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Large Ensemble Works

Against the Grain (2009)
wind ensemble
Commissioned by Dinosaur Annex.
Premiere: Young Composers Festival, Allen Hall, Boston, MA (2009).

A Child Said, What Is the Grass
(2008) 8"
for chamber orchestra, children's chorus, adult chorus, soprano solo. 
Poem by Walt Whitman.
Commissioned by the Community Music Center of Boston.
Premiere: Quarter Note: A David Lapin Celebration, Boston, MA. (2008)

Country Fields (2006) 5"
Written for the Providence Mandolin Orchestra.
Premiere: Arts in the Village Concert Series, Rehoboth, MA.
08/06 Waterfire Providence and remainder of 2006-2007 season.

Theatrical Works

Le Bistro Cafe (2003) 1'45"
2-act jazz-influenced musical comedy for 13 singers, jazz quartet.
Book, music, lyrics by Kendrick.
Subito grant recipient, American Composers Forum.
Premiere: Willow Theatre Company at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre, North Hollywood, CA.(2003)
06/04 *Boston Birth of a Musical Festival, Boston, MA
08/04 *Summer Shorts Festival, Waltham, MA
(* denotes excerpts)

Emily (2001) 1'10"
One-act chamber opera for 9 singers, piano.
Libretto by Kendrick, poems by Emily Dickinson.
Premiere: Pasadena Balcony Theatre, Pasadena, CA. (2001)
06/02 Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
07/02 Mary K. Hail Music Mansion, Providence, RI.
07/04 Longfellow National Park Concert Sereis, Cambridge, MA

Song Cycles

Songs of Anxiety (2008) 6"
4-movement song cycle for child soprano and xylophone.
I. elephantsorry II. Irrational Fears III. Unconditionally IV. Bedtime
Poems by Eva Kendrick.
Premiere: John Kleshinski Faculty Concert Series, Boston, MA. (2008)

Debit Dude (2008) 8"
3-movement song cycle for bass-baritone, vioiln, cello, piano. 
I. "Resume Love" II. "Debit Dude" III. "Red-Headed Pox"
Poems by Paul Turner.
Commissioned by bass-baritone William O'Neill.
Premiere: San Francisco Conservatory Recital, San Francisco, CA. (2008)

Shining
(2005) 30"
7-movement song cycle for multiple female singers (minimum of one soprano, one mezzo-soprano), flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion. 
I. "Shining" II. "Greenish" III. "The Insult Sonnet" IV. "The Way It Is" V. "Now" VI. "I Want To Tell You" VII. "Swimmer In the Spreading Dawn"
Poems by Kathleen Spivack.
Premiere: Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA (2005).
08/05 St. Martin's Church, Providence, RI.
08/05 Herring Run Arts Fest, Middleborough, MA.
09/05 Longy School of Music SeptemberFEST Concert Series, Cambridge, MA.
04/08 John Kleshenski Concert Series, Allen Hall, Boston, MA.

In My Craft or Sullen Art (2000, 2001) 8"
I. "In My Craft or Sullen Art" II. "Now" III. "Sometimes the Sky's Too Bright"
3 movement-song cycle for tenor, piano. 
Poems by Dylan Thomas.
Premiere: Marsh Chapel Recital, Provdience, RI (2001).
11/01 Pasadena Balcony Theatre, Pasadena, CA.

Choral Works

The Woman in the Garden (2008)

A cappella choral cycle for SSAA. In progress.
Poems include: "Eve's Advice To Her Daughter Norea at Play" and "Eve's Advice to Her Granddaughters"
Poems by Laurie Robertson-Lorant.
Premiere: SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now) RI (2008).
05/08 Anthology in Concert, Cambridge, MA.

Hymns for People (2008)
Unitarian-Universalist hymns. In progress.

Famous (2007) 7"
for mixed adult chorus (SAB), children's chorus and string quartet.
Poem by Naomi Shihab Nye.
Commissioned by First Parish Needham.
Premiere: Voices of the Spirit, Voices of New England Concert, First Parish Needham, Needham, MA (2007).
05/07 Grace Church, Newton, MA.

Sleep Now (Soon You'll Hear the Christmas Bells) (2005) 4"
Children's chorus, cello.
Poem by Algernon D'Ammassa.
Completed 2005.

Three Whimsical Holiday Songs (2000) 6"
3 songs for children's chorus, piano, tambourine, recorder.
Lyrics by Eva Kendrick.
Premiere: St. Mel's Children's Chorus, Woodland Hills, CA (2000)
12/00 Westwood Singers, Westwood, MA.
12/06 First Parish Medfield, Medfield, MA.

