Susan Kander - Works - Subito Music Corporation

Works List

Chamber Ensemble

And the Lamp Tilted Near Them (2019)

Instrumentation: Oboe, Violin, Violoncello & Piano
Duration: 20

Donkey, The Goat, and the Little Dog, The (2006)

for string quartet & narrator
Instrumentation: narr, stg qrt
Duration: 22′

Museum Pieces (2001)

Instrumentation: bassoon, string quartet
Duration: 20′

Once. Upon. A Time. (2017)

Instrumentation: Percussion Ensemble
Duration: 10

Two Tricky Tales (Brer Rabbit & Hermes) (2002)

Instrumentation: narrator, cl/bs, cl, flug/trp, vc , perc
Duration: 40′

Choral Music

News From Poems, The (2006)

settings of poems by William Carlos Williams
Instrumentation: SATB chorus, a cappella
Duration: 12′

Concertos

Eight and Five Mostly (2006)

Instrumentation: Violin & Chamber Orchestra
Duration: 12′

Instrumental Music

A City Suite (2005)

Instrumentation: vcl, pno
Duration: 12′

And Then Not (2016)

Instrumentation: Clarinet & Percussion
Duration: 8

Duo for Violin & Cello (2016)

Instrumentation: Violin & Violoncello
Duration: 8

Etude for Two People and One Thing (2016)

Instrumentation: Clarinet, Tibeten Prayer Stones & Recorded Sound
Duration: 6’30”

Hermestänze (2013)

A Cycle for Violin & Piano
Instrumentation: Violin & Piano
Duration: 26

Lunch Counter, The (2009)

Instrumentation: Bassoon
Duration: 20

Moody Duos (2001)

six polytonal miniatures
Instrumentation: two violins
Duration: 4′

Pas de Deux (2006)

Instrumentation: clarinet, cello (chimes played by both)
Duration: 6′

Postcards from America (2009)

Instrumentation: oboe, piano
Duration: 15′

Solo Sonata (2002)

Instrumentation: violin and viola (one player)
Duration: 18′

Two Hornèd Demons (2003)

Instrumentation: violin, viola
Duration:

Opera

dwb (driving while black) (2017)

Chamber Opera
Instrumentation: Female Voice, Cello, Percussion
Duration: 45′

One False Move (2002)

Opera in One Act (based on a book by Rachael Simmons)
Instrumentation: Piano (available on rental only)
Duration: 35

She Never Lost a Passenger (1996)

A Short Opera
Instrumentation: Piano or Chamber Ensemble (Ob, Cl, Hn, Timp, Perc, Mar, Vibr, Pno, 2 Vn, Vc)
Duration: 40

The Giver (2012)

Opera in One Act (adapted from the novel by Lois Lowry)
Instrumentation: SA or SATB Chorus; picc/fl/afl, cl/bcl, tbn, perc, pno; 2 vn, vcl
Duration: 90

Orchestral Music

Miranda’s Waltz (2009)

Instrumentation: narr, 1,2(af) 2,1 2(eb),1 bsx, 2(1); 4230; timp, perc, hp, pno(cel); stgs
Duration: 25′

The Red Dress

Instrumentation: Orchestra
Duration: 10

Piano Music

My Lucky (2017)

Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: 6’30:

Six Bagatelles (2021)

Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: ca. 10′

Vocal Music

A Cycle of Songs (2000)

Instrumentation: soprano or mezzo-soprano, trumpet(s) or clarinet(s), piano
Duration: 30′

A Garden’s Time Piece (2011)

Instrumentation: Soprano & Violin
Duration: 10′

First Person, Second Person, Third Person Singular: Volume 1 (2020)

Instrumentation: High Voice & Piano
Duration:

First Person, Second Person, Third Person Singular: Volume 2 (2020)

Instrumentation: High Voice & Piano
Duration:

Five Movements for My Father (2006)

Instrumentation: Baritone, Violin, Clarinet, Cello & Piano
Duration: 25′

My Beautiful Brown Boy (2018)

Instrumentation: High Voice & Piano
Duration: ca. 4′

Partite Amercaine (2003)

Instrumentation: soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, harpsichord
Duration: 22′

Rahassya (The Secret) (2023)

Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano & Percussion
Duration: 18′