AKSHAYA AVRIL TUCKER
COMPOSER

Could Only Be Fantasy, for Oboe and String Quartet (2023). Commissioned by Jillian Kouzel.

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Frog Friends, for Trumpet and Saxophone (2023). Commissioned by Kenken Gorder and Sarah Hetrick. 

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Hollow Flame, for String Quartet (2022). 9'. Co-commissioned by Bagaduce Music and Carnegie Hall for Brooklyn Rider’s 2022 commissioning project, ‘The Four Elements.’

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Ravenous, for String Quartet (2022). 6'. Commissioned by the Carpe Diem String Quartet.

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Music For Brokenness, for Clarinet and Trombone (2022). 4'15". Commissioned by Andrea Vos-Rochefort and Megan Boutin. 

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Melting, for Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Piano (2021). 7'30". 

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Dictionary of Falling Flowers, for Violin and Percussion (2020). 5'45". Co-commissioned by Lucia Lin and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music for "In Tandem."

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Hold Sacred, for Wind Quintet (2020). 4'. Commissioned by WindSync. 

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Breezes, for Cello Duo (2020). ~2'. Level: Suzuki book 3 & instructor. For #GLFCAMGigThruCOVID19.

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Lake, Mist, Sky, for Reed Quintet (Oboe, Clarinet in B flat, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet in B flat, and Bassoon) (2020). 50". Level: grade 8. For the Yale Music in Schools Initiative.

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Fables, for Clarinet and Cello (2019). 8'. With transcribed solos by Shankar Tucker.

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In Whose Mouth, the Stars, for Violin, Viola and Cello (2019). 7'. For the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival.

          In Whose Mouth, the Stars, version for Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (2019). 7'.

          Commissioned by Englewinds.

          In Whose Mouth, the Stars, version for String Quartet (2021). 7'. 

          Commissioned by the Carpe Diem String Quartet.

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Our Waters, for String Quartet with Banjo and Mandolin (2018). 10'. Commissioned by invoke and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland.

          Our Waters, version for Violin, Viola, Cello and Vibraphone (2020). 3'30". 

          For Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Meet the Music.

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Enough, to Unfold, for Pierrot Ensemble, composed of Violin, Violoncello, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Piano, and Vibraphone, (2018). 7'. For National Sawdust's Hildegard Competition. 

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Breathing Sunlight, for Violin and Cello (2017). 9'. ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Honorable Mention. Created under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, Joshua Roman and Johnny Gandelsman.

          Breathing Sunlight, version for Viola and Violoncello (2018).          

          Breathing Sunlight, version for Violin and Tabla (2018).

          Breathing Sunlight, upcoming version for Cello, Tabla and optional Harp (2020).

         

Dancing Rain, for Solo Tabla and Percussion Quartet (2017). 6'

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"It all comes down to a single point" for Woodwind Quintet (2016). 12'

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Meru, for Violin, Cello and Piano (2016). 7'