Absolute Ocean
Astral Canticle
Aureole
Canticle Weaving
Cello Concerto #2: Ritual Incantations
Cello Concerto #3: Legend of the Phoenix
Ceremonial
Chanting to Paradise
Credences of Summer
Daylight Divine
Earth Echoes
EOS (Goddess of the Dawn)
Gathering Paradise
Helios Choros
Hemke Concerto "Prisms of Light"
In My Sky at Twilight
Jubilee
Light the First Light of Evening
Meditation: Trombone Concerto
Of Paradise and Light
Orbital Beacons: Concerto for Orchestra
Prayer and Celebration
Prayer Bells
Radiant Circles
Ring Out, Wild Bells, to the Wild Sky
Shakin'
Silver Chants the Litanies
Sunlight Echoes
Terpsichore's Dream
Trainwork
Violin Concerto #1: Spirit Musings
Violin Concerto #2: Carillon Sky
Violin Concerto #3: Juggler in Paradise
Words of the Sea
Dancing Helix Rituals
Helios Choros
Terpsichore's Dream
...A Circle Around the Sun...
Bassoon Concertino
Bells Ring Summer
Bubble: Rainbow (spirit level)
Cantos for Slava
Cantos for Slava (version 2: alt. mvmt. order)
Capricci
Caprice
Capricious Toccata
Carillon Sky - Violin Concerto #2
Carillon Sky - version for alto saxophone
Chant for Cello and Piano
Dancing Helix Rituals
Dream Catcher (for solo violin)
Eagle at Sunrise
Euterpe's Caprice
Fête
Fugitive Star
Helix Spirals
Incantation
Invocations
Jeu D'Esprit
Love Twitters
Mansueto Tribute, "double helix"
Memory: Swells
Murmurs in the Mist of Memory
Of Being is a Bird
Passion Prayers
Piano Etudes
Pilgrim Soul
Prayer and Celebration
Pulsar
Resounding Earth
Rise Chanting
Rumi Settings
Rush
Scat
Silent Moon
Spring Song
Squezze
Starlight Ribbons
Sun Threads
Toft Serenade
Traces
Twilight Butterfly
Chanting to Paradise
Daylight Divine
Four Basho Settings
Juggler of Day
Love Songs
Midsummer Blaze ALLELUIA
Purple Syllables
The Rewaking
Ring Out, Wild Bells, to the Wild Sky
Roses
The Rub of Love
Spells
Two E. E. cummings Songs
Dancing Galaxy
Fête
In My Sky at Twilight
Magneticfireflies
Ring Flourish Blaze
Silver Chants the Litanies
Bells Ring Summer
Caprice
Capricious Toccata
Dream Catcher (for solo violin)
Euterpe's Caprice
Incantation
Love Twitters
Piano Etudes
Pulsar
Rhea Enchanted
Rush
Spring Song
Starlight Ribbons
Traces
Venus Enchanted
"Augusta Read Thomas has secured for herself a permanent place in the pantheon of American composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. She is without question one of the best and most important composers that this country has today. Her music has substance and depth and a sense of purpose. She has a lot to say and she knows how to say it — and say it in a way that is intelligent yet appealing and sophisticated yet extremely accessible." Edward Reichel, Reichel Recommends: The Arts in Utah and Beyond
Podcast: The Talking Cure - Conversations with Jed Wheeler
EP4: The Auditions | Augusta Read Thomas
Big Brains Podcast: Augusta Read Thomas
Big Brains is a new University of Chicago podcast in which some of the pioneering minds from across UChicago discuss their groundbreaking ideas and the stories behind them. This 30 minute long program features Paul M. Rand interviewing the composer, offering a glimpse into the creative process of a world-class composer, the state of classical music today and how Augusta helps train the next generation of composers.
Boston Symphony Orchestra Interview
An interview with composer Augusta Read Thomas. Her new work, "Helios Choros II (Sun God Dancers)" is performed at Symphony Hall, October 15-20, led by Former BSO assistant conductor Ludovic Morlot. Thomas was composer in- residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years and also has strong ties to the BSO and Tanglewood. Helios Choros II, the central panel of an orchestral triptych, was co-commissioned by the BSO and the London Symphony Orchestra; the LSO gave the premiere in December 2008.
Part I
Part II
"According to statistics released last year by ASCAP, a performing rights organization, Ms. Thomas topped their list of most frequently performed living composers in 2013-14." Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times
Augusta Read Thomas on the cover of NewMusicBox
Augusta Read Thomas graces the cover of American Music Center's web magazine, NewMusicBox. The article, entitled "Perfect Clarity," features an interview with the composer and Molly Sheridan at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. It can be read and viewed here:
"Augusta Read Thomas: Perfect Clarity"
In conversation with Molly Sheridan at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. New York, New York (May 18, 2010—3:00 p.m.)
WFMT Composer Spotlight: Augusta Read Thomas
Click the player link below to listen to an April 11, 2015 interview with Augusta Read Thomas on WFMT (Chicago). The hour-long program features Seth Boustead interviewing the composer, as well as excerpts from several of her compositions.
