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These pages list my musical works as distinct projects from my work with Cheap City or other projects.
Contact me at gregnaha@gmail.com for performance information
CHRONOLOGICAL
THE CHURCH OF THE SEVENTH DAY SILVER DAGGER - Opera (WIP)
Libretto by Greg Nahabedian. To be performed by Strange Trace in their 2025 Season
The Church of the Seventh Day Silver Dagger is a three act opera that questions the way we reveal ourselves to spouses, against a backdrop of grief support groups and scientifically manipulated dreams.
UNTITLED STRING QUARTET (WIP)
It’s untitled! It’s a string quartet!
MEET ME IN SISTER GENEVIEVE'S OLIVE GROVE - Chamber Choir (WIP)
Libretto by Greg Nahabedian
A work in progress that I’ve been calling an oratorio, but may shift as we move along. An a cappella work for an 8 voice chamber choir that meditates on faith as an experience that is distinct from religion, mind altering substances, and the intersection of all three.
HEAVEN'S ENGINE II - Saxophone Solo (2021)
The second movement in Heaven’s Engine, a series of solo works that are interconnected in their use of rhythmic development.
THE BLOOD OF THE DINOSAURS - Film Score (2021)
At the beginning of 2021 director Joe Badon (“The God Inside My Ear” and “Sister Tempest”) asked me to contribute music to his new short film, “The Blood Of The Dinosaurs,” a prologue to his upcoming feature length, “The Wheel Of Heaven.” It should be out soon!
OIL SPILL - Flute Duo (2021)
Oil Spill was written for Charlotte New Music's speedwriting intesnsive in 2021. The assigned theme was that it should be something relating to nature, and I immediately jumped to thinking about the destruction of the environment.
SPACEPANTS VISIT CHEAP CITY - Voice and Viola (2021)
Commissioned by the Charlotte New Music Festival .
SpacePants and I are kindred spirits. I don't even want to try and describe them so you should just go to their websiteand learn all about the Radaliens and the The Tube. This work expands on the lore of SpacePants and merges it with the extended lore of my project Cheap City into one frantic event that sort of references Peter and the Wolf. Also there's puppets!
OCTOBER SURPRISE - Opera (2021)
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THE MISSING PIECE - Opera (2020)
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NATURE WALK - Electronic (2020)
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HALF ALIVE - Clarinet Solo (2020)
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NAHABEDIAN SAMPLE - Film Collage (2020)
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RISK TOLERANCE - Percussion Solo (2020)
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45 TAKES A BOW AND GOES HOME - Piano Solo (2020)
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EMAILS FROM GARY - Opera (2020)
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TWIN HOUSES (REMIX) - Electronic (2020)
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COMMUNICATING WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD - Voice (2020)
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BETRAYAL - Trombone and Electronics (2019)
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ICE CUBES AND LIGHTBULBS - Electronic (2019)
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I AM HITTING MY HEAD AGAINST THE WALLS - Electronic (2019)
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ASTUATSASHUNCH' - Mixed Small Ensemble (2019)
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DESCRIBE VAPOR AGAIN - Voice and Cello (2018)
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FEATHERS IN YOUR SPOKES - Mixed Small Ensemble (2018)
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HUNGER DETAIL - Electronic (2018)
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HEAVEN'S ENGINE I - Piano Solo (2018)
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PERFORMING THE FEED - Film Score (2018)
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YOU WERE A SONG I COULDN'T SING - Piano and Cello (2018)
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OFFERTORY FOR MY UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOR - Voice and Piano (2018)
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GUILLOTINE IN TWO MOTIONS - Voice (2018)
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EURYDICE! - Opera (2018)
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WAR IS A RACKET - Opera (2018)
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STAGHORN SUMAC - Orchestra (2017)
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DARLINGS OF THE WORD - Piano Solo (2017)
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RAVENS IN THE GUN TREE - Trombone and Cello (2017)
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THINGS AT THE APEX OF THEIR ARC THIS SUMMER EVENING - Chamber Choir (2017)
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FUN FACTS - Voice, Piano, and Cello (2017)
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SWEET RIVERS - Mixed Large Ensemble (2017)
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TRANSIENT - Mixed Small Ensemble (2017)
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GREAT RED SPOT - Voice (2016)
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ABANDONED FACTORY NEXT TO OVERGROWN CHURCH - String Quartet (2016)
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RITALIN CITY - Trombone Duo with Piano (2016)
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NEW HAMPSHIRE - Voice and Piano (2016)
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TO S.M., A YOUNG AFRICAN PAINTER, ON SEEING HIS WORKS - Voice and Piano (2016)
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RUBY'S SAPPHIRE BEACH - Orchestra (2016)
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HOTDOG EATING CONTEST - Voice and Piano (2016)
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SEPTEMBER BEHIND THE SCHOOL - Voice and Cello (2016)
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ONE MORE PAGE FROM FINNEGAN'S WAKE - Electronic (2016)
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FINNEGAN'S WAKE: BOOK 1, SECTION 3: HCE - HIS TRAIL AND INCARCERATION - Electronic (2015)
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I CAN SEE YOU AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING - Voice and Cello (2015)
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LEAVE ME IN THE SUN - Orchestra (2015)
An orchestral piece I wrote in that period in between undergrad and grad schools when I was figuring out how to be a composer and just writing things to see how they worked. It's never been performed. Here's the score
AMBROSIA ON YOUR ALPHA PARTICLES - Flute Duo with Piano (2015)
A miniature written just because. It's never been performed! Here's the score
IF THE LORD SHOULD SO INCLINE MY HEART - Large Ensemble with Narrator (2014)
Libretto by Greg Nahabedian
A collaboration with the actor Martin Hutchinson, inspired by our shared interest in storytelling, faith, and devotional music. If The Lord is loosely based on teh life of John Newton, the English slave trader turned abolitionist who also wrote Amazing Grace.
FIVE EVENTS FROM JANUARY 2014 - String Quartet (2014)
This five movement string quartet was inspired by a series of events during the Dérive Winter 2014 Tour. First, waiting in a South Carolina airport on New Year's Eve after an extremely humiliating breakup. Then, driving a van and trailer through the worst of the polar vortex on our way to Richmond from Massachusetts. Later, a caffeine fueled 17 hour straight drive from Tampa to Shreveport. The fourth movement details trying to quietly exit the apartment of osmeone who offered us a place to stay in Cleveland who turned out to be extremely dangerous. The quartet's final movement resolves in the middle of a lavender farm in Virginia.