ELECTRONICA/MULTIMEDIA
The Story of This Place: Charm City Remix (2008) score for an interactive audio walking tour, with site-specific narratives by Kianga Ford, commissioned by the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
M9 soundtrack (2008) score for film by Joseph Zohar, Moving Box Studios
Hybrid Theory (2007) album
Childrens' Stories and Soundscapes (2007) EP
Chalk Outlines soundtrack (2006) score for film by Joseph Zohar, Moving Box Studios
Fourth World Nyabinghi (2006) album
Repentance soundtrack (2005) score for film by Joseph Zohar, Moving Box Studios
Iraq Mix - Eyes Wide Open (2005) EP, with slide show
by George Sapio
Dismantling War (2005) live mix in collaboration with the Human Studies Film Archive of the Smithsonian Institution, commissioned for Ithaca College's First Year Reading Initiative. Multimedia presentation with VJs Art Jones and Simon Tarr, lighting designer Changhee Chun, with a spoken word "libretto" of quotes compiled under the direction of historian Patricia Zimmermann.
Tompkins County Organic: homegrown beats, vol. I (2005) album
High Lonesome (2003) score for film by Andrew Hulse, County Line Productions
ORCHESTRAL
Mandala of the Four Directions (2004) a ritual cantata for 4 singers and 4 antiphonal ensembles (c. 55')
a thesis presented to The Harvard Music Department in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Music Composition
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Remix/Origin (2001) for orchestra (6')
first reading: Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra, conducted by James Yannatos
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The Sea of Glass (1997) for piano and orchestra (10')
first performance: Injae Cho, piano; Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, cond. by Timothy Weiss
Midwest Composers’ Symposium
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
CHAMBER AND INSTRUMENTAL
a firefly in the belly (2007) for bassoon and DJ (7')
commissioned by Dana Jessen
first performance: Dana Jessen, bassoon; composer on turntables
Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH
Every Time - Tucson Remix (2006) for soprano saxophone, Hammond B3 organ, didjeridoo, and DJ (6'30")
first performance: Hybrid Groove Project (Brian Sacawa, saxophone; DJ Dubble8, turntables); Brian Ellis, organ; Brian Ten Eyck, didjeridoo
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Glacier, Stone, Lake (2005) for percussion quartet and DJ (5')
commissioned by Cayenna Ponchione for the Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble
first performance: ICPE, composer on turntables
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Inner Circle (1999, revised 2005) for four duos (c. 18')
performance of first version: The Fromm Players, conducted by Jeff Milarsky
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Pastlife Laptops and Attic Instruments (2004) for alto saxophone and DJ (14')
first performance: Brian Sacawa, saxophone; composer on turntables; video projection by Jonny DeKamm
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Tahirih (2003) for soprano saxophone and percussion (5')
first performance: yesaroun’ duo— Eric Hewitt, saxophone; Sam Solomon, percussion
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Midnight Turning (2003) for chamber orchestra and DJ (6')
first performance: Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conducted by Gil Rose; composer on turntables
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Music for High Lonesome (2003) for guitar, viola and double bass. Film by Andrew Hulse (ca. 20')
recorded tracks—Wendy Richman, viola; Randall Zigler, bass; composer on guitar
Boston, MA
Kawthar (2002) for clarinet quartet and water sound-collage (10')
first performance: The Vance Quartet— Dan Schlesinger, clarinet; Justin Stanley, clarinet; Marie Rinkoski, bass clarinet; Jaime McGill, bass clarinet
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
and
Banff Music Festival, Canada
Links I (2000) for solo piano and tape (6')
first performance: Du Yun, piano
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Sketch (2000) for solo violin (4')
first reading: Rolf Schulte, violin
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Granite Breathing (2000) for brass quintet + percussion (9')
first performance: The Atlantic Brass Quintet; Bob Schultz, percussion
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Gut Matrix (1999) for solo guitar (7')
first performance: Bob Ward, guitar
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Per Taormina (1998) for 3 trumpets in C (7')
first performance: Anthony Gimenez, Tom Duprey, Jeffrey Popadic— trumpets
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Keter/Yesod (1996) for speaker and string ensemble (c. 15')
first performance: Alan Tormey, speaker; ad hoc ensemble conducted by the composer
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
The Dreamt Man Awoke (1994) for solo flute (4')
first performance: Molly Barth, flute
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Four Little Piano Pieces (1993) for solo piano (5')
first performance: Haewon Song, piano
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
VOCAL
Five Love Songs (2005) for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, cello and piano (15')
Fire Lyrics (2002) for tenor and chamber ensemble (c. 15')
commissioned by I.C.E., for the 1st Annual I.C.E. Festival, 2002
first performance: Peter Tantsits, tenor/narrator; Phyllis Chen, piano/bayan; David Reminick, saxophones/banjo; Wendy Richman, viola
School of the Chicago Art Institute ballroom, Chicago, IL
Fireflies (Tagore Songs, Book II) (1998) for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble (13')
first performance: Julie Cross; Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, cond. by Timothy Weiss
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Stone Steps in the Asylum Garden (1996) for high voice and piano (8')
first performance: Julie Cross, mezzo-soprano; David Schober, piano
Midwest Composers’ Symposium
University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN |