Catalogue

Arlene Sierra’s catalogue with Cecilian Music includes scores for a wide variety of forces in the following categories:


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Portrait CD's:

 

Arlene Sierra, Vol. 1

Game of Attrition: Arlene Sierra, Vol. 2

Butterflies Remember a Mountain: Arlene Sierra, Vol. 3

 

Works For Orchestra:

Aquae (2001)

I. Lacrimae, II. Aquilo
(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno=Cel./ Strings)
Duration: 17 minutes
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Aquilo (2001)


(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno=Cel./ Strings)
Duration: 10 minutes
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Ballistae (2001)

(2. 2. 2. 2. / 2. 1. 1. 0/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno=Cel./ Strings)
Duration: 11 minutes

Watch a video performance of Ballistae (chamber ensemble version) here

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Bird Symphony (2021)

1. Warblers

2. Hermits and Captives 

3. Female Birdsong

4. Utahraptor 

(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno./ Strings)
Duration: 24 minutes

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Butterfly House (2022)

1. O'Keefe Landscape 
2. Butterfly House

(2. 2. 2. 2. / 3. 2. 2. 1/ 2 Perc. Timp/ Hp./ Strings)
Duration: 11 minutes
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Game of Attrition (2009)


(2.1.1.1 / 1.1.1.0 / 2 Perc. Hp. Pno. / Strings (minimum 2.2.1.2.1)
Duration: 12 minutes

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Kiskadee (2023)

(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno./ Strings)
Duration: 8 minutes

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Watch a video performance of Kiskadee here

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Mantegna Diptych (2000)

I. Visage, II. Painter's Process
(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno=Cel./ Strings)
Duration: 10 minutes
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Moler (2012)


(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno./ Strings)
Duration: 9 minutes

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Nature Symphony (2017)

1. Mountain of Butterflies


2. The Black Place (after O’Keeffe)

3. Bee Rebellion

(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno./ Strings)
Duration: 21 minutes

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Soloist and Orchestra

Piano Concerto: Art of War (2010)


1. Captive Nation, II. Strategic Siege
(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Cel/ Strings)
Duration: 21 minutes

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Trombone Concerto: Dedication and Dance (1994, revised 2003)

(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno=Cel./ Strings)
Duration: 14 minutes
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Wind Ensemble

Trombone Concerto: Dedication and Dance (1994, revised 2003)

(3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 1/ 3 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno=Cel./ Strings)
Duration: 14 minutes
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Large Ensemble (7 or more players)

Ballistae for Thirteen Players (2000)


(1. 1. 2. 0. / 1. 0. 0. 0/ 2 Perc. / Pno=Cel./ Strings 2.1.1.1)
Duration: 11 minutes

Watch a video performance of Ballistae here

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Cicada Shell for Septet (2006)


I. Marziale, II. Misterioso, espressivo
(Fl.=Picc., Cl.=Bs.Cl., Hn., 1 Perc., Pno., Vln., Vcl.)
Duration: 15 minutes
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Colmena for Fourteen Players (2008)


(2 Fl., Ob=Eng.Hn., Cl., Hn., 2 Perc., Hp., Pno., 2 Vln., Vla., Vcl., Db.)
Duration: 8 minutes

Watch a video performance of Colmena here

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Four Choreographic Studies for Ten Players (2001)


I. Slingshot, II. Unravelling, III. Tango, IV. Risk
(Fl., Cl., Tpt., 1 Perc., Pno., 2 Vln., Vla., Vcl., Db.)
Duration: 10 minutes
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Tiffany Windows for Twelve Players (2002)


I. Light Through Dark Glass, II. Favrile (Hand Made), III. Cloud Circle
(Fl.=Picc., Ob., Cl., Bsn., Hn., 1 Perc., Hp., 2 Vln., Vla., Vcl., Db.)
Duration: 14 minutes
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Soloist and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)

Neruda Settings for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (2002-5)


I. Oda a la lagartija, II. Oda a la alcachofa, III. Oda al plato, IV. Oda a la mesa
(Fl., Cl., Hn., 1 Perc., Hp., Pno=Cel., Vln., Vla., Vcl., Db.)
Duration: 22 minutes
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Works for 2 to 6 Players

Avian Mirrors for Violin and Cello (2013)


I. Greeting, II. Reflection, III. Display
Duration: 12 minutes

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Butterflies Remember a Mountain for Piano Trio (2013)


I. Butterflies, II. Remember, III. A Mountain
Duration: 13 minutes

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Performing set

A Conflict of Opposites for Violin and Piano (2006)


I. Feroce, II. Leggero
Duration: 11 minutes
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A Conflict of Opposites for Clarinet and Piano (2005)


I. Feroce, II. Leggero
Duration: 11 minutes
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Counting-Out Rhyme for Cello and Piano (2002)  


Duration: 5 minutes
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Duo for Violoncelli (1993)


Duration: 5 minutes
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Four Love Songs for Viola and Piano (1993)


I. Rage, II. Caress, III. Game, IV. Adieu
Duration: 8 minutes
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Harrow-lines for Piano Quintet (1999)


(Pno., Vln., Vla., Vcl., Db.)
Duration: 7 minutes
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Insects in Amber String Quartet (2010)


I. Gryllus Integer, II. Double Viols, III. Figwasps
Duration: 14 minutes

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Performing set

Le Chai au Quai (for Elliott Carter's 100th Birthday) (2008)


For Bass Clarinet and Cello
Duration: 3 minutes
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Meditation on Violence for Five Players (2012)


Concert Version - see film category for film score information.
(Fl.=Alto Fl., Cl., Vln, Vcl, Pno.)
Duration: 12 minutes
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Petite Grue (for Henri Dutilleux) (2008)


