Laura Kaminsky

Compositions
Biography

Recent Works include:

Music for Artur [2006] for solo piano
Commissioned by the Yerevan State Conservatory of Music Armenia-America: Music Now! Festival; supported by a grant from CEC ArtsLink

Duo for Flute and Piano [2006]
Commissioned by Tara Helen O'Connor [flute] and Margaret Kampmeier [piano]

For Lee Krasner for women's chorus [2005]
Commissioned by the New York Treble Singers with support from the
National Endowment for the Arts

Isole from L'arcipelago delle delizie for Solo Cello [2005]
Commissioned by cellist Susan Salm with support from the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York

Music for Thelma for violin and piano [2005]
Commissioned by Cornish College of the Arts in honor of Thelma Lehmann

Monotypes [2005]
Commissioned by the Degas String Quartet with support from the North Carolina Arts Council 

Cadenza Variations for woodwind quintet [2004]
     Commissioned by the Quintet of the Americas
Composed during a Centrum Creative Residency

Piano Quartet [2003-04]
Commissioned by the Icicle Creek Music Center with support from the Jordan Family Foundation
Composed, in part, during a Centrum Creative Residency

The Seasons for women's chorus [2003]
Commissioned by the New York Treble Singers

Until a Name for solo flute [2003]
Commissioned by Nina Assimakopoulos, flutist

Runaway Anemone for mandolin and guitar [2003]
      Commissioned by the Ahlert-Schwab Duo

Rise, My Love for female voice (soprano or alto) and piano [2003]

Duo for Cello and Piano [2003]
Commissioned by Rhonda Rider, cellist, with support from the Seattle        Arts Commission

Transformations II for string quartet [2002]
Commissioned by the Odeon Quartet with support from the King County Arts Commission, The Seattle Arts Commission and Artist Trust

Danza Piccola [2002] for solo piano
      Commissioned by Composer/Choreographer VI

Libra for chorus [2002]
      Commissioned by the Esoterics

The Full Range of Blue [2001]
      Commissioned by the Seattle Chamber Players with support from the
      Copying Assistance Program of the American Music Center


Transformations for String Quartet [2000]
      Commissioned by the Colorado Quartet with support from the Serage
      Foundation

River Music for Flute, Piano and Percussion [2000]
      Commissioned by Taneko Trio

Vukovar Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano [1999]