Catalog

Forthcoming.
Concept, Music & Direction by John Aylward.
Violinist, Jordan Hadrill
Assistant Director & Costumes and Wardrobe, Alexandra Posen
Set by James Maurelle
Director of Photography, Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui.

2025. 14′
Concept, Music & Direction by John Aylward.
Cellist, Robbie Bui.
Assistant Director & Costumes and Wardrobe, Alexandra Posen
Set by James Maurelle
Director of Photography, Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui.

2024. 72′ *Winner, Best Musical Film. Cannes World Film Festival. 2025.
An Opera-Film.
Story, Music & Libretto by John Aylward. Laine Rettmer, Director; Graham Swon & John Aylward, Producers.
Ecce Arts Inc. in Association with Ravenserodd Productions.

2024. 7'
Installation for 2-channel video.
Directed by, and with text by, Erica Hunt
Music Composed and Performed by John Aylward
Installation ongoing, since 6/6/2024. 
Janet C. Ross Library. American Academy in Rome. Rome, Italy.

2022. 68′
Opera in One Act
Libretto by John Aylward, Dante Alighieri, Book of Daniel, trans. / adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Tenor, Two Baritones, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Electric Guitar, Electronics

2014-19. 44′
Monodrama
Libretto by Multiple Authors, adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Flutes(s), Oboe, Clarinet(s), Violin, Cello, Percussion.

2018. 30′
Concept by Laine Rettmer
Book by Laine Rettmer
Music by John Aylward.

2016. 90′
Chamber Opera in One Act
Libretto by Aylward & Multiple Authors, adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Baritone, Flute(s), Clarinet(s), Cello and Percussion
Commissioned by Le Laboratoire, Cambridge for their inaugural season.

2024-25. 26′

Orchestra

2025. 8’

Orchestra

2023. 20′

Orchestra

2013. 10′

Orchestra
Commissioned by Sound Icon. Jeffrey Means, conductor

2012. 30′

Chamber Orchestra.
Commissioned by Sound Icon. Jeffrey Means, conductor

2014. 9’

Orchestra

2025. 10′

For Members of the Berlin Philharmonic
Violin, viola, cello, contrabass, and piano
Premiere: Goethe Institute, Boston. October, 2025.

2024. 9′

Bass clarinet, cello and piano.
Premiered by Barret Ham, bass clarinet, Robbie Bui, cello, and Geoff Burleson, piano.
Greenwhich House, New York. August, 2024.

2023. 9′

For Ensemble Court-Circuit. Jean Deroyer, conductor
Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, horn, trombone, piano, percussion.
Premiere: Harvard Musical Association. October 19th, 2023.

2019. 15'

for flute (bass flute / piccolo), oboe, clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano.
Recorded by Klangforum Wien on the album Celestial Forms and Stories.

2018. 12′

Chamber Ensemble
Fromm Foundation Commission

2017. 23′

Violin, viola and cello.
Premiered by Sound Energy.
Equilibrium Series. Cambridge, MA

2016. 9’20”

Bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin and cello.
Arranged for wind quintet and mixed quintet (flutes, clarinets, oboe, bassoon and horn).
Commissioned and premiered by the City of Tomorrow.

2014. 8′

Violin, cello, flute and clarinet.
Premiered by the Ecce Ensemble. Yoshi Onishi, conductor.

2013. 5′

Soprano, violin, cello, oboe and clarinet.
Performed by Ecce Ensemble, Jeffrey Means, conductor.

2012. 12′

Wind Ensemble
Commissioned by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble

2010. 12′

Flute/alto/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano and percussion
Matthias Pintscher, conductor. Ecce ensemble. May 5th, 2010. Tenri Cultural Institute

2010. 25’

Soprano, violin, clarinet, cello and percussion.
Premiere: Ecce Ensemble, Matthias Pintscher, conductor

2007. 5′

Flute, Cello, and Percussion (Marimba, Vibraphone and Crotales)
Premiered by the Ecce Ensemble at the American Composers’ Forum
Washington DC. April 12th, 2007.

2006. 6′

Clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Dedicated to The New York New Music Ensemble.

2018. 12′
Soprano and contrabass.
texts by Rainer Marie Rilke.
Premiered by the Departure Duo.

2016. 6′
Flute and clarinet.
Premiered at the Etchings Festival. July, 2016.
Keiko Murakami, flute; Vasko Dukovski, clarinet.

2013 (rev. ’15). 14′
Piano solo
Premiered by Nolan Pearson at Istanbul Technical University.
US Premiere by Julia Den Boer at Le Laboratoire, Cambridge.

2014. 7′. 
Bass clarinet and cello.
Premiered by Vasko Dukovski and Serafim Smigelskiy.
DiMenna Center, New York, NY.

2011. 9′
Alto saxophone and piano.
Commissioned by Open Space to Commemorate Milton Babbitt

2010. 12”
for violin and cello.
Performed by Curtis Macomber, violin and Chris Finkel, cello.

2009. 15′
Viola and piano.
Commissioned and dedicated to Mark Berger.
Premiered by Mark Berger and Ketty Nez, piano.

2005. 6′
Piano solo
Dedicated to and premiered by Karina Sabac.

2003. 10′
Cello and piano
Dedicated to and premiered by Joshua Gordon.
Winner of the 2008 International Society of Contemporary Music Prize.

2005. 5′
For 5.1 surround sound

[AUDIO:https://kale-marlin-gzjk.squarespace.com/s/18-autobiography-stereo.mp3]

2007. 6′
For Piano and Electronics: 5.1 surround sound
Dedicated to Stephen Gosling
Premiere: November 16th, 2007. Goethe Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

[AUDIO:https://kale-marlin-gzjk.squarespace.com/s/11-an-der-quelle.mp3]

2007. 8′
For Viola and 5.1 surround sound
Dedicated to Mary Ruth Ray
Premiere: February 10th, 2007.

[AUDIO:https://kale-marlin-gzjk.squarespace.com/s/19-verschwinden-live-edits-mixed-1.mp3]

2012. 10’
Improvisation.
Performed at the Collis Center, Dartmouth College. Done in collaboration with Roth Michaels.

[AUDIO:https://kale-marlin-gzjk.squarespace.com/s/912-mix.mp3]

2012. 5’
Improvisation.
Performed at the Collis Center, Dartmouth College. Done in collaboration with Roth Michaels.

[AUDIO:https://kale-marlin-gzjk.squarespace.com/s/nine-twelve-part-ii-1.mp3]

2013. 3’
Improvisation.
Performed with Hydra at Harvard University’s Paine Hall.

[AUDIO:https://kale-marlin-gzjk.squarespace.com/s/substantive-take-piano-improvisation1.mp3]