Featured Repertoire
Maura Lanza and Andrea Valle: Systema Naturae ()
Peter Adriaansz: Fraction and Phrase (2012)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: electric guitar, saxophone, piano, percussion
Commission: co-commission with Ensemble Klang, US premiere at Roulette, Brooklyn
Premiere: US Premiere at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, November 2012
William Anderson: Djuna Barnes Settings (orchestra version) (2015)
Premiered
For: solo soprano, classical guitar/mandolin/theorbo, classical guitar, string orchestra
Commission: adaptation of pre-existing piece
Premiere: Riverside Symphony, Merkin Hall, December 2, 2015
Adam B. Silverman: Three Fell Swoops (2004)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: amplified classical guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Commission: Flexible Music commission
Premiere: World premiere at Cleveland Institute of Music, Guitars International Festival, March 2004
Christopher Bailey: Arc of Infinity (2004)
Premiered
For: classical guitar and electronics
Premiere: US premiere, Abrons Arts Center, Open ICE concert, September 17, 2016
Marcos Balter: Violin Concerto (2016)
Premiered
For: Violin solo, classical guitar in the ensemble
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: World premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble, Mostly Mozart Festival, Merkin Hall, August 2016
Marcos Balter: Aesopica (2011)
Premiered
International Contemporary Ensemble commission
For: vocal soloist, classical guitar in the ensemble
Kyle Bartlett: Eleven Aphorisms (20172019)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World premiere, Good Shepherd Church, Brooklyn, NY, November 2017
Kyle Bartlett: Before (2019)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: Classical guitar, bass clarinet, cello
Commission: counter)induction commission
Premiere: George Washington University, 11.15.19
Douglas Boyce: Forks of Buffalo (2006)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: electric guitar and vibraphone
Commission: Irving Lippel project commission
Premiere: Premiered with Jeffrey Irving, percussion, at Tenri Cultural Institute, May 2006
Douglas Boyce: Partita (2019)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: Solo classical guitar
Premiere: Spectrum, Brink Guitar Festival, March 29, 2019
Douglas Boyce: Sails Knife Bright in a Seasonal Wind (2019)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, percussion, violin
Commission: counter)induction commission
Premiere: Scorca Hall, National Opera Center
counter)induction
Erik Carlson: For Guitar (2018)
For: Solo classical guitar
Agustin Castilla-Avila: The Horsemen (2017)
Premiered
For: Four electric guitars
Commission: Bodies Electric commission
Premiere: World premiere at Third Street Music School, with Bodies Electric, October 2017
Christopher Cerrone: Variations on a Still Point ()
For: e. guitar, saxophone, piano, percussion
Commission: Flexible Music/Red Light New Music commission
Premiere: Red Light New Music, The Stone, 2007
performed by Flexible Music
Eric Chasalow: Where it Finds Nothing But the Wind (2013)
Premiered
For: soprano, classical guitar, flute, percussion, electronics
Commission: Brandeis University premiere with Dinosaur Annex
Premiere: World premiere with soprano Tony Arnold and Dinosaur Annex, October 2013
Anthony Cheung: Assumed Roles (2016)
Premiered
International Contemporary Ensemble commission
For: Viola solo, electric guitar in the ensemble
Premiere: Premiered on Mostly Mozart Festival with International Contemporary Ensemble, Merkin Hall, August 2016
Ann Cleare: teeth of light, tongue of waves (2018)
Premiered
with bow, slide
For: for soprano, bassoon, and steel string guitar in ensemble
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: World premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble, Miller Theatre, Columbia University, February 2018
Sidney Corbett: Detroit Rain Song Graffiti (2014)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: solo electric guitar
Commission: Commissioned by Sinus Ton Festival
Premiere: World Premiere at Sinus Ton Festival, Magdeburg, Germany October 2014
David Crowell: Point/Cloud (2018)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: Electric guitar with pre-recorded track
Commission: Consortium Commission
Premiere: Spectrum, Brooklyn, November 9, 2018
David Crowell: David Crowell: Low Light for 19 EDO guitar and live electronics ()
Nathan Davis: Hagoromo (2015)
Premiered
For: vocal soloists, youth choir, electric guitar/lap steel guitar in ensemble
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission at BAM
Premiere: World Premiere at BAM Harvey Theatre, Next Wave Festival, November 2015
