Orchestra
Standard Deviation (2023)
ballet for jazz saxophonist and orchestra, 22’
commissioned by the New York City Ballet for choreographer Alysa Pires
“Pires’s ‘Standard Deviation’ is brighter and more lively. It benefits from an exciting original score by Jack Frerer that combines boom-crash orchestration with woozy portamenti and jazz elegance, especially in the saxophone playing of Chris Hemingway.” - The New York Times
“It must be noted that Frerer’s original score for full orchestra and saxophone is a force to be reckoned with. It lies somewhere between an urban soundscape, a jazzy film score, and a sultry atmosphere thick enough to be scenery. Whatever it is, its presence takes up half the stage, asking the dancers to move around and through it. They do, with grace, and the result is spectacular.” - Observer
Simon Says (2023)
concerto for trombone and orchestra, 14’
commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra for trombonist Greg Spiridopoulos
“Principal trombone Greg Spiridopoulos carried on a humorous classroom dialogue with an unruly and sometimes raggedy orchestra” - Times Union
Steep (2021)
for strings, percussion and celesta, 9’
premiered by the Yale Philharmonia
splinter (2019)
for baritone and orchestra: 2-2-2-2, 2-2-0-0, 2 percussion, piano, harp, strings, 9’
commissioned by the Arapahoe Philharmonic, libretto by Xuan Chi Sullivan
On-Again, Off-Again (2018)
for orchestra: 2-2-2-2, 4-2-3-1, timp+3, celesta, harp, strings, 8’
premiered by the Juilliard Orchestra