Cole Nagoda - Composer

Works

Solo

Nadezhda Idyll (2026) - WIP

Music upon the life and times of P. Tchaikovsky.

for solo violoncello

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:

She Turns Back (2024) - 8'00"

for solo flute and fixed media

Premiered April 7, 2024 by Dylan Cook in Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

Duet

Sonata (2026) - WIP

for euphonium and piano

Heaven in Translation (2025)

for flute and organ

To be premiered April 1, 2026 in Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

score (Google drive)

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.

recording:

Melody (2025) - 2'30"

for flute and piano

an arrangement of a lovely Mongolian folk song

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

Flute: Cole Nagoda; Piano: Dr. Pamela Decker

recording:

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.

audio excerpt:

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

Shenandoah Transposed (2024) - 4'30"

for alto flute and piano

audio excerpt:

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 I (2025) - 4'30"

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 The 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

Being Wagner, (2024) - 5'30"

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

Large Ensemble

The White Crane is Flying (2020/2026) - 11'30"

for wind ensemble

Sentimental Piece (2023) - 8'00"

for orchestra: 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.

Performance Art

In Vain (2025) - indeterminate duration

for performer with vinyl records, record player, and fixed media

Acousmatic

Train From Maastricht (2025) - 11'30"

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