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compositions ensemble discography
2007

impermanence - recorded for ECM New Series (release date Spring 2008)
Basket Rondo - Commissioned by the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, 6 voices
Three Heavens and Hells - (Choral Version), Commissioned by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, 44 voices

 
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2006 impermanence - 8 Voices, Piano, Keyboard, Marimba, Vibraphone, Percussion, Violin, Winds, Bicycle Wheel  
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2005

Night - Chamber Orchestra, 8 Voices

 
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Stringsongs - commissioned by the Kronos Quartet
The Impermanence Project - eight voices, piano, keyboard, marimba, vibraphone, percussion, violin, clarinets, bicycle wheel

 

Possible Sky - first symphonic work commissioned by Michael Tilson Thomas for the New World Symphony
Last Song - solo voice and piano; words by James Hillman

 
When There Were Work Songs - commissioned by the Western Wind Vocal Ensemble  
MERCY, 6 Voices, 2 Keyboards, Percussion, Violin, Theremin
REFRACTIVE VOICES, Collaboration with David Behrman, Voice, Electronics, Viola
ANCESTOR SHOUT, Collaboration with David Behrman,
Piano - 4 Hands, 2 Voices, Electronics, Tape
LITTLE BREATH MOTOR, Collaboration with David Behrman
Voice, Electronics
BOYS 1; BOYS 2; BOYS 3, 4 Voices, Overdubbed Tape Piece composed for a reading of Rick Moody's BOYS on WNYC
listen to "Boys" on NPR online
 
MICKI SUITE, 4 Voices
ECLIPSE VARIATIONS, 4 Voices, Esraj, Sampler
 

CLARINET STUDY #4, Solo Clarinet
CELLO STUDY #1, Solo Cello and Voice
TRUMPET STUDY #1, Solo Trumpet

 
MAGIC FREQUENCIES, 6 Voices, Percussion, 2 Keyboards, Theremin, Violin  
   
STEPPE MUSIC, Solo Piano  
THE POLITICS OF QUIET
10 Voices, 2 Keyboards, French Horn, Violin, Bowed Psaltry
   1. PRAYER
   2. MEETING SONGS
   3. DEMON MEDITATION
   4. FOLK DANCE
   5. ANCESTORS CHORAL
   6. OBSOLETE OBJECTS
   7. ANCESTORS CHORALE 2
   8. NIGHT (ELEGY)
   9. PRAYER 2/PRAYER 3
   10. TIME PAVANNE
   11. BIRTH OF THE STARS
 
NIGHTFALL, 16 voices
DENKAI AND KRIKIKI CHANTS, 4 Voices
 
AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY #1: ROOSEVELT ISLAND
9 voices, Organ, Bass, Medieval Drum, Shawm
   1. YA-MIN-NA-NEYA
   2. OVERTURE
   3. PROCESSION
   4. CALLING #1
   5. CALLING #2
   6. ROWING SONG
   7. CHROMATICS
   8. FOLK DANCE
   9. THE UNINVITED GUEST
   10. DOCTORS' BONE DANCE

VOLCANO SONGS (SOLO), Solo voice, Voice with Taped Voices and Pian
ST. PETERSBURG WALTZ, Solo Piano Version
 
CUSTOM MADE
   1. STEPPE MUSIC (EXCERPT), Solo Piano
   2. VOLCANO SONGS (DUET), 2 Voices
   3. ST. PETERSBURG WALTZ, Solo Piano, 2 Voices
   4. NEW YORK REQUIEM, Solo Voice, Piano
 
THREE HEAVENS AND HELLS, 4 voices
ATLAS: AN OPERA IN THREE PARTS (ECM RECORDS), 18 Voices, 2 Keyboards, Clarinet, Bass, Clarinet, Sheng, Bamboo Sax, 2 Violins, Viola, 2 Celli, French Horn,Percussion, Shawm, Glass Harmonica
 
