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The Imagined Wisdom of Bella Pavis for violin, viola, or cello (2022)
Commissioned by the Johansen International Competition for Young String Players
performed by the 30 semi-finalists in Washington, DC, March, 2022
Hand in Hand for clarinet, saxophone, and piano (2019)
Commissioned by Robert DiLutis
recorded by Robert DiLutis, Noah Getz, and Jeffrey Chappell on Tonsehen in 2019
And Then for woodwind quintet (2019)
Commissioned by J. T. Martin
first performed by District5 in Baltimore, Live on Seminary Concert Series in 2019
performed by District5 in Washington, DC on Davies Concert Series in 2019
performed by District5 on the Boulanger Initiative’s WOCO Festival 2020
“Summer at First” performed by District5 at Potter Violins in Takoma Park, MD and on a GroupMuse concert in 2022
Debussy Chez Moi for speaking pianist (2018)
Commissioned by Catherine Kautsky
first performed by Catherine Kautsky in Hong Kong on Radio 4RTHK in 2018
performed by Catherine Kautsky on Wisconsin Public Television in 2018
Turns of Phrase for flute and piano (2016)
Commissioned by J.T. Martin
first performed by Laura Kaufman, flute, and Jessica Krash at Strathmore, Washington DC in 2016
recorded on Albany Records by Laura Kaufman and Jessica Krash in 2018
performed by Laura Kaufman at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2017
video by Arts Laureate on YouTube
Sulpicia’s Songs for voice and piano (2015)
poems by Sulpicia in English renderings by Mary Maxwell
first performed by Emily Noel, soprano, and Jessica Krash at the Wellfleet Library in Wellfleet, Massachusetts August 2015
recorded on Albany Records by Emily Noel and Jessica Krash in 2018
performed by Emily Noel and Jessica Krash at Strathmore, Washington DC in 2016
Cantigas de amigo of Martin Codax (2015)
first performed by Emily Noel, soprano, and Jessica Krash at the Wellfleet Library in Wellfleet, Massachusetts 2015
recorded on Albany Records by Emily Noel and Jessica Krash in 2018
performed by Emily Noel and Jessica Krash at Strathmore, Washington DC in 2016
broadcast by ABC Radio (Australia) in 2020
Delphi – What the Oracle Said for solo cello (1997 – revised 2014)
first performed by Tanya Anisimova at the Hall of Mirrors Performance Series in Glen Echo Park, Maryland in 1997
video performance by Tanya Anisimova for YouTube 2014
performed by Tanya Anisimova at Strathmore, Washington DC in 2016
performed by Tanya Anisimova at Dance Place in Washington, DC in 1997
performed by Paige Riggs at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 1998
performed by Diana Fish (Capital Composers Alliance) in Washington, DC 1998
Dangerous Curves for solo piano (2012)
recorded on Albany Records by Jessica Krash, piano in 2012
broadcast on NewMusicBox in 2014
performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore, Washington DC in 2016
performed by Jessica Krash at the Wellfleet Library in Wellfleet, Massachusetts in 2015
performed by Jessica Krash on the Listen Local series, Kensington, Maryland in 2018
Second Hand for solo piano (2012)
Used Philosophy
broadcast on Lithuanian National Radio August 2016
Used Poetry
Used Opera
recorded in 2012 by Jessica Krash – Albany Records
first performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore, Washington, DC in 2016
performed by Jessica Krash at the Davies Hall Salon Series, Washington, DC in 2014
broadcast on WHRB (Harvard College radio) in 2022
Cheyenne Rabbi 1940 for violin and piano (2011)
recorded in 2012 by Ian Swensen, violin and Jessica Krash – Albany Records
broadcast on Lithuanian National Radio, August 2016
Be Seeing You for piano quintet (2009)
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) and the National Museum of Women in the Arts
first performed by Jessica Krash and the National Gallery String Quartet (aka the Sunrise Quartet) at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 2009
recorded on Albany Records by Jessica Krash and the National Gallery String Quartet in 2012
broadcast in Amsterdam on Conzertzender Radio, Radio Monalisa in 2013
broadcast in Burlington, VT on WRUV in 2013 (“Cherries”)
performed by Jessica Krash and the National Gallery String Quartet at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 2009
really, truly – a valentine for violin and piano (2009)
Commissioned by the 21st Century Consort, Christopher Kendall, artistic director
first performed by Lisa Emenheiser, piano, and Elisabeth Adkins, violin, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2009
recorded on Albany Records by Elisabeth Adkins and Jessica Krash in 2012
broadcast in Burlington, VT on WRUV in 2013
performed by ChristianTremblay, violin, and Audrey Andrist, piano at the Livewire Festival in Baltimore in 2015
Four Lives Cut Short (an anti-war piece) for solo piano (2007)
Commissioned by the 21st Century Consort, Christopher Kendall, artistic director
first performed by Lisa Emenheiser at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2007
Her and Him, based on two drawings by Saul Steinberg for solo piano (2007)
Commissioned by the 21st Century Consort, Christopher Kendall, artistic director
