Works & Audio

Chronological Works List:
PDF File | Word Document

-If interested in full scores, recordings, parts,
or commissioning a new work, please contact Laura-

Orchestral

Laura Kramer

Fossil Light (2011), for orchestra - work in progress

Mercurial Tempers (2008-09), for orchestra, 8 min. (Revision of Thesis for Master of Music in Composition, formerly called Anemoi)
PDF Score Excerpts | Program Note

Blooming Lavender (2007), for symphony orchestra, 2 min. Audio | PDF Score | Program Note

  • Written for Kids Compose 2006-07
  • Arrangement of melodies by elementary students:
    Sarah Williams and Agnes Zhu.
  • Premiered Feb. 2007.
    Indiana University Symphony Orchestra,
    Steven Smith, conductor. Indiana University.

Illusions (2005), for orchestra, 12 min. Program Note

  • Reading Session, December 2005
    West Chester University Symphony Orchestra

Chorus With Ensemble

In Vision I Roamed (2008) for SATB chorus and 9 instruments, 6 min. Audio Excerpt | PDF Score Excerpt
Program Note & Text
Text by Thomas Hardy

  • Premiered Nov. 2008, Indiana University, Masters Recital
    Fawzi Haimor, conductor
  • Selected as a finalist for the 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
  • Selected for "Composing New Works For Voice": Workshop with Sven-David Sandström
    Indiana University
    July 29-Aug. 2, 2008
  • read by the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble under Carmen Telléz, Oct. 2008

Chamber

Sleuth (2011), for tuba and piano, 10 min.
Audio Excerpt| Program Note
commissioned by Dave Holben
premiered by Dave Holben, tuba and Irene Gregorio, piano
DMA Composition Recital, USC Thornton School of Music, September 2011
to be published with Holben Publishing

Spellbound (2010), for alto saxophone and marimba, 7 min.
Audio Excerpt |PDF Score Excerpt | Program Note

  • Written for a project with composer/percussionist, David Werfelmann.
  • Premiered at Composition Showcase, University of Southern California, Nov. 2010
  • performances at: the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 2 Conference, University of Nevada- Las Vegas, Feb. 2011; Cal State Fullerton New Music Festival, Fullerton, CA, March 2011, Composition Showcase, USC, March 2011; DMA Composition Recital, Sep. 2011

Rambling (2010), for alto flute, oboe, and piano, 3 min. Program Note

  • written for Danielle Leone, flute, and Trey Farrell, oboe
  • Premiered at Composition Recital, University of Southern California, May 2010.

Turning Points (2010), for fl./alto fl., cl/bass cl., perc., pno., vn., vc, 5:30 min.
Audio Excerpt |PDF Score Excerpt | Program Note

  • Premiered at Composition Showcase, University of Southern California, March 2010.
  • Performed with the USC Thornton School of Music Contemporary Music Ensemble, Feb. 2011.

Strings (2009), for saxophone quartet, 9 min. PDF Score | Program Note

  • Bend
  • Inflections
  • Sidetracks
  • written for the Zzyzx Saxophone Quartet

Different Sorts (2008), Duo for violin and guitar, 10 min. PDF Score Excerpts | Program Note

  • Commissioned by violinist Liana Gourdjia and guitarist Guido Sánchez
  • Premiered Nov. 2008, Indiana University, Masters Recital

Conglomerations, Fanfare for brass quintet (2007-08), 3 min. Program Note

  • Premiered Nov. 2008, Indiana University, Masters Recital

Sneaky Exponential (2007), for trumpet, trombone, percussion, bass, 5 min.

  • Written for the IU Hammer and Nail Project:
    Composer/Choreographer Collaboration
    Choreography by Beth Rodriguez
  • Premiered April 2007, The Waldron Center, Bloomington
  • Performed November 2007, Comstock Hall, University of Louisville

Camaïeu (2007), for clarinet, horn, marimba, and cello, 10 min. Audio Excerpt | PDF Score Excerpt | Program Note

  • Premiered April 2008, Composition Recital, Indiana University
  • Performed November 2008, Masters Recital, Indiana University

Color Phases (2006), for five pianos, 5 min.

