[ Compositions ] - [ Performance Notes ] - [ Selected Performances: 2002-2005 / 2006-2008 / Vocal ]
(All pieces published by New Jack Modernism Music (ASCAP) unless otherwise specified. Compositions are listed in reverse chronological order. Performances listed indicate first performances):
On a Sufficient Condition for the Existence of Most Specific Hypothesis (2008) 18min
concerto for overtone singer & orchestra
(Vocal soloist w/amplification + boombox, 2.2. - 2.2.2.(bass trombones), 2perc, strings 6.6.4.4.3)
Premiere: April 29, 2008. Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
This piece was made possible by a grant from the Jebediah Foundation: New Music Commissions.
[ read program notes ]
Kaze-no-Oka ( 2005) 17min
concerto for biwa and shakuhachi & orchestra
(biwa, shakuhachi, contrabass clarinet, bass saxophone, 2perc, strings - 8.8.6.6.3)
Premiere: May 27, 2005. Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
This piece was made possible by a grant from the Fromm Music Foundation.
[ read program notes ]
IKU ( 2005) 40min
four movement work for orchestra
(2.2.2.2. - 4.2.2. - 2 perc, strings - 6.5.4.3.2) + last movement also includes vocal soloist - an overtone/multiphonics singer.
Premiere: yet to be performed.
Apmonia ( 2004) 14min
small orchestra
(2.2.2.2. - 2.2. - Timp, strings - 6.5.4.3.2)
Premiere: May 16, 2004. Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA. Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.
This piece was made possible by a grant from the Fromm Music Foundation and is dedicated to Bernard Rands at 70.
[ read program notes ]
Jusuiraku ( 2001) 13min
large orchestra.
(2.2.2.2. - 4.2.2. - 2 perc, strings - 8.8.8.6.6.5)
Premiere: October 10, 2002. Ardrey Auditorium, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ. Northern Arizona University Orchestra, Victor Liva, cond.
Saturation and Purge (1999) 9min
large orchestra.
(2.2.2.2. - 4.3.3.1 - 2 perc, hrp, pno, strings)
Premiere: June 4, 1999. American Composers
Orchestra, Masonic Hall, NY. Paul Dunkel, cond.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (12.8mb) ]
Necropolis (2007) 10min
(1.1.1.1.-1.1.1.0.-perc.-piano-1.1.1.1.1.)
Premiere: August 3-5, 2007. NJO Summer Academy, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
Bas Wiegers, cond. Commissioned by the Netherlands Youth Orchestra (NJO, Nationaal Jeugd Orkest)
Talus (2007) 18min
concerto for viola and string orchestra
(strings – 4.4.3.2.1)
Premiere: March 23, 2007. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Boston, MA. Kalistos Ensemble. Wendy Richman, viola. Chris Kim, cond.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (24.4mb) ]
Ga-uah-Chon-Ch-cha (a Song of the Rapture) (2006) 3min
for large ensemble
(2 picc/alto flute, bs cl., alto sax, baritone sax, trmpt, hrn, 2 tbn, perc., elec. guit., elec. bass, piano, voices (soloists) - 2 sop., mezzo, tenor, baritone)
Premiere: Feb. 25, 2006. Podium Gigant, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Orkest de Ereprijs. Rob Vermeulen, cond.
all moments stop here and together we become every memory that has ever been 14min30sec
14 instruments and music boxes (2003)
(fl., ob., bs cl., cbn , trmpt, hrn, tbn, perc., piano, strings - 2.1.1.1)
Premiere: May 24, 2003. Paine Hall, Harvard University. Boston Modern
Orchestra Project. Gil Rose, cond.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (18.8mb) ]
Animal Sendai (2001) 6min 12sec
18 amplified instruments and electronic sounds.
(1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1. - alto sax, tenor sax - synth, perc, 2 sop, strings - 2.1.1.1)
Premiere: March 23, 2001. New York State Museum, Albany, NY. Albany
Symphony Orchestra's Dogs of Desire. David Alan Miller, cond.
