Works

The New York-based Bermel is an eclectic with wide-open ears.
-Toronto Star

ORCHESTRA

Plumes (2022) - chamber orchestra

Nine Revolutions (2019) - chamber orch., str qt, prerecorded media, video (opt)

Murmurations (2015) - string orchestra

Canzonas Americanas (2010) - 1(pic).1.1.1., 1.1.1., 2perc, pno, e.gtr, str (e.bass)

A Shout, A Whisper, and a Trace (2009) - 2.2.2.2., 2.2.1(bass), 2perc, kybd, str

Migration Series (2006) - concerto for jazz band

Elixir (2006) - full orchestra

Slides (2003) - full orchestra

Tag Rag (2003) - 2(pic).2.2(Eb/bcl).2(bsn/cbsn).sxA, 2.2.2.1, 2perc, pno, e.gtr, str

The Ends (2002) - full orchestra

Thracian Echoes (2002) - full orchestra

Three Rivers (2001) - fl(pic), 2 cl(Eb/bcl), bsn, tpt, trtbn, perc, drum kit, kybd, vln, vlc, db

Continental Divide (1996) - 2(pic).2(eh).2(bcl).1(cbsn), 1.1.1.1., 1perc, pno/clt, e.gtr, str (e.bass)

Hot Zone (1995) - 1(pic).1(eh).1.1.saxA/saxT, 2.2.1, str (e.bass)

Dust Dances (1994) - full orchestra

large wind ensemble

Swing Song  (2009) - flute ens

Migration Series (2006) - jazz band and wind ensemble

Ides March (2005)  - symphony band

In Tangle (2005) - brass ens, 2 perc.

SOLO INSTRUMENT

Sorry/Grateful (2011) - piano

Violin Etudes (2009-16) - violin

Fetch (2004) - piano

Funk Studies (2004) - piano

Kontraphunktus (2004) - piano

Thracian Sketches (2003) - clarinet

Meditation (1997) - piano

Turning (1995) - piano

Two Songs from Nandom (1993) - organ

Theme and Absurdities (1993) - clarinet

Dodecaphunk (1992) - piano 

VOCAL 

Nature Calls (1999) - medium voice, pno

See How She Moves (1997) - medium voice

Three Songs on Poems by Wendy S. Walters (1993) - medium voice, pno

CHORAL

A Child's War (2005) - childrens’ choir SSAA

Kpanlongo (1993) - SATB or TTBB

Pete Pete (1993) - SATB

SOLO INSTRUMENT OR VOICE WITH ORCHESTRA

Spring Cadenzas (2021) - vln concerto

Mar de Setembro (2011) - mzsop., chamber orch

Ritornello (2011) - elec.gtr concerto

The Good Life -(2008)  - sop, bar, choir, orch

Turning Variations (2006) - pno concerto

The Sting (2001-2) - narr, orch

Voices (1997) - cl concerto 

LARGE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Dragon Blue  (2012) - cl, vln, vc, pno, pipa, erhu, zheng

Swing Song  (2009) - flute ens

In Tangle (2005) - brass ens, 2 perc. 

SMALL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Nine Revolutions (2019) - str qt, prerecorded media, video (opt)

Intonations (2016) - 2 vn, va, vc

Death with Interruptions (2014) - vn, vc, pno

A Short History of the Universe (as related by Nima Arkani-Hamed) (2013) - cl, str qt

Orbit Design (2012) - 3+ performers

Silvioudades (2008) - cl, fl or cl, vl

Passing Through (2007) - 2 vn, va, vc 

Twin Trio (2005) - fl, cl, pno

Tied Shifts  (2004) - fl, cl, vn, vc, pno, perc

Language Instruction (2003) - cl, vn, vc, pno

Catcalls  (2003) - 2 tpt, hrn, trm, tb

Soul Garden  (2000) - solo vla, 2 vn, va, 2 vc

Coming Together  (1999) - cl, vc

God's Trombones  (1998) - 3 tb, perc 

Oct Up  (1995) - double str qt.

Wanderings  (1994) - fl, ob, cl, hn, bsn

SchiZm  (1994) - cl, ob, pno

String Quartet  (1992) - 2 vn, va, vc

Mulatash Stomp (1991) - vl, cl, pno

Sonata Humana (1991) - cl, pno

Voice with chamber ensemble

Encounter with the Moon (2018) - vln, cb, narr

Cabaret Songs (2007) - sop, cl, cb, gtr, dobro

Natural Selection (2000) - med. voice + large ens.

At the End of the World (2000) - high voice + large ens.

Old Songs for a New Man (1997) - bar, tpt, tbn, pno, perc, vln, cb

multimedia

Nine Revolutions (2019) - str qt, chamber orch. (opt), prerecorded media, video (opt)