Nathan Davis: Inside Voice (2018)
Premiered
For: classical guitar in the ensemble
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble/Pew Charitable Trust Commission
Premiere: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA with International Contemporary Ensemble
Alejo de los Reyes: Letanía para Berenice (2020)
Commissioned
For: Solo classical guitar
Commission: D. Lippel commission
Du Yun: Vicissitudes Alone (2011)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: steel string guitar/electric guitar and pre-recorded zheng
Premiere: World premiere at The Delancey on International Contemporary Ensemble event, New York, NY, April 2009
Alejandro Florez: Sing its Muted Crow Suite (2020)
Commissioned
For: Solo Classical Guitar
Reiko Fueting: wand-uhr: infinite shadows (2016)
Commissioned, Premiered
Scordatura
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World premiere on counter)induction sponsored solo concert, Spectrum, April 2016
Reiko Fueting: Red Wall (2005)
Commissioned, Premiered
Scordatura
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World premiere at Construction Company, New York, February 2005
Dai Fujikura: Sparking Orbit (2013)
Commissioned, Premiered
Live electronics
For: electric guitar and live electronics
Premiere: World Premiere with SWR Experimental Studio Freiburg, at ZKM Karlsruhe (Germany), November 2013
Dai Fujikura: ICE (2010)
Premiered
For: classical guitar in ensemble
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: World premiere at Le poisson rouge April 2010, with International Contemporary Ensemble, Mathias Pintscher conducting
Dai Fujikura: Abandoned Time (2006)
Premiered
For: electric guitar solo, large ensemble
Premiere: US premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble, Columbia College, Chicago
Dai Fujikura: Alone, Speak (2009)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: Electric guitar, ebow, and loop pedal
Dai Fujikura: Gleaming Crossings (2020)
Commissioned
For: solo guitar (classical or electric)
Peter Gilbert: Ricochet (2002)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and electronics
Premiere: World premiere, Borden Hall, Manhattan School of Music, November 2002
Peter Gilbert: Three Intermezzi (2016)
Commissioned, Premiered
Arranged from works for solo piano
For: Two classical guitars
Premiere: World premiere, Southern Exposure series at University of South Carolina with Mak Grgic, September 2016
Peter Gilbert: Nenia ()
Premiered
For: soprano and guitar
Premiere: World premiere, St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, PA, with soprano Elizabeth Weigle
Peter Gilbert: Awake and Shine: Three Hymns from New England (2008)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and string quartet
Commission: Newburyport Chamber Music Festival
Premiere: Newburyport Chamber Music Festival, July 2008
Michael Gordon: Decasia (2004)
Premiered
For: electric guitar in the ensemble
Premiere: Premiere with Tactus Ensemble at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY
Robert Gross: Absynth Chronicles XIII (2020)
Commissioned
For: Classical Guitar and electronics
HK Gruber: Busking (2009)
Premiered
US premiere with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
For: trumpet solo, tenor banjo in concertino, orchestra
Premiere: US Premiere with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, October 2009
Stefan Hakenberg: Glück (2021)
Commissioned
For: electric guitar and electronics
Geof Holbrook: Brain Fills (2019)
Premiered
For: e. guitar, drum set, and string quartet
Commission: Music in the Barns
Premiere: Premiere at 2019 Ottawa Chamber Festival, Ottawa, Canada
with Music at the Barns
Stephen Jaffe: Designs II (2012)
Premiered
For: classical and electric guitar/percussion/clarinet
Premiere: World premiere at Duke University with Doug Perkins, percussion, and Nicholas Lewis, clarinet, January 2012
Stephen Jaffe: who cooks for you (2009)
Premiered
For: mezzo-soprano, classical guitar, flute, and viola
Commission: Monadnock Music Festival commission
Premiere: World premiere, Monadnock Music Festival, July 2009
Sergio Kafejian: In Harmonica (2010)
Premiered
For: classical guitar and electronics
Premiere: US Premiere at Boston Conservatory of Music, March 2015
Sergio Kafejian: From Scratch (2018)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and live electronics
Premiere: Spectrum, December 2018
Carla Kihlstedt: At Night We Walk in Circles and are Consumed by Fire (2011)
Premiered
For: solo voice, 3 violins, flute, bassoon, clarinet, percussion, piano, amplified classical guitar, harp
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: Ecstatic Music Festival, Merkin Hall, January 26, 2013
