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Kevin Volans
Kevin Volans (b. 1949)
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Title Date Instrumentation
[abbreviations]		 Duration
String Quartet No.9 n.d. 2 vn va vc  
Looping Point 2012 fl cl pf vn va vc db 11'
String Quartet No. 11 2011 2 vn va vc 20'
cello: piano 2009 vc pf 22'
Trumpet, vibe, cello, piano 2009 pt, perc [vib], pf, vc 24'
Viola : Piano 2008 va pf  
Violin : Piano 2008 vn pf  
The Partenheimer Project 2007 Three ensembles: cl 2 hn 2 tpt trb / 2 va 2 vc / pf perc 44'
joining up the dots 2006 2 vn va vc db 2 pf 13'
String Quartet No.10 2006 2 vn va vc 14'
Double Take 2004 cl pf 7'
String Quartet No. 8 2004 2 vn va vc 20'
Chakra 2003 3 perc 22'
Four Guitars 2003 4 gui 6'
1000 Bars 2002 vn vc pf [4 hands] 8'
String Quartet No. 7 2002 2 vn va vc 9'
Trumpet and String Quartet 1 2002 tpt-solo, 2 vn va vc 6'
Trumpet and String Quartet 2 2002 tpt-solo, 2 vn va vc 8'
Piano Trio 2001 vn vc pf 24'
String Quartet No. 6 2000 4 vn 2 va 2 vc 24'
Wild Air 1998 2 gui 2 vc [all amplified] 60'
Untitled 1996 pf-solo, fl ob ca 2 cl 2 bn 2 hn [off stage] 14'
Leaping Dance 1995 fl, ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bthn, 2 bn, 2 hn 8'
This is How it is 1995 fl, ob, ca, 2 cl, 2 bthn, 2 bn, 2 hn 10'
Cicada 1994 2 pf 26'
Wanting to Tell Stories 1993 cl va db pf 27'
Kneeling Dance 1992 6 pf 8'
String Quartet No. 4: The Ramanujan Notebooks 1990 2 vn va vc 26'
String Quartet No. 3: The Songlines 1988 rev. 1993 2 vn va vc 26'
Into Darkness 1987 rev. 1989 2 cl, pf, mar, vib, vn, vc 12'
Movement for string quartet 1987 2 vn va vc 8'
String Quartet No. 2: Hunting: Gathering 1987 2 vn va vc 22'
Kneeling Dance 1984 rev. 1987 2 pf 10'
Leaping Dance 1984 2 pf 6'
Walking Song 1984 fl, hpd, 2 perc [handclappers, finger clickers, cvs] 6'
White Man Sleeps 1982 rev. 1986 2 vn va vc 24'
White Man Sleeps 1982 2 hpd perc vadg 22'
White Man Sleeps 1982 4 gui 22'
Matepe 1980 2 hpd, perc [rattles] 20'
Nine Beginnings 1979 rev. 1985 2 pf 10'

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