JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO
compositions
here's a list of my works available for performance! if you're interested in programming any of these works, please contact me directly 🖤
art songs
• The Banned-Book Tango (2025) - lyrics by Fred Sauter, third prize winner of the 2025 New York City SongSlam. soprano and piano. A3-A5, 5'
• Flame and Shadow (2024) - a song cycle on poems by Sara Teasdale. soprano and piano. Ab3-C6, 28'
• The Conqueror Worm (2022) - the poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
alto/baritone and piano. G3-G5, 5'
art songs
art songs


The Banned-Book Tango
The Conqueror Worm
Flame & Shadow: IV. Alone
choral
• Plague Mass (2023) - for mixed choir (SATB), vocal soli (SSATB), and organ. Traditional mass text and Latin hymns. 40'
I. Præludium “Attende Domine”
II. Introit “Locus iste”
III. Kyrie
IV. Gloria
V. Offertorium “Te deprecante, corporum”
VI. Sanctus
VII. Benedictus
VIII. Communionem “O salutaris hostia”
IX. Extroit “Nunc dimittis”
X. Postludium
• Aesopica (2020) - four pieces for mixed choir (SSAATTBB) on Aesop’s fables. 15'
I. The Frogs and the Ox
II. The Monkey and the Camel
III. The Sick Stag
IV. The North Wind and the Sun
arrangements
• Offenbach, Orphée aux Enfers (2025) - arranged for chamber orchestra (1fl/picc.1ob.2cl.1bsn.2hn.2tpt.1tbn.1perc.2vln.1vla.1vcl.). A reconstruction of Offenbach’s score for the original 1858 version, with the following additional newly-orchestrated movements:
• Tableau I finale (includes Public Opinion’s couplets and children’s chorus)
• Rondo Saltarelle (“Eh hop, eh hop”)
• Rondo of Policemen
• Couplets of Kisses
• Rondo on a Bourdon
• From Die Dreigroschenoper (2025) - arranged for voice and chamber ensemble (cl.pf.gui.vcl.)
• Barbara Song
• Solomon Song
• From RITUAL: Schwarze Messe Kabarett (2024) - arranged for voice and chamber ensemble (cl/asax.pf.vcl)
• “Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm” (Schönberg)
• “Hör mein Bitten” (Mendelssohn)
• “Makh tsu di eygelekh” (Beyglman)
• Das Lila Lied (Spoliansky)