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vocal

solo

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

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

Commissioned by WQXR and Kara Dugan

Text by Christina Kelly.

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Cleopatra (2008) 4 min.

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

Commissioned by NYCO for Elizabeth Futral

Text by Cori Ellison, translation of Anna Akhmatova.

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Philomel (2009)  15 min.

soprano & piano [RANGE: G3 – D6]

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New York Scenes (2006) 25 min.

​baritone & piano [RANGE: B2 - Bb4]

(also available for bass, mezzo, and soprano)​



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

soprano & piano [RANGE: B3 - B5]

Text by John Dryden

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chamber

Philomel (2010)  15 min. soprano and septet
(fl/picc/alto, bssn, fh, tp B-flat/E-flat/Flugelhorn, vn, vc, db)

to belong (2019/21) 3:40

[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)

written for and commissioned by The Crossing

Text from Jena Osman's Motion Studies.

Premiere: November 21, 2021, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA.

Radio Premiere: WRTI December 19, 2021

program notes

my shy brightmillions (2023) 2:47

mixed vocal ensemble (SSAATTBB)

text: e. e. cummings

JUSTINE F. CHEN

COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST

SAVE THE DATE! 10.20.24 5 - 7 PM
Join me at the Libretto Reading of SISTERS OF THE STORM, a chamber opera-in-progress w. librettist Marcus Yi.

Asian American Writers' Workshop/NYC

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SONG join us at the composer's round table discussion with Tom Cipullo, Melissa Dunphy, Kamala Sankaram, Sam Martin, and myself! 5/12/25 2:30-4 PM


READ our RAVE REVIEW of SHALLOW BREATH AND STEALTH in GRAMOPHONE magazine! 
"...impish, earnest and ominous ... her spare musical imagery portrays everything from earthly ecstasy to anxieties perpetrated by forces seemingly beyond containment."
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