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Tender Buttons (2016)

for soprano and string quartet
text by Gertrude Stein, from 'Tender Buttons'
with artwork by Morgan Thomas Shankweiler

Songbook for piano (2018- )

for solo piano
an ongoing collaboration with Thomas Kotcheff
Re/Sounding: An American Songbook for Piano released in 2024

Join (2021)

for string quartet
​commissioned by Viano Quartet

I Dreamt I Was Underwater (2022)

for classical guitar and electronic sounds
commissioned by Jack Cimo

Color Perception E.P. (2023)

a set of ambient electronic tracks

Two Mythological Birds (2012)

for solo violin
written for Clara Kim
​video by Four/Ten Media

Preludes (2014)

for solo classical guitar

Three Sea Shanties (2020)

for soprano and classical guitar
​commissioned by Duo Apollon

A Quick Guide To The Sky (2020)

an album of ambient electronic music

Bear (2020)

for piano four-hands 
​commissioned by HOCKET

Night Runs Deep (2011)

for cello and men's choir

Jordan Nelson Music · Night Runs Deep

Music For A Space Tourist (2021)

an album of ambient electronic music

Even in the barn's shade (2011)

for eight-part mixed choir

Jordan Nelson Music · Even in the barn's shade

Yet To Say (2014)

for orchestra

Neon Marley (2017)

from "Play With The Silver Moon"

Sparks From The Wheel (2019)

for mezzo-soprano, horn, and piano
​text by Whitman, Hardy, Thoreau, & Stein
commissioned by Victoria Fox and Jason Allison

Source (2014)

for violin, four solo singers, and mixed chamber ensemble
​written for Clara Kim

Jordan Nelson Music · Source

Ember I Miss You (2017)

for four violins and spoken word
commissioned by MoVE

Tonewood (2008)

for orchestra

Jordan Nelson Music · Tonewood

Four Interludes (2014)

for solo piano
based on Charles Ives "The Alcotts", from Piano Sonata No. 2
commissioned by Thomas Kotcheff

Sich Überschwenken (2007)

for eight-part mixed choir

Jordan Nelson Music · Sich Überschwenken (Surpass Himself)

Vox Submersi (2017)

for violin, cello, and electronic sounds
based on George Crumb's 'Vox Balaenae'
​commissioned by Lina Bahn and Matt Haimovitz

Postcards from Los Angeles (2010)

an album of electro-acoustic music
for a multi-media collaboration with artist Kira Shewfelt

Interstellar Travel Itinerary (2014)

for violin and live computer processing
commissioned by Clara Kim

Jordan Nelson Music · Interstellar Travel Itinerary

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