Sarah Summar


List of Works

 
Chamber and Solo Works
Two Ways (2009)
Instrumentation: two percussionists, live performer, and video projection
Duration: 7 minutes
Premiere: Jonathan Jackson, Ming jen Suen, and Sarah Summar
April 20, 2009
 
Quercus (2008, revised 2009)
Instrumentation: solo bass clarinet
Duration: 7 minutes
Premiere: Rachel Yoder
March 2, 2009
 
Fred and Ginger (2008)
Instrumentation: violin and contrabass
Duration: 8 minutes
Preview performance: April 21, 2008
 
Three Pieces on the Shapes of a Pair (2008)
Instrumentation: two dancers, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin
Duration: 9 minutes
Premiere: April 4, 2008
 
Pictorial No. 2; Slither for eleven Musicians and slide projector (2006)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, percussion, piano (keys and strings), three voices, violin, cello
Duration: 11 minutes
Premiere: MusiKinisi
November 10, 2006
 
I Can See Just Enough (2006)
Three songs on texts by the composer
Instrumentation: voice and piano
Duration: 10 minutes
Premiere: Laura Rosser and Polly Brecht
November 10, 2006
 
Pictorial No. 1; Stroll (2006, revised 2010)
Instrumentation: for 10 to 27 instruments and / or voices
Duration: 7 minutes
Premiere: Walden Institute
August 7, 2006
Revision premiere: Dallas Contemporary
March 24, 2010
 
At Night, By Train (2005, revised 2009)
Instrumentation: string quartet
Duration: 9 minutes
Premiere: The Dragon Park Quartet
November 9, 2005
 
Songs of Ophelia on texts by Langston Hughes (2000)
Instrumentation: soprano, clarinet, cello, and percussion
Duration: 13 minutes
Premiere:Ellen Ritchey and members of the UGA Smphony Orchestra
April 28, 2000
 
Two Movements for Alto Saxophone (1999)
Instrumentation: alto saxophone
Duration: 9 minutes
Premiere: Jeremy Phillips
November 30, 1999
 
Hands of Water, Feet of Earth (1998 / 2001)
Instrumentation: violin and cello
Duration: 10 minutes
Premiere: Rita Lammers, violin; Allie Rice, cello
March 1, 1999
 
Three Songs on Texts by W.S. Merwin (1999)
Instrumentation: soprano, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello
Duration: 11 minutes
Premiere: Ellen Ritchey and members of the UGA Symphony Orchestra
March 1, 1999
 
Anneliese S. (1995)
Instrumentation: viola and piano
Duration: 5 minutes
Premiere: Ross Debardelaben, viola; Christina Whitten, piano
October 1995

Orchestral Works
Swerve (in progress)
Duration: 8 minutes
 
Riding the Zephyr (2006)
Orchestral Version of At Night, By Train
Duration: 9 minutes

Electroacoustic & Intermedia Work
Recycling: A Concerto for Amplified Recyclables and Audience (2010)
With animation by Michael Morgan
Premiere: April 19, 2010
Duration: 7 minutes
 
The Formation of Linville Gorge for computer-realized tape (2000)
Duration: 8 minutes
Premiere: April 28, 2000

Incidental and Film Music
Resonance (2009)
Instrumentation: violins and cello
Duration: 5 minutes
Date of recording: June 2009 with Esra Celikten on cello and Sarah Summar on violin
Premiered as accompaniment to the dance Small Points of Going by Lily Sloan, November 2009
 
Jubilation for violin and piano (2005)
Duration: 5 minutes
Wedding, June 2005
 
White Calla Lily for String Quartet (2003)
Duration: 2 minutes
Wedding, October 2003
 
Music for The Apple Thief, a Film by Cody Martin (2003)
Longing and Fulfillment for Cello and Harp
Total duration of music: 8 minutes
Premiere: Nashville International Film Festival, April 2003

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