first performed by Lisa Emenheiser at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2007
performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore, 2007
Five Bagatelles for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2005, revised in 2011)
Commissioned by Nancy Sulfridge, Bonnie Resnick, Edwina Moldover and Ray Soukup and first performed by them at George Washington University in 2007
recorded on Albany Records with Paul Cigan, clarinet, Carole Tafoya Evans, violin, Mark Evans, cello and Jessica Krash in 2012
broadcast on WWFM in 2013
broadcast on KRWG in New Mexico and Texas in 2013
broadcast in Burlington, VT on WRUV in 2013
performed at Strathmore by Nancy Sulfridge, clarinet, Rob Grace, violin, Edwina Moldover, cello and Ray Soukup, piano in 2014
Fog for solo piano (2004)
first performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore in Washington, DC in 2007
recorded Capstone Records (now Parma), by Jessica Krash
broadcast by Kyle Gann on ArtsJournal
Fever for solo piano (2003)
first performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore in Washington, DC in 2007
recorded by Jessica Krash on Capstone Records (now Parma), Obstructed View
performed by Jessica Krash at the Davies Hall Salon Series, Washington, DC in 2014
Minute Waltz for solo piano (2003)
first performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore in Washington, DC in 2007
recorded by Jessica Krash on Capstone Records (now Parma), Obstructed View
performed by Jessica Krash at the Wellfleet Library, Wellfleet, Massachusetts in 2015
performed by Jessica Krash at the Davies Hall Salon Series, Washington, DC in 2014
PTA for solo piano (2003)
first performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore in Washington, DC in 2007
recorded by Jessica Krash on Capstone Records (now Parma) , Obstructed View
performed by Jessica Krash at the Davies Hall Salon Series, Washington, DC in 2014
Mother from Another Planet for solo piano (2002)
first performed by Jessica Krash at “Art-o-matic,” Washington, DC in 2002
performed by Jessica Krash at the Davies Hall Salon Series, Washington, DC in 2014
performed by Betty Ann Miller at the Levine School of Music in 2003
performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore in Washington, DC in 2007
recorded by Jessica Krash on Capstone Records (now Parma) , Obstructed View
Undisclosed Location for solo piano (2002)
first performed by Jessica Krash at “Art-o-matic,” Washington, DC in 2002
performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore in Washington, DC in 2007
performed by Lisa Emenheiser, 21 Century Consort at the Smithsonian American Arts Museum, 2007
recorded by Jessica Krash on Capstone Records (now Parma) , Obstructed View
Claudia’s Little Apocalypse for solo piano (2001)
first performed by Jessica Krash at Strathmore in Washington, DC in 2007
recorded by Jessica Krash on Capstone Records (now Parma), Obstructed View
Hannukat Ha’Bayit – Dedication of the House for klezmer, jazz, and classical players (2001)
commissioned by Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
first performed there by the Adat Shalom Klezmer Workshop assisted by David Julian Gray, klezmer clarinet; Joyce Rizzolo, violin; David Freeman, electric bass; and Jessica Krash, piano; in 2001
Details at 11 for solo piano (2000)
first performed by Lisa Emenheiser Logan, 20th Century Consort at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC in 2000
performed by Betty Ann Miller, Levine School of Music, Washington in 2004
performances by Jessica Krash at the Mousetrap Series in Washington Grove, Maryland in 2000; the Lake Newport Recital Series in Reston, Virginia in 2000; the “IN Series” in Washington, DC in 1999; and at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 1998
I Tried to Tell You for cello and piano (1999); revised in 2011 as What I Wanted to Tell You
first performed by Tanya Anisimova, cello and Jessica Krash, piano on the “IN Series – Women’s Work Woman’s Words Concert” Washington, DC 2000
performed by Anisimova and Krash at Strathmore, Washington DC in 2016
performed by Anisimova and Krash on the Alexandria Recital Series at the Lyceum in 2000; and Mousetrap Series, Washington Grove, MD in 2000
performed by Lori Barnet and Jessica Krash, Columbian Contemporary Consort, George Washington University, 2014
performed by Ralitza Patcheva, piano and Vasily Popov, cello at the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC in 2002
Recorded by Tanya Anisimova and Jessica Krash in 2012, Albany Records
broadcast on WUOT in Knoxville, TN and WRUV in Burlington, VT in 2013
Sex in the Suburbs for alto saxophone and viola (1997)
first performed by Gary Louie and Sarah Wetherbee at the Hall of Mirrors Performance Series in Glen Echo Park, Maryland in 1997
performed by Rhonda Buckley and Mahoko Eguchi, Washington Musica Viva in Kensington, Maryland 2002
pear, plum for solo violin (1996)
first performed by Ian Swensen at the Hall of Mirrors Performance Series in Glen Echo Park, Maryland in 1997
Dance and Song for string quartet (1994)
first performed by the Contemporary Music Forum, Washington, DC in 1994
