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Brazilian composer Marcos Balter composed "Descent from Parnassus" for solo flute. As included in the comments of Claire Chase's performance at the Art Institute of Chicago: "The Art Institute of Chicago commissioned a new work for Chase in January…

Chilean composer Boris Alvarado wrote "Douland" for Cello in 2001.

Black composer Dororthy Rudd Moore's "Dream and Variations" for solo piano was composed in September 1974. As written in an article by Anastasia Pavlenko:"Dream and Variations is a substantial work for solo piano written by D. Moore in September…

Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga's "Dancing with the Shadow" was composed in 1990 for flute, clarinet, violin, piano and percussion (temple blocks, 2 cow bellws, 2 Atun Pans, shaker, Sus cymbal or Tam tam) Commissioned by Lontano/Sue MacLennan Dance…

Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "echoes from within brightening fabric… fragments of quickened light…" received its first performance on 11 October 2015.

Brazilian composer Henrique Machado composed "Echos No. 2" for solo cello.

Winner of the 2018 Tribeca New Music YCC (Division 2)

Colombian composer Carolina Noguera Palau's "Elegia Errante" was composed for solo viola.

“I lay down in my grave and watch my children grow” is the first line of Maya Angelou’s poem, Elegy.

Elegy for flute solo and ensemble, is a single movement tour de force inspired by this epic poem, written for Alexa Still and Uptown Flutes, and…

Dominican composer Darwin Aquino composed "En el Mejor Momento de mi Vida" (2013) for cello. The description for the work provided on the composer's website states: "The traditional Chaconne, usually found in Baroque dance suites, can be identified…