Complete List of Works
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Solo / Small Chamber / Large Chamber / Orchestra / Opera and Art Song / Installation / Fixed Media / Text Scores / Berimbau
Solo
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Turning Point (2024)
Solo vibraphone with voice and fixed electronics (7:45)
Commissioned by Braedon Bomgardner
Premiere: Braedon Bomgardner; Indiana University; 6 April 2024
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Cyclone (2023)
Solo alto saxophone (4:30)
Commissioned by a consortium led by Claire Salli
Premiere forthcoming
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Trigon (2023)
Solo drumset with fixed electronics (7:00)
Commissioned by Andy P. Smith
Premiere forthcoming
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Greetings from... (2022)
Solo marimba with live processing soundscapes (8:00)
In collaboration with Britton-René Collins
Premiere: Britton-René Collins; Virtual PASIC 2022; 18 November 2022
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In Memoriam (2021)
Solo live bassoon with prerecorded bassoon quartet; or bassoon quintet (7:30)
Commissioned by Andy Sledge
Premiere: Andy Sledge; Yale School of Music; 12 April 2021
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Möbius Strip (2020)
Solo multiple percussion and loop pedal (4:15)
Commissioned by Kyle Lutes, in collaboration with Malcolm Taylor
Premiere: Malcolm Taylor; Pennsylvania State University; 15 April 2023
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Smokescreen (2020)
The Concord of Discord (Alexis’ solo project combining spoken text, percussion, and electronics) (5:00)
Text by Alexis C. Lamb
Premiere: The Concord of Discord; Online video premiere; 24 September 2020
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Today I dress myself in symbols (2020)
The Concord of Discord (Alexis’ solo project combining spoken text, percussion, and electronics) (7:00)
Text by Alexis C. Lamb
Premiere: ChamberQUEER Digital Pride Month Festival; Online video premiere; 11 June 2020
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Internal Dialogue (2020)
Solo multiple steel pans (double seconds plus tenor) (5:00)
Commissioned by Louis Raymond-Kolker
Premiere: Louis Raymond-Kolker; Lincoln, NE; 15 May 2020
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An Open Letter to Sam Beam (2019)
Solo hammered dulcimer with percussion and voice (6:30)
Commissioned by Anthony McIntosh
Premiere: Anthony McIntosh; Lincoln, NE; 6 December 2019
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Familiar (2019)
Solo multiple percussion with speaking percussionist (10:00)
Commissioned by a percussion consortium led by Kevin Keith
Premiere: Kevin Keith; Denver, CO; 11 May 2019
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Post-Lightened (2018)
Solo drumset with fixed electronics (5:30)
Commissioned by Evan Chapman
Premiere: Evan Chapman; Bloomington, IN; 11 July 2018
Recording: Caustics (Evan Chapman self-published album)
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(0,1) (2018)
Solo Bb bass clarinet (4:00)
Commissioned by Alex Hecker
Premiere forthcoming
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Graphic Content no. 3 (2018)
Solo instrument (2:45)
Commissioned by Alex Richard
Premiere: Alex Richard; Knoxville, TN; 21 September 2018
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Tihai (2016)
Solo for multiple percussion with electronics (6:00)
Commissioned by Andrew Ferdig
Premiere: Ryan Boehme; Tallahassee, FL; 21 November 2020
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Graphic Content No. 2 (2016)
Solo instrument (2:45)
Premiere: Matthew Doran; DeKalb, IL; 5 March 2016
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Graphic Content No. 1 (2015)
Solo instrument (0:55)
Premiere: NIU New Music; DeKalb, IL; 18 November 2015
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(1,2) (2015)
Solo Bb soprano clarinet (4:00)
Premiere: Alex Hecker, Music By Women Festival; Columbus, MS; 2 March 2018
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The Yellow Wallpaper (2015)
Solo vibraphone with speaking percussionist (7:00)
Premiere: Alexis C. Lamb; DeKalb, IL; 1 March 2015
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Small Chamber (<6 Performers)
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Help me name this! (2024)
Pedagogical trio - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone (3:15)
Commissioned by Brandon LePage
Premiere: Brandon LePage, Nathan Rodriquez, Roberto Campa; University of Michigan; 22 April 2024