"Of Paradise and Light" : Composer and Her Work
Interview made by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois 2014
start at 29’44” and ends at the end of the video
Augusta Read Thomas - A Composer with a Poet's Sensibility
Conductor Keitaro Harada interviews Augusta Read Thomas for MUSIC TODAY
IIRY Podcast: 27. Augusta Read Thomas: “Music is so much bigger.”
Augusta Read Thomas interview as Featured Composer, 41st Festival, Bowling Green State University
Interview about "Resounding Earth” presented by Debartolo Performing Arts Center
"Bliss out to Ms. Thomas's transfixing shimmer" The New York Times
Augusta Read Thomas talks about composition
Augusta Read Thomas's acceptance speech for the Order of Lincoln Award.
A Groundbreaking/Genre Shaking Show! Did You Get Your Tickets, Yet
SWEET POTATO KICKS THE SUN
Who's Ready for October 26th?
October 26th is quickly approaching! Sweet Potato Kicks The Sun!
Beatboxer Finds New Sound in Opera by Chicago Composer
Augusta Read Thomas talks in 2017 about composition, the University of Chicago, her hand-drawn maps of the form of her works, and about creative life in general.
MSO Musical Journeys: Maestro Ken-David Masur interviews special guest Augusta Read Thomas
"The periodic accumulation of sustained clouds of dissonance made for one of the most powerful new music experiences I've felt in years." Chicago Classical Review
Augusta Read Thomas: Alleluia (Midsummer Blaze) for chorus
University of Louisville Cardinal Singers, Kentucky, sung from memory.
Augusta Read Thomas: SUN THREADS
The Argus Quartet
Augusta Read Thomas: CHI for string quartet (four movements)
The Argus Quartet
Augusta Read Thomas: SIX ETUDES
Mari Kawamura, piano
Augusta Read Thomas: Euterpe
Eftihia Arkoudis, flute, as Muse Euterpe Alexander Merandi as God Apollo
Choreography by Eftihia Arkoudis
Hemke Concerto - "Prisms of Light" (wind ensemble version)
Curtis 2021 Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Capricci (Hummingbird Romance) Calvin Mayman, flute; Yan Liu, clarinet
Curtis 2021 Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Mansueto Tribute (Double Helix) Emily Shehi, violin; Erika Gray, viola
Curtis 2021 Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Scat, Calvin Mayman, flute; Yan Liu, clarinet; Karisa Chiu, violin; Andres Sanchez, cello; Zach Hoi Leong Cheong, piano
Curtis 2021 Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Loci: Memory Palace from Helix Spirals, Claire Bourg, violin; Takumi Taguchi, violin; Grace Takeda, viola; John Lee, cello
Curtis 2021 Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Triple Marionette, from Klee Musings, Karisa Chiu, violin; Andres Sanchez, cello; Michael Davidman, piano
Curtis 2021 Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Plea for Peace, Sophia Hunt, soprano; Claire Bourg, violin; Takumi Taguchi, violin; Grace Takeda, viola; John Lee, cello
Curtis 2021 Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Selene: Moon Chariot Rituals, Vera Quartet; Zubin Hathi, Sijia Huang, Yoonseo Kang, Hanna Kim, percussion; Don Liuzzi, conductor
Ripple Effects Joey Brink, Frans Haagen, Ellen Dickinson, Tiffany Ng, Elsa Mundt, Xibai (Sylvia) Wang, Joshua Kaufman, Michael Sloyan, Shu Zhang, John Tienken, Vera Wünsche Brink, and others
Makiko Hirata performs TRACES for solo piano at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music.
Etude IV. On Twilight–Homage to Pierre Boulez.
Noah Sonderling, Piano
Civitas Ensemble - Dancing Helix Rituals
Fanfare of Hope and Solidarity - WORLD PREMIERE.
Thierry Fischer, conductor; Utah Symphony
Plea for Peace, transcribed for alto flute. Jennie Oh Brown, alto flute; Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite, violin; Kate Carter, violin; Dominic Johnson, viola; Paula Kosower, cello
Silhouettes for solo marimba movement II - Like
Igor Strawinsky crossed with Thelonious Monk. Performed by Ruud Roelofsen.
Ken-David Masur conducts the world premiere of CLARA’S ASCENT with the Chelsea Music Festival String Orchestra, 2020.
Third Coast Percussion performs world premiere of Con Moto at the Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, 2020
Aero Saxophone Quartet performs Squeeze from memory
Of Paradise and Light performed by the All-Star Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Schwarz
Carillon Sky 2nd violin concerto, Mei-Fang Wang violin solo, University of Illinois New Music Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Taylor
THE RUB OF LOVE for choir, performed by CONSONO in Köln, Germany, performed by Harald Jers
Pulsar for solo violin played by Jason Vassiliou
Magneticfireflies for band performed by students of the Hodgson Wind Ensemble conducted by Matthew Sadowski
World Premiere of Song Without Words for oboe & piano performed by Jared Hauser and Caleb Harris
Love Twitters, Cole Burger, piano
Piano Etudes 1 & 2, Yuefeng Liu, piano
Piano Etudes 3 & 4, Ariel Magno da Costa, piano