The Unthinking Poet (1996) 1"
SSA.
Poem by Eva Kendrick.
Premiere: Rhode Island College Touring Vocal Ensemble (1996)
12/06 First Night Providence.

Invictus (1996) 4"
SATB.
Poem by William Ernest Henley.
Premiere: Rhode Island College Touring Vocal Ensemble (1996).

Tell Me Smiling Child (1995) 3"
SSA.
Poem by Emily Bronte.
Premiere: First Night Providence 1995.

New England Madrigal (2001) 4"
SATB, piano.
Premiere: New Century Voices Concert, Roxbury, MA (2004).
6/05 Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston, MA.

Chamber Works

Disir (2008) 12"
SSA, folk harp, cello.
Poems from the Norse Poetic Edda.
with prelude and interludes improvised by harpist Erin Reed Ferenbaugh.
I. "Yggdrasil" II. "Meyjar Margs" III. "Gullveigu"
Premiere: John Kleshenski Faculty Concert Series, Boston, MA (2008).

Bee-Smoking (2008) 5.5"
mezzo-soprano, marimba, cello.
Commissioned by Miranda Loud and Rialto Arts: Where Nature Takes Center Stage
Premiere: Buccaneers of Buzz, Celebrating the Honeybee, Lincoln, MA (2008).
11/08 John Kleshinski Faculty Concert Series, Boston, MA.

9 Years, 2 Miles (2006) 5"
flute and piano.
Commissioned by Jessica Sherer, flutist.
Premiere: Recital, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA (2006)
02/07 Faculty Concert Series, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA.
12/07 John Kleshenski Faculty Concert Series, Boston, MA.

Cinderella and the Step-Family (2005) 5"
for 3 cellos and clarinet.
Commissioned by the Quincy Quartet.
Premiere: The Growing Center, Boston, MA 2005
08/05 Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston, MA
09/05 Back Pages Books, Boston, MA

Cricket-Grasshopper (2005) 9"
3-movement trio for flute, violin, piano.
Commissioned by Second Star to the Right piano trio.
Premiere: Longy School of Music Composer Series (2005).
06/05 Recital, Longy School of Music.

Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Viola (2004) 7"
2 movement work.
Premiere: Longy School of Music Composer Concert Series, 2004.
06/04 Zeitgeist Gallery Concert, Boston, MA.
07/05 Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA.
09/05 St. Martin's Church, Providence, RI.

Evening Prayer (1996)

Tenor, soprano, bass soloists, children's choir, felute, cello, piano.
Reading, 1997.

Art Songs

"Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel" (2004) 2"
Soprano, piano.
Premiere: Longy School of Music Composers Concert (2004).

"There's a Path that Leads to Nowhere" (2001) 3"
Treble, piano.
Poem by Corrine Roosevelt Robinson.
Premiere: Pasadena Balcony Theatre (2001).

Film Music

Untitled (2009)
Documentary film score.
Directed by Miranda Loud.

To a Man (2008)
Documentary film score.
Directed by Mikhael Atone.
Funded by a COHASI Grant.

Herbeast Comes to Life (2008)
Songs by Kendrick and Anne's Cordial used in feature-length comedy.
Directed by Steven Gatta.

The Vigil (2006)
Short film. Electroacoustic soundtrack incorporating cellos, flute, keyboard, voice.
Directed by Mikhael Antone.

Realizing Glen (2005)
Short film. Soundtrack for violin, flute, piano, guitar, voice.
Directed by Barb Siedl.
Award: Best Sci-Fi Film, National Film Challenge.

Electroacoustic Music

Untitled Project (2008) 8"
Amplified cello and harp with effects pedals.
Commissioned by the New Gallery Concert Series.
Premiere: New Gallery Concert Series Concert (2009).

Now Is Then (2005) 3"
MAX/MSP piece utlizing voice.
Premiere: Longy School of Music Composers Concert (2005).
05/05 Longy School of Music Electroacoustic Music Concert, Boston, MA.

Solitaire (2004) 4"
a piece with soprano and deck of cards as sound sources. Cubase.
Premiere: Longy School of Music Electroacoustic Music Concert (2004)
06/05 Zeitgeist Gallery Concert, Boston, MA.
01/05 Emanation Project, Providence, RI.

Other Projects

Miscellaneous improvised music for Water(wars), an installation art piece performed at the Magdalena Project (USA), Providence, RI. 30"


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