Works
This is a representative list of works completed between 2002-2008. Many other pieces are not included here, but if there is interest, they will be added in time. To listen to the works, click on their linked titles (will open in your browser) or right click and select "Save Target As..." to listen in a player such as Windows Media Player or Winamp.
Those pieces labeled "electronic" have their completed/official mixes posted; those not labeled as such (but not recordings) are MIDI/electronic representations.
2008. Kono Yoru (This Night) for choir (SSAA).
2007. Hakol BeSeder, B’Eli Haseder for voice, violin, cello, and piano. In Hebrew. Finalist, Karen Sokolof Javitch Composition Competition.
2007. Commuter's Dream for electronics and voice (organ, ambient sounds, vocal samples).
2007. Breathe for electronics (Chinese flutes, erhu, drums, ambient sounds, organ).
2007. Shine for choir (SSAATTBB). In Japanese and English. Quarterfinalist, Sorel Organization’s Women Composers competition.
2007. Live Love for choir (SATB). Live recording. 2nd place winner, San Francisco Chorale’s New Voices Competition. In English and Pali.
2006. Coming Home for Christmas for electronics (organ/synthesizer and preconstructed loops).
2006. Sleep, Child, Sleep for choir (SSAA). In Japanese and English.
2006. But Hope for two guitars.
2006. If You Knew Me for voice and violin.
2005. Cape Spear for violin choir (two violin, two viola, two cello, two bass).
2005. Out of Darkness for synthesizer (variety of pads, bells, and keys).
2004. In Death’s Field for choir (SSAATTBB). In English, translation from a 9th century Middle Eastern poem.
2004. Theme for "Project Enigma", a video game mod.
2004. Background themes for a Metroid-inspired video game mod, for electronics (synth voice, drums, marimba, bells, among others).
2004. Fragments for violin and piano.
2004. Taistealai for fiddles, drum, flutes.
2003. The Face in the Mirror for cello and celeste.
2003. Dorian March for piano.
2002. A Dream of Snow for piccolo, vibraphone, marimbas, violin, cello, handbells, and handdrum.
Jamie Klenetsky is a composer from New Jersey. She writes for both classical and electronic instruments, calling herself a “laptop composer” (all work, even classical notation, is done on computer). Combining classical technique with modern styles, with influences from around the world, Jamie strives to compose works that strike at the heart of those listening.
On this site you can hear Jamie’s works, read about her philosophy on music, or listen to her ambitious Song-A-Week podcast, where she posts a newly composed work every week.