MUSIC
LIST OF WORKS
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CHORAL // SATB+
Gaanam ♫
written for Gabriel Crouch and the Princeton University Glee Club
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Soneto XVII ♫
written for the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, ReMix Emerging Composer Program
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Raw Heart ♫
winner of global award from Donne in Musica (Adkins Chiti Foundazione) & Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep ♫
winner of the national Vox Nova Chorale Emerging Composers Competition
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CHORAL // SSA+
Devotee ♫
Selected and performed by Ithaca Women's Works
LISTEN | READ | PURCHASE *Devotee also requires a Carnatic vocalist; please contact Shruthi with questions
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Palm to Palm ♫
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CHORAL // TTBB+
Sangeetham ♫
written for the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, ReMix Emerging Composer Program
ORCHESTRA
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Son of Pandu ♫
for string orchestra
winner of the Composers Guild of New Jersey Award and the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra Student Composer Commission Competition
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Searching for Sanctuary ♫
for chamber orchestra
written for Princeton University's chamber orchestra course & Maestro Michael Pratt
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Polite Society ♫
for full orchestra
winner of the Duluth Symphony Superior Orchestra Young Composer Competition
written for Princeton University's Sinfonia Orchestra & Maestro Ruth Ochs
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Nostalgia ♫
for chamber orchestra
*This piece has not been premiered. Contact Shruthi Rajasekar if interested
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CHAMBER (3+)
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Goddess ♫
for ten horns
commissioned by Nivanthi Karunaratne; premiere conducted by Gloria Yin
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Der Hexenmeister ♫
for soprano, two violins, piano
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Morning Dew ♫
for bass clarinet, marimba, vibes, piano and sometimes veena
commissioned by the Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble
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SOLO & DUO
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Ost ♫
for clarinet in g (and indian drone)
written for Dov Goldberg in the Psappha Compose For... Scheme
the forgotten monologue ♫
for solo voice
commissioned by the Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project & Alexandra Porter
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Audava Thillana ♫
for two pianos
written for the Princeton Pianists Ensemble with Gloria Yin
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Dagian à deux ♫
for two violins
ART SONG
OPERA
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The Letter ♫
musicians: two sopranos or mezzo-sopranos, piano
actors: one "man", one "woman"
FILM & THEATER
Original music for A Puppet Story with Orpheus Films
written and directed by Samuel Sebastian Cox
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Original music for Letters and Dreams, a play about Anna Akhmatova and Maria Tsvetaeva
written by Fiona Bell and directed by Jhor van der Horst
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Shruthi Sings (selections)
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2018