[ download mp3 (8.7mb) ]
A Palimpsest History of Canto V (1998) 11min 20sec
Chamber Symphony
(1.1.1.1. - 1.1.1. - pno, strings - 6.5.4.3.2)
Premiere: Yale Philharmonia, New Music New Haven,
Lawrence Leighton Smith cond.,
A Book of Months 19min
commissioned by Relâche [fl., ob., cl. (dbl alto sax), cntra bsn, perc., pno (dbl alto voice), vla, contra bass]
Premiered: Jan. 28, 2005. Prince Music Theatre, Philadelphia, PA.
[ read program notes ]
Aphasia 9min
for the Rosa Ensemble (amplified soprano saxophone, violin, piano and percussion)
Premiered: Dec. 10, 2004. Kikker Theatre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
July 23,from sunrise to sunset, the summer of the S.E.P.S.A. bus rides 1min
destra e sinistra Around Ishia just to get tomorrow's scatolame
for the Prism Quartet on the occasion of their 20th anniversary
For saxophone quartet - soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophones.
Premiered: Nov. 18, 2004. Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, NYC, NY.
[ read program notes ]
Márquez for Non Sequitur 19min
Commissioned by the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College.
Premiered Oct. 18, 2002 by Non-Sequitur
For 6 instruments (fl, bs cl., perc., piano, vln, cllo) + 7 boomboxes
(or 1 boombox and stereo mix-down of aggregate boombox parts).
[ read program notes ]
...blood blossoms... - for the Bang on a Can All-Stars. 14min
Premiered May 15, 2002.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (19.2mb) ]
...a.m... - for So Percussion Group 21min
for percussion quartet and digital alarm clocks.
Premiered March 16, 2002.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (29.8mb) ]
Pharmakon (2001) for Eighth Blackbird 19min
Premiered: Alice Tully Hall, March 5, 2002.
For flute (alto & piccolo dbls), clarinet (bs cl. Dbling), perc., piano, vln, cllo
[ read program notes ] - [ download Main.mp3 - XOX.mp3 - XXO.mp3 - OXX.mp3 ]
Red Breast (2001) 8min 30sec
amplified ensemble of sop. w/digital delay, Eb, Bb, and bass clarinets.,
& harp, on text by Emily Dickinson. September, 2001.
[ read program notes ]
Zero Cosmology (2000) for the Atlantic Brass Quintet. 12min
For 2 trpts, hrn, trmb, tuba
[ download mp3 (17.1mb) ]
Senexis Orichalcum (2000) for the Skyline Brass Quartet 13min
In 7 mvts. . April 17, 2000. Huxley, IA.
Everyday Stuff 2min
for any number of children performing amplified found objects.
Premiered: Sept. 23, 2000. Art@Night, Jamaica Plains, MA.. 4th and
5th graders from AME education program.
Toxis Chromaticus - string quartet 16min
Premiered: July 13, 1999. Wellesley Composers Conference.
Curtis Macomber, Laura Frautschi, violins; Lois Martin,
viola; Joshua Gordon, - cello. In 4 mvts.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3: Toxis I - Toxis II - Toxis III - Toxis IV ]
NoHowOn (Quartet Version) 9min
Premiered: Nov. 4, 1998, Christ and St. Stephen's Church, NY. Elm City Ensemble.
Scored for Cl., Vln., Cllo., Piano.
[ read program notes ]
NoHowOn - Pierrot + perc. 8min
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, 1998.
[ download mp3 (11mb) ]
The Circular Pentagram - Pierrot minus perc. 7min
Premiered: Aspen Music Festival, the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, 1997.
I pulse, when you breathe
for soprano and alto flute. 8min30sec
For the Prana Duo
Premiered May 4, 2008. The Middle East, Cambridge, MA, the Prana Duo
[ read program notes ]
Hypnomelodiamachia
for viola, percussion, and electronics 25min
For Kim Kashkashian and Robyn Schulkowsky
Premiere May 6, 2007. Senddesaal des WDR, Klaus-von-Bismark-Saal, Cologne, Germany.