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Reading Seams (2023)
Saxophone quartet (7:30)
Commissioned by the Michigan Music Teachers Association
Premiere: Liminal Quartet; Michigan Music Teachers Association Conference; 20 October 2023
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RISE (2022)
Four percussionists, ensemble or solo (4:00)
Commissioned by a consortium led by Alex Braud
Premiere: Alex Braud; Virtual PASIC 2022; 18 November 2022
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It Takes A Village (2022)
String quartet plus community (15:00)
Commissioned by the Vera Quartet
Premiere: Vera Quartet; Littleton, MA; 22 May 2022
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Matters/Mind (2021)
Percussion quartet (5:30)
Commissioned by Third Coast Percussion
Premiere: Third Coast Percussion; Chicago, IL; 15 December 2021
Recording: Currents Vol. 1 (Third Coast Percussion self-published album)
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A Rock Skip and Someone Else’s Dream (2021)
String quartet (7:00)
In collaboration with the Aizuri Quartet and the Next Festival of Emerging Artists
Premiere: Aizuri Quartet; Online Video Premiere; 1 July 2021
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Tumbo (2021)
Violin, viola, bass, percussion, dancers (11:00)
Choreography by Tashara Gavin-Moorehead
In collaboration with the Next Festival of Emerging Artists
Premiere: Next Festival Composer/Choreographer Workshop Fellows; Online video premiere; 11 July 2021
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Pert: An Affirmative Action Dialogue (2021)
String quartet and electronics (7:00)
Text by Jacqueline Wei Mintz and Florence Minnis
Commissioned by the Yale Women Faculty Forum Seed Grant
Recording: Kate Arndt, Beatrice Hsieh, Bethany Hargreaves, Miriam Liske-Doorandish; New Haven, CT; 21 April 2021
Premiere: Avalon Quartet; DeKalb, IL; 4 November 2022
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Pendulum (2020)
Euphonium and percussion duo (1:00)
In collaboration with the Moreau VanTuinen Duo
Premiere: Moreau VanTuinen Duo; Online video premiere; 12 July 2020
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Stepping Stones (2019)
Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Bb Bass Clarinet, Bassoon (pedagogical level) (2:00)
Commissioned by Music in Schools Initiative at Yale School of Music
Premiere: Morse Music Academy; Online premiere; 31 July 2020
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Tapestry no. 3 (2019)
3 performers (duration may vary)
Premiere: Max Mulpagano, Matt Peralta, Sam Zagnit; New Haven, CT; 7 November 2019
Warp and Weft (2019)
Open instrumentation (any even number of musicians greater than or equal to four) (5:15)
Composed for the Westben 2019 Performer-Composer Residency
Premiere: Westben Composer-Performer Fellows; Campbellford, ON; 13 July 2019
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Tapestry no. 2 (2019)
2, 4, 6, or 12 performers (duration may vary)
Composed for the Westben 2019 Performer-Composer Residency
Premiere: Westben Composer-Performer Fellows; Campbellford, ON; 10 July 2019
For Marsha (P. Johnson) (2019)
Two sopranos, two altos a cappella (6:00)
Text by Aiden K. Feltkamp
Commissioned by I AM I AM I AM Collective
Premiere: I AM I AM I AM Collective; Troy, NY; 1 June 2019
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Kenai (2018)
Hammered dulcimer, guitar, cello (5:30)
Premiere: Alexis C. Lamb, Tanner Porter, Nicoletta Todesco; New Haven, CT; 9 February 2019
The North Star (2018)
Bb clarinet, Bb bass clarinet, two percussion, piano (13:00)
Commissioned by Zeitgeist
Premiere: Zeitgeist; St. Paul, MN; 12 October 2018
Interruptions (2018)
Trumpet in Bb and percussion (8:00)
Commissioned by a consortium led by Joe and Matthew Pazanowski
Premiere: Kevin Zetina and Melissa Muñoz; New Haven, CT; 1 March 2020
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Flight of a Cuckoo (2017)
Flute, viola, bass clarinet, percussion (8:00)
Composed for the 2017 nief-norf Summer Festival
Premiere: nief-norf Summer Festival; Knoxville, TN; 20 June 2017
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Seeing Double (2017)
Double second steel pans, Amara (C# Celtic minor) and Equinox (in E) hand pans (6:00)
Commissioned by Nicole Chopp and Aaron Marsala
Premiere: Nicole Chopp and Aaron Marsala; DeKalb, IL; 26 February 2017
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Murmuration (2015, rev. 2017)
Flute, marimba, vibraphone, harp, viola (10:15)
