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Works

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Solo and Duo
Chamber Music
Large Ensemble Works
Orchestral Works
Voice
Film, Dance and Theatre
All

Solo and Duo

sada

for double bell trumpet and electronics

commissioned by Amy Horvey

2024

sempervivum

for solo cello and electronics

commissioned by CastelCello festival

13’00”

2022

hōrai

for solo flute with electronics, video, and smoke machine

commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor

21’00”

2021

sépulcre

for double bass and voice

8’04”

2016

murmuration

for piano and tape

7’55”

2015

conversation I: reconciliation

for piano and violin

commissioned by Ensemble Wapiti

9’10”

2014 

Chamber Music

bathymetry

microtonal instrumentarium – percussion trio

commissioned by Bascaille trio

19’19″

2023

Aer

for 9 musicians and soprano

commissioned by Festival Ars Musica

12’

2021

Bioluminescence

for brass septet

12’

2021

Voix jetées

soprano, bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion 

commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo

14’

2021

Efflorescence

for piano trio (violin, cello, piano)

15’

2019

echoic memories

pocket opera in four movements, for nine musicians (flute, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass, percussion and electronics)

commissioned by music@villaromana festival, Florence

60’

2019

dust

for string quartet

10’42”

2019

tenebræ

for string quartet

commissioned by musica assoluta, Hannover

7’03”

2018

Salt

for string quartet

9’04”

2018

kintsukuroi

for piano, percussion and alto saxophone

commissioned by Codes d’accès

12’05”

2017

let (in)

for flute, 2 violins, viola and cello

9’47”

2017

ere

for 5 violins

7’08”

2016

redaction

for soprano, violin, bass clarinet, cello and piano

5’43”

2016

falling’s just like flying

for flute, tenor saxophone, cello and double bass

8’39”

2016

Large Ensemble Works

Arras

for 14 musicians (fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tp, tbn, pno, perc, 2vln, vla, vlc, db)

commissioned by the Azrieli Foundation

21’00”

2020

La vingt-cinquième heure

for mixed choir (50), organ, and wind ensemble (2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones)

on a text by Dany Laferrière, commissioned by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

12’

2020

La cartographie des sons

for qanun and string orchestra 

commissioned by la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec

12’00”

2019

ebb

for 15 musicians (fl, ob, cl, b.cl, bsn, hn, tp, tbn, pno, perc, 2vln, vla, vlc, db)

commissioned by Le Nouvel ensemble moderne

13’31”

2018

Ombra

concerto for baroque five string cello and string orchestra

commissioned by Ensemble Arkea

12’16”

2018

ere

version for 11 strings

8’24”

2017

f o r e s t f o r t h e t r e e s

for 11 strings (6 vn, 2 va, 2 vc, db)

6’20”

2017

Orchestral Works

[ inaudible ]

for symphony orchestra (4[1.2.3.pic] 3[1.2.ca] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 / 4331 / timp.5perc / hp.cel / str)

commissioned by Orchestre métropolitain

11’00”

2023

listening underwater

for symphony orchestra (2222 / 2221 / timp.2perc / hp / str)

commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra

17’00”

2023

excavated sound

for symphony orchestra (2222 / 2221, 2perc / hp / pno / str)

commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with financial support from the Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation

12’00”

2022

à perte de vue…

for symphony orchestra (3[1.2.picc] 3[1.2.ca] 3[1.2.bcl] 3 / 4331 / timp.3perc / hp / str)

7’00”

2018

les étourneaux

for symphony orchestra (3* 2 3* 2 / 4332 / timp.2perc / pno / str)

7’48”

2016

Voice

l’écoute du perdu

3 soloists: soprano/alto, soprano/alto, baritone, with ensemble: bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano/synthesizer + speaker cube, percussion + speaker cube + live electronics 

commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo

60’

2023

Voix jetées

soprano, bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion 

commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo

14’

2021

La vingt-cinquième heure

for mixed choir (50), organ, and wind ensemble (2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones)

on a text by Dany Laferrière, commissioned by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

12’

2020

Film, Dance and Theatre

Fractals of You

choreography by Tentacle Tribe, 2016

60’

As Sovereign as Love / Souveraine comme l’amour

video by David K. Ross, 2017

12’10”

peau/os

choreography by Chloé Bourdages-Roy, 2016

9’22”

No Boundaries

video by Teresa Kuo, 2016

5’00”

Ink

tape composition, 2014

2’50”

A Sorry State

television documentary by Mitch Miyagawa, 2012

47’42”

