Compositions by John Thow

for Love: Three Poems of Robert Creeley (1993) 10 min. for soprano and piano.

First performance: Philadelphia, October, 2003.

Eros and Dust (2003) 20 min. for soprano voice and orchestra.

First performances: Berkeley, CA, May, 2003.

Dalla Selva Oscura al Giardino Bianco/Verde (From the Dark Wood to theWhite/Green Garden)

	(2002) 15 min. For Clarinet, Viola and Piano.
	First performance: Berkeley, CA, April 2003.

In the Trail of the Wind (2001-2002) 20 min. For Flute solo and strings.

	Commissioned by the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings.
	First performances: Detroit, April and May, 2002.

Flute Lure (2001) 4 min. For Solo Baroque flute. Premiere on BBC 3 broadcast, October, 2001.

Three Echoes (2001) 10 min. For Native American flute (five-hole Lakota Sioux). Commissioned by James Pellerite.

Puva, Puva (2001) 5 min. For Kingma-System (Quarter-Tone) Alto Flute Solo.

First performance: London, England, May, 2001.

Tríptico (Triptych) (2001) 20 min. For Clarinet and Piano.

First performance: International Clarinet Association Convention, New Orleans, August, 2001.

From Both Sides of the Sun: Songs from the Northwest (2000) 15 min.

	For Flute (Alto Flute) and Percussion. Commissioned by the Collins Project.
	First performance, Southport, CT, February 2001.

Ha-no (Elegy) (2000) 10 min. For Flute and Piano.

	Commissioned by the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition.
	First performances, Boston, MA, February, 2001.
	Publisher: Falls House Press, Nashua, NH.

Chumash Songs (Kapúmi Xucu) (2000) 15 min.

	For Violin, Clarinet, Piano and Percussion Commissioned by the Ventura Chamber Music Festival.
	First performance, Ventura, CA, May 2000.

Six Duets (1999) 15 min. For two Flutes. First performance, April, 2001, Hamburg, Germany.

Publisher: Falls House Press, Nashua, NH.

River Bend (1999) 5 min. For alto flute and guitar.

	Commissioned by the Red Cedar Chamber Music Society.
	First performance Cedar Rapids, IA, February, 2000.
	Publisher: Merion Music (Theodore Presser, Bryn Mawr, PA).
	Newly Published Music Award, National Flute Association, 2001.

Serpentina (1998-99) Opera in eight scenes (two acts) after a tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann ("Der Goldne Topf") 90 min.

	For eight solo singers, chorus and chamber orchestra.
	Commissioned by the Berkeley Opera. First performances July, 1999.

Three Pieces (1998) 8 min. For carillon.

	1. Canzona 2. Tranquillo 3. Serpentina Dances
	First performance, June, 1998, International Carillon Festival and Congress.

Cantico (1997-98) 25 min. For mixed chorus, soloists and chamber orchestra.

	Texts by St. Francis of Assisi and from Australian and American sources.
	First performance, Berkeley, May 1998, University Chamber Chorus, Marika Kuzma, director.

A Return to Roslin Castle (1997) 8 min. For Eight-key (simple system) Flute and Guitar.

First performance, National Flute Association Convention, Columbus, OH, August, 2000.

Al Cabrero (1997) 10 min. For solo guitar. First performance, Grass Valley, CA, June, 1998.

Piñón (1997) 10 min. For Clarinet and Piano. First performance, Houston, TX, November, 1997.

Lene Tawi (Hopi Rain Song) (1996) 14 min. Chamber Orchestra.

Commissioned by the Rohnert Park Chamber Orchestra. First performances, February, 1997.

Musica d'amore (1996) 12 min. For Oboe d'amore, Viola d'amore and Harp.

	First performances, Berkeley and San Francisco, November, 1997.
	Publisher: Fish Creek Music. Recording: Fish Creek FCMCD102.

To Invoke the Clouds (1995) 8 min. For two Baroque flutes (traversi) or two modern flutes.

	Baroque duo version premiere Mendocino, CA, February, 1996.
	National Flute Association Newly Published Music Award, 1997.
	Modern flute duo version premiere Sacramento, CA, November, 1995.
	Recording (modern duo) Cantilena Records #66017-2.

To Invoke the Clouds (1995) 7 min. For Baroque flute (traverso) solo or modern flute.

	Baroque flute version premiere San Francisco, November, 1995.
	Modern flute solo version premiere Sacramento, CA, November, 1995.
	Publisher: Margun Music.
	Recording (modern solo) Cantilena Records #66017-2.

The Wood is Singing (1995) 12 min. For four cellos.

First performed at the Tanglewood Music Festival by Yo-Yo Ma, Timothy Eddy, Bonnie Hampton and Norman Fischer, cellos, August, 1995.

