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Solo Works
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Choral Works
Large Ensemble Works
Collaborative and Multi-Media
Recorded Works for Film


♫ = recording available  //  $ = ready for distribution and sale




Solo Works

"Doina de jale" (2011) (3:00) ♫ $
for Clarinet, Piano
April 2012; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Richard Viglucci, clarinet, Rachel Whelan, piano
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/doina-de-jale

"Runner's High" (2013) (2:00) ♫ $
for Flute
April 10, 2016; Florence Kopleff Recital Hall, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia; Terminus Ensemble (Adelaide Federici), performed on violin
January 9, 2017; Ciclops Cyderi & Brewery, Spartanburg, SC; Ensemble Radiuse (Chris Vaneman), flute
February 9, 2017; 365 Days of Flute Project; Robin Meiksins, flute
★  http://youtu.be/r5peSbWLUX8

"mountain/water/traveler" (2017) (11:00) ♫ $
for Flute, Piano
June 2017; soundSCAPE Performance Exchange Maccagno, Italy; Lisa Cella, flute, Thomas Rosenkranz, piano
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/mountain-water-traveler

"Nicole Nicole Nicole" (2010) (3:40)
for Flute, Piano
April 2011; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Nicole Brummond, flute, Jennifer Weier, piano

"Partner Dances for Horn and Piano" (2016) (6:30) ♫ $
for Horn, Piano
November 5, 2016; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Katie Cooley, horn, Christi Zuniga, piano
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/partner-dances

"sleight/hand" (2017) (5:00) $
for Marimba

"Sonata for Clarinet" (2014) (6:35) ♫ $
for Clarinet, Piano
April 2015; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Hattie Bestul, clarinet, Stacey Barelos, piano
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/sonataforclarinetrondo

"The Bass on Loeck / D'Jale In / Sh'maltz" (2013) (10:00)
for Double Bass
"The Bass on Loeck": November 2013; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Sam Loeck, bass
"Sh'maltz": June 2014; Charlotte New Music Festival, Charlotte, NC; Peter B. Kay, bass





Chamber Works

"Behind a Mask" (2016) (6:35) $
SATB Saxophone Quartet

"Crimped: for Wind Quintet" (2012) (5:45) ♫ $
for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
April 2014; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Emily Hoffman, flute, Tass Schweiger, oboe, Crhistina Ensign, clarinet, Stephanie Morrill, bassoon, Katie Cooley, horn
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/crimped

"Fragments/Frammenti" (2017) (7:45) $
for Flute, Clarinet, Marimba, Violin, Cello

"Impasse for Oboe and Bassoon" (2010) (2:10)
for Oboe, Bassoon, Piano

"Longing Song" (2014) (3:30) ♫ $
for String Quartet
September 2014; demo-recorded USC Recital Hall, Columbia, SC; Brooklyn Rider String Quartet
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/longing-song

"Love Bade Me Welcome" (2015) (3:00) ♫ $
for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Baritone Saxophone, Vibraphone
July 2015; Cortona Sessions for New Music, Cortona, Italy; Eliza Smith, sultry soprano, Mary Cervantes, tooti flooti, David Berrios, sexy sax, Kanako Chikami, vibra-iPhone
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/love-bade-me-welcome

"Necessary Wildness" (2017) (4:35) $
for Violin, Cello, Double Bass
August 9 and 10, 2017; Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center and AMK Ranch at the UW-NPS Research Station, Grant Teton National Park, WY; Mary Corbett, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Rick Barber, bass

"Rounded Binary" (2015) (3:00)
for Cello Duo
November 6, 2015; The Culinary Hub, Spartanburg, SC; Cello Times Two: Brenda Leonard and Benjamin Smith, cellos

"The leaves of the commonest weeds" (2014) (6:50) ♫ $
for Flute, Marimba or Vibraphone
July 2014; The Evening Muse/Charlotte New Music Festival, Charlotte, NC; Orlando Cela, flute, Patrick McGinty, vibraphone
April 2015; USC Recital Hall, Columbia SC; Lauren Watkins, flute, Jeff Vaughn, marimba
November 11, 2017; La Copa Cafe, Seattle, WA; Sound Point Duo, Cassie Lear, flute, Rebekah Ko, marimba
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/springtime

