iris ter schiphorst

KLANGRÄTSEL (SOUND PUZZLE) (2010) – 4'

for youth or amateur string orchestra

KONZEPTE zu FLÄCHE(N), z. B. "Sinnflächen verschenken" (CONCEPTS on SPACE(S), e.g. "Gifting spaces of significance") (2016/2017) – ad libitum'

for (amateur) choir, (amateur) ensemble and other artists
(from the series 'JEDER/dialogic composing')

WP: 25 March 2017, Upgrade Stimme, Donauhalle 2, Donaueschingen

polar-for Armin Köhler (2015) – 1 1/2'

in memoriam Armin Köhler
for bassoon, trombone, sampler, percussion (2), piano, double bass

WP: 15.05.2015, Upgrade-Festival, Donaueschingen

Gravitational Waves (2016) (with Uros Rojko) – 9'

for large orchestra, masks and samples

WP: 04.08.2016, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh

An die Strände der Ruhe - wo die Sonne untergeht T (o the beaches of tranquillity - where the sun goes down) (2015) – 16'

for orchestra with masks, sampler + female voice,
based on the poem 'wie erklär ich' by Nora Gomringer, quotes from a speech by the mayor of Lampedusa from 2013, and a text fragment by Helga Utz

WP: 16 October 2015, Gewandhaus Leipzig

Hilfe! Der Homolu kommt! (Help! The Homolu is coming!) (2024/2025) – 45'

for speaker, children's and youth choirs + instrumental ensemble
Text: Helga Utz

WP: 18.10.2025, Heilbronn, Kilianskirche

“… und weiße Lakritze aus Lammfell” - Ein Musiktheater über Kindheit ("... and white liquorice made from lambskin" - A musical theatre about childhood) (2022/2023) – 50'

for a staged girls' choir, clarinet, keyboard, additional music and video projections

WP: 08.07.2023, Berlin, St. Elisabeth Church

No Sir, we will not… (für Greta Thunberg) (2018/19) – 7'

for girls' choir
Text collage Iris ter Schiphorst

WP: UA: 19.5. 2019 Hannover, Hochschule, Festival ‚Unter dem Radar’

KONZEPTE zu FLÄCHE(N), z. B. "Sinnflächen verschenken" (CONCEPTS on SPACE(S), e.g. "Gifting spaces of significance") (2016/2017) – ad libitum'

for (amateur) choir, (amateur) ensemble and other artists
(from the series 'JEDER/dialogic composing')

WP: 25 March 2017, Upgrade Stimme, Donauhalle 2, Donaueschingen

SOS - Odysseus (2012/2013) (with Uroš Rojko) – 50'

for orchestra, 2 actors and staged children's choirs
Libretto Helga Utz

WP: 8. 5. 2013, Philharmonie Köln

Hilfe! Der Homolu kommt! (Help! The Homolu is coming!) (2024/2025) – 45'

for speaker, children's and youth choirs + instrumental ensemble
Text: Helga Utz

WP: 18.10.2025, Heilbronn, Kilianskirche

SOS - Odysseus (2012/2013) (with Uroš Rojko) – 50'

for orchestra, 2 actors and staged children's choirs
Libretto Helga Utz

WP: 8. 5. 2013, Philharmonie Köln

Der Grüffelo/Grüffelokind (The Gruffalo/Gruffelo child) (2010/2011) (with Stefan Lienenkämper) – 45'

based on the children's book of the same name by Julia Donaldson
for narrator and ensemble

WP: 19 June 2011, Philharmonie Berlin

Die Gänsemagd (The Goose Girl) (2009) – 60'

Children's opera based on the Brothers Grimm (Libretto: Helga Utz)
for 1 soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 1 bass, 1 actor, Bb clarinet (also double bass clar.), violoncello, accordion, sample keybaord

WP: 18. 02. 2010, Dschungel Vienna, Museumsquartier