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vocal

solo

Quarantine B*tch: R.S.V.P. (2021) 1 min.

mezzo-soprano & piano [RANGE: C4 – A5]

Commission: WQXR and Kara Dugan

Text:Christina Kelly. LISTEN/learn more. SEE a performance

 

Cleopatra (2008) 4 min.

soprano & piano [RANGE: C#4 - E5]

Commissioned by NYCO for Elizabeth Futral

Text: Cori Ellison, trans. from Anna Akhmatova.

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Philomel (2009)  15 min.

soprano & piano [RANGE: G3 – D6]

Text: Justine F. Chen, after Ovid

Listen/learn more / score follower

 

New York Scenes (2006) 25 min.

​baritone & piano [RANGE: B2 - Bb4] Text: J.F. Chen

(available for bass, mezzo, and soprano)​



Whilst Alexis Lay Press'd (1997) 3 min.

soprano & piano [RANGE: B3 - B5]

Text by John DrydenListen/learn more,

chamber

Philomel (2010)  15 min. soprano & septet
[RANGE: G3-D6] Text: J. F. Chen 
orch: fl/picc/alto, bssn, fh, tp B-flat/E-flat/Flugelhorn, vn, vc, db

to belong (2019/21) 3:40 Text: J. F. Chen

[RANGE: sop. G#4 – G# 5; ct E4 – E5; ten. G#3-E4]

2019 - soprano, countertenor, tenor; violin, cello, piano​

choral

Shallow Breath and Stealth (2021) 25 min.

mixed chorus (6S, 6A, 6T, 6B) for The Crossing

Text from Jena Osman's Motion Studies.

Radio Premiere: WRTI 12.19.21 program notes  Gramophone Review

my shy brightmillions (2023) 2:47

mixed vocal ensemble (SSAATTBB)

text: e. e. cummings

JUSTINE F. CHEN

COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST

SAVE THE DATE: Channeling the powerful words of revolutionary suffragist Crystal Eastman in a song for the stunning soprano Jeanai La Vita. Come see a preview at March 29, 2025 at the Bronx River Arts Center!

Excited for the upcoming recording of True South, written with poet Kara Coryell for the glorious Blythe Gaissert

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SONG join us at the composer's round table 5/12/25 2:30-4 PM
Locations and dates of Justine's cycle of Asian Americana: ALIGHT, poetry of Ophelia Hu Kinney, sung by that inspiring force of nature, soprano Jennifer Lien.

Check out our rave review from Gramophone of SHALLOW BREATH AND STEALTH
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BEST WORLD PREMIERE! Our "Fantastical, evocative, and nuanced" opera THE LIFE AND DEATH(S) OF ALAN TURING was named BEST WORLD PREMIERE by Chicago Tribune

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