COMPOSITIONS
Solo
History of Breath
for extended voice, ambisonics, megaphones
DURATION 60minutes
PREMIERE September 20, 2019.
Studio 1 – Goodman, EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy, NY
Commissioned by EMPAC
for extended voice, ambisonics, megaphones
GHOST VAULT 1
For Solo Bb Clarinet
2018
DURATION 20 minutes
PARTS Solo Bb Clarinet
PREMIERE October 5 and 6, 2018. Gregory Oakes, Bb Clarinet. Cluskey Embankment Stores, Savannah, GA.
Commissioned by the Telfair Museum. For Gregory Oakes.
QUENTIN
For Solo C Trumpet
2018
DURATION 20 minutes
PARTS Solo C Trumpet
PREMIERE April 6, 2018. Andy Kozar, C Trumpet. Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Boston, MA.
For Andy Kozar.
GHOST
FLOWER
For Solo Guitar
2017
DURATION 14 minutes
PARTS Solo Guitar
PREMIERE December 9, 2017. Dan Lippel, guitar. Spectrum, NYC, NY.
For Dan Lippel.
Listen
(Bandcamp︎︎︎)
CHIMERA
For Solo Five-string
Baroque Cello
2015
DURATION 25 minutes
PARTS Solo Five-string Baroque Cello
Commissioned by Elinor Frey with support from a New Music Project USA Grant.
Program Notes
(Read︎︎︎)
Listen
Chimera: I. “Night opening its black flower”
︎︎︎)Listen
Chimera: II. “in the shadow of my sorrow”
︎︎︎)Listen
Chimera: III. “we are resurrected”
︎︎︎)Listen
Chimera: IV. “the sky will be lavender”
︎︎︎)Listen
Chimera: V. “an ocean bell sounding”
︎︎︎)FFFHLUT
For Solo Piece
2015
DURATION Variable
PARTS Solo Piece for any Flute head joint
For Orlando Cela.
ED È
SUBITO SERA
For Solo Guitar
2013
DURATION 3 minutes
PARTS Solo Guitar
Commissioned by Aaron Larget-Caplan's Lullaby Project.
FIRE
STARTER
For Solo Piano
2012
DURATION 2 minutes 30 seconds
PARTS Solo Piano
Commissioned by the International Beethoven Project.
VOLCANO
For Solo Piano
2011
DURATION 10 minutes
PARTS Solo Piano
For Seda Röder.
Listen
(Youtube︎︎︎)
SONG FOR
SENDAI
For Singing Violist
2011
DURATION 6 minutes
PARTS Singing Violist
For Wendy Richman.
REMEMBERING
ANIMAL SENDAI
For Solo Flute
2011
DURATION 4 minutes
PARTS Flute and CD
Listen
(Youtube︎︎︎)
TSUKI NO UTA
For Solo Koto
2010
DURATION 5 minutes 25 seconds
PARTS Koto and voice
PREMIERE September 22, 2010. Tohkeiji Temple, Kamakura, Japan.
Kyoko Kawamura, koto and voice. For Kyoko Kawamura.
CAMPANOLOGY
For Carillon
2010
DURATION 5 minutes
PARTS Carillon
PREMIERE May 30, 2010. Tiffany Ng, carillon. Sather Tower Carillon, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
For Tiffany Ng.
Listen
(Youtube︎︎︎)
XYLOTUDES
FOR SAMMY:
I-III
For Solo Xylophone
2009
I. Typing
II. One mallet, One hand
III. Chasing hands
DURATION 3 minutes 45 seconds
PARTS Solo Xylophone
PREMIERE March 20, 2010. Day of Percussion, Etude Concert. Concert Room, Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA.
...WITH THE
SILENCE OF
THE FISHES...
For Solo Toy Piano
2009
DURATION 3 minutes
PARTS Solo Toy Piano
For Xenia Pestova.
ONE BY ONE,
I COLLECT THE
FRAGEMENTS OF
MY SONG FROM
HARMONIES WHICH
ABOUND IN THE
AIR UNHEARD
For Solo Violin
2008
DURATION 10 minutes
PARTS Solo Violin and Interactive Electronics
PREMIERE November 7, 2008. Lina Bahn, violin. Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Center for the Arts, Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
Commissioned by the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival. For Lina Bahn.
THE ARTICULATE
SURFACE
For Solo Snare Drum
2008
DURATION 5 minutes 17 seconds
PARTS Solo Snare Drum
PREMIERE October 19, 2008. Casey Cangelosi, snare drum. Day of Percussion, Etude Concert. Concert Room, Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA.
For Sam Solomon.
REVERSE SWASTIKAS
MARK THE PLACE
OF BUDDHIST TEMPLES
For Singer
and Max/MSP
2008
PARTS Singer and Max/MSP (w/ Wireless Mic and iPhone Controller)
PREMIERE November 24, 2008. Hertz Hall, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Ken Ueno, extended voice.
VARIATION ON
KAI’S THEME
For Solo Piano
2007
DURATION 1 minute
PARTS Solo Piano
For Kai Schumacher.
SYNCHRONISM
SIX-ZERO
For Solo Piano
2007
DURATION 1 minute
PART Solo Piano
PREMIERE October 4, 2007. Fondation de Etats-Unis, Paris, France.
Guy Livingston, piano. For Guy Livingston.