ATLAS: AN OPERA IN THREE PARTS, 18 Voices, 2 Keyboards, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Sheng, Bamboo Sax, 2 Violins, Viola, 2 Celli, French Horn, Percussion, Shawm  
BOOK OF DAYS (ECM Records), 12 Voices, Synthesizer, Cello, Bagpipe, Hurdy Gurdy, Piano, Hammered Dulcimer
PHANTOM WALTZ, 2 Pianos
FACING NORTH, 2 Voices, Tape Developed in collaboration with Robert Een
 
BOOK OF DAYS (Film Score), 10 Voices, Cello, Shawm, Synthesizer, Hammered Dulcimer, Bagpipe, Hurdy Gurdy
FAYUM MUSIC, Voice, Hammered Dulcimer, Double Ocarina
LIGHT SONGS, Solo Voice RAVEN, Solo Piano
CAT SONG, Solo Voice
PARLOUR GAMES, 2 Pianos
PROCESSIONAL, Solo Piano, Voice
 
DUET BEHAVIOR, 2 Voices
THE RINGING PLACE, 9 Voices
DO YOU BE (ECM Records), 10 Voices, 2 Pianos, Synthesizer, Violin, Bagpipes
 
SCARED SONG, Solo Voice, Synthesizer and Piano
I DON'T KNOW, Solo Voice and Piano
DOUBLE FIESTA, Solo Voice, 2 Pianos
STRING, Unaccompanied Solo Voice
WINDOW IN 7'S (FOR NURIT), Solo Piano
ACTS FROM UNDER AND ABOVE ELLIS ISLAND, 2 Pianos
 
BOOK OF DAYS, 25 Voices, Synthesizer, Piano
BOOK OF DAYS, (Chamber Version), 7 Voices, Synthesizer
WINDOW SONG, Composed for Ping Chong's Nosferatu
ROAD SONGS, Composed for David Byrne's True Stories
 
PANDA CHANT I, 4 Voices
PANDA CHANT II, 8 Voices
GRADUATION SONG, 16 Voices
CITY SONGS
 
TOKYO CHA-CHA, 6 Voices, 2 Electric Organs
ENGINE STEPS, Tape Collage
2 MEN WALKING, 3 Voices, Electric Organs
THE GAMES, 16 Voices, Synthesizer, Keyboards Flemish Bagpipes, Bagpipes, Chinese Horn and Rauschpfeife
 
VIEW NO. 1, Piano, Synthesizer, Voice, Composed for Ping Chong's
AM/PM VIEW NO. 2, Solo Voice, Synthesizer
 
SPECIMEN DAYS, 14 Voices, Piano, 2 electric Organs  
DOLMEN MUSIC (ECM Records), 6 Voices, Piano, Violin, Cello, Percussion
TURTLE DREAMS (WALTZ), 4 Voices, 2 Electric Organs
 
DOLMEN MUSIC, 6 Voices, Cello, Percussion
SONGS FROM THE HILL/TABLET (Wergo Records), 4 Voices, Piano Four hands, 2 soprano recorders
RECENT RUINS, 14 Voices, Tape, Cello
 
THE PLATEAU SERIES, 5 Voices, Tape  
SONGS FROM THE HILL, Unaccompanied Solo Voice
TABLET, 4 Voices, Piano Four-Hands, 2 Soprano Recorders
QUARRY: AN OPERA, 38 Voices, 2 Pump Organs, 2 Soprano Recorders, Tape
VENICE/MILAN, 15 Voices, Piano Four-Hands
 
ANTHOLOGY AND SMALL SCROLL, Solo Voice, Piano, Soprano Recorder  
OUR LADY OF LATE (Minona Records), Solo Voice, Wine Glass, Percussion
CHACON, 25 Voices, Piano, Percussion
 

EDUCATION OF THE GIRLCHILD: AN OPERA, 6 Voices, Electric Organ, Piano
OUR LADY OF LATE, Solo Voice and Wine Glass
 
PLAINSONG FOR BILL'S BOJO, Electric Organ
VESSEL: AN OPERA EPIC, 75 Voices, Electric Organ, Dulcimer, Accordion
 
KEY: AN ALBUM OF INVISIBLE THEATER (Increase Records)
Solo Voice and Electric Organ, Vocal Quartet, Percussion, Jew's Harp
A RAW RECITAL, Solo Voice and