Dina Koston: Quartet for Plucked Strings (2005)
Premiered
For: guitar, two mandolins, banjo
Commission: Cygnus commission
Premiere: Zankel Hall with Cygnus Ensemble, December 2005
Mikel Kuehn: Unfoldings (2004)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World premiere at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY, November 2004
Mikel Kuehn: Entanglements (2016)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and harp
Commission: Commissioned by International Contemporary Ensemble's First Page program
Premiere: World premiere with Nuiko Wadden, harp, at Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, July 2016
Mikel Kuehn: Color Fields (2007)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: amplified classical guitar, piano, percussion saxophone
Commission: Flexible Music commission
Premiere: Premiere performance with Flexible Music
Scott Lindroth: Yield to Total Elation (2009)
Premiered
For: classical guitar, flute, viola
John Link: Like Minds (2015)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and electronics
Premiere: World premiere at William Patterson University, October 2015
John Link: Around the Bend (2006)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: amplified classical guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Commission: Flexible Music commission
John Link: For Irving Lippel (2004)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: amplified classical guitar and vibraphone
Commission: Irving Lippel commission
Premiere: Premiere with Jeffrey Irving, vibraphone, June 2006
Wang Lu: Ryan and Dan (2017)
Commissioned, Premiered
Scordatura, effects pedals
For: Electric guitar and Saxophone
Premiere: Brown University, with Ryan Muncy, saxophone, March 2017
Wang Lu: Cloud Intimacy (2016)
Premiered
International Contemporary Ensemble commission
For: Electric guitar, saxophone, piano, percussion, viola, clarinet
Premiere: World premiere at Aspekte Festival, Salzburg, Austria, with International Contemporary Ensemble, June 2016
Alvin Lucier: Codex (2013)
Premiered
For: soprano, classical guitar, harp, violin, oboe
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: World premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble at The Americas Society, April 2013
Keeril Makan: Letting Time Circle Through Us (2014)
Premiered
For: cymbalom, cello, violin, percussion, piano, and steel string guitar
Commission: Either/Or Ensemble commission
Premiere: World premiere at MIT, Cambridge, MA, September 2014
Philippe Manoury: Cruel Spirals (2007)
Premiered
For: soprano solo, classical guitar in ensemble
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission/FACE foundation
Premiere: World premiere at South Street Seaport Spiegeltent with International Contemporary Ensemble, New York City, August 2007
Sidney Marquez Boquiren: Five Prayers of Hope (2020)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, violin, viola, piano
Commission: counter)induction commission
Premiere: Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, March 7, 2020
Scott L. Miller: Meditation (2016)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and electronics
Premiere: World premiere at Spectrum, New York, May 2016
Scott Miller: Admiration (2018)
Premiered
For: electric guitar and electronics
Commission: Adaptation of previously existing work
Premiere: Studio Z, St. Paul, MN, April 2018
Nico Muhly: Wedge (2006)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and percussion
Commission: Irving Lippel project commission
Premiere: World premiere, Tenri Cultural Institute, November 2006
Olga Neuwirth: ce qui arrive (2012)
Premiered
World premiere at Wien Modern Festival, Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus, November 2012
For: electric guitar in the ensemble
Karola Obermueller: Myrmecia (2015)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, dulcimer, harp
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble First Page commission
Premiere: World premiere at Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY March 2015
Seung-Won Oh: Fragments (2009)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: electric guitar, percussion, piano, saxophone
Commission: Fromm Foundation/Flexible Music commission
Premiere: World premiere with Flexible Music at Tenri Cultural Institute, 2009
Seung-Won Oh: So-Ri I (201)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, flute
Premiere: Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art
Pauline Oliveros (posthumous): Nubian Word for Flowers (2017)
Premiered
For: opera/multi-media (classical and electric guitar in ensemble)
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: World premiere, Roulette Intermedium, November 2017
