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

10 Movements for String Quartet & Voice, composed by Anjelica Lindsey, co-arranged by Dr. Noam Faingold & Anjelica Lindsey to Premiere 3/1/25 with launch of Anjelica Lindsey’s Oklahoma Woman Ensemble. Click for more ticket information on the premiere in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

REQUIEM

2 Movements for String Orchestra, SATB Choir, Pipe Organ, Harp & Percussion in the Cherokee Language

I. Benedicat Nobis Transitum

II. Lux Aeterna

Score & Renderings Available By Request.

Requiem is a humanist, impressionist composition designed to understand legacy and revive culture. At its heart, this requiem highlights the resilience of life and strength, its literal revival in the use of the Cherokee language. Embracing the concept of finding life in death, this work intertwines elements of remembrance and cultural renewal.

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.

The decision to compose the Requiem in Cherokee is deeply intentional and carries profound significance in breaking down stereotypes. Cherokee, like many indigenous languages, has endured the devastating impacts of cultural erasure, dehumanization and the loss of Native speakers. By using Cherokee in the Requiem, Lindsey not only pays homage to those who have passed but also reviving the language in an act of humanization, cultural reclamation and revitalization.

In Progress:

LOVE INCANTATIONS: 5 Movements for String Orchestra & Voice

I. SATOR
II. AREPO
III. TENET
IV. OPERA
V. ROTAS

Following the creation of REQUIEM in 2024, a profound exploration of loss and reflection, LOVE 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 Grittts 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 minimalist 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, LOVE 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. LOVE 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 Dances

PERHAPS: 12 Movements for String Quartet & Piano

ALBUMs & RECORDINGS

OKLAHOMA WOMAN QUARTET - SELECTED WORKS - To premiere 3/1/25. Album release Spring 2025.

PERHAPS: ABSTRACTIONS: 12 Movements - Now streaming on Spotify and all major platforms!

RIVERS RISING - Coming Spring 2025

FILM SCORES & Collaborations

RETURN OF THE SACRED RED ROCK - In Progress

TOTSU, Directed by Jeremy Charles

THE EMOTIONAL MEANING OF HOME - Violin Compositions with The New Honey Shade