Time is Nothing but a Story

Large Ensemble

2023

Commissioned by the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik with the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

Mirror Blown Into Pieces: The Immortal III

Two Pianists and two Percussionists

2023

https://roulette.org/event/yarn-wire-currents/

Commissioned by Yarn/Wire

Schattenspiel

Orchestra

2023

Commissioned by Lucerne Festival funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

Cosmic Migrations: Earth Depends on the Movement of its Life/ Life Ain’t Nothing but a Tilt.

Large Ensemble—Open Instrumentation

2023

Commissioned by Outernational / Radialsystem with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

Enter the Impossible Cosmos: Origin Story KB

Piano

2022

Commissioned by Joe Kubera

Enter the Impossible Cosmos: Origin Story JS

Saxophone or Woodwind

2022

Commissioned by Josh Sinton

Sounds of Alterdestinies

Contrabass Flute

2022

Commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University

White Gaze II: Blackness' Seeing

Viola Solo

2022

Commissioned by Heidi Duckler Dance

Black Hole

String Quartet

2022

Commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University

Black Breathing

Contrabass Flute

2022

Commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University

Black Hole Journeys: The Immortal II

Percussion

2022

https://youtu.be/MFDVWkIEOk8

Commissioned by Noah Rosen

Enter the Impossible

Open Instrumentation

2022

Commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University

Black Noise Canon

Piano

2022

Commissioned by Han Chen

Sound Is Where Drums Meet: For Halim El-Dabh

Non-European Folk Instrument, Electric Guitar, Drumset

2022

https://vimeo.com/542583676

Commissioned by Savvy Contemporary

Transmutations: The Immortal I

Voice (Female) and Percussion

2022

Commissioned by Bethany Younge and Jennifer Torrence

Black/Blackness: After Mantra(s)

Piano and Electronics

2022

Commissioned by Simone Keller

Music for the Alterdestiny

Large Ensemble and Non-European Instruments

2022

Black Mother-Ship

Voice (Mezzo-Soprano)

2022

Commissioned by Heidi Duckler Dance

The Sound of Music

Large Ensemble

2022

Commissioned by Columbia University Composers

Enter the Impossible

Contrabass Flute, Drums, String Quartet, Improvising Large Ensebmle or Chamber Orchestra or Big Band

2022

Commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University

Enter the Impossible Cosmos: Wave-Particle Knots

Open instrumentation

2022

Commissioned by Sound American

An Exercise in Breathing Together

Bassoon Concerto (Chamber Orchestra)

2021

Commissioned by Joy Guidry

An Exercise in Breathing Together

Bassoon and Piano

2021

Commissioned by Joy Guidry

For Pauline Kim Harris

Violin Solo

2021

Commissioned by Pauline Kim Harris

The Fiddle is for Diggin’ (long)

Violin Solo and Electronics

2021

Commissioned by Nicole Cherry

Afrofuturism is for Everyone

Movements for: Any Air Instrument, String instrument, Percussion

2021

Sample available upon request

Commissioned by Bar Harbor Music Festival

Alien Stories

Violin Duo

2021

https://stringnoise.bandcamp.com/track/jessie-cox-alien-stories

Commissioned by Carnegie Hill Midday Music Festival for String Noise

Alongside A Chorus of Voices

Large Ensemble

2021

Sample available upon request

Commissioned by Lucerne Festival with kind support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

Sonic Cartographies

From 1 to 7 Bassoons (and possibly Electronics)

2021

Commissioned by Rebekah Heller

Breathing

Voice (Bass)

2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKB0PagHJ6w&t=212s

Sally Kurnick and the Long Beach Opera

Light-Dots on a Deep-Space-Image

Bb Clarinet (Microtonal)

2020

https://youtu.be/NFlkVYqPCtA

Commissioned by Gregory Oakes

AT(ou)M

Oboe

2020

https://www.ram.ac.uk/multimedia/atoum

Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music

Black as a Hack for Cyborgification

Open Instrumentation

2020

https://www.pinknoiseensemble.com/blackasahackforcyborgification

Commissioned by Pink Noise Ensemble

The Sound of Listening (Double Bass Solo)

Double Bass and Electronics

2020

https://issueprojectroom.org/video/propositions-deadwip-sound-listening-jessie-cox

