Chris Gainey - musician

Large Ensemble:

• Shifting Thunder (2009)
• orchestra
• Through the Turmoil of Liquid Skies (2008)
• chamber orchestra
• Nantucket Sleighride (2006)
• four guitars and orchestra

Choral Works:

• North Country Dawn (2018)
• SATB choir and electronics
• Dona Nobis Pacem (2013)
• SAB choir and string quartet
• traditional text with additional text by Rumi
• Oh Moon (2011)
• SATB choir
• poetry by Michelle Kuo

Chamber Ensemble (4+ musicians):

• Firelight (2020)
• eight guitars
• Funnel Cloud (2016)
• string quartet
• Meltwater (2012)
• guitar quartet
• version for eight guitars
• Hornpipe (2012)
• fl., cl., vln., vc., vib., pno.
• Expanse (2011)
• fl., cl., vln., vla., mar., pno.
• No Sleep for the Wicked (2008)
• fl./picc., cl./bass cl., vln., vc., perc., pno.
• Flowing Through: Rhapsody on a Theme of Egberto Gismonti (2007)
• guitar quartet

Small Chamber Ensemble (2-3 musicians):

• Nusuth (2020)
• two guitars
• River City (2016)
• erhu and piano
• Desk Whiskey (2013)
• flute, banjo, and piano
• Drifting on the Wild Wind (2010)
• viola and piano
• Breakdowns (2009)
• flute and cello
• Chupacabra (2006)
• two guitars
• Delilah (2006)
• flute and guitar

Vocal/Spoken Works:

• Sea Fugue (2015)
• soprano and piano
• poetry by Elee Kraljii Gardiner
• The Selfish Giant (2011)
• flute and storyteller
• text by Oscar Wilde
• Coming Back in the Fog from Isle au Haut (2010)
• baritone and guitar
• poetry by Christian Barter
• Spherical (2008)
• piano and narrator
• poetry by Alan Felsenthal

Solo Works:

• Zephyr (2019)
• guitar solo
• Bone Dry Holler (2015)
• viola solo
• Floating City (2011)
• piano solo
• Holon (2009)
• piccolo solo
• Dreamless Sleep (2008)
• cello solo
• Silhouette and Reflection (2007)
• flute solo
• Iago (2005)
• violin solo

This page features a list of Chris' compositions grouped according to ensemble type. To see a sample excerpt from the score, click on the title of the work. If you would like to peruse a complete score for any work, please email Chris at cgainey77@gmail.com.