2019
Unity – for Percussion Duet (2019) [variable length] for Speak Percussion
premiere: 2019 TENOR Conference/Speak Percussion; Melbourne [AU], July 2019
2020
starling sandbox – for solo piccolo [2020] for Salvatore Sciarrino [4′ – 5′]
digital premiere: Sean Quinn @ Melbourne Con composer concert; Melbourne [AU], May 2020
manufacturers: things that are made to be broken – structured improvisation [2020]
recording: Berry College New Music Ensemble; Georgia [US], February 2021
premiere: The Thinking Minds Project – In Motion; London, March 28th 2021
understated matter – for solo Double-Bell Horn [2020/23] for Christine Chapman and Ensemble Musikfabrik
premiere: Christine Chapman, Musikfabrik Studios; Köln, July 2020 [live/digital premiere]
incubation – for solo Clarinet D’amore (2020) for Richard Haynes [13′ ½] score
premiere: Richard Haynes; Bern [CH], October 23rd 2020
season premiere: SMC Lausanne series; Lausanne [CH], March 20th 2023
recorded on CD ‘ghosts of motion‘ – Richard Haynes and Cubus Records [Switzerland]
droop, a children’s piece – for Narrator and Basset Horn/Bass Clarinet (2020) for Sarah Watts and Jon Iles [2′ – 3′] score
digital premiere: Sarah Watts & John Iles @ Feed the Hound CD Launch; Sheffield [UK], March 25th 2021
recorded: Feed the Hound – released on Cuillin Sound Music Label, June 18 2021
waiting – for Voice and Mixed Quartet (2020-21) for Ensemble Zeitstoff and Deutsche Musikwettbewerb, 2021 [from the elephant in blue cycle]
- stillness – Voice + Trio: Tuba, Percussion, Prepared Piano (2020)
1a. (transfixed) – solo Alto Saxophone (2020) for Alex Prill
- wrath – Voice + Quartet: Alto Sax, Tuba, Percussion, Prepared Piano (2020-21)
- disdain – Voice + Percussion (2021) for Marijana and Dennis
- listen – Voice + Quartet: Alto Sax, Tuba, Percussion, Prepared Piano (2024)
digital premiere: (excerpt) Ensemble Zeitstoff, Deutsche Musikwettbewerb Semi-finals; Hannover [DE], March 2021
2021
.. an intermittent breath .. – for solo Accordion (2021) for Ghenadie Rotari [2′]
premiere: Quarantine Diaries concert; Tierto [IT], February
eve (i) – for solo Mezzo-Soprano (2020, rev. 2021) [7′] for Anna and Kammerklang
premiere: Anna Fraser, Vestige presented by Kammerklang; Sydney [AU], April 17 2021
glint – for solo Crotales (2021) [2’ – 3’] for Luis Azcona
premiere: Luis Azcona @ Masters Recital; HKB – Bern [CH], April 30, 2021
AU premiere: Aditya Bhat @ Sins of my Youth portrait concert; Melbourne [AU], October 2023/early 2024
the inane beauty of its surface – for solo Soprano (2021) [4′ – 5′] for Tony Arnold, commissioned by the NMoP Festival [under revision]
from ‘EXO’ (2020-24)
digital premiere: Tony Arnold, New Music on the Point Festival; Vermont (US), June 2021
recompense – for solo Trumpet (2021, rev. 2023) [6′ – 7′] commissioned by Tobi Kreiger
premiere: Tobi Krieger – Karlsruhe [DE], February tbd 2024
repent – for solo trumpet (2021) [45″] excerpt from recompense
suspicious matter – for solo Double-Bell Trumpet (2021) [8′] [under revision]
premiere: TBD 2024, Berlin (DE)
wrath – for Voice and Mixed Quartet (2021) Ensemble Zeitstoff
excerpt from ‘waiting’ (2021)
premiere: Ensemble Zeitstoff @ Deutsche Musikwettbewerb; Freiburg, August 6-12 2021
a hidden figure – for solo Bassoon (2021) [3′ – 4′] for Hannah Hunt
premiere: 15 November, 2021 – Recorded Performance (Melbourne)
all is done – for coloratura Soprano & Soprano Saxophone (2021) [4′ – 5′]
excerpt from Scene 3: of stale silences of opera moths (2021-25)
premiere: TBD
eve (ii) – for Soprano, amplified Crotales & Tape (2021) [5′ – 7′] for Peyee Chen
excerpt from Scene 4: Unseen to Unsound of opera moths (2021-25)
here it lays – for Baritone and Bass Clarinet (2021) [8′ – 9′]
Scene 3: here it lays from chamber opera tree tongue time traveler
Premiere: Justin Spenner; Minnesota [US], tbd 2023/24
2022
participants in silence’s deafening – for Bass Clarinet & Double Bass (2022) [6′] for STASH Duo
from by the hands of those that love me (2022-25)
premiere: STASH Duo; Melbourne (AU), tbd 2023/24
lunaesthesia – for Soprano and Grand Piano (2022) [7′] for April Martin and Evan Fein
premiere: 26 April 2022, Julliard (NYC/US) – April Martin and Evan Fein [recording]
invitation – for solo Clarinet D’amore (2020/22) [2′ – 3′] for R.H
excerpt from incubation
(un)becoming – for solo E♭ clarinet (2022) [1′ – 2′]
recording: Richard Haynes; Thun (CH), 2023
under veils of breath – for solo Bass Flute (2022) [8′] for Eric Lamb
from EXO (2020-24)
premiere: Eric Lamb; Vienna/Berlin [AS/DE], various dates/venues
a hollow heart’s temptation – for Flute, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Harp & Violoncello (2022) [9′ – 11′] for Ensemble Offspring, commissioned as part of the Hatched Composer Intensive
digital premiere: Ensemble Offspring Hatched Composer Showcase; Sydney [AU], February 2023
revised premiere: ANAM students @ Sins of my Youth portrait concert; Melbourne [AU], October 2023/early 2024
ergo, therefore i am – for solo Viola (2021-22, rev. 2023) [8′] for Phoebe Green [under revision]
premiere: Phoebe Green @ Phoebe Green & Ben Opie; Tempo Rubato – Melbourne [AU], December 8 2022
2023
resonance/residue – for two soloists, group, objects and electronics (2023) [23′] for Chateau Orquevaux
premiere: February 26, Chateau Orquevaux artists (Orquevaux, France)
dross – for solo Percussion (2023) [6′] for Aditya
from the fabric of one’s mettle (2023-)
premiere: Aditya Bhat @ Darmstadt Ferienkurse; Darmstadt [DE], August 2023 tbd
bypass – for solo violoncello (2022-23) [11′] co-commissioned by Urban Megušar and Robbie Bui
premiere: Urban Megušar @ Bled Castle; Bled [SL], June 29th 2023
brink – for Alto Saxophone, Viola, Violoncello and prepared Harp (2023) [9′] commissioned by .abeceda for the .abeceda Contemporary Music Festival
premiere: .abeceda contemporary music ensemble @ Bled Castle; Bled [SL], June 26th 2023
Selected scores can be found on issuu: https://issuu.com/quinn.sean.music
SEAN X. QUINN 