Kristin Kuster

music

orchestra

Rain On It (2011)

orchestra (3222 4231 timp, 2 perc, hp, str)
10 minutes
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Beneath This Stone (2007)

orchestra (3222 4231 timp, 2 perc, hp, str)
10 minutes
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Iron Diamond (2005)

orchestra (3222 4321 timp, 3 perc, str)
6 minutes
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The Narrows (2003)

orchestra (3233 4331 timp, 3 perc, str)
10 minutes
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orchestra with voices

The Trickster & the Troll (2008)

chamber opera in two acts
soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, narrator & chamber orchestra
(1110 1000 timp, 1 perc, pno, str)
60 minutes (w/40-minute version available)
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Myrrha (2006)

three sopranos, tbb choir & orchestra (3121 4020 timp, 3 perc, hp, str)
16 minutes
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listen to an excerpt of Myrrha (3706 kb mp3)

The Wind Will Gather (2002)

sixteen voices & orchestra (2222 2220 timp, 2 perc, pno, str)
18 minutes
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wind ensemble

Two Jades (2011)

violin solo & symphony band
14 minutes
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Lost Gulch Lookout (2008)

wind ensemble (4232 4331, 3 perc, hp, 2 cb)
10 minutes
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Interior (2006)

wind ensemble (3232 4221, 2 perc, hp, cb)
11 minutes
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music theatre

The Soulless (in progress--2012)

cast: 2 females, 3 males / silent man (dancer) / dancers
1 hour, 40 minutes

chamber ensemble

Sweet Poison (2011)

multi-percussion & piano
4 minutes
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Here, Leaving (2010)

solo cello, 2 violin, viola, contrabass, 1 percussion
12 minutes
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Midnight Mirror (2009)

string quartet
18 minutes
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Perpetual Afternoon (2009)

flute & piano
6 minutes
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Little Trees (2009)

percussion quartet
7 minutes
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Ribbon Earth (2008)

flute, clarinet, bassoon & string quartet
12 minutes
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Perpetual Noon (2008)

flute & piano
11 minutes
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Ando: wind beneath rain (2006)

clarinet & violin
7 minutes
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fzg drzl; ptchs fog (2005)

clarinet & piano
9 minutes
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Jellyfish (2004)

alto saxophone & piano
clarinet in A & piano score also available
11 minutes
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listen to an excerpt of Jellyfish (3182 kb mp3)

Breath Beneath (2004)

saxophone quartet
9 minutes
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Ando: light against shade (2003)

flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello, piano & percussion
12 minutes
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listen to an excerpt of Ando: light against shade (3496 kb mp3)

Wright Spaces (2000)

string quartet
11 minutes
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listen to an excerpt of Wright Spaces (3496 kb mp3)

vocal ensemble

given a body (2011)

choir (ttbb)
9 minutes

Home (2010)

choir (satb)
3 minutes

Zephyrus (2009)

choir (satb w/divisi), saxophone quartet
8 minutes
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Redness (2008)

choir (satb w/divisi)
10 minutes
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Bleed (2007)

choir (satb w/divisi), 1 percussion, harp, string quartet
11 minutes
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Lux fulgebit (2004)

unaccompanied choir (satb)
6 minutes 30 seconds
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Rorate caeli (2003)

unaccompanied choir (sssatbb)
7 minutes
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vocal solo

Baby Be (2010)

soprano, piano
4 minutes 30 seconds

Long Ago (2008)

mezzo soprano, piano
3 minutes 45 seconds
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How About It? (2008)

bass, piano
4 minutes
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No (2008)

tenor, piano
4 minutes 30 seconds
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Silken Branches (2007)

baritone, piano
3 minutes 30 seconds
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Soon (2007)

soprano, piano
7 minutes
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Sorrow (2007)

soprano, piano
3 minutes 15 seconds
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Dream Black Night (2007)

soprano, piano
5 minutes 30 seconds
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Indoors Again (2001)

soprano, piano
12 minutes
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