A shorter arrangement of Two believers, on opposite sides of the same ocean,
transcribing the same sky, at the same time, one at sunset, the other at sunrise,
one which makes the title longer
for sho and Bb clarinet. 5min30sec
Premiered Jan. 23, 2007.
Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Atlas Ensemble.
Motor Skill as Dynamic Constraint Satisfaction
for violin and cello. 14min25sec
For Biliana Voutchkova
Premiered Dec. 13, 2006. Red Hall, The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia, Bulgaria – DUOKAYA.
Disjecta - for horn, violin, piano 16min
Premiered April 10, 2004. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA.
Radius Ensemble.
Commissioned by the Radius Ensemble funded in part by a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts and Meet the Composer, Inc., with additional support from ASCAP, the Virgil Thomson Fund, and with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies and the National Endowment for the Arts.
[ read program notes ]
Two believers, on opposite sides of the same ocean, transcribing the same sky, at the same time, one at sunset, the other at sunrise
for sho and Bb clarinet. 10min
Premiered Oct. 23, 2003. Rumor 31 Japan-o-rama festival, Utrecht,
the Netherlands - Duo X.
Zansetsu - for overtone singer, violin and electronics 12min
Premiered Dec. 12, 2002. CCRMA, Stanford University.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (18.6mb) ]
Vertical Features Remake 2 25min
Premiered Feb. 9, 2002, Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory - Odd Appetite.
Vertical Features Remake 1 11min
for amplified mandolin and amplified soda cans (1 percussionist)
For Robert Banghart. August, 2001.
Premiered Nov.14, 2001. Juneau, Alaska.
WATT - for baritone saxophone, percussion and electronic sounds. 11min
Premiered Feb. 11, 2001. Public Radio Benefit at The Dead End Café,
Parksville, NY. yesaroun Duo.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (15.9mb) ]
Contemplation on Little Big Muff 13min
for amplified - cello and percussion
Premiered Nov. 12, 2000. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College.
Odd Appetite duo: Nathan Davis, perc., Ha-Yang Kim, amplified cello.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (18.1mb) ]
La Mere. - for flute and marimba. 7min
Mar. 12, 2000. Paine Hall, Harvard Univ. Susan Hampton, flute,
Nanae Mimura, marimba.
[ download mp3 (10mb) ]
Bagatelles for Violin Duo. - 12min
June 23, 1999. Norfolk Festival. Gemini Duo.
Skyline Abstractions. - for bass clarinet and piano. Nov. 5, 1999. 12min
Christ and St. Stephen's Church, NY. Duo Chiaroscuro. In 3 mvts.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3: Abstractions I - Abstractions II - Abstractions III ]
Yellow 632 8min 30sec
for 3 percussionists playing Big Bird toys. Eduardo Leandro,
Nathan Davis, Douglas Perkins, perc. Nov. 19, 1998, New Music New Haven.
[ read program notes ]
Solemnity and Agitation - flute and piano 6min 30sec
North Prospect church in Cambridge, 1997.
Variation on Kai's Theme
1min
for solo piano
For Kai Schumacher. Composed November 2007.
Synchronism Six-Zero
1min
for solo piano
For Guy Livingston. Composed July 2007.
Premiered October 4, 2007Fondation de Etats-Unis, Paris, France
Guy Livingston, piano
Disabitato
8min20sec
for solo piano
For Andrew Russo. Composed July 2007.
Premiered Oct. 15, 2007. Nuovi Spazi Musica, Villa Aurelia,
The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Andrew Russo, piano
Talus (solo + live electronics version) (2007)
18min
for viola and live electronics
For Wendy Richman. Composed July 2006.
Premiered May 26, 2007. Villa Aurelia,
The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Wendy Richman, amplified Viola.
I screamed at the sea until nodes swelled up,
then my voice became the resonant noise of the sea
8min30sec
for amplified Bb clarinet
For Greg Oakes. Composed July 2006.
Premiered Aug. 11, 2006. ClarinetFest® 2006, Atlanta, GA
Greg Oakes, amplified Bb clarinet.
