Cole Nagoda - Composer

Duet

Aleatoric Study № 1: Canzone (2025) - ca. 9'00"

written for David Sobampo

for euphonium and piano

Premiered November 12, 2025 by David Sobampo (euphonium) and Jack Martinez (piano) in Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

recording:

Heaven in Translation (2025) - 5'45"

for flute and organ

This piece is the result of a research project into the application of 12th- and 13th-century Notre Dame organum techniques in a 21st-century context.

Premiered April 1, 2026 in Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

Flute: Cole Nagoda; Piano: Dr. Pamela Decker

Melody (2025) - 2'30"

for flute and piano

an arrangement of a lovely Mongolian folk song

Premiered during my Junior Recital: December 7, 2025 in Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

Flute: Cole Nagoda; Piano: Dr. Pamela Decker

recording:

Night Music for Zhang San (2025) - 8'00"

for bass clarinet, bass drum, and fixed media

Premiered July 14, 2025 at the Valencia International Performing Arts Summer Festival.

audio excerpt:

Luis Fernández Castelló, bass clarinet & Juanjo Llopico, bass drum; recording Emmanuel Berrido

Shenandoah Transposed (2024) - 4'30"

for alto flute and piano

audio excerpt:

Performed November 2024 by Clarissa Tracy (alto flute) and Jack Martinez (piano) in Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona School of Music.

II. Malevich: Suprematism (from Three Ostinatic Passacaglias on Russian Themes) (2023) - 3'00"

for flute and piano

studio recording:

This piece, responding to Kazimir Malevich's 1915 painting Black Square, won the 2024 University of Arizona Flute Studio's Premiere Prix Composition Competition. Studio recording by Benjamin Rothermich (flute) and Sonja Blake (piano).