Listen
(Youtube︎︎︎)
DISABITATO
For Solo Piano
2007
DURATION 8 minutes 20 seconds
PARTS Solo Piano
PREMIERE October 15, 2007. Andrew Russo, piano. Nuovi Spazi Musica, Villa Aurelia, The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy.
For Andrew Russo. Published by the European American Music Distributors Company (Schott Music Group).
Program Notes
(Read︎︎︎)
Listen
(Soundcloud︎︎︎)
Score
(PSNY︎︎︎)
TALUS
Solo +
Live Electronics Version
2006
DURATION 18 minutes
PARTS Viola and Live Electronics
PREMIERE May 26, 2007. Wendy Richman, amplified Viola. Villa Aurelia, The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy.
For Wendy Richman.
I SCREAMED AT THE
SEA UNTIL NODES
SWELLED UP,
THEN MY VOICE
BECAME THE
RESONANT NOISE
OF THE SEA
For Amplified Bb Clarinet
2006
DURATION 8 minutes 30 seconds
PARTS Amplified Bb Clarinet
PREMIERE August 11, 2006. ClarinetFest 2006, Atlanta, GA.
Greg Oakes, amplified Bb clarinet. For Greg Oakes.
Listen
(Soundcloud︎︎︎)
Score
(PSNY︎︎︎)
KIZU
For Koto and Voice
2006
DURATION 8 minutes 30 seconds
PARTS Koto and Voice
PREMIERE October 3, 2009. Tohkeiji Temple, Kamakura, Japan.
Kyoko Kawamura, koto and voice. For Kyoko Kawamura.
...WHERE GINKGO
GROW IN BORROMEAN
KNOTS
For Kayagum
with Changgu Ossia
2005
DURATION 7 minutes 30 seconds
PARTS Kayagum with Changgu Ossia
PREMIERE July 23, 2007. Tokyo Summer Music Festival. Musicasa Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Jocelyn Clark, kayagum.
A THICK BAND OF GRAY,
A LINE THAT ELIDES
THE END OF DAY INTO
THE BEGINNING
OF NIGHT
For Singer
and Max/MSP
2005
PARTS Singer and Max/MSP (w/ SPAT and La Kitchen Sensors)
PREMIERE Midway Studios Theater, Boston, MA.
Ken Ueno, extended voice.
KAGE-UTA
For Singer
and Max/MSP
2004
PREMIERE NWEAMO Festival, Portland, OR. Ken Ueno, throat-singing + Max/MSP.
WHATWALL?
For Alto Saxophone and Electronics
2003
DURATION 15 minutes
PARTS 4 Bugles
PREMIERE July 11, 2003. World Saxophone Congress, University of Minnesota.
Brian Sacawa, alto saxophone.
AGE OF
AIRCRAFT
For Amplified Cello
and Electronics
2002
DURATION 12 minutes
PARTS 4 Bugles
PREMIERE December 12, 2002. Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Germany.
Ha-Yang Kim, amplified cello.
INFLATION OF
BUREAUCRACY
For Voice and Quadraphonic Tape
2002
DURATION 9 minutes 30 seconds
PARTS Voice and Quadraphonic Tape
PREMIERE April 20, 2002. Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Ken Ueno, voice.
OTO
For Solo Piano
2002
DURATION 60 minutes
PARTS Solo Piano
PREMIERE January 24, 2002. Centro Musica, Modena, Italy.
Ken Ueno, amplified piano.
VERTICAL
FEATURES
For Solo
Amplified Mandolin
2001
DURATION Indeterminate
PARTS Solo Amplified Mandolin
ENTROPY OF
CIGARETTE BUTTS
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
For Solo Piano
2002
DURATION 12 minutes
PARTS Solo Amplified Violin
PREMIERE April 28, 2001. Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
Brenda van der Merwe, amplified violin.
THEATRE
IN MUSIC
For Marimba
2001
DURATION 20 minutes
PARTS Solo Marimba
PREMIERE March 10, 2001. Paine Hall, Harvard Univ.
Eduardo Leandro, marimba.
Program Notes
(Read︎︎︎)
INTROIT:
VOX BOOMBOX
REMIXUS
For Solo Boombox
2002
DURATION 3 minutes 25 seconds
PARTS Solo Boombox
PREMIERE March 12, 2000. Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
DIASTEMA
For Solo Tuba
2002
DURATION 10 minutes 30 seconds
PARTS Solo Tuba
PREMIERE March 4, 1999. New Music New Haven, New Haven, CT.
Karen Bulmer, tuba.
SHINJU
For Carillon
1998
DURATION 3 minutes
PARTS Carillon
PREMIERE 1998. Paul Fadoul, carillon.
SOLILOQUY
FOR VIOLIN
For Solo Violin
1997
DURATION 3 minutes
PARTS Solo Violin
PREMIERE 1997. North Prospect Church, Cambridge, MA.
AN IDEA
OF ORDER
For Organ
1997
DURATION 6 minutes 20 seconds
PARTS Organ
PREMIERE 1997. North Prospect Church, Cambridge, MA.
Listen
(Spotify︎︎︎)
AQUARELLE
FANTAISIE
For Solo Piano
1997
DURATION 4 minutes
PARTS Solo Piano
PREMIERE 1997. North Prospect Church, Cambridge, MA.
Akiko Kitaoka, piano.