COMPOSITION Non-Standard Ensembles | Gamelan | Standard Ensembles | String Quartets | Electronic
NON-STANDARD ENSEMBLES
Super Collider (2010, 17 minutes) for Kronos Quartet & Gamelan Elek Trika (new electronic gamelan by Gamelan Galak Tika)
Zap! (2005, 45 minutes) for Van de Graaff Generator, Lyricon, voices,
guitar, cello, bass, percussion, piano, robotic
xylophone and
electronics.
Premiered February 4, 2005 at Boston Museum of Science by Ensemble Robot, Jeff Lieberman (guitar), Blake Newman (bass), Sachi Sato (keyboard), Mei-mi Lin (keyboard), Akili Haynes (percussion, voice), Erik Nugent (Lyricon, voice), Rebecca Zook (cello), Christine Southworth (voice, Van de Graaff controls), Leila Hasan (Van de Graaff controls), Giles Hall (robot controls).
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Gamelan + Other Instruments or Robots
Mars Rover / Snow White (2008, 6') for Beta gamelan (just intonation tuning), bass, keyboard, drum set, and computer voices
Heavy Metal (2006, 18') for Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar, guitar, violin, bass, lyricon, and robotic instruments
Commissioned by the Boston Museum of Science with the support of NEFA and Meet the Composer.
Premiered on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at Cahner's Theater in the Boston Museum of Science as part of Music & The Invasion of Technology, performed by Gamelan Galak Tika, Blake Newman, Erik Nugent, Todd Reynolds, and Eddie Whalen.
View: Video of MOS Performance (quicktime stream)
Listen: Recording from MOS Performance (mp3, 22.3 MB)
Listen to Heavy Metal on WBUR radio features!
Here & Now interview with Robin Young, WBUR, Jan. 25 2006
WBUR Morning Edition preview, Jan. 25 2006
Also arranged for robots, gamelan and string orchestra for the Bang on a Can Summer Institute of Music 2006. This arrangement opened the Bang on a Can Marathon at Mass MoCA on July 29, 2006.
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Jamu (2002,
10:30) for small Balinese gamelan, violin, electric
guitar, and bass.
part 1, computer simulation (mp3 5.9 MB)
part 2, computer simulation (mp3 3.6 MB)
Flying
Goldfish Flower
(Sekar Ikan
Emas Yang
Terbang) (2002,
7:17) Gamelan Gong Kebyar.
GGT Recording (mp3 7
MB, 7:17) Performed by Gamelan Galak Tika, recorded by Joel Gordon
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Music
for Two Gender (2000)
Suite for two gender wayang, balinese metallophones which accompany
shadow puppet plays.
Robots + Small Ensembles
Robot Organic (2007, 10') for pipe organ, bass clarinet, Whirlybot & Heliphon
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STRING QUARTETS
Super Collider (2010, 17 minutes) for Kronos Quartet & Gamelan Elek Trika (new electronic gamelan by Gamelan Galak Tika)
Volcano (2009, 8') for string quartet + piano/percussion/sampler/voice
Commissioned by the Explorers Club for The Calder Quartet and Danny Holt. Premiered October 15, 2009 at Cipriani Wall Street.
Honey Flyers (2007, 25') for string quartet + optional Bot(i)Cello
Mesem (2005, 2:00) string quartet
Performed by string players from the Providence Symphony Orchestra, March 1, 2005.
Wild
Warped Wax (2001,
8:34) String
quartet in
three movements.
Reading (mp3 8.2
MB, 8:34) by Ethel:
Todd Reynolds & Mary
Rowell (violins), Ralph Ferris
(viola), and Dorothy Lawson
(cello).
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STANDARD ENSEMBLES
Small Ensembles
Concerning the Doodle (2010, 14 minutes) - clarinet, cello, bass, guitar, piano, percussion
Commissioned by Bang on a Can People's Commissioning Fund. To be premiered February 24, 2010 at Merkin Hall by the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
Accompanying animated film by Amy Lovera, Christina Spangler, and Jessica Gidal.
