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List of Works

Large Ensemble    Chamber    Solo/Electronic


All works published by David Heetderks (ASCAP). To order a score or CD,
Excerpts of some pieces are available for listening online. Click on

Large Ensemble

DemBones! (three percussionists, xylophone, two pianos, and SAB chorus) 2004
Commissioned by the ACES Educational Center for the Arts

Bedtime for Bonzo (string orchestra, piano, and percussionist) 2003
Commissioned by the Group435 string orchestra
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Apokaradoka (2 clarinets, vibraphone, str. quartet, electric bass) 2000
performed by members of Yale Philharmonia
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Concerto for violin and orchestra 1998
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Chamber

Two by Dickinson (SATB and piano) 2005

Sanjo (flute and piano) 2004
Written for flautist Sergio Pallottelli

Ta Osta Ta Xera (violoncello and three percussionists) 2004
Commissioned by Percussion Trio Loop 243
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Duo (Serenade–Blues–Romp) (viola and piano) 2002–2003
performed by Arie Schächter and Shiau-Uen Ding at the Music03 Festival in Cincinnati
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Wondrous Love (horn, organ, piano, and two percussionists) 2002

Urban Legend (violin and viola) 2001
Commissioned by the Gemini Duo
read a review here
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Ukifune (viola, guitar, bassoon, and percussion) 2000
Written for Clogs, recorded on their album “Thom’s Night Out”
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Prayers Divided (soprano, viola, and piano; text by Charles Williams) 2000

Four Action Studies (trumpet, horn, and tuba) 1999
Premiered by members of Yale Philharmonia

Two Vignettes (two violins) 1998
written for the Gemini duo

Timefoolery (six speakers and three percussionists) 1998
Featured at “Sheep’s Clothing” all-night new music marathon, 1998

Offertory (organ, trumpet, and viola) 1997

Solo/Electronic

Delegates’ March (tape) 2004
Created for the long-form comedy group Rhubarb Delegation

Ukifune Remix (solo improviser and electronic tape) 2002
Written for Evan Ziporyn of Bang on a Can All Stars at a solo recital, Chicago, 5 March 2002; performed by David Heetderks at Battell Chapel, New Haven, 3 August 2003

Green Suite (solo retuned viola) 2000 performed by Ellen Rose at the EARPLAY concert series, San Francisco
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Instinct (solo piano) 2000
Premiered by Reto Reichenbach at New Music New Haven, January 2000; performed by Reto Reichenbach at the Orleans Piano Competition, Orleans, France, 8 March 2004
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Carpe Diem! (piano) 2000
Premiered by Reto Reichenbach at New Music New Haven, January 2000;

Three’s A Crowd (one performer simultaneously playing viola, piano, and singing) 1999
Premiered by David Heetderks at New Music New Haven, 1999

Three Clowns (electronic tape) 1998
Created at the Center for Studies in Music Technology, Yale University

Blessed Rage for Order (solo piano) 1996
Premiered by Nathan Buckner, University of Maryland, College Park