Quartet (1995) 20 min. For Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano.

	Written for the Francesco Trio and Gary Gray, clarinet.
	First performance April, 1995, Berkeley, CA.
	Recording: Music & Arts CD 915.

Songs for the Earth (1994) 25 min. For Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion.

	Written for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and Stephanie Friedman.
	First performance February, 1995, San Francisco, CA.
	Recording: Music & Arts CD 915.

Subito dopo (1994) 4 min. For Flute and Piano.

	Written to commemorate Witold Lutoslawski.
	First performance October, 1995, Earplay Ensemble, San Francisco, CA.

Study in Double Notes (1994) 5 min. For Piano Solo.

Four Duets (1994) 12 min. For two Clarinets.

Remembering Op. 109 (1994) 5 min. For Piano Solo.

	First performed April, 1994, Berkeley, CA.
	Recording: Music & Arts CD 915.

Breath of the Sun (1993) 12 min. For three Flutes and Alto Flute.

	First performance November, 1994, Sacramento, CA, North American Music Festival.
	Publisher: Margun Music. Recording: Music & Arts CD 915, Cantilena Records 66017-2.

Sextet (1993) 25 min. For Flute (Piccolo), Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano.

	Commissioned by the Earplay Ensemble, San Francisco.
	First performances, April, 1993, San Francisco and Palo Alto, CA.

The Rural Muse (1992) 12 min. For Soprano Voice, Clarinet, Horn and Piano. Texts by John Clare.

Commissioned and premiered by the Beaumont Ensemble, San Francisco, March, 1992, with Sara Ganz, soprano and Joan Nagano, Piano.

Aura (1992) 15 min. For Orchestra

Premiered by the Camellia Symphony, Sacramento, Calif., April, 1992, Nan Washburn, cond.

Trilce (1991) 15 min.. For Flute (Piccolo), Oboe (English Horn), Cello and Piano.

	Premiered by North/South Consonance, New York, June, 1992.
	Recording: Music & Arts CD 915 (members of the San Francisco Symphony).

Concertino (1991) 16 min. For Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion, Violin and Cello.

Commissioned and premiered by the Detroit Chamber Winds, May, 1991.

A Water Cycle (1991) 20 min. For Baritone and chamber ensemble.

Premiered March, 1991, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Patrick Summers, conductor, Leroy Villanueva, Baritone.

A New Voluntary (1990) 10 min. For Organ solo.

Commissioned by the O'Neill Organ Fund and Premiered November 1990, Berkeley, Calif., by John Butt.

Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (1990, rev. 1993) 20 min.

Written for Mark Lawrence. Premiere March, 1994, University Symphony Orchestra, Jung Ho Pak, cond., Mark Lawrence, solo.

Music for: Much Ado About Nothing (1989) 35 min.

	For Oboe, Oboe d'amore, Bassoon, Harpsichord and Guitar.
	Commissioned by the California Shakespeare Festival, 1989.

Duo (1989) for Cello and Piano. 20 min.

First performance, March, 1989, Cambridge, Mass. in a concert honoring Leon Kirchner on his retirement from Harvard.

Music for A Comedy of Errors (1988).

	For Clarinet (Soprano Saxophone), Violin and Percussion. 25 min.
	Commissioned by the Berkeley (now the California) Shakespeare Festival, 1988.

Into the Twilight (1988) Three movements for Orchestra. 22 min.

	Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony.
	First performances May, 1988, Herbert Blomstedt, conducting.

When You Were Born (1987) For Soprano, Flute, Cello and Harp. 15 min..

First performance by Sara Ganz, Soprano and the Earplay Ensemble, Jonathan Khuner, cond., San Francisco, December 1989.

Buccina (1987) For Trumpet and Organ. 12 min.

First performed by Laurie McGaw, Trumpet and Rodney Gehrke, Organ, Berkeley, April, 1987.

Madrone (1987) For Fourteen Players. 14 min.

First performed by members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Lukas Foss, cond., New York, March, 1987.

Three Elements for Two Pianos (1986). 18 min.

Commissioned by Alea III, Boston, and first performed by Anthony and Joseph Paratore, Boston, Dec., 1986.

Resonance for Orchestra (1986). 15 min.

First performed by the San Francisco Symphony, Lief Bjaland, cond., October, 1986.

Rounds (1986) For Percussion Quartet. 15 min.

	Commissioned by the State University of New York, Buffalo, North American Music Festival.
	First performed at SUNY Buffalo, Jan Williams, cond., 1986.

Piano Trio (1985). 20 min. First performance at the University of California, Davis, 1985.

Image, Double & Envoi (1984-85) For Flute, Percussion and Piano. 18 min.

First performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, November, 1986.

