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COMPOSITIONS, OPERA


Complications in Sue (2026)
100-min opera featuring ten scenes composed by ten composers, for small ensemble
Libretto by Michael R. Jackson
Commissioned by Opera Philadelphia 
2026 Jan, Academy of Music (Philadelphia, PA) , Opera Philadelphia (dir. Zack Winokur)


The Extinctionist (2024) 🔈
75-min in one act, for piano, violin, guitar, percussion
Libretto by Amanda Quaid
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera 
2024 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY) , Heartbeat Opera (dir. Shadi Ghaheri)
2021 May, PS21 (Chatham, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Louisa Proske)


Frau Trude (2013) 🔈
10-min for piano/ harpsichord, viola, cello, bass, flute/ piccolo, clarinets, saxophone, horn, trumpet, percussion, harp
Libretto adapted from Grimms’ Fairy Tales by Dan Schlosberg
Commissioned by Center City Opera Theater
2013 Oct, New Music New Haven at Sprague Hall (New Haven, CT)
2013 Mar, Prince Music Theater (Philadelphia, PA)


COMPOSITIONS, MUSIC-THEATER


A Boys’ Company Presents: Tell Me If I’m Hurting You (tbd)120-min play with music  
Play by Jeremy O. Harris
tbd


The Counterfeit Opera: A Beggar’s Opera for a Grifter’s City (2025)
90-min musical, for small ensemble
Commissioned by Little Island
Book and lyrics by Kate Tarker
2025 May, Little Island (New York, NY) , Little Island (dir. Dustin Wills)


AWFUL EVENT! or The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as Witnessed by the Internal Organs of Mary Todd Lincoln (2016)  🔈
110-min musical  
Play and lyrics by Kate Tarker
2020 Nov, Live from Elm Court/ Frederick R. Koch Arts Foundation (YouTube Live)
2018 May, Baryshnikov Arts Center (New York, NY)
2016 Jun, Ars Nova (New York, NY)


Once Five Years Pass (2015) 🔈
90-min music-theater
Commissioned by Williamstown Theater Festival 
Play by Federico García Lorca
2020 Nov, Live from Elm Court/ Frederick R. Koch Arts Foundation (YouTube Live)
2018 May, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (New York, NY) 
2017 Dec, Sprague Hall (New Haven, CT) 
2015 Sep, The Drama League (New York, NY)
2015 Aug, Williamstown Theater Festival (Williamstown, MA)
Dustin Wills’ Peter Pan (2013) 130-min play with incidental music/ songs
Commissioned by the Yale School of Drama/ Yale School of Music
Play by J. M. Barrie
2013 Dec, University Theater (New Haven, CT)


COMPOSITIONS, ORCHESTRA & LARGE ENSEMBLE


Canal Songs (2017)30’ for full orchestra
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony, for the Erie Canal Bicentennial Celebration
   I. Table of Ascents and Distances
   II. Work Song
   III. Ode
   IV. Inaccurate Description
2017 Jul, Albany Jennings Landing Amphitheatre (Albany, NY), Albany Symphony


Small Talk (2016) 🔈
(clip starts at 41:25)6’ for full orchestra
Commissioned by the Yale Symphony Orchestra
2016 Nov, Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis, MN) at MPR 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert, Minnesota Orchestra/ Osmo Vänskä
2016 Nov, Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis, MN) at Future Classics (Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute), Minnesota Orchestra/ Osmo Vänskä
2016 Apr, Carnegie Hall (New York, NY), Yale Symphony Orchestra


My reflection ran away with my eyes (2012) 🔈9’ for full orchestra
Commissioned by the Yale Philharmonia
2015 Oct, Schermerhorn Symphony Center (Nashville, TN), Nashville Symphony Orchestra
2013 Jul, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz, CA), Cabrillo Festival Orchestra
2012 Dec, Woolsey Hall (New Haven, CT), Yale Symphony Orchestra


