Upside Down String Quartet No. 1: Volteggio (2008)

Composed for cellist Rosie Mandel and her friends.

Molybdenum, 4-5-6-7-tet (2007)

Composed for the Advanced Cello Ensemble (A. C. E.) at Third Street Settlement Music School. Premiered fall 2007 under the direction of Sybille Johner.

String Quartet No. 2 (1990, 1994)

1. The World As Seen From The Moon
2. Deconstruction No. 1:
   The Planes Of Your Location
3. Deconstruction No. 2:
   Radio Waves or Where Else Could You Be?
4. Deconstruction No. 3:
   Stay Here, Don't Worry Anymore Tonight

3 movements deconstruct the 1st movement, which was premiered alone by Atlantic String Quartet for the League/ISCM at Merkin Hall, NYC 1/11/94 (reviewed N. Y. Times 1/94)

2-4th mov'ts premiered at Roulette, 12/11/94.

String Quartet No. 1 (1987, 1989)

• Allegro ma non tanto
• Chorale
• Dance

3 short movements experiment with modernist influences then move on into rhythm. Reading by Atlantic String Quartet, February, 1989.

The Violins Go To Boston (1985)

Violin duet premiered by Chen Yi and Gayle Roth, violins at Columbia Composers Concert, 1986.

Yauchzen (Yell for Joy) (1993, 1994)

Fantasia for solo double bass written for Jay Elfenbein. Premiered by Ken Filiano, Roulette, December 1994.

Tom & Mary Beth's Music (1995)

Music written for my brother's first wedding in Barnstable, early summer 1995. Performed by local Cape Cod string trio led by Sandy Spencer.

Trio in Question (1986)

L'Idylle Torchée (1986)

Solo viola etude. Reading by Speculum Musicae, 1986.

trio (2006)

1. caccia
2. canso
3. contredanse

Trio for two violins and piano. Premiered by John Van Buskirk, Kaori Washiyama and Heather Sommerlad at Bennington College 2006.

Cambridge Sonata (2005, 2007, in progress)

1. Kresge (2007)
2. Sanders (2007)
3. (untitled cha cha) (in progress)

2 pieces for young violinists (2006)

• La giustizia (from Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
• Yiri yiri bom (tune by Cuban salsero Beny Moré)

Short pieces which re-use well-known tunes in different rhythmic and contemporary contexts to pique the interest of the less experienced player .

Yiri yiri bom is also scored for cello and piano.

Just Met (1996)

Bass marimba and violin in conversation. Composed for Marimolin. Premiered by Lyris Hung and Danny Tunick at Roulette, NYC, March 25, 1998.

Called Out Ol' Texas (1994)

'Cello and alto sax duet (title is anagram thereof). Premiered and recorded live in concert at Roulette, December 1994, by Danny Weiss (alto sax) and Dan Barrett (cello), Hugo Dwyer recording. Released in 2002 on "Kitty Brazelton: Chamber Music for the Inner Ear", CRI-Emergency 889

Thauma Gegonen (1974)

Duet for double bass, harp and their voices. Recorded for broadcast by Terry Gross for NPR and WUHY-FM, Philadelphia Art Museum, fall 1975.

Sonata for the Inner Ear (1999)

• Exposition
• Development
• Recapitulation

3 modular movements deconstructing sonata form---is it valid?---Exposition establishes motives a and b in multiple configurations; Development invites all 8 players to solo on these ideas; Recapitulation restates and wraps up bang.

Premiered by the California EAR Unit, Los Angeles County Museum, October 13, 1999. Recorded in 2001 for release in 2002 on "Kitty Brazelton: Chamber Music for the Inner Ear", CRI-Emergency 889

Skimamaski (1996)

Premiered by Kitty Brazelton (voice), Martha Mooke (viola), Martha Colby (cello) and Jane Getter (electric guitar), Venus Festival, Context Studio, NYC, September 28 1996.

R (1989; revised, 1994 and 1998)

Chamber piece. No text. Parisian flavor? Rather exotic. Features guitar. Premiered and recorded by Jay Kauffman, classical guitar:

Roulette, NYC, March 1998 and December 1994.

Kitty Brazelton: Chamber Music for the Inner Ear, CRICD 889—Try New World Records http://www.newworldrecords.org/cri-nwr-2004-03.shtml

Queen of the Rain (1978; revised 1997)

Musica Orbis song revised for quintet. Performed by Mark Taylor, horn, Kitty Brazelton voice and flute, Jennifer Devore, cello, Jed Distler, piano, Music Under Construction, May 18, 1997. Adapted for First Avenue, January 1999.

The Two Timing F**k I'm in Love With (1996)

Poem by Carolyn Peyser of Nuyorican Poets. Premiere by Absolute Ensemble, June 30, 1996.

Recorded 1998 by Lyris Hung, violin, Tom Chiu, violin, Danny Tunick, percussion, Jimmy Pugliese, percussion, and Kitty Brazelton, voice.

Remembered Music—A Fragment (2008)

Orchestral song composed under the tutelage of David Del Tredici, and then re-orchestrated for a June 2008 performance with the String Orchestra of New York (SoNYC).