Rim of Heaven (1983-84) Choreographic Music for Orchestra. 20 min.

	Commissioned by the University of California, Berkeley.
	First performed April, 1983. Presented at the Edinburgh Festival, 1984.

Live Oak (1983) For Ten Players. 20 min. Commissioned by Musical Elements, New York.

First performed April 1983, at Cooper Union, New York.

All Hallows (1982) For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano and Percussion. 18 min.

	Commissioned by the Boston Musica Viva.
	First performed October, 1982, at the Longy School, Cambridge, Mass.
	Presented at the Edinbugh Festival, 1983.
	Recording: Neuma Compact Disc 450-79.

Seven Charms for a New Day (1982) Soprano Voice and Piano. 20 min.

	Poem by Lawrence Raab.
	First performed by Nancy Wait, Soprano and Leroy Kromm, Piano, University of California at Davis, 1983.

Alpha Libri (1982) For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Trombone, Piano, Percussion, Violin and Cello. 25 min.

	Commissioned by the Bowery Ensemble, New York.
	First performed February, 1982, at Cooper Union, New York.

Phoenix Music (1981) For Flute Solo, Nine Strings, Piano and Percussion. 16 min.

Commissioned and performed by Alea III, Boston, Randall Bowman, flute solo, Theodore Antoniou, cond., April 1981.

Quaternion (1980) For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano and Percussion. 18 min.

Commissioned and performed by the Boston Musica Viva, Richard Pittman, cond., May, 1980.

Diphonia (1979-80) For Violin and Harpsichord. 20 min.

Commissioned and performed by the Pernucio Ensemble, Boston at the Strawberry Banke Festival, Portsmouth, N.H., August, 1980.

Siempre (1978) For Soprano Voice and Orchestra. Text by Pablo Neruda. 25 min.

First performed on Italian Radio, Rome: Dora Carral, Soprano, Lukas Foss, Cond. Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Roma, Feb., 1979.

Canto del Quetzal (1978) Chamber Orchestra. 12 min.

Commissioned and premiered by the University of Wisconsin (Madison) Chamber Orchestra, 1978.

Quintet (1978) Woodwind Quintet. 20 min.

First performance: the American Academy in Rome, Fall 1978.

Winged Words (1977) For Voice and Chamber Orchestra. 40 min.

First performance: Karen Lykes, Soprano, John Thow, conductor, Boston University Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, 1980.

Chinese Poems (1976) For Soprano Voice and Flute. 12 min.

First performed by Karen Komar, Soprano and Sadako Yokoyama, Flute, Cambridge, Mass., 1976.

Trigon (1974) For Orchestra. 20 min.

First performed by the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, Calvin Simmons, cond., Los Angeles, Calif., 1977.

Trio (1976) For Violin, Clarinet and Piano. 18 min.

First performed: Harvard University, 1976.

Sonante (1975) For Oboe, Bassoon and Harp. 15 min.

First performed: Harvard University, 1975.

Night (1975) For Women's Chorus and Strings. Text by Robinson Jeffers.

First performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society, Cambridge, Mass., 1975.

Astraeus (1975) For Orchestra. 15 min.

First performed by the Bach Society Orchestra, Harvard University, Hugh Wolff, cond., 1975.

Divergences (1974) For Flute, Clarinet, Viola and Cello. 12 min.

	First performed at the Settimana Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Italy, 1974.
	First American performance by Speculum Musicae, Fromm Foundation concert, Harvard University, 1977.

A Noiseless Patient Spider (1974) For Voice and Chamber Ensemble. Text by Walt Whitman. 20 min.

	First performed by Joan Logue, Soprano and members of the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, Rome, John Thow, cond.
	Fulbright Exchange Program 25th anniversary concert, Rome, 1974.

Hymn to Dawn (1974), Mixed chorus and insturments. Text from the Rig Veda. 10 min.

Awarded the George A. Knight prize for choral composition, Harvard University, 1974.

Two Songs (1972) For Soprano and Piano. Poems by Robert Bly. 10 min.

First performed by Joan Heller, Soprano and Max Lifchitz, Piano, Harvard University, 1973

Duo (1972) For Flute and Cello. 10 min.

First performed by John Thow, Flute and Margaret Thow, Cello, Harvard University, 1973.

Double Variations (1971) For Twelve Winds and Percussion. 15 min.

Serenade (1970) For Violin, Horn, Bassoon And String Bass. 12 min.

Four Songs to Poems by Antonio Machado (1969) For Mezzo-Soprano and Four Instruments, 15 min.

Three Pieces for Oboe Solo (1969) 10 min.

Four works presented at a Bachelor of Music recital, University of Southern California, 1971.

Introit (1967) for Orchestra. First performed Ventura, California, 1967.