Compositions

Gloria’s creative works focuses on string, piano, vocal and chamber music. Her compositions are featured in the ACNMP syllabus and has received multiple awards and recognition from World Melody Music Competition, IYMC International Music Competitions, CFMTA Call for Compositions, ARMTA Composition Competition, and APTA Creative Music Writing Competition. Feel free to reach out to Gloria Chu directly for sheet music.

String Music

  • Golden Snow Dragon, early intermediate cello & piano (2025)

  • Persistence, advanced viola & piano (2024)

  • Suite Tears, intermediate cello & piano (2024)

  • Tears of Hope, intermediate violin & piano (2024) - Winner of CFMTA Call for Composition 2024

  • Tears of Hope, intermediate cello & piano (2024)

  • Tears of Joy, intermediate cello & piano (2024)

  • The Flow of Life, early intermediate violin & piano (2023) - Winner of CFMTA Call for Composition 2023

  • The Flow of Life, intermediate cello & piano (2024)

  • In the Distant, intermediate violin & piano (2023) - Honorable Mention 2023 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

  • In the Distant, intermediate cello & piano (2024)

  • Autumn Foliage, Duo - junior violin & cello chamber (2023)

  • Lantern Festival, Duo - junior violin & cello chamber (2023)

  • Joy, elementary violin & piano (2023)

  • Rockin’ Through the Rockies, cello & piano (2022)

  • Sizzlin’ Boogie, violin & piano (2021) - ACNMP Contemporary Showcase Syllabus

  • Beaver Terror, cello & piano (2021) - ACNMP Contemporary Showcase Syllabus

  • Mother’s Love, elementary cello & piano (2019) - dedication to my daughter for her Preschool Graduation

  • Wait for me, advanced violin & piano (2017) - Winning Award 2017 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

  • Snowflakes Terror, advanced violin and piano (2016) - Winning Award 2016 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

Piano Music

  • Cotton Candy Dream, late elementary piano solo (2025)

  • Shadows in the Snow, early intermediate piano solo (2025)

  • May, piano duet, elementary piano (2023)

  • Frozen Falls, intermediate piano solo (2023)

  • Minimarket, elementary piano solo (2023)

  • Lucky Blue Rabbit, late elementary piano solo (2023)

  • Remembrance, piano solo (2022)

  • Echo in the Rachy Mountains, piano solo (2022) - Winning Award 2022 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

  • Echo in the Rocky Mountains, late intermediate piano solo (2022)

  • Echo in the Rocky Mountains, early intermediate piano solo (2022)

  • Glimmer of Hope, early intermediate piano solo (2021) - Winning Award 2021 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

  • Sizzling, elementary piano solo (2021)

  • Celebration Party, for elementary piano (2016) - Honorable Mention 2016 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

  • Outward Emotions, 2 pianos 4 hands (2007)

  • Children in the Water, 2 pianos 4 hands (2006)

  • Gateway to Peace, late elementary piano solo (2004)

Vocal Music

  • Beneath Hollow Hope, late intermediate voice & piano (2025)

  • Best Friends, late elementary voice & piano (2025)

  • Soar, elementary voice & piano (2023) - ACNMP Contemporary Showcase Syllabus

  • Guiding Star, late elementary voice & piano (2023) - ACNMP Contemporary Showcase Syllabus

  • Flow of Life - Vocalise for Voice (2023)

  • In the Distant - Vocalise for Voice (2023)

Chamber Music

  • Persistence, Piano Trio for cello, violin & piano (2024) - Winner of World Melody Music Competition 2025

  • New Light, piano, cello, violin duet, soprano & alto voice (2021) - First Prize 2023 USA Modern and Contemporary International Competition, Winning Award 2021 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

  • Autumn Foliage, Duo - junior violin & cello chamber (2023)

  • Lantern Festival, Duo - junior violin & cello chamber (2023)

  • Query, Piano Trio for cello, violin & piano (2017) - Winning Award 2017 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

  • She’s Like a Swallow, arrangement for Cello, Violin and Piano (2017) - Canadian Folk Song Arrangement Prize

  • Persist, Piano Trio for cello violin & piano (2017) - First Place in 2017 ARMTA Provincial Composition

  • Changeless, 2 pianos 4 hands, 2 violins (2016) - Winning Award 2019 APTA Creative Music Writing Competition

Instrumental Music

  • Carefree, clarinet & piano (2024) - Winner of CFMTA Call for Composition 2024

  • Lantern Festival, trombone & piano (2023)

  • Rockin’ Through the Rockies, trombone & piano (2023)

  • Carefree, trombone & piano (2023)