Five Stuck (2010)
25’ for full orchestra
Commissioned by the Yale Symphony Orchestra
2012 Feb, Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, NY), Buffalo Philharmonic: first movement “Grosse Concerto” only
2010 Oct, Woolsey Hall (New Haven, CT), Yale Symphony Orchestra: five movements
2010 Feb, Woolsey Hall (New Haven, CT), Yale Symphony Orchestra: first movement “Grosse Concerto” only


COMPOSITIONS, CHAMBER (< 10) & SOLO MUSIC


A Twin Peaks Fantasy (2017) 🔈30’ for string quartet and piano
Commissioned by Dover Quartet
2018 Oct, David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption (Los Angeles, CA)
2017 Jul, Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR), Dover Quartet and Dan Schlosberg
2017 May, (le) poisson rouge (New York, NY), Dover Quartet and Dan Schlosberg


In Common (2016)7’ for clarinet and piano
Commissioned by the Copland House
2016 Jun, Meerestead Estate (Mount Kisco, NY), Copland House Ensemble


Two Remarks (2015)10’ for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano
Commissioned by Mousai Ensemble
2015 Dec, Lincoln Recital Hall at PSU (Portland, OR), Mousai Ensemble


Madame X (2015)
5’ for solo cello
Commissioned by BodyVox Dance Company
2015 May, BodyVox Dance Center (Portland, OR), Mihai Marcia


Contact (2014)  
Advance (2014)3’ for string sextet
3’ for string sextet
Commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest for BodyVox Dance Company’s short films, Contact and Advance
2016 Nov, Nightingale Concert Hall at University of Nevada (Reno, NV), Amphion Quartet
2015 May, BodyVox Dance Center (Portland, OR), Amphion Quartet
2014 Jul, Lincoln Recital Hall @PSU (Portland, OR), Dover Quartet, Paul Neubauer, Peter Wiley


strange ancestors (2013)9’ for flute and piano
Commissioned by Ginevra Petrucci and Bruno Canino  
2014 Jul, Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR), Tara Helen O’Conner and Dan Schlosberg
2013 Nov, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York, NY), Ginevra Petrucci and Bruno Canino  


trill and slow gliss (2013)10’ for two violins, cello, and harpsichord
Commissioned by Yale Baroque Ensemble
2014 Dec, First Lutheran Church (Boston, MA), Yale Baroque Ensemble
2014 May, Bari International Music Festival, Fernando Altamura, Dennis Kim, Jonah Kim, Holly Piccoli
2013 Feb, Sprague Hall (New Haven, CT), Yale Baroque Ensemble


aperture (2012)9’ for two pianos  
2013 Apr, XS Collaborative (New Haven, CT), Paul Kerekes and Dan Schlosberg
2012 Oct, Woolsey Hall (New Haven, CT), Paul Kerekes and Dan Schlosberg


the vast unbuilt abscesses of our [void] energy future (2012) 🔈13’ for two guitars
Commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
2017 Apr, National Sawdust (Brooklyn, NY), Gulli Björnsson and Jiji Kim
2014 Aug, Mama Fish (Los Angeles, CA), Cameron O’Connor and Wenjun Qi
2012 Mar, Sprague Hall (New Haven, CT), Graham Banfield and Alan Kulka


Cereal Composition (2011)10’ for solo organ
Commissioned by Raymond Nagem
2012 May, Church of St. John the Divine (New York, NY), Raymond Nagem


COMPOSITIONS, MUSIC WITH VOICE


How It Began (2024) 🔈
(clip starts at 57:00) 4’ duet for female voices
Commissioned by Sonja Berggren, Patrick Seaver
Text by Sonja Berggren, adapted by Dan Schlosberg
2024 Aug, 54 Below (New York, NY), Katie Henly, Sishel Claverie


The World is My Clam (2023)
 3’ for tenor a cappella
Commissioned by Page 73, for The Grief Eater Near North Bender (2023)
Play and libretto by Dylan Guerra
2023 Oct, Alchemical Studios (New York, NY), Marquis Rodriguez


