Works for various chamber ensembles and solo instruments make a major part of Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė’s creative output, in which she focuses on the search for unusual sounds and timbres through the use of various extended techniques. Endeavours to expand the instrumental vocabulary are especially evident in her compositions for wind instruments which often feature multiphonics, woodwind growling, percussive effects, playing with and without different parts of an instrument (such as mouthpieces, etc.). The formal outline of her neatly wrought concert pieces is often determined by the varying degrees of acoustic intensity and harmonic/modal progressions. A number of her works use various aural and visual impressions as their source of inspiration (e.g. Mosaic series for solo instruments, Reflections of Waves for orchestra, Rain Games for oboe, etc.).
