Works for Film:
• Genesis. Forthcoming.
Concept, Music & Direction by John Aylward.
Violinist, Jordan Hadrill
Assistant Director & Costumes and Wardrobe, Alexandra Posen
Set by James Maurelle
Director of Photography, Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui
• Moondial. 2025. 14′
Concept, Music & Direction by John Aylward.
Cellist, Robbie Bui.
Assistant Director & Costumes and Wardrobe, Alexandra Posen
Set by James Maurelle
Director of Photography, Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui
• Oblivion. 2024. 72′ — * Winner, Best Musical Film. Cannes World Film Festival. 2025.
An Opera-Film.
Story, Music & Libretto by John Aylward. Laine Rettmer, Director; Graham Swon & John Aylward, Producers.
Ecce Arts Inc. in Association with Ravenserodd Productions.
Works for Stage:
• Oblivion. 2022. 68′
Opera in One Act
Libretto by John Aylward, Dante Alighieri, Book of Daniel, trans. / adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Tenor, Two Baritones, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Electric Guitar, Electronics
• Angelus. 2014-19. 44′
Monodrama
Libretto by Multiple Authors, adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Flutes(s), Oboe, Clarinet(s), Violin, Cello, Percussion
• Switch. 2016. 90′
Chamber Opera in One Act
Libretto by Aylward & Multiple Authors, adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Baritone, Flute(s), Clarinet(s), Cello and Percussion
Commissioned by Le Laboratoire, Cambridge for their inaugural season
Orchestral and Large Chamber Ensemble Works:
• History of the World. 2024-25. 26′
Orchestra
• Eternal Return. 2023. 20′
Orchestra
• Celestial Forms and Stories. 2014-19. 53′
Chamber Ensemble
• Ananke. 2019. 15′
Chamber Ensemble
• Narcissus. 2018. 12′
Chamber Ensemble
Fromm Foundation Commission
• Atmospheric Tremors. 2013. 10′
Orchestra
Commissioned by Sound Icon. Jeffrey Means, conductor
• Translucent Windows. 2012. 12′
Wind Ensemble
Commissioned by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble.
• Flight out of Mind. 2012. 30′
Chamber Orchestra.
Commissioned by Sound Icon. Jeffrey Means, conductor
• Etesians. 2013. 10′
Flute/alto/piccolo, 2 clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), violin, cello and piano.
For the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation.
• Stillness and Change. 2010. 12′
Flute/alto/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano and percussion
Matthias Pintscher, conductor. Ecce ensemble. May 5th, 2010. Tenri Cultural Institute.
• Songs from the Wild Iris. 2010. 25’
Soprano, violin, clarinet, cello and percussion.
Premiere: Ecce Ensemble, Matthias Pintscher, conductor.
Chamber Works For Smaller Ensembles:
• Beyond Recall. 2025. 10′
For Members of the Berlin Philharmonic
Violin, viola, cello, contrabass, and piano
Premiere: Goethe Institute, Boston. October, 2025
• The Language of Silent Things. 2024. 9′
Bass clarinet, cello and piano.
Premiered by Barret Ham, bass clarinet, Robbie Bui, cello, and Geoff Burleson, piano.
Greenwhich House, New York. August, 2024.
• Chute. 2023. 9′
For Ensemble Court-Circuit. Jean Deroyer, conductor
Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, horn, trombone, piano, percussion.
Premiere: Harvard Musical Association. October 19th, 2023.
• Tiergarten. 2018. 12′
Soprano and contrabass.
texts by Rainer Marie Rilke.
Premiered by the Departure Duo
• Arachne. 2017. 23′
Violin, viola and cello.
Premiered by Sound Energy.
Equilibrium Series. Cambridge, MA
• Phaedrus. 2016. 6′
Flute and clarinet.
Premiered at the Etchings Festival. July, 2016.
Keiko Murakami, flute; Vasko Dukovski, clarinet
• Mercury. 2014. 8′
Violin, cello, flute and clarinet.
Premiered by the Ecce Ensemble. Yoshi Onishi, conductor.
• Daedalus. 2016. 9’20”
Bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin and cello.
Based on the original work for wind quintet.
• Daedalus. 2014. 8’30”
Flute(s), clarinet(s), oboe, bassoon and horn.
Commissioned and premiered by The City of Tomorrow
• I Saw My Life Go By in the Coyote’s Jaws. 2013. 5′
Soprano, violin, cello, oboe and clarinet.
Performed by Ecce Ensemble, Jeffrey Means, conductor.
• Flux, Ripple, Flutter. 2013 (rev. ’15). 14′.
Piano solo
Premiered by Nolan Pearson at Istanbul Technical University.
US Premiere by Julia Den Boer at Le Laboratoire, Cambridge.
• Ephemera. 2014. 7′.
Bass clarinet and cello.
Premiered by Vasko Dukovski and Serafim Smigelskiy.
DiMenna Center, New York, NY.
• The Undulations of Water. 2007. 5′
Flute, Cello, and Percussion (Marimba, Vibraphone and Crotales)
Premiered by the Ecce Ensemble at the American Composers’ Forum
Washington DC. April 12th, 2007.
• Compulsive Loves. 2011. 9′
Alto saxophone and piano.
Commissioned by Open Space to Commemorate Milton Babbitt
• Reciprocal Accord. 2010. 12″
for violin and cello.
Performed by Curtis Macomber, violin and Chris Finkel, cello
• Images of Departure. 2009. 15′
Viola and piano.
Commissioned and dedicated to Mark Berger.
Premiered by Mark Berger and Ketty Nez, piano.
• Verschwinden. 2007. 9′
Viola and Electronics.
Premiered by Mary Ruth Ray. Brandeis University.
• Functions of Consciousness. 2006. 6′
Clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Dedicated to The New York New Music Ensemble.
• Two Postcards. 2005. 6′
Piano solo
Dedicated to and premiered by Karina Sabac.
• Dragonfly. 2003. 10′
Cello and piano
Dedicated to and premiered by Joshua Gordon.
Winner of the 2008 International Society of Contemporary Music Prize.
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Improvisations with Electronics
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