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Read program notes, listen to recordings, and peruse scores by Ryan Suleiman by clicking "more info" next to each piece.

Solos and Duos   |   Instrumental Chamber Works   |    Orchestra & Symphonic Band   |   Vocal & Operatic Music 

Instrumental ​Chamber Works:

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  • Meditations (in progress) 

    • for The Fourth Wall Ensemble 

    • flute, bass trombone, percussion, electronics

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  • New work (in progress) 

    • flute, bass trombone, cello, piano, percussion

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  • Piece of Mind (2021) more info

    • clarinet, horn, viola, cello

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  • vox mysterium (2020) more info

    • flute, clarinet, violin, cello

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  • Thought Bubbles (2018) more info

    • string quartet​

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  • Night Walk (2018) more info

    • flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano

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  • Three Solar Essences (2017) more info

    • flute, clarinet, bass trombone, violin, double bass, percussion, piano

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  • Heartstrings (2016) more info

    • violin, viola, cello, piano (music for dance)

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  • Transfiguration (2016) more info

    • violin, cello, piano

 

  • Mists and Sparks (2015) more info

    • clarinet, violin, percussion

 

  • Saltscape (2015) more info

    • flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

 

  • Up Close and from a Distance (2014) more info

    • flute, Bb clarinet, violin, viola, cello

 

  • Acqua e Luce ​(2012) more info

    • string quartet

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  • Quintet - Men in the Sun (2010) more info

    • inspired by the Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani's novella, originally in Arabic رجال في الشمس 

    • flute, clarinet, viola, cello, vibrapone/tambourine​

    • also available for "Pierrot" with violin instead of viola

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Solos and Duos:

    

  • Three London Etudes (2024)

    • solo piano

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  • Colors in Motion (2021) more info

    • solo viola

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  • in a field of stars (2020) more info

    • cello & piano

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  • The Floating Island II (2017) more info

    • solo piano

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  • Für Arvo (2017/18) more info

    • clarinet & piano

    • also available for solo piano

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  • Two Pieces in Variable Order (2018) more info

    • solo percussion

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  • Three Pieces for String Can Koto (2014) more info

 

  • Drought (2014) more info

    • marimba & bass trombone

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  • The Floating Island ​​(2014) more info

    • euphonium & piano

    • trombone & piano

    • solo piano (The Floating Island II)

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  • Brief Meditation (2013) more info

    • mixed percussion duo

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  • Under Moonlight ​(2012) more info

    • solo piano

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  • Five Poems from Bodega Bay (2008) more info

    • solo piano

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  • Moods of the Sea (2006) more info

    • solo piano​​​​

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Orchestra & Symphonic Band:

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  • Piano Concerto (2020) more info

    • piano & orchestra

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  • Skies of Smoke (2019) more info

    • orchestra

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  • Reflections (2015) more info

    • symphonic wind ensemble

 

  • The Red Velvet Violin Suite (2015) more info

    • orchestra

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  • The Red Velvet Violin (2014) more info

    • orchestra, narrator, & puppets

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  • Anachronistic Visions​ (2013) more info

    • small orchestra

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  • Apparition​ (2013) more info

    • string orchestra

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  • Illusion (2009 / 2012) more info

    • concert band

 

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Vocal / Operatic Music:​

 

  • july midnight  (2023) more info

    • for soprano & piano

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  • The School for Girls Who Lost Everything in the Fire (2020-22; first scene / concept)

    • 5-7 singers and chamber ensemble

    • in collaboration with Cristina Fríes (story/libretto) & West Edge Opera's Aperture program

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  • The Robin (2020) more info

    • soprano, piccolo, cello, piano

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  • Moon, Bride, Dogs (2019) more info

    • chamber opera for soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano quartet or quintet

    • in collaboration with Cristina Fríes (story/libretto) and the North American New Opera (NANOworks) production team

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  • Bones of Girls (2019) more info

    • opera for soprano, tenor, baritone, and pianist

    • in collaboration with Cristina Fríes (story/libretto) and Omari Tau and Rogue Music Project.

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  • decketh joy, water destroy (2018) more info

    • soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, cello, double bass

    • also available for soprano & piano

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  • "Shine, Perishing Republic" (2017) more info

    • flute, Bb clarinet, and narrator (text by Robinson Jeffers)

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