JENNY BECK | COMPLETE WORKS

2021

A Dock of Ghost Ships (string orchestra)

·     Commissioned by the Peabody Conservatory

Up to the Surface (electronic media, not yet released)

·     Album of four tracks: Someplace Sacred & Submerged, Radiant Currents, In the Ether, Wake.

Memory Town (voice, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion)

·     Commissioned by the Gaudeamus Festival for the 2021 Gaudeamus Prize.

Held (BitKlavier)

·     Commissioned by Daniel Trueman 

Flame Keepers (online sound installation)

·     Commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble;

·     Flame Keepers is a perpetual music installation based on Jakub Ciupinski's concept and design. Commissioned, created, and launched by Metropolis Ensemble in response to COVID-19, Flame Keepers runs uninterrupted in real time, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

·     Invited composers are commissioned weekly to serve as musical custodians and creators, or Flame Keepers, tasked with supplying new original material every seven hours. As a result, the piece will evolve as an open-ended collective composition designed to run forever.

Sown by Hand (SATB choir)

·     Composed for the Soundstreams RCB Bridges Workshop.

Rest/Unrest (concerto for piano and chamber orchestra)

·     Composed for Contemporaneous.

2020

Rest/Unrest (solo piano) 20-25’

·     Commissioned by Karl Larson, Scott Wollschleger, James Iman, and the Composers Guild of New Jersey.

Different Here (violin + audio playback)

·     Composed for 1:2:1 with Nick Photinos.

The Miraculous Land 10’

·     For distanced ensemble of found objects.

If Not, Winter (in progress)50-60’

·     For voice, guitar, violin, cello, and audio playback.

·     Commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble

I Am Annoyed When the Only Size is Everyone 90’

·     Improvised music for dance: amplified found sounds and audio playback.

·     Choreographer: Jhor van der Horst 

2019

Think Of Your Life Without It (three or more percussionists)

Clear As Babel (three or more percussionists)

Until You Are In The Dark (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, piano, percussion, violin, cello)

·     For Latitude 49 at Princeton University 10’

Accidentally Witnessing Rain (chamber orchestra) 6’

·     For Alarm Will Sound at Princeton University

Canvas Heart (voice and found object percussion) 10’

·     Written for the So Percussion Summer Institute 

Something Happens in Between 30'

·     Live music for dance: amplified found sounds and electronics.

·     Choreographer: Esin Yunusoglu 

Turn Together (open instrumentation percussion) minimum 6’

·     Written for SōPercussion for performance at Princeton University

While I Rest (vocal trio) 6’

·     Written for Modern Medieval at Princeton University

Into This Dim Light (revision for guitar, violin, and cello) 9’

·     Commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble

2018

Into the Still Surface (orchestra) 11’

·     Written for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Princeton University

The Sky The Way It Looks To Us (string quartet) 8’

·     Commissioned by Stony Brook University for the 2018-19 Premieres Series

By The Time We Look For It (percussion ensemble, open instrumentation, 4+ players) minimum 10’

·     Written for the So Percussion Summer Institute

Pinned Upon the Wall of My Heart Is Your Love (trombone + electronics) 8’

·     Commissioned by Mark Broschinsky

Wolf Town (voice, harmonium, electronics, cello) 10’

·     Performed by the composer

Sleepchains (piano, percussion, double bass) 11’

·     Written for Bearthoven for performance at Princeton University

2017

Long It Glows (flute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello) 10’

·     Written for Eighth Blackbird for performance at Princeton University

When the Light Comes (string quartet) 9’

·     Written for the Argus Quartet for performance at Princeton University

An Unsubstantial Territory for chamber orchestra 6’

·     Written for members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for performance at the 2018 UC Davis Composition Workshop

Gather What Falls (string quartet + harp)10’

·     Written for the 2017 Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music at the Bowdoin International Music Festival

Apostle Town (voice + electronics) 10’

·     Commissioned by Stone Mason Projects

·     Performed by the composer

Sky Song (string quartet + voices)

·     Written for Iarla O’lionaird for performance at Princeton University.

Go In Secret (two electric guitars, two electric basses, two drum sets) 8’

·     Commissioned by RealLoud for their forthcoming album

Nothing of Itself (flute, clarinet, percussion, trombone, violin, cello, piano) 12’

·     Written for Ensemble Mise-En for performance at Princeton University