The Dream Aria (2022) 🔈
 10’ for tenor, electric guitar, electric bass, piano/ keyboard, string quartet
Commissioned by Soho Rep, for Montag (2022)
Play and libretto by Kate Tarker
2022 Oct, Soho Rep (New York, NY), Dane Suarez, Ulysses Quartet, Graham Banfield, Dan Schlosberg
🏆 2023 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play, nominee (Dan Schlosberg)


Giro Vaticano from [Untitled Sistine Chapel Project] (2020) 🔈
 4’ for baritone, choral ensemble, and piano
Commissioned by the Frederick R. Koch Arts Foundation
Lyrics by Dustin Wills
2020 Nov, Live from Elm Court series (YouTube Live), Chris Bannow


Stories (2019) 🔈15’ song cycle for soprano and piano
Commissioned by Lauren Libaw
Text by Lydia Davis
   1. Head, Heart
   2. Fear
   3. Insomnia
   4. Tropical Storm
   5. What I Feel
2020 Oct, Live from Elm Court series (YouTube Live), Lauren Libaw and Dan Schlosberg
2019 Mar, Fondation des Étas-Unis (Paris, France), Lauren Libaw and Dan Schlosberg


Feed the Snakes (2018) 🔈8’ aria for soprano and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
2018 Nov, WNYC’s The Greene Space (New York, NY), Jamilyn Manning-White and Heartbeat Opera
2018 Oct, Roulette (Brooklyn, NY), Jamilyn Manning-White and Heartbeat Opera 
Rhymes of Mother Goose (2017) 🔈6’ for SATB choir a cappella
Commissioned by New York Virtuoso Singers
2017 Oct, St. Ignatius of Antioch Church (New York, NY), New York Virtuoso Singers


Art Is (2017)8’ for wind ensemble and SATB choir
Commissioned by the Copland House
2017 Mar, Peekskill High School (Peekskill, NY), Peekskill High School Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir


Into You (2017)9’ for voice and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by Invisible Anatomy, for Transfigure (2017)
2017 Nov, Beijing Modern Music Festival (Beijing, China), Invisible Anatomy
2017 Mar, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI), Invisible Anatomy
2017 Feb, Roulette (Brooklyn, NY), Invisible Anatomy


A Demonstration (2016) 🔈8’ for voice and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by Invisible Anatomy, for Dissections (2016)
2016 Jan, National Sawdust (Brooklyn, NY), Invisible Anatomy


Teeth (2015)15’ for voice and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by Invisible Anatomy, for Body Parts (2015)
Text by Edgar Allen Poe
2015 May, Beijing Modern Music Festival (Beijing, China), Invisible Anatomy
2015 Apr, St. Peter’s Church (New York, NY), Invisible Anatomy
2015 Apr, Shapeshifter Lab (Brooklyn, NY), Invisible Anatomy


so we must make the journey around the world (2014)6’ for female choir a cappella
Commissioned by Lorelei Ensemble
Text by Heinrich von Kleist (“Über das Marionettentheater”)
2019 Apr, Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York, NY)
2014 May, Memorial Church (Cambridge, MA)


nightingale + rose (2013) 🔈20’ cantata for soprano, chorus, and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
2019 Feb, St. Paul’s Chapel (New York, NY), Madeline Apple Healey, Choir of Trinity Wall Street and NOVUS NY
2013 Aug, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Norfolk, CT), Norfolk Chamber Music Ensemble


Letter (2013) 🔈4’ for mixed choir a cappella
Commissioned by Yale Glee Club
Text by Po Chu-i
2013 Jul, St. John’s Cathedral (Hong Kong), Yale Glee Club


Two Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: the one white rose (2010) and destiny (2010) 🔈 7’ song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble 
Poems by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
2023 May, St. Paul’s Chapel at Trinity Wall Street (New York, NY), Madeline Apple Healey, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and NOVUS NY
2011 Jan, Encompass Opera Gala (New York, NY), Michelle Trovato and Dan Schlosberg
2010 Dec, Fondation des Étas-Unis (Paris, France), Lauren Libaw and Dan Schlosberg


