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Works

Orchestra

The Activity of Sound (2024)

2 flutes (1 = piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, contrabassoon, alto sax, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones (3 = bass tbn), 1 tuba, percussion (2 players), harp, piano, strings (8 min.)

Chamber

flute/piccolo, vibraphone, electric guitar, piano (8 min.)

Variations on a Stochastically Generated Melody (2023)

violin, cello, piano (5 min.)

Fugue for String Quartet (2023)

string quartet (3 min.)

Fanfare (2021)

trumpet, drum kit (5 min.)

Song for Pythagoras (2023)

violin, viola, guitar (5 min.)

Breakfast Time (2023)

viola, piano (3 min.)

This is a Spoon (2022)

flexible instrumentation (5 min.)

Look up and sing along (2022)

clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, trombone, percussion, double bass

(8 min.)

This is a Spoon (2022)

flexible instrumentation (5 min.)

Haftarah Bereshit (2022)

2 cellos (8 min.)

For Rachel (2022)

flute and clarinet, flute, or oboe and piano or guitar (6 min.)

Shifting Moods (2021)

flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano (14 min.)

Eḥad Mi Yodea (2019)

string quartet (5 min.)

Solo

Three Energy Studies (2021)
  1. Bounce
  2. Layup
  3. Running

piano (17 min.)

organ (7 min.)

Vocal

Tomorrow (2024)
Lyrics: William Shakespeare

baritone voice, bass clarinet (or bassoon), trumpet, trombone (6 min.)

pity this busy monster, manunkind (2023)
Lyrics: e. e. cummings

SATB chorus + piano (3 min.)

Philosophy (2024)
Lyrics: Dorothy Parker​

mezzo-soprano, piano (3 min.)

The Purist (2024)
Lyrics: Ogden Nash​

mezzo-soprano, piano (2 min.)

soprano, child soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, children's chorus, flute, horn, harp, percussion (25 min.)

o sweet spontaneous (2024)
Lyrics: e.e. cummings

SATB chorus (3 min.)

Frage (2023)
Lyrics: Nell Walden​

mezzo-soprano, piano (3 min.)

the glory is fallen out of (2022)
Lyrics: e. e. cummings

soprano voice, baritone voice, organ (4 min.)

The Story of Mary MacLane (2021)
Lyrics: Mary MacLane

2 sopranos, organ (5 min.)

Science Songs

View here at North Cambridge Family Opera website

Topsy-Turvy Vision (2020)

Lyrics: Meg Muckenhoupt

SATB chorus, piano, drum kit (4 min.)

Space Time-Out (2019)

Lyrics: Meg Muckenhoupt

SATB chorus, piano (5 min.)

Hurricane (2017)

Lyrics: Meg Muckenhoupt

SATB chorus, piano (3 min.)

Peanut Man (2016)

Lyrics: Joanna Brown

SATB chorus, banjo, guitar, violin, double bass (4 min.)

The Ballad of Michelson and Morley (2015)

Lyrics: Meg Muckenhoupt

SATB chorus, piano (4 min.)

© 2024 by RUTH HERTZMAN-MILLER

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