Composition Portfolio — George Tsz-Kwan Lam, Composer

Instrumental Chamber Music

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Kiyoshi Kuromiya: Critical Path (2024)

for solo clarinet in b-flat and fixed media playback or clarinet ensemble

Distant Ringing (2023)

for vibraphone four hands

Postcard (2022)

for mixed ensemble and digital playback

Family Association (2022)

for geolocation-enabled app, recorded oral history, and chamber ensemble

The Emigrants (2018)

for cello, percussion, and digital playback

A Story, Again, Misremembered (2017)

for tenor trombone and bass trombone

Citadel (2015)

for two percussionists
written for Synergy Percussion in celebration of its 40th anniversary

Theseus and the Minotaur (2014)

for two percussionists
written for Asian Young Musicians Connection

String Quartet (2013)

commissioned by the Romer Quartet

Suite for Cello (2011)

commissioned by the Gesher Music Festival

Possible Objects (2007)

for saxophone quartet

This Evidence (2008)

words by Benjamin Rogers
monologue for chamber orchestra

Grand Junction (2006)

fanfare for trombone quartet

Variations On (2006)

words by Benjamin Rogers
chamber concerto for seven players

Momentum Studies (2005)

two movements for three flutes

Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

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Underwater Acoustics (2018)

poem by Rajiv Mohabir
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
commissioned by American Opera Projects for the Chautauqua Opera Company

Shrewsbury Fair (2017-20)

for concert band (grade 2-3)
commissioned by Oak Middle School, Shrewsbury, MA

Claire de Lune on Hammer Hill (2012)

for orchestra
commissioned by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta

The Gestures of Farewell (2010)

for narrator and orchestra
commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta

The Queen's Gramophone (2009)

for orchestra
commissioned by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Anniversaries (2009)

for sextet and wind ensemble (grade 6 / advanced)
commissioned by the Charles River Wind Ensemble

Loud Sunsets (2008)

for concert band (grade 4-5)
commissioned by Kappa Kappa Psi - Theta Beta
written for the Boston University Concert Band

Opera

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Rumpelstiltskin (2018)

opera in one act
music by Ruby Fulton and George Lam
libretto by John Clum

Heartbreak Express (2015)

opera in one act
libretto by John Clum

Ross McElwee's "Sherman's March" (2014)

chamber opera in one act
after Ross McElwee’s film “Sherman’s March”

The Persistence of Smoke (2011)

opera in one act
libretto by John Justice

Vocal Chamber Music

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Sonnet 60 (2020)

For Soprano and Web Browser
Written for Bonnie Lander and Rhymes With Opera

Such Sweet Sorrow (2018)

poem by Allison Joseph
for bass and piano
commissioned by American Opera Projects for the Chautauqua Opera Company

Sissieretta Jones, Carnegie Hall, 1902: O Patria Mia (2018)

poem by Tyehimba Jess
for soprano and piano
commissioned by American Opera Projects for the Chautauqua Opera Company

The Love Song of Mary Flagler Cary (2012)

libretto by Benjamin Rogers
for two sopranos, baritone, two violas, and piano

The Person In The Room Wishes To Be Left Alone (2011)

Words by Benjamin Rogers
For Soprano, Saxophone and Tape
Commissioned by the Emerging Voices Project

Fog Argument (2004)

poem by Mark Doty
for tenor and piano

Chorus

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Water In Love (2020)

for mixed voices, a capella
written for the Borough of Manhattan Community College Chorus

Carmina Burana 布蘭詩歌 (2015, rev. 2017)

three songs for chorus
commissioned by Hong Kong Voices in celebration of its 15th anniversary

Transfiguration Sunday (2012)

for mixed chorus, handbells, string quartet and organ
commissioned by Christ Church United Methodist (New York, NY)

Words Become Unlatched (2008)

seven madrigals for mixed voices
commissioned by Volti as part of the Choral Arts Laboratory

十年 Ten Years (2007)

poem by Lap Lam
for mixed voices
written for Hong Kong Voices