"The Sacrifice" (2011) (3:20) ♫ $
for Clarinet, Horn, Double Bass, Piano
February 2012; Holland Center for the Performing Arts, Omaha, NE; performed by members of the Omaha Symphony
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/the-sacrifice

"Trainwreck" (2010) (4:00)
for String Quartet (demo-recorded)
March 2011; demo-recorded UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer and Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violins, Jonah Sirota, viola, Gregory Beaver, cello)
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/trainwreck

"Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano" (2012) (7:50)
for Violin, Clarinet, Piano
March 10, 2013; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Richard Viglucci, clarinet, James Moat, violin, Rachel Whelan, piano
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/trioforclarinetviolinandpiano

"Until We Started Talking About It" (2015) (6:20) ♫ $
SATB Saxophone Quartet
December 2015; USC Recital Hall, Columbia, SC; Abraxas Quartet: Brian Bethea, soprano saxophone, Jonathan Kierspe, alto saxophone, Tu-Chia Tu, tenor saxophone, Neal Postma, baritone saxophone
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/uwstai

"Water Phases" (2016) (6:20) $
SATB Saxophone Quartet

"Water Phases" (2016) (6:20) $
for Flute, B-flat Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Cello

"Window/Stairs/Sun/Smoke" (2016) (12:30) $
for Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Percussion, Viola, Cello
October 29, 2016; USC Recital Hall, Columbia, SC; cica ensemble as a live score to "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"





Vocal Works

"Alone on Christmas" (2016) (3:00) $
for Female Voice, Piano

"Dust" (2012) (3:30)
for Voice, Piano
October 2012; Johnny Carson theatre, Lincoln, NE; Rachel Whelan, voice and piano
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/dust

"Dust" (2012) (3:30)
for Voice, Double Bass, Piano
March 10, 2013; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Rachel Whelan, voice and piano, Sam Loeck, double bass

"Lost and Found" (2010) (2:12)
for Voice, Double Bass, Piano
March 10, 2013; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Rachel Whelan, voice and piano, Sam Loeck, double bass

"The Heart: Three Poems of Stephen Crane" (2014) (5:20) ♫ $
for Mezzo or Contralto Vocalist, Piano
November 2014; USC Recital Hall, Columbia, SC; Aubrey Nelson, voice, Michael Bies, piano
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/three-poems-of-stephen-crane

"Three Poems of Lord Byron" (2012) (6:20)
for Baritone Vocalist, Piano

"The Rejected Wife" (2017) (5:00) $
for Mezzo-soprano, Violin

"Traveler's Prayer (Tefilat HaDerech)" (2015)
for Mezzo-soprano, Violin
July 2015; Cortona Sessions for New Music, Cortona, Italy; Rachel Calloway Streisfeld, mezzo-soprano, Ari Streisfeld, violin
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/travelers-prayer-reading





Choral Works

"god" (2016) ♫ $
SATB Choir and Piano
August 5, 2016 at Old Mission United Methodist Church and August 7, 2016 at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, KS; KC Vitas Chamber Choir conducted by Jackson Thomas
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/god

"Ruminations" (2012) (6:45) ♫ $
SATB Choir and Piano
March 10, 2013; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Emily Callahan, Deanna Piña, Rachel O'Hanlon, Rachel Whelan, Cam Dobson, Mark Nickel, Hendrik Vilojen, Sam Loeck, Jess Watson with Jen Weier on piano, and conducted by Nicole Brummond
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/ruminations

"Safe Bets" (2010) (4:10)
SATB Choir and Piano
March 10, 2013; UNL Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Emily Callahan, Deanna Piña, Rachel O'Hanlon, Rachel Whelan, Cam Dobson, Mark Nickel, Hendrik Vilojen, Sam Loeck, Jess Watson with Jen Weier on piano, and conducted by Nicole Brummond
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/safe-bets-recital-version

