Koh has a unique and well-defined style. The composer seems to make deliberate use of restricted melodic space and silence, and she exhibits a great mastery of subtle manipulations of timbre.
- Andrew J. Allen, Saxophone Symposium Vol. 45
Discography
Emily Koh
[word]plays
Tracks
1. medi+aTion (2016) for baritone saxophone
Philipp Stäudlin, baritone saxophone
2. homonym (2013) for saxophone quartet
3. heteronym/ (2016) for saxophone quartet
4. cryptonym: (2018) for saxophone quartet
New Thread Quartet
Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, soprano saxophone
Kristen McKeon, alto saxophone
Erin Rogers, tenor saxophone
Zach Herchen, baritone saxophone
5. b(locked.orders) (2019) for soprano saxophone and electronics
Noa Even, soprano saxophone
Record Label/Catalogue Number
innova 055
Release Date:
July 23 2021
Album Art by Michiko Saiki. Engineered by Jeremy Tressler/Dreamflower Acoustic, Jason Rogers and Paul Griffith. Mastered by Raelynn Janicke/Infrasonic Sound.
Reviews:
– Andrew J. Allen, Saxophone Symposium
– Raul da Gama, The Whole Note
– George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
– Max Level, KFJC 89.7FM
Voices of Southeast Asia
Melody Quah, piano
Tracks
forked by Emily Koh
1. Very free
2. Determined perpetual motion
3. Ethereal
4. Crossings by Adeline Wong
5. Dewi Sartika by Marisa Sharon Hartanto
6. Blossoming by Piyawat Louilarpprasert
7. Agos by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
Record Label/Catalogue Number
SoundSet Recordings
Release Date
Feb 20 2026
Breaking Through
Amy Pollard, bassoon; Greg Hankins, piano
Tracks
1. Sortilege by Margi Griebling-Haigh
2. reclamation by damali willingham
3. Translations by Natalie Moller
4. without-outside by Emily Koh
Mathematics by Alyssa Morris
9. I. Geometry
10. II. Trigonometry
11. III. Integral Calculus
12. Serenade by Adrienne Albert
Record Label/Catalogue Number
Mark Masters
Release Date
Feb 04 2026
12 Views on Life
Eunmi Ko, piano + CAMP
Tracks
1. i am going mad (libs) by Anthony R. Green
2. 죽은 노래를 그리는 아이 Child on the Death of Songs by 이상빈 Sangbin Rhie
3. Cave Paintings of Discourse by Benjamin D. Whiting
4. 고풀이 Ko-pu-ri by 이수빈 Soobin Lee
5. saturation temp! by Emily Koh
6. Untitled VI by Dorothy Hindman
7. Ursus maritimus by Han Hitchen
8. 용선 Yong-Seon by 김유신 Youshin Gim
9. positiveIncrease by Howie Kenty
10. and my body’s cells keep ticking by Robert McClure
11. basil eyes by Tyler Kline
12. at the end of by 문석민 Seokmin Mun
Record Label/Catalogue Number
Neuma Records
Release Date
July 19 2024
Reviews
- RagMag (Recording Artists Guild Digital Magazine)
- Viking in the Wilderness
Swirl
RAHA Duo
Tracks
1. Scenes from ShadowBang: I. Dalem and Sangut by Evan Ziporyn
2. Scenes from ShadowBang: II. Fragrant Forest by Evan Ziporyn
3. {plithe- by Emily Koh
4. The Sleepers by Matthew Aucoin
5. The Stone & the Milkweed by Jonathan Bailey Holland
6. Swirl by Marti Epstein
7. Dept. of Levitation Studies by Curtis Hughes
Record Label/Catalogue Number
New Focus Recordings
Release Date
July 19 2024
Reviews
- The Strad
SEVEN
Phoon Yu, organ
Tracks
1. Postlude to “Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr” by Jonathan Shin
2. Fantasia on “Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot” by Huang Dingchao
3. We Believe All in One God by Syafiqah ‘Adha Sallehin
4. Vater unser im Himmelreich by Tan Yuting
5. Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam by Lee Jinjun
6. Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam by Emily Koh
7. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandte by Wynne Fung
8. Seven Angels by Chen Zhangyi: The First Angel
9. Seven Angels by Chen Zhangyi: The Second Angel
10. Seven Angels by Chen Zhangyi: The Third Angel
11. Seven Angels by Chen Zhangyi: The Fourth Angel
12. Seven Angels by Chen Zhangyi: The Fifth Angel
13. Seven Angels by Chen Zhangyi: The Sixth Angel
14. Seven Angels by Chen Zhangyi: The Seventh Angel
Record Label/Catalogue Number
Centaur Records Inc./CRC3926
Release Date
April 18 2022
Reviews
– Aileen Tang, The Flying Inkpot
– Chang Tou Liang, Pianomania
Apollo
Christoven Tan, viola; Derek Koh, percussion
Tracks
1. Unsaid (2021) by Emily Koh
2. Rancid Mouth (Vessel I) by Bertram Wee
Release Date
October 8 2021
ECHOES: Past & Future
Martha Thomas, piano
Tracks
1. Si Fallor, sum (2008/09) by Emily Koh
2. Prelude, Op. 2a (1965) by Tommy Joe Anderson
3. Escena ibérica, Op.3 (1967) by Tommy Joe Anderson
