KATHLEEN’S WORKS, SCORES & INFO

• WORKS FOR LARGE ENSEMBLE/ORCHESTRA/BAND

  
  In His Words: Please Dream (2022) ca. 20 min
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg featuring words by Archbishop Desmond Tutu with musical quotations from Hilton Schilder & Dizu Plaatjies
  I. There Is No Neutrality
  II. We Stand on Holy Ground
  III. Ubuntu
  IV. Please Dream

  The Fretless Clarinet: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (2021) ca. 22 min
  Composers: David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
  I. Sanctuary City
  II. Mozart on the Judengasse
  III. Ancestral Grooves
  
  

  The Call of the Ram’s Horn: Klezmer Fantasy for Concert Wind Band (2019) ca.11 min
  Composers: David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
  
  

  Plek van Goeie Hoop for Symphony Orchestra with 2 soprano soloists & 1 tenor soloist (2013)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg using as a starting point a melody by Kathleen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg.
  Lyrics: Willem de Vries.
  
  

• ARRANGEMENTS FOR LARGE ENSEMBLE/ ORCHESTRA
  

  Tradition from Fiddler on the Roof (2015)
  Composers: Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock. Arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Instrumentation: Clarinet Solo, Violin Solo, String Orchestra

  Hanukkah, O Hanukkah (2015)
  Composer: Traditional, arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Instrumentation: Clarinet Solo, String Orchestra

  Mali, die slaaf, se lied (2013)
  Composer: by S. Marais, arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Instrumentation: Soprano Solo and string orchestra

• SOLO/CHAMBER MUSIC

  
  Mother City Missioning: Trio for solo flute, cello & marimba/mixed percussion (2026)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg
  Commissioner: Mizar Trio
  First Performance: March 20, 2026: Erin Hall, Cape Town.
  Approx 8 mins.

  Instruments for 2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, marimba, cello, piano (2024)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg. Words: Malika Ndlovu
  Commissioner: Afro-Pfingsten (AfroClassics) Organization
  First Performance: June 6, 2025: Afro-Pfingsten (AfroClassics), WInterthur, Switzerland
  Approx 6 mins.

  Dual-ing ("Cecil in Africa") for solo viola (2024)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg
  Commissioner: Commissioned by the 4th Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition held at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead, UK from 19-25 January, 2025
  Approx 4.5 mins.

  Interlopers in Eden for solo cello (2023)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg
  Commissioner: Matt Haimovitz for the Primavera Project
  Approx 5 mins.

  Berimbau
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg
  Version A for piano and electronics (2014)
  Version B for 2 pianos (2015), reworked 2024
  Version C for clarinet, piano and “piano-orchestra” with loops and samples (2016)
  Approx 4-5 mins

  As the Flowers Bloom for piano and electronics (2014)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg
  Version A for piano and electronics (2014)
  Version B for 2 pianos (2015)
  First Performance April 27th 2014, Spectrum, New York.
  Approx. 5 mins
  
  

  Second Time Around for piano solo (2014)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg
  Version A for piano and electronics (2014)
  Version B for 2 pianos (2015)
  First Performance April 27th 2014, Spectrum, New York.
  Approx 5-6 mins

  
  ARRANGEMENTS: SOLO INSTRUMENTS / CHAMBER MUSIC
  

  Klezmer Arrangements for Clarinet & Piano created with clarinetist David Krakauer:

  Der Gasn Nign for clarinet & piano (2022)
  Composer: Traditional, arr. Krakauer & Tagg
  Approx 5 mins

  Der Heyser Bulgar for clarinet & piano (2022)
  Composer: Traditional, arr. Krakauer & Tagg
  Approx 4 mins

  Der Gasn Nign for Trio: clarinet, cello & piano (2022)
  Composer: Traditional, arr. Krakauer & Tagg
  Approx 5 mins

  Der Heyser Bulgar for Trio: clarinet, cello & piano (2022)
  Composer: Traditional, arr. Krakauer & Tagg
  Approx 4 mins
  
  

• WORKS FOR VOICE
  
  OPERA:

  Fourth Wave Beauty Queens: (2025) Short 1-Act for 2 sopranos, mezzo
  with flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg. Librettist: Laura Barati
  Developed for American Lyric Theater (ALT)
  Piano-Vocal Performance: June 14, 2025, Symphony Space, New York
  

  
  VOICE & PIANO:

  This Be Her Verse: 3 Songs for Soprano & Piano (2020)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg . Librettist: Lila Palmer
  Commissioner: Golda Schultz & Jonathan Ware
  I. After Philip Larkin ca.3:30
  II. Wedding ca.4:00
  III.Single Bed ca.5:30
  
  

  Song of the Hammer: (2015)
  Creators: Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg
  First Performance: March 7th 2015, 54 Below, New York.
  
