Ken Ueno

MEDIA GALLERY


Video:

Shiroi Ishi 5min (excerpt)
The Hilliard Ensemble
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whatWALL? 15min
for alto saxophone and electronics
Brian Sacawa, alto saxophone.
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a thick band of gray, a line that elides the end of day into the beginning of night 15min
for singer and Max/MSP (with SPAT and La Kitchen sensors)
Ken Ueno, voice.
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Sabiniuim 8min25sec
two-channel electronic sounds, with video animation by Harvey Goldman
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Synchronism Six-Zero 1min33sec
solo piano, (Guy Livingston, piano)
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Audio:

On a Sufficient Condition for the Existence of Most Specific Hypothesis (2007) 17min
concerto for overtone singer & orchestra (Vocal soloist w/amplification + boombox, 2.2. - 2.2.2.(bass trombones), 2perc, strings 6.6.4.4.3)
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Talus (2007) 18min
Viola concerto + string orchestra. (strings 4.4.3.2.1)
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Talus - solo viola + live electronics version (2007) 18min
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Kaze-no-Oka (2005) 19min
concerto for biwa and shakuhachi & orchestra (biwa, shakuhachi, contrabass clarinet, bass saxophone, 2perc, strings (8.8.6.6.3)
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WATT - for baritone saxophone, percussion and electronic sounds. 11min
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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 11min
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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)
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...blood blossoms... - for the Bang on a Can All-Stars. 14min
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Apmonia (2004) 14min 30sec
Small Orchestra (2.2.2.2. - 2.2. - Timp, strings - 6.5.4.3.2)
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whatWALL? - for alto saxophone and electronics 15min
Brian Sacawa, alto saxophone.
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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)
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Kage-Uta
Ken Ueno, throat-singing + Max/Msp (NWEAMO festival, Portland, OR)
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Zansetsu - for overtone singer, violin and electronics 12min
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Disabitato - for solo piano (Andrew Russo, piano) 10min
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Contemplation on Little Big Muff 13min
for amplified - cello and percussion
Odd Appetite duo: Nathan Davis, perc., Ha-Yang Kim, amplified cello.
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...a.m... - for So Percussion Group 21min
for percussion quartet and digital alarm clocks.
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Vertical Features Remake I
for amplified mandolin and amplified soda cans (Michael Hooper, mandolin; Tim Feeney, percussion)13min
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Pharmakon (2001) for Eighth Blackbird 19min
For flute (alto & piccolo dbls), clarinet (bs cl. Dbling), perc., piano, vln, cllo
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Toxis Chromaticus - string quartet 16min
Curtis Macomber, Laura Frautschi, violins; Lois Martin,
viola; Joshua Gordon, - cello. In 4 mvts.
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NoHowOn - Pierrot + perc. 8min
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Skyline Abstractions. - for bass clarinet and piano. Nov. 5, 1999. 12min
Christ and St. Stephen's Church, NY. Duo Chiaroscuro. In 3 mvts.
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Shiroi Ishi - for The Hilliard Ensemble. 11min
The Hilliard Ensemble.
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