Compositions List

Metamorfa II: for solo clarinet (2007). Duration: 5 minutes. Commissioned by: Maurita Murphy Mead.

Cantata "The Insane Mother": for soprano,mezzo-soprano, baritone,solo contrabass, female chorus of thirteen, 3 flutes, 5 percussionists, 3 string quartets, and 4 contrabasses (2006). Lyrics: Dionysios Solomos. Duration: 26 minutes. Dedication: to the memory of my father, Napoleon Stamatelos. Premiere information: Suzan Sondrol-Jones, soprano; Katherine Eberle, mezzo-soprano; Stephen Swanson, baritone; Kyle Gassiot, solo contrabass. The University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra, William LaRue Jones conductor, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, April 8, 2001.

Metamorfa I: for solo bassoon (2005). Duration: 5 minutes. Commissioned by: Benjamin Coelho. Premiere information: Benjamin Coelho, bassoon. Midwest Composers’ Symposium 2006, Smith Recital Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, February 25, 2006.

Metamorfa I: Sound File

Projections-Split, for large orchestra (2003). Duration: 15 minutes. Orchestration: 3-2(+1)-2(+1)-2(+1)-6-4-4-2-P(5)-1ph-Strings.

Songs and Prayers of the Abyss: for mezzo-soprano, brass quintet, and 9 percussionists (1999). Lyrics: Katerina Stamatelos. Duration: 17 minutes. Commissioned by: Marcia Roberts. Premiere information: Marcia Roberts, mezzo-soprano; The Old Capitol Brass Quintet; The University of Iowa Percussion Ensemble (40th Anniversary season), Dan Moore conductor. Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, December 3, 1999.

Nanarisma: for mezzo-soprano, flute, and percussion (1999). Lyrics: Aristotelis Valaoritis. Duration: 10 minutes. Commissioned by: Katherine Eberle. Premiere information: Katherine Eberle, mezzo-soprano; Tadeu Coelho, Flute; Dan Moore, percussion. Faculty Recital Series, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, March 26, 1999.

String Quartet, No.1 (1999). Duration: 22 minutes. Premiere information: Miki Yuasa, violin I; Stephen Shepherd, violin II; Sarah Prahl, viola; James Ellis, violoncello; James Mothersbaugh, conductor. Composers’ Work- shop Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, February 21, 1999.

String Quartet: Sound File

Oracle, for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (1998). Lyrics: Katerina Stamatelos. Duration: 9 minutes. Commissioned by: Katherine Eberle. Premiere information: Katherine Eberle, mezzo-soprano; Maria Delgado, Thea Engelson, Danielle Hurt, Margaret Lanning, Emily Truckenbrod, Jennifer Valle, sopranos; Michael Flynt, trumpet. String quartet I: Sarah Young, violin I; Miki Yuasa, violin II; Sarah Prahl, viola; David Arato, violoncello. String quartet II: Quentin Arnold, violin I; Pamela Meier, violin II; Luiz Lange, viola; James Ellis, violoncello. Pat Anderson, Jonathan Crawford, percussion; Melanie Jacobson, chorus coach; Sergio Espinoza, conductor. Words and Music Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, April 19, 1998.

We Who Would Be Great and Kind: for soprano-coloratura, mezzo-soprano, and ensemble (1998). Lyrics: Cecile Goding. Duration: 6 minutes. Premiere information: Emily Truckenbrod, soprano-coloratura; Rachel Andrews, mezzo-soprano; Heather Webb & Joao Baptista Sartor, alto flute and piccolo flute; Sarah Leavengood & Anton Hatwich, contrabasses; Pat Anderson, Joe Bohling, Jonathan Crawford, Scott Morgan, percussion; Sergio Espinoza, conductor. Words and Music Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, April 19, 1998.

Threnos: for soprano, flute, and electronic tape (1997). Lyrics: excerpts from Sophocles’ “Antigone”. Duration: 8 minutes. Premiere information: Emily Truckenbrod, soprano; Heather Webb, flute. New Works from the Electronic Studios Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, May 6, 1997.

Threnos: Sound File

Nocturn No. 2: for violoncello and piano (1997). Duration: ca. 6 minutes. Commissioned by to James Ellis. Premiere information: James Ellis, violoncello; Katerina Stamatelos, piano. Composers’ Workshop Concert, Harper Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, April 28, 1997.

Nocturn No.2: Sound File

Four Love Songs: for soprano and piano (1997). Lyrics: Katerina Stamatelos. Duration: 9 minutes. Premiere information: Karin Laine, soprano; Katerina Stamatelos, piano. Composers’ Workshop Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa, School of Music, Iowa City, IA, February 23, 1997.

Moods: for electronic tape (1996). Duration: ca. 4 minutes. Trumpet samples: Michael Flynt. Premiere information: New Works from the Electronic Music Studios Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, December 10, 1996.

Moods: Sound File

Nocturn No. 1: for violoncello and piano (1996). Duration: ca. 6 minutes. Commissioned by: James Ellis. Premiere information: James Ellis, violoncello; Katerina Stamatelos, piano. Composers’ Workshop Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, November 24, 1996.

Nocturn No.1: World Premiere Information, Program Notes, Analysis, and Sound File.

Variations and Invocation upon a “Kyrie Eleison” and an “Anathema” (1994). Duration: 10 minutes. In memoriam Bela Bartók. Premiere information: Katerina Stamatelos, piano. Composers’ Workshop Concert, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA, October 13, 1996.

Daemon Songs: for baritone and piano (1994). Lyrics: Katerina Stamatelos. Duration: 18 minutes. Dedication: to Harald Becker. Premiere information: Harald Becker, baritone; Katerina Stamatelos, piano. A recital organized and televised by the Vafopoulion Cultural Center and the Municipality of the city of Thessalonki. Theatre of the Vafopoulion Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 7, 1995.

Martyria: for mezzo-soprano, choir and percussion (1992). Lyrics: free adaptations of biblical texts. Duration: 13 minutes. Commissioned by: Harald Becker. Premiere information: Thalia Mavridou, mezzo-soprano; choir of the German School of Thessaloniki; Vicky Houzouri, Vicky Tsouka, Georgia Tenta, George Kolidaris, percussion; Harald Becker, conductor. Concert Hall of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 10, 1995.