Judith Shatin (1949- )
Composer
Judith Shatin is a sonic explorer whose music spans chamber,
choral, dance,
electroacoustic, installation, multimedia and orchestral
genres. Her inspirations range from myth, poetry and her Jewish
heritage to the calls of the animals around us and the sounding
universe beyond. The Washington Post has called her music “highly
inventive … hugely enjoyable and deeply involing, with a constant sense
of surprise".
Shatin's music has been featured at festivals including the Aspen, BAM
Next Wave, Grand Teton, Havana in Spring, Moscow Autumn, Seal Bay,
Ukraine, Soundways (St. Petersburg) and West Cork. Orchestras that have
performed her music include the Denver, Houston, Illinois, Knoxville,
Minnesota, National and Richmond Symphonies. Her works have been
commissioned by groups including the Ash Lawn Opera, Barlow Foundation,
Core Ensemble, Garth Newel Chamber Players, Kronos Quartet, Library of
Congress, Music-at-LaGesse Foundation, National Symphony, newEar,
Hexagon Ensemble, Virginia Chamber Orchestra and Wintergreen Performing
Arts, the last through Americans for the Arts. Educated at
Douglass College, The Juilliard School and Princeton
University, Shatin is currently William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
and Director of the Virginia Center for Computer Music, which she
founded at the University of Virginia in 1987. Also an advocate for
her fellow composers, she has served on the boards of the American
Composers Alliance, the League/ISCM, and the International Alliance for
Women in Music (IAWM). She also served as President of American Women
Composers, Inc. (1989-93). Shatin has been honored with four National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, as well as awards from the American
Music Center, Meet the Composer, the New Jersey State Arts Council and
the Virginia Commission for the Arts. A two-year retrospective of her
music, and the commission for her folk oratorio, COAL, was sponsored by
the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Arts Partners Program. She has held
residencies at Bellagio (Italy), Brahmshaus (Germany), La Cité des Arts
(France), Mishkan Amanim (Israel) and in the US at MacDowell, the
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Yaddo. Shatin's music is
published by Arsis Press, C.F. Peters, Colla Voce, E.C. Schirmer, Hal
Leonard and Wendigo Music. - California Summer Music at Sonoma State University
COMPOSITIONS Shatin Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Shatin on Shatin
Limericks, flute (1974)
When the Moon of Wildflowers is Full, flute and cello (1975)
Ruth, voice (1977)
Arche, viola and orchestra (1978)
Quatrain, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and viola (1978)
Postlude, organ (1978, withdrawn)
Wind Songs, woodwind quintet (1980)
Lost Angels, trumpet, bassoon and piano (1980)
Follies and Fancies, opera, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass and piano (1981; w/fl, bsn, vln, vc and hpschd, 1982)
Gazebo Music, flute and cello (1981)
Study in Black, flute and perussion (1981)
Akhmatova Songs, mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1982)
The Passion of St. Cecilia, piano concerto (1983)
Werther, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1983)
Icarus, violin and piano (1983)
Widdershins, piano (1983)
Glyph, solo viola, string quartet (or string orch) and piano (1984; arr. for solo clarinet, str qt/or str orch and piano, 2008)
Aura, orchestra (1981-84)
Ruah, concerto for flute and chamber orchestra (1985)
Assembly Line #1, oboe (1985)
Sursum Corda, cello (1985)
Scirocco, piano (1985)
Commonwealth Salute, band (1986)
Monument in Brass, fanfare, brass quintet (1986)
View From Mt. Nebo, violin, cello and piano (1986)
Ignoto Numine, violin, cello and piano (1986)
L’étude du Coeur, viola (1983-87)
Fasting Heart, flute (1987)
Carreño, mezzo-soprano and piano (1987)
Wedding Song, soprano and English horn (or alto flute; or clarinet; or viola (1987)
Marvelous Pursuits, vocal quartet and piano 4-hands (1987)
Meridians, clarinet (1988)
Hearing Things, amplified violin, MIDI keyboard, computer running HMSL and electronic instruments (1989)
Round 3, trombone (1989)
Doxa, viola and piano (1989)
Gabriel’s Wing, flute and piano (1989)