Songs of Sorrow and Solitude (2007)20’ song cycle for soprano and piano
   1. Afternoon in February
   2. Changed
   3. Autumn within
   4. It is not always May
   5. Snow-flakes
   6. Loss and gain
   7. The rainy day    
   8. Curfew
Written for Lauren Libaw  
Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2024 Dec, Steinway & Sons Paris (Paris, France), Lauren Libaw and Dan Schlosberg
2023 Jun, Festival Les Villas Musicales (Aix-en-Provence, France), Lauren Libaw and Dan Schlosberg
2016 May, Elgar Room at Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), Lauren Libaw and Dan Schlosberg
2015 Jun, Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK), Lauren Libaw and Lucie Troger
2007 May, Yale University (New Haven, CT), Lauren Libaw and Dan Schlosberg


ARRANGEMENTS, OPERA IN FULL OR EXCERPT


Vanessa (2025)  
Barber, arr. Schlosberg90-min arrangement of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa (1958)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera, Williamstown Theatre Festival
2025 August, Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, MA)


The Handmaid’s Tale (2025)  
Ruders, arr. Schlosberg
90-min arrangement of Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale (1998)
Commissioned by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
2025 Jul (premiere), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff, Canada)
2024 Jun (workshop), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff, Canada)


Salome (2025)  
Strauss, arr. Schlosberg90-min arrangement of Richard Strauss’ Salome (1905)
for 8 clarinets and 2 percussionists
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
2025 Feb, Irondale Center (Brooklyn, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Beth Dinkova)
Anthony Roth Costanzo is The Marriage of Figaro (2024) 🔈
Mozart, arr. Schlosberg90-min arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Commissioned by Little Island
2024 Aug, Little Island (New York, NY), Little Island (dir. Dustin Wills)


Eugene Onegin (2024)
Tchaikovsky, arr. Schlosberg
100-min arrangement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene Onegin (1879)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera 
2024 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Dustin Wills)


Maria Callas: A Concert in Hologram (2023)
Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, and Gounod, arr. Schlosberg
75-min concert featuring arrangement of opera classics, Maria Callas hologram
Commissioned by the Delegation of the European Union to Australia, BASE Xperiential
2023 Dec, Perth Concert Hall (Perth, Australia)
2023 Dec, Adelaide Festival Theatre (Sydney, Australia)
2023 Dec, Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia)


Lady M (2023) 🔈
Verdi, arr. Schlosberg
90-min arrangement of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth (1847)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
2023 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Emma Jaster)
Tosca (2023) 🔈
Puccini, arr. Schlosberg
100-min arrangement of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca (1900)
for cellos, bass/ kamancheh, flute, horn, trumpet, piano
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
2023 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Shadi Ghaheri)
Lady M, an online fantasia (2020) 🔈
Verdi, arr. Schlosberg
35-min arrangement of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth (1847)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
2020 June, YouTube (online), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Ethan Heard)
“Maledetta” (2020) 🔈
Verdi, arr. Schlosberg
8-min arrangement of “Una macchia è qui tuttora” from Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth (1847)
for piano, violin, clarient, guitar, trombone, and percussion  
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
2020 June, YouTube (online), Felicia Moore
Der Freischütz (2019) 🔈
Weber, arr. Schlosberg
120-min arrangement of Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz (1821)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
2019 Dec, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Louisa Proske)


La Bohème Warhola (2019)
 Puccini, arr. Schlosberg
120-min arrangement of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème (1896)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera/ Pittsburgh Festival Opera
2019 Jul, Falk Auditorium (Pittsburgh, PA), Pittsburgh Festival Opera (dir. Louisa Proske)
Fidelio (2018) 🔈
Beethoven, arr. Schlosberg
90-min arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fidelio (1805)
for two pianos, two horns, two cellos, and percussion
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera 
2022 Feb, Scottsdale Performing Arts Center (Scottsdale, AZ), Heartbeat Opera
2022 Feb, The Mondavi Center (Davis, CA), Heartbeat Opera
2022 Feb, The Broad Stage (Santa Monica, CA), Heartbeat Opera
2022 Feb, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera
2021 Aug, Harpa Concert Hall (Reykjavík, Iceland), Óperudagar Í fjarlægðr (Reykjavík Opera Days) 📸
2018 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Ethan Heard)


