Please contact me with any questions about my work at SFKurtRohde (at) Gmail (dot) com. Should you wish to play my work, I ask you include it on a program that is representative & includes a number of pieces by BIPOC and/or female and non-binary identifying people. A program that is inclusive, representative and diverse, reflecting today's full range of creative voices from all backgrounds and experiences is the way in which all new music concert events must be conceived. Thank you.
Solo
e(k)/(c)ho for solo double bass (in progress)
Query - after Paul Mann - for solo piano (2021)
[I hoisted them, two drug dealers] -after Diane Seuss-
for solo piano (2021)
[I hope when it happens] - after Diane Seuss for solo piano (2021)
(Water Lilies Floating) - after Donna Masini - for solo piano (2021)
preluding for solo piano (2020)
lumpy puddings for solo piano (2019-20)
circling/revealing for solo piano (2018-2022)
No time an etude (too brief) for solo piano (2020)
Trotsky's Icepick (a meditation) for solo piano (2018/rev. 2019)
Oracle Reach for solo viola (2018)
Famous Last Words
original fables by Paul Mann for speaking keyboard player and assorted items (2017/rev. 2020-21)
credo petrified for solo cello (2016/rev. 2018/rev. 2020/rev. 2022/rev. 2023)
Chamber
La Commedia
a concerto grosso, destroyed and reassembled again (in progress)
three whisper canons & a palimpsest, for soprano and double bass (2024)
seeking all that’s still unsung for string quartet (2024) This work was made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
the hardest folksongs never written for large ensemble (2023)
the future is finite for woodwind quintet and double bass (2021)
sonic tunic, a remix after Tunic (Song For Karen) by Kim Gordon & Sonic Youth for violin and vibraphone (2021)*
a tree that quietly exists (from The Overstory) for 3 to 5 voices (2021)
blued, a remix after Joni Mitchell for alto flute, violin, viola and cello (2020)*
Ave, a remix after Hildegard von Bingen for alto flute, violin, viola and cello (2020)*
one wing for violin and piano (2019)
gentle rules, II. - lumpy puddings for piano four-hands (2019)
gentle rules, I. - petals open/closed for piano four-hands (2019)
the right to be forgotten for seanghwang, detuned harp and string quartet (2017)
petals [sostenuti] from Five Etudes
for mixed ensemble (in progress)
unbridled/dissected/assembled
for mixed ensemble (2016)
open/shut
for string quartet (2015)
inside voice
for string quartet (2015)
post-Igor
for mixed ensemble (2015)
Come slowly - Eden!
a cello chamber concerto for solo cello and small ensemble (2014–15/Revised 2019)
Altromondo
for piano four-hands and assorted objects (2013–14)
Three Decimated Bach Chorales
for Electronics and Odd Quartet (2013)
Treatises for an Unrecovered Past
for string quartet (2013/rev. 2017)
…maestoso…misterioso…
for amplified violin, amplified viola and assorted items (2012)
hear not evil for string septet (2012)
A[u]nti Mazurka, an etude for mixed ensemble (2012)
as we do…, an etude for mixed ensemble (2011)
Four Remixes
for piano trio (2011)*
still distant, still here
for large mixed ensemble (2010)
All Thumbs, an etude for mixed ensemble (2009)
Concertino for solo violin and small ensemble (2009)
Seeing Things
for violin and piano (2006)
Right Stuff, a remix after The B52s for viola and percussion (2005)*
Double Trouble
for two violas and small ensemble (2001-02)
Six Character Pieces
for viola and piano (2000)
Three Phantasy Pieces
for viola, cello and double bass (1999-2000)
* indicates part of ongoing remix project
Orchestra
DoubleFrankinTroubleStein
for two amplified violas and orchestra (2011)
Bis Bald
a fanfare for orchestra (2008)
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
for string orchestra (2002)*
Sun King
for string orchestra (2002)*
Strong Motion
for chamber orchestra (2002)
Five Pieces
for Orchestra (1999-2000)
Oculus
for string orchestra (1999)
* indicates part of ongoing remix project
Vocal
(Water Lilies Floating) (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 8 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 7 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 6 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 5 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 4 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2022)
Water Lilies 3 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 2 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
Water Lilies 1 (after Donna Masini) for amplified solo voice & electronics (2021)
It wasn’t a dream… for soprano, tenor and piano four-hands on texts of Diane Seuss (2018)
Three Scented Candles for soprano and piano, on texts of Scott Hunter (2018)
to sing
for solo soprano and electronics (2018/rev. 2020/rev. 2023)
power is everywhere an observed distraction for soprano and small ensemble on texts of Foucault
for soprano and small ensemble (2017)
Never was a knight...
for solo tenor and ensemble (2016–17)
No Time To Hate
for soprano and piano (2016)
Three Minutes with Ned
for tenor and piano (2013–14)
Endless
for chorus a capella (2007)
Bitter Harvest
an oratorio (2002–05)
Opera
Newtown Odyssey, a floating opera in collaboration with artist Marie Lorenz & writer Dana Spiotta (2021-23), made possible with support from Creative Capital and the NEA
4:30 Movie, a micro opera based on poems by Donna Masini (2022-23), made possible with support from the NEA and the San Francisco Arts Commission
power is everywhere
for soprano and small ensemble (2017)
Never was a knight...
for solo tenor and ensemble (2016–017), composed for tenor Joe Dan Harper, in collaboration with artists David Humphrey & Jennifer Coates
Death With Interruptions
a chamber opera based on the novel by José Saramago (2014–15); in collaboration with historian Thomas Laqueur and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Video
[lost] In The Woods
an immersive installation in collaboration with artist Shelley Jordon (2013–2014)
This Is How It Works
for recorded electronics and video (2013)
Artifacts
a rendering for narrator, small ensemble and projected images (2012)
Terremoto
(2010)
Anita’s Journey
(2009)
Electronics
gyre…tone
a work for multi-tracked bass trombone and video (2024)
Who's There?
for amplified violin and electronics (2013)
This Is How It Works
for electronics and video (2013)
Three Decimated Bach Chorales
for Electronics and Odd Quartet (2013)
Theater
Newtown Odyssey, a floating opera in collaboration with artist Marie Lorenz & writer Dana Spiotta (in progress)
Fratturato Teatro
for four musicians and puppet theater (2008–09)