"tide & moon" (2017) (4:30) $
SAB or SSAA
May 15, 2017; Central Community High School, Breese, IL; CCHS Chamber Choir, conducted by Eric Chrostoski

"you (I do not think)" (2017) (3:30) $
SATB with optional Piano reduction





Large Ensemble Works

"Closed Position" (2015) (5:00) $
String Orchestra (demo-recorded)
February 2016; demo recorded Columbia, SC; Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra

"cm: Four Studies" (2013) (9:10) ♫ $
Concert Band (Grade 4)
March 2014; UNL Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Rachel Whelan senior composition recital concert band, conducted by Yeung Kai Hong
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/sets/cm-four-studies

"January Morning" (2014) (4:38) ♫ $
Wind Ensemble (Grade 3.5 - 4)
March 2014; UNL Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Rachel Whelan senior composition recital concert band, conducted by Yeung Kai Hong
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/january-morning

"inPulse" (2014) (11:40)
Concert Band (Grade 5)
March 2014; UNL Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Rachel Whelan senior composition recital concert band, conducted by Yeung Kai Hong
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/inpulses

"Like Prayer" (2015) (2:42) $
Concert Band (Grade 2)
May 2015; USC Marching Band Memorial Hall, Columbia SC; Congaree New Horizons Community Band, conducted by Lauren Meccia
March 2018; Boulder, CO; Boulder Concert Band, conducted by Silas N. Huff

"Stranger's Requiem" (2013, rev. 2017) (9:53) ♫ $
Concert Band (Grade 3.5)
March 2014; UNL Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Rachel Whelan senior composition recital concert band, conducted by Yeung Kai Hong
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/strangers-requiem

"Street Hawker: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Sinfonietta" (2016) (16:00) ♫ $
Wind Ensemble, Solo Alto Saxophone (Grade 5)
November 27, 2016; KHS Hall, Taipei, Taiwan; Dr. Po-Fang Chang, alto saxophone and the SBO/Maya Chung Wind Ensemble, conducted by Fu Qin Chuan
October 20, 2017; South Dakota State University Brookings, SD; Dr. Geoffrey Deibel, alto saxophone and the SDSU symphonic winds, conducted by Dr. Jacob Wallace
March 6, 2018; UNL Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE; Dr. Paul Haar, UNL symphonic band, conducted by Professor Tony Falcone
★  https://soundcloud.com/rachelwhelan/street-hawker





Collaborative and Multi-Media

"And Cycles" (2014)
Lexi Bass (videographer and stage design), Phalin Strong and Dorsey Kauffman (Dancers and choreography), Rachel Whelan (music), presented for TEDx in Lincoln, NE (August 16, 2014) and Theatrix New Artists Festival/UNL Time Arts Vanguard (April 9, 2015)
★  https://vimeo.com/125095374

"WAXING" (2014-15)
Lead Actress and sound consultant, Callisto: Lexi Bass (director, writer, Super Woman), featured film in The Women's Film Festival (March 11, 2016), Philadelphia, PA; Prairie Lights Film Festival (October 6-8, 2016), Grand Island, NE
★  https://vimeo.com/90649990

"OWNING IT" (March 5, 2016)
Participating Artist (Composer), Digital Arts Screening, The Railyard, Lincoln, NE




Recorded Works for Film

"The Battle Within" (2011)
for Piano Quintet
Nicholas Snell, Escape Plan Productions, and the University of Arizona Film Studies Program
★  https://www.youtube.com/embed/iqSP82F3Yys

"IMPRINTS" (2011)
for Solo Piano
Nicholas Snell, Kelly Prizeman, Escape Plan Productions, and the University of Arizona Film Studies Program
★  https://youtu.be/Y6_yNjtgQV4

"Breaking Pointe" (2011)
for Solo Piano
Amy Ciaccio, Nicholas Snell, and the University of Arizona Film Studies Program
★  https://www.youtube.com/embed/BWqhHyFIORw

"Misery Loves Company" (2013)
for Voice, Piano, Guitar, Electronica
Nicholas Snell, Cooper James, Escape Plan Productions, and the University of Arizona Film Studies Program
★  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIOoL4sxh1M