(Ob., Vibe., Hpschd., Db.)
Duration: 2 minutes
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Of Risk and Memory for Two Pianos (1997) 


Duration: 11 minutes
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Ritual in Transfigured Time for Five Players (2016) 

Concert Version - see film category for film score information.
(Bb Cl=Eb Cl., 2 Vlns., Vla., Vcl.)
Duration: 15 minutes
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Studies in Choreography for Flute, Viola, and Harp (2019) 

Concert Version - see film category for film score information.
Duration: 9 minutes
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Surrounded Ground or Sextet (2008) 


I. Preamble, II. Feigned Retreat, III. Egress
(Cl., 2 Vln., Vla., Vcl., Pno.)
Duration: 13 minutes
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Truel (complete) for Clarinet Trio (2007)


I. Agitato, II. Lontano ma espressivo, III. Energico et intenso
Duration: 21 minutes
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Truel (complete) for Piano Trio (2004)


I. Agitato, II. Lontano ma espressivo, III. Energico et intenso
Duration: 21 minutes
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Truel I for Clarinet Trio (2003)


Duration: 7 minutes
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Truel I for Piano Trio (2002)

Duration: 7 minutes
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Zwei Hühner for Oboe and Trombone (2000)

Duration: 3 minutes
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Solo Works

Art of Lightness for Flute (2006)  


Duration: 7 mnutes
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Birds and Insects, Book 1 for Solo Piano (2007) 


1. Sarus Crane, 2. Cornish Bantam, 3. Cicada Sketch, 4. Titmouse, 5. Scarab
Duration: 15 minutes
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Birds and Insects, Book 2 for Solo Piano with optional recorded birdsong (2018) 

1. Painted Bunting, 2. Hermit Thrush, 3. Black and White Warbler, 4. Thermometer Cricket, 5. Bobolink
Duration: 24 minutes 

Watch a video performance of excerpts from Birds and Insects, Book 2 here

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Birds and Insects, Book 3 for Solo Piano with optional recorded birdsong (2023) 

1. Lovely Fairywren, 2.Canyon Wren, 3.Great Grig, 4. Tawny Owls, 5. Troupial
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Cricket-Viol for Solo Viola/Voice (2010)  

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Two Etudes after Mantegna for Cello (1998)


I. Visage, II. Painter's Process
Duration: 10 minutes
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Whitman Fragment for Cello (2024)

Watch a video performance of excerpts from Whitman Fragment here

Duration: 3 minutes
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Solo Voice and up to 6 Players

Hand mit Ringen for Soprano and Three Players (2002)

(Vln., Cimbalom, Pno.)


Duration 7 minutes
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Hearing Things for Soprano and Piano (2008)


I. Look at Six Eggs, II. Hearing Things
Duration: 7 minutes
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Streets and Rivers for Baritone and Piano (2007)


I.Upper Broadway, II. Sudden Collapses in Public Places,
III. Diving Girl, IV. Hungry Thames
Duration: 14 minutes
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Three Descriptions for Soprano and Piano (1997)


I. First Floor, II. Evening, III. Greyhound
Duration: 7 minutes
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Two Neruda Odes for Soprano, Cello and Piano (2004)


I. Oda al plato, II. Oda a la mesa
Duration: 11 minutes
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Electroacoustic Works

Birds and Insects, Book 2 for Solo Piano with optional recorded birdsong (2018) 

1. Painted Bunting, 2. Hermit Thrush, 3. Black and White Warbler, 4. Thermometer Cricket, 5. Bobolink
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Birds and Insects, Book 3 for Solo Piano with optional recorded birdsong (2023) 

1. Lovely Fairywren, 2.Canyon Wren, 3.Great Grig, 4. Tawny Owls, 5. Troupial
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Urban Birds for Three Pianos with percussion and sampled birdsong (2014)


Duration: 14 minutes

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Chamber Works with Film

Meditation on Violence for Five Players (2012)


Music to accompany the Maya Deren film (Fl.=Alto Fl., Cl., Vln, Vcl, Pno.)
Duration: 12 minutes

Read more about Sierra's Maya Deren film score series here

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Ritual in Transfigured Time for Five Players (2016)

Music to accompany the Maya Deren film
(Bb Cl=Eb Cl., 2 Vlns., Vla., Vcl.)
Duration: 15 minutes

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Performing set

Studies in Choreography for Flute, Viola, and Harp (2019)

Duration: 9 minutes

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Dance

Four Choreographic Studies for Ten Players (2001)


I. Slingshot, II. Unravelling, III. Tango, IV. Risk (Fl., Cl., Tpt., 1 Perc., Pno., 2 Vln., Vla., Vcl., Db.)
Duration: 10 minutes
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Opera and Music Theatre

Faustine (in progress, 2011–)


Duration: ca. 75 munites

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Opera in one act for Six Voices and Orchestra (3. 3. 3. 3. / 4. 2. 2. 1/ 2 Perc. Timp/ Hp. Pno./ Strings)

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Cuatro Corridos: Dalia (2013)


Chamber Opera Scena for Soprano and Three Players
(Guitar/1 Perc/Pno)
Duration: 13 minutes
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Chorus*

Alike Dissolving for SATB, Children's Choir and String Orchestra (2001)

I. Weathers, II. The Lizard, III. Waiting Both, IV. Going and Staying
Duration: 14 minutes
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Alike Dissolving for Unaccompanied SATB (2001) 

I. Weathers, II. The Lizard, III. Waiting Both, IV. Going and Staying
Duration: 14 minutes
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Alleluya (Bitter-Sweet) for Unaccompanied SATB (2000) 

Duration: 3 minutes
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Alleluya (Bitter-Sweet) for four men's voices (2000)

Duration: 3 minutes
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Cristo no tiene cuerpo for Unaccompanied SATB (2024) 

Duration: 3 minutes
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