Compositions
Recent Projects
Hludana: an opera in one act
Text and music by Lauren Vandervelden
Lauren Vandervelden, conductor
Salome Cavegn, Mezzo-soprano
Lucas Lopez, Baritone
Sofya Menshikova, Piano; Yang Yao, Flute; Mor Avigdor, Clarinet; Lidia Kocharyan, Violin; Sebastian Ortega, Cello
Dance
Rhapsodie, Quartet for Violin, Cello, Harp, and Clarinet, 2022
Created with the support of the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, during its Spring Session 2022. The piece was choreographed by Claire Kretzchmar of the New York City Ballet, and was performed by advanced students from the School of American Ballet.
Ballade for Harp Quintet, 2021
Written for Choreographers and Composers: Edition 2021
Choreography: Savoir by Haley Winegarden
(Piece begins at 30:53)
Fantasy for Solo Violin, 2020
Written for Juilliard’s Online Choreocomp in collaboration with dancers from The Juilliard School
Lauren Vandervelden, Violin
Jade Diouf, Makani Yerg, dancers/choreographers/video editors
Solo
Romanze for Solo Violin, 2022
Premiered by Lauren Vandervelden for her Senior Recital at The Juilliard School
Antichambre for Solo Cello, 2021
Commissioned by Musaics of the Bay “Stay-at-Home Symposium.”
Inspired by a painting by Luc Tuymans.
Premiered by cellist Gabriel Cabezas.
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Improvisation on Blue for Solo Violin, 2020
Commissioned by Musaics of the Bay, “Stay-at-Home Symposium.”
Inspired by Darril Ann Tighe’s painting, “Transition to Blue.”
Lauren Vandervelden, violin
Impulse for Solo Flute, 2019
Performed by Audrey Emata at The Juilliard School, 2019
Sonata for Solo Cello, 2018
Essay for Piano, 2014
ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Finalist, 2014
NFMC Junior Composers Contest National First Place Winner Class Three, 2014
Chamber Music
Chorale for violin quartet, 2024
Premiered by Lauren Vandervelden and participants of the Tibor Varga Music Academy, Sion Switzerland, August 2024
Sonata for Violin and Piano, 2022
Premiered by Lauren Vandervelden and Marina Lee for Lauren’s Senior Recital at The Juilliard School
Arrival for String Trio, 2019
Performed by the Vision Trio for the “Unpacked: Refugee Baggage” art installation opening event at The Juilliard School, February 2019
Environment Lost for String Trio, 2018
Premiered December 2018 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
Farewell for Violin and Piano, 2018
Sarn Oliver, violin and RJ Pearce, piano
Premiered at the senior recital of Lauren Vandervelden at JB Piano, San Rafael, CA, August 2018.
Performed at the Harmony Project by Sarn Oliver, first violinist San Francisco Symphony and RJ Pearce, piano, at the Berkeley City Club, CA, August 2018
Dreams of Existence, String Quartet, 2018
Da Young (Rachel) Lim, Josephine Chung, violins; Mira Williams, viola; Hsi-yuan (Elisabeth) Chang, cello
Written for and performed by Yellow Barn Young Artists at The Big Barn, Putney, VT, June 2018
Apprehension for Clarinet and Two Percussion, 2018
Anoush Pogossian, clarinet; Massimo Martone, Colin Chantal, percussion
Written for and performed by Yellow Barn Young Artists at The Big Barn, Putney, VT, June 2018
Orange Fog for String Quartet and Horn, 2018
Premiered at Davies Symphony Hall for the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Composer Workshop, May 2018.
Performed by the Friction String Quartet with Stephanie Stroud, French Horn at the Crowden Music Center, Berkeley, CA and The Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA for the John Adams Young Composers Program.
Ciel Etiole Infini (Infinite Starscape), Trio for Harp, Flute and Viola, 2017
Premiered at the John Adams Young Composers Program at the Crowden Music Center, Berkeley, CA, December 2017.
Refraction, Violin Quartet, 2017
Commissioned by the Ebb & Flow Arts Festival in Maui, HI, and premiered by Sarn Oliver, Mariko Smiley, Melissa Kleinbert, and Yun Chu of the San Francisco Symphony, August 2017.
