Works
SOLOS: Fantasia Suite
Fantasia No. I for solo viola (2019)
Composed for the 2019 Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont. Performed by fellow Curtis musician Beatrice Chen.
This viola solo is titled Fantasia due to the nature of its free and improvisatory construction. The manipulation of small musical cells and their sudden juxtapositions form the modus operandi of this work.
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Fantasia No. III for solo harp (2020)
Composed as a third-year AD student at the Curtis Institute of Music. Written for, dedicated to, and performed by fellow student Claire Thai.
Introduction: 00:00; Performance: 1:10.
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Fantasia No. V for solo oboe (2021)
Composed as a third-year AD student at the Curtis Institute of Music. Written for, dedicated to, and performed by fellow student Mekhi Gladden.
Introduction: 17:40; Performance: 18:47.
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Fantasia No. VII for solo double bass (2021)
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) as part The ANAM Set (2021) and written for Kenneth Harris and given its world premiere on May 13, 2022 at the Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne. The ANAM Set was funded by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government Initiative. https://anam.com.au/theanamset
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Fantasia No. IX for solo tuba (2022)
Commissioned by the Curtis Institute of Music for their 100th anniversary in 2024 for fellow Curtis alum Christina Cutts-Dougherty.
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Fantasia No. II for solo flute (2019)
Commissioned by Ensemble Offspring for their Noisy Women program. Written for, and dedicated to, Lamorna Nightingale.
Another performance by Curtis alum Mimi Stillman can be viewed HERE.
This work also appears on the album “March of the Women” (Vol. I) recorded by Rosie Gallagher. Listen HERE.
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Fantasia No. IV for solo violin (2020)
Composed as a third-year AD student at the Curtis Institute of Music. Written for, dedicated to, and performed by fellow student Emma Carina Meinrenken. Introduction: 42:44; Performance: 44:28.
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Fantasia No. VI for solo clarinet (2021)
Commissioned by Charles Davidson. Dedicated to Charles Davidson and performer Lloyd Van’t Hoff. Performed by Lloyd Van’t Hoff.
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Fantasia No. VIII for solo bassoon (2022)
Fantasia No. VIII for Solo Bassoon was generously commissioned by Geoff Stern, Joan and Barry Miskin, Elise Callander, Jennifer Bryce, and Tony Thomas. It is dedicated to Matthew Kneale. This piece was chosen by the International Double Reed Society as a set work for the 2024 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition for Bassoon.
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Fantasia No. X for solo guitar (2025)
Commissioned by Hamish Strathdee as part of his PhD studies at the University of Queensland.
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SOLOS: Piano
Piano Sonata (2018)
Commissioned by Julian Burnside AO QC for the 2018 Musica Viva Australia International Concert Season. Dedicated to Julian Burnside, Carl Vine, and Joyce Yang. Recorded live on July 19, 2018 at Perth Concert Hall, WA. Audio courtesy of ABC Classic.
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Piano Sonata No. 2 (2025)
Composed as a first-year DMA student at The Juilliard School for Baron Fenwick. Premiered by Baron Fenwick on April 21, 2025, at Paul Hall, The Juilliard School.
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Five Persian Preludes (2014)
New Waves Podcast: ABC Classic FM
Composed as a third-year BMus student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Awarded the Jean Bogan Youth Prize for piano composition. Click here to hear the Jean Bogan Recital with accompanying interviews. Performed by Michael Kieran-Harvey.
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SOLOS: Violin
…your heart dreams of spring. (2020)
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow… (2023)
Commissioned by, written for, and dedicated to Jennifer Koh. The “Alone Together” album featuring 40 violin solos won the GRAMMY for ‘Best Classical Instrumental Solo.’ Also available on Spotify.
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This is the sister piece to my previous violin solo, "...your heart dreams of spring" (2020). Both works sing joy and effervescence despite struggle.
Commissioned by Michele Mohammadi for Juilliard graduate Rabia Brooke.
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Ollie’s Groove (2021)
Ollie is my young cousin, who loves to dance. Though the music was written before the title sprang to mind, I thought it was fitting nonetheless, as the music suits Ollie's vibrant and energetic character.
Composed for the 2021 Violympics with Nathan Cole. A version for viola is also available.
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SOLOS: Brass
Trumpet Fanfare (2017)
Commissioned by ABC Classic FM for International Women’s Day. Premiered
by Sarah Henderson at the State Library of Victoria, March 8, 2017.
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Lone Song (for solo trombone) (2021)
Composed as a third-year AD student at the Curtis Institute of Music. Written for, dedicated to, and performed by fellow student Robert Conquer. Introduction: 00:00; Performance: 2:48.
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SOLOS: Percussion
Electors of Middlemarch (2017)
Composed as a second-year MMus student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Written for, dedicated to, and performed by Claire Edwardes on December 4, 2018, Carriageworks, Sydney.
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DUOS
Microsonata No. I for viola and piano (2017)
Composed as a second-year Masters student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s “Composing Women” program. Performed by Stefanie Farrands with Collaborative Artist Leigh Harrold at the Semi-Finals of the 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards on July 16, 2018, City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney.
