"Meong Yuda (Warrior Cat)" by Chappell Kingsland, for four Japanese kotos and Balinese gamelan
Available on the CD "A Mental Picnic"
—Current Projects—
An opera on the subject of America's love affair with oil
— Libretto by Ben Kingsland
— One act (~75 mins) alternating between dance sequences (with America and Oil as two dancers) and operatic scenes (set in different periods from recent history)
— Eight vocalists (each playing many roles) and chamber orchestra
— Timeline: March 2012 - libretto is completed • May 2012 - sneak preview of three scenes is recorded
— April 2013 - opera will be produced in Bloomington, IN
Hopewell Haiku
— 12-movement song cycle for baritone and Pierrot ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & piano)
— Text by Paul Muldoon
— Commissioned by baritone Christopher Grundy
The Gershwin Project
— New arrangements of Gershwin songs for soprano, harp, and doublebass
— Commissioned by soprano Angela Yoon and harpist Yi Yun Loei
— Chappell is arranging "Embraceable You" (mixed with "Aguas de Marco" by Antonio Carlos Jobim) and "There's a Boat dat's Leavin' Soon for New York"
— Composer Nicholas Cline is arranging "Blah Blah Blah" and "It Ain't Necessarily So"
— Premiere: April 20, 2012 - Bloomington, IN
Rock piano solos
— New arrangements of rock songs for piano solo
— Songs by U2, Bjork, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and more
— Recording in May 2012 - CD and internet release in June 2012