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For full score and parts please contact Abigail at abigailjohnsonmusic@gmail.com

Unspecified Musicians

Tea Scores

an ongoing project of visual scores originating from pictures of tea leaves

recording found here

Thread

any number of performers, the first in a collection of pieces utilizing embroidery techniques in graphic notation; premiered Spring 2020

recording found here

Barriers

10 performers, for non-musicians or musicians switching instruments; premiered at Baldwin Wallace University, Berea OH, Spring 2019

recording found here

Electronic Works

Generations of Decay

7 minutes, 35 seconds; Collaborative piece created and premiered at Wesben Performer-Composer Residency

recording found here

Soundscape of Nostalgia

6 minutes, field recordings collected through CalArts’s campus

recording found here

Stella

3 minutes 30 seconds, field recordings from Prince William Sound taken by Emma Scolaro and Max MSP granular generator; premiered 4/27 at ESP Fest

recording found here

Solo

8/4

solo work for flute; 6'; premiered by Juan Marroquin for OK Composer, Valencia, CA, 2019

recording found here

Expectations  

solo work for cross tuned violin; 5'; premiered by Abbey Duncan at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2018; performed by Samuel Rotberg at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2019; performed at 5th Wave’s Women’s March concert, Chicago, IL, 2020 

recording found here

Helpless

solo piano; 5'; premiered by Kevin Thompson at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2016

Chamber

Flippant Scent

for violin, viola, and fixed electronics; 12'; premiered by the Aperture Duo at CalArts’s Wild Beast, Valencia, CA, 2019

recording found here

New Beginnings

for flute, alto saxophone, violin, cello, and percussion; 7'; premiered by the Corvus Ensemble at Federal Hall, New York City, NY, 2019

recording found here

Acoustic Letter Generator

set of 5 miniatures for trumpet and cello; 5'; premiered by Andrew Dyet and Max Hanks at Baldwin Wallace’s Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2019; to be performed at Hear Now, Santa Monica, CA, 2021

recording found here

Walls

horn and narrator, text by John Robertson; ca. 10'; premiered by Sarah Degiralimo and Blaine Schultice at Baldwin Wallace’s Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2019

recording found here

Translated

string quartet; 8'; read by members of the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland, OH, 2018; premiered by Abbey Duncan, Abigail Johnson, Lesley Rudin, and Max Hanks at Baldwin Wallace’s Gamble Hall, Berea, OH 2019

recording found here

The Broken Places 

three-movement work for percussion mallet trio; 9'; premiered by 3G percussion and fellow participants during Space City New Music Festival at MATCH, Houston, TX, 2018

recording found here

Seven Years Waiting

oboe, 2 clarinets, alto saxophone, bassoon, and bass; 8'; premiered by 5th House Ensemble and fellow participants of Fresh Inc at Constellation, Chicago, IL, 2018

recording found here

Houses

three-movement work for percussion (anvil and marimba) and oboe; 8'; premiered by Steven Chauvette and Fallon Hammer at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2018

recording found here

Death Songs

five-piece song cycle for voice and string quintet; 16'; premiered at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2017

recording found here

Morning Song

three-movement work for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, and piano; 12'; premiered by John Bukovac, Nabil Abaad, and Kevin Thompson at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2016

Large Ensemble

Damascus

concert band work, 4'

Attack

one-movement orchestral piece (2,2,2,2), (2,2,2,1), timpani, 4 percussion, strings; 7'; premiered by the Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra at Gamble Hall, Berea, OH, 2018

recording found here