vocal​

solo

Quarantine B*tch: R.S.V.P. (2021) 1:30

mezzo-soprano & piano [C4 – A5]

Commission: WQXR and Kara Dugan

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

 

Cleopatra (2008) 4 min.

soprano & piano [C#4 - E5]

Commissioned by NYCO for Elizabeth Futral

Text: Cori Ellison, trans. from Anna Akhmatova.

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True South (2024) 6:40 

mezzo-soprano & piano [B3 – Ab5]

Commission: Blythe Gaissert

Text: Kara Coryell. 

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Projecting Set-Screw (2025) 8:30 

mezzo-soprano & piano [Eb4 – A5]

Commission: Jeanai La Vita and The Bronx Council on the Arts

Text: Crystal Eastman, adapted by J. F. Chen . 

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ALIGHT (2024) 14 min.

soprano & piano [Bb3-B5]

Text: Ophelia Hu Kinney

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Philomel (2009)  15 min.

soprano & piano [G3 – D6]

Text: Justine F. Chen, after Ovid

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New York Scenes (2006) 25 min.

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

(available for bass, mezzo, and soprano)​



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

soprano & piano [B3 - B5]

Text by John Dryden- Listen/learn more,

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chamber

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

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

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

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

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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 

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my shy brightmillions (2023) 2:47

mixed vocal ensemble (SSAATTBB)

text: e. e. cummings

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