  

  VOICE & MIXED ENSEMBLE:

  Instruments for 2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, marimba, cello, piano (2024)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg. Words: Malika Ndlovu
  Commissioner: Afro-Pfingsten (AfroClassics) Organization
  First Performance: June 6, 2025: Afro-Pfingsten (AfroClassics), WInterthur, Switzerland
  

  VOICE & ORCHESTRA:

  Plek van Goeie Hoop for Symphony Orchestra with 2 soprano soloists & 1 tenor soloist (2013)
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg using as a starting point a melody by Kathleen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg.
  Lyrics: Willem de Vries.

  MUSICALS / CABARETS & SONG COLLECTIONS:

  
  Erika’s Wall (A Full-length Musical): (2010, rev. 2015, 2019)

  All songs by Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg

  Archery Song
  Beautiful
  Blogger Song
  Comp’ny
  Country Song
  Curves and Lines
  Dirty Girl
  Drum Song
  Everyone Wishes on Stars
  Hey You!
  Just Wait till you Fly Her
  Little Girl
  My Love is a Wall
  Postcards from Berlin
  PTSD
  Reporter Song
  The Lights Came Down
  The Lights Went Up
  Transfer of Energy
  Why?
  William’s Song
  Wooden Lullaby

  First Performances: 8 Shows starting July 22, 2010 The Music Theatre Company, Chicago, Director: Jessica Redish

  
  SPIEËL SPEEL- An Afrikaans Alt-Caberet (2013)

  Created with Zanne Stapelberg and performed with a 6-piece band
  
  Bergbrand
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
  Lyrics: Willem de Vries

  Bo-Karoo Blou
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
  Lyrics: Deon Meyer

  Herinnering
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
  Lyrics: by Elizabeth Eybers

  Jy Raak My nie Meer
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
  Lyrics: Antjie Krog

  Kinders Moenie met die Water Mors Nie
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
  Lyrics: Traditional Afrikaans

  Lied van die Vroulike Stiervegter
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a Melody by Katheen Tagg & Zanne Stapelberg
  Lyrics: Willem de Vries

  Lullaby after Brahms
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg after a melody by Brahms
  Lyrics: Trad. Afrikaans after the German by Georg Scherer

  Marie Louise de Lange se BoereRate
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg; 
  Lyrics: Zanne Stapelberg & Marie-Louise de Lange

  Noag die Tweede
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg; 
  Lyrics: Hennie Aucamp

  Vat Jou Goed
  Composer: Traditional, arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Lyrics: Traditional Afrikaans

  Vroppenvroom
  Composer: Kathleen Tagg; 
  Lyrics: Kathleen Tagg

  First Performance: VryFees (July 2014)
  Other Performances:
  

  
  SOUL OF FIRE: (2011)

  A la Nanita Nana
  Composer: Traditional Spanish arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Lyrics: Traditional Spanish
  Instrumentation: Voice & Bass

  Nana from ‘Siete Canciones Espagnolas’
  Composer: Manuel de Falla, arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Lyrics: Traditional Spanish
  Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

  Zapateado from ‘La Tempranica’
  Composer: Geronimo Gimenez, arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Lyrics: Antonio Paso y Enrique García Álvarez
  Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

  De Espana Vengo from El Nino Judeo
  Composer: Pablo Luna, arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Lyrics: Julian Romea
  Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

  Mi Sarie Marais
  Composer: Traditional Afrikaans, arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Lyrics: Traditional Afrikaans
  Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

  Quiero Ser tu Sombra
  Composer: Hector Quattromano arr. Kathleen Tagg
  Lyrics: Zulema Alcayaga
  Instrumentation: Voice, Violin, Piano, Bass, Percussion

  First Performance: December 11 2011, Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, South Africa with Zanne Stapelberg, Kathleen Tagg, Piet de Beer, Charles Lazar, Joseph Avergel
  Other Performances: National Arts Festival (South Africa);
  

  
  Jaff ‘n Tagg’s CHAMBER POETRY: (2009)

  All songs by Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg, in new arrangements by arr. Kathleen Tagg

  Sonnet for my Sister
  The Secret (new arr.)
  Sonnet for a King (new arr.)
  Why Didn’t You (new arr.)
  February (new arr.)

  First Performance: Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York
  

  
  APPLE HEART: (2009)

  All songs by Sophie Jaff & Kathleen Tagg

  Apple Heart
  Why Didn’t you?
  Yellow
  Bad Habits
  Month of Prepositions
  The Secret
  Taken
  Mistake
  Marty
  Angry Girl

  First Performance: June 11, 2009 Gershwin Hotel, New York
  
  

• FILM

  MINYAN FILM SCORE by DAVID KRAKAUER & KATHLEEN TAGG'S (2020):

  Nominated for Best Feature at the Berlin Film Festival (2020)
  Winner: Best Narrative Film at OutFest (2020)