Commissioned by Percussia
Premiere: Percussia; Jackson Heights, NY; 4 June 2016
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Sacred Spirits: Forces of Nature (2014)
Harp (plus rocks, B natural crotale, bass drum), marimba (plus bass drum, wind chimes, wood blocks, splash cymbal) (9:00)
Commissioned by Alvin Lane
Premiere: Alexis C. Lamb/Annie King; DeKalb, IL; 29 March 2014
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“Coexist”-ing (2013)
Tambourine, riq, pandeiro (3:45)
Premiere: Alexis C. Lamb/Jonny Gifford/Mason Wheaton; DeKalb, IL; 29 March 2014
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12:29 MST (2012)
Multiple percussion quintet with film accompaniment (8:00)
Video collaboration with Melissa Myser
Premiere: Percussion X Percussion concert; DeKalb, IL; 17 November 2012
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Large Chamber (6+ performers)
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Lyric Dusk (2023)
Percussion sextet (8:00)
Commissioned by Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Premiere: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Percussion Ensemble; Bloomington, IN; 5 November 2023
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Hindsight (2023)
Flute, folk harp, mridangam, percussion, violin, cello, soprano, baritone (11:00)
Commissioned by and in collaboration with ChamberQUEER's We Refract Ensemble
Premiere: We Refract; Brooklyn, NY; 9 June 2023
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Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like (2021)
Pierrot plus percussion, with text by composer, public protest media, and Supreme Court cases (13:00)
Commissioned by Curtis Institute of Music/We the Purple Project for Democracy
In collaboration with projection designer, Camilla Tassi
Premiere: Ensemble 20/21; Philadelphia, PA; 26 March 2022
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Roses Only (2021)
SSAATTBB a capella (5:00)
Commissioned by C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective
Premiere: C4; New York, NY; 17 November 2022
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She Dared (2020)
Woodwind quintet plus piano (11:00)
Commissioned by Women’s Wind Ensemble
Premiere: Women's Wind Ensemble; Greensboro, NC; 28 October 2021
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Look Through (2020)
1.1.1.asax.bsax.1/1.1.1/drum set/2 sop/str (5:15)
Text by Alexis C. Lamb
Commissioned by the Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra for David Alan Miller and Dogs of Desire
Premiere: Dogs of Desire; Online video premiere; 2 August 2020
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Lux Semitae (“Light the Paths”) (2020)
Percussion ensemble (7:00)
Commissioned by Benjamin L. Perez
Premiere: Benjamin L. Perez; Online video premiere; 1 January 2021
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Enveloped (2019)
Percussion Ensemble (7:15)
Commissioned by Dr. Dave Hall and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Percussion Ensemble
Premiere: UNL Percussion Ensemble; Lincoln, NE; 12 March 2020
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Ondulações (2019)
Reorchestration of “Ondulação” for berimbau trio, two cl., guitar, perc., 2 vln, vla, vc, cb (8:00)
In collaboration with Contemporaneous
Premiere: Projeto Arcomusical and Contemporaneous; Brooklyn, NY; 18 May 2019
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Spectrum (2015)
Steel pan ensemble (7:00)
Premiere: NIU Steelband; DeKalb, IL; 17 April 2016
Orchestra
Resonant Gratitude (2023-24)
fl/ob/cl/bsn/voices/4perc/strings + open air environnments (45:00)
Premiere: Refugia Festival; Ann Arbor, MI; 21 April 2024
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Venus (2022)
2[1+2/picc.].2.cl.bcl.2/3.2.2[1+btbn]/tmp.2perc/hrp/strings (10:00)
Commissioned by the Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: David Alan Miller conducting Albany (NY) Symphony; Troy, NY; 23 April 2022
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Serotiny (2021)
2[1+2/picc.].2[1+2/E.H.].2.2/2.2.2[1+btbn]/2perc./hrp/strings (13:00)
Commissioned by the Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: David Alan Miller conducting Albany (NY) Symphony; Albany, NY; 12 June 2021
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She Was There, Too (2019)
2.2.2.2/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp./3perc./hrp/strings + electronics (10:00)
For Yale Philharmonia
Premiere: Ryan Tani conducting Yale Philharmonia; New Haven, CT; 12 December 2019
