“Returning Home” & “The Mourn (An Afro-Futurist Chorale),” Death by Life Opera, Scene I, with libretto from incarcerated poets, animated VR opera commissioned by Cerise Jacob Whitesnake Productions, May 2021
“The Massacre” for piano and soprano with words by Tusiata Avia, commissioned by Jenny Wollerman and funded by Creative NZ, 2022.
Album: https://www.atoll.co.nz/album.php?acd=282
Score: https://waiteatamusicpress.co.nz/dd_adu-gilmore-leila-massacre
“Coloring-In Book” for choir (SATB) for Donald Nally conductor of The Crossing, Dec 2021.
“Mahakala Oratorio” for large chamber ensemble + mezzo and soprano, Buddhist Texts translated from Pali by Chime Shore, performed Chatterbird ensemble + Leila Adu & Rebeskah Alexander, 2020, commissioned by Chatterbird, Nashville with New Music USA Grant Award, Dec 2020. Multimedia video: https://www.chatterbird.org/mahakala-oratorio-text
“Aksobya” for piano, voice and electronics, Buddhist Texts translated from Pali by Chime Shore, performed by Leila Adu commissioned for Longbeach Opera Songbook commissioned by Long Beach Opera, Nov 2020.
“Asphalt Grandpa” 2016, for cimbalom, voice & electronics, performed by Leila Adu & Nick Tolle