Matthew Kennedy | composer
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For scores and additional recordings, please contact Matthew.
LARGE ENSEMBLE
Symphony No. 2: Academic (2024) - for orchestra (2222 ; 4331 ; timp+3 hp, strings)
Ripple (2023) - concerto for alto saxophone, wind ensemble, and fixed media
All The Bright Precious Things (2022) - concerto for violin and wind ensemble
Run Like Hell (2020) - for orchestra (2222 ; 3221 ; timp +2 ; strings)
Fragmentation 1 (after Ravel) (2019) - for amplified flute and large flute choir
In Pursuit of Ghosts (2018) - concerto for tuba, percussion sextet, and piano
Concerto for Tenor Saxophone (2017) - for tenor saxophone and chamber orchestra (ww5tet, pno, strings)
Symphony No. 1 (2015) - for large orchestra (3233 ; 4331 ; timp +4, pno, hrp ; strings)
Ford's Theatre - An American Tragedy in Two, Brief Acts (2012) - two act chamber opera
Les Rêves Nocturne (2008) - for large percussion ensemble (12) and piano
CHAMBER MUSIC
Sushi Stegosaurus (2024) - dank vibes for saxophone octet
Impatient Youth (2021) - for wind quintet (fl, ob, a sax, hn, bsn)
Triceratops (2017) - tasty grooves for saxophone trio (ATB)
Poetic Devices (2017) - five miniatures for low brass trio (hn, tbn, tea)
Until I Say 'When' (2016) - trio sonata for alto saxophone, violin, and piano
Textures and Lines (2016) - dialogues and mediations for pierrot ensemble (fl, cl, vln, vc, pno)
The Last Place on Earth (2015) - double concerto for alto saxophone, percussion, and string quartet
Lost! (2015) - three miniatures for saxophone quartet
In Memoriam (2012) - trio for contrabass trio
Where the Heart Is (2012) - for chamber orchestra (fl, cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, pno, hrp, vla, vc)
Let No Man Put Asunder (2012) - for string quartet
Scenes from Autumn (2009) - for solo flute and chamber orchestra
Celestial Matters (2009) - three percussion solos (for 1 or 3 players)
SOLO/DUO
First (2024) - for euphonium and piano
Three Landscapes (2021) - for solo harp
In Times We Change (2021) - for alto saxophone and electric guitar
Miniatures for One, Books 1-4 (2020) - miniatures for solo instruments
High Anxieties (2019) - for tuba and piano
To Begin Anew (2017) - for oboe and cello
Romanza (2016) - for solo cello
Breathing Helps (2015) - for solo percussion
I Found Myself Wandering Aloud (2014) - for euphonium and piano/arr. for tbn/pno and tba/pno
Found! (2013) - four dialogues for alto saxophone and cello
To Bono, With Love (2013) - a puzzle for solo prepared vibraphone
Five Bagatelles (2013) - for violin and piano
Airs Nos. 1-6 (2012) for solo organ
The Bright Side of Being a Human Bomb (2009) - for solo clarinet
Theme + 4 Brief Variants (2009) - solo piano
VOCAL/CHORAL
A Thing So Human as Regret (2023) - for mixed chorus and four soloists
Afternoon on a Hill (2023) - for two part treble chorus and piano
The Question (2020) - for divisi mixed chorus (SATB) and piano
Waiting/Wanting (2016) - art song for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and piano
Six Encounters of Mistrust and Coffee (2011) - song cycle for mezzo-soprano, harp, and cello
der Müskel Relaxer (2009) - music theater/parody art song for mezzo-soprano
Alice in the Wind (2008) - art song for high voice (tenor or soprano)
Sonnenizio (2012) - for divisi women's chorus (SSAA)
Ode on the Prayer of Saint Francis (2011) - for divisi mixed chorus (SATB)
The Apocalyptic Revelations of Saint John of Patmos (2009) - for divisi mixed chorus (SSAATTBB)
ELECTRONIC/OPEN ENSEMBLE
Fever Dreams and Candy Sprees (2015) - for viola, piano, and fixed media
Music for Sweeney Chapel (2012) - for three performers and bell tower
Alert! (2011) - for fixed media
Everything Is Going to Be All Right, Son (2010) - for fixed media
[Origin] (2009) - for 4 - 40 performers
STUDENT/YOUTH ENSEMBLE
Continental Drift (2014) - for saxophone trio (ATT)
Fight or Flight (Of Fancy) (2014) - for woodwind trio (fl, fl, cl)
Juvenilia (2014) - for youth woodwind quintet
The Workshop of Dr. Kronos (2013) - for youth piano quartet (vln, vln, vla, pno)
Trivium (2013) - for youth brass trio (tpt, hrn, tbn)