List of Works
Featured Work - My time machine (2023)
Written for the Thornton Edge Ensemble
Premiered February 28, 2023 - Watch Here
NOTE: Links to performances of other works can be found in the list below.
Written for the Thornton Edge Ensemble
Premiered February 28, 2023 - Watch Here
NOTE: Links to performances of other works can be found in the list below.
all creatures small and LOUD (2023)
Written for the 2023 Bang on a Can Summer Festival
Mixed Ensemble - 11 Musicians
6 min
Butcherbird (2023) Link to Video
Commissioned by Rubik’s Collective
Flute, Piano, Cello, and Percussion
6 min
Circles (2023) Link to Video
Written for the 2023 Blackhouse New Music Workshop
Mixed Ensemble - 14 Musicians
6 min
My Time Machine (2023) Link to Video
Written for Thornton EDGE
Sinfonietta and Electronics
18 min
Schematics (2022)
Commissioned by Stephen Nutt
Tuba and marimba, plus auxiliary percussion
10 min
“I didn’t do anything wrong.” (2022) Link to Video
Written for the 2022 Blackhouse New Music Workshop
Mixed Ensemble - 13 Musicians
5 min, 30 sec
Scribbles (2022) Link to Video
Commissioned by Kenken Gorder for his album “Nütoots”
Trumpet, soprano sax, and double bass with visual animation
5 min, 30 sec
Parade (2022)
Commissioned by the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Orchestra
10 min
Chance of Showers (2022)
Commissioned by the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Orchestra
12 min
Speed Run (2022)
Commissioned by Edgar Melendez
Tenor saxophone and tape
5 min
Bantam Winds (2021) Link to Video
Commissioned by the Bantam Winds
Oboe, French Horn, and Bass Clarinet
10 min
Sploopy (2020)
Commissioned by Alarm Will Sound for the 2020 Mizzou International Composer Festival
Sinfonietta
8 min
HOCKET joined the meeting (2020) Link to Video
Commissioned by HOCKET for #What2020SoundsLike
Duet for grand piano and toy piano
1 min
Xecution (2020)
Commissioned by Spark Duo
Trumpet, Bass Clarinet, and Tape
5 min
Midas (2019)
Written in collaboration with the Kaufman School of Dance for Visions and Voices event, Activated Chambers
Sextet - Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Violin, Viola, Cello
5 min
Mirror Game (2019) Link to Page
Commissioned by Portland State University Opera
Recipient of 2019 OPERA AMERICA Discovery Grant for Female Composers
Opera for 2 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Baritone and Keyboard with Midi Patches (Reduction)
82 min
Bellman Strut (2019) Link to Video
Written for the 2019 BlackHouse SoCal Intermedia Workshop
Mixed Ensemble – 11 Musicians
7 min
Revival (2019) Link to Video | Link to Recording
New Music for Orchestra – Thornton Symphony Performance
Full Symphonic Orchestra
9 min
The Girlfriend (2019)
Written for New Opera West’s inaugural performance
Mezzo Soprano, 2 Sopranos, Baritone, String Quartet and Piano
9 min
Toccata (on Lenny-like Licks) (2018)
Commissioned by David Ball and the Westwood United Methodist Church Summer Organ Series
Organ
5 min
Gersh(win or Lose) (2018) Link to Video
Written for the 2018 Oregon Bach Festival Composers’ Symposium
Post-haste Reed Duo – Alto Saxophone and Bassoon
4 min
what is music (2018)
Viola, Electric Guitar, Drumset and Mixed Media
5 min
Derivations (2017 - 2018)
String Quartet (4 Movements)
18 min
licks, pulses, sparks & simmers (2018)
Written for the NOW Ensemble
Bass, Clarinet, Flute, Electric Guitar, and Piano
3 min
Ratchet Up!(2018)
Commissioned by Malibu High School
Wind Ensemble, Grade 3
5 min
Train to Union Station (2017) - Link to Video
Commissioned by Robert Alexander
Baritone Saxophone and Tape
6 min, 45 sec
Dance, Monkey, Dance! (2017)
Commissioned by John Mietus
Voice, Bass and Piano
5 min
Shawn the Seahorse - Film Score (2017)
Viola and Electronics
5 min
Timescale (2017)
Cello and Piano
6 min, 30 sec
Bonehead Fizzix (2017) - Link to Video
2017 New Music for Wind Ensemble Award
Wind Ensemble
8 min
Rule of Five (2016)
Commissioned by the Oklahoma Haydn Festival
Classical Symphonic Orchestra
5 min
Birdcage (2015) - Link to Recording
Solo Piano
6 min
“I Woke Up Early the Day I Died” Intro - Movie Clip Cue (2014)
Piano, drumset, electric bass, jazz guitar, horn, bass clarinet, tenor/baritone saxophone, flute and string quartet
5 min
“A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III” Cemetary Dance Scene Movie Clip Cue (2015)
Flute, Alto/Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Horn, Drum Set, Miscellaneous Percussion, Harp, Piano, Organ, Accordion, and String Orchestra
4 min
Estampie Neuve (2014)
Two pianos, string trio,flute, piccolo and percussion battery
5 min
Loon (2012)
Harp, Viola and Flute
6 min
“[Celka’s] work rates high on the bold and beautiful scales.” - The Columbia Tribune, 2020