  • Commissioned by the West Chester University Piano Ensemble
  • Premiered April 2006, Senior Recital, West Chester University

Contemplations (2005) for saxophone quartet, 7 min. Audio Excerpt | Program Note

  • Premiered April 2005, Saxfest, West Chester University
  • Performed April 2006, Senior Recital, West Chester University

Looking Forward (2005), for violin and cello, 5 min Audio Excerpt | Program Note

  • Reading session, January 2006, Network for New Music

Voice

The Miracle of the Walking Fish (2010-11), song cycle for baritone and guitar, 30 min.
texts by and copyright Jackson Bliss
Program Note

I. Fuegos Artificiales Audio Excerpt
II. Pulmones y Agallas Audio Excerpt
III. Guijarros Gemelos Audio Excerpt
interlude Audio Excerpt
IV. Algo en el Sumidero Audio Excerpt
V. Canciones Viejas interlude Audio Excerpt
interlude Audio Excerpt
VI. Martires Audio Excerpt
interlude Audio Excerpt
VII. The Angels Audio Excerpt
VIII. Saint Gabriel Audio Excerpt
IX. Hollywood Audio Excerpt
X. K-Town (코리아타운) Audio Excerpt
XI. The Happy Family interlude Audio Excerpt
interlude Audio Excerpt
XII. Saint Monica Audio Excerpt

premiered by Mario Diaz-Moresco, baritone and Jack Cimo, guitar
DMA Composition Recital, USC Thornton School of Music, September 2011

How Life's Reverberation (2005), for baritone voice and piano, 10 min.
Texts by Emily Dickinson Program Note & Text
  • Their height in heaven comforts not Audio
  • I felt a funeral in my brain Audio
  • Except the heaven had come so near Audio
  • Sleep is supposed to be Audio
  • Premiered Nov. 2005, New Music Concert, West Chester University
  • Performed April 2006, Senior Recital, West Chester University

Electroacoustic

Remnant Oscillation (2011) for clarinet and electronic sounds, 7 min. Audio Excerpt | Program Note

  • premiered by Joe Morris, Clarinet, Composition Showcase, University of Southern California, November 2011

Warped (2007-08) for alto saxophone and electronics, 5 min. Audio Excerpt | Score available from Dorn Publications| Program Note

  • Premiered Jan. 2008, Computer Music Studio recital, Indiana University
  • Performed at the 2008 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; Midwest Composers Symposium, University of Michigan, Feb. 2009; International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room, California State University, Fullerton, CA, Mar. 2009; SEAMUS National Conference, Fort Wayne, IN, April 2009; University of Southern California Composition Showcase, Nov. 2009; Western Illinois University New Music Festival, Macomb, IL, March 2010, John Vana, saxophone.; Graduate Student Composition Recital, University of Southern California, May 2010; Electronic Music Midwest , Lewis University, Oct. 2010.

Nebulae (2007), 1 min. Audio | Program Note

  • Performances with the 2010 ICMC Crimson Mix

Tranquil InDensity (2007), 6 min. Audio | Program Note

  • Premiered Apr. 2010, SEAMUS National Conference, St. Cloud University, St. Cloud, MN

Pure Distortion (2006), 4 min. Audio | Program Note

 

Solo

Notwithstanding (2011) for solo saxophone, 5 min. PDF Score

  • premiered on DMA Composition recital, USC Thornton School of Music, September 2011

Stray (2009) for classical guitar, 3 min.

Undulations (2008) for cello and piano, 3 min.

  • Performed by Bill Meyer in cello master class with Sharon Robinson,
    Indiana University, April 2008

Prelude (2007), for solo piano, 3 min.

  • Premiered April 2007, Elaine Lee, pianist
    Students of Don Freund and Jean-Louis Haguenauer Recital

Tangents (2006) for solo piano, 8 min. Audio Excerpt | PDF Score Excerpt | Program Note

  • Premiered Feb. 2007 at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium, University of Chicago.
  • Performed April 2007, Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw, pianist
    Composition Recital, Indiana University
  • Performed April 2007, Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw, pianist
    Students of Don Freund and Jean-Louis Haguenauer Recital
  • Performed Nov. 2008, Bethany Pietroniro, Masters Recital,
    Indiana University

Fast-forward (2006), for solo alto saxophone, 8 min.

  • Premiered March 2006, New Music Concert, West Chester University

Theatre

Incidental Music for:
An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Fontaine Syer

Performance by the Indiana University Theatre Department
Feb. - Mar. 2009

About the Play

Opening - Ballroom Waltz Audio
Act I - II Audio
Act II Ending Audio
Act III Opening Audio
Act III- IV Audio
Ending Audio
Curtain Call Audio

 

Arrangements / Transcriptions

Le Api (2007) for alto saxophone and piano, 2 min.

  • Written for Otis Murphy, Original music by Antonino Pasculli, transcribed by Kenneth Tse
Faith (2006, chamber ensemble arrangement), 3 min