Commissioned Works
The CAG Commissioning Program has facilitated nearly 100 new works since its inception in 1984. The program helps to ensure that classical music continues to be a living art form by fostering collaborations between composers and the young performers on CAG’s Artist Roster.
| Year | Composer | Title | Scoring | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Michael Gilbertson | TBD | Percussion | Mitya Nilov |
| 2019 | David Hertzberg | Softly her tower crumbled in the sweet silent sun | Piano | Dominic Cheli |
| 2019 | Katherine Balch | drip music | String Quartet | Argus Quartet |
| 2018 | Nina C. Young | TBD | Guitar and fixed media | JIJI |
| 2018 | Andrew Hsu | fumarole entombed | Clarinet and piano | Yoonah Kim |
| 2018 | Sam Suggs | Ursa | Double bass, string quartet, and percussion | Sam Suggs |
| 2017 | Gilad Cohen | Around the Cauldron | Piano Trio | Lysander Piano Trio |
| 2016 | Kyle Blaha | Whim | Saxophone Quartet | Donald Sinta Quartet |
| 2016 | Gregory Spears | Double Concerto | Two trumpets + strings | Brandon Ridenour |
| 2016 | Michael Gilbertson | Quartet | String Quartet | Verona Quartet |
| 2015 | Nathan Shields | Rude Mechanics | Piano | Michael Brown |
| 2015 | Dan Visconti | BEATBOX | String Quintet + Orchestra | SYBARITE5 |
| 2015 | Michael Gilbertson | The Cosmos | (Theatrical) Wind Quintet + Orchestra | WindSync |
| 2015 | David Fulmer | Original Wood | Cello + Piano | Jay Campbell |
| 2015 | Shawn Jaeger | Thousands of Years to Make It What It Was | Violin + Piano | Alexi Kenney |
| 2015 | David Hertzberg | alba | Piano | Steven Lin |
| 2015 | David Hertzberg | Daphne unbound | Violin | In Mo Yang |
| 2014 | Michael Gilbertson | Collective Wisdom | String Quintet | SYBARITE5 |
| 2014 | David Fulmer | Cantantes Metallis | Cello, Piano + Percussion | Jay Campbell |
| 2014 | Jakub Ciupinski | Black Mirror | Piano Trio | Lysander Piano Trio |
| 2014 | David Hertzberg | Notturno Incantato | Piano | Steven Lin |
| 2014 | Richard Wilson | On the Death of Juan Gelman | Baritone + Piano | Mischa Bouvier |
| 2013 | Michael Brown | self portrait | Cello, Piano + Film | Michael Brown/Nicholas Canellakis |
| 2013 | Joao Luiz | Urbano: ensaio de escolar de samba | String Quintet | SYBARITE5 |
| 2012 | Michael Brown | After Three Statues | Mezzo-soprano & Piano | Naomi Louisa O'Connell |
| 2012 | Paul Moravec | Sacred Love Songs | Recorder Quartet + Vocal Quintet | QNG, Calmus |
| 2012 | Jake Heggie | 1 song | Soprano | Sarah Wolfson |
| 2012 | Jonathan Howard Katz | Novelette | piano | Daria Rabotkina |
| 2011 | Michael Brown | Constellations and Toccata | Piano | Michael Brown |
| 2011 | Michael Torke | May, June | Saxophone Quartet | Amstel Quartet |
| 2011 | Paquito D'Rivera | Habanera, Bandoneon | Harp | Bridget Kibbey |
| 2010 | Phyllis Chen | Down the Rabbit Hole | Toy Piano, hacked antique toy piano, live video, live-electronics, tea set and found objects | Phyllis Chen |
| 2010 | Evan Johnson | émoi | flute | Claire Chase |
| 2010 | Paul Moravec | 2 songs | soprano | Sarah Wolfson |
| 2010 | Jeremy Gill | 2 songs | soprano | Sarah Wolfson |
| 2010 | Jake Heggie | 1 song | soprano | Sarah Wolfson |
| 2009 | David Ludwig | Scenes from Childhood | Cello | Soo Bae |
| 2009 | Geoffrey Gordon | Ink on Paper | String Quartet | Parker String Quartet |
| 2009 | Michi Wiancko | 9 Death Haiku | String Quintet, Percussion & Voice | Kono Michi |
| 2009 | Nathan Shields | Tenebrae | Harp & String Quartet | Bridget Kibbey |
| 2008 | Dan Visconti | Lawless Airs | String Trio | Janaki String Trio |
| 2008 | Huang Ruo | The Flag Project | String Quartet | Carducci String Quartet |
| 2008 | Paola Prestini | Cut him out in little stars | Soprano & Piano | Sarah Wolfson |
| 2008 | Carl Christian Bettendorf | Drei | Soprano & Piano | Sarah Wolfson |
| 2008 | Andrew McKenna Lee | Harlan Variations | Harp | Bridget Kibbey |
