Ryan Streber

Repexus for 12 saxophones (2007)
dur. 10'30"
3 soprano, 3 alto, 3 tenor, 2 baritone and bass saxophones
Commissioned by Kenneth Radnofsky and the Boston Conservatory Saxophone Ensemble, and premiered by the ensemble with Michael Sakir conducting on November 12, 2007 in Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, Boston.

Arcuare for orchestra (2006)
dur. 12'30"
3(I=picc) 3(III=Eh) 3(III=Bcl) 3(III=Cbsn); 4331; timp, perc(4):[see score for percussion list]; pno(cel); harp; strings (10-8-8-6-4)
Premiered May 8, 2007 by the American Composers Orchestra, Paul Lustig Dunkel dir. at the 2007 Underwood New Music Readings, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU, New York, New York

Bacchae Fragments for 12 percussionists (2006)
dur. 9"
(see score for complete instrumentation)
Commissioned by the Lucerne Festival Academy
Premiered September 6, 2006 by the Lucerne Percussion Group , Michel Cerutti dir. at the Theatre La Fourmi, Lucerne, Switzerland

Dem Herbste Gleich (like autumn) for orchestra (2001; rev. 2003)
dur. 13'
3*3(III=Eh)22; 4221; timp, perc(2): glock., xyl, chimes, tgl, cym, sus.cym, tam-tam, bd; harp; strings
Commissioned and premiered by the Gemini Youth Symphony of Long Island, Amir Kats dir.at Suffolk Community College Brentwood on May 5, 2001. A revised version was premiered by Jeff Milarsky and the Juilliard Orchestra in The Juilliard Theatre on May 2, 2003.

Dem Herbste Gleich won an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, the Juilliard School 's Palmer-Dixon Prize, and the Juillard Orchestra's Student Composers Competition.

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Variations for chamber orchestra (1999 - 2000)
dur. 18'
1+ 1* 2(II=Bcl) 1; 111+; timp, perc(2):3 sus.cym, 2 tam-tams, sd, 2 tom-toms, bd (ped), bd, chimes, glock, vib, mar, 4 gongs; pno; harp; strings (2221)
C ommissioned by Joel Sachs and the New Juilliard Ensemble through their annual Student Composers Competition.
Premiered by the New Juilliard Ensemble, George Manahan dir., in Alice Tully Hall on February 18, 2000.

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Works for Small Ensemble

Day's Counterlight: Five Hölderlin Fragments (2007) for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (cl., vn, va, vc, pno)
dur. 15'
Commissioned by Counter)Induction and premiered by C)I with mezzo Bo Chang on December 7, 2007 at Christ and St. Stephen's Church, NYC.

Trio for Flute, Viola, and Violoncello ("dust shelter") (2005, rev. 2007)

dur. 23'
Violist Nadia Sirota commissioned this piece and premiered it with Alex Sopp (Flute) and Clarice Jensen ('Cello) in her recital at Juilliard's Morse Hall on March 30, 2005.

Cold Pastoral for percussion quartet (2004)
dur. 9'
crot, vib, sus.cym, siz.cym, hi-hats, sd, temp blk, tam-tam
Commissioned and premiered by Line C3 percussion Quartet on May 8, 2004 at Sun Azalea Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Closing Time for Alto Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Percussion, and Piano (2002)
dur. 13'
Commissioned and premiered by Flexible Music contemporary ensemble, a quartet comprised of Tim Ruedeman (sax), Dan Lippel (guitar), Haruka Fujii (percussion), and Eric Huebner (piano). They have performed the piece a number of times, most recently at Tenri Cultural institue in New York on October 14, 2005.

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Motet: tota pulchra es for soprano and ensemble (2000)
dur. 8'
fl, cl*, perc(1), pno, vn, vc
Premiered by Fountain Chamber Society, Yonah Zur dir. on November 6, 2001 at the 3rd Street Music School Settlement in New York, NY.

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Sonata: "une verrerie éphémère" for flute, viola, and harp (1998, rev.1999)
dur. 14'
Premiered in the spring of 1998 by Demarre McGill, Bridget Fitzgerald, and Bridget Kibbey at Paul Hall, Juilliard, New York, NY

The title is a quote from the late Mallarmé sonnet " Surgi de la croup et du bond".It was the winner of the New Juilliard Ensemble's Student Composers Award in 1999.

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Cantata (1996-1997) for soprano and orchestra is a setting in three movements of Mallarmé's late sonnet " A la nue accablante tu" It was premiered in an arrangement for soprano and chamber ensemble by Kristin Hoffman (voice), Jesse Mills (violin), Nicolas Schneider (cello), Stephen Smith (guitar), and Aaron Jackson (piano) in Juilliard's Morse Hall on April 26, 1997.

Works for Soloist

Silent Sister for percussion solo (2007)
Dur. 11'
vibraphone, 6 temple bowls, 2 indian bells, 2 dinner bells, 2 triangles.
Commissioned and premiered by Haruka Fujii on July 1st, 2007 in the Zeltsman Marimaba Festival at Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, Wisconsin.

Partita for solo violoncello (2007)
Dur. 9'
Commissioned by Sumire Kudo and premiered on August 23rd, 2007 at Oga Concert Hall in Karuizawa, Japan.

Dosillos y Humeros for solo percussion (2005)
dur. 13'
(see score for complete set-up)
Commissioned and premiered by Sam Solomon on November 6th, 2005 at Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory and in New York on November 7th, 2005 at Advent Lutheran Church.

Compassinges for solo percussion and electronics (2003)
dur. 8'
vib, mar, tape
composed for and premiered by percussionist Sam Solomon who first performed it at Lincoln Center on April 4, 2003 in the Juilliard Electronic Ensemble's series "Beyond the Machine 2.0".

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Sonatina for Solo Violin (1998, rev. 2002)
dur. 9'
premiered in its original form by Colin Jacobsen in Paul Hall on March 24, 1998. A revised version was premiered by Harumi Rhodes at her Juilliard recital in the spring of 2002, and she subsequently performed it at a concert with her quartet, The Milton Quartet (a.k.a. The Sherry Quartet) in the series New Music on North Sixth at Galapagos on November 5, 2002.This performance was reviewed by Strings magazine: "The Evening's dark horse was Ryan Streber's Sonata for Violin Solo [ sic. ], an elegant and tightly crafted piece by a gifted young composer..."

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Electronic and Recorded Music

Bacchae (2006)

5 Songs for voice and misc electronic and amplified instruments (2002-2004)

Compassinges for solo percussion and electronics (2003)
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