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CF = composed for

PR = premiere
OP = other performances

WORKS IN PROGRESS
Lots of new works are in the pipeline – from solo violin to full orchestra and even a new dvd collaboration with all new music. Stop by soon for more info!

New Work
orchestra (2010)
Duration: 20 minutes
CB: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CF: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
PR: Symphony Hall, Chicago 2012

New Work
orchestra (2010)
Duration: 12 minutes
CF: ETHEL

Masquerade
orchestra (2010)
Duration: TBA

THE VIOLIN
a suite of seven violin duets with tape (2009)
Duration: 45 minutes
CF: Cornelius Dufallo and Amy Kauffman

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ORCHESTRA
TENDER HOOKS
double laptop concerto (2008)
1.1.1.1/1.1.1.1/timp.2perc/hp.keyb/str
Duration: 9 minutes
CB: American Composers Orchestra
PR: Carnegie Hall, April 2008 (Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor; Jeremy Flower, live electronics; Joshue Ott, live visuals)

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orchestra with optional tape (2005; rev. 2006)
2.2.2.2/4.2.2/timp.3perc/hp.pno/str
Duration: 7 minutes
CF: Hysterica Dance Company
PR: J.C.Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2005 (David Gilbert, conductor)
OP: Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minnesota, 2006 (Osmo Vänskä, conductor); American Composers Orchestra, Miller Theater, New York, 2006 (George Manahan, conductor)

still, within, resolve
orchestra (2002)
2.2.2.2/4.2.2.1/timp.2perc/pno/str
Duration: 8 minutes
CF: Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra
PR: Recorded by the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, New York, 2002 (Nicholas Armstrong, conductor)

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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Within Her Arms
string orchestra (2008-09)
Duration: 10 minutes
CB: Los Angeles Philharmonic
PR: Walt Disney Concert Hall, April 2009 (Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)

a tale
chamber orchestra (2002)
Duration: 6 minutes
PR: Performed and recorded by New Music Ensemble, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2002 (Running Bear Bunch, conductor)

the swing was made of pine wood and a light rope
chamber orchestra (2002)
Duration: 6 minutes

telling wilde tales
chamber orchestra, duets, solos & tape (2002)
Duration: 25 minutes
A series of live and pre-recorded works for dance, song, and incidental settings
CB: N. Productions, UK for ‘Telling Wilde Tales’ – a theater adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘Fairy Tales’, Directed by Tamara Fisch
PR: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2002
Recorded by New Music Ensemble, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2002 (Running Bear Bunch, conductor)

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SMALL ENSEMBLE
I. A Hymn to the Virgin // II. Resting in the Green
string quintet (2010)
Duration: 8 minutes
CB: London Sinfonietta
CF: London Sinfonietta
PR: Kings Place, London UK 2010

Primula Vulgaris
string quartet (2010)
Duration: 7 minutes
CB: Metropolis Ensemble
CF: Metropolis Ensemble
PR: Americas Society, New York, NY 2010

1987
flute, clarinet, violin, cello & electronics (2008)
Duration: 7 minutes
CB: Seattle Chamber Players
CF: Seattle Chamber Players
PR: Icebreaker IV: The American Future, Seattle, WA 2008

ROULETTE
string quartet & tape (2007)
Duration: 12 minutes
CB: Roulette/Jerome Foundation
CF: ETHEL String Quartet
PR: Roulette, Location One, SoHO, New York, November 2007

SUGAR VEINS
rock quartet & electronics (2007)
Duration: 7 minutes
CB: unknown
CF: Electric Kompany
PR: Roulette, Location One, SoHO, New York November, 2007

BEWARE OF
flute, harp, viola & tape (2007)
Duration: 9 minutes
CB: unknown
CF: Janus Trio
PR: Roulette, Location One, SoHO, New York 2007

ELEMENTARY
saxophone, cello, guitar, bass, keyboards & laptop (2007)
Duration: 7 minutes
CF: The Curly Wurlies
PR: Roulette, Location One, SoHO, New York, November 2007

NEXT.STOP
b-flat clarinet, soprano saxophone, cello, 2 percussion, piano & tape [2007]
Duration: 8 minutes
CB: Opus 21
CF: Opus 21
PR: Symphony Space, New York City, April 2007
OP: Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI; Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI

steelworks
flute, bass clarinet, percussion & tape [2006]
Live video by Luke Du Bois
Duration: 15 minutes
CB: TACTUS
PR: Greenfield Hall, New York, 2006.
OP: Cornelia Street Café, New York, NY

puzzle music
string quartet [2005]
Live visuals by Joshue Ott/Superdraw
Duration: 30 minutes
PR: Shark Attack, STAY, New York, 2005

