Commissioning

Network for New Music is one of the foremost commissioning organizations in the United States. Now in its 38th year, Network has commissioned 160 works from leading composers including Sebastian Currier, Dai Fujikura, Michael Hersch, Lee Hyla, Steven Mackey, Behzad Ranjbaran, and Chen Yi as well as Pulitzer Prize winners John Harbison, Jennifer Higdon, Bernard Rands, Lewis Spratlan, Melinda Wagner, Richard Wernick, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

In 2014, the Board of Directors established the Network for New Music Commissioning Fund, a permanent, ongoing reserve fund to support the creation of new works. In 2018, the fund was formally named to honor Network's Artistic Director Emerita, and is known as the Linda Reichert Commissioning Fund. Network for New Music is one of the first ensembles nationwide to maintain its own dedicated commissioning fund, ensuring that composer collaborations are a part of every concert season in Philadelphia.

Commissions / World Premieres

Adu-Gilmore, Leila The 2100*†

Aino, June Violet The Vulture (2020)*†

Arauco, Ingrid Dreamdances*†; Violiloquy*†

Asia, Daniel  Amichai Songs*†

Barker, Jennifer M. Two Poems*†

Bartlett, Kyle Blossom, ether, singularity*†

Belcastro, Richard Caution, Rip Current*†

Brodhead, Richard Je me souviens… Songs and Interludes for Soprano & Ensemble*†;  Concerto in Light and Shadow*†; Cantus Memoriae, In memoriam Daniel Dietrich II

Brown, Eliza Figure to Ground*†

Caine, Uri 4 Short Pieces for 2 Hands*†; Friend*†

Capanna, Robert Songs of an Ancient Mariner, Book One*†; Magic Numbers V: Hymns & Dances*†; Too light, too light, like a sudden waking...

Carlson, Luke Woodcuts*†

Chasalow, Eric  Shatter and Glide*†

Chen, Ke-Chia The Looming Sky*†

Chen, Shih-Hui Our Names*†

Chen Yi …as like a raging fire…*†; YangKo*†

Clearfield, Andrea Kawa Ma Gyur (The Unchanging Pillar)*†; Lung-Ta (The Windhorse)*†; always (light); fragments (love)*†; New Work (2018)*†

Coleman, Gene Gadget*†

Collins, Quinn When I Think About Germantown and Love*†

Cotton, Jeffery Variation*†

Crawford, Michael Shingo Rainbow Chaser*†

Curran, Alvin E POI*†

Currier, Sebastian Nightmazes*†; Waves

Davidson, Tina Fire on the Mountain*†

Davidovsky, Mario Simple Dances #2*†

Dembski, Stephen Out of My System*†

Dorff, Daniel Philly Rhapsody*†

Festinger, Richard Concerto for Piano and Nine Instruments*†

Finko, David Two Poems by Stephen Dunn*†

Fluellen, Jay Sonia Reflected*†; Deep Down In Germantown*; Freedom. Under, Above, Through...*†

Folio, Cynthia Two Songs on Poems by Stephen Dunn*†; Through Window's Lattices*†; between the road and railroad track (2017)*†

Fujikura, Dai Halcyon*†

Garwood, Margaret Always; Fragments 2, 3, 4 (B.C. 536)*†

Gill, Jeremy Dunn Songs*†; Eliot Fragments*; Sons Découpés*†

Glickman, Sylvia Dances and Entertainments*†

Greenbaum, Matthew Ordre*†; Ovidiana*†; Psalter*†

Harberg, Amanda Tales of Lyra*†

Harbison, John Right to Pleasure*†; Crossroads*†; Nocturne*†

Hartke, Stephen The Blue Studio*†

Hersch, Michael A Breath Upwards*†; A Forest of Attics*†; New Work (2018)*†

Hey, Joshua I am in here*†

Higdon, Jennifer wissahickon poeTrees*†; Zones*†; Mr. Carter’s Notes*†; Lake Blue Sky: A Lullaby*†; Notes of Gratitude*†

