Wendy Durrwachter
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Symphony No. 2 Laurentia, op. 31 - full orchestra (in progress)
I. Gabbro and Ice Sermon
II. Forest and Fen 
III. The Flowage
  • commissioned by Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra

Only One, op. 27 soprano, piano
  • commissioned by OOPS MN​
  • text by Mark Campbell​

Reminiscence, op. 30 SATB choir (a capella)
  • text by Anne Bronte

​Surface Displacements, op. 32 - Song Cycle, soprano, piano, (in progress)
  • text by Sheila Packa​
  • This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to appropriations from The McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Legislature’s general and arts and cultural heritage funds.

Symphony 1: Chequamegon Bay, op. 23 - full orchestra
I. From the Copper Falls to the Sloughs
II. The Flying Fluorescence
III. March of the Glass Menagerie
IV. Where Food Grows on Water
  • commissioned by Jessika Cane and the Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra
  • world premiere October TBD 2020 at the Alvord Theater at Northland College 7:30 pm

The Two Trees: A Yeats Song Cycle, op. 15 - tenor, piano, 
I. A Coat, No. 8
II. The Two Trees, No. 7
III. The Wild Swans at Coole, No. 1
IV. A Dream of Death, No. 6
V. The Cat and the Moon, No. 10
VI. The Lake Isle of Innisfree, No. 2
VII. The Cap and Bells, No. 3
VIII. Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, No. 9
IX. Sailing to Byzantium, No. 4
X. A Drinking Song, No. 5
  • text by William Butler Yeats
  • I-III premiered by Adam Sippola at Sacred Heart Music Center, January 18, 2018​
  • IV-V premiered by Adam Sippola at Teatro Zuccone, Duluth Homegrown Music Festival 2018
  • VI-X premiered at Peace Church, Duluth, MN April 26, 2019

Elegy for the Erased, op. 11 - violoncello and contrabass
  • commissioned by Vince Osborn and Edward Willett

Was It I? op. 29 soprano, piano
  • text by Sheila Packa
  • premiered at Song Source Festival Minneapolis, Song Slam 2022

Pierrot, op. 4 -TTBB a capella choir, or solo tenor with piano
I. Here I Am
II. The Waters Rise
III. Great Cumulous Clouds
IV. In the North
  • centos from poetry of Louis Jenkins
  • I - III performed by William Bastian at Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, MN, January 18, 2018

El Contrapunto de arena, op. 21 - for wind quintet
  • ​inspired by the writing of Jorge Luis Borges​
I. Jactancia de quietud (Boast of Quietness)
II. Alguien y cualquierra (Someone and Anyone)
III. Esa playa última de tu ser (That Ultimate Beach of Your Being)
IV. Infinita es la historia de la arena (Infinite is the History of Sand)
V. Cuando la luz como una enredadera (When Light Like a Climbing Vine)
  • This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to appropriations from The McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Legislature’s general and arts and cultural heritage funds.​
  • Mvmt I-III premiered by UMD Faculty Wind Quintet​ on Nov 4, 2019 at Weber Music Hall

Ultra Vires, op. 14 - concerto for violin
I. Siege Engine
II. Vertex
III. Teunim Elgna - Angle Minuet
IV. Bound by Acquiescence
  • premiered by Erin Aldridge at Sacred Heart Music Center, January 18, 2018  

Their Leaves Will Be for Healing, op. 28 - SATB choir (a capella)
  • - commissioned by Jim Pospisil and Peace Church UCC, Duluth, MN
  • - text from Isaiah 58:11 and Ezekiel 47, inspired by Rev. Jim Mitulski

Traveling to Be Counted, One Minute Pause III, op. 22A- piano, flute, horn
  • - commissioned by Jim Pospisil and Peace Church UCC on behalf of Gary Boelhower's poem "Census"

Rematriation of Demeter, op. 22 - string trio - (in progress)

Kelp Forest, op. 20 - full orchestra, - 10' 

Come to the Water, op. 13 - SATB choir/ piano
  • text by Deborah Cooper​​​

​Water Roots, op. 17 - piano, horn, violin, bass flute, Bb clarinet
  • premiered at Greenlight New Music Festival at Bent Paddle Brewing in Duluth, MN

Colossal Dream, op. 12 - SATB or SA choir/ optional piano
  • text compiled from Emma Lazarus and Martin Luther King Jr.
  • premiered at Sara Thomson's Art of Ubuntu concert April 28, 2017

Evening, op. 6 - SATB choir/ piano
  • text based on Phantasies by Emma Lazarus

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, op. 25 - alto, piano
  • text by Robert Frost
  • commissioned by Dr. Susan Larson Kidd

Sax-Zim Bog, op. 10 - bassoon and piano, or saxophone choir

One Minute Pause - piano solo​, op. 16

One Minute Pause II - 2 violins, 2 flutes, viola, piano, op. 19

Three Preludes, op. 18 - piano solo, 

Repartee, op. 12 - violoncello, contrabass, horn ~ or bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, horn

Four Tone Poems: Meditations on Lake Superior, op. 3 - piano solo
I. Sails and Egress
II. A Moveable Beach
III. Navires dans la nuit

IV. Exiles and Gyres
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A Christmas Cantata, op. 7
- SATB choir and chamber orchestra
I. Comfort Ye, My People
III. Magnificat
IV. Joseph, Son of David
VII. O Magnum Mysterium
  • commissioned by Jim Pospisil and Peace Church UCC, Duluth, MN
  • co-composed with Brad Bombardier

Toccata, op. 1 - piano solo

Waltz without Gravity, op. 8 - piano solo

​Seven Songs for Somewhere Else, op. 9 - piano solo

Metamorphosis of Maria Sibylla Merian, op. 2 - piano solo

The Abbey, op. 5 - piano solo
  • commissioned by Saint Norbert of Xanten​

Violin Sonata, op. 24 - (in progress)

The Illusion of Permanence, op. 26 - solo piano - (in progress perpetually into eternity)
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