EDUCATION & TRAINING
Degrees
2018 B.A. in Music (focus on composition); Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Distinction in major; magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; recipient of Ida Whitsitt Music Scholarship
Composition studies with Ofer Ben-Amots and Jan Jirasek
Other Training
2020 Heartland Marimba Online Composition Festival; remote
2017 International Summer Academy of Music (ISAM); Ochsenhausen, Germany
2015 Classical music study abroad semester at Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg, Germany
PUBLISHED WORKS
2022 Magnani, Gabriella. “Étude for Marimba: Diads” and “Étude for Marimba: Triple Laterals”. In Miniature Creations for Solo Marimba: Pieces for Practice and Performance Vol. I, edited by Ujjal Bhattacharyya. Waterloo, IA: Heartland Marimba, 2022.
SCORES FOR AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL MEDIA
2020 The Dentist. Live theatrical score for a partially-improvised, outdoor, socially-distanced, masked Commedia Dell’ Arte show.
2018 Alien Tongue. Piece for “Intelligence” episode of the podcast Saturation, created by Ari Hines.
2017 Reclaiming Rosas. Score for dance film Reclaiming Rosas, directed by Eliza Densmore.
2017 For Tre and Trumpet. Partially improvised piano and trumpet score, created in collaboration with dancer Trevon Newmann.
2015 Elevator Chase. Score for silent Buster Keaton scene.
2014 The Tempest. Live theatrical score for 7-part pit band.
GRANTS
Assets for Artists Grant through MassMoCA to compose and professionally record original works
Life of the Mind Grant through Colorado College to create the original show “Purple State, Purple Haze”
Venture Grant through Colorado College to attend the International Summer Academy of Music (ISAM)
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
2021 Sudden Depths. Virtual concert, recorded in Des Moines, IA.
2020 The Dentist. Prospect Park; Brooklyn, NY.
2018 Mora Mortis. Packard Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2017 Numbness. Packard Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2017 Adagio. Packard Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2017 For Tre and Trumpet. Packard Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2017 Half-Hanged Mary. Packard Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2017 Somnis Insidiate. Ochsenhausen Monastery; Ochsenhausen, Germany.
2016 Minuet in A. Packard Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2016 Slieve Liag. Packard Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2016 Purple State, Purple Haze. Armstrong Hall; Colorado Springs, CO.
2014 The Tempest. Academy of Music; Northampton, MA.
COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF WORKS
Experimental/ Electroacoustic
2019 Charles Ives Interrupted: The Unanswered Cell Phone. Chamber orchestra, harp, iPhone [8’]
2018 Alien Tongue. Orca vocalizations, electronics [1’ 30’’]
2018 Mora Mortis (Delay of Death). Four vocalists (SATB), violin, vibraphone, piano, recorded sound [5’]
2018 Semianimis (Half Alive). Alto, violin, bass, vibraphone, recorded sound [4’ 30”]
2018 Vestigia (Remains). Four vocalists (SATB), violin, bass, vibraphone, piano, recorded sound [5’]
2017 Reclaiming Rosas score. Voices, piano, sampled percussion, melodica [5’ 30”]
2016 Babbling. Flute, cello, recorded sound [4’]
Choral Works
2019 Dust of Snow. SATB chorus, piano, and oboe [3.5’]
2022 Spring and Fall [to a young child]. SATB chorus, piano, and oboe [4’]
Solos and Duets
2020 Sudden Depths. Two 5-octave marimbas [10’]
2020 Étude for Marimba: Diads. Marimba. [1’]
2020 Étude for Marimba: Triple Laterals. Marimba. [1’]
2020 Lullaby for Brooklyn. Cello [5’]
2017 Adagio. Bass clarinet [3’30”]
2017 For Tre & Trumpet. Piano (incl. extended techniques) and Bb trumpet [5’30”]
Chamber Ensemble Works
2017 Numbness. Guitar, harp, two violins, cello [2’]
2017 Somnis Insidiate. Bb clarinet, cello, piano, vibraphone [6’ 30”]
2015 Minuet in A. String quartet [4’]
2015 Elevator Chase. Brass quintet [3’ 30”]
Pit bands/Other Ensemble
2020 The Dentist. Onstage, one-man band: melodica, mini xylophone, vibraslap, cowbell, slide whistle, woodblock, gong [45’]
2017 Purple State, Purple Haze. Onstage band: guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion. [45’]
2017 Half-Hanged Mary. Three singers, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, upright bass. [4’]
2016 Slieve Liag. Accordion, fiddle, bass, mandolin [2’ 30”]
2014 The Tempest. Keyboard, guitars (2), trumpet, clarinet, saxophone, upright bass, percussion [60’]
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers)
ACF (American Composers Forum)
AWFC (Alliance for Women Film Composers)