Jessie Downs
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Chronological

“The Second Sight” a new opera
staged work for 8 voices and 10 instruments
​2017- 2021
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WATCH The Second Sight - teaser
WATCH The Second Sight - premiere


Workshop Scene Performances
Act I Scene 1 - “There are shadows here”
2017 Opera from Scratch performance
2018 Beth Morrison Projects “Next Generation” performance

Act I Scene 2 - “The Rain Scene”
2019 June in Buffalo performance
“Fireflies”
for voice [A3-D6] and percussion
performed by Jessie Downs and Christian Smith
2018
watch
listen
score
“Sasha’s Songs”
transcriptions of a child’s language
for solo voice
performed by Jessie Downs
2017
listen 
score
“Lamentations”
for 2-3 voices (SAT) and piano
performed by Jessie Downs and Felicia Heiney
2016
Spark and Echo page
listen
score
"Torpid Smoke"
for found percussion and piano
2015-16 
score
listen
watch
"Marilyn Robinson Songs"
2015
1. "Lila’s Song" - for voice and dulcimer
listen
lyrics

2. "Home" - for voice and objects
listen
lyrics

3. "Come Clean" - for voice and piano
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lyrics
"Some of My Friendlier Neighbors"
for   orchestra

commissioned by the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra
Winter 2013-14
listen
score
"street lights"
for young string trio (vln, vla, vlc)
2013 - 2014
 score
listen



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"Icon: Wood, Stone, Cloth"
for   solo organ  (and speaker)
​Spring 2013

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score
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"Four Sacred Songs"
for   2 autoharps, dulcimer(s), and harmonica
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Spring 2013
1- “Light”      listen       score
2- “Mystery”      listen         score
3- “Silence”       listen      score
4- “Prayer”       listen       score

“As It, Began”
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for   large percussion ensemble

commissioned by the NJYS Percussion Ensemble
January 2012 
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score
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“I did not see it to the end…”
for found percussion, prepared piano, and “acoustic electronics"
Fall 2011 
ACADEMY premier
Chicago 2016
"Diskana's Lament"
for solo piano

transcription of the arioso section of Act III Scene 2 from my opera The Second Sight
2019
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score

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"Gwilan’s Harp"
for harp with flute, clarinet, and snare drum
Fall 2017 
harp score
ensemble score
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​"Shadow A Thing"

for piccolo and prepared piano
February 2016
score
listen
sound files for performers
"Voice, Accordion, Rocks: A Meditation"
2016
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"Castings of Light"
for vocal sextet (SSATTB)
Fall 2015 
score
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"Dismal Harmony"
for   wind     band
commissioned by the Mendham  Home and School Assoc.
premiered by the MTMS Wind Symphony
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directed by Russell Branch

Spring - Winter 2014 
watch and listen
 listen
 score
​"Dulcimer Dances" 
for solo dulcimer and dancer 
2013-
score - overview
Dance 1
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Dance 2
"Noticing and Truth-Telling" 
for solo harp
Winter - Spring 2013 
 Oberlin   premiere
Dutch Harp Festival 
Gaudeamus  Muziekweek 2014
About the Work
watch

score
"Talismane - Charm"
for     voices and piano
2012 - 2013 
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score
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"Songs"
for   voice, piano, piccolo, harp, and bass
Winter 2011 
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(Note: The piece takes a few minutes to transition from room sounds to sounds made by the performers.)

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"Variations"
for solo piano
December 2011 
New Music on the Point
GA premiere
Oberlin recital

score
“Il ciel avaro un giorno sol mi die"
for   female   voice, piano, clarinet, and cello
Summer 2010 - Spring 2012
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score

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