Scores of Silencio son, Debo gritarlo al viento and Lemon Leaves are published by Songburd Music. Listen on Spotify. For scores and performance materials, write to nurslim@gmail.com.

Orchestra & Large Ensemble

Mexicapan (2026) · guitar orchestra
Written for the Tucson Guitar Society Orchestra. Premiere: December 4, 2026, Holsclaw Hall, Tucson, Arizona.

Silencio son (2025) · symphony orchestra
World premiere by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Palacio de Bellas Artes, selected through its Mexican Composers Reading Panel. Wind band version premiered by the Guanajuato State Band at the XIX Festival Callejón del Ruido. Published by Songburd Music.

Debo gritarlo al viento (2024) · chamber wind orchestra, jazz trio and voice · 5 movements, ca. 17’
Commissioned by the University of New Mexico (Eric Rombach-Kendall Memorial Commissioning Project). Performed by the Guanajuato State Band with Iraida Noriega. Recorded on the album Debo gritarlo al viento (Soundset Recordings, 2026). Published by Songburd Music. Listen ▸

Lemon Leaves (2024) · mixed ensemble; arr. for guitar ensemble (2026)
Commissioned by Bridges Musical Arts Youth Organization, Bloomington, Indiana. Guitar ensemble version premiered on April 11, 2026, at the Pima Community College Guitar Ensemble Festival, Proscenium Theatre, Tucson, Arizona. Published by Songburd Music.

Reverdece (2014, rev. 2023) · wind ensemble · 4’24”
Listen: folk song version ▸ · Listen: CECAM version ▸

Clarinet Choir

Estampillas (2025) · clarinet choir and percussion
Commissioned by the Socorro High School Clarinet Choir; premiered at the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic and Convention.

Días Flor (2014; arr. for clarinet choir 2023, for duo 2024, for percussion quartet 2025) · 3’12”
Clarinet choir version written for the Dartmouth College Clarinet Choir and performed by the UTEP Clarinet Choir at the Music Mexico Symposium, University of Houston. Duo version recorded by the Puerta-Vázquez Duo on Intercambio (2025). Percussion quartet version premiered by Fourtissimo at the 47th International Forum of New Music. Listen ▸

Chamber Music

Sesi Janhari (2026) · oboe and bassoon
Premiered by Montserrat García and Maribel Alonso at the Double Reed Conference of Central America and Panama, August 3, 2026.

Homie · arr. for wind quintet (2026)
Premiered by Ensamble Danaus on July 31, 2026, at the Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City. Original version performed by Vórtice Ensemble.

De un interminable adiós (2026) · wind quintet
Premiered by Ensamble Danaus on February 8, 2026, in the hall of the Chihuahua State Philharmonic Orchestra (OFECH).

Indecisión y duda (2026) · mixed ensemble and voice
Commissioned by Black Noise Ensamble for its album Microconciertos, presented on August 30, 2026, at the Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes. Listen ▸

Los Cuatro Espíritus de la Creación (2025) · guitar quartet
Written for Cuarteto Orishas; premiered in Mexico, Portugal and Spain. Released as an EP (2026). Listen ▸

Bird Flutter (2025) · mixed ensemble
Commissioned by Vórtice Ensamble; premiered at the 47th International Forum of New Music.

Stress (2022) · flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, 2 congas, strings and soprano · 10’08”
Premiered by Black Noise Ensamble at the 43rd International Forum of New Music Manuel Enríquez (2023). Recorded on Microconciertos, presented on August 30, 2026, at the Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes. Watch ▸ · Listen ▸

El mito de Coronis (2021) · soprano, horn and piano (Amity Trio) · 3 movements
I. El Mito (3’23”) · II. Mitos & Lies (1’46”) · III. Mexican Lie (4’47”). Recorded by the Amity Trio on Between Us Now (2022). I ▸ · II ▸ · III ▸

Humming Between Branches (2017) · oboe, bassoon, horn, percussion, string quartet and soprano · 17’20”
Premiered at the XXXIX International Forum of New Music Manuel Enríquez. Selected by Ensemble Dal Niente for the Library of Congress. Dal Niente ▸ · CEPROMUSIC ▸

Nubecita (2014, rev. 2023) · horn quartet · 1’56”
Performed by Jezreel Sanchez at the University of Redlands Memorial Chapel, California. Listen ▸

Flor de Hielo (2014; arr. 2024) · brass quintet; duo · 2’35”
Recorded by the Puerta-Vázquez Duo on Intercambio (2025). Listen ▸

Esquinas (2011, rev. 2023) · tango · 3’31”
Selected for the 5th Young Chamber Music Series, Guadalajara. Performed by A Tempo Ensamble at the Morelia Music Festival (2024). Listen ▸

Fandangoza and Isócrono para tres aves (2016)
Premiered at the XXII Eduardo Mata Festival and Festival Instrumenta, Oaxaca.

