Alex Burtzos

Life and career

Compositions

Solo

• Football in Marja for Piano Solo
• He Never Heard That Fleshless Chant for Solo Oboe
• Wilfred Owen at the Gates for Piano Solo
• Should the Wide World Roll Away for Piano Solo
• Perforation for Piano Solo

  Chamber

• R A G E. for ensemble
• pOwer trIo for saxophone, piano, percussion
• The Birth of Dangun for piano trio
• we ain't got no $$$ honey but DAMN we got _____ for percussion quartet
• Megalopolis for saxophone ensemble
• The Hourglass Equation for flute, violin, bassoon, and harpsichord
• The F Word for amplified ensemble with MC
• SONATA/SONARE for trio sonata
• The Rembrandt of Avenue A for amplified ensemble with MC
• X Codes for violin, clarinet, and piano
• Alice and Zoltan 4ever for saxophone, bass trombone, and piano
• One Final Gyre for two saxophones
• OMAHA for string quartet
• The Impossible Object for violin and piano
• SXTG >;-) for clarinet, cello, and piano
• Teach the Torches to Burn Bright for violin, clarinet, and piano
• 12.14.12 for ensembles
• Prince Prospero for soprano, flute, oboe, saxophone, guitar, piano, and percussion
• A Country of Vast Designs for string quartet
• The Revivalist for saxophone quartet
• March the Twenty-Fifth for woodwind quartet
• The Outlaw in the Gilded Age for violin, clarinet, saxophone, horn and piano

  Choral and vocal

• Many Worlds I for baritone, trumpet, bass clarinet, and trombone
• The Explosion, and Other Tales for mezzo-soprano and piano
• Gursky Songs for baritone and piano trio
• Love and Loss and Loathing and Lizards for soprano, MC, and amplified ensemble
• Come Away Death for Countertenor and Harp with SATB Chorus
• The Hill Wife for mezzo-soprano with ensemble
• Days Into Days for soprano with large ensemble

  Electronic and mixed media

• LEGION for flute, piano, and electronics
• When He First Appears for soprano, viola, harp, and electronics
• MASKS for baritone, guitar, piano, and electronics
• In a Cool, Green Hall for Fixed Media

  Large ensemble

• The Black Riders for Orchestra
• Sky Above Clouds for Orchestra
• In Search of a Bird for Chamber Orchestra
• The Conqueror for Wind Ensemble
• Psyche for Wind Ensemble
• Colorado for Wind Ensemble
• Colorado for Orchestra