Sheet Music by Women Composers for Mixed Ensemble: Versatility

Discover a captivating chamber music gem: "Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale" (1941) for B-flat clarinet and viola, published by Oxford University Press. This enchanting work unites two warm, beautifully...

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, for female narrator/singer and string quartet, is a monodramatic retelling of the events of the Book of Esther from Esther’s perspective. The narrative hinges on the introspec...

When Stacy Garrop first heard the Appalachian folk song Silver Dagger at a folk festival, the simplicity of the melody and its cautionary love tale enthralled her, leading to several years researching...

With endlessly imaginative timbral and textural invention, Chen Yi weaves an ethereal and alluring nocturnal tapestry of sounds in Night Thoughts. The melodic construction is often gestural and freely...

Inspired by her son's enthusiastic backyard botany, Amanda Harberg's LUCAS's GARDEN weaves a varied tapestry of moods and textures across its three movements. Backyard Paradise is tuneful and searchin...

Chen Yi's THREE BAGATELLES FROM CHINA WEST are a trio of Chinese folk songs. Originally written for flute and piano, many soloists and ensembles have requested transcriptions of these pieces for their...

A commission from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, for any combination of instruments of her choosing, quickly sparked Shulamit Ran to create a trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp. She writes of this...

Inspired by the dramatic interplay of light and shadow in Rembrandt's paintings, Stacy Garrop's CHIAROSCURO translates this effect into sound in a seven-minute work for mixed sextet. The music dances...

Inspired by an optical phenomenon only visible from high altitude mountains at dawn and dusk, this double concerto for alto saxophone and tuba by Stacy Garrop—whose music is esteemed and loved among w...

Chen Yi's Fire for 12 players, commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, was premiered in 2019 by the Grossman Ensemble under the baton of James Baker at the University of Chica...

Commissioned by Drumpetello (Carrie Pierce; Matthew McClung; and Mary Thornton) and Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Mesoamerican Suite is comprised of five brief and varied impressions of tales...

Ellen Zwilich has enjoyed a lifelong love of chamber music for mid-size ensembles and atypical scorings. Her fascination for Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet has inspired several works that include contraba...

Experience the captivating sonic richness and emotional depth of "Piano Quintet #1". Scored for the celebrated instrumentation of violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano, this work unfolds a rema...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of chamber music with the impressive 'Piano Quintet No. 2', published by the renowned Theodore Presser Company. Scored for the distinctive instrumentation of...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for Violin, Cello, and Piano. It depicts the composer's awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of t...

SHADOWS was composed in 2011 as a commission for pianist Jeffrey Biegel and an international consortium of orchestras, anchored by the Louisiana Philharmonic. Zwilich wrote: 'As people have migrated f...

Discover an extraordinary chamber music gem with this captivating »Trio«. The delightful and colorful instrumentation for oboe, violin, and cello promises a thrilling musical dialogue: the warm, canta...

Immerse yourself in fascinating sonic worlds with "Musica larga" for clarinet and string quartet, published by the renowned Sikorski Musikverlag. This extraordinary chamber work unfolds a captivating...

Immerse yourself in a fascinating world of sound: "Musica larga" for clarinet and string quartet unfolds an impressive dialogue full of tonal depth, lyrical elegance, and emotional expressiveness. The...

Trio für Flöte, Viola und Harfe (Sprecher ad lib.)