scratched
soprano, flute, oboe, piano, electric guitar & marimba [2005]
Text by Tom Bolt
Duration: 8 minutes
PR: Bang on a Can Summer Institute – Mass MoCA, MA, 2005
Daisy Press, soprano; Steven Drury, piano; Mark Stewart, electric guitar; Jessica Schmidt, flute; Jeremy Barnett, percussion and Shavkat Matyakubov, koshnay

the projectionist
double string trio & tape [2005]
Duration: 15 minutes
Live score for award winning film – ‘The Projectionist’ by Michael Bates
CB: Australian Exchange Film Festival
PR: Milbank Chapel, New York, 2005
Performed by New York Contemporary Ensemble, New York

victorious
chamber ensemble & electronics [2004]
Duration: 12 minutes
CF: Hysterica Dance Company, Los Angeles. Composed for ‘victorious’ – an evening length work choreographed by Kitty McNamee
PR: McCullum Theater for the Performing Arts, CA, 2004
OP: California Sixth Annual Palm Desert Choreography Festival, Los Angeles; Moorpark College Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles; Dance Escapes, Los Angeles; Open Fist Theater, Hollywood and the Boston Court Theater, Pasadena, CA

seven-ten split
instrumental ensemble & tape [2004]
Duration: 10 minutes
Music for short film written by Rich Bloomquist and Scott Jacobson of The Daily Show. Directed by Erik Bryan Slavin Composed for RIPFEST – Raw Impressions, New York
PR: Anthology Film Archives, New York, 2004
OP: AMC Movie Theater, Times Square, New York, The New York Musical Theater Festival, 2004, Sonic Web, J.C.Borden Auditorium, New York.

riot
string quartet [2003]
Duration: 5 minutes
Live music for theater Composed for Raw Impressions.
PR: TIXE Arts Space, Times Square, New York 2003.

alchemist
soprano, mezzo-soprano and tenor voices, horn in f, viola, ‘cello & piano [2004]
Duration: 13 minutes
PR: Pforzheimer Hall, New York, 2004 in a workshop with Richard Danielpour.
Performed by musicians from the Manhattan School of Music

mobile
alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, horn in f & bass trombone [2003]
Duration: 9 minutes
CF: New York Youth Symphony Orchestra program, ‘Making Score’
PR: Premiered at CAMI Hall, New York by members of the NYYSO and New York based musicians, 2003

l.i.l.s.
string ensemble & electronics [2003]
Duration: 15 minutes
CB: Original soundtrack for independent film
PR: MoMA Gramercy Theater, New York, 2003
Recorded by New York based musicians.

approach
metronome, b-flat clarinet, viola & cello [2002]
Duration: 5 minutes
CB: British video-artist, Joshua Bryan
PR: Edinburgh College of Art, UK as an animation installation, 2002
OP: The Flea Theater, New York, USA with choreography by Pascal Rekoert.

shadows of the silk road
oboe, 2 violins & ‘cello [2002]
Duration: 11 minutes
CF: Y. J. Cho’s exhibition opening at OK Harris Gallery
PR: OK Harris Gallery, SoHo, New York, 2002
Performed by musicians from Manhattan School of Music, New York

sketches of a return
8 celli & digital effects [2002]
Duration: 13 minutes
Recorded by Alan Labiner. Performed by Anna Clyne
Used in a documentary film by Jon Niborg Speier, New York, 2003
Choreographed by Kitty McNamee, Hysterica Dance Company, Los Angeles, 2003

thawing
string trio [2000]
Duration: 3 minutes
PR: ‘Sound Visions,’ Agnes Etherington Art Center, Ontario, Canada, 2000
Performed by musicians from Queen’s University, Canada

portrait of a woman
string trio & clarinet [2000]
Duration: 7 minutes
PR: ‘Sound Visions,’ Agnes Etherington Art Center, Ontario, Canada, 2000
Performed by musicians from Queen’s University, Canada

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SOLO AND DUET
On Track
piano & tape (2007)
Duration: 8 minutes
CB: SEAMUS/ASCAP
CF: Kathy Supové
PR: 2008 SEAMUS Electroacoustic Music Conference

paint box
cello, music box, voice & tape (2006)
Duration: 6’59”
Recorded by Alan Labiner/Carfax Abbey, Brooklyn NY
CB: Jody Redhage
PR: John Zorn’s club, The Stone, New York, 2006
OP: Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY; Cornelia Street Café, New York; Ford Amphitheater, Hollywood, CA.

rapture
b-flat clarinet with distortion & tape (2005)
Live animation by Joshue Ott/Superdraw
Duration: 7 minutes
CB: Australian clarinetist, Eileen Mack.
CF: Hysterica Dance Company, Los Angeles.
PR: Symphony Space: Thalia Theater, New York, 2005.
OP: Bang on a Can Marathon 2006, World Financial Center , New York; Bang on a Can Summer Institute 2006 & 2007, MA; Poncho Concert Hall, Seattle, WA; University of Miami, FL; f(x Music Marathon, Miami, FL.

