List of Commissions
Did you know? Chamber Music Northwest is one of the nation’s leading commissioners of new music, providing composers with the resources and freedom to create bold, innovative works that challenge artists and expand the definition of what chamber music can be. With over 140 new works commissioned and premiered since 1971, creating opportunity for composers to make new music is a long-standing commitment of CMNW.
2026
STEVEN BANKS (b. 1993)
to be free (15’)
West Coast Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionREENA ESMAIL (b. 1983)
String Quartet (15–20’)
World Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionDONGHOON SHIN (b. 1983)
Sonnets to Orpheus (15’)
U.S. Premiere | CMNW Co-Commission
2025
ALISTAIR COLEMAN (b. 1998)
Ghost Art Canticles for String Quartet
World Premiere | CMNW CommissionSEAN SHEPHERD (b. 1979)
Latticework for Violin & Cello
World Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionETHAN SOLEDAD (b. 1999)
Poems From Angel Island for Piano Quintet
World Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionKIAN RAVAEI (b. 1999)
iPod Variations for Flute, Violin & Electronics
World Premiere | CMNW Commission
2024
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS (b. 1953)
Prophecies of Fire
World Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionSTEWART GOODYEAR (b. 1978)
The Torment of Marsyas for Flute & Piano
World Premiere | CMNW CommissionMARC NEIKRUG (b. 1946)
Oboe Quartet in 10 Parts
West Coast Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionKYLE RIVERA (b. 1996)
Grimoire I: Laplace’s Demon
World Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionJÖRG WIDMANN (b. 1973)
String Quartet No. 9, Study on Beethoven IV
U.S. Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionJOAN TOWER (b. 1938)
To Sing or Dance
World Premiere | CMNW Co-Commission
2023
KIAN RAVAEI (b. 1999)
Gulistan
World Premiere | CMNW CommissionVALERIE COLEMAN (b. 1970)
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA (b. 1976)
GABRIEL JENKS (b. 1981)
Three Pieces for Flute, Viola & Harp
West Coast Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionWANG JIE (b. 1980)
Blame the Obituary
World Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionKIAN RAVAEI (b. 1999)
The Little Things
World Premiere | CMNW Co-CommissionCHRIS ROGERSON (b. 1988)
Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt
World Premiere | CMNW Commission