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Splintered Light (2019)
2+picc.3.3+b.cl.2./4.3.2+btbn.1/timp./3perc./2hp/str (7:00)
Commissioned by the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: Jeffery Meyer conducting Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra; Tempe, AZ; 31 March 2019
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Opera and Art Song
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Pipe Dream (2023)
Soprano and piano duo (5:00)
In collaboration with the Source Song Festival
Premiere: Francesca Lionetta and Michele Wong; Minneapolis, MN; 11 August 2023
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Poetry and Music Project: A Collection of Songs with Text by K-12 Students in Nebraska (2022)
Soprano/baritone with piano (total collection 17:00)
Commissioned by Opera Omaha
Premiere: Opera Omaha; Omaha, NE; 14 May 2022
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Well, Fuck You Too: A Story of Sisters (2020)
Chamber opera for soprano, mezzo-soprano and string quartet (piano reduction currently available) (18:00)
Libretto by Emily Roller
Workshop: Hillary LaBonte, Lucia Flowers, Melissa Coppola; University of Michigan; 4 February 2024
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Installation
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Harvest (2022)
Sound installation
In collaboration with the NIU New Music Festival
Installation premiere: NIU School of Music; DeKalb, IL; 3 November 2022
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Hybrid Cultivars (2022)
Sound installation
Commissioned by the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
Installation premiere: Upjohn Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum; Ann Arbor, MI; 1 June 2022
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Fixed Media
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Attention/Awareness (2020)
Fixed electronics with interview materials from the Oral History of American Music at Yale (8:40)
Video collaboration with Camilla Tassi
For the reVox Multimedia Installation Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of OHAM
Installation premiere: Center for Collaborative Arts and Media; New Haven, CT; 29 January 2020
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Text Scores
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Pen Pals (2022)
Solo meditation
Premiere: Deep Listening Intensive; Online video premiere; 27 March 2022
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Geometrics (2022)
Solo meditation
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Heart Beat Hum Pulse (2022)
For any number of meditators​
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Wild Geese (2022)
Solo meditation
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Flicker (2020)
Three or more performers (open time)
Premiere: University of Michigan Moore Pond; Ann Arbor, MI; 16 March 2020
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Berimbau​
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Ondulação (2018)
Berimbau trio (7:00)
Premiere: Projeto Arcomusical; Chicago, IL; 29 April 2018
Recording: Spinning in the Wheel (National Sawdust 028)
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Apenas seja (2015)
Berimbau sextet - part of Meia song cycle (5:30)
Premiere: NIU Percussion Ensemble; DeKalb, IL; 7 April 2015
Recording: MeiaMeia: New Music for Berimbau (Innova 922)
um só (2015)
Solo berimbau - part of Meia song cycle (3:15)
Premiere: Alexis C. Lamb, National Conference of Undergraduate Research; Cheney, WA; 17 April 2015
Recording: MeiaMeia: New Music for Berimbau (Innova 922)
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Mudança de onda (2014)
Berimbau quintet - part of Meia song cycle (5:00)
Premiere: NIU Percussion Ensemble; DeKalb, IL; 10 November 2014
Recording: MeiaMeia: New Music for Berimbau (Innova 922)
Queda de quatro (2014)
Berimbau quartet - part of Meia song cycle (6:00)
Premiere: Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival; Morris, IL; 8 June 2014
Recording: MeiaMeia: New Music for Berimbau (Innova 922)
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Palíndromo (2013)
Berimbau trio - part of Meia song cycle (5:15)
Premiere: Illinois Day of Percussion Concert; Bourbonnais, IL; 18 January 2014
Recording: MeiaMeia: New Music for Berimbau (Innova 922)
Descobertas por pau e pedra (2013)
Berimbau duo - part of Meia song cycle (5:00)
Premiere: NIU Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day; DeKalb, IL; 23 April 2013
Recording: MeiaMeia: New Music for Berimbau (Innova 922)