Little composer) 27 (2014, Ricky Ian Gordon composer) Maren of Vardø: Satan's Bride (2015, Jeff Myers composer) O Columbia (2015, Gregory Spears composer) Angel's Bone (2016, Du Yun composer) JFK (2016, David T. Little composer) Breaking the Waves (2016, Missy Mazzoli composer) The House Without a Christmas Tree (2017, Ricky Ian Gordon composer) Proving Up (2018, Missy Mazzoli composer) Silent Light (2019, Paola Prestini composer) The Wild Beast of the Bungalow (2020, Rachel Peters composer) Jacqueline (2020, Luna Pearl Woolf composer) The Puppy Episode (2021, Matthew Recio composer) The Listeners (2022, Missy Mazzoli composer) Melancholia (2023, Mikael Karlsson composer) Fanny and Alexander (2024, Mikael Karlsson composer) Adoration (TBA, Mary Kouyoumdjian composer) Lincoln in the Bardo (TBA, Missy Mazzoli composer) Dance scenarios Crypto (2019, Guillaume Coté choreographer, Mikael Karlsson composer) Evidence of it All (2021, Drew Jacoby choreographer, Mikael Karlsson composer, Rosamund Pike narrator) Musical theater book and lyrics Midwestern Gothic (2017, Joshua Schmidt composer, co-lyricist) Oratorios, cantatas, and song cycles Am I Born (2012, David T. Little composer) Stoned Prince (2013, Hannah Lash composer) Naamah's Ark (2016, Marisa Michelson composer) The Hubble Cantata (2016, Paola Prestini composer) Epistle Mass (2018, Julian Wachner composer) So We Will Vanish (2021, Mikael Karlsson composer) Selected songs and concert works Hybrid Dreams (Bunny Pony) (2007, Julia Meinwald, composer) Elena (2009, Matt Marks, composer) Red-Thread Smirk (2010, Matt Marks, composer) I [XX] (2011, Matt Marks, composer) A Song for Wade (This is Not That Song) (2011, Matt Marks, composer) 1882 Songs (2011, Mark Baechle, composer) Last Nightfall (2011, David T. Little, composer) Canvas (2012, Matt Mehlan, composer) archaeology (2012, David T. Little, composer) Bluetooth Islands (2012, Matt Marks, composer) A Mural (2012, Aaron Gervais, composer) Alien Summers (2012, Aaron Roche, composer) Monkey Cowboys (2012, Rachel Peters, composer) Violations (2013, Hannah Lash, composer) Strip Mall (2013, Matt Marks, composer) Penance (2013, Mikael Karlsson, composer) The Librettist as a Boy (2013, Marie Incontrera, composer) Brother (2013, Jude Vaclavik, composer) E---- (2014, Jeff Myers, composer) Union (2014, Paola Prestini, composer) Knoxville: Summer of 2015 (2015, Ellen Reid, composer; a musical sequel to Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915) Films Sacrifice (2003) Good Woman (2004) From Sky and Soil (2005) I Will Not Be Sad Anymore (2005) Pig and Bear (2008) Awards and nominations The Coterie With soprano Lauren Worsham, Vavrek is the co-founder and co-artistic director of downtown opera-theater company The Coterie. Through a series of concerts that