Original Compositions

Compositions
ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏛ

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COMPOSITIONS LIST

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
11 Pieces for String Quartet & Voice – Composed & Arranged by Anjelica Lindsey

A Statement from Anjelica Lindsey on OKLAHOMA WOMAN QUARTET:

”By centering modern Indigenous narrative and song within a sophisticated, contemporary compositional framework, the work challenges historical erasure, fosters cultural visibility, and inspires a broader dialogue about identity and the evolving role of Native voices in the concert repertoire.”

REQUIEM | ANALENISGVI | ᎠᎾᎴᏂᏍᎬᎢ
I. Benedicat Nobis Transitum
Adadolisdv Unvsa Hawinaditlv Ahedohi | ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᏌ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎠᏁᏙᎯ

II. Lux Aeterna
Igohidv Atsvdv | ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᎠᏨᏍᏛ

String Orchestra, SATB Choir, Pipe Organ, Harp & Percussion – Cherokee Language

Composed in 2024 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.

A Statement from Anjelica Lindsey on REQUIEM:

”REQUIEM (ANALENISGVI) is an audacious act of cultural reclamation, forcing the classical world to reckon with an Indigenous language from a woman composer in a space where it has never existed. As the first requiem in Cherokee, this work does preserves an at-risk language and asserts its place in the highest echelons of symphonic music, dismantling narratives that Indigenous languages belong only to history. REQUIEM is a challenge to the classical establishment, proving that Indigenous expression belongs on the grandest of stages. REQUIEM sets a precedent for the future of classical music; one where marginalized languages and cultures are no longer sidelined but take center stage in shaping its evolution.”

Symphony No. 1: ᎬᎨᏳᎢ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏛ
Gvgeyui Dikanogidv | Songs of Love
In Progress, 2025

Symphony No. 1: ᎬᎨᏳᎢ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏛ (Songs of Love) grows from a search for how love has been expressed in Cherokee culture and from the realization that many historical sources are incomplete or no longer accessible. The work is inspired by a 1964 account of an anonymous individual who placed a jar containing a mildewed sheath of papers containing reportedly love related Cherokee language texts in a tree stump near Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma. Discovered in the 1960s, these original materials have not been located in any library or museum collection to date.

Rather than attempting to reconstruct what cannot be found, the symphony treats absence as its starting point. Informed by modern ideals of love, the symphony stands as an act of Indigenous futurism, expressing love through contemporary symphonic language while rooted in a living Cherokee perspective. It is the first Symphony written by an Indigenous woman in the United States and the first by a Cherokee woman composer.

MODERN PEOPLE: Post-Assimilation Music
Symphonic works with voice – In Progress, 2025

A collection of songs for orchestra and voice exploring contemporary Indigenous identity, emotional depth, and reclamation of space within the symphonic tradition. Anthemic yet meditative, the works tackle personal and cultural truths while redefining the canon for women and Indigenous composers.

PERHAPS – 12 Movements for String Quartet & Piano

Album: ABSTRACTIONS – Now streaming on Spotify and all major platforms

Albums & SINGLES

OKLAHOMA WOMAN QUARTET – Debut March 1, 2025 with official World Premiere of the Composer’s Orchestrations on October 1, 2025
PERHAPS: ABSTRACTIONS – Now streaming on Spotify and all major platforms
SOLILOQUY FOR SOLO CELLO - Now streaming on Spotify and all major platforms, perfomed by Mitchell Lyon, recorded in New York City, April 2025
CHAMBER IN RED - Coming soon
RIVERS RISING – Coming soon