Hyla, Lee Amore Scaduto*†

Jaffe, Stephen Light Dances (Chamber Concerto #2)*†

Jalbert, Pierre Light, Line, Shadow*†

Jost, Valentin Bubbles*†

Karchin, Louis Ricercare; Luminous Fields*†

Krause, Benjamin from quiet scripts*†

Krzywicki, Jan Septet*; Bear’s Dance*; Catching Light*; Four Songs After Rexroth*†

Kuster, Kristin folding planes : frosted panes*†

Laganella, David Unattainable Spaces*†

Lansky, Paul Harmonic Gallery*†

Larsen, Libby Songs of Light and Love*†

Levinson, Gerald At the Still Point of the Turning World, There the Dance Is*; ...because it is winter everywhere...*†

Ludwig, David Lamentations*†; Three Portraits of Isabella

Mackey, Steven Five Animated Shorts*†

Maggio, Robert From Earth to Moon*†; Vibrate*†; Puryear Studies*†

Maneval, Philip Parables*†; When Push Comes to Shove*†; Tales of Purim*†

Moe, Eric Spirit Mountain*†; Repeat Offender*†; Remember/Imagine*†; Turn On Your Funk Motor*†

Mumford, Jeffrey Two haiku settings: of place and love*†;  a celebration of Elliott*†; . . . becoming clear (2017)*†

Orth, Rene Reflections #2*†

Pace, Roberto Solo on Puryear for Double Bass (2017)*†

Patrick, Wendel My Love for Germantown*†

Primosch, James Dream Journal*†; Dancepiece*†;  Ariel Songs; Meditations on ‘Amazing Grace’*†; Three Sketches*†

Rakowski, David Gut Reaction*; Natura Morta*

Ran, Shulamit Song and Dance*

Rands, Bernard Concertino for Oboe and Ensemble*; "now again" - fragments from Sappho*; Impromptu #4*

Ranjbaran, Behzad Concertino for English Horn and Strings*†

Reise, Jay Concerto for Horn and 7 Instruments*†; Duo Rhythmikosmos*†

Reynolds, Todd Sounds for the New Royality*†

Rissman, Nick Trio*†

Rudin, Andrew Poems of Stephen Berg*†; A Sudden Waking*†

Schneller, Oliver New Work (2018)*†

Schuette, Paul The Navigator *†; No Storm Can Shake My Inmost Calm*†

Schultz, Robert Autumn Squalls (for Solo Flute)†

Shirelle, BL The 2100*†

Siniakova, Nina Il pleut des chats et des chiens*†

Smith, Kile Poems of Stephen Berg*†

Solot, Evan (for you)*†

Sommerfeldt, Jerod You Can Make it*†

Spratlan, Lewis Vespers Cantata: Hesperus is Phosphorus*†

Stafford, Terell Favor*†

Steen, Ken in afterness…*†

Thomas, Augusta Read Passion Prayers*†; Bells*†; Acrobat*†

Tsontakis, George Gymnopedies*†

Wagner, Melinda Romanze with Faux Variations*†; Linda! Linda!*†

Walker, George Abu*†

Weesner, Anna Early, After, Ever, Now*†; Mother Tongues*†; We Shall Overcome*†

Wernick, Adam Always*†; Ibycus (fragments)*†

Wernick, Richard The Name of the Game*†; New Work (2018)*†

Whitman, Thomas At War’s End*†; Quartet for Piano and Strings*†

Wright, Maurice Darwiniana*†; Taylor Series*†; Tempus Carmenium*†; The Trojan Conflict*†; New Work (2018)*†

Yedidia, Ronn Sonata #3, Outcries*†

Zankel, Bobby  Will the Cycle Be Unbroken*†

Zhou Long Illusion*†

Ziporyn, Evan Air = Water *†

Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe A Poem for Elliott*†