Emily Cooley | composer

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Orchestral 
 
 
Tramontane (2012)
Full Orchestra 
9'
Upcoming premiere by the USC Thornton Symphony Orchestra, February 2013 
 
 
Invocation (2011)
Chamber Orchestra 
7'
Commissioned and premiered by the Berkeley College Orchestra, December 2011
 
 
Render and Reach (2011)
Full Orchestra 
6' 
Winner of the 2011 Huntsville Youth Orchestra Young Composers Competition
Premiered by the Tennessee Valley Music Festival Orchestra, June 2011
Subsequent performances by the Yale Symphony Orchestra and the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra 
 
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Chamber
 
 
County Lines (2012)
Woodwind Quintet
6'
Premiered by the Book Club Quintet, June 2012
 
 
Bell Music (2012) 
Flute, Bb Clarinet, Vibraphone, Piano, Cello
18'
Premiered by Seung Kyeong Hoon, Wai Lau, Victor Caccese, Lee Dionne, and Jurrian van der Zanden, April 2012 
 
 
Etched (2011)
String Quartet
6'
Winner of the 2012 Tribeca New Music Young Composers Competition and the 2012 PARMA Student Composer Competition
Premiered by the JACK Quartet, April 2011
Subsequent performance by the Sirius Quartet 

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Variations on a Theme from "Wit" (2010)
Violin, Cello, Piano
7'
Winner of the 2012 MacDowell Club of Milwaukee Chamber Music Competition
Premiered at the Atlantic Music Festival, July 2010
Subsequent performances by SIC Inc, the Boston New Music Initiative, and the Sounds New Ensemble
 
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Dreamsong Nocturnes (2010)

Bb Clarinet, Trombone, Violin, Contrabass, Piano, and Percussion

8.5'

Premiered at the Norfolk New Music Workshop, June 2010

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Easing the Spring (2007, revised 2009)

Bb Clarinet, Piano

9.5'
Winner of the Music Educators National Conference Young Composers Competition 2008

Premiered by Stefanie Orvik and Kyle Knox, May 2008


Metamorphose (2009)

Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano

6'

Premiered by the Fifth House Ensemble, November 2009 

 

Surface and Void (2009)

Bb Clarinet, Marimba

4'

Premiered by Damian Blattler and Denis Petrunin, March 2009  

 

 

Solo 

 

Locus (2012)
Cello
9'
Commissioned by Justin Dougherty


Three Etudes (2012)
Piano
10'
Premiered by Gabriel Zucker, January 2012


Bewilder (2010)
Marimba

10'

Premiered by Ian Rosenbaum, April 2010

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Vocal


Waiting (2011)
Mezzo Soprano, Piano 
3' 
Premiered by Bonnie Antosh and Gabriel Zucker, October 2011
  

 

Preludes (2009)

Soprano, Piano

12'

Premiered by Jennifer Beattie and Adam Marks, March 2010


Lullaby (2008)
SATB chorus, Cello

5.5'

Winner of the 2009 MacDowell Club of Milwaukee Choral Competition 

Premiered by the Yale Glee Club Chamber Singers and Kevin Olusola, April 2009


Evening Prayer (2006)
SATB chorus

3'

Winner of the 2007 Vancouver Chamber Choir's Young Composers Competition 

Premiered by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, May 2007