Jonah Elrod

Composer

If you are interested in performing any of the works below, please contact me at jonahlelrod [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks!

List of Works:

Solo

For the Bat Who Loves the Night solo flute 2–3:00 2023

    Slow Emergencies solo piano 5–6:00 2022

Quiet Beacon    solo piano    ~1:00   2018   composed for the NETZWELLEN social media project.

    The Vulture    solo mezzo-soprano    6:00   2015

    Ancient Echoes    solo percussion    6:20   2014

    The Inner Dialogue    solo trombone    8:40   2010

Solo with Fixed Media

Footwork: from gesture to rhythm solo bass clarinet, dancer, and fixed media 8–12:00 2023

    The Night is Empty...   clarinet solo and stereo fixed media    1:55    2018–2022

    Under the Black Sun    piano solo and stereo fixed media    7:20   2017

    Urban Sky Glow    marimba solo and stereo fixed media    9:50   2016

String Quartet

    Mauna Loa    string quartet    8:12   2015

    molto agitato    string quartet    6:40   2014

    a ghost in the room   string quartet    7:50   2009

Chamber Ensemble

A Lost Winter  chamber ensemble (fl., cl., sax., mezzo, pno.) *in progress 2024

In the Absence of Snow chamber ensemble (2 fl., cl., bass cl., tbn., vn., va., vc., pno.) 8–12:00 2023

 A Tree for Everyone, and a One for Every Tree flute and percussion 7:00 2019

Athabasca soprano voice and cello 1:00 2018

Terrene Roars    timpani and brass quintet    6:20   2017

    Four Crossings    flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion    6:43   2015

    Four Songs    mezzo-soprano and percussion    5:10   2014

    Twin Dreams    percussion ensemble    9:40   2014

Wraith tenor voice and piano 5:00 2013

    Amergin    vocal octet, undetermined strings, stereo fixed media    ~10:00–15:00   2013

    A Spotless Moon    clarinet, cello, piano, percussion    9:50   2013

    The Leaves are Gently Falling    violin and cello    5:15   2011

    Movement for Percussion    percussion ensemble    5:30   2009

Large Ensemble

    Lilliputian Arctic Deviation    fl., cl,. ob., bn., hn., tpt., tbn., 3 perc., pno., 2 vn., va., vc., cb.    14:00   2018

    Daydream    wind ensemble and percussion    7:20   2011

   Mindfulness    orchestra    9:20   2011

    Twins    wind ensemble and percussion    17:30   2008

    Concerto for Alto Saxophone    wind ensemble and percussion    20:00   2008

Fixed Media

  Between Ice and Sky stereo 6:19 2021

 Ancient Voices, Ancient Skies stereo 6:11 2019

 Ambalangoda    stereo    5:35   2018    for the Cities and Memory: Sri Lanka project

    Blue Summer Dream    stereo   3:45   2018    for the Cities and Memory: Sound Photography project

    We are out of water    stereo    4:40   2017

    It Means 'Light'    stereo   4:15   2017    for the Cities and Memory: Protest and Politics project

    Doing Not-Doing    8 channels    4:20   2016

    Reflect without Blurring    8 channels    6:21   2015

    Where the room isn't    stereo    6:00   2015

    No River like Craving    stereo    6:30   2015

    Stratosphere II    stereo    7:20   2013

Fixed Media with Dancers

    Flood    stereo    4:40   2016

    Quartet7    stereo    2:15   2015

    Sliding Solos    stereo    2:10   2015

    Melanie in Her Shrinking Box    stereo    3:30   2015

    Isochron    stereo    4:30   2015

    The Secret of the City    stereo    7:16   2015

Soundtrack and Audio for Film

    Jezreel    stereo    6:00   2016   video by Krista Hershberger

    Interior    stereo    3:45   2015   video by Angie Sara

    Contingency    stereo       2012   film directed by Megan Pham

Laptop Orchestra and Multimedia/Sound Installation

    Prairie Memory for laptop and video projector 10:02 (loop) 2019

Prelude and Dream for the Third Quarter Moon for laptop with Max/MSP, MIDI controllers, and video projector 01:03:00 2019

MainiaM for laptop with Max/MSP and MIDI controllers improvised installation (~1 hour) 2019

Dreams of Saturn for laptop with Max/MSP, MIDI controllers, and video projector improvised installation (~1 hour) 2019

SE2019102ES for laptop and video projector 13:33 (loop) 2019

Cries of the Earth at Solstice for laptop and video projector 15:24 2019

IC1223    four laptops with Max/MSP    12:30 (loop)   2014

    Eco-Location    laptop orchestra    ~5:00–10:00   2014

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