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In recent years Dr. Vercoe has been a composer at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Italy, the Cité International des Arts in Paris, and the St. Petersburg Spring Music Festival in Russia. In 2003 she held the Acuff Chair of Excellence at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. Called "one of the most inventive composers working in America today" by the Washington Post, she has written works on commission for the Pro Arte Orchestra, Wellesley College, the MTNA, and Austin Peay State University and has received grants from the Artists Foundation, the Massachusetts Council for the Arts, NEA, and Meet the Composer. (Website: www.elizabethvercoe.com.) Principal works include the Herstory series of vocal works on texts by women, two staged monodramas, Despite our differences #2 for piano and chamber orchestra and Changes: A little music for Mozart for orchestra, as well as music for various chamber combinations. She has collaborated with soloists and ensembles on performances in London, Paris, Boston, New York and San Francisco, including international festivals in Russia and Alaska and collaborative concerts of music and dance with the Beth Soll Dance Company. Her music is recorded on Owl, Capstone, Leonarda and Centaur compact discs, and is published by Arsis Press and Plucked Strings. A native of Washington, D.C. and a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Michigan, she earned a doctorate in composition at Boston University where she studied with Gardner Read. She teaches at Regis College and divides her time between Maine and Massachusetts.

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Kleemation for flute and piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:15:00	Kleemation for flute and piano
To Music for flute	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2003	00:05:00	To Music for flute
This is my letter to the World	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2001	00:15:00	This is my letter to the World
American Fancy	Keyboard	2000	00:07:00	American Fancy
Umbrian Suite for 2 pianos or 4-hands	Keyboard	1999	00:08:00	Umbrian Suite for 2 pianos or 4-hands
Herstory IV	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1997	00:12:00	Herstory IV
God Be In My Head	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:03:00
God be in my head	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:00:00
Varieties of Amorous Experience	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:15:00	Varieties of Amorous Experience
Four Humors for clarinet and piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:12:00	Four Humors for clarinet and piano
Changes: A Little Music for Mozart	Orchestra	1991	00:10:00	Changes: A Little Music for Mozart
A Dangerous Man for baritone and piano	Opera/Theater	1990	00:35:00	A Dangerous Man for baritone and piano
Elegy for viola & piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:00:00	Elegy for viola & piano
In the Storm for voice and piano	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:15:00	In the Storm for voice and piano
In the storm : four songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:15:00
Elegy for viola and piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:10:00
Despite our differences #2 for piano and orchestra	Orchestra	1988	00:10:00	Despite our differences #2 for piano and orchestra
Echo Jive	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1987	00:05:00	Echo Jive
Nine Epigrams from Poor Richard	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:08:00	Nine Epigrams from Poor Richard
Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine	Opera/Theater	1986	00:25:00
Herstory III : Jehanne de Lorraine	Opera/Theater	1986	00:25:00
Herstory III, Jehanne de Lorraine : a monodrama	Opera/Theater	1986	00:25:00
Nine epigrams from Poor Richard	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:08:00
Rag & a blues on an original tune, A	Keyboard	1986	00:08:00
A la fin-tout seul	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1985	00:07:00
A la fin-tout seul	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1985	00:07:00
Despite our differences #1	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1984	00:13:00	Despite our differences #1
Pour Christine for piano	Keyboard	1984	00:02:00	Pour Christine for piano
Pour Christine	Keyboard	1984	00:02:00
Parodia : sopra Lasciate mi morire	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1983	00:13:00
Suite francaise	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1983	00:09:00
Suite francaise for violin	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1983	00:10:00	Suite francaise for violin
Parodia sopra	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1983	00:13:00	Parodia sopra
Fantavia	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1982	00:08:50
Fantavia for flute and percussion	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1982	00:10:00	Fantavia for flute and percussion
Fanfare for 3 trumpets & timpani	Band	1981	00:01:30	Fanfare for 3 trumpets & timpani
Irreveries from Sappho	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1981	00:07:00
Irreveries from Sappho for voice and piano	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1981	00:07:00
Irreveries from Sappho	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1981	00:07:00
Irreveries from Sappho	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1981	00:07:00
Irreveries from Sappho	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1981	00:07:00
Persona	Keyboard	1980	00:12:00
Sonaria	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1980	00:08:00
Sonaria for cello	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1980	00:09:00
Persona for piano	Keyboard	1980	00:12:00	Persona for piano
Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1979	00:19:00
Herstory II	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1979	00:19:00
Six gratitudes	Keyboard	1978	00:00:00
Rhapsody for violin and orchestra	Orchestra	1977	00:13:00
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra	Orchestra	1977	00:13:00	Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
Fantasy for piano	Keyboard	1975	00:10:00
Herstory I for voice, vibraphone, and piano	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1975	00:20:00	Herstory I for voice, vibraphone, and piano
Fantasy for piano	Keyboard	1975	00:10:00
Balance: Duo For Violin And Cello	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1974	00:20:00
Three Studies For Piano	Keyboard	1973	00:03:00
Pasticcio: Pattern and Imagery from Paul Klee	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1965	00:10:00	Pasticcio: Pattern and Imagery from Paul Klee
Pasticcio : pattern and imagery from Paul Klee	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1965	00:10:00

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