Recent Projects
Remember The Ladies
Commissioned by the Museum of the American Revolution for their 2020-2021 special exhibition When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807.
When acclaimed contemporary composer Dr. Melissa Dunphy heard that Abigail Adams’s famed “Remember the Ladies” letter would return to Philadelphia as part of the Museum of the American Revolutions’s When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807 special exhibition, she was inspired to interpret—through music—what Adams’s powerful words could mean for our current moment. “Remember the Ladies” sets excerpts from the letter for a cappella mixed chorus, premiered by the 40-voice community choir PhilHarmonia.
New Releases
Chamber
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baritone and piano
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mezzo-soprano, piano
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solo voice and viola
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mezzo-soprano, violin, double bass, piano
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Hervararkviða (The Incantation of Hervor)
mezzo soprano, violin, harp
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children's choir, baritone, chamber orchestra, narrator
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Captain Samuels Speaks to the Sea!
string trio and narrator
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children's choir, baritone, string quartet, keyboard, small percussion, narrator
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piano-vocal (SSAT choir and soloists)
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countertenor, 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), harpsichord
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clarinet, violin, cello
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SSAT choir and soloists, strings, harpsichord
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baritone, piano trio
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Pierrot ensemble, soprano, large percussion
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baritone and piano trio
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Choral
Electroacoustic
Opera
Orchestral
Solo Instrumental
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7 solo voices and chamber ensemble
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Everything for Dawn, episode 6
6 voices, violin, viola, bass, piano, and percussion
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Organ
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SSAT choir and soloists, organ
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solo voice and viola
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solo organ
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solo lever harp
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Theme and Variables: Scallops and Bollocks for Tea
violin, tape
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violin
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soprano, piano
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piano-vocal (SSAT choir and soloists)
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electric cello, delay
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SSAT choir and soloists, strings, harpsichord
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cello, piano
Solo Vocal
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baritone and piano
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baritone and piano
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solo mezzo-soprano(s) and piano
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SSAT choir and soloists, organ
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mezzo-soprano, piano
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solo voice and viola
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mezzo-soprano and string orchestra
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mezzo-soprano, violin, double bass, piano
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mezzo-soprano and piano
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solo soprano(s) and piano
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Hervararkviða (The Incantation of Hervor)
mezzo soprano, violin, harp
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soprano, orchestra
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solo voice with looper pedal
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soprano, piano
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piano-vocal (SSAT choir and soloists)
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Theater and Dance
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mezzo-soprano, piano
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Theme and incidental music for Squirrel Girl Goes to College
live voices and pre-recorded soundtrack
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flute, viola, piano, percussion
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Incidental Music for The Cherry Orchard
Tape
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viola, effects, electronic instruments
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Incidental music for Behind the Eye
Tape
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Incidental music for Macbeth (The Dramateurs, Inc.)
tape
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tape
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Incidental music for Macbeth (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater)
erhu, assorted percussion, voice
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solo voice
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Incidental music for The Glass Menagerie
solo violin, chimes
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Incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream
4 voices, violin, saxophone, guitar, piano