Trevor Berens: pianist, teacher, composer, music therapist
  • Home
  • News
  • Bio
  • Concerts
  • Compositions
  • Services
  • Repertoire
  • Links
RECENT WORKS
2020
  • Drumlin Sunset -- 2 violins, marimba, pf (reimagining of second movement of Two Scenes) -- premiered by Sonic Liberation Players
2019
  • Cella Duru (rev.) -- soprano, violin, flute, cello, vibraphone, piano (premiered 2019 by Sonic Liberation Players)          pdf
2018
  • Two Scenes (Lincoln, Mass,, 2018) -- kora, piano (unperformed)          pdf 1     pdf 2
  • Song of Myself, Chapter 1 -- SATB chorus with divisi          pdf
  • Pisces Rising -- premiered July 2018 by Trevor Berens          audio   pdf
  • Three Improvisational Meditations for Voice          pdf​
2016
  • Light, More Light! -- premiered May 2016 by Trevor Berens          audio   pdf 
  • Cella Dura -- soprano, oboe, piano (premiered March 2016 by Jessica Tunick Berens, Kristin Olson, Trevor Berens)      audio clip
  • Winter Light -- SATB chorus with divisi (premiered December 2016 by Halalisa Singers)          pdf
2015
  • Be Not Afeer'd -– for SATB chorus with divisi (unpremiered)          pdf
  • Poems Penyeach –- 14 songs for soprano and piano [text by James Joyce] (selections premiered May 21, 2016 by Jessica Tunick Berens, Trevor Berens)          pdf
Works written before 2010
  • Four Songs from the Dhammapada (2008) – mezzo-soprano, piano (premiered 2008)          (pdf in progress)
  • Les Chats (2006) – soprano, piano (premiered 2006) [text by Charles Baudelaire]          pdf

ALL WORKS

small ensemble
  • Two Scenes (Lincoln, Mass,, 2018) - kora, piano (unperformed)  pdf 1     pdf 2
  • Cella Dura (2016) - soprano, oboe, piano (premiered March 2016 by Jessica Tunick Berens, Kristin Olson, Trevor Berens) audio clip
  • Labyrinth 2: Kesaptutta (2009) - soprano, piano, percussion (premiered by Trevor Berens, Jessica Berens, Danny Holt, 2009)
  • 20 Years (2008) – soprano, piano, marimba (unperformed)
  • Mirfak at Midnight (2004) – clarinet, violin, piano, percussion (premiered by the California EAR Unit, 2004)  pdf
  • Le Moment Jaune (2003) – woodwind quartet (premiered by Sarah Wass, Bill Powell, Lara Wickes, Jonathan Stehney, 2003)  pdf  audio
  • Wind Chases the Sun (2003) – speaking flutist, clarinetist, violinist, cellist, pianist, and percussionist (premiered 2003) based on “Prison Writings” by Leonard Peltier (permission granted)  pdf  audio
  • Whirlwind (2003) – clarinet, viola, marimba  pdf
  • Sirens (2003) - two sopranos 
  • String Quartet (2003) (premiered by Johnny Chang, Michelina Wright, Natalie Brejcha, Jessica Catron, 2002) audio
  • Still Thinking (2000) - four drums (premiered by Mark Saya, Paul Humphreys, Mike Reiner, Eric Gillingham, 2000) audio

choral
  • Song of Myself, Chapter 1 (2018) for SATB chorus with divisi  pdf
  • Winter Light (2016) for SATB chorus with divisi (December 2016 by Halalisa Singers) pdf
  • Be Not Afeer'd (2015) – for SATB chorus with divisi   pdf

voice/piano
  • Song of Myself, Chapter 32 (in progress) - soprano, piano
  • Poems Penyeach (2013-2015) – 14 songs for soprano and piano [text by James Joyce] (selections premiered May 21, 2016 by Jessica Tunick Berens, Trevor Berens)
  • Four Songs from the Dhammapada (2008) – mezzo-soprano, piano (premiered 2008)
  • Les Chats (2006) – soprano, piano (premiered 2006) [text by Charles Baudelaire]  pdf
  • Puma at the Chapultepec Zoo (2003) – mezzo-soprano, piano (premiered 2002 by Adriana Manfredi and Trevor Berens) [text by Gregory Corso]   audio
  • Another Night in the Ruins (2002) –song cycle for soprano, piano (premiered 2002 by Anne-Marie Dicce Valenzuela and Trevor Berens) [text by Galway Kinnell, permission granted]
  • Morning (2000) – soprano, piano (premiered 2000 by Anne-Marie Dicce Valenzuela and Trevor Berens) [text by Mary Oliver]

solo piano
  • The Mountain Spirit (in progress) – speaking pianist [based on the poem by Gary Snyder]
  • Pisces Rising-- (2018) premiered July 2018 by Trevor Berens  audio   pdf
  • Light, More Light! (2016) - premiered May 2016 by Trevor Berens  audio   pdf 
  • The Garden (2007) – premiered 2007
  • Sui:Yu (2003) – premiered 2003, recorded 2005  audio   pdf
  • Nothing, Not Wanting (for prepared piano, 2002) – performed 2002  pdf

other solo
  • If I Told Him (2005) – unaccompanied soprano (premiered 2005 by Jessica Tunick Berens) [text by Gertrude Stein, permission granted] audio
  • Elegy for Laika (2003) – solo violin with white noise (premiered 2003) audio
  • Flower of the Mountain (2003) – harp solo  pdf
  • Musings, Wishes, Prayers (2002) – contrabassoon solo  pdf

text based pieces
  • Chance Diversions (2001) – a musical game for four instrumentalists  pdf​
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.