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2020
Concerto for viola and orchestra, premiere 2020
Commissioned by Raúl García, first violist National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia

Piece, flute and electronics, premiere 2020
Commissioned by Ul ensemble, Bogota, Colombia

Piece, custom made instruments and electronics, premiere 2020
Cornell Council of the Arts Creation Grant 2019–20

2019
Ithaca, NY:  s for one pitched percussion instrument, two sustaining instruments of like timbre, one wind instrument, and three sine tones
 Israeli Chamber Project as part of the Steven Stucky Residency. Sergio Cote (electronics). Premiere, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, September 2019
Austin, Texas: v for violin and electronics
Written for the Stack Overflow residency at University of Texas, Austin.  Premiere, First Street Studio, Austin, TX, September 2019
Ithaca, NY: a.2 for a sine tone, pink noises(s) and soprano saxophone
Written for Guillermo Presa (saxophone), Sergio Cote (electronics). Premiered at Cornell University, Lincoln Hall, May 2019
Ithaca, NY: a.1 for a sine tone, pink noises(s) and shō
Written for Chatori Shimizu (shō), Sergio Cote (electronics). Premiered at Cornell University, Lincoln Hall, May 2019
Bangkok, Thailand: Spaces 1 for two performers with Bluetooth speakers and pink noise(s)
Premiered at Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium. Sergio Cote, Valeria Barnier performers. Bangkok, Thailand, July 2019  
Ithaca, NY: for five players and electronics         
Written for TAK Ensemble, Sergio Cote (electronics). Premiered at Barnes Hall, Cornell University, April 25, 2019
 
2018
Creatures of long perspective for three (contra)bass instruments, four sine waves, and patterns of intermittency
Written for members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. Premiered by Rebekah Heller (contrabasson), Joshua Rubin (contrabass clarinet), Lizzie Burns (Contrabass), and Sergio Cote (electronics). Schwarz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, December 4, 2018

Pájaros Cargando Memorías for a group of up to 36 performers
Premiered at The Dog Star Orchestra Festival, California Institute of the Arts, June 2019
Klangraum, Dusseldorf, Germany, August 2019

The Hague, The Netherlands: Vermilingua for a pair of wind instruments of like timbre and sine waves
Commissioned by Bun-Leng Project, Premiered by Guillermo Presa, Titipol Pisesku (saxophones), and Sergio Cote (electronics). Studio Loos, The Hague, The Netherlands, Premiered November 2018


Tres máquinas for trombone, euphonium, subwoofer and bass drum as resonant body
Commissioned by Piyawat Louilarpprasert and Boonyarit Kittaweepitak
Premiered by Piyawat Louilarpprasert (trombone), and Boonyarit Kittaweepitak (euphonium), Sergio Cote (electronics). Midday Concert Series, Lincoln Hall, Cornell University, April 2018
Piyawat Louilarpprasert (trombone), and Boonyarit Kittaweepitak (euphonium). University of Texas, Dallas, October 14, 2019 Dos Máquinas for piano and electronics
  • Commissioned and premiered by Silvia Lucas, Sergio Cote (electronics). Barnes Hall, Cornell University, April 2018
Thinning the line of the worm for mixed chamber ensemble and three resonant bodies
  • Premiered at Cornell University, Festival Chamber Orchestra, February 2018
2017
La sed es tierra for four amplified surfaces
Commissioned by Neopercusión, Madrid
Premiere, Auditory 400, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, March 2017
Premiere of the solo version written for Juanjo Guillem. Cáseres, Spain, La Aguilera, July 2017
Juanjo Guillem. Asian PAS, Beijing, China, July 2017
Juanjo Guillem. Museo Vostell Malpartida de Cáseres, XIX Ciclo de música contemporanea, August 2017
Megan Arns, The Switch Ensemble. Cornell University, February 2018

The air, the elephant, the zinc, the copper, and the human for two amplified breathings
  • Premiere by Carina Lam (euphonium), Valeria Barnier (breather), and Sergio Cote (electronics). University of Toronto Multidisciplinary Creative Conference, September, 2017
All breathing is circular, all breathing is sound for clarinet solo [Bb, A and bass clarinet]
  • Written for and premiered by Marco Ignoty. Composit Festival 2017, Riety, Italy, July 2017
  • Ensemble Taller Sonoro. Jornadas de Música Contemporánea, Bogotá, Colombia, April 2018
Trapiche for broken player piano, piano, contact microphones, surface speakers, mixing board, and some cables.
  • Commissioned by the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies
  • Premiere, Ryan MacEvoy and Sergio Cote performers. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 2017
Vocalise-Games-Blueprints for voice, piano and clarinet
  • Commissioned and premiered by sTem Trio. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, April 2017
2016
Rand for mixed chamber ensemble
  • Commissioned by Mise-En Ensemble
  • Premiered by Mise-En Ensemble during Mise-En festival, NY, USA, June 2016
  • Mise-En ensemble. The Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music, Buffalo University, Buffalo, NY, March 2017
  • Mise-En ensemble. Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, May 2017
2015
Concrete disjunction for violin solo
  • Commissioned by Diego Vasallo
  • Premiered by violinist Diego Vasallo. RNCM, Manchester, UK, May 2015
  • Hajnal Pivnick. Festival Casa Tomada, Casa de las Americas, La Habana, Cuba, September 2017
  • Hajnal Pivnick. Solo showcase, Mise-En Place, New York, US, October 2017
Type for large ensemble, 30 instrumentalists
  • Premiered by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Magnus Lindberg. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK, June 2015
  • Colombian premiere by the Colombian National Symphony Orchestra. Teatro Colón, Bogotá, Colombia, February 2016
Shabtis for flute, clarinet and violin
  • Premiered as part of the Cátedra Manuel de Falla 2015 by Ensemble Taller Sonoro. Seville, Spain, November 22 2015
-    Ithaca New Music Collective, Sergio Cote (conductor). February 2017
2014
Líneas for saxophone quartet, prepared piano, improvisers on Skype, and analog interface for the audience
  • Premiered at the Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
  • Colombian Scholarship for the Creation of New Music, October 2014
Periculum for saxophone quartet
  • Premiered by the Borealis Quartet. Martin Harris Centre for Drama and Music, Manchester University, June 2014
  • Winner of the Gold Medal Competition of the Royal Northern College of Music
  • Borealis Saxophone Quartet. Album recording The north, June 2015
  • Part of Borealis Saxophone Quartet’s European tour 2015
  • Borealis Saxophone Quartet. Lunchtime Concert, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, April 2016
-    Ensemble Motocontrario. Festival Contrasti, Trento, Italy, April 2017
Lineas del raval for cello soloist
  • Premiered as part of the concert of the cello composition workshop with Brian Ferneyhough and Lucas Fels at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music. Performed by Tobias Schneider
-    Sarah Gait. Live broadcast BBC 3 Young Artists Day, May 2015
 
 
Lines About Flat Lines for flute, Bb clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, viola and cello
  • Premiered by the Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie (IEMA). Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Witten Germany, May 2014
2013
Takay rhapsody for piano soloist and symphonic orchestra
  • Premiered by the Royal Northern College of Music Brand New Orchestra, Silvia Lucas (piano) Yoon-Jee Kim (conductor). Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, October 2013
2011
Likchachiy for flute, Bb clarinet, cello, piano, percussion
  • Winner of Colombian National Prize of Music for Young Composers with the piece for chamber ensemble 2011
  • Encuentro Javeriano de Arte y Creatividad, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, September 2016
 

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