Joan La Barbara

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  • Calligraphy II/Shadows
    for voice and Chinese instruments
    Dizi (bamboo flutes), Erhu (2 silk-string, violin-like instrument), Yangqi (dulcimer played with bamboo mallets) and percussion (1995 )
  • The Dream of Ariadne
    (or Joseph Cornell Observes a Constellation of Regrets)
    for voice, piano and voice samples (2014 )
  • Ears of an Eagle; Eyes of a Hawk: In the Vortex
    for chamber ensemble with voice and fixed media
    (2020 )
  • Flash!
    for solo violin
    (2005 )
  • In the shadow and act of the haunting place
    for voice and ensemble
    horn, tuba, piano, percussion, violin, and cello (1995 )
  • L'albero dalle foglie azzurre (tree of blue leaves)
    for oboe solo
    (1989 )
  • Storefront Diva: a dreamscape
    for piano and fixed media
    (2013, revised 2015 )
  • a trail of indeterminate light
    for cello and voice (solo or duo)
    This work can be performed as solo cello with voice (preferred) or as a duo of cellist and vocalist. (1997 )
  • Vlissingen Harbor
    for voice and ensemble
    flute (doubling piccolo), Bb clarinet, trumpet, percussion, harp, piano/celeste, and cello (1982 )
• Solo (excluding keyboard)
  • Flash!
    for solo violin
    (2005 )
  • L'albero dalle foglie azzurre (tree of blue leaves)
    for oboe solo
    (1989 )
  • a trail of indeterminate light
    for cello and voice (solo or duo)
    This work can be performed as solo cello with voice (preferred) or as a duo of cellist and vocalist. (1997 )
• Solo keyboard
  • Storefront Diva: a dreamscape
    for piano and fixed media
    (2013, revised 2015 )
• Voice(s) and piano
  • The Dream of Ariadne
    (or Joseph Cornell Observes a Constellation of Regrets)
    for voice, piano and voice samples (2014 )
• Chamber (2-5 players)
  • Calligraphy II/Shadows
    for voice and Chinese instruments
    Dizi (bamboo flutes), Erhu (2 silk-string, violin-like instrument), Yangqi (dulcimer played with bamboo mallets) and percussion (1995 )
• Large ensemble (6-12 players)
  • In the shadow and act of the haunting place
    for voice and ensemble
    horn, tuba, piano, percussion, violin, and cello (1995 )
  • Vlissingen Harbor
    for voice and ensemble
    flute (doubling piccolo), Bb clarinet, trumpet, percussion, harp, piano/celeste, and cello (1982 )