Kizu - for Koto and voice 8min30sec
For Kyoko Kawamura. Composed June 2006. Yet to be premiered.
...where Ginkgo grow in Borromean knots - for Kayagum with Changgu ossia 7min30sec
Composed Sept. 2005. Premiered July 23, 2007. Musicasa Hall, Tokyo, Japan, presented as part of the Tokyo Summer Music Festival. Jocelyn Clark, kayagum.
whatWALL? - for alto saxophone and electronics 15min
Premiered July 11, 2003. World Saxophone Congress, Univ. of Minnesota
Brian Sacawa, alto saxophone.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (18.2mb) ] - [ download video MOV (35.3mb) ]
Age of Aircraft - for amplified cello and electronics 12min
Premiered Dec. 12, 2002. Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Germany
Ha-Yang Kim, amplified cello.
inflation of BUREAUCRACY 9min 30sec
(for voice and quadraphonic tape) -
April 20, 2002. Paine Hall, Harvard Univ. Ken Ueno, voice.
Oto - for solo piano. 60min
Premiered Jan. 24, 2002. Centro Musica,
Modena, Italy. Ken Ueno, amplified piano.
Vertical Features - for solo amplified mandolin. Duration indeterminate
August, 2001.
Entrtopy of Cigarette Butts Across the Universe 12min
for solo amplified violin
Premiered April 28, 2001. Wellesley College.
Brenda van der Merwe, amplified violin.
Theatre in Music - March 10, 2001. 20min
Paine Hall, Harvard Univ. Eduardo Leandro, marimba.
[ read program notes ]
Introit: Vox Boombox Remixus 3min 25sec
Mar. 12, 2000. Paine Hall, Harvard Univ. boombox solo.
Diastema (for Solo Tuba) - 10min 30sec
Mar. 4, 1999. New Music New Haven.
Karen Bulmer, tuba.
Shinju - for carillon. Paul Fadoul, carillon. 1998. 3min
Soliloquy for Violin - North Prospect church in Cambridge, 1997. 3min
An Idea of Order - for organ. 6min 20sec
North Prospect church in Cambridge, 1997.
Aquarelle Fantaisie - piano. 4min
North Prospect church in Cambridge, 1997. Akiko Kitaoka, piano.
Shiroi Ishi - for The Hilliard Ensemble. 11min
May 26, 2001. The Hilliard Ensemble. Paine Hall, Harvard Univ.
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (15.7mb) ]
White Stone - SSAA girls choir. 3min 30sec
Beckett Song - for solo voice. April, 1999. 7min
La Cles des Chants - high voice and piano. 11min
North Prospect church in Cambridge, 1997.
Love requited but unfulfilled, under the stars, Sukkeien Garden, Hiroshima, Sunday, August 4, 1945, 12 hours before the bomb 14min21sec
for Onda [Ken Ueno , voice; Hillary Zipper, violin; Tim Feeney, perc.], premiered 6 November 2005 (Composers in Red Sneakers Concert, Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA)
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (20.1mb) ]
Huyu no Hana
for Onda [Ken Ueno, voice; Hillary Zipper, violin; Tim Feeney percussion], (Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA)
Zatsuon no Kaze
for Onda [Ken Ueno, voice; Hillary Zipper, violin; Tim Feeney percussion], (Paine Hall, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA)
Kage-Uta
Ken Ueno, throat-singing + Max/Msp (NWEAMO festival, Portland, OR)
[ read program notes ] - [ download mp3 (16.2mb) ]
Shiroi Haru no Hana 12min15sec
Onda (Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC, NY)
[ read program notes ]
a thick band of gray, a line that elides the end of day into the beginning of night
for singer and Max/MSP (with SPAT and La Kitchen sensors)
Ken Ueno , extended voice (Midway Studios Theater, Boston, MA)
Leakage - for 8-channel tape and on-stage performer. 10min
Music for - Oswald's Triptych - electronic music 20min
for first internet simulcast theatre production in America.
Apr. 16-17, 1999. Yale University.