List of compositions by Arlene Sierra

List of compositions by Arlene Sierra.

Works for orchestra

 * Kiskadee for Orchestra (2023)
 * Butterfly House for Orchestra (2022)
 * Bird Symphony for Orchestra (2021)
 * Nature Symphony for Orchestra (2017)
 * Moler for Orchestra (2012)
 * Game of Attrition for Chamber Orchestra (2009)
 * Aquilo for Orchestra (2001)
 * Aquae for Orchestra (2000)
 * Ballistae for Orchestra (2000)
 * Mantegna Diptych for Orchestra (2000)

Soloist and orchestra

 * Art of War Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2010)
 * Dedication and Dance Trombone Concerto for Orchestra or Symphonic Winds (1994, revised 2003)

Wind ensemble

 * Dedication and Dance Trombone Concerto for Orchestra or Symphonic Winds (1994, revised 2003)

Large ensemble (7 or more players)

 * Colmena for 14 Players (2008)
 * Cicada Shell for Septet (2006)
 * Tiffany Windows for 12 players (2002)
 * Four Choreographic Studies for 10 Players (2001)
 * Ballistae for 13 Players (2000)

Soloist and large ensemble (7 or more players)

 * Neruda Settings for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (2002–5)

Works for 2 to 6 players

 * Butterflies Remember a Mountain for Piano Trio (2013)
 * Avian Mirrors for Violin and Cello (2013)
 * Insects in Amber String Quartet (2010)
 * Surrounded Ground for Sextet (2008)
 * A Conflict of Opposites for Violin or Clarinet and Piano (2005)
 * Truel for Piano Trio or Clarinet Trio (2004–7)
 * Truel 1 for Piano Trio or Clarinet Trio (2002–3)
 * Counting-Out Rhyme for Cello and Piano (2002)
 * Zwei Huhner for Oboe and Trombone (200o)
 * Harrow-Lines for Quintet (1999)
 * of Risk and Memory for Two Pianos (1997)
 * Four Love Songs for Viola and Piano (1993)
 * Duo for Violoncelli (1993)

Solo works

 * Whitman Fragment for Solo Cello (2024)
 * Birds and Insects, Book Three for Solo Piano and Recorded Birdsong (2023)
 * Birds and Insects, Book 2 for Solo Piano and recorded birdsong (2015–18)
 * Cricket-Viol for Solo Viola/Voice (2010)
 * Birds and Insects, Book 1 Piano Solo (2007)
 * The Art of Lightness Flute Solo (2006)
 * Two Etudes After Mantegna Cello Solo (1998)

Solo voice and up to 6 players

 * Hearing Things for Soprano and Piano (2008)
 * Streets and Rivers for Baritone and Piano (2007)
 * Two Neruda Odes for Soprano, Cello and Piano (2004)
 * Hand Mit Ringen for Soprano and Trio (2002)
 * Three Descriptions for Soprano and Piano (1997)

Electroacoustic works

 * Urban Birds for 3 Pianos with Percussion and Recorded Birdsong (2014)
 * Birds and Insects, Book 2 for Solo Piano and recorded birdsong (2015–18)

Works with film

 * Studies in Choreography chamber ensemble score to two Maya Deren films (2019)
 * Ritual in Transfigured Time chamber ensemble score to the Maya Deren film (2016)
 * Meditation on Violence chamber ensemble score to the Maya Deren film (2012)

Opera and music theatre

 * Cuatro Corridos – Dalia Opera Scena for Soprano and Ensemble (2013)
 * Faustine Opera in one act for 5 Singers and Orchestra (2011–)

Dance

 * Four Choreographic Studies for 10 Players (2001)

Chorus

 * Alike Dissolving for SATB, Children's Choir and String Orchestra (2001)
 * Alike Dissolving for Unaccompanied SATB (2001)
 * Alleluya (Bitter-Sweet) for four men's voices or SATB Chorus (2000)