Solo and Duo

sada

for double bell trumpet and electronics

commissioned by Amy Horvey

2024

sempervivum

for solo cello and electronics

commissioned by CastelCello festival

13’00”

2022

hōrai

for solo flute with electronics, video, and smoke machine

commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor

21’00”

2021

sépulcre

for double bass and voice

8’04”

2016

murmuration

for piano and tape

7’55”

2015

conversation I: reconciliation

for piano and violin

commissioned by Ensemble Wapiti

9’10”

2014

Chamber Music

bathymetry

microtonal instrumentarium – percussion trio

commissioned by Bascaille trio

19’19″

2023

Aer

for 9 musicians and soprano

commissioned by Festival Ars Musica

12’

2021

Voix jetées

soprano, bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion 

commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo

14’

2021

Bioluminescence

for brass septet

12’

2021

Efflorescence

for piano trio (violin, cello, piano)

15’

2019

echoic memories

pocket opera in four movements, for nine musicians (flute, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass, percussion and electronics)

commissioned by music@villaromana festival, Florence

60’

2019

dust

for string quartet

10’42”

2019

tenebræ

for string quartet

commissioned by musica assoluta, Hannover

7’03”

2018

Salt

for string quartet

9’04”

2018

kintsukuroi

for piano, percussion and alto saxophone

commissioned by Codes d’accès

12’05”

2017

let (in)

for flute, 2 violins, viola and cello

9’47”

2017

ere

for 5 violins

7’08”

2016

redaction

for soprano, violin, bass clarinet, cello and piano

5’43”

2016

falling’s just like flying

for flute, tenor saxophone, cello and double bass

8’39”

2016

Large Ensemble Works

Arras

for 14 musicians (fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tp, tbn, pno, perc, 2vln, vla, vlc, db)

commissioned by the Azrieli Foundation

21’

2020

La vingt-cinquième heure

for mixed choir, organ, and wind ensemble

commissioned by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

13’

2020

La cartographie des sons

for qanun and string orchestra 

commissioned by la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec

12’

2019

ebb

for 15 musicians (fl, ob, cl, b.cl, bsn, hn, tp, tbn, pno, perc, 2vln, vla, vlc, db)

commissioned by Le Nouvel ensemble moderne

13’31”

2018

Ombra

concerto for baroque five string cello and string orchestra

commissioned by Ensemble Arkea

12’16”

2018

ere

version for 11 strings

8’24”

2017

f o r e s t f o r t h e t r e e s

for 11 strings (6 vn, 2 va, 2 vc, db)

6’20”

2017

Orchestral Works

[ inaudible ]

for symphony orchestra (4[1.2.3.pic] 3[1.2.ca] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 / 4331 / timp.5perc / hp.cel / str)

commissioned by Orchestre métropolitain

11’00”

2023

listening underwater

for symphony orchestra (2222 / 2221 / timp.2perc / hp / str)

commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra

17’00”

2023

excavated sound

for symphony orchestra (2222 / 2221 / 2perc / hp / pno / str)

commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with financial support from the Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation

12’00”

2022

à perte de vue…

for symphony orchestra (3[1.2.picc] 3[1.2.cAng] 3[1.2.bCl] 3 / 4331 / timp.3perc / hp / str)

7’00”

2018

les étourneaux

for symphony orchestra (3* 2 3* 2 / 4332 / timp.2perc / pno / str)

7’48”

2016

Voice

l’écoute du perdu

3 soloists: soprano/alto, soprano/alto, baritone, with ensemble: bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano/synthesizer + speaker cube, percussion + speaker cube + live electronics 

commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo

60’

2023

Voix jetées

soprano, bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion 

commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo

14’

2021

La vingt-cinquième heure

for mixed choir (50), organ, and wind ensemble (2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones)

on a text by Dany Laferrière, commissioned by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

12’

2020

Film, Dance and Theatre

Fractals of You

choreography by Tentacle Tribe, 2016

60’

As Sovereign as Love / Souveraine comme l’amour

video by David K. Ross, 2017

12’10”

peau/os

choreography by Chloé Bourdages-Roy, 2016

9’22”

No Boundaries

video by Teresa Kuo, 2016

5’00”

Ink

tape composition, 2014

2’50”

A Sorry State

television documentary by Mitch Miyagawa, 2012

47’42”

about keiko

Keiko Devaux is a contemporary music composer based in Montréal. She composes regularly for diverse ensembles, as well as collaborates with choreographers and cinematic productions.

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