4. Variations on Au Clair de la Lune, Op.4 (1968) by Tommy Joe Anderson
5. Three Preludes, Op.16 (1973) by Tommy Joe Anderson
6. Piano Sonata No.1 “Lorad” (1969/1973) by William Winstead
7. Noggin I. Alarum by Melinda Wagner
8. Noggin II. Transit by Melinda Wagner
9. Noggin III. Lush Light by Melinda Wagner
10. Noggin IV. Re-uptake by Melinda Wagner
11. Five Bagatelles (2018) by Robert Chumbley
12. Coup après coup (fin après fin) by Lewis Nielson
Record Label/Catalogue Number
ACA Digital Recording, Inc. / CM20130
Release Date:
July 06 2021
Aural Bytes: A Musical Omakase
K口U & Emily Koh
Tracks
1. Chicken Satay Wrap
2. Bakkwa Sausage Burger
3. Curried Latke Stack
Release Date:
December 22 2020
Right Now, In A Second
Transient Canvas | Amy Advocat, bass clarinet; Matt Sharrock, marimba
Tracks
1. Fool Me Once (2016) by Barbara White
2. Rebounds (2016) by Jonathan Bailey Holland
3. \\very/ specifically vague (2017) by Emily Koh
4. Cold, column calving (2016) by Clifton Ingram
5. resonance imaging (2015) by Crystal Pascucci
6. Right now, in a second (2015) by Stefanie Lubkowski
7. Monochrome (2014) by Keith Kirchoff
Record Label/Catalogue Number:
New Focus Recording / fcr267
Release Date:
October 16 2020
Album Art by Vicki Leona. Engineered by Joel Gordon.
*Named in the Boston Globe Best Local Recordings 2020 list
Reviews:
– David Weininger, The Boston Globe
– Sasha Margolis, Chamber Music America
– Daniel Barbiero, Avant Music News
– Lucid Culture
Strings & Hammers
The McCormick Percussion Group
Tracks
1. Piano Concerto: Solution I Tension by Anthony R. Green
2. Piano Concerto: Solution II Solution by Anthony R. Green
3. Pulsar by Eduardo Costa Roldan
4. memento mori by Emily Koh
5. Ice Concerto by Jarkko Hartikainen
6. Apollon I. Delphoi by Alessandro Annunziata
7. Apollon II. Logos by Alessandro Annunziata
8. Apollon III. Ekstasis by Alessandro Annunziata
Record Label / Catalogue Number:
Ravello Records / RR8037
Release Date:
July 10 2020
Strings & Hammers
Julia Keller, double bass
Eunmi Ko, piano
Sini Virtanen, violin
The McCormick Percussion Group
Robert McCormick, director
Rod Alnord, Kelsey Bannon, Jacob Barber, Katlyn Barber, William Brown, Nick Bruno, A.J. Cerrito, Grace Chang, Hayden Dumars, Tyler Evans, Michael Giunta, Adam Gould, David Grullon, Hannah Harper, Wyatt Hatch, Kaycie Howell, Trevor Hund, Alex Lang, Derek Letsche, Lionel Martinez, Maria Petropoulos, Anand Rehsi, Nicolas Remy, Jazmine Rodriguez, Manny Rosedilla, Kyle Spence, Michael Standard, Vincent Tardy, Joe Tremper, Kyle Uber, Ryan Walton, Hannah Warner, Chace Williams
* Global Music Awards Gold Medal Winner in the “New Classical Music – Album” category, January 2021.
Reviews:
– National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI) Journal
– Jim Lambert, Percussive Notes
– New York Concert Review
– Helsingin Sanomat
– Finnish Music Quarterly
Surfaces and Essences
PRISM Quartet
Tracks
1. Prized Possessions (2014) I. Mother’s Monster by Viet Cuong (b. 1990)
2. Prized Possessions (2014) II. Beggar’s Lace by Viet Cuong (b. 1990)
3. Surfaces and Essences (2017) by Christopher Biggs (b. 1979)
4. Motion Lines (2016) by Joseph Sowa (b. 1984)
5. heteronym/ (2016) by Emily Koh (b. 1986)
6. Tell: Quartet (2016) by Victoria Cheah (b. 1988)
Record Label / Catalogue Number:
XAS Records / XAS 108
Release Date:
April 17 2020
* Named in “Best Albums of New Music” category of George Grella’s “Best Classical Albums of 2020“.
Album Reviews
The Whole Note
by Raul da Gama
...the artistic topography of the music is spectacularly prismatic...They unfold in diaphanous layers of sound as the quite magical mystery of each is revealed in waves of microtones.
Jazz Weekly
by George W. Harris
The four saxes get both velvety and prismatic on high pitched “cryptonym” and long tones echo and pads flutter for “heteronym”.
KFJC 89.7FM
by Max Level
Interesting, varied, well-played compositions that are definitely worth a listen or two or three.
Finnish Music Quarterly
by Kare Eskola
The ritualist sounds pregnant with meaning in Mememto mori by Emily Koh demand the listener's immersion in - rather than cognition of - a shimmering, modern version of an ancient lament.
NACWPI Journal
by Shane Reeves
One interesting aspect about the piece as a whole is that both the stringed instruments and the percussion instruments take on the characteristics of one another.
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