| 2008 | David Bruce | Caja de Musica | Harp | Bridget Kibbey |
| 2008 | Nathan Davis | Mechanics of Escapement | Toy Piano | Phyllis Chen |
| 2007 | Judah Adashi | The Dark Hours | Bassoon & Piano | Peter Kolkay |
| 2007 | Scott Wheeler | Turning Back | Mezzo-soprano & Piano | Krista River |
| 2006 | Gordon Beeferman | Passages | Recorder Quartet | QNG |
| 2006 | Suzanne Farrin | Empty Chariots | Piano Quintet | Tanya Bannister/ Parker Quartet |
| 2006 | Chris Theofanidis | All Dreams | Piano | Tanya Bannister |
| 2006 | Huang Ruo | Four Fragments | Cello | Soo Bae |
| 2006 | Peter Hulen | Games | Recorder Quartet | QNG |
| 2005 | David Del Tredici | Gymnopedies | Piano | Tanya Bannister |
| 2005 | Suzanne Farrin | the story she began | Piano | Tanya Bannister |
| 2005 | Huang Ruo | Tree Without Wind | Piano | Soyeon Lee |
| 2005 | Suzanne Farrin | The Twisting of the Rope | String Quartet & Bagpipe | Harrington String Quartet |
| 2005 | Daniel B Roumain | Beat Piece No. 1 | Recorder Quartet | QNG |
| 2004 | Harold Meltzer | Likes & Unlikes | Concerto for Bassoon & String Orchestra | Peter Kolkay |
| 2004 | Douglas Boyce | Palimpsest | Violin & Piano | Asmira Woodward-Page |
| 2004 | Kyle Bartlett | Chapter XI | Violin & Piano | Asmira Woodward-Page |
| 2004 | John Mackey | Under the Rug | Orchestra | PACS |
| 2003 | Gordon Beeferman | Phenomena | Piano | Alpin Hong |
| 2003 | Carter Pann | Antares | Quartet | Antares |
| 2003 | Fred Ho | Josephine Baker | Quintet | Imani Winds |
| 2003 | Jorge Martin | Plundered Hearts | Baritone & Piano | Thomas Meglioranza |
| 2002 | David Macbride | A Muse | String Quartet | Avalon String Quartet |
| 2002 | Paul Moravec | No Words | Piano and Choir | James Lent |
| 2002 | Jennifer Higdon | Zaka | Sextet | eighth blackbird |
| 2000 | Frederic Rzewski | The Same Old Story | Piano | James Lent |
| 1998 | Frederic Rzewski | Pocket Symphony | Sextet | eighth blackbird |
| 1997 | Rajesh Yalamanchili | Pierde du Ciel | Violin | Joseph Lin |
| 1995 | Ricardo Lorenz | Concerto for Recorder | Soprano recorder | Aldo Abreu |
| 1995 | Lee Hyla | Riff and Transfiguration | Piano | Mia Chung |
| 1994 | Lenny Pickett | Saxophone Quartet #2 | Saxophone Quartet | New Century Saxophone |
| 1993 | Stephen Barber | Semahane | Brass Quintet & Percussion | Meridian Arts Ensemble |
| 1993 | Bruce Adolphe | Whispers of Mortality | String Quartet | Miami String Quartet |
| 1991 | John Musto | Dove Sta Amore | Sop/Pno | Lauren Wagner |
| 1990 | Nathan Currier | A Nursery Sleep | Harp/flute/cello | Marie-Pierre Langlamet |
| 1990 | Jeffrey Stadleman | Beatrice | Mez/Pn/Vl/Cl | Charlotte Hellekant |
| 1989 | C. Curtis-Smith | Bagatelles | Guitar | William Kanengiser |
| 1989 | Tan Dun | Traces II | Piano | Alan Chow |
| 1989 | Peter Lieberson | A Little Fanfare | Mixed chamber ensemble | San Juan Islands Festival |
| 1988 | Poul Ruders | Throne | Clar/Pno | H |
| 1988 | Lawrence Weiner | Rhapsody | Cello/Pno | Semyon Fridman |
| 1988 | George Rochberg | Violin Sonata | Vln/Piano | Maria Bachmann |
| 1987 | Rolf Urs Ringger | Nocturnal Bells | Flute/Piano | Marina Piccinini |
| 1987 | Volker David Kirchner | Lamento d'Orfeo | Hrn/Pno | Marie-Luise Neunecker |
| 1987 | Leon Kirchner | For Solo Violin II | Violin | Maria Bachmann |
| 1986 | Morgan Powell | Suite Changes | Trpt/Pno | David Bilger |
| 1986 | Lee Hoiby | Three Songs | Sop/Pno | Margaret Poyner |
| 1985 | Ron Newman | Kreditors | Marimba | Douglas Wm. Walter |
| 1985 | Leslie Bassett | Duo Concertante | Sax/Pno | Steven Jordheim |
| 1985 | Anthony Coleman | The Kaspar In Me | Clar/Pno | David Krakauer |
| 1985 | Ellsworth Milburn | Entendre Etendu | Cello/Pno | Kim Scholes |
| 1984 | Ned Rorem | Picnic on the Marne | Sax/Pno | John Harle |
| 1984 | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | Fantasy | Harpsichord | Linda Kobler |
| 1984 | William Th. McKinley | Duo Concertante | Fl/Pno | Helen Campo |