CAROLYN QUICK
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by genre
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​​photo credit Antonia Rose Photography
Many of my scores are available through Raindrop New Music. Please click on the hyperlinks below, or go directly to their site www.raindropnewmusic.com for select scores.

Choral

SATB & SATB with divisi

  • Sing to the Lord (2026) [commissioned by the St. James Lutheran Church Choir] | SATB & Organ | ca. 3
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentleman (2025) [commissioned by In Medio Chamber Choir] (2025) | SSAATTBB | ca. 4'
  • Perfect Listening (2025) [commissioned by the Tualatin High School Concert Choir] (2025) | SSAATTBB | ca. 4'
  • Joy (2025) [commissioned by Dr. Sharon Paul and the University of Oregon Chamber Choir] (2025) | SSAATTBB | ca. 4'
  • In the Evening (2024) | SATB | ca. 3' 
  • O Fire (2024) [commissioned by the Royal Voices of Charlotte for the 42nd International Choral Festival of Preveza] | SSAATTBB with Soloists | ca. 5' 
  • ​While I was Fearing It (2023) | SSAATTBB | ca. 3' 
  • Catch at Hope [commissioned by the Portland Phoenix Chamber Choir] (2022) | SSAATTBB & Piano with Soloists (alternate version for a cappella SSAATTBB Choir) | ​ca. 4' ​
  • If I Must Go (2022) | SSATBB | ca. 4.5'​
  • To the heart that knows fire [chosen for Voices of Concinnity's 2022 Choral Composer Amplify Project] (2021) | SSATBB | ca. 4' ​
  • ​The Rocking Chair (2016) | SSATBB | ca. 4' 

SSA & SSAA

  • The Sleep Wind (2025) | SSAA | ca. 3'
  • ​While I was Fearing It (2023) | SSAA | ca. 3' ​
  • If I Must Go (2022) | SSAA | ca. 4.5'​​
  • To the heart that knows fire (2021) | SSATBB | ca. 4' 
  • Make Me an Instrument (2020) [featured in the OMEA All State 2022 sight reading selections] | SSA | ca. 4' 
  • ​In the Bleak Midwinter [commissioned by Myriad] (2018) | SSAA | ca. 5' ​​

sacred

  • Sing to the Lord (2026) [commissioned by the St. James Lutheran Church Choir] | SATB & Organ | ca. 3'
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentleman (2025) [commissioned by In Medio Chamber Choir] (2025) | SSAATTBB | ca. 4'
  • O Fire (2024) [commissioned by the Royal Voices of Charlotte for the 42nd International Choral Festival of Preveza] | SSAATTBB | ca. 5'
  • Make Me an Instrument (2020) [featured in the OMEA All State 2022 sight reading selections] | SSA | ca. 4' 
  • ​In the Bleak Midwinter [commissioned by Myriad] (2018) | SSAA | ca. 5' ​

Vocal

solo voice & piano accompaniment

  • All that we See or Seem (2024) | Soprano, Piano | 4' 
  • be for me the rain [commissioned by Commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing and Cincinnati Song Initiative] (2024) | Baritone, Piano | 4.5'
  • Volume (2024) | Mezzo-soprano, Piano | ca. 4.5'​​
  • Alleluia [commissioned by Persisting Sound] (2020) | Soprano, Piano (alternate version for mezzo-soprano and piano) | ca. 2.5'​​
  • Donum Aquae: Gift of Water (2018) [commissioned by Art Song Lab] | Contralto, Piano (alternate version for soprano and piano) | ca. 4.5'​​
  • O Captain! My Captain! (2015) | Baritone, Piano | ca. 5' 

solo voice and chamber ensemble

  • ​Stop the Clock [commissioned by Fear No Music] (2019) | Soprano, String Quartet, Piano, Percussion | ca. 7' 
  • Pieces (2019) | Soprano, Flute, Piano| ca. 5' ​
  • Be You Still [written for Uzmah-Upbeat] (2017) | Baritone, Clarinet, Piano | ca. 5'
  • The Arbour [written for the Erato Ensemble] (2016) | Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Cello | ca. 9'
  • And If The Winter Comes [commissioned by the 2016 Oregon Bach Festival Composer's Symposium] (2016) | Soprano, Viola, Piano (alternate version with cello) | ca. 5.5'
  • Alone in Crowds to Wander On (2014) | Mezzo-soprano, Violin, Piano | ca. 5.5'

vocal duet & piano

  • To Breathe [commissioned by Eugene Opera] (2020) | soprano, mezzo-soprano, piano | ca. 6'

song cycle

  • Not I Alone (2017) | soprano, harp, piano, percussion | ca. 10'
  • I Heard the Waves (2015) | soprano, flute, guitar, cello | ca. 15'

Opera

operas

  • The Meeting House (2025) [commissioned by Seattle Opera Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab] | Soprano, Soprano, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion | ca. 18' ​​​

arias & scenes

  • I Set you Down from The Meeting House (2025) [commissioned by Seattle Opera Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab] | Soprano or Mezzo Soprano, Piano | ca. 2.5'​
  • I Am Not Your Solace from The Meeting House (2025) [commissioned by Seattle Opera Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab] | Soprano, Piano | ca. 2.5'​
  • To Breathe (2020) [commissioned by Eugene Opera] | Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Piano | ca. 6'
  • The Earthquake Song (2017) [commissioned by Vancouver Opera's New Works Project] | Soprano, Baritone, Piano | ca. 8'
  • ​The Promise (2017) [commissioned by Vancouver Opera's New Works Project] (2017) ​| Soprano, Baritone, Piano | ca. 7'​

Chamber & Solo Instrumental

  • In the Midst of Beauty [written for Cascadia Composers In Good Hands concert] (2022) | Piano | 4'
  • Painting with Fire [written for the Azura Quartet] (2018) - Saxophone Quartet | ca. 2.5
  • ​Luminous (2018) | Piano | ca. 5.5
  • ​Saxophone Quartet No. 1 (2016) - Saxophone Quartet | ca. 5'
  • ​Appalachian Suite (2015) [featured on Symphony 21's Inaugural Concert| Flute 1/Piccolo, Flute 2, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass | ca. 11'​

Percussion

  • So She Dreamed (2019) | Mixed Percussion Quartet | ca. 7'​
  • ​The Odyssey (2011) | Mixed Percussion Ensemble for Eleven Players | ca. 4'

Large Ensemble & Film

  • Out There​ (2018) [Co-written with Marko Marinic] (2018) | Chamber Orchestra (film) | ca. 8'
  • ​Fortica (2017) | Symphonic Wind Ensemble | ca. 4.5'
  • Through the Haze (2017) | Symphony Orchestra | ca. 6.5'
  • Waves like Glass (2016) | String Orchestra and Five Soloists | ca. 7.5'
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