Compositions
SPRING DANCE FOR CLARINET
Clarinet Solo, Score or recording available on request
(Juilliard, March 2024)
EROICA FOR WIND TRIO
Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Score or recording available on request (Juilliard, April 2024)
OKLAHOMA WOMAN QUARTET: Selected Works
11 Pieces for String Quartet & Voice, composed by Anjelica Lindsey, co-arranged by Dr. Noam Faingold & Anjelica Lindsey premiered 3/1/25 with launch of Anjelica Lindsey’s Oklahoma Woman Ensemble.
REQUIEM
I. Benedicat Nobis Transitum
II. Lux Aeterna
2 Movements for String Orchestra, SATB Choir, Pipe Organ, Harp & Percussion in the Cherokee Language
Composed by Anjelica Lindsey, the first Native American woman from the United States to write a requiem and the world’s first Requiem in the Cherokee language, REQUIEM stands as a groundbreaking achievement.
Lindsey's work is a poignant homage to her heritage, integrating modern Cherokee Woman perspectives and musical elements with Western classical forms. This requiem serves not only as a tribute to those who have passed but also as a beacon of hope and revival for the living, ensuring that the rich legacy of the Cherokee people and other oppressed cultures and marginalized voices continue to thrive and inspire.
A Statement from Anjelica Lindsey on REQUIEM:
”When Native peoples were assimilated in America, music was an early casualty, erasing nearly all traces of original compositions beyond powwow songs and hymns and silencing the unwritten musical potential of Indigenous perspectives, especially those of women. REQUIEM acts as a modern meditation, becoming a sacred offering that acknowledges the grandeur of spiritual expression without perpetuating the dogmas once wielded to subjugate Indigenous cultures insisting instead on presence and the necessity of cultural survival.”
INCANTATIONS
for String Orchestra
I. SATOR
II. AREPO
III. TENET
IV. OPERA
V. ROTAS
In Progress, 2025
Following the creation of REQUIEM in 2024, a profound exploration of loss and reflection, INCANTATIONS moves into a new, yet connected, emotional terrain.
This five-movement work for string orchestra and voice, inspired by the LOVE INCANTATIONS of the Cherokee people (1964, Jack Kilpatrick, Anna Gritts Kilpatrick) highlights the deeply raw and poetic nature of Cherokee love rituals. By exploring themes of romance, longing, and spiritual connection, the piece challenges reductive portrayals of Indigenous cultures, offering a richer, more nuanced expression of universal human emotions.
These five movements, each named after one word from the mysterious "SATOR Square" palindrome, an ancient Latin palindrome that holds symmetrical, mystical qualities. The square reads the same in all directions, symbolizing balance, unity, and timelessness, key themes reflected in the music. In structure and theme, INCANTATIONS explores the idea of cycles in life, cycles we may be doomed to repeat unless we become fully aware of them. The palindrome itself represents a powerful metaphor: no matter the direction, the letters remain the same, mirroring how history can repeat itself if we don’t consciously intervene.
This series of works reflects a continuation of Lindsey’s thematic concerns from REQUIEM, now considering not just the mourning of what has been lost, but the awareness of ongoing cycles and the opportunity to break free from them. INCANTATIONS creates space for the listener to meditate on life's persistent rhythms while feeling the emotional weight of recognizing them and possibly, the hope of romance.
ASSIMILATION MUSIC: Cherokee Hymns
ASSIMILATION MUSIC: Ghost Dance
ASSIMILATION MUSIC: PEYOTE ROAD
PERHAPS: 12 Movements for String Quartet & Piano
ALBUMs & RECORDINGS
OKLAHOMA WOMAN QUARTET - SELECTED WORKS - Premiered 3/1/25. Album release Fall 2025.
PERHAPS: ABSTRACTIONS: 12 Movements - Now streaming on Spotify and all major platforms!
RIVERS RISING - Coming 2025
FILM SCORES & Collaborations
(Untitled) Percussion Ensemble, Commission for Lorena Navarro, to premiere November, 2025 (In Progress)
WINIKO: Reunions, Original Soundtrack for First Americans Museum, Directed by Jeremy Charles, 2025
SACRED RED ROCK | Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe, Original Soundtrack for feature length documentary, Directed by Jeremy Charles, 2025
TOTSU, Short Film, Directed by Jeremy Charles, 2010
THE EMOTIONAL MEANING OF HOME, Violin Compositions with The New Honey Shade
FILM SCORING SAMPLES
Portfolio in final production, Summer 2025