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Compositions

Solo Works

Shadow Drawing No. 5 (2024)  

solo violin

7 minutes

 

Ghost Shadow (2022) 

For solo electric guitar

8 minutes

Chamber Ensemble Works

80 20.61’ N (2025)

For flute and double bass

7 minutes

V S T M O T S Y (2025)

For flute, clarinet/bs. clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone8 minutes

Premiered at Colburn Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA, in August 2025

Bones of a Whale (2025)

For electric guitar, double bass and drum kit

10 minutes

Shadow Drawing No. 6: Gnalodden Trapper Cabin and Bird Colony (2024)

For piano and electric guitar

24 minutes

Music For Vibraphone and Guitar (2024)

Premiered at Constellation, Chicago IL, in March 2024

Duration varies depending on performance

 

Shadow Drawing No. 2 (2024) Listen

For tenor saxophone, electric guitar, piano/accordion, percussion

10 minutes

Premiered at Kemp Recital Hall, Normal IL, in March 2024

Old New (2023) Listen

For gayageum and electric guitar

8 minutes

Premiered at Orvis Hall, Honolulu, HI, in February 2023

Graphic Score For 2 Casio Keyboards (2020) 

For Two Casio Keyboards

5 minutes

 

Double Improvisation Ensemble (2018)

For two guitars, two double basses, and two drum  kits

Duration varies depending on performance

Premiered at Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY.

Sound Installations

Resting Spirit (2022) watch here

Multimedia Installation 

4 minutes

Commissioned by Xinyi Zhang

Large Ensemble Works

When the Glacier Meets the Sky (2025) recording available upon request

For orchestra

(2, 2 + Bs Cl., 2, 2 / 4, 3, 2 + bs. tbc / timp. / 3 perc. / 10, 8, 6, 6, 4)

7 minutes

Shadow Drawing No. 4 (2024)​​ Listen 

For flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, drum kit, vibraphone, piano, soprano voice, violin, viola, cello, double bass

Premiered at Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend - Mass MoCA, North Adams MA, in August 2024.

7 minutes

Commissioned with the generous support from Justus and Elizabeth Schlichting

 

Wave II (2022) 

For Seven Electric Guitars and Five Voices

8 minutes

Electroacoustic Works

Breath (2024)

For shakuhachi and voice/electronics

11 minutes

Premiered at Orvis Hall, Honolulu, HI, in February 2024

 

Spark Surge (2023) Listen

For clarinet, violin, cello and prepared piano

7 minutes

Premiered at San Antonio College McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio TX, in July 2023

 

Migration (2022) Listen

Performed By Jessica Ackerley (electronics), Mckenzie Wong (violin)

4 minutes

Premiered at Orvis Hall, Honolulu, HI, in November 2022

Vocal Works

Snow Improvisations (2025)

For soprano voice, flute, violin, percussion

7 minutes

Premiered at New Music on the Point, Lake Dunmore, VT, in June 2025

Mokebley and Simonson (2024)

For Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano Voice

8 minutes

Stop, Drop and Gandolfini (2022) listen here

For Voice, Electric Guitar, Casio Keyboard and Electronics

Performed and co-composed by Jessica Ackerley (guitar, electronics, and casio keyboard) and Cansu Tankrikulu (voice and electronics)

8 minutes

Commissioned with the generous support of Mutual Mentorship

© 2021 by JESSICA ACKERLEY

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