Three Summers’ Heat, mezzo-soprano and tape (1989-90) [also arr. for soprano, flute, viola and harp, 2005)
Hosech Al P’ney HaTehom (Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep), computer-generated tape (1990)
Piping the Earth, orchestra (1990)
Secret Ground, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (1990)
Kairos, amplified flute, Mac computer running HMSL, VP-70 voice processor and quadraverb (1991)
- also arr. for flute and Max-Msp (2007)
Stringing the Bow, string orchestra (1991)
Hark My Love, chorus and piano (1991)
We Hold These Truths, chorus, brass quintet and timpani (1992)
1492, piano and percussion (1992)
Beetles, Monsters and Roses, 4 songs, female chorus and elec playback (1993) [ClickBeetle, Someone, I Am Rose, The Wendigo]
COAL, folk oratorio, chorus, Appalachian instruments (banjo, fiddle, gtr, dulcimer, 2 Appalachian singers), synthesizer and
electronic playback (1993-94)
The Janus Quartet, string quartet (1994)
Ruah, flute and piano (1994)
Sister Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, soprano and viola (1994)
Elijah’s Chariot, string quartet and electronic playback (1995)
Adonai Ro'i, chorus (1995)
- Adonai Ro'i, chorus and string orchestra (1996; fp 1999)
Hearing the Call, 2 trumpets and 2 snare drums (1995)
Coursing Through the Still Green, flute (1995)
Chai Variations on Eliahu HaNavi, piano (1995)
Baruch HaBa, voice (male or female) (1995)
Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin, 3-part chorus (1996)
Dreamtigers, flute and guitar (1996)
Fantasy on St. Cecilia, piano (1996)
Sea of Reeds, clarinet and live electronics (1997)
Spin, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello (1997)
Songs of War and Peace, chorus and piano (1998)
Aseret Makot, passover round, 3-part chorus, flute, cello and piano (1998)
Fantasìa Sobre El Flamenco, brass quintet (1998)
Houdini, Memories of a Conjurer, cello, piano and percussion (1999)
Shapirt Y’fehfiah, treble chorus (2000)
Calling, cello, piano and percussion (2000)
Ockeghem Variations, woodwind quintet and piano (2000)
Fledermaus Fantasy, violin and piano (2000)
- Fledermaus Fantasy, solo violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (2003)
Grito del Corazón (2001) [video by Kathy Aoki] [inspired by Goya's "Black Paintings"]
- flute, violin, cello and keyboards (2001)
- clarinet, violin, piano and percussion (2001?)
- soprano saxophone, electronic sounds and video (2001)
- cello and electronic playback
- 2 saxophones, bassoon, clarinet, electric bass, voice, piano and organ
- may also be played as a DVD
Allelulia, chorus (2001)
Run, violin, viola, cello and piano (2001)
Penelope’s Song, amplified viola and electronic playback (2003; rev. 2005)
- also arr. for clarinet and electronics (2005)
- also arr. for violin plus electronics (2005)
- also arr. for soprano sax and electronic playback (2007)
Singing the Blue Ridge, mezzo-soprano, baritone, orchestra and electronics made from wild animal calls (2002)
Tongue Twisters, treble chorus and piano (2003)
Tree Music, interactive installation (2003)
Glimmerings, electronic playback (2003)
Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing: After Hokusai, clarinet and multichannel audio (stereo version also available) (2004)
Penelope’s Loom, electronic playback (2004)
Amulet, female chorus (2004)
Opinion is Power, chorus (2004)
Ki Koleich Arev, soprano, flute and piano (2004)
Civil War Memories, electronic playback (2005) [Clear Cut; Inside Out; Farewell; Raining Heavily; Cry Freedom]
- Civil War Memories: Inside Out, computer music video (2007) [video by Lydia Moyers]
For the Birds, amplified cello and electronic playback (2005)
Clave, flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano (2005; rev. 2008)
The Jabberwocky, male chorus (2006)
Teruah, Shofar, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 horns and timpani (2006)
Time to Burn, oboe and 2 percussion (2006)
Penelope’s Dream, cello (2006)
Cinnamon, film score (2006)
Honey Sweet Pomegranate Seeds, dance piece, elec plybk (2007) [chor/Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp; video/Richard Robinson]
Why the Caged Bird Sings, chorus and piano (2007)
Songs of War and Peace, chorus and chamber orchestra (2008)
Tower of the Eight Winds, violin and piano (2008)
Rotunda, computer music video (2009) [video by Robert Arnold]
