Chamber Music and Songs

See my composition list on the biography composition page for a complete list of my chamber music.

See my blog: gregoryyoutz.wordpress.com for recordings and essays of sample works.

Here are some samples of my song cycles and chamber music

Songs for the Spring of Waiting, for soprano, mezzo and piano- five songs written on poems by Josie Emmons Turner about life during the 2020 pandemic spring

Mountain Songs, for coloratura soprano and piano, written to poems on hiking by Pacific Northwest poet Cal Kinnear,

Bringing in the Tides seven songs for soprano and piano on poems by 20th century American women poets

Poetry Above The Roar 10 songs for mezzo soprano and prerecorded tracks on poems by William Kupinse

Fragments three songs for soprano and piano on poems about war- from Vietnam, Iraq and Medieval Europe

You Who Might Be The Moon song for tenor voice, flute and piano on Somalian love song lyrics

Three Songs on Poems by David Seal for mezzo and piano- about whales, dreams and Jesus' dog...

Two Japanese Folksongs, for brass quintet and percussion (one player) written for the victims of the 2001 Japanese earthquake and tsunami

A Far Tower for mixed chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion) based on poetry from a Tang Dynasty Chinese woman poet

String Quartet No. 1 vigorous, lyrical and non-programmatic

Soundtracks: Seven Themes in Search of a Plot for woodwind quintet- a neoclassic romp

Shadow Play for solo bass trombone and recorded tracks- using global sounds of bells

Nocturne for solo piano an threnody based on themes from Kurt Cobain's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"- employs numerous extended techniques