Sam Pluta: American Tokyo Daydream IV (2010)
Premiered
For: electric guitar, saxophone, piano, percussion
Dalia Raudonikytė With: Primo cum Lumine Solis (2017)
Commissioned, Premiered
Recording released on
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World premiere performance at Spectrum, April 2017
Steven Ricks: Extended Play (2007)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: amplified classical guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Commission: Flexible Music commission
Steven Ricks: The Lost Improvisations of Aldo Pilestri (2019)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass clarinet
Commission: Barlow Foundation
Premiere: Delaware County Community College New Music Series, Media, PA
Artistic Director, Richard Belcastro
Mark Rimple: Mystic Fragments (2019)
Premiered
For: classical guitar, clarinet, violin, viola, cello
Commission: counter)induction commission of new arrangement of pre-existing piece
Premiere: George Washington University, Washington D.C. 11.15.2019
Morris Rosenzweig: Dah Lives Ah Dah Saints (2008)
Premiered
For: electric guitar and electronics
Premiere: Suffolk County Community College, 2011
Rebecca Saunders: Molly's Song #3 - Shades of Crimson (2006)
Premiered
For: flute, viola, steel string guitar
Premiere: US premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble, Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern University, April 2007
Carl Schimmel: The Alphabet Turn'd Posture Master (2009)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: electric guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Commission: Flexible Music commission
Premiere: World premiere Tenri Cultural Institute with Flexible Music, February 2009
Vineet Shende: Suite in Raag Marva (2010)
Commissioned, Premiered
Scordatura, preparations, back-tones
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World premiere at Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland International Guitar Festival, Guitars International Festival, May 2010
Vineet Shende: Throw Down or Shut Up (2005)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: amplified classical guitar, saxophone, piano, percussion
Commission: Flexible Music commission
Premiere: World premiere at Tenri Cultural Institute, November 2005
Faye Ellen Silverman: Green Ink Serenade (2019)
Premiered
For: Two classical guitars
Premiere: Construction Company series, Mannes School of Music, March 17, 2019
Tyshawn Sorey: Perle Noire: A Josephine Baker Portrait (2016)
Premiered
For: soprano solo, piano, percussion, flute, bassoon, saxophone, e. guitar
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: World premiere performance at Ojai Festival, June 2016
Tyshawn Sorey: Ode to Gust Burns (2012)
Premiered
For: piano, e. gtr, bassoon, percussion
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: Premiered at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, with ICE in 2012
Ryan Streber: Descent (2008)
Commissioned, Premiered
Scordatura, capo, two amplifiers
For: Solo electric guitar
Premiere: World premiere at The Tank, New York, NY September 2008
Ryan Streber: Closing Time (2002)
Premiered
Flexible Music commission
For: electric guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Premiere: Premiere with Flexible Music at Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, 2002
Soonjung Suh: Garak (2003)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: Premiered Manhattan School of Music, Hubbard Hall, 2003
David T. Little: dress in magic amulets, dark, from My feet (2016)
Premiered
For: chorus, ensemble including electric guitar
Commission: Commissioned by The Crossing and International Contemporary Ensemble
Premiere: June 24, 2016 with The Crossing and International Contemporary Ensemble, Philadelphia, PA
Diego Tedesco: Scherzo (2019)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, violin, viola, cello, clarinet
Premiere: Delaware County Community College New Music Series, Media, PA
Artistic Director, Richard Belcastro
Diego Tedesco: Portrait Number II (2020)
Commissioned
For: Classical guitar and electronics
Emilio Teubal: Estudio en Bordoneo (2018)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: Solo classical guitar
Commission: D. Lippel commission
Premiere: Unison Arts, New Paltz, NY September 2018
Dmitri Tymoczko: I Cannot Follow (2015)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: electric guitar, percussion, piano, saxophone
Commission: Flexible Music commission
Premiere: World premiere at Kean University, New Jersey, Ars Vitalis series, May 2015
Dmitri Tymoczko: Fools and Angels (2017)
Premiered
For: four voices, electric and classical guitar, piano, saxophone, electronics
