In recent years, Arta has expanded her voice as a composer, crafting multidisciplinary works and collaborating with other artists, ensembles and orchestras. 

Contact Arta Jēkabsone for commissions on jekabsone.arta@gmail.com

IN PROGRESS WORK

“Introspekcija” // “Introspection”, for concert kokle
Premiere: Kalnciema Kvartāls, Rīga, Latvia, 2026
3 original works composed for concert kokle soloist Līga Griķe

Sag Harbor Sounds, audio-visual exhibition
Part of: Here & There – The First Churchennial
Premiere: The Church, Sag Harbor, Long Island, NY, October 4, 2025

Dziesmu Kamoliņš, Latvian folkloric music album
Independent release: October 16, 2025

LATEST HIGHLIGHTED WORK

Cantata for Angels, for SATB choir and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by: New York State Latvian Choir
Premiere at New York Latvian Church in Yonkers, New York , December 15, 2024

Pie Hūrona Ezera, song for a jazz trio,
Inspired by a poem by Velta Toma
Commissioned by: Latvian Song and Dance Festival Committee Canada
Premiere: Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Canada, July 4, 2022, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto

The Jazz Gallery Holiday Special Concert, holiday music arrangements for jazz octet
Arranger & Musical Director: Arta Jēkabsone
Commissioned by: The Jazz Gallery
Premiere:The Jazz Gallery, NYC (Dec 22-23, 2023)

Laikmeta impresijas (Impressions of an Era), suite for big band and voice
Collaboration with saxophonist Toms Rudzinskis
Commissioned by: Ventspils Big Band
Premiere: Concert Hall Latvija, Ventspils, September 15, 2023
Supported by: Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia

Beach Finds, duo album with Erik Leuthäuser
Inspired by poems of Dean Wilson
Released on Irregular Patterns (UK): October 21, 2022
Premiere: The Jazz Gallery, NYC, April 21, 2023

Searching for A Song, for large jazz ensemble
The Jazz Gallery Commission 2021/2022
Premiere: The Jazz Gallery, NYC (Nov 26–27, 2021)
and NoMad Jazz Festival, NYC (Aug 10, 2025)

NOTABLE PAST WORKS

Aaron Parks & Arta Jēkabsone Duo, lyricist
Commissioned by: Aaron Parks
Premiere: Aaron Parks & Arta Jēkabsone Duo Live from Mezzrow, NYC, January 26,2023

Kas var dziesmas izdziedāt, for choir and orchestra
Commissioned by: Latvian Song and Dance Festival Committee in US
Premiere: XV Latvian Song and Dance Festival, July 4, 2022, The Ordway Performing Arts Center, MN

Searching for Latvian in New York, film score
Commissioned by: New York Latvian School
Premiere: November 18, 2021
Supported by: Latvia’s Ministry of Culture

Letters to Home, multidisciplinary bilingual music performance
Premiere: The Jazz Gallery, NYC, April 26, 2021

Meklējot dziesmu, for jazz trio Pusnakts Dziesminieku Trio
With Sintija Grigorjeva & Rihards Kolmanis
Commissioned by Latvian Cultural Association TILTS
Premiere at Latvian Cultural Association TILTS online concert series
Supported by Latvian Cultural Association TILTS

Art Beyond the Ink, jingle/film score
Commissioned by: Company Art Beyond the Ink
Premiere: New York Public Library Online Series, 2022
Included in: Art Beyond the Ink’s workbook Hearing and Seeing Musical Stories

Winter Portraits, suite for Orchestra RĪGA (lyricist and composer)
Collaboration with Edgars Cīrulis
Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen

Reflection, for jazz quintet and string quartet
Premiere: The Jazz Gallery, NYC, May 16, 2019

Yesterday Still Lies Between the Floorboards, duo album
With Erik Leuthäuser
Released on Unit Records (Switzerland): Oct 5, 2018
European tour: Germany & Switzerland

AISMA (Vol. I), lyricist
Music by Edgars Cīrulis, recorded in Denmark, 2018
Supported by: Edgars Cīrulis

Poga (by Knuts Skujenieks), vocal composition
Premiere: Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, NYC, May 8, 2019

Brīnumu Gaidot, for large ensemble
Commissioned by: Jānis Ivuškāns & Liepājas Melngaiļa Skola
Premiere: Great Amber Concert Hall, Liepāja, Latvia, 2017

Light, debut jazz album
Premiere: Montreux Jazz Festival, 2017
Recorded: Hanna Recording Studio, MontreuxRecording Studio, Independent release: December 16, 2017
Supported by: Montreux Jazz Foundation