Sara Kirkland Snider ~ Composer of Music
Music

Chamber Ensemble

Pale As Centuries

(2011)  Duration: 7′ 15″

for fl, cl/bass cl, e. guitar, piano, double bass

Commissioned by: NOW Ensemble. World Premiere: October 16, 2011 by NOW Ensemble at the SONiC Festival at Miller Theatre in New York City, NY.

Daughter of the Waves

(2011) Duration: 8′

for flute, clarinet–French horn/trumpet*–electric guitar/violin*, viola, cello. *or two separate players

Commissioned by:  yMusic. World Premiere: March 16, 2011, by yMusic, at the Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Hall in New York City, NY.

Recording by yMusic, from their album, Beautiful Mechanical (New Amsterdam ..read more

Shiner

(2006)  Duration: 6:30

for trombone, harp, viola, and marimba.  LIVE recording by Jason Robins, Margaret Carey, Ashley Jackson, and Eric Beach at New Music New Haven, Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 11, 2006.

Commissioned by Jason Robins. World Premiere: April 11, 2006, by ..read more

Thread and Fray

(2006)  Duration: 4:30

for bass clarinet, viola, and marimba.

Commissioned by Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. World Premiere: July 13, 2006 by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO.

Recording by Sara Budde, clarinet, Beth Meyers, viola, and Alex Lipowski, percussion.

Thread and Fray, commissioned ..read more

In Two Worlds

(2005) Duration: 9:30

for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, French horn, offstage trumpet, trumpet, vibraphone, violin, and cello

Commissioned by:  The Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East. World Premiere:  August 6, 2005, by the Bennington CMC players, Bennington Chamber Music ..read more

Ave

(2002)  Duration: 20′

for string quartet.

Commissioned by:  the American Composers Forum for the Quatuor Bozzini, with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation. World Premiere:  January 15, 2004 by Quatuor Bozzini at Chapelle St. Louis de l’Eglise St. Jean Baptiste, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Program ..read more

The Ecotone

The Ecotone (1999) Duration: 10′

two pianos

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