Opera
Liliʻu*
Music and Libretto by Leilehua Lanzilotti
*work in development
Large Ensemble
photos from Helen (2023)
string orchestra, duration 11’
koʻu inoa — string orchestra version (2017, rev. 2022)
string orchestra, duration 5’
koʻu inoa — orchestral version (2017, rev. 2021)
symphony orchestra — 1101, 1000, timp, strings, duration 5’
ao kuewa — symphony orchestra (2021)
symphony orchestra — 1111, 2000, 3perc, strings, duration 5’
with eyes the color of time (2020)
string orchestra, duration 32’
Chamber Music (2–10 players)
MMIP (2024)
flexible instrumentation, duration 10’
translating myself and others (2024)
alto flute, cello, harp, duration 8’
silhouette, mirror (2024)
two violas, duration 5’
sending messages (2023)
percussion quartet, duration 20’
the strong pulse beneath the charred earth (2023)
trumpet, trombone, and electric guitar, duration 9’
ʻālohilohi (2023)
version for double bass quartet, duration 15’
for Toshiko (2022)
violin, cello, and piano, duration 20’
meridian (2022)
flute, english horn, clarinet, harp, and viola, duration 7’
Sky Gate (2022)
ten musicians (originally flute, clarinet, oboe, two violins, viola, cello, two French horns, and trumpet), flexible instrumentation, duration 12’
ahupuaʻa (2022)
string quartet, duration 11’
we began this quilt there (2021)
flute and string quartet, duration 9’
On Stochastic Wave Behavior (2021)
eight voices, duration 12’
to be two (2021)
violin and viola, duration 5’
hānau ka ua (2021)
flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, cello, (or any subset thereof) and electronics, duration 28’
beyond the accident of time (2019)
percussion and voices, duration 12’
the space in which to see (2019)
french horn, violin, viola, and cello, duration 11’
of moments (2018)
baritone and baroque violin, duration 6’
to you (the architects are most courageous) (2018)
two violins, viola, cello, and piano, duration 7’
Postcards II: Akari (2018)
flute, viola, harp, and fixed media, duration 20’
// alternative versions:
// voice alone in place of the flute
// cello part in place of the viola
// guitar part in place of the harp
Gray (2017)
viola ( / cello) and percussion, duration 12’
birth, death (2017)
obsidian sounding stones, strings, and voice (or flute), duration 9’
color etude 20:17 (for Tom) (2016)
for trumpet and piano, duration 5’
Solo / Solo with electronics
laila (2024)
solo viola, duration 8’
say it in your heart, say it in your sleep (2023)
solo piano, duration 9’
the embryology of the heart (2023)
solo cello, duration 9’
ʻālohilohi (2023)
solo double bass, duration 15’
where we used to be (2022)
solo violin, duration 6’
for two friends of many years (2022)
piano four hands, duration 4’
to speak in a forgotten language (2022)
violin, duration 5’
Daphne (2021)
oboe, duration 4’
one in one (2020)
violin, duration 1’ / 11’
find (2019)
viola ( / cello / bass) and live electronics, duration 11’
kai uli (2018, rev. 2020)
harp and fixed media, duration 6’
koʻu inoa (2017)
viola ( / violin / cello), flexible duration (5–11’)
leap year (2017)
viola and fixed media, duration 7’
Casalmaggiore (2016)
viola ( / violin / cello) and fixed media, duration 7’
with their I you your fuse (2016)
double bass, duration 6’
Installations / Multimedia Works
Collaborations
ka/ua* (anticipated 2025)
ka/ua is a new collaboration between choreographer/dancer brooke smiley and Leilehua Lanzilotti. The work will be an evening-length live performance of live music for dance. The title of the work is a word play on the meanings of “kaua” (you and I) and “ka ua” (the rain) in the Hawaiian language.
*work in development
The Yes & (2017–current)
Viola and modular synth; a collaboration with Gahlord Dewald.
Yesterday Is Two Days Ago (2021)
Adam Morford & Leilehua Lanzilotti
ao kuewa (2021)
A collaboration with animator Chelsea Cannon, DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Hālau ʻŌhiʻa, and others to strengthen our pilina (relationships) with each other, our forests, and the arts. The piece was originally conceived as part of the Symphony of the Hawai‘i Forests.
Sound Constructions (2018)
A collaboration with Nina C. Young and Senem Pirler.
forever forward in search of the beautiful (2018)
Live at Atlas Theater with Brian Horton, Tenor saxophone and viola