Works by Curtis K. Hughes

(to inquire about obtaining scores for perusal, rental or purchase, send email to curtis@curtiskhughes.com or visit the Contact page)

Chamber & Small Ensemble Music

  • chromomodular lounge suite (2023)

    for flute/alto flute, oboe/english horn, clarinet/bass clarinet - 17’

    (suite compiles works listed below: spry, vestibule 1, vestibule 2,2, recumbent)

  • recumbent (2023)

    for english horn and clarinet - 4’30”

  • rapid transit (2023)

    for 2 violins, piano - 9’

  • tensile (2021)

    for saxophone, electric guitar, piano, percussion - 10’30”

  • Dept. of Levitation Studies (2019)

    for viola and piano - 7’30” - score sample

  • merger (2016)

    for 2 cellos - 7’ - audio - video

  • antechamber (2015)

    for percussion quartet - 12’30” - audio - video

  • String Quartet No. 2 (2015)

    21’

  • vestibule 3 (2013)

    for bass clarinet and marimba - 8’ - audio

  • vestibule 2.2 (2013/2023)

    for flute and oboe - 4’

  • vestibule 1 (2013)

    for alto flute and bass clarinet - 5’30” - audio

  • verbiage (2012)

    for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (and optional fixed media) - 14’

  • wingtones (2009)

    for clarinet and piano - 13’ - audio

  • Quintet for Winds #2 (2008)

    19’

  • attraction strategy (2007)

    for piano and vibraphone - 4’30”

  • caduceus (2007)

    for violin and cello - 11’

  • danger garden (2006)

    for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion - 13’ - audio

  • AVOIDANCE TACTICS #2 (1999/2004)

    for trumpet and percussion - 9’

  • insult to injury (2003)

    for violin and piano - 21’ - audio part 1 - audio part 2

  • two-faced (2003)

    for alto saxophone and percussion - 9’

  • narrative X (2003)

    for horn, cello, and marimba - 7’30”

  • National Insecurity (2002)

    for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, vibraphone, violin, cello, bass - 12’ - audio

  • Myopia 1 (2001)

    for clarinet, viola and cello - 10’

  • Sonata for 2 Oboes and Piano (2000)

    13’

  • String Quartet No. 1 (2000)

    19’30” - audio

  • AVOIDANCE TACTICS #1 (original version - 1999)

    for piano and percussion - audio

  • Quartet for Saxophones (1999)

    12’ - audio

  • no apologies necessary… (1999)

    for horn and percussion - 10’

  • eight unnamable narratives (1996)

    for english horn, cello, and marimba - 22’

  • Quintet for Winds #1 (1995)

    12’

  • Septet (1994)

    for flute, clarinet, horn, piano, viola, cello, bass - 4’30”

  • Four Movements (1994)

    for clarinet, viola and piano - 7’30”

Large Ensemble & Orchestral Music

  • tulpa (2017)

    for soprano voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, piano, 3 percussion, violin, 2 cellos - 16’ - audio

  • winter street excursions (2014)

    for youth chamber orchestra (2/0/1/1; 0/0/0/0; strings) - 10’

  • Symphony (in 3 movements) (2005)

    for orchestra (3/3/3/3; 2/2/2/1; timp; perc; pno; strings) - 18’

  • minority whip (2005)

    for large wind ensemble (6/3/9/3/4; 6/6/4/2/2; timp; 3 perc; harp; bass) - 12’30”

  • myopia 2 (2003)
    for 12 saxophones (3/3/3/3) - 10’ - audio

  • gestations (1999/2001)

    for chamber orchestra (2/2/2/2; 2/2/2/0; timp; harp; strings) - 11’

  • chasing the st. croix (1998/2001)

    for large orchestra (4/3/4/4; 4/4/3/1; perc; harp; celeste; strings) - 6’30”

  • Masquebec Tempest (1996)

    for orchestra (3/3/3/3; 4/2/3/1; perc; harp; celeste; strings) - 8’

  • night dive (1996)

    for chamber orchestra (1/1/1/1; 2/1/1/1; perc; harp; celeste; strings) - 3’30”

  • un cauchemar fiévreux (1995)

    for string octet (3/2/2/1) or string orchestra - 10’

Music for Solo Voice with Instruments

  • butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth (2018)

    for soprano and cimbalom - 9’

  • that thing (2017)

    for soprano and piano - 7’

  • cats & dogs - on texts by Gwenn Gurnack (2013)

    for soprano and viola - 8’

  • “I am the future of the Republican Party…” - aria from the opera ‘Say it Ain’t So, Joe’ - (2010)

    for soprano and piano - 6’30”

  • “…a series of understandings…” (2008)

    for soprano and flute - 3’

  • The Beck Journals, Vol. 2 (2006)

    for amplified mezzo-soprano/speaker and ensemble (flute, violin, viola, cello, piano) - 18’ - audio

  • Three Songs from ‘Seven Settings’ (1998/2002)

    for soprano, harp and ensemble (flute, oboe, horn, violin, viola cello, bass) - 14’

Opera

  • RareBit (2014)

    chamber opera for soprano, tenor, baritone, clarinet(s), saxophone(s), percussion - 17’

  • Palin Suite - from the opera ‘Say it Ain’t So, Joe’ - (2012)

    for 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, piano, vibraphone - 18’

  • Say it Ain’t So, Joe (2009)

    chamber opera in 2 acts for 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, baritone, clarinet, saxophone, cello, percussion - 75’ - libretto - audio

  • Deirdre of the Sorrows - libretto by Doria A. Phelps - (1996)

    opera in 2 acts (soloists: S/S/T/Bar/Bar/B/B; chorus T/T/B/B; 1/1/1/1; 2/0/2/0; perc; strings) - 60’

Choral/Vocal Music

  • Suite from “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids” (2011)

    for children’s chorus and piano - 14’

  • The Wold and the Seven Little Kids (2010)
    for children’s chorus, narrator, and ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion) - 25’

  • The Beck Journals, Vol. 1 (2005)

    for solo SATB quartet, clarinet, string quartet - 8’30” - audio

  • Two Pieces for A Capella Choir (1994)

    SSAATTBB - 4’30”

Solo Instrumental Music

  • Suite No. 2 from “vestibulations” (2021 - ongoing)

    for piano

  • lullibule (2020)

    for solo guitar - 5’

  • spry (2020)

    for solo flute - 2’30”

  • Suite No. 1 from “vestibulations” (2016)

    for piano - 10’ - audio

  • “we’ve opened doors…” (2012)

    for soprano saxophone - 2’30”

  • lucid (2010)

    for xylophone - 2’30”

  • flagrant (2008)

    for snare drum - 3’ - audio - video

  • lesson plan [for Lee Hyla] (2007)

    for bass clarinet - 2’ - audio

  • Prelude for Piano: 80+ (2004)

    5’

  • semantic games (2002)

    for piano - 5’

  • salt in the wound (2000)

    for vibraphone - 9’ - audio

  • impacted sonata (1997/1999)

    for solo cello - 11’

  • Sonata for Piano “The Return of Felix Rossiter” (1995)

    20’

Solo Instrument with Fixed Media

  • AVOIDANCE TACTICS #1 (electronic version - 2001)

    for piano and fixed media - 11’ - audio

Electronic Music

  • prickly invectives (1998)

    3’30”

  • bagatelle for piano 12 hands (1998)

    2’35”