In recent years New Music Ensemble performances have included works by:
- John Luther Adams
- Louis Andriessen
- Larry Baker
- Eve Beglarian
- Luciano Berio
- George Crumb
- Richard Devore
- Anthony Donofrio
- Gareth Farr
- Peter Garland
- Henryk Górecki
- Jennifer Higdon
- Thomas Janson
- David Kulma
- Otto Luening
- Witold Lutosławski
- Robert Moran
- James Nicholson
- Zoltan Paulinyi
- Shulamit Ran
- Steve Reich
- Terry Riley
- Frederic Rzewski
- Stuart Saunders Smith
- Alan Stout
- James Tenney
- Jacob Ter Veldhuis
- Frank Wiley
- John Zorn