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Composer Collaborations

Championing the voices of OUR GENERATION

Whether collaborating with students, emerging voices, or established artists, Clara finds deep joy in the creative process and in bringing new works to life on stage.

Her commissioning efforts give voice to today’s composers and help ensure that this vital repertoire continues to flourish.

clara has…

Commissioned works from:

Katherine Balch

Christopher Cerrone

Donald Crockett

Molly Herron

Leilehua Lanzilotti

Juri Seo

Christopher Stark

Dan Van Hassel

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worked with:

Stephen Hartke

George Lewis

Andrew Norman

Roger Reynolds

Kaija Saariaho

Rand Steiger

Christopher Theofanidis

Augusta Read Thomas

upcoming commissions

bobby ge

Solo violin work commissioned for the People and Places project

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thomas Osborne

Duo for violin and geomungo commissioned for East | West project

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sepehr pirasteh

Solo violin work commissioned for People and Places project

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List of commissioned works

Jessica Ackerley: Shadow Drawing No. 5: Svalbard Fjords and Glaciers (2025)

Katherine Balch: drip music (2019) for Argus Quartet, made possible with the support of Concert Artists Guild, premiered at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall

Joseph Bohigian: Rerooted (2022) for Argus Quartet, a project about Syrian-Armenian refugees, funded by New Music USA Creator Development Fund

Christopher Cerrone: string quartet arrangement of How to Breathe Underwater (2016) for Argus Quartet

JunYi Chow: The Wind Sings III (2025) for solo violin

Donald Crockett: Travelling Symphony for string quartet (2017) for Argus Quartet, made possible by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

David Crowell: Cloud Forest (2021) for Argus Quartet, supported by Dumbarton Oaks

Eric Guinivan: String Quartet No. 1 (2014) for Argus Quartet, made possible by a classical commissioning grant from Chamber Music America; Autumn Dusk (2015) for Argus Quartet

Bobby Ge: new work for solo violin (2026)

Molly Herron: Orchesography (2023) for 48 St. Stephen

Noah K.: Jazz for solo violin (2021)

Thomas Kotcheff: scratch cradle (2015) for Argus Quartet

Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti: ahupaa’a for string quartet (2022) for Argus Quartet, funded by the National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund

Yoon-Ji Lee: Getting Closer (2021) for 48 St. Stephen, funded by St. Botolph Club Foundation

Shuying Li: Miss Ying-Ning (2019) for Argus Quaertet, funded by the New Jersey Composer’s Guild

A.J. McCaffrey: Sometimes Even Music Cannot Substitute for Tears (2025) for solo violin and ensemble, written in memory of Sarah Gibson; Air, Ear, Ire, Hour, Aura (2018) for piano trio

Jessica Meyer: Of Being (2021) for Argus Quartet, made possible by a classical commissioning grant from Chamber Music America

Bongani Ndodana-Breen: Khanyisa (2020) for 48 St. Stephen, funded by St. Botolph Club Foundation

Jordan Nelson: eleven attempts at goodbye (2025) in memory of Sarah Gibson; Source, a concerto for solo violin, four singers, and chamber ensemble (2013); Interstellar Travel Itinerary for violin and live processing (2013); Two Mythological Birds for solo violin (2012); Three Mythological Cats for solo violin (2020)

Patrick O’Malley: Prelude (2020) for 48 St. Stephen; Violin Concerto “Between Two Chasms” (2018)

Thomas Osborne: Ke kai lipolipo polihua a Kāne / The Distant Deep Blue Sea (2025) for violin, geomungo, and piano

Christopher Stark: cocci di tempo (2022) for violin, piano, and electronics, for 48 St. Stephen

Juri Seo: String Quartet No. 1 (2017) for Argus Quartet, funded with the generous support from the Koussevitzy Foundation

Daniel Silliman: scanner/scrawler for violin and electronics (2016); scaffold for piano trio (2014)

Sepehr Pirasteh: new work for solo violin (2026)

Dan VanHassel: Sonata (2024) for 48 St. Stephen 

support

Presenters, collaborators, and supporters are invited to get in touch to discuss future commissions. Opportunities to make tax-deductible contributions toward new works will be available soon.

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