by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (2004) – premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, with soloist David Hardy Designs (2002) for flute, guitar and percussion – premiered at the National Arts Center of Taiwan, 2002 Homage to the Breath: Instrumental and Vocal Meditations for Mezzo-soprano and Ten Instruments (2001) – featuring a text by Thich Nhat Hanh, premiered at the Hirshhorn Museum of Art in Washington, DC Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2000) – premiered by soloist Nicholas Kitchen with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Songs of Turning (1996) for chorus and orchestra Chamber Concerto ("Singing Figures") (1996) for solo oboe and chamber ensemble – recorded by Speculum Musicae The Reassurance (1995) – contribution to the AIDS Quilt Songbook First Quartet (1991) – commissioned and premiered by the Ciompi Quartet Three Figures and a Ground (1989) for flute and piano Rhythm of the Running Plough (1985) References "Language of Music Is in His Composition" by Thomas May for The Washington Post "Composer's life a classic tale of following one's star" by Vicki Hyman for News Observer website Profile on the Kennedy Center site Profile (containing Jaffe's residency statement) at the Atlantic Center for the Arts External links Jaffe's faculty page on Duke University's website Profile on Duke University's website Stephen Jaffe's page at Theodore Presser Company Stephen Jaffe profile at Bridge Records Management 2009 Concert series at The Walden School with Jaffe as moderator and composer-in-residence American Works for String Quartet: Copland/Ward/Jaffe Program notes at DRAM website Living people American male classical composers American classical composers 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Duke University faculty 1954 births Musicians from Washington, D.C. University of Pennsylvania alumni Pupils of George Crumb 21st-century American composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters