MODNEY

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Nightglow (2026)
clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, drums, bass
for Madison Greenstone, Ingrid Laubrock, Mariel Roberts Musa, Vicky Chow, Dan Weiss, Luke Stewart
duration: 60′
Premiere Recording: March 2026

New work for Trinket (2026)
flute/voice, guitar, violin, cello
duration: 15′
Premiere: January 27, 2026, Miller Theater PopUp Concerts

Rune (2025)
solo violin/viola with electronics
for Big Ears Festival
duration: 60′
Premiere: March 28, 2025, Big Ears Festival (Knoxville, TN)

Liminal (2023, rev. 2025)
soprano, flute, tenor saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, cello, electronics
for Wet Ink Ensemble
duration: 13′
Premiere: June 13, 2025, Roulette Intermedium (NYC)

Never, never… (2024)
clarinet, bassoon, percussion, viola
for International Contemporary Ensemble: Alexander Davis, Emmalie Tello, and Nathan Davis
duration: 12′
Premiere: December 17, 2024, Fridman Gallery (NYC)

Event Horizon (2023)
undectet
for Anna Webber, Nate Wooley, David Byrd-Marrow, Dan Peck, yuniya edi kwon, Joanna Mattrey, Mariel Roberts, Lester St. Louis, Cory Smythe, and Kate Gentile
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024) / FILM BY FRANK HEATH

Lynx (2023)
violin, cello, and electronics
for Mariel Roberts and Sam Pluta
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024)

Ascender (2022-23)
violin with distortion pedal
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024) / FILM BY FRANK HEATH

Everything Around It Moves (2022)
string quartet and piano
for Gabriela Diaz, Kyle Armbrust, Mariel Roberts, and Cory Smythe
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024) / SCORE

Fragmentation And The Single Form (2022)
cornet, voice/electronics, 2 violins with distortion pedal, piano, drums, tuba
for Ben LaMar Gay, Charmaine Lee, Erica Dicker, Cory Smythe, Kate Gentile, and Dan Peck
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024)

Near To Each (2021)
saxophone, violin, cello, piano
for Ingrid Laubrock, Mariel Roberts, and Cory Smythe
Near To Each ALBUM (Carrier Records – 2022) / LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO

Violin Solo
Whalefall [SCORE]
Tenor Solo
Crystallization I [SCORE]
Opening

Ballad [SCORE]
Superball Duo
Ritual / Crystallization II
Chorale

Engage (2018)
violin solo
ALBUM RECORDING

Polyphony (for SP)
Cadential
Engage
Pastoral
Range

J.S. Bach: Ciaccona (1720), with Just Intonation [arr. Modney, 2018]
violin solo
ALBUM RECORDING / SCORE

EVRLY MUSIC (2017)
violin and guitar
co-composed with Patrick Higgins
ALBUM RECORDING

Funeral
Renaissance Recap
A New Austerity
Courtesan

Beating No. 2
Concertina
Prime
Lament

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