Musical Compositions by Katharine O'Connell

Theater

1992 The Quiet Farmer, from a childrents book by Marni McGee (wind quintet and narrator)
1998 Incidental music for Hamlet, text by William Shakespeare (voice, guitar, violin and flute)
1999 Act, text by Liana Sakeliou (soprano and piano)
1999 RedMachines, ballet adapted from a novel by F.D. Reeve (solo piano)
2000 The Play of Daniel (a liturgical drama based on a 12th century French manuscript. scored for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus, flute, guitar and percussion)
2000 Waiting for Godot, text adapted from the play by Samuel Beckett (opera scene for baritone, mezzo soprano and piano)

Orchestra

1997 Three American Dances (chamber orchestra)
2000 Turner Seascapes (Three pieces for full orchestra inspired by paintings by J.W. Turner)

Chamber

1987 Two Images for String Quartet

First Prize, College of Creative Studies Competition for Young Composers

1987 Dance with a Shadow (violin and piano)

Second Prize, College of Creative Studies Competition for Young Composers

1992 Litany (cello and marimba)
1993 Elegy for Violin and Piano
1995 Forest Child (oboe and piano)

1996 Two Dances (oboe, bassoon, violin, viola and harpsichord)

Citation of merit, National Association of Composers, USA, First Prize, Kodaly Institute Competition for Young Composers

1997 Kaleidoscope (viola and harpsichord)
1997 Piano Quintet (string quartet and piano)
1998 Trio (clarinet, violin and piano)
1998 Fantasia, Toccata and Chaconne (marimba and vibraphone)
1998 Sextet (wind quintet and piano)
1999 Sonata da Chiesa (treble and bass viola da gamba)
1999 Spirituals in Black and White (flute, marimba!vibraphone, cello)
2000 Two Etudes for Recorder and Guitar

Piano

1985 Cat and Mouse

MTAC Regional Winner, Southern California

1986 Sketches of an English Garden

MTAC State Winner, California

1999 Red Machines, ballet adapted from a novel by F.D. Reeve (solo piano)

Choral

1995 Walks of Dreams, text by Walt Whitman (madrigal for four-voice choir)
2000 Lament, text adapted from Psalm 42 (for SATB choir with cello accompaniment)

Vocal

1992 Two Sea Songs, text by Anne Stevenson (soprano, flute, viola and piano)
1993 The Panther, text by R.M. Rilke (tenor and marimba)
1993 The Beautiful Changes and A Song, text by Richard Wilbur (soprano, flute, harp, vibraphone and cello)
1993 Three Songs, text by e.e. cummings (voice and piano)
1994 Requiem, (soprano, trumpet and organ)
1997 Three Songs from As You Like It, text by William Shakespeare (voice, guitar)
1997 Echoes,text by Hart Crane (soprano, flute, vibraphone and cello)
1998 Voices, text by F.D. Reeve (three songs for soprano, baritone, viola and piano) Honorable Mention, National Association of Composers, USA
1998 l am Short text by F.D. Reeve (tenor, viola and piano)
1999 Seasons in the Mind, text by F.D. Reeve (two songs for soprano and piano)
1999 Two Vermont Sonnets, text by F.D. Reeve (two songs for soprano and piano)
2000 Four Songs, texts by Gerard Manley Hopkins and F.D. Reeve (soprano and guitar)

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