Movement 3 featured on Curtain Call Maui radio broadcast, August 2017.
Playing with Fire, Piano Trio (prepared piano), 2017
Nadia Azzi, piano; Mei Zhan, violin; Yifei Li, cello
Written for and performed by Yellow Barn Young Artists at The Big Barn, Putney, VT, June 2017
Illumination, Viola Quintet, 2017
Lauren Vandervelden and Mei Zhan, violins; Grace Kim and James Kang, violas; Trisha Doo, cello
Written for and performed by Yellow Barn Young Artists at The Big Barn, Putney, VT, June 2017
ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Finalist, 2018
Kaleidoscopic Suite, Piano Quintet, 2016
Wan-Chi Su, piano; Joshua Hong, violin; Ryo Usami, violin; Eric D'Alessandro, viola; Peter Kibbe, cello
Written for and performed by Yellow Barn Young Artists at The Big Barn, Putney, VT, July 2016
Performed at the New World Center for YoungArts Miami, January 2018
Winner San Francisco Ballet School Annual Composition Competition 2017. Choreographed by students for April 2018 performance
MTNA Senior Composition Competition National Winner 2017. Performed at the MTNA National Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2017
Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition 2017 First Place Winner Division 2. Performed at Nancy Manocherian's The Cell in New York City, November 2017
ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Finalist, 2017
Altercation, String Quartet, 2016
Jinyoung Yoon, violin; Ben Hoertnagl-Pereira, violin; Emma Wernig, viola; Yifei Li, cello
Written for and performed by Yellow Barn Young Artists at the Music Haul Summer Gala, Newfane, VT, June 2016
Frost School of Music of Music Ensemble Ibis International Composition Competition Second Prize, 2016
Orbit, Piano Trio, 2016
NFMC Junior Composers Contest National First Place Winner Class IV, 2016
BMI Student Composer Award Finalist, 2016
NAfME Student Composers Competition Honorable Mention (Movement IV), 2016
Performed at NAfME National Conference Dallas, TX (Movement IV), 2016
Piano Trio, 2015
Written for and performed by staff at Curtis Institute of Music at Curtis Summerfest Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
MTNA Senior Composition Competition National Second Place, 2016
Prelude and Tricotee for Violin and Piano, 2015
ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Honorable Mention, 2015
BMI Student Composer Award Honorable Mention, 2015
MTNA Senior Composition Competition National Finalist, 2015
Song for string quartet, piano, and voice, 2014
Orchestral
Alpine Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, 2022
Lament for Chamber Orchestra, 2022
Composed for The Juilliard School Community Cadence
Featuring Juilliard students and students of The Sphinx Performance Academy at Juilliard
Molly Turner, conductor
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, mvt. I, Isolation, 2020
Winner of The Juilliard Orchestra annual composition competition
Premiered by The Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall, 2020
Lauren Vandervelden, violin
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, mvt. II, 2019
Premiered by Lauren Vandervelden and The Next Festival of Emerging Artists with Peter Askim
Vocal/Opera
Travelling for SATB Choir, 2023
Commissioned by The New York Virtuoso Singers
Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor
Premier May 2024
St. Lukes in the Field Church, New York City
Text: Travelling (1802) by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Hludana, Opera for Orchestra, Mezzo Soprano, and Baritone, 2022
Premier with chamber arrangement, Mezzo Soprano, and Baritone, June 2024
Lauren Vandervelden, Conductor
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Zürich, Switzerland
Summer Ballad for Soprano and Piano, 2022
Rose Hegele, Soprano and Sarah Cahill, Piano
Written for the “Exploring Lyricism” Residency Program with Musaics of the Bay. Performed at the Piedmont Center for the Arts.
Text: “Music” by Bessie Rayner Parkes
Conflicted Momentum for Orchestra, 2017
Premiered by the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at the Morrison Center, Boise, Idaho, May 2017
First Prize Winner The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York Emerging Composers Competition: Orchestral Category, 2018
Oxygen for SATB Chorus, 2016
Film
Zeitlang, 2023
Edna Luise Biesold, Writer and Director
Feature length, Dialogue in German
Score and violin: Lauren Vandervelden
