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• 1 media/Dawn Avery.jpg 2022-06-02T01:37:21+00:00 Indigenous Composers - Violin Repertoire 13 plain 2022-06-08T17:24:05+00:00 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