MAJOR WORKS
Austen’s Pride, a new musical of Pride and Prejudice –.
Music by Amanda Jacobs
Book and Lyrics by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs
Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen.
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The Four Elements of Empedocles - for Chamber Orchestra. 2013.
Commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of Bard College at Simon's Rock.
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Learning How to Drown: A NEW Musical
by Patricia Noonan and Amanda Jacobs
http://learninghowtodrown.com/the-music/
LILY: A Musical Portrait.
Inspired and Adapted from Edith Wharton’s “House of Mirth”.
Music by Amanda Jacobs
Libretto by Amanda Jacobs and Lindsay Warren Baker
by Patricia Noonan and Amanda Jacobs
http://learninghowtodrown.com/the-music/
LILY: A Musical Portrait.
Inspired and Adapted from Edith Wharton’s “House of Mirth”.
Music by Amanda Jacobs
Libretto by Amanda Jacobs and Lindsay Warren Baker
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Truth in Beauty SAB with divisi. Piano or String Orchestra accompaniments. Commissioned by the Penfield Music Commission Project. 2012. Five Shakespeare Sonnets (#18, #43, #54, #128, #145) arranged in a song cycle for mixed voices.
Music by Amanda Jacobs
Choral arrangements Co-composer with Lindsay Warren Baker.
Sonnet #54 - Preview Performance - 2012 Women in Music Festival, Eastman School of Music
Sonnet #54 - 2012 Penfield High School Prism Concert
JUNE 7, 2012 PREMIERE - Penfield High School
Sonnet 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-n1YIqRhY&feature=plcp
Sonnet 43 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUo98o1hltE&feature=plcp
Sonnet 128 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PpwtN4nOCI&feature=plcp
Sonnet 145 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nM414Me4oU&feature=plcp
Sonnet 54 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biaVcEp0iF4&feature=plcp
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MASS for the LIVING. (2010)
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Daniel: The Musical – Book Musical. Metaphorical re-telling of the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den. Composer of Music and Lyrics; orchestration and arrangements, –co-author of Book.
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CHORAL and VOCAL WORKS
BENEATH THE CHRISTMAS STAR. 2015
Original Words & Music
Donna Lynne Champlin, Vocalist and Orchestrations
Two Poems for Voice. Soprano and Piano. 2014.
words of poet, Kathryn Stripling Byer
- I Listen
- Morning Train
Where Sunbeams Dwell. Voice and Piano. Art Songs from the poetry of Pauline Stevens. 2013/ Women in Music Festival, Eastman School of Music. 2013.
- The Train
- The Enchanted Pine
- Love's Seasons
When I Go Fishin' SSAA. Original Choral work from original poetry. Composed for Twin Cities Women's Chorus Composition Competition. June 2010.
Featured work for 2011 Queen City Children's Choir Festival.
https://soundcloud.com/composer-amanda-jacobs/when-i-go-fishin
NEWEST SONG
Rise Up, America! (A Song for Unity)
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