performances at the Hall of Mirrors in 1997 by Ian Swensen, Rebecca Harris-Lee, Sarah Wetherbee, and Tanya Anisimova
Duo for dizi and shakuhachi (Chinese and Japanese flutes) (1993)
first performed by Barbara Siesel and James Schleffer at the National Flute Convention in Boston in 1993
performed in New York City at the Mostly Women Composers Festival by Chen Tau and James Schlefer in 1995
Sonata for cello and piano (1994)
first performed by Ignacio Alcover and Jessica Krash at the University of Maryland in 1991
performed by Tanya Anisimova and Jessica Krash in Washington Grove in 1998
performed by the Contemporary Music Forum in Washington, DC in 1994
performed by Paige Riggs and Jessica Krash at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 1998
performed by Tanya Anisimova and Jessica Krash in Washington Grove in 1998
Performed by Bonnie Thron at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC in 1999
Seven Kinds of Happiness for orchestra (2022)
first performed by the Community Women’s Orchestra, directed by Martha Stoddard, in Oakland, California, 2022
What I Learned From You for concert band (2020)
first performed in Vilnius, Lithuania by the Trimitas Lithuanian State Wind Orchestra, directed by Aleksandras Simelis, in Vilnius, Lithuania 2021
recorded by Trimitas under the direction of Karolis Variakojis
cello concerto (2017)
first performed by Tanya Anisimova, cello, with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, directed by James Ross, 2018
recorded on Albany Records by members of the Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan, conductor with Ian Swensen, violin, Robert DiLutis, clarinet, and Tanya Anisimova, cello, in 2017. Video by Arts Laureate on YouTube.
Three Songs about Nature and Art for chamber choir (2001)
commissioned by the Sherwood High School Chamber Singers, William Evans, director
first performed by them at Oakdale Emory Church in Olney, Maryland in 2001
performed by the George Washington University Women’s Choir, 2008
Playground Music for children’s chorus (1991)
commissioned by the Levine School of Music, Washington, DC
first performed by the Levine Children’s Chorus, Janet Hofmeister, director, at the Levine School in 1992 and at the Hall of Mirrors Series in 1993
recorded for film and broadcast on WETA, public television in Washington, DC in 1995
commissioned and choreographed by Nancy Havlik in collaboration with her dance company
First performance by Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group at Dance Place in Washington, DC in 2018
Luminous Phenomena: Along the Way (2015)
commissioned and choreographed by Nancy Havlik
first performance at Dance Place, Washington, DC in 2015 with Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group
performed at Atlas Performing Arts Center in 2015 with Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group
Weightless for soprano and dancer (1999)
choreographed by Nancy Havlik
first performances by Martha Elliott, soprano at the Joyce SoHo in New York City, and at Joy of Motion in Washington, DC in 1999
Taking Sides for alto sax, tenor sax, and five dancers (1998)
written for performance on the C & O Canal in Washington, DC, first performed in 1998
choreographed by Nancy Havlik
film made by Linda Lewett of the live performance was shown at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Washington, DC; at Joy of Motion in Washington, DC; and at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 1998
Between You and Me for piano, tape, and four dancers (1996)
choreographed by Nancy Havlik
first performed at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC in 1996 by the Dance Performance Group and Jessica Krash
performance by the Dance Performance Group and Jessica Krash at Joy of Motion and Dance Place, and crossCurrents Series in Washington, DC, 1997
Music after Kandinsky for tape and four dancers (1995)
choreographed by Nancy Havlik
performances by the Dance Performance Group at Dance Place, Joy of Motion, and Glen Echo Park in 1995
Bubbeh’s Grace for tape, viola, and dancer (1993)
choreographed and danced by Clara Maxwell
first performance at the University of Maryland in 1993 with Sarah Wetherbee, viola
version for tape, cello and slides performed by Tanya Anisimova on the No Noise Reduction Series, Washington, DC 1996
Creation Myth for tape, viola, saxophone and child dancers (1993)
choreographed by Clara Maxwell
first performed by Gary Louie, saxophone and Sarah Wetherbee, viola with dancer Clara Maxwell and a group of children on the Hall of Mirrors Series, Glen Echo Park, Maryland, 1994
recorded by members of the Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan directing; with Ian Swensen, violin; Tanya Anisimova, cello; Robert DiLutis, clarinet. Video by Arts Laureate, available on YouTube
Turns of Phrase (2018)
recorded by laura Kaufman, flute and Jessica Krash, piano. Video by Arts Laureate, available on YouTube
Playground Music (1995)
short film based on songs for children’s chorus, written and produced by Jessica Krash and Steve Schecter. Levine Children’s Chorus, Janet Hofmeister, conductor, Jessica Krash, piano. Broadcast on WETA, public television in Washington, DC in 1995.