JAMU (v.3) (2009, 10 minutes) - clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and electronics (sampled gamelan + Jamu remixed by Eric Gunther)
Composed for California E.A.R. Unit
Wind Quintet #1 (2005, 2:40)
Performed March 22, 2005 by Brown University student wind quintet.
Khaen Song (2005, 2:30) solo cello
Mars
Polar Landing (2003,
7 minutes) for clarinet,
sax, trumpet, drum set, vibraphone, marimba, guitar,
and bass
Feed
and Fly (2002, 6:19) for clarinet, electric
guitar, cello, bass, piano, drum kit, and optional Balinese
gangsa and reong.
Bang on a Can / Mass MoCA Performance (mp3 6.1
MB, 6:19) Live recording of performance at Bang on
a Can Summer Institute of Music at Mass MoCA,
July 25, 2002. Peter Askim (bass), John Benthal
(guitar), Greg Beyer (percussion), Eileen Mack
(clarinet), Michelle Schumann (piano), Wendy
Sutter (cello), and Evan Ziporyn (gamelan)
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Elf
Grass (2002, 7:53) for
clarinet, violin, cello, bass,
and piano.
Alarm WIll Sound Reading (mp3 7.6
MB, 7:43) Reading by Alarm Will Sound,
February 21, 2002 at MIT Killian
Hall: Bill Kalinkos (clarinet),
Courtney Orlando (piano), Caleb
Burhans (violin), Stefan Freund
(cello), and Joel Ciaccio (bass)
with Alan Pierson conducting.
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Timor
Cotton (2001) for marimba, vibraphone, violin, and electric guitar
Performed January
31, 2001 at Kresge Auditorium, MIT. Laurel Smith (violin), Mark Stewart
(electric guitar), Evan Ziporyn (vibes), Danny Tunick (marimba).
Large Ensembles
Bend (2005, 4:30) for orchestra
Performed by Brown University Orchestra, conducted by Paul Phillips, May 3, 2005.
Play
Me (2002, 16 minutes) for chamber orchestra
with electric guitar; also arrangement for wind ensemble
computer
simulation (mp3 14.4 MB, 15:47)
Won American Composers Forum competition for reading
by New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, conducted
by Charles Peltz, Jordan Hall, February 27, 2003:
reading part 1 (mp3 1.9 MB, 2:04)
reading part 2 (mp3 3.4 MB, 3:47)
reading part 3 (mp3 7.8 MB, 8:34)
reading part 4 (mp3 3.7 MB, 4:02)
ELECTRONIC
Jamu (remixed 2005, 5') for electronic gamelan and robots, performed by Eric Gunther
Jamu Remixed w/ Heliphon (mp3, 6.5 MB, 2:37)
Premiered at Boston Cyberarts Festival Saturday, May 7, 2005, by Eric Gunther and Ensemble Robot. Choreographed by Ashley Salomon, danced by Kristin Marrs, Bethany Leclerc, Katrina Sukola, & Ashley Salomon.
View: Video of Boston Cyberarts Festival Performance (quicktime stream)
Violin/Clarinet (2001,
2:09) Original electronic piece made from sampled violin and clarinet (both
performed by Christine Southworth).
recording (mp3 1.1
MB, 2:09)
HarmonicsonG (2001,
4:30) Experiment with low G string on a violin, forming a song out of the
harmonics. Influenced by Arnold
Dreyblatt from whom I had just taken a class when I made this piece.
recording (mp3 2.2
MB, 4:30)
Clapping
Music (2001, 4:45) Loose arrangement of Steve Reich's Clapping Music for voice,
violin, clarinet, rubber band, dizi (Chinese flute), and sampled percussion.
Instrumental ambient music with a layer of two voices phasing the Indian
jati phrase "takita taka ta taka". Written for MIT production of BHOMA, directed by Sudipto Chatterjee.
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