Chamber Music :: Kelly-Marie Murphy, composer

Category: Chamber Music

The Swan Parapraxis

CHAMBER MUSIC duet
1 violin, 1 cello

Duration: ca. 7 minutes
Composed: 2018

Recording(s): Recorded by Yolanda and Carmen Bruno, 2019 release.… Read More

Coffee Will Be Served In the Living Room

CHAMBER MUSIC cello octet
8 cellos

Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Composed: 2018

Programme Note: What would you do in the face of an enraged, alcohol-fuelled outburst? Lee Krasner, the wife of American painter, Jackson Pollock, had to cope with these … Read More

Oblique Light

CHAMBER MUSIC string quartet
2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello

Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Composed: 2016

Programme Note: Oblique Light was commissioned by the Penderecki String Quartet for their 2016/17 concert season. It was written to honour Canada’s sesquicentennial year.… Read More

To Hold Back Chaos, I Transformed Fire and Cloud

CHAMBER MUSIC quintet
1 flute, 1 clarinet, 1 violin, 1 cello, 1 piano

Duration: ca. 20 minutes
Composed: 2015

Programme Note:

“Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals

In a World of Motion and Distance

CHAMBER MUSIC piano quintet
2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 piano

Duration: ca. 14 minutes
Composed: 2014

Programme Note: In a World of Motion and Distance was commissioned by the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival to celebrate their tenth … Read More

Blues and the Principles of Excitation

CHAMBER MUSIC string octet
4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos

Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Composed: 2013

Programme Note: In 1997, NASA launched the series of Voyager spacecraft. On board were phonograph records known as the Voyager Golden Records, which contain … Read More

Search My Heart (as I run this race)

CHAMBER MUSIC piano trio
1 violin, 1 cello, 1 piano

Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Composed: 2013

Programme Note: Search My Heart (as I run this race) is a single-movement work lasting roughly 8 minutes. It was written for Trio Alba … Read More

Dynamic Sequences

CHAMBER MUSIC duet
1 alto saxophone, 1 piano

Duration: ca. 14 minutes
Composed: 2012

Programme Note: Artists at the beginning of the twentieth century were exploring a couple main areas. The Cubists were interested in still life and portraits and … Read More

Lines of Movement

CHAMBER MUSIC harp trio
1 flute, 1 viola, 1 harp

Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Composed: 2011

Programme Note: In the early part of the twentieth century, artists were exploring a couple things. The Cubists were interested in still life and … Read More

The Lonely Road (after F.H. Varley)

CHAMBER MUSIC duet
1 cello, 1 piano

Duration: ca. 6 minutes
Composed: 2010

Premiere: First performance by Roman Borys and Jamie Parker, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, August 2010.… Read More