Premiere: On recording "Fools and Angels", released September 7, 2018
Ken Ueno: Ghost Flower (2017)
Commissioned, Premiered
scordatura
For: solo classical guitar
Commission: D. Lippel commission
Premiere: World premiere at Spectrum, December 2017
Ken Ueno: Ghost Flowers (2016)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, dulcimer, viola
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble First Page commission
Premiere: World premiere at Lincoln Center out of Doors Festival, July 2016
Ken Ueno: Kumatology (2010)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: electric guitar, saxophone, electric keyboard, percussion
Commission: Flexible Music commission
Premiere: World premiere at Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, March 2010
Mikel Urquiza: Belarretan (2014)
Premiered
Performed US premiere at MATA Festival, The Kitchen, NYC 4.27.2017
For: Classical guitar and electronics
Premiere: US Premiere on MATA Festival at The Kitchen, New York, April 2017
Daniele Venturi: Alla Luna ()
For: soprano, classical guitar, mandolin
Premiere: Italian Academy at Columbia University with Cygnus Ensemble
Nils Vigeland: La Folia Variants (1996)
Premiered
Recording released on http://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/daniel-lippel-resonance/
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World Premiere, Manhattan School of Music, Borden Hall, 2002
Nils Vigeland: "...through which the past shines..." (2015)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar, piano, cello
Premiere: Premiere with Nils Vigeland, piano, and John Popham, cello, Spectrum, New York,
Nils Vigeland: Quodlibet (2011)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: classical guitar and cello
Premiere: World premiere at Manhattan School of Music, Borden Hall, October 2011
Nils Vigeland: House Music (2020)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: Solo classical guitar
Premiere: New York City Classical Guitar Society Summer Series
8/7/2020 Online recital
Andrew Waggoner: Exorcist (2007)
Commissioned, Premiered
Flexible Music commission
For: electric guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Orianna Webb: Sustenance Variations (2004)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: amplified classical guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Commission: Commissioned by Armin Kelly and Guitars International for Flexible Music
Premiere: World premiere at Cleveland Institute of Music, Guitars International Festival, March 2004
Orianna Webb/Daniel Lippel: Mirrored Spaces (2008)
Commissioned, Premiered
Five movements total, including two movements in microtonal scordatura
For: solo classical guitar
Commission: Fromm Foundation Commission
Premiere: World premiere, Good Shepherd Church, November 2008
Monte Weber: Automata (2018)
Premiered
For: electric guitar, live processing, flute, trumpet, saxophone, violin
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble commission
Premiere: National Sawdust, October 2017
Karin Wetzel: Amorphose (2012)
Premiered
Performed U.S. premiere at MATA Festival, The Kitchen, NYC, 4.27.2017
Scordatura
For: classical guitar and live electronics
Ethan Wickman: Joie Divisions (2010)
Commissioned, Premiered
For: solo classical guitar
Premiere: World premiere at University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, May 2010
Ethan Wickman: Atomic Variations (2007)
Commissioned, Premiered
Flexible Music commission, Barlow Foundation
For: electric guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone
Premiere: Premiered by Flexible Music at Brigham Young University, 2007
Kenneth Woods: Demonstrations (2013)
Premiered
Newburyport Chamber Music festival commission
For: electric guitar, violin, viola, cello
Charles Wuorinen: Electric Quartet (2017)
Premiered
For: Four electric guitars
Commission: Bodies Electric and Roger Shapiro Foundation commission
Premiere: World premiere at Tenri Cultural Institute with Bodies Electric, 2017
Du Yun: Your Eyes are Not Your Eyes (2013)
Premiered
For: soprano, violin, harp, classical guitar
Commission: International Contemporary Ensemble and Americas Society commission
Premiere: World premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble at the Americas Society, April 2013
John Zorn: Oviri (2015)
Premiered
For: electric guitar in the ensemble
Premiere: World premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble, January 2015
John Zorn: Baudelaires (2013)
Premiered
International Contemporary Ensemble commission
For: classical guitar, harpsichord, violin, viola, cello, flute, bassoon, clarinet
Premiere: Premiere performance with International Contemporary Ensemble at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2013