Don Giovanni (2018) 🔈
Mozart,  arr. Schlosberg
120-min arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni (1787)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera 
2018 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera
2019 July, Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Louisa Proske)


Carmen (2017) 🔈
 Bizet, arr. Schlosberg
90-min arrangement of Georges Bizet’s Carmen (1875)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera 
2017 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Louisa Proske)
Butterfly (2017) 🔈
 Puccini, arr. Schlosberg
90-min arrangement of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (1904)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera 
2017 Apr, Baruch PAC (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Ethan Heard)

Lucia di Lammermoor (2016) 🔈
Donizetti, arr. Schlosberg
90-min arrangement of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)
Commissioned by Heartbeat Opera
2020 Nov, Murchison Performing Arts Center (Denton, TX), University of North Texas Opera
2016 Mar, Theatre at St. Clement’s (New York, NY), Heartbeat Opera (dir. Louisa Proske)
La Bohème in Ten Minutes (2014)
 Puccini, arr. Schlosberg
15-min arrangement of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème (1896)
for two clarinets and piano
Commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest
2014 Jul, Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR), David Shifrin, Ashley Smith, Dan Schlosberg


ARRANGEMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS, MUSIC-THEATER


The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse (2025)
Breslin and Foley, arr. Schlosberg 120-min orchestration and vocal arrangements of Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley‘s The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse (2025)
Commissioned by The New Group
2025 Apr, The New Group (New York, NY)
2024 Dec (workshop), The New Group (New York, NY)
2023 May (workshop), Ars Nova (New York, NY)


Show/Boat: A River (2025)
Kern, arr. Schlosberg150-min orchestration of Jerome Kern’s Show Boat (1927)
Commissioned by Target Margin Theater/ NYU Skirball
2025 Jan, NYU Skirball (New York, NY)


The Gorgeous Nothings (2024)
Coward, Berlin, Hart et al., arr. Schlosberg
50-min orchestration and arrangement of The Fag Follies drag show
Commissioned by Life Jacket Theatre Co. 
2024 Dec (workshop), Life Jacket Theatre Co. (New York, NY)


Sunday in the Park with George (2012)
Sondheim, arr. Schlosberg
100-min re-orchestration of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George (1983)
Commissioned by Yale School of Drama/ Yale School of Music
2012 Dec, University Theater (New Haven, CT)

ARRANGEMENTS, ALL OTHERS 


Pavane (2023) 🔈
Fauré, arr. Schlosberg Arrangement of Gabriel Fauré's Pavane (1887)
for string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp
Commissioned by Trinity Church Wall Street
2023 May, St. Paul’s Chapel (New York, NY), NOVUS NY


Les Biches/ "Blue Skies" medley (2022)
Poulenc/ Berlin, arr. Schlosberg
Arrangement of Francis Poulenc’s Les Biches (1924) and Irving Berlin’s "Blue Skies" (1926)
for clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, oboe
Commissioned by Akropolis Reed Quintet
2022 Apr, Virginia Arts Festival (Norfolk, VA), Akropolis Reed Quintet
2022 Mar, Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR), Akropolis Reed Quintet and BodyVox


Andante from Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (2019) 🔈
Brahms, arr. Schlosberg
Arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ Andante from Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (1881)
for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello, bass
Commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest
2019 July, Kaul Auditorium @Reed (Portland, Oregon)


In the Sentimental Mood (2017) 🔈
Ellington, arr. Schlosberg Arrangement of Duke Ellington’s In the Sentimental Mood (1935)
for string quartet
Commissioned by Dover Quartet
2024 Apr, The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Dover Quartet
2019 Jul, Toronto Summer Music (Toronto, Canada), Dover Quartet
2017 Jun, (le) Poisson Rouge (New York, NY), Dover Quartet
2016 Aug, Meadowlark Studios (Williston, VT), Dover Quartet


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