Dorothy Chang
Dorothy Chang

Selected Compositions and Audio Excerpts

Large Ensemble

Flight: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2005-06) mp3 file mp3 file mp3 file
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra with funding from Meet the Composer/American Symphony Orchestra League.
Duration: 18 min. 30 sec.

Make a Joyful Noise (2004)
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
Duration: 6 min.
Instrumentation: solo pipa and 2(picc)222/2210/timp/1 perc/strings.

Music of Wonder (2002) mp3 file
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
Duration: 11 min.
Instrumentation: 2(picc)222/4200/timp/1 perc/strings.

Fire Cycle (2000) mp3 file
Commissioned by the Queens Symphony Orchestra with funding from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.
Duration: 18 min.
Instrumentation: 2(picc)222/4221/timp/2 perc/piano/strings.

Short Stories (1998)
Duration: 10 min.
Instrumentation: 2(alto/picc)222/2221/timp/2 perc/harp/strings.

Sunan Dances (1995)
Commissioned by the Columbus State University Wind Ensemble.
Duration: 10 min.
Instrumentation: 3(picc)3(Eng hn)3(bass cl)3(contra)/4331/timp/3 perc/harp/strings.
Score and parts available 2005 through Warner Brothers Publishing, Inc.

Solo

Still for oboe (2005)
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
Duration: 3 min. 30 sec.

Streams for viola (2005)
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Duration: 11 min.

Mirage 2 for flute (2004)
Duration: 5 min.
Available through the Canadian Music Centre

Elegy for piano (2004)
Duration: 3 min.

Mirage for flute or saxophone (2000) mp3 file
Duration: 5 min.
Available through Dorn Music Publishing

Bloom for solo cello (1999) mp3 file
Duration: 12 min.
Available through the Canadian Music Centre

dark sea, silent stars for guitar (1999)
Duration: 3 min.

Small Chamber (2-4 players)

Beautiful Things for string quartet mp3 file
Commissioned by Festival Vancouver for the Smith Quartet.
Duration: 10 min.

Available through the Canadian Music Centre

Walk on Water for alto saxophone and cello (2004)
Commissioned by Paul Bro and Kurt Fowler with funding from the Indiana State University Arts Endowment.
Duration: 10 min.

Available through Dorn Music Publishing

Four Vignettes for clarinet, horn, cello and piano (2004)
Commissioned by Brian Kilp with funding from the Indiana State University Arts Endowment.
Duration: 7 min.

Embers for dizi, erhu, zheng and percussion (2003) mp3 file
Commissioned by Music from China with funding from Chamber Music America.
Duration: 15 min.

Obsess for saxophone quartet (2003)
Commissioned by the Chicago Saxophone Quartet.
Duration: 10 min.

The Light Fantastic for violin, cello and piano (2001) mp3 file mp3 file
Duration: 14 min.
Score available through the Canadian Music Centre

Miniatures for flute, cello and piano (1998) mp3 file mp3 file
Duration: 8 min.
Score available through the Canadian Music Centre

Lyria for bass and piano (1997)
Duration: 6 min.

Two Preludes for alto saxophone and piano (1993) mp3 file mp3 file
Duration: 8 min.
Available through Dorn Music Publishing

Other Chamber (5+ players)

Waiting (2007)
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
Instrumentation: fl/picc, ob, cl, bn, alto sax, bari. sax, tpt, hn, trb, drum set, electric piano, 2 vlns, vla, vc, db.

Chamber Variations (2004) mp3 file mp3 file
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
Duration: 14 min.
Instrumentation: flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass.
Available through the Canadian Music Centre

Wind/Unwind (2002) mp3 file
Commissioned by the Kylix New Music Ensemble with funding from the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition.
Duration: 15 min.
Instrumentation: flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano.

Falling Sky (2000)
Commissioned by Collage New Music
Duration: 15 min.
Instrumentation: flute, clar, violin, viola, cello, bass, piano and percussion.

Light Fragments (1997) mp3 file
Duration: 8 min.
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion.

Vocal

Three Small Songs of Night for soprano, flute, viola and guitar (2006)
Commissioned by the Continuum Consort with funding from the British Columbia Arts Council.
Duration: 10 min.

Songs of Woods and Water for soprano and piano (2004) mp3 file
Duration: 5 min.

Autumn for mezzo-soprano and piano
Duration: 3 min.

Burning for soprano and piano (1998, revised 2004)
Duration: 8 min.

Recordings

Mirages: Music by Dorothy Chang

Mirages  Available through the Canadian Music Centre.

Journey: Columbus State University Wind Ensemble

For unpublished materials, please contact Dorothy Chang