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CHAMBER MUSIC

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2020 BLUE for Clarinet, Violin, Piano, Cello and Percussion, 15'

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Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music. Premiere forthcoming (delayed by Covid)

2020 Welles Park for Clarinet, Violin, Piano, Cello and Percussion, 1'

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Included on Lakeview Audio Tour on the App Gesso as part of ACM's Thirsty Ears Festival 2020.

2019 String Quartet No. 3, 25'

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Commissioned by the American Music Project. Premiere forthcoming (delayed by Covid).

2018 Trio: Seasons, for Flute, 'Cello and Piano 20'

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Premiered by the Calumet Chamber Musicians.

2016 Songs and Dances, for 'Cello and Piano, 15'

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Commissioned by and premiered at the 2016 Ear Taxi Festival by the Wurtz-Berger Duo.

2015 Childish Music, for Alto Saxophone and Piano, 12'

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Commissioned by Amos Gillespie, premiered by Gillespie and Wurtz.

2014 Piano Quintet, String quartet and piano, 50'

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Innaugural commission of the American Music Project. Premiered by the Chicago Q Ensemble and Wurtz.

2010 La: Suite for Flute and Piano, 33'

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Premiered by John Wachala, flute, and Wurtz.

2010 String Quartet No. 2, 24'

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Premiered and recorded by the Chicago Q Ensemble.

2007 String Quartet No. 1, 26'

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Premiered and recorded by the Chicago Q Ensemble.

2004 Ekhlas (pure), Clarinet in B flat, Piano, Percussion, 15'

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Commissioned and premiered by Zeitgeist.

1999 Trio, for Flute, 'Cello and Piano, 12'

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Premiered in Minneapolis, MN.

1997 Fugue for Clarinet in B flat, Violin, 'Cello, 5'

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Premiered in Redlands, CA.

I. AllegroChicago Q Ensemble

00:00 / 02:29

IV. FugueChicago Q Ensemble

00:00 / 01:58

Childish MusicGillespie/Wurtz

00:00 / 14:50

Ekhlas Zeitgeist

00:00 / 15:20

I LongingWachala/Wurtz

00:00 / 07:49

Tranquillo (excerpt)

I. Dolcissimo - Moderato

III. Moderato - Allegro Moderato

Introduction: Andante appassioato

III. Song (Hurt)

Welles Park Palomar/ACM

00:00 / 01:13

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VOCAL MUSIC

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2020 Johnny Appleseed, SATB/Piano, 7'

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Commissioned by Walter Payton Concert Choir. Premiere delayed by Covid.

2017 Mi-mi, SSAATTBB, 5'

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Recorded by Bella Voce.

2004, Message from the Soul, SATB, soloists, Narrator, Chamber Orchestra, 70'

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Premiered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Text by Molana Shahmaghsoud Angha.

2003, Rosefreeze, Song Cycle for Alto and Piano, 12'

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Text by Serena Johnson, Commissioned by the poet.

2001 Mariposa en arrullo, Song Cycle for Mezzo Soprano and piano, 25'

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Awarded 1st place in the National Federation of Music Clubs Composition Competition.

2000 Five Songs after Rumi, Soprano and Woodwind Quintet, 20'

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Poetry translated by Coleman Barks.

Mi-miBella Voce

00:00 / 05:31

I. Cuerpo de mujerThompson/Wurtz

00:00 / 04:48

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MUSIC FOR FILM/THEATRE

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2019 Hall of Fishes, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello, Piano, Percussion, 9'

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Film by Jenifer Boles. Commissioned by ACM and premiered at the Sound of Silent Film Festival

2011 The Mermaid, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello, Piano, Percussion, 8'

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Film by Osamu Tezuka. Commissioned by ACM and premiered at the Sount of Silent Film Festival.

2003, The Wives of Henry VIII, keyboard, percussion, guitar, woodwinds, 70'

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Incidental music for the production by 15Head: A Theater Lab.

2000, The Ritual, Piano and Organ, 12'

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Film by Ning Li. Score recorded by Wurtz.

1997 The Finn King's Daughter, Soloists, Narrator, Clarinet, 'Cello, 27'

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Libretto by Amy Wurtz.

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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

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2021 Chicago Composers Orchestra 10x10 Commission

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Collaboration with 10x10, Homeroom Chicago and visual artist Susan Giles. Premiere forthcoming.

2015 Our Lives Matter, String Orchestra, 11'

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Commissioned and premiered by the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra.

2013, Passage, 13'

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Commissioned and premiered by the Chicago Composers Orchestra.

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SOLO INSTRUMENTS

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2021 Cycles, Piano, 75'

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New work coming in 2021.

2020 I Can't Breathe, Piano, 6'

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Written in memory of George Floyd and dedicated to all victims of racism. Premiered June 2020.

2007, Meditation, piano, 15'

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Dedicated to Nader Shah Maghsoud Angha.

2001, Nirvan, Piano, 25'

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Commissioned and premiered by Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi.

1999 Suite for Violoncello Solo, 12'

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Written in Redlands, CA.