlievsky. Premiered by Eliana Barwinski, John Arlievsky, and Emily Liushen on December 11, 2024.


Tum
(2024)
for viola solo
Commissioned by Katie Liu. Premiered at the Quarter-Final Round of the Primrose International Viola Competition on June 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA.

Oudkou
(2024)
for alto, tenor, clarinet, violin, saxophone, euphonium, and trombone
Commissioned by Russell Fisher. Premiered by the University of Bridgeport Chamber Ensemble on April 11, 2024 in Bridgeport, CT.

Care (Senza Pedale)
(2023)
for piano or organ
Commissioned by Forrest Eimold. Premiered on October 5, 2023 at Sprague Hall, New Haven, CT.

Every ascending minor third in my Breitkopf Nr. 3765 book
(2023)
for clarinet consort [2 clarinets in Bb, basset horn, bass clarinet]
18 minutes. Premiered by Amer Hasan, Lloyd Van't Hoff, Tianyi Shen, and Jonathan López on April 20, 2023 at Sprague Hall, New Haven, CT.

Implex
(2022)
for string quartet
11 minutes. Co-commissioned by Wildflower Composers and Quartet Iris (Philadelphia Orchestra) for the 5th Anniversary of Wildflower. Premiered by Quartet Iris on October 16, 2022 at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia, PA.

Clarinet Quintet
(2022)
for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and cello scordatura
17 minutes. Premiered on May 11, 2022 by Emily Liushen (cl.), Bryant So (vln.), Andrew Jung (vla.), Robin Park (vc.) and Aster Zhang (vc.scord.) of the Opus Chamber Group at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ.

Pulmo
(2020)
for 6 multitracked flutes
Premiered on September 22, 2020 by Leo Sussman on Metropolis Ensemble House Concerts, Ep. 50.

Ascension
(2020)
for 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass
8 minutes. Premiered on January 20, 2020 by Yuqi Liang, Jojo Prentice, Preston Johnston, Calvin Van Zytveld, and Thomas Graul at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ.

Ando Triptych
(2020)
for clarinet and electronics
I. Speaking of Millay
II. Curves around the A-hole
III. SK-8086 minutes
Commissioned by Henry Ando and premiered on May 18, 2020 in Princeton, NJ.

Pas de deux
(2019)
for clarinet duo
Premiered in July 2019 by Andy Jong-Hyun Cho and Soojin Huh at the Atlantic Music Festival, Waterville, ME.

The fish taste like battery acid
(2019)
for voice and prepared piano

Small Room
(2018)
for string quartet
Written for the JACK Quartet Readings.

orchestra / large ensemble

Dur (2024)
for orchestra [2222.4331.timp+3perc.harp.str(10.8.6.6.3)]
Commissioned by the Yale Philharmonia. Premiered December 12, 2024 at Woolsey Hall, New Haven, CT.


Remove Tough Stains (2020)
for chamber orchestra [2222.2211.timp+1perc.str]
Written for the Decoda Ensemble / New York Youth Symphony readings. Premiered November 18, 2022 at the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ.

Construction for 22 Clarinets
(2019)
for clarinet choir [11 clarinets in Bb, 11 clarinets in A]
Premiered by David Shifrin and Friends on December 4, 2022 at Sprague Hall, New Haven, CT.

Fostering Violets
(2019)
for chamber orchestra [2221.2000.vib.pno.str]
6 minutes

stage

Sarrasine: A Radio Opera (2021)
for ten interlocutors, soprano, string quartet, vibraphone, and jazz trio
52 minutes


Honoré de Balzac's short story, translated by Clara Bell, memorized and retold to friends by me, memorized and retold to you by them...and on and on...

A Christmas Carol (2021)
50 minutes
Commissioned by Nadege Hottier and the Premiere Division Ballet.

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