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NICHOLAS DENTON PROTSACK | COMPOSER-CELLIST

Chamber Music:


Sand & Bark (2023)

for two cellos and piano - 4’00”

Written for ClassicalValley 2023


A Sparrow is a Brook is a Glacier (2022)

for soprano saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion - 8’00”

Written for CORVUS Ensemble

Winner of 2nd prize in the 2023 SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers “Chamber Music” Award.

Winner of 1st prize in the 2023 Lilburn Trust NZSM Composers Award.


A Mind in the Branches (2021)

for 3 or more performers - duration variable

Commissioned by Ensemble for These Times (E4TT)


Street View Sketches (2021)

for violin, piano, and percussion - 10’00”

Written for cLoud Collective


How to Garden at Midnight (2021)

for soprano, flute, harp, and 2 guitars - 3’30”

Written for Nightingale Ensemble


a long the / riverrun (2019)

for bass clarinet and marimba - 3’00”

Written for Transient Canvas


“Night Stands in the Valley…” (2019)

for string quartet - 5’30”


Mountain Trails (2018)

song cycle for lyric soprano and piano (text by Marjorie Allen Seiffert) - 23’00”

Commissioned by the Pankonin Art Song Award Committee.


Doppelgänger (2016)

for 8 celli and narrator (text by J.A. Lindon) - 10’00”


Roots (2016)

for violoncello and guitar - 3’00”


Introduction and Allegro (2015)

for brass trio - 5’00”


Autumn Vignettes (2014)

for string sextet - 18’00”