shards
percussion & tape (2005)
Duration: 13 minutes
CB: American percussionist, Al Cerulo
PR: Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2005
OP: Sonic Web, J.C. Borden Auditorium, New York

choke
baritone saxophone & tape (2004)
Film by Jon Niborg Speier
Duration: 9 minutes
CB: American saxophonist, Argeo Ascani
PR: J. C. Borden Auditorium, New York, 2004
OP: The Great Hall – Cooper Union, New York; Sonic Web, New York; Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music; International Guadeamus Interpreter’s Competition, Holland; National SEAMUS Conference 2006, University of Oregon with Pat O’Keefe (bass clarinet, Third Practice Festival, Virginia; SPARK Festival, Minnesota; Ear to the Earth Festival, New York.; Cornelia Street Café, New York.
ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Prize 2006

fits + starts
amplified ‘cello with effects & tape (2003)
Duration: 6 minutes
CB: Hysterica Dance Company, LA
PR: Tape version premiered at d.u.m.b.o. Dance Festival, New York, 2003 (GALA opening). Live version premiered by cellist Benjamin Capps at Greenfield Hall, New York, 2004
OP: El Portal Theater, Hollywood; New York Dance Now Festival, Joyce SoHo; Sonic Web, New York , Cornelia Street Café, New York; Ford Amphitheater, Hollywood, CA.

fuse
amplified ‘cello and tenor saxophone with effects & tape (2004)
Duration: 9 minutes
PR: Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2004
Anna Clyne, cello; Matt Parker, saxophone

hungarian mode
cello & piano (2002)
Duration: 3 minutes
PR: Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, UK, 2002; Angie Marsh, cello and Catherine Reding, piano

manipura
solo cello (2001)
Duration: 5 minutes
PR: MOSAIC contemporary music series at Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada, 2001

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WITH VOICE
BLUSH
baritone, laptop & chamber ensemble (a.fl, b.cl, hn, vla, vcl, cb, pno, perc, e.guit (2007)
Text by Julio Monterrey
Duration: 13 minutes
CB: Carnegie Hall Corporation, New York, USA
PR: Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 2007 with Kyle Ferril, baritone; Jeremy Flower, laptop; Alan Pierson, conductor

four-fold
song cycle for soprano, flute, viola, ‘cello, piano & tape (2004 rec. 2005)
Text by W.B. Yeats & anon.
Duration: 11 minutes
PR: Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2004
OP: Masterclass with Pierre Boulez, New York and Sonic Web, New York

still, within, resolve
12 unaccompanied voices (2002)
Text by Anna Clyne
Duration: 8 minutes
PR: Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, UK, 2002
OP: St. Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh, UK
Performed by musicians at the University of Edinburgh (Running Bear Bunch, conductor)
Finalist for the University of Edinburgh Tovey Competition 2002

wish
female choir & chamber orchestra (2001)
Text : ancient chants
Duration: 9 minutes
PR: Polyhymnia Choir at Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada, 2001

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TAPE
Experiment in Ecstasy
tape (2006)
Duration: 7 minutes
CB: Hysterica Dance Company, Los Angeles, CA
PR: Open Fist Theater, Hollywood, CA, 2006
OP: Brand Library, Glendale, CA

i like trains
tape (2004)
Duration: 3 minutes

fits + starts remixed
tape (2003)
Duration: 3 minutes / 2 minutes
CB: Hysterica Dance Company, Los Angeles, CA
PR: ‘Victorious,’ Open Fist Theater, Hollywood, CA

vivre
tape (2003)
Duration: 5 minutes
CB: French artist, Rokhshad Nourdeh
PR: installation at Art Resources Transfer Inc, New York
OP: Paris, France

East 5th
tape (2003)
Duration: 8 minutes
CF: Hysterica Dance Company, Los Angeles, CA

transcription
tape (2002)
Duration: 12 minutes
PR: Soundings Electronic Music Festival, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, UK 2003
Composed at the University of Edinburgh Electronic Music Studios, UK
Selected as one of nine works from an international call for works – Soundings Electronic Music Festival, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, UK, 2003, with guest composers and curators, Dr. Jonty Harrison and Dr. Robert Dowe.

one
tape (2001)
Duration: 5 minutes
PR: Soundings Electronic Music Festival, UK, 2002
OP: Diffusion workshop with Jonty Harrison, Reid Concert Hall, UK

energy
interactive sound program created for animation by British artist, Joshua Bryan
PR: Installation at Edinburgh University, 2003

arclight
pre-recorded tape, live ‘cello with slides (2001)
Duration: 12 minutes
Collaborative project with students at Queen’s University, Canada
PR: School of Music Electroacoustic Music Concert, Queen’s University, Canada

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