AUSTIN ENGELHARDT
Works/Scores
Scores are available here, free, for select works.
Feel free to contact for information on any of my compositions.
Solos (without electronics):
The Things Left Behind - For Solo oboe (2024): Approximately 10 minutes
-Commissioned by oboist Eliza Geer and pending premiere in summer 2024
Etudes for the Modern Piano - For Solo Piano (2023): Approximately 20 minutes
-Written for the students of Stephen Drury and played as part of a final in class (December 2023)
A Turning Point - For Solo Cello (2023): 7 minutes - Score
-Commissioned by the SoundSCAPE Composition and Performance Exchange and premiered by Peter Ko on July 7, 2023 - Recording
-Performed by Miruna Eynon (September 26, 2023) - Recording
Re | Run – Solo Piano (2022): 6 minutes - Score
-Commissioned by the Impulse New Music Festival and premiered by Aron Kallay on September 3, 2022
Ebb and Flow – Oboe and Resonant Piano (2022): 10 minutes - Score
-Written for oboist Tom Lacy and premiered on March 2, 2022 - Recording
-Performed by Corrine Foley (September 27, 2022) - Recording
519 – Solo Suona (2021): Indeterminate - Score
-Written for Kwan Leung Ling and premiered on November 13, 2021 - Recording
Press – Solo Violin (2021): 6.5 minutes - Score
-Premiered by Michael MacLaughlin on January 27, 2022 - Recording
-Performed by Nozomi Murayama (February 14, 2023) - Recording
Steel In Suspension – Prepared Piano (2021): Approximately 15 minutes - Score
Hyper/Space – Solo Percussion (2019): Approximately 12 minutes
-Premiered by James Taylor on November 13, 2021 - Recording
Solace in A Minor – Solo Guitar (2017)
Solos (with electronics):
I Want No Mercy, I Will Have No Mercy – For trombone and electronics (2025): 5-7 minutes
-Written for Noah Perkins and pending premiere in 2025
An Alms – For solo percussion and Electronics (2021): 10 -12 minutes - Score
-Premiered by James Taylor on May 5, 2021 - Recording
-Performed by James Taylor (November 13, 2021) - Recording
-Published by Turnsōl Editions
The Bell of My Trumpet – Trumpet in C and Electronics (2020): 10 minutes - Score
-Premiered by Sam Wells on November 5, 2021 - Recording
-Performed by Trevor Webb (November 13, 2021)
Time-Line – Bass Clarinet and Electronics (2019): 12 minutes - Score
-Premiered by Rosabelle Tongxiao Zhou on November 13, 2021 - Recording
Duos (without electronics):
By Coincidence – For suona duo (2022): Approximately 5 minutes
-Written for Yahzi Guo & Kwan Leung Ling, premiered on March 3, 2022 - Recording
Being Kirk – For flute and piano (2018): 5.5 minutes
The Marvelous Misadventures of the Common Household Roomba – Clarinet and Piano (2017): 9 minutes
-Read by Newear Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (2018)
Duos (with electronics):
Introspection Canon – For any instrument with string and live electronics (2024): Indeterminate
-Written for Bassist Benedict Koh and premiered on April 30, 2024 - Recording
Gutai – For piano and live electronics (2024): Indeterminate - Score
-Written for pianist Hidemi Akaiwa and premiered on April 16, 2024 - Recording
-Performed by Hidemi Akaiwa & Austin Engelhardt (May 4, 2024)
- Recording
-Performed by Hidemi Akaiwa & Austin Engelhardt (May 8, 2024) - Recording
-Performed by Hidemi Akaiwa & Austin Engelhardt (March 22, 2025) - Recording
-Performed by Hidemi Akaiwa & Austin Engelhardt (April 6, 2025)
Noise Box – For alto saxophone and live electronics (2023): 18-20 Minutes - Score
-Commissioned by saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl and premiered on March 27, 2023 - Recording
Ensembles (without electronics):
Megalith – For five voices of any type (2023): Approximately 8 minutes - Score
-Premiered by Jackie Hu (Conductor), Shiyu Zhuo (Voice), Chihiro Asano (Voice), Anouk Chemla (Voice),
Yifei Zhou (Voice), Baian Chen (Voice) on March 27, 2024 - Recording
Divergence - For Voice, Flute, and Double Bass (2023): 1 minute - Score
-Written for Regina Stroncek (Voice), Pavana Karanth (Flute), Javier Avendano (Bass) and premiered on
