spectres I
waves folding over,
again and again

a softer echo
rings in relief
woven dust
a prairie archive
stone
far and getting further
au passage
apennine
boomtown
can’t you see?




(piano)
(reed quintet)

(harp)
(piano + electronics)
(bandoneon + 2 percussion)
(viola)
(sinfonietta) 
(e.gtr quartet)
(voice, b.cl, tpt, tbn)
(vln, vla)
(vln + electronics)
(2-5 String Players)





 
 





spectres I | 2026
piano




Premiered by Ariel Mo at Barnes Hall, 5/9/26


waves folding over, again and again | 2026
reed quintet
written for Splinter Reeds



Premiered by Splinter Reeds at Barnes Hall, 4/18/26


a softer echo | 2026
harp
written for Rhodri Davies




Premiered by Rhodri Davies at Annabel Taylor Chapel, 2/10/26


Woven Dust | 2025
bandoneon.2percussion
written for Line Upon Line



Premiered by Line Upon Line at the 2026 Austin Winter Music Festival

Score 

Rings in Relief | 2025
pno.electronics
written for Jack Yarbrough



Premiered by Jack Yarbrough at the Johnson Museum of Art


A Prairie Archive | 2025
vla (or vcl)
written for Asher Wulfman



Premiered by Asher Wulfman at Hockett Recial Hall, Ithaca College

Score 
Stone | 2025
fl.ob.bcl.bsn - hn.tpt.tbn - 2vln.vla.vcl.cb - pno.mar
written for the Festival Chamber Orchestra



Premiered by the Festival Chamber Orchestra

Score 
Far and Getting Further | 2024
electric guitar quartet
written for Dither’s 2024 residency with the Experimental Sound Series at Cornell



Premiered by Dither

Au Passage | 2024
bar - bcl - tpt.tbn
written for loadbang’s 2023-2024 Steven Stucky Residency at Cornell



Premiered by Loadbang

Score 
Apennine | 2022
vln.vla
commissioned by Tetractys New Music



Premiered by andPlay

score 

© 2025 James Parker