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Aaron Alon and Rita Linard
Chamber and Orchestral Works
Vocal Works
Solo Works
Electroacoustic Works
Works in Progress






 
CHAMBER & ORCHESTRAL WORKS

Dulce et Decorum Est (2007) – 6½ minutes  New Studio Recording!
For baritone and string quartet

Commission:
Colm Estridge (baritone)
Premiere:
Nov. 3, 2007 (Houston, TX)
Rice University's Shepherd School of Music
Composers' Forum Concert
Honor:
Texas Representative for the
     2009 ISCM World New Music Days in Sweden

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Peter Pan Suite (2004) – 30 minutes
A ballet for chamber orchestra: Fl (alto/picc), Ob (Eng Hn), Cl (BCl), Bsn (CBsn), Horn, Harp, Celesta, 3 Perc, String quintet (2:1:1:1)

Premiere:
Nov. 21, 2004 (Cleveland, OH)
Cleveland Institute of Music
Master's Degree Recital
Honors:
Emil and Ruth Beyer Composition Award
     SCI/ASCAP Commission Contest Finalist
     Mu Phi Epsilon Composition Contest

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Spell (2004) – 8½ minutes
For violin and two cellos

Premiere:
May 6, 2004 (Cleveland, OH)
Cleveland Institute of Music
New Music Festival
Honors:
National Association of Composers (NACUSA)
Young Composers Contest
US Performances:
Cleveland, Chicago, LA, Greensboro

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Spring and Fall (2003) – 5½ minutes
For medium voice, cello, and piano

Premiere:
Dec. 11, 2003 (Cleveland, OH)
Cleveland Institute of Music
New Music Festival
Recording:
National Association of Composers (2004)
Kimberly Lauritsen, Peter Myers, Jacob Adams
Honors:
Tampa Bay Composers' Forum International Prize
for Excellence in Chamber Music Composition
US Performances:
Houston, San Antonio, Akron, St. Petersburg (FL)


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VOCAL WORKS

All Rights Reserved (2008) – 5½ minutes  New Studio Recording!
For high voice and piano

Premiere:
April 14, 2008 (Houston, TX)
Rice University's Shepherd School of Music
Doctoral Recital

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Dulce et Decorum Est (2007) – 6½ minutes  New Studio Recording!
For baritone and string quartet

Commission:
Colm Estridge (baritone)
Premiere:
Nov. 3, 2007 (Houston, TX)
Rice University's Shepherd School of Music
Composers' Forum Concert
Honor:
Texas Representative for the
     2009 ISCM World New Music Days in Sweden

The Nightingale and the Rose (2007) – 40 minutes
A short musical for a cast of seven

Premiere:
Nov. 30, 2007 (Houston, TX)
University of Houston
Jose Quintero Theatre School of Theatre & Dance

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Spring and Fall (2003) – 5½ minutes
For medium voice, cello, and piano

Premiere:
Dec. 11, 2003 (Cleveland, OH)
Cleveland Institute of Music
New Music Festival
Recording:
National Association of Composers (2004)
Kimberly Lauritsen, Peter Myers, Jacob Adams

Honors:
Tampa Bay Composers' Forum International Prize
for Excellence in Chamber Music Composition
US Performances:
Houston, San Antonio, Akron, St. Petersburg (FL)


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The Silken Tent (2002, rev. 2003) – 3½ minutes
For mezzo-soprano and piano

Premiere:
Feb. 24, 2002 (Chicago, IL)
University of Chicago
New Music Ensemble Concert
Honor:
2005 Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Composition Contest

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SOLO WORKS

Fairy Tales (2006) – 3½ minutes
For solo piano

Commission:
Renée B. Fisher Foundation
Premiere:
May 12, 2007 (New Haven, CT)
Renée B. Fisher Competition for Young Pianists

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Hibakusha (2005, rev. 2006) – 6½ minutes  New Studio Recording!
For solo flute

Premiere:
Feb. 11, 2006 (Houston, TX)
Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI Conference
Recording:
Capstone Records (Coming Fall 2008)
Catherine Branch (flute)
Honors:
2008 Composers in Red Sneakers
Young Composers Competition
US Performances:
Houston, San Antonio, San Francisco
International Performance:
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Leone Buyse (flute)
Publication:
Society of Composers, Inc.
Journal of Music Scores, vol. 40


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Córdoba (2004) – 6 minutes
For solo oboe

Premiere:
March 9, 2006 (San Marcos, TX)
CMS/NACUSA-TX Conference
Recording:
Wild Basin Winds (2008)
Ian Davidson (oboe)
Honors:
2006 NACUSA-TX Composition Competition
2005 Mu Phi Epsilon Composition Contest
US Performances:
Cleveland, Houston
International Performances:
China, Brazil, Slovakia


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Fantasia (2003) – 3½ minutes
For solo piano


Premiere:
May 6, 2004 (Cleveland, OH)
Cleveland Institute of Music
New Music Festival
Honor:
2007 Renée B. Fisher Composer Awards

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ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS

Breaking the Silence (2008) – 13 minutes  NEW!
For soprano and tape

Premiere:
April 14, 2008 (Houston, TX)
Rice University's Shepherd School of Music
Doctoral Recital

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WORKS IN PROGRESS

A new work for orchestra
to be premiered by
Rice University's Shepherd School of Music
Symphony Orchestra in 2009 (tentative).


A set of songs for bass
Commissioned by bass David Keck


A new opera, based on a story by Hermann Hesse,
with librettist Michael Remson (pictured below)


Two new musicals with book-writer and lyricist Joe Barnes (pictured below)


For a complete list of current & anticipated projects,
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or to commission a new work, please contact Aaron Alon.



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