June 20, 2023 - Recording
Dissatisfaction - For an amplified quartet of Baritone Voice, Trumpet in C, Trombone, and Bass Clarinet (2023): Approximately 7 minutes
-Commissioned by the Longy Divergent Studio and premiered by the Loadbang Ensemble on June 24, 2023
Dead Trees – For String Quartet (2022): 9 minutes - Score
-Premiered by The Shimmer Quartet; Nozomi Murayama (Violin), Theresa Katz (Violin), Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza (Viola), Miruna Eynon (Cello) on May 2, 2023 - Recording
Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave it Motion – For a mixed quartet of Clarinet, Flute, and Two Percussionists (2020): 9 minutes - Score
-Premiered by Anya Pogorelova (Conductor), Giuseppe Gallo-Balma (Flute), Rosabelle Tongxiao Zhou (Clarinet), Nobu Hagiya (Percussion), and James Taylor (Percussion) on November 13, 2021 - Recording
It Rains – Two Pianos and Two Percussionists (2020): 20 minutes
Fractured – Piano, Violin, and Cello (2019): 8 minutes
-Read by Newear Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (2019)
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 – Woodwind Quintet (2017): 6 minutes
Temporal Averaging Mechanism – String quartet (2016): 5.5 minutes
Ensembles (with electronics):
The Physical Urge – For mixed quintet of Tenor Voice, Saxophone, Violin, Cello, Percussion, and Live Electronics (2024): Approximately 8 minutes
-Commissioned by the Southern Exposure New Music Series and premiered by The Collective; Antoin Marshall (Voice), Nick Muellner (Saxophone), Korcan Kostuk (Violin), Hillary Flowers (Cello), Michael Calamas (Percussion), Austin Engelhardt (Electronics) on November 15, 2024 - Recording
Works for open instrumentation & purely graphic scores:
4x5 - For 5 or more instruments (open score) (2025): Indeterminate
-Written for Miguel Calleja & Douglas Temples and premiered on February 16, 2025
Ocean Noise - For any solo instrument or small ensemble and electronics (graphic score) (2024): about 6 minutes
-Premiered by Austin Engelhardt on December 4, 2024
-Performed by Austin Engelhardt & Nick Muellner (February 21, 2025)
Composition 52 - A musical card game for any small ensemble (card game) (2024): Indeterminate
Paths - For any solo instrument or ensemble (graphic score) (2024): Indeterminate - Score
The Color & Space - For any solo instrument and electronics (graphic score) (2023): Indeterminate - Score
-Written for Victoria Yuan and premiered on July 12, 2023 - Recording
Book II - For any solo instrument or ensemble (graphic score) (2023): Indeterminate - Score for purchase
-Selections premiered by Issac Villaroya (August 17, 2023) - Recording
-Published by Turnsōl Editions
Book I - For any solo instrument or ensemble (graphic score) (2023): Indeterminate - Score for purchase
-Full book premiered by Austin Engelhardt on May 17, 2023
-Selections performed by Issac Villaroya (August 17, 2023) - Recording
-Performed by Kwan Leung King & James Taylor (February 9, 2024) - Recording
-Performed by Tim Harte (February 9, 2024)
-Published by Turnsōl Editions
TV-MA - Duet for any two instruments (graphic score) (2023): Indeterminate - Score
-Premiered by Corinne Foley & Honor Hickman on May 17, 2023
3…2…1… - For 3 or more instruments (open score) (2021): Indeterminate - Score
-Premiered by the UMKC IMP Ensemble (David Wéi Dài, Conductor) on April 29, 2021 - Recording
-Performed by the UMKC IMP Ensemble (Nicholas Perry Clark, Conductor) (November 13, 2021) - Recording
-Performed by the UMKC IMP Ensemble (Kwan Leung Ling , Conductor) (November 19, 2021)
-Published by Turnsōl Editions
Orchestra/Large ensemble:
Rain on a Thin Metal Roof – Orchestra (2021/2023): 8 minutes - Score
-Version 1 read by UMKC Orchestra (Jacob Schnitzer, Conductor) on February 14, 2022
-Version 2 read by The New England Conservatory of Music's Orchestra (Hugh Wolff, Conductor) on May 3, 2023 - Recording
M. – Chamber Orchestra and Piano (2019): 8 minutes
Tunrsōl Editions
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