Large Ensemble Works


All Scores are available from The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland. 


Large Ensemble (6 or more players)


life between poles (2025) - For 2 Ensembles: ensemble mosiak (Germany), quiet music ensemble (Ireland), Arctic + Antarctic ice, video + light - 61'20''
Ensemble mosiak: Flute/Bass Flute, Oboe / Bass Oboe, Clarinet / Bass Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Synthesiser, Percussion
Quiet Music Ensemble: Clarinet/Saxophone, Trombone, Electric Guitar, Cello, Double Bass.
 - Commissioned by Klangwerkstatt Berlin with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation


...if left to soar on winds wings... (2023) - Oboe + Heckelphon, Bb Clarinet + Contrabass Clarinet, Horn in F, 1 Bassoon + ContraBassoon, 1 Alto Saxophone in Eb + Tubax, 1 Bb Trumpet, 1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Double Bass, 1 Piano (grand), 3 Percussion: Percussion 1: 29'' Timpani, Crotales + Egg Shaker Percussion 2: 26'' Timpani + Vibraphone Percussion 3: Bass Drum (floor standing) + Marimba + Quadraphonic Tape Playback (composed environment) - 14 instruments, Conductor + quadrophonic sound - 16'00''
Commissioned by Musik Protokoll Festival for Klangforum Wien


...adrift yet somehow tethered...(2021) - B.Flute, B.Clarinet, B.Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello, Synthesiser + Percussion, ​3 rooms each with quadraphonic playback + live feeds. 4 videos in each space + lights - 90'00''
​Commissioned by Ensemble Mosiak


...when one duck leaves the row...(2020/21) - B.Flute, B.Clarinet, B.Oboe, Synth, Violin, Viola, Quadraphonic Tape/Field Recording-based + 3 Videos - 19'00''
Commissioned by Ensemble Mosiak


Invitation to Wander (2019) - 2 vocalists, Ensemble of: Trombone, Clarinet, E. Guitar, Double Bass, Cello + Sound Choir
(4 roomed performance installation piece/wordless opera with 4 quad soundscapes, projected photographs + lights) - 90'00''
Commissioned by Cork Midsummer Festival


machine chatter (2018) - 7 piece - mixed ensemble + tape: cello, percussion, piano, objects, 4 ipads + tape - 8'25''
Commissioned by Share Music Sweden for inclusive ensembles


those are the dangers of root vegetables (2018) - open instrumentation/public space - maximum of 10 players - open duration Fluxus inspired work for public space


veiled babble (2016) - 9 piece - b.fl, b.ob, b.cl, b.sax, vln, vla, vc, perc, pno + quad tape (underwater river Spree) - 28'40''
Commissioned as part of DAAD Artist-in-Berlin


cold or hot bean slurper (2013) - 14 piece - fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tpt,tbn, perc, pno, 2 vln. vla, vc, db. - 14'00''
Written for Ensemble Mise En 


pink fluffy alarmetts still sound (2010) - 16 piece - fl, ob., cl, b.cl, bsn,hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc., pno, 2 vlns, vla, vc, db, singing conductor (plus two other singing musicians - untrained voices all) - 10'00'' - written for Alarm Will Sound.


always considering kitchen sinks (2011) - Educational OPEN-SCORED work
Written for found objects, chime bars, instruments, voices and electronics 


squeeze birds to improve your garden's plant variety (2008) - semi-free instrumentation and tape - minimum 3 brass/woodwind, 2 strings and tape, no maximum) - 9'00''


we're not there yet (2005) - 6 piece - a.fl, vln ,b. cl., cello + two players playing found objects of stone and wood - 9'00''


as happy as owlies in their hammocks (2005) - 20 piece - large ensemble plus 5 singers - 2 s-solo, men-solo, t-solo, bar-solo, fl, afl, bcl, ssax, tsax, hn, tpt, 2 tbn, tuba, 2 per, pno, egtr, ebgtr - 5'00''


it's like riding a hefalump (2003) - 14 piece - cl, bcl, asax, tsax, bsax, hn, 2 tpt, tbn, tuba, pno, vln, vla, vc - 15'00''


I fought an orangutan (2000) - 8 piece - fl, cl, ssax, pno, egtr, perc, vln, db - 12'00''


Dedication to pooh (2000) - 6 piece - cl., tpt., vln, vla, 2 pnos - 10'00''


Contact: composer(@)karenpower.ie