Official website of Composer Jairo Duarte-López

Works

New work for solo clarinet, 2009
Commissioned by clarinetist Adrian Sandi (in progress)
Duration: ca. 5-7 minutes

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New work for woodwind quintet, 2009
Commissioned by the Arabesque Winds (in progress)
Duration: ca. 5-7 minutes

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Andronicus for violin and orchestra, 2009
Commissioned by violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport (in progress)
Duration: ca. 10-12 minutes

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Currents for string quartet and experimental film, 2008
Co-composed with Michaela Eremiášová in collaboration with film maker and RIT Prof. Stephanie Maxwell
Premiered at the IMS Film Festival (ImageMovementSound), April 6, 2008
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport (vln), Yencheng Yin (vln), Jonathan Larson (vla), and Andrew Larson (vc)
Ingle Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology, Henrietta, NY
Duration: ca. 6 minutes
[Program Notes] [Images]

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Effugit for six percussionists, 2007-08
Commissioned by Prof. John Beck
Premiered by the Eastman Contemporary Percussion Ensemble, April 10, 2008
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Duration: ca. 3 minutes

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Corriente Fluida for (variable) chamber ensemble, 2007
Premiered for [vln, cl, pno] by the Eastman Triana, October 24, 2008
MACCM 29th Annual New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Premiered for [7 vlns, 2mar] at the Eugene Feygelson Degree Recital, December 8, 2007
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Duration: ca. 7-9 minutes
[Program Notes]

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Ekphrasis sobre “El Miedo” de Tanguy for violoncello solo, 2006-07
Commissioned by David Gerstein through the Hanson Institute for American Music
Premiered by David Gerstein, January 26, 2008
Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX
Duration: ca. 14 minutes

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Car Crash Opera chamber opera, 2006-07
Co-composed with Michaela Eremiasova
Commissioned by film animator and RIT Prof. Skip Battaglia
Premiered by Musica Nova; conducted by Johannes Müller-Stosch, May 7, 2007
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Duration: ca. 8 minutes
[car-crash-opera_program-notes_instrumentation_libretto]

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Pulso for 15 performers, 2004-5, Rev. 2006
Premiered by the Composers Sinfonietta; conducted by Clay Greenberg, 2005
Revised version conducted by Martin Seggelke, 2006
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Duration: ca. 9 minutes

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12 x 8 + Liberties for chamber ensemble, 2004
Premiered by The New York Miniaturist Ensemble [bsn, vln, vc], 2004
New York, NY
Arranged for [fl, cl, vln, pno] in 2009
Duration: 1:00 minute

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Computer Music Study No.2 for processed violin sounds, 2004
Original samples performed by Chris Otto
Premiered at the Composers’ Forum, 2004
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Duration: 3:22 minutes

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Hekura for mixed choir, 2004
Read by the Eastman Chorale, 2004
Duration: ca. 3 minutes

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Grillos Lunares computer music study No.1, 2004
Premiered at a Composers’ Forum, 2004
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Duration: 3:55 minutes

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The Cricket King for mezzo-soprano, flute and two alto flutes, 2003
On a poem byFederico Garcia Lorca
Premiered at an Eastman Composers Concert, 2003
Heather Gardner (mezzo-sop), Daria Binkowski (fl), Sarah Frisof and Jeffrey Barker (alto fl)
Christ Church, Rochester, NY
Duration: ca. 6 minutes

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Withdrawn works
Espejos y Ciclos [cl,vla,perc] 2004
21 [orch] 2003
Darikbá [orch]2000 /[arr. for wind ens]2004
Kogi [orch]1999
String Quartet No.1, 1999
Okkyoung [vc] 1999
Liege [vln,pno] 1998