Compositions by Sara Doncaster

Supernatural Songs, 1999 – 2005
          12 Poems by William Butler Yeats for tenor, two sopranos, mezzo-soprano and thirteen instruments. Instrumentation: flute/piccolo/alto flute in G, oboe, Bb clarinet / bass clarinet, trumpet in C, horn in F, trombone, string quartet, double bass, piano and percussion (vibraphone, marimba, wood block, suspended cymbal, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, tom-toms, crotales and glockenspiel). Duration: Approximately 35 minutes.

The Quangle Wangle’s Hat, 2004 (commission: Social Band, Burlington, Vermont)
          Setting of Edward Lear’s poem for SATB Chorus for Social Band (Burlington, VT). First performance, April 2005.

The Great “O” Antiphons, 2004 (commission: St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Burlington, Vermont)
          Advent antiphons for SATB Chorus, premiered December 12, 2004, Commission from the Episcopal Cathedral of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.

Two Scenes from Coriander and a Penny’s Worth of Lonesome, 2004
          Opera in progress. Words by Ronald Falzone. Premiered (concert version) July 10, 2004, Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Irasburg, Vermont

Center of Intent, 2003 (commission: Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble)
          violin, clarinet, ‘cello and piano. Premiered by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, Montpelier and Burlington, Vermont, April 2003

Two Supernatural Songs, 2002
          Soprano and piano. From Part Two of Supernatural Songs. Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, July 2002

Donal Og, 2001
          SAB Chorus, premiered by Village Harmony Adult Camp, August 2001

Three Irish Hymns, SAB Chorus, 2000
           “St. Patrick,” Consecration of Bishop Thomas Ely, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont April 28, 2001; Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Irasburg, VT, July 16, 2000; “Slane” and “St. Columba,” Village Harmony Adult Camp Tour, VT & NH, August 2000

Supernatural Songs (Part One), 1999
          Text: William Butler Yeats. For four singers and thirteen instruments. Jon Garrison, tenor soloist, David Hoose, conductor, Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Derby Line, VT, July 1999

Rhapsody, 1998 (commission: Dinosaur Annex New Music Ensemble, Boston, MA)
          clarinet, viola, percussion. Dinosaur Annex New Music Ensemble, Boston, MA, March 1998
Composers Conference at Wellesley College, July 29, 2000

Ring of Hills, 1997 (commission: Matthew Doherty, flute; Jocelyn Chang, harp), based on the poem by James Hayford.

Reunion, 1997
          three songs for soprano and piano. text: Ruth Whitman. Works by Boston Composers, The Castle, Haverhill, MA, 1997. Song #3 selected by Dawn Upshaw for her masterclass at Brandeis University, October 1999

Ave Maria, 1996 (commission) - SATB chorus. Master Singers, Lexington, MA, November 1996

Biblical Sonnets, 1995 - 1996
          five songs for baritone and fourteen instruments. text: Greg Djanikian. New Music at Brandeis, Neal Hampton, Conductor; Eric Chalfant, Baritone. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, February 1996

Trio, 1994
          clarinet, ‘cello, piano. Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, July 1994. Auros Group for New Music, Cambridge, MA, May 1997

Lorelei, 1993
          soprano, piccolo/flute, oboe, bassoon and percussion. text: Sylvia Plath. Julie Hanson, soprano, Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, July 1993. Crosscurrents, First & Second Church, Boston, MA, October, 1993

Nightsongs & Laments, 1992
          seven songs for soprano and cello. text: Ronald Perry. Julie Hanson, Soprano, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1992. Crosscurrents, Boston College, Boston, MA, 1992

The Turning, 1990
          winds, brass and percussion (11 instruments). Pick Staiger Concert Hall, Christopher Morris, Conductor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Spring 1990

The Mother of God, 1990
          Song for soprano and string quartet. Text: W.B. Yeats. Julie Hanson, soprano and the Lydian String Quartet, Brandeis University, 1992

The Second Coming, 1989-1990
          song setting for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. text: W.B. Yeats. Solo Composition Recital, Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, 1990. Mary Delli Colli, mezzo-soprano and the Lydian String Quartet, Brandeis University, 1990

Vigil, 1988-1989, two pianos
          Toni Adzinikolov, Steven Sussman, pianists. Solo Composition Recital, Longy School of Music, 1990

Her Kind, 1988
          four part women's chorus, mezzo-soprano solo and oboe. text: Anne Sexton. Adam Grossman, Conductor, Solo Composition Recital, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, 1990

There Will Be Rest, 1987
          Song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano; four songs on texts by Sara Teasdale, W. B. Yeats and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Solo Composition Recital, Longy School of Music, 1990. Lisa Jablow, Soprano, Madison, Wisconsin (broadcast over Wisconsin Public Radio), 1997. Overlook Line, South Hampton, MA, 1997. Festival of Vermont Composers, Montpelier, VT, 1997. New Music Festival, Viterbo College, WI, 1995.

Solfegietto, 1986, solo piano
          League-ISCM Piano Book Project Concert, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, 1994.