Spring Tides, amplified flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and interactive electronics (2009)
Jefferson, In His Own Words, narrator and orchestra (2010)
WORKS BY GENRE Shatin Links ~ ~ ~ Shatin on Shatin ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Follies and Fancies, opera, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass and piano (1981; w/fl, bsn, vln, vc and hpschd, 1982)
Honey Sweet Pomegranate Seeds, dance piece, elec plybk (2007) [chor/Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp; video/Richard Robinson]
Orchestra
Aura, orchestra (1981-84)
Piping the Earth, orchestra (1990)
Stringing the Bow, string orchestra (1991)
Jefferson, In His Own Words, narrator and orchestra (2010)
Band
Commonwealth Salute, band (1986)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Arche, viola and orchestra (1978)
The Passion of St. Cecilia, piano concerto (1983)
Glyph, solo viola, string quartet (or string orch) and piano (1984; arr. for solo clarinet, str qt/or str orch and piano, 2008)
Ruah, concerto for flute and chamber orchestra (1985)
Singing the Blue Ridge, mezzo-soprano, baritone, orchestra and electronics made from wild animal calls (2002)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Adonai Ro'i (Psalm 23), chorus and string orchestra (1996) [from work for a capella chorus, 1995]
Songs of War and Peace, chorus and chamber orchestra (2008)
Choral
Hark My Love, chorus and piano (1991)
We Hold These Truths, chorus, brass quintet and timpani (1992)
Beetles, Monsters and Roses, 4 songs, female chorus and elec playback (1993) [ClickBeetle, Someone, I Am Rose, The Wendigo]
COAL, folk oratorio, chorus, Appalachian instruments (banjo, fiddle, gtr, dulcimer, 2 Appalachian singers), synthesizer and
electronic playback (1993-94)
Adonai Ro'i (Psalm 23), chorus (1995) [also arr. for chorus and string orchestra, 1996/fp 1999)
Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin, 3-part chorus (1996)
Songs of War and Peace, chorus and piano (1998)
- And How My Brother is Cain
- The Rain is Ready to Fall
- Peace is a Sea
- Peace Poem After a Ugarithic Inscription
Aseret Makot, passover round, 3-part chorus, flute, cello and piano (1998)
Shapirt Y’fehfiah, treble chorus (2000)
Allelulia, chorus (2001)
Tongue Twisters, treble chorus and piano (2003)
Amulet, female chorus (2004)
Opinion is Power, chorus (2004)
The Jabberwocky, male chorus (2006)
Why the Caged Bird Sings, chorus and piano (2007)
Chamber
When the Moon of Wildflowers is Full, flute and cello (1975)
Quatrain, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and viola (1978)
Wind Songs, woodwind quintet (1980)
Lost Angels, trumpet, bassoon and piano (1980)
Gazebo Music, flute and cello (1981)
Study in Black, flute and perussion (1981)
Werther, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1983)
Glyph, solo viola, string quartet and piano (1984; arr. for solo clarinet, string quartet and piano, 2008)
Monument in Brass, fanfare, brass quintet (1986)
View From Mt. Nebo, violin, cello and piano (1986)
Ignoto Numine, violin, cello and piano (1986)
Hearing Things, amplified violin, MIDI keyboard, computer running HMSL and electronic instruments (1989)
Secret Ground, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (1990)
1492, piano and percussion (1992)
The Janus Quartet, string quartet (1994)
Elijah’s Chariot, string quartet and electronic playback (1995)
Hearing the Call, 2 trumpets and 2 snare drums (1995)
Dreamtigers, flute and guitar (1996)
Spin, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello (1997)
Fantasìa Sobre El Flamenco, brass quintet (1998)
Houdini, Memories of a Conjurer, cello, piano and percussion (1999)
Calling, cello, piano and percussion (2000)
Ockeghem Variations, woodwind quintet and piano (2000)
Run, violin, viola, cello and piano (2001)
Fledermaus Fantasy, solo violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (2003)
Clave, flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano (2005; rev. 2008)
Teruah, Shofar, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 horns and timpani (2006)
Time to Burn, oboe and 2 percussion (2006)
Spring Tides, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and interactive electronics (2009)
Solo Instrument
Limericks, flute (1974)
Icarus, violin and piano (1983)
