John Kennedy

Opera/Music Theater
Works for Orchestra/Chamber Orchestra
Works for Orchestra with Soloist
Works for Chamber Ensemble
Works for Chamber Ensemble with Voice
Choral Works
Solo Works
Works for Piano
Vocal Works
Soundtracks/Electronic Media

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Works for Chamber Ensemble

10011001 (2001)
3 perc, piano
First performance 10/01, Yokohama, Japan


Adagio (Power and Beauty)
(1998)

String quartet
7'


Animals in Distress
(1995)

Animal distress calls (4 players)
15'
First performance 8/95, NYC


The Big Hurt
(1995)

4 percussion
3'
First performance 1/95, NYC


Chant
(1988)

3 percussion
12'
First performance 12/88, NYC


Chant for Strings
(2002)

vln, vla, vlc, db
~14'
Listen to excerpt [mp3, 1.4MB]


Collective Sentiments (1988)

Any number strings, winds, pitched percussion
12'
First performance 12/88, NYC


Collective Sentiments
II (1991)

Piano, drum, multiple pitched instruments
14'
First performance 5/91, NYC


Exigencies of Inner Rhythm (1997
)
4 percussion
60'
First performance 6/97, NYC


Fanfare for the Common Gun (1994)

Handguns
First performance 5/94, NYC


First Deconstruction (in Plastic) (2005)

Two percussion 7'
For John Cage
First performance 1/12/06, Santa Fe, NM


The Force of Its Spirit (ensemble version) (2002)

fl, vlc, pno, hp, perc
8'


Full Measures of Devotion (1997)

Piano, marimbula, steel drum, gamelan, percussion, optional strings and winds
15'
First performance 7/97, NYC


Grain (1988)

Shakuhachi and 3 percussion
10'
First performance 12/88, NYC


las piedras del cielo (2004)

8 players with pairs of rocks
12'
First performance 9/26/04, Milner Plaza, Museum of New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM
With Joseph Gramley, John Kennedy, Mark Suter, David Tolen, and SO Percussion


Nostalgic Patterns (1995)

Piano, drum, and multiple pitched instruments
~10'
Commissioned by the New Renaissance Chamber Artists
First performance 4/95, NYC


O Waters (2007)

Percussion trio
15'
First performance April 22, 2007, by Santa Fe New Music
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM


Recession and Procession
(2006)

Brass quintet
5'


Sacred Spaces
(1989)

3 percussion
10'
First performance 4/89, NYC


Sounds Heard (1995)

Text recitation, 4 percussion, computer-generated sounds
80'
First performance 6/95, Charleston, SC


Splendid Noises
(1992)

3 or more percussion with text recitation
~20'
First performance 3/92, NYC


Transitional Songs (2000)

Fl, vlc, pno, 2 perc
15'
Listen to excerpt [mp3, 1.5MB]