Monsters (2006, rev. 2023) · jazz big band · 2’31”
Listen ▸

Solo Works

Ruptura de raíz (2026) · trombone
Written for Andrés Santín. Premiere: February 2027, PECDA Aguascalientes concert.

El cielo devuelve (2026) · trumpet
Written for Hugo Tomás for his doctoral recital series (DMA), USC Thornton School of Music. Premiere: 2027.

Dos árboles sostienen mi cielo (2026) · guitar
Written for José Luis Puerta. To be recorded in 2027 at the University of Arizona.

Juchari Kurhíkua (2026) · guitar
Dedicated to Arody García; premiered on August 1, 2026, at the Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Fuego inventado (2026) · guitar
Premiered by Mario Ortiz at the 3rd International Guitar Festival of Querétaro.

Redditio (2026) · flute and electronics
Premiered by Laura Gracia on August 25, 2026, at the XXI International Festival Callejón del Ruido, Teatro Cervantes, Guanajuato.

Juchiti Mintzita (2026) · cello; version for cello and string trio
Premiered by Jairo Ortiz on January 9, 2026, at Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba. String quartet version premiered by Vox Cordare (OFUNAM) across the faculties of UNAM, October 2026.

Subsequentis (2025) · drum set and fixed media
Premiered by Adrián Oropeza in the Umbrales Sonoros series.

Mundo sin freno (2024) · classical guitar
Premiered by Gustavo Camacho at the Museo Nacional de Arte, series La Guitarra Hoy.

Break Up (2021) · viola and electronics · 7’25”
Premiered by Roberto Campos at ArtEZ University of the Arts, the Netherlands. Watch ▸

Stoplight (2019) · viola
Performed by Valeria Anitnee in the project Música Mexicana, Música nueva para viola. Listen ▸

Voice

Botánica del Viento, vol. II (2025–2026) · song cycle for voice and wind quintet
Written for Ensamble Danaus. Mi tulipán de cristal, El eco del jardín, Treinta días en flor and Los pétalos de la certeza (with Edel Juárez) premiered on January 28, 2026, at the Centro Cultural Casa del Tiempo, Mexico City. Va’á íyoi – Por dentro estoy bien (with Rodrigo Nefthalí) will premiere on the album recording in 2027. Toured Mexico with Ensamble Danaus. Vol. I performed at the Morelia Music Festival (2025).

Pudiera ser (2025) · voice and wind quintet
Premiered by Ensamble Danaus and Edel Juárez on IMER Opus 94.5 FM for the Euforia anniversary, 2025.

Florecer con el tiempo (2025) · song cycle for voice and lute
Includes Donde los sueños germinan and Tu regreso al jardín. Watch a song from the cycle ▸

Inclasificable (2014) · choir
Selected for the first album of Transmisión Vocal. Performed by Clóset de Sor Juana, the first LGBT choir of Mexico City, with support from INJUVE. Recorded on Derechos en Voz: Compositoras por los derechos de lesbianas, mujeres bisexuales y trans (FaroSónico, 2018). Watch ▸

Opera & Music for Young Audiences

El Monstruo que vive en mí (2025) · opera for full orchestra, choir, jazz trio and narrator
Unpremiered. In development as an immersive museum experience.

Oliverso (2023) · children’s opera for soprano, horn, piano and narrator · 30’
Written as composer-in-residence with the Amity Trio. Premiered in Indiana (2024); toured the United States and Mexico. Ballet version with Indiana University dancers (2026). Staged opera ▸ · Story game ▸

Lucrecia the T-Rex (2023) · music and scripts for a 20-episode series produced by the Amity Trio for PBS

Lucrecia y el Canto de los Dudasaurios (2020) · opera for chamber orchestra, four singers and narrator · 30’17”
FONCA grant. Premiered at the Teatro de las Artes, CENART (2021); bilingual version toured the United States with the Amity Trio. Spanish version ▸ · Bilingual version ▸

Radio

Apuntes para la historia de la música popular en México (2025)
Music for the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI), broadcast by XHTUMI / XETUX “La voz de la Sierra Oriente.”

Discography

Debo gritarlo al viento · Soundset Recordings, 2026 · Spotify ▸
Los Cuatro Espíritus de la Creación · EP, 2026 · Spotify ▸
Botánica del viento · Fonarte Latino, 2015 · Spotify ▸
Azul celofán · Fonarte Latino, 2013 · Spotify ▸
Mis vuelos · Fonarte Latino, 2011 · Spotify ▸
Nur · debut album, 2006 · Spotify ▸

Featured on
Microconciertos, Black Noise Ensamble (2026) · Spotify ▸
Intercambio, Puerta-Vázquez Duo (2025) · Spotify ▸
Between Us Now, Amity Trio (2022) · Spotify ▸
Derechos en Voz, FaroSónico (2018) · YouTube ▸
Sattva 0101, Sattva Jazz Project (Fonarte Latino, 2017) · Spotify ▸