Ted Babcock

Works

Large Ensemble | Chamber | Solo | Large Projects


Large Ensemble

Pulse, Echo – for Orchestra (7′)
Commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival, 2023
Selected for American Composer’s Orchestra Earshot Program in partnership with Indiana University, 2024

Soul Chords – Orchestra (6’)
Brevard Music Center, 2019

Nocturnal Clockwork – Orchestra (6’)
Boston Conservatory, 2019

Color Field – Wind ensemble (8’)
Commissioned by the Philadelphia Wind Symphony, 2017

Humble Songs of Days Gone By – Chamber orchestra and three female vocal soloists (28’)
Curtis Institute of Music, 2014


Chamber

New Percussion Quartet (15′)
Commissioned by Sandbox Percussion as part of the Creative Mentorship program, 2025

Harmony Rounds – Percussion Quartet (10′)
Commissioned by the University of Michigan and Lawrence University, 2024

Refractions – for flute and cello (8′)
Commissioned by the Floocello Duo, 2024

The Next Stage – for Soprano, Clarinet, Piano, Percussion, and Cello (16′)
Commissioned by Don Liuzzi, Principal Timpani of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 2024

String Quartet No. 2, a ‘Hero’ Quartet – (18′)
Commissioned by the Viano String Quartet, 2022

Dialogues – for 2 Percussionists, Electric Guitar, Piano, and Contrabass – (35′)
Workshopped and Performed at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, 2022

Twice Mirrored – for 2 Percussionists – (8′)
Commissioned by the CVC Duo

Either/Or – Pierrot ensemble and baritone soloist (7’)
Brevard Music Center, 2019

Re:Longdistance – Percussion Trio, Piano, and Mezzo Soprano (5’)
Boston Conservatory, 2019

Formations – Saxophone quartet (15’)
Performed by the H2 Saxophone Quartet at Boston Conservatory, 2018

Songs of Transformation – Lyric mezzo-soprano and piano (11’)
Curtis Institute, 2017

String Trio – (16’)
Commissioned by Bicycle Trio, Avaloch Farm Institute, 2017

Elegy – Brass sextet (4’)
Recorded by The Brass Project, 2017

Wind Quintet – (10’)
Curtis Institute, 2016

Gentle Wind, Fractured – Percussion ensemble and flute soloist (10’)
Commissioned and performed by Shiqi Zhong and University of Nanjing, 2015

Still Life – Mixed chamber ensemble (10’)
Commissioned by FringeArts and performed by ensemble39, 2015

By the Sea – Percussion duo (8’)
Commissioned by arx duo, 2014

Freight – Six contrabasses (12’)
Curtis Institute, 2014

Junctions – String quartet (18’)
Curtis Institute, 2014


Solo

New Marimba Solo – (15′)
Commissioned by James Koo (2025)

Piano Etudes – (15′) – 2023

Prelude to Savage Love – (6′)
for Solo Clarinet (2023)

Three Minutes for Tessa Seymour – for solo cello – (3′)
Commissioned for the Curtis Institute Centenary Project, 2023

Polyphonic Field for Piano and Electronics (9’)
Commissioned by Amy Yang, 2022

Postlude from Dialoguesfor Solo Piano – (6′) – 2021
Tableaux II from Dialogues – for Solo Marimba – (5′) – 2022
Interlude from Dialogues for Solo Contrabass – (8′) – 2022
Tableaux I from Dialogues – for Solo Vibraphone – (5′) – 2022
Prelude from Dialogues for Solo Electric Guitar – (6′) – 2021

Penelope – for Flute and Electronics (11’)
Commissioned by Antonina Styczeń, 2021

Trilogies – for Percussion and Electronics (36’) – 2020

Ascension – Solo vibraphone (6’)
Commissioned by Euphina Yap, Boston Conservatory, 2019

E.P.D. – Solo drum set and electronics (5’)
Commissioned by Evan Chapman, 2017

The Other Day in Question – Solo piano and electronic processing (4’)
Commissioned by World Café Live Philadelphia, 2015

Cha – A composed improvisation for cymbal and Max patch (7’)
Curtis Institute Young Artists Summer Program faculty concert, 2014


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