Solo Vocals/Small Ensemble Works
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I Remember, I Remember
For: Medium Voice & Piano
Poet: Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
Approx: 4' 30"
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I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
For: Soprano Voice, Cello, & Piano
Poet: Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Approx: 1' 00"
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Night Song
For: High Voice & Piano
Poet: Marjorie Allen Seiffert (1885-1970)
Approx: 2' 30"
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Witch's Soliloquy
For: Alto/Contralto Voice & Piano
Lyricist: Ariana Wolfson (b. 1989)
Approx: 1' 50"
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I Am Not A Vessel
For: High Voice, Cello, & Piano
Poet: Chaz Scala (b. 1996)
Approx: 3' 45"
Performed by the KC VITA's May 2023
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The Ghostly Gathering
For: High Voice & Piano
Poet: Richard Risi (b. 1997)
Approx: 5' 30"
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Anything But Gently
For: High Voice & Piano
Poet: Chaz Scala (b. 1996)
Approx: 1' 20"
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The Between
For: High Voice & Piano
Poet: Chaz Scala (b. 1996)
Approx: 3' 30"
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Without A Shadow
For: High Voice, Cello, & Piano
Poet: Chaz Scala (b. 1996)
Approx: 2' 40"
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Evening Star
For: High Voice & Piano
Poet: Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
Approx: 2' 30"
Solo Instrument
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Autumnal Rain In Central Park
For: Solo Piano
- The Restless City
Approx: 2' 00"
- Changes Of The Season
Approx: 3' 00"
- Water Crystals
Approx: 1' 45"
- The “9 to 5” ers
Approx: 1 ' 30"
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A Memory Of A Memory
For: Solo Toy Piano
Approx: 1' 00"
Performed by David Bohn
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Luna Waltz
For: Solo Organ
Approx: 1' 30"
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The Art Of Decay
For: Solo Piano
Approx: 5' 30"
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The Circus
For: Solo Piano
Approx: 1' 40"
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Eyvindr
For: Solo Piano
Approx: 5' 20"
Choral
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Music To Hear
For: SSAATTBB with piano
Poet: William Shakespeare
Approx: 5' 00"
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Domine non es exaltatum cor meum
For: SATB, unaccompanied
Text: Psalm 131
Approx: 2' 30"
Performed with St. John's of Lattingtown Choral Scholars in May 2019
- Unica
For: SSAATTBB, unaccompanied
Poet: Richard Risi
Approx: 4' 40"
- Upon The Heights
For: SSAATTBB with piano
Poet: Yone Noguchi
Approx: 4' 50"
For Future Performance Programming with the KC VITA's
- Invitation To Love
For: SATTBB choir, unaccompanied
Poet: Paul Laurence Dunbar
Approx: 3' 20"
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When Folly And Wisdom Are No More
For SATBB choir, 2 soli, unaccompanied
Poet: Edgar Lee Masters
Approx: 1' 30"
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When The Sea Has Devoured The Ships
For SATBB choir, 2 soli, unaccompanied
Poet: Edgar Lee Masters
Approx: 2' 20"
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Apotheosis
For: SATB choir with vibraphone
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Approx: 2' 55"
A Capella Arrangements
Arrangements of Popular Music for A Capella Groups.
- TeenNick Medley (opb. various artists)
- Happier (opb. Marshmello and Bastille)
- Dollhouse (opb. Melanie Martinez)
- Thunderclouds (opb. Sia, LSD, Diplo, Labrinth)
- Here Comes A Thought (opb. Rebecca Sugar)
- Christmas Promise (It's Christmas) (opb. Michael Corcoran)
Video Game Music
While difficult to notate all the electronic components, compositions, and FX. I have compiled a list of titles of all my works from various VGM Academy projects, creations with my own design, and VGM Composition Competitions. Most of my compositions here can be listened to on SOUNDCLOUD at www.soundcloud.com/richardrisimusic
- Angelus Convallis (Angel of The Valley)
- Are You Scared?
- Aria's Theme
- Before The Sun Sets
- Confronting Fate
- Dai shōtotsu! (The Great Collision)
- Demons & Shadows
- Do You Believe In Ghosts?
- Doorways
- Drake's Theme
- Exorcizamus Te
- Forgotten Fragments
- Game Over (#1)
- Game Over (#2)
- Game Over (#3)
- Homesick
- In Horto Pacis
- It Seemed So Long Ago
- Locrius Village
- Lullaby
- Lurking
- Miracles & Miracles
- Night Lyfe
- No Time For Doubt
- Obsessi Super Tempus
- Project F-O-L-I-O
- Quietam Lux
- Retreat!
- Rex Regum (King of Kings)
- Sine/Non (Dance of Death)
- Sleep Theme
- Stropharia
- Sunsets Over Ferris
- The Awakening
- The Corrupted Cathedral
- The Duelist
- The Myriad Dungeon
- The Sanctuary - Meditations
- The Scouts Association
- The Summit
- This Is Your Home
- Through The Flames
- Till Death Do Us Part
- Timid Flame
- Victory Fanfare (#1)
- Victory Fanfare (#2)
- Wandering Eyes
- Waterscape Forma
- Welcome to Vindmere
- Windfall
- ZOMBIE ATTACK!
Commission A Composition!
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