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Indigenous Composers - Violin Repertoire

Every violinist is familiar with the standards in the instrument's repertoire.  However, the desire to discover, perform and enjoy music composed by underrepresented groups (ex. non-male, BIPOC) is growing.  To make your search easier, I have compiled the list below of solo violin, string quartet, and other chamber works written by Indigenous composers.  Music by Black Composers, a project by the RBP Foundation, put out a list of repertoire for violin and orchestra compiled by Rachel Barton Pine and Dr. Megan E. Hill.  This was my inspiration.

Dawn Avery 

Ohnekha'shòna Yakònkwe

-2020

-violin, prepared piano

-commissioned by Duo Concertante

-honoring Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)

 

Raven Chacon

Lats’aadah

-2004

-solo violin

-written for Mark Menzies

(Bury Me) Where The Lightning [Will] Never Find Me

-2019 

-bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion

-commissioned by Arraymusic

Horse Notations

-2019

-flute, string quartet, 2 hand drums

-commissioned by Oregon East Symphony

Journey of the Horizontal People

-2016

-string quartet

-commissioned by Kronos Quartet

Double Weaving

-2014

-string quartet

-commissioned by ETHEL Quartet

Pointillismo

-2001

-string quartet

Biyan

-2011

-flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion

-commissioned by Ensemble Music New Mexico

 

Brent Michael Davids

Wood That Sings

-2019

-solo violin

-commissioned by Dr. Katherine McLin

Tinnitus Quartet

-2005

-string quartet

-commissioned by Miró Quartet

The Last of James Fenimore Cooper

-2001

-string quartet, narrator

-written for Miró Quartet

-commissioned by the Caramoor International Music Festival


Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

Pisachi (Reveal)

-2013

-string quartet

-commissioned by ETHEL Quartet

 

Abitahánta’: The Hunter Who Was Not So Great

-2021

-solo violin, narrator

-commissioned by Katie Lansdale

Shawi’ Imanompa’ (Raccoon Talk)

-2019

-solo violin

-commissioned by Katie Lansdale

MoonStrike

-2019

-string quartet

-commissioned by Apollo Chamber Players

Oshta (Four)

-2017

-solo violin

-commissioned by Irina Muresanu

Standing Bear: A Ponca Indian Cantata in Eight Tableaux

-2016

-baritone, piano, string sextet

-commissioned by Hildegard Center for the Arts

 

Melody McKiver 

Odaanaabag

-2019

-string quartet, pre-recorded electronics

-commissioned by Jumblies Theatre and Sound-streams

Trio on Themes by Sadie Buck

-2021

-violin, viola, vibraphone

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