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For full score and parts please contact Abigail at abigailjohnsonmusic@gmail.com
Unspecified Musicians
Tea Scores
an ongoing project of visual scores originating from pictures of tea leaves
recording found here
Thread
any number of performers, the first in a collection of pieces utilizing embroidery techniques in graphic notation; premiered Spring 2020
recording found here
Barriers
10 performers, for non-musicians or musicians switching instruments; premiered at Baldwin Wallace University, Berea OH, Spring 2019
recording found here
Electronic Works
Generations of Decay
7 minutes, 35 seconds; Collaborative piece created and premiered at Wesben Performer-Composer Residency
recording found here
Soundscape of Nostalgia
6 minutes, field recordings collected through CalArts’s campus
recording found here
Stella
3 minutes 30 seconds, field recordings from Prince William Sound taken by Emma Scolaro and Max MSP granular generator; premiered 4/27 at ESP Fest
recording found here
Solo
8/4
solo work for flute; 6'; premiered by Juan Marroquin for OK Composer, Valencia, CA, 2019
recording found here
Expectations
solo work for cross tuned violin; 5'; premiered by Abbey Duncan at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2018; performed by Samuel Rotberg at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2019; performed at 5th Wave’s Women’s March concert, Chicago, IL, 2020
recording found here
Helpless
solo piano; 5'; premiered by Kevin Thompson at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2016
Chamber
Flippant Scent
for violin, viola, and fixed electronics; 12'; premiered by the Aperture Duo at CalArts’s Wild Beast, Valencia, CA, 2019
recording found here
New Beginnings
for flute, alto saxophone, violin, cello, and percussion; 7'; premiered by the Corvus Ensemble at Federal Hall, New York City, NY, 2019
recording found here
Acoustic Letter Generator
set of 5 miniatures for trumpet and cello; 5'; premiered by Andrew Dyet and Max Hanks at Baldwin Wallace’s Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2019; to be performed at Hear Now, Santa Monica, CA, 2021
recording found here
Walls
horn and narrator, text by John Robertson; ca. 10'; premiered by Sarah Degiralimo and Blaine Schultice at Baldwin Wallace’s Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2019
recording found here
Translated
string quartet; 8'; read by members of the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland, OH, 2018; premiered by Abbey Duncan, Abigail Johnson, Lesley Rudin, and Max Hanks at Baldwin Wallace’s Gamble Hall, Berea, OH 2019
recording found here
The Broken Places
three-movement work for percussion mallet trio; 9'; premiered by 3G percussion and fellow participants during Space City New Music Festival at MATCH, Houston, TX, 2018
recording found here
Seven Years Waiting
oboe, 2 clarinets, alto saxophone, bassoon, and bass; 8'; premiered by 5th House Ensemble and fellow participants of Fresh Inc at Constellation, Chicago, IL, 2018
recording found here
Houses
three-movement work for percussion (anvil and marimba) and oboe; 8'; premiered by Steven Chauvette and Fallon Hammer at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2018
recording found here
Death Songs
five-piece song cycle for voice and string quintet; 16'; premiered at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2017
recording found here
Morning Song
three-movement work for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, and piano; 12'; premiered by John Bukovac, Nabil Abaad, and Kevin Thompson at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2016
Large Ensemble
Damascus
concert band work, 4'
Attack
one-movement orchestral piece (2,2,2,2), (2,2,2,1), timpani, 4 percussion, strings; 7'; premiered by the Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2018
recording found here