musician, creator
merrick ohata
composition
multimedia
snow falls meekly, the frostwind creeps in
2021
duration: 10'
electric piano and recorded media
words, images, and sounds collected by Merrick Ohata
Video
The Tale
2020
duration: variable; ca. 4'
solo basooon and website
to be performed by Lara Villanueva
vocal
The Poplar
2020
duration: ca. 14'
piano and voice
premiered by Gracie Shortridge and Yuelin Zhong at Peabody Conservatory Composition Departmental Recital - October 27 2021
Score Sample
Heaven is What I Cannot Reach
2019
duration: ca. 4'
soprano, piano
Score Sample
Psalm 23
2015
duration: ca. 3'
SSAA children's choir and piano accompaniment
premiered at Come Children Sing 2015 by the Children’s Choirs of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
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solo instrumental
ponderances
2020
duration: ca. 3'
solo flute
premiered by Ryan Norville at the Flutists & Composers Collaboration Concert - January 28, 2021
chamber ensemble
Memorylessness
2020
duration: ca. 4'
string quartet, microtonal keyboard, oboe, and chang
performed and recorded by the Omnibus Ensemble
Daily Minutiae
2018
duration: variable
emsemble of 3 or more performers
honorable mention, avant garde category ILMEA Composition Competition 2019
Recordings
Score Sample
Amalgamation
2017
duration: ca. 2'
alto saxophone, trombone, viola, double bass
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Noctis
2016
duration: ca. 2'
alto saxophone, viola, harp
premiered by The Unexpected Trio at Oak Park and River Forest High School Prisms of Winter – December 2016
Score Sample
large ensemble
The Tale of the Ocean King
2016
duration: ca. 5'
symphony orchestra
premiered by L’Orchestre de l’Ecole Musique Quercy Caussadais – April 2017
Score Sample
Circle of Ghosts
2015
duration: ca. 2'
string orchestra
premiered at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School – May 2015