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Poem for violin and piano (2020)
Momentum III Sue W COVID-19 Special Commissions. Written for, dedicated to, and performed by Vatche Jambazian (piano) and Anna Da Silva Chen (violin). Interview with Richard Willgoss, Anne Cawrse, Nicole Murphy, Elizabeth Younan: 0:00-21:010; Performance: 27:32.
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Microsonata No. II for violin and piano (2021)
This work was awarded the 2020 Watermark Composition Prize as part of the Kendall National Violin Competition. First performed by the finalists of the 21st national competition on March 6, 2021.
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Gossamer Wings (2021)
I was honoured to be invited by the Curtis Institute of Music and Seoul National University to compose a piece for one Korean and one Western instrument; I picked the geomungo and flute. Performed by Milk Yoo (flute) and 선채린 (geomungo).
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TRIOS
Piano Trio (2018)
Composed as a first-year AD student at the Curtis Institute of Music. Recorded by the Seraphim Trio and released on ABC Classics “Radiante” (2025).
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STRING QUARTETS
String Quartet No. 2 (2020)
String Quartet No. 1 “Interwoven”
(2016 - 2018)
First movement composed as a first-year MMus student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Mvts. 2-3 commissioned by Musica Viva Australia in 2018. Performed by Emma Carina Meinrenken (violin I), Emily Shehi (violin II), Kathryn Epperson (viola), Jiyeon Kim (cello) on December 11, 2019, Field Concert Hall, the Curtis Institute of Music.
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Commissioned by Julian Burnside AO QC for the 2020 Musica Viva Australia International Concert Season. World Premiere by The Chen Family String Quartet: Robert Chen (violin I), Laura Chen (violin II), Beatrice Chen (viola), Noah Chen (cello). Recorded by Pianoforte Chicago.
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WOODWIND QUINTETS
Woodwind Quintet No. 2
“Kismet” (2020)
Woodwind Quintet No. 1
“Shoreditch Grind” (2015)
Composed as a fourth-year BMus Honours student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Arcadia Winds performs Elizabeth Younan’s Shoreditch Grind at the Musica Viva Festival on April 23, 2017, Verbrugghen Hall, The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney.
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Commissioned by the Curtis Institute of Music for the Rock School for Dance Education. Original premiere cancelled due to COVID-19. Score awarded an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award (2021).
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CHAMBER MUSIC - MIXED ENSEMBLES
Concord Concertino (2022)
Ava’s Groove (2021)
I was delighted to compose “Ava’s Groove” for the young Ava Gardner, performed by Philadelphia Orchestra principal players Jeffrey Curnow (trumpet), Jennifer Montone (horn), Harold Robinson (bass), Danny Matsukawa (bassoon), and Don Liuzzi (percussion). Interview: 7:06; Performance: 8:55.
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Commissioned as part of winning the Layton Emerging Composer Award (UNSW). Composed for the Australia Ensemble UNSW: David Griffiths (clarinet), Dene Olding (violin), Irina Morozova (viola), Julian Smiles (cello), Ian Munro (piano). Pre-recorded concert shown at the International Alliance of Women in Music 2022 Conference. Interview: 23:30; Performance: 25:03.
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The Fertile Crescent (2021)
Commissioned as part of the ABC Classic and ABC Jazz Composer Commissioning Fund. Written for and dedicated to the prog-baroque quartet, Croissants & Whiskey: Ryan Williams (recorders), Katie Yap (baroque viola), Joy Lee (harpsichord), Miranda Hill (violone in G).
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Mettle (2020)
Piano Quintet (2022)
For brass and percussion ensemble. Composed for the Willgoss Ensemble Composition Prize. https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/willgoss-ensemble-composition-prize-to-elizabeth-younan-and-michael-grebla
Commissioned by the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington, Kentucky. Premiered by Nathan Cole (violin), Akiko Tarumoto (violin), Burchard Tang (viola), Priscilla Lee (cello), Lucille Chung (piano) in September 2022.
ORCHESTRAL
Nineteen Seventy-Three (2023)
(for full Orchestra)
Metamorphosis (2024)
(Concerto for the Merian Ensemble and Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Merian Ensemble (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, GA), Emory University and Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra. Premiered by the commissioners and conducted by Paul Bhasin on February 26, 2025, at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Mvt. 2 @ 6’50”
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Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as part of their “50 Fanfares” Project. Generously funded by Geoff Stern.
Nineteen Seventy-Three was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera House. This work seeks to capture both the broad, imposing grandeur and fine, intricate nuances of the Opera House's immense architectural structures. This is achieved through the juxtaposition of expansive tuttis with intricate ensemble work. See my SSO profile HERE.
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Clarinet Concerto (2016)
Set the World on Fire (2022)
(Anthem for Santa Sabina College)
Commissioned by, and dedicated to Santa Sabina College. Performed by the full choirs and orchestra of the College. Conducted by Artistic Director Timothy Chung and premiered at Sydney Town Hall on June 19, 2023. Click here to read more about this commission.
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Awarded the 2016 Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and 102.5 Fine Music Young Composer of the Year Award. Performed by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra with clarinet soloist Som Howie and conductor Paul Fitzsimon on September 17, 2016, the Concourse, Chatswood.
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CHORAL
Espoir (2023)
Commissioned by the Sydney Chamber Choir and premiered on September 23, 2023.