Cindy
Cox
Works
Solo works:
The Open Frame
(2004), for solo harpsichord, 5’
commissioned by Davitt Moroney
The Other Side of the
World (2003), for flute and electronics, 4’
commissioned by Nina Assimakopoulas, as part of
the “Laurels” project (commissioning American women composers)
premiere Houghton College, March 2004
to be recorded summer 2004
Hierosgamos (2003),
for solo piano, 30’
premiered by Cindy Cox, piano
Edge Festival, Berkeley, June 2003
The blackbird whistling/Or
just after (2001), for solo piano, 4’
commissioned by Sarah Cahill
premiered December 2001, Merkin Hall, New York
City
Hysteria (2000),
trombone and live electronics, 9’
commissioned by Abbie Conant, former principle
of the Munich Philharmonic
premiere Nov, 2000, in Trossingen, Germany
Tempo Festival of Contemporary Music, Berkeley,
CA, June 2001
Stuttgard, Germany, July 2001
Vienna, Aug 2001
East Coast Tour, spring 2002
White Moths (1994),
trombone and electronic effects, 8'
commissioned and premiered by Andrew Glendening,
trombonist, 1995
Darsana II (1994),
solo piano, 9'
premiered by Cindy Cox, piano
University of New Mexico, April 1994
Darsana I (1993), Disklavier, 9'
grant from the University of California, Berkeley
premiered by Cindy Cox, San Jose State Univ.,
Nov. 1993
Karen Rosenak, pianist, UC Berkeley, August 1994
KPFA radio, live performance, Cindy Cox, 1994
Elegy (1990),
violin solo, 5'
premiered by Naomi Katz, Indiana University, 1990
Charles Ives Center for American Music, 1990
Indiana State Contemporary Music Festival, 1990
Chamber Music:
moon a bed to dream in
(2002), for twelve performers, 10’
commissioned by the San Francisco Conservatory
premiere March 2002, Hellman Hall, San Francisco
World a tuning fork (2001), for alto saxophone, contrabass, percussion, and
piano, 10’
commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
premiered at the Yerba Buena Forum, San Francisco Feb. 2002
Edge Festival, Berkeley, June 2003
The Cave of Swimmers (1998), flute, cello, and piano, 15’
commissioned by the Hathor Ensemble
premiered at the Ethical Society, Philadelphia, May 1998
Back to Square One (1998), violin and piano, 10’
premiered by Karen Bentley and Karen Rosenak, American Composers Forum,
May 1998
Presidio, San Francisco, August 1999
Columba aspexit, after Hildegard von Bingen (1997, revised 2002), string quartet,
21’
commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts
premiered by the Kronos Quartet, Sept. 1997
recording by the Alexander Quartet, June 2002
Into the Wild (1997), amplified violin, saxophone, Mallet Kat, electronic drums,
keyboard, samplers, electric guitar, 11’
commissioned by the Fromm Foundation
premiered by the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Nov. 1997
Library of Congress, March 1998
Theater Artaud, San Francisco, May 1998
Yerba Buena Forum, San Francisco, November 1999
Geode (1996), flute, clarinet, cello, percussion, piano, 14’
commissioned and premiered by the Earplay Ensemble,
Yerba Buena Forum, San Francisco, May 1997
Sirius Ensemble, UCSD, November 1997
recorded by the Earplay Ensemble, May 1999
Songs on Texts of Mary Oliver (1997), soprano, clarinet, percussion, piano,
12’
premiered at Hertz Hall, Berkeley, April 1997
Leda Yager, soprano
Primary Colors (1995), clarinet, violin, piano, 12’
commissioned by the Verdehr Trio and Cal Performances, 1995
premiered at Hertz Hall, Berkeley, 1996
Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group,
Green Umbrella Series, March 1998
Larry Pech Dance Company (choreographed), San Francisco, November 1999
recorded for CRI, 2002
Piece in Two Halves (1992), flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 12'
previewed at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Aug. 1992
premiered by the San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players, March 1993
American Women Composers, Inc, Washington, DC June 1992
[Four Studies of Light and Dark] (1989), piano and percussion, 14'
premiered by Cindy Cox and Kay Stonefelt, Indiana University, 1990
Moscow Composers Union, Moscow, Russia, 1993
Society for New Music, Syracuse, 1993
Composer's Inc, San Francisco, 1991
recorded on the Capstone Label, 1993
Coriolis (1989), trumpet, trombone, piano, 10'
premiered by Andrew Glendening, David Dzubay, and Jennifer Peterson, 1990
CD recording on Mark Records Label, 1995
Barriers: Two/One (1988), flute or violin, clarinet or soprano sax, piano, 10'
premiered by Tridib Pal, Susan McGinn, and Cindy Cox, Indiana Univ., 1990
Verdehr Trio, College Music Society, National Convention, San Diego, 1993
Verdehr Trio, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, 1993
Sonnets to Orpheus (1989), soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trombone,
percussion, harpsichord, 2 violins, viola, cello, 20’
premiere by ALEA III, Theodore Antoniou conducting, Boston, 1992
Woven Rains (1988), flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, 2 percussion, piano, harp,
2 violins, viola, cello, bass, 15'
premiered by the Northwestern New Music Ensemble, 1988
North Texas New Music Ensemble, March 1993Works with technology:
The Other Side of the World (2003), for flute and electronics, 4’
commissioned by Nina Assimakopoulas, as part of the “Laurels” project
(commissioning American women composers)
to be premiered and recorded in 2004
World a tuning fork (2001), for amplified alto saxophone, contrabass, percussion,
and piano, and tape, 10’
commission by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
premiered at Yerba Buena Forum Feb. 2002
Edge Festival, June 2003
Hysteria (2000), trombone and live electronics, 9’
commissioned by Abbie Conant, former principle of the Munich Philharmonic
premiered Nov, 2000, in Trossingen, Germany
Tempo Festival of Contemporary Music, Berkeley, CA, June 2001
Stuttgard, Germany, July 2001
Vienna, Aug 2001
Into the Wild (1997), amplified violin, saxophone, Mallet Kat, electronic drums,
keyboard, samplers, electric guitar, 11’
commissioned by the Fromm Foundation
premiered by the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Nov. 1997
Library of Congress, March 1998
Theater Artaud, San Francisco, May 1998
Yerba Buena Forum, San Francisco, November 1999
White Moths (1994), trombone and electronic effects, 8'
commissioned and premiered by Andrew Glendening, trombonist, 1995
Darsana I (1993), Disklavier, 9'
grant from the University of California, Berkeley
premiered by Cindy Cox, San Jose State Univ., Nov. 1993
Karen Rosenak, pianist, UC Berkeley, August 1994Orchestra and Large Ensemble:
De rerum natura (1999), orchestra, 8’
commissioned by the Women’s Philharmonic
premiered, San Francisco, Herbst Hall, Feb. 2000
Darsana III (1994), chamber orchestra, 9'
American Composers Orchestra, reading, 1994
Cathedral Spires (1993), orchestra, 17'
commissioned by the Women's Philharmonic
premiere performance, May 1993
National Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting, Jan. 1997
National Symphony, east coast tour, spring 1997
A Tree Deep-rooted Yet Dancing (1992), orchestra, 21'
premiere by the Oakland Symphony, January 1993
Indiana University, March 1993
Sonnets to Orpheus (1989), chamber orchestra, 20’
premiere by ALEA III, Theodore Antoniou conducting, Boston, 1992
(single strings version)
Woven Rains (1988), chamber orchestra, 15’
June in Buffalo festival orchestra, 1989