My paper, “Ontological Substance and Meaning in Live Electroacoustic Music,” has been released in the select proceedings of the Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval conference with the theme Genesis of Meaning in Sound and Music published by Springer. (more…)
60×60 is a project containing 60 compositions from 60 different composers, where each composition is 60 seconds (or less) in duration.
My RUhere x60 is included in the 2006-07 edition and has already received many performances. Read the rest of this entry »
Guitarist and composer Lily Maase and her band The Suite Unraveling release their album, Unbind. today. It includes a fascinating blind collaborative project of Lily’s called Vanishingpoint. I contributed some sounds to this project by improvising some short musical passages using samples of things recorded by other contributors.
Check out the album at CD Baby.
Bohn Media releases the album Clairaudience today, including my piece Disturbances. Every work on the album is based on sounds from electronic voice phenomena. I used my live sampling tools to build the gestures and textures in the work.
Read more about the CD here, and click here for ordering information.
Read more about the Gamepad Sampler here.
An expressive rendition of the psalm in varied musical languages, to fit the text. Optional keyboard reduction provided.
View and buy the score at SibeliusMusic (plug-in required).
Two different musical voices makes their way through the ensemble, manifest in different ways, making for a stream-of-consciousness musical discourse. Extreme ranges are avoided or accompanied by alternative notes, if needed. For string orchestra, quintet, or quartet.
View and buy the score at SibeliusMusic (plug-in required).
a thought amidst was selected for performance during the International Computer Music Conference 2002 in Göteborg, Sweden as part of the “Money” Project, in which composers around the world were invited to create pieces based on the same brief sound clip. A CD of the fifteen selected works will be released by Alta Sounds.
Amidst turbulent surroundings, a delictate musical thought persists.
In this quintet, three-voice groups argue out their differences in a rhythmic style inspired by funk. It lays down a unique 3/4 groove that you can pat your foot to, but keeps you guessing. Each instrument has a fun, interesting and challenging part, either working independently, or as a part of an intense rhythmic groove, or in unusual timbral groupings. The first movement (of three) will also be available alone, but works best when played with the others. The second movement interrupts the first with a free “Dream sequence,” and the finale picks up where the first movement left off to take it all home.
View and buy the score at SibeliusMusic (plug-in required).
A minor blues written for the Chisholm Trail Middle School jazz band.
View and buy the scores at SibeliusMusic: for large jazz ensemble or small ensemble (plug-in required).
Despite the classical-sounding title, the surface level of this work imitates the ‘cool’ jazz style of the early 1950’s. Meanwhile, the underlying structure is based on rather rigorous serial techniques, which has surprised every listener so far. This light, rhythmic movement may be played alone or with the rest of the Concerto. There are plenty of chances to improvise in this non-tonal context (but written solos are provided for the faint-of-heart).
View and buy the score at SibeliusMusic (plug-in required): 1st movement, 2nd-5th movements.