Cole Nagoda - Composer

Works

Solo

Make Me Invisible Again (2025) - 2'30"

poem for piano and fixed media

Music upon the life and times of P. Tchaikovsky.

Premiered during my Junior Recital: December 7, 2025 in Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

recording (please use headphones--it will sound a lot better!)

Tombeau (2025) - 6'00"

written for Hyacinth Percell

for speaking violin with lamp and electronics

Deux Études (2025) - 5'00"-6'00"

for prepared flute

Premiered during my Junior Recital: December 7, 2025 in Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

score (Google drive)

Duet

Heaven in Translation (2025)

for flute and organ

To be premiered Spring 2026, date and location TBD.

Aleatoric Study № 1: Canzone (2025) - ca. 9'00"

written for David Sobampo

for euphonium and piano

Premiered November 12, 2025 by David Sobampo (euphonium) and Jack Martinez (piano) in Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

Melody (2025) - 2'30"

for flute and piano

Premiered during my Junior Recital: December 7, 2025 in Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

Night Music for Zhang San (2025) - 8'00"

for bass clarinet, bass drum, and fixed media

Premiered July 14, 2025 at the Valencia International Performing Arts Summer Festival.

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Luis Fernández Castelló, bass clarinet & Juanjo Llopico, bass drum; recording Emmanuel Berrido

Samsara (2024/2025) - 6'00"

for violin and piano

Song of Lenses (2024) - 11'00"

for cello, piano, and fixed media

score sample
audio sample (MIDI)

Shenandoah Transposed (2024) - 4'30"

for alto flute and piano

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Performed November 2024 by Clarissa Tracy (alto flute) and Jack Martinez (piano) in Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

Chamber Ensemble

Davydov Sonata (2025) - WIP

for solo alto saxophone and saxophone septet (SSATTBarBar)

Music upon the life and times of P. Tchaikovsky.

Written for the University of Arizona saxophone ensemble. To be premiered at the 2026 NASA conference at Ohio State University.

Emmanuel (2025) - 2'30"

for flute choir (picc., 3 fl., alto fl.)

Upcoming recording by the University of Arizona Flutefinity Ensemble!

Song of Lenses III (2025) - 11'00"

for clarinet, violoncello, and piano

score sample
full audio (MIDI)

Blindsided (2025) - 12'00"

for flute/piccolo, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, 2 percussion, piano 4-hands, violin, and violoncello

Premiered July 30, 2025 at the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Ede, NL.

score

Song of Lenses II (2025) - 11'00"

for flute, alto flute, bass flute, piano, and fixed media

full audio recording

Performed March 2025 at the TURN UP Multimedia Festival in Tucson, AZ.

Being Wagner, (2024) - 5'30"

for flute/piccolo, piano (with ride cymbal), guitar, and fixed media interlude

Orchestra

Sentimental Piece (2023) - 8'00"

2(II=picc).2.2.2 / 0.0.2.1 / 2perc / pf / str(9.7.5.5.3)

score

Read May 2023 by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, conductor José Luis Gomez.

Open Instrumentation

Congress Really Sticks Together (2025) - indeterminate duration

for open ensemble

Read November 4, 2025 by the University of Arizona Composers' Ensemble.

Following Follow (2025) - indeterminate duration

Dada music for open ensemble

Read October 21, 2025 at the inaugural rehearsal of the University of Arizona Composers' Ensemble.

Acousmatic

Train From Maastricht (2025) - 11'30"

field recording processed in Audacity

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