Commissioned by Issue Project Room

Not-In-Between

String Quartet

2020

https://youtu.be/oC9izkw_YmY

Commissioned by National Sawdust for JACK Quartet

As A Song of A World

Opera (Chamber)

2020

https://www.jessiecoxmusic.com/as-a-song-of-a-world

Either/Or Ensemble

The Sound of Listening (Open Instrumentation)

Open Instrumentation and Electronics

2020

https://issueprojectroom.org/video/propositions-deadwip-sound-listening-jessie-cox

Commissioned by Issue Project Room

The Fiddle is for Diggin’ (short)

Violin Solo

2020

Commissioned by Nicole Cherry

Space Travel From Someplace Else

Open Instrumentation

2020

https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/jessie-cox-space-travel-from-someplace-else

Commissioned by Wavefield Ensemble

The Weaving of Worlds

Large Ensemble

2020

Columbia University Composers

The Sound of Listening

Ensemble and Electronics

2020

https://issueprojectroom.org/video/propositions-deadwip-sound-listening-jessie-cox

Commissioned by Issue Project Room

The Sound of Listening (Oboe Solo)

Oboe and Electronics

2020

https://issueprojectroom.org/video/propositions-deadwip-sound-listening-jessie-cox

Commissioned by Issue Project Room

Sun Song No. 1: For the Sun Ra Arkestra

Big Band

2020

Commissioned by the Columbia University Composers

The Masked Hole/Whole

Drums, Violin, and Electronics

2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtcBPlKblUE

Commissioned by Pauline Kim Harris

After-Wor(l)ds

Voice (Soprano) and Ensemble

2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWodODU9kps

Commissioned by La Phil and Gustavo Dudamel

Time-Space

Bass Clarinet

2019

https://soundcloud.com/jessie-cox-music/time-space?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Wereds

Bass/Piccolo Flute

2019

Commissioned by Margaret Lancaster

Not-In-Between

Acoustic Guitar

2019

Commissioned by Margins Guitar Collective

The Retroactivity of Meaning

String Quartet

2018

Less than Nothing

Orchestra or Large Ensemble

2018

/æʃ/

Bb Trumpet

2018

/Dʒs/

Cello and Percussion

2018

Conscious Music

String Quartet

2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1nCmnnVXo

Commissioned by Columbia University Composers

Spiritus

Flute

2018

https://lauracocks.bandcamp.com/track/spiritus-jessie-cox

/æʃ/

Trumpet

2018

Nachklang

Double Bass

2018

https://kylemotl.bandcamp.com/track/jessie-cox-nachklang-2018

Story of I-Not

Cello

2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjcU_xm0WNk

OR/UN

Bb Clarinet

2018

https://soundcloud.com/jessie-cox-music/orun?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Form Content Negotiations

Bassoon

2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47qw4CcDJUE

...inside...

Harp

2017

Afronaut

Flute

2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ZBmy53r8Y

Commissioned by Eva Redamonti

Nothing Is

Oboe and Piano

2017

Dark, Light

Violin Duo

2017

Triangles, Squares, Lines are made of Points

Violin and Marimba

2017

Commissioned by Boston Conservatory

Reconsider Dissonance

Violin and Electronics

2017

SOUNDCLOUD LINK

Examination of Planet 473b

Chamber Orchestra and Electronics

2017

Origin

Alto Saxophone, Percussion, and Electronics

2017

A Future Past (in Latin-America)

Acoustic Guitar

2017

Creation is Vibration (Meditation)

Oboe and Cello

2017

Quantify

Open Instrumentation

2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSMtbh1Jjis&t=3s

Existence Lies In-Between

Large Ensemble

2017

https://www.jessiecoxmusic.com/existence-lies-in-between

Nothing

Voice (Contralto), Alto Saxophon, Violin, Cello, and Drumset

2017

The Life of Information

Violin Duo

2017

Commissioned by String Noise

Earth

Bassoon duo

2016

What Dirt Can BE

Accordeon and Electric Guitar

2016

Of the Myth

Choir

2016

My History

Alto Saxophone

2016

The Same but Different

Drums and Electronics

2016

DReamality

Flute and Electronics

2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooIeCRsrRY4