List of compositions by Arlene Sierra

List of compositions by Arlene Sierra.

Works for orchestra

• Kiskadee for Orchestra (2023)^[1][2][3][4]
• Butterfly House for Chamber Orchestra (2022)^[5]
• Bird Symphony for Orchestra (2021)^[6][7]
• Nature Symphony for Orchestra (2017)^[8][9]
• Moler for Orchestra (2012)^[10][11]
• Game of Attrition for Chamber Orchestra (2009)^[12][11]
• Aquilo for Orchestra (2001)^[13][11]
• Aquae for Orchestra (2000)
• Ballistae for Orchestra (2000)
• Mantegna Diptych for Orchestra (2000)

Soloist and orchestra

• Art of War Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2010)^[14][11]
• Dedication and Dance Trombone Concerto for Orchestra or Symphonic Winds (1994, revised 2003)

Wind ensemble

• Dedication and Dance Trombone Concerto for Orchestra or Symphonic Winds (1994, revised 2003)

Large ensemble (7 or more players)

• Colmena for 14 Players (2008)^[15]
• Cicada Shell for Septet (2006)^[16]
• Tiffany Windows for 12 players (2002)^[17]
• Four Choreographic Studies for 10 Players (2001)
• Ballistae for 13 Players (2000)^[18]

Soloist and large ensemble (7 or more players)

• Neruda Settings for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (2002–5)

Works for 2 to 6 players

• Butterflies Remember a Mountain for Piano Trio (2013)^[19][20][21]
• Avian Mirrors for Violin and Cello (2013)^[22][23][21]
• Insects in Amber String Quartet (2010)
• Surrounded Ground for Sextet (2008)^[16]
• A Conflict of Opposites for Violin or Clarinet and Piano (2005)^[24]
• Truel for Piano Trio or Clarinet Trio (2004–7)
• Truel 1 for Piano Trio or Clarinet Trio (2002–3)^[21]
• Counting-Out Rhyme for Cello and Piano (2002)^[25][21]
• Zwei Huhner for Oboe and Trombone (200o)
• Harrow-Lines for Quintet (1999)
• of Risk and Memory for Two Pianos (1997)^[21]
• Four Love Songs for Viola and Piano (1993)
• Duo for Violoncelli (1993)

Solo works

• Whitman Fragment Cello Solo (2024)
• Birds and Insects, Book 3 for Solo Piano and Recorded Birdsong (2023)
• Birds and Insects, Book 2 for Solo Piano and Recorded Birdsong (2015–18)
• Cricket-Viol for Solo Viola/Voice (2010)
• Birds and Insects, Book 1 Piano Solo (2007)^[16]
• The Art of Lightness Flute Solo (2006)
• Two Etudes After Mantegna Cello Solo (1998)

Solo voice and up to 6 players

• Hearing Things for Soprano and Piano (2008)
• Streets and Rivers for Baritone and Piano (2007)
• Two Neruda Odes for Soprano, Cello and Piano (2004)^[26][16]
• Hand Mit Ringen for Soprano and Trio (2002)
• Three Descriptions for Soprano and Piano (1997)

Electroacoustic works

• Urban Birds for 3 Pianos with Percussion and Recorded Birdsong (2014)^[27][28]
• Birds and Insects, Book 2 for Solo Piano and recorded birdsong (2015–18)

Works with film

• Studies in Choreography chamber ensemble score to two Maya Deren films (2019)^[29]
• Ritual in Transfigured Time chamber ensemble score to the Maya Deren film (2016)^[29][30]
• Meditation on Violence chamber ensemble score to the Maya Deren film (2012)^[29][31]

Opera and music theatre

• Cuatro Corridos – Dalia Opera Scena for Soprano and Ensemble (2013)^[32]
• Faustine Opera in one act for 5 Singers and Orchestra (2011–)^[33]

Dance

• Four Choreographic Studies for 10 Players (2001)

Chorus

• Cristo no tiene cuerpo for Unaccompanied SATB (2024)
• Alike Dissolving for SATB, Children's Choir and String Orchestra (2001)
• Alike Dissolving for Unaccompanied SATB (2001)
• Alleluia (Bitter-Sweet) for four men's voices or SATB Chorus (2000) ^[34]