L’étude du Coeur, viola (1983-87)
Assembly Line #1, oboe (1985)
Sursum Corda, cello (1985)
Fasting Heart, flute (1987)
Meridians, clarinet (1988)
Round 3, trombone (1989)
Doxa, viola and piano (1989)
Gabriel’s Wing, flute and piano (1989)
Kairos, amplified flute, Mac computer running HMSL, VP-70 voice processor and quadraverb (1991)
- also arr. for flute and Max-Msp (2007)
Ruah, flute and piano (1994)
Coursing Through the Still Green, flute (1995)
Sea of Reeds, clarinet and live electronics (1997)
Fledermaus Fantasy, violin and piano (2000)
Penelope’s Song, amplified viola and electronic playback (2003; rev. 2005)
- also arr. for clarinet and electronics (2005)
- also arr. for violin plus electronics (2005)
- also arr. for soprano sax and electronic playback (2007)
Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing: After Hokusai, clarinet and multichannel audio (stereo version also available) (2004)
For the Birds, amplified cello and electronic playback (2005)
Penelope’s Dream, cello (2006)
Tower of the Eight Winds, violin and piano (2008)
Piano/Organ
Postlude, organ (1978, withdrawn)
Widdershins, piano (1983)
Scirocco, piano (1985)
Chai Variations on Eliahu HaNavi, piano (1995)
Fantasy on St. Cecilia, piano (1996)
Vocal
Ruth, voice (1977)
Akhmatova Songs, mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1982)
Carreño, mezzo-soprano and piano (1987)
Wedding Song, soprano and English horn (or alto flute; or clarinet; or viola (1987)
Marvelous Pursuits, vocal quartet and piano 4-hands (1987)
Three Summers’ Heat, mezzo-soprano and tape (1989-90) [also arr. for soprano, flute, viola and harp, 2005)
Sister Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, soprano and viola (1994)
Baruch HaBa, voice (male or female) (1995)
Singing the Blue Ridge, mezzo-soprano, baritone, orchestra and electronics made from wild animal calls (2002)
Ki Koleich Arev, soprano, flute and piano (2004)
Film/Incidental Music
Tree Music, interactive installation (2003)
Cinnamon, film score (2006)
Civil War Memories: Inside Out, computer music video (2007) [video by Lydia Moyers]
Rotunda, computer music video (2009) [video by Robert Arnold]
Electronic, Electroacoustic and Digital Media
Hearing Things, amplified violin, MIDI keyboard, computer running HMSL and electronic instruments (1989)
Three Summers’ Heat, mezzo-soprano and tape (1989-90)
Hosech Al P’ney HaTehom (Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep), computer-generated tape (1990)
Kairos, amplified flute, Mac computer running HMSL, VP-70 voice processor and quadraverb (1991)
Beetles, Monsters and Roses, 4 songs, female chorus and electronic playback (1993)
Elijah’s Chariot, string quartet and electronic playback (1995)
Sea of Reeds, clarinet and live electronics (1997)
Grito del Corazón (2001) [video by Kathy Aoki] [inspired by Goya's "Black Paintings"]
- flute, violin, cello and keyboards (2001)
- clarinet, violin, piano and percussion (2001?)
- soprano saxophone, electronic sounds and video (2001)
- cello and electronic playback
- 2 saxophones, bassoon, clarinet, electric bass, voice, piano and organ
- may also be played as a DVD
Penelope’s Song, amplified viola and electronic playback (2003; rev. 2005)
Tree Music, interactive installation (2003)
Glimmerings, electronic playback (2003)
Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing: After Hokusai, clarinet and multichannel audio (stereo version also available) (2004)
Penelope’s Loom, electronic playback (2004)
Civil War Memories, electronic playback (2005) [Clear Cut; Inside Out; Farewell; Raining Heavily; Cry Freedom]
For the Birds, amplified cello and electronic playback (2005)
Penelope’s Song (Version "2"), clarinet and electronics (2005)
Penelope’s Song (Version "3"), violin plus electronics (2005)
Kairos (Version "2"), flute and Max-Msp (2007)
Penelope’s Song (Version "4"), soprano sax and electronic playback (2007)
Civil War Memories: Inside Out, computer music video (2007) [video by Lydia Moyers]
Honey Sweet Pomegranate Seeds, dance piece, elec plybk (2007) [chor/Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp; video/Richard Robinson]
Rotunda, computer music video (2009) [video by Robert Arnold]
Spring Tides, amplified flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and interactive electronics (2009)
SHATIN LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Shatin on Shatin ~ top of page ~
All About Cinnamon (picturepalacepictures.com)
Checking in With UVA's Judith Shatin (C-Ville Weekly)
COAL (Shepherd College, americansforthearts.org)
Collaborative Dance Concert Brings Together Students and Faculty (UVA Today)
A Conversation with Judith Shatin (New Music Connoisseur)
Electroacoustic and Choral Music of Judith Shatin (Sequenza21)
Shatin's Jefferson-Inspired Piece Makes East Coast Premiere (UVa Today)
Judith Shatin Celebrates 30 Years at University of Virginia (Jane Ford, McIntire Dept of Music Newsletter)
Judith Shatin: Penelope’s Song (timsummers.org)
Judith Shatin: Talking Music - An Interview with J. Michele Edwards (IAWM Journal)
Lydia Moyer / Civil War Memories (Inside/Out) (Acid Rain Productions)
The Mind of an Artist (The Library of Congress)
Music by Judith Shatin/Chile Concert
Mythic Dramas By Judith Shatin (hasseborup.com)
The Nature Project (Madeline Shapiro, NewMusicBox)
Playing the Shofar: An Ancient Sound Finds a New Voice (Lana Gersten, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Premiere of COAL (Anna Larson, ILWC Journal)
Rotunda: The Movie (University of Virgina Magazine)
Setting the Themes (BLC, New Music Connoisseur)
Shatin Pioneers Computer Music (Elizabeth Wilkerson, Arts & Sciences Magazine)
Shatin's Music Ranges from Jeffersonian Ideals to Coal Mines (University of Virginia)
Sounding Off - The Virginia Center for Computer Music is Making Noise (Laura Parsons, The University of Virginia Magazine)
Tree Music (Jane Ford, Arts & Sciences Magazine)
Wednesday Night at the Improv (Vance R. Koven, The Boston Musical Intelligencer)
World Premiere of Judith Shatin's 'Jefferson: In His Own Words' (Hemsing Associates, MusicalAmerica)
Composer's website
Judith Shatin: What's New . . .
Shatin @ Wikipedia
Shatin @ 3genFestival
Shatin @ American Composers Alliance
Shatin @ American Composers Forum
Shatin @ American Music Center
Shatin @ Answers.com
Shatin @ Arsis Press
Shatin @ ARTISTdirect
Shatin @ California Summer Music at Sonoma State University
Shatin @ Center for New Music/University of Iowa
Shatin @ Classical Archives
Shatin @ Classical Composers Database
Shatin @ Da Capo Chamber Players
Shatin @ Dilettante Music
Shatin @ Downtown Music Gallery
Shatin @ EMF Productions
Shatin @ Facebook
Shatin @ Influxdance Company
Shatin @ Innova Recordings
Shatin @ InstantEncore
Shatin @ Jeffrey James Arts Consulting also here
Shatin @ Kalvos & Damian
Shatin @ The Kennedy Center also here
Shatin @ LAIM
Shatin @ LinkedIn
Shatin @ The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Shatin @ multimediasaxophone.com
Shatin @ Musical Heritage Society
Shatin @ MusicWeb International
Shatin @ MySpaceMusic
Shatin @ Naxos
Shatin @ NetMusicWorks
Shatin @ E.C. Schirmer
Shatin @ Sequenza21
Shatin @ Sigma Alpha Iota
Shatin @ University of Texas Electronic Music Studios
Shatin @ University of Virginia also here
Shatin @ University of Virginia/Art Museum
Shatin @ VA Book!
Shatin @ Vox Novus
Streaming Audio
Shatin @ Composer's website (check under individual work listings)
Shatin @ Classical Archives
Shatin @ last.fm
Shatin @ The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Shatin @ MySpaceMusic
Shatin @ NetMusicWorks
Shatin @ Noizepunk and Krooner/Interview
Shatin @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Shatin @ ArkivMusic
Shatin @ Aucourant Records
Shatin @ Capstone Records
Shatin @ ClassicsOnline
Shatin @ Discogs
Shatin @ Innova Recordings
Shatin @ New World Records
Fantasìa Sobre El Flamenco (Sonora Productions)
Sea of Reeds and Three Summers Heat (Centaur CRC 2454)
Shatin @ YouTube
Shatin @ 60X60 Dance
Shatin @ The Mind of an Artist (The Library of Congress)
Shatin @ The Nature Project/Madeleine Shapiro/NewMusicBox
Shatin @ ReasearchChannel/Gateways
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Shatin on Shatin: The Mind of an Artists/Library of Congress Webcasts (VIDEO)
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Shatin on Shatin: A Composition Springing from West Virginia’s Coal Fields/Gateways (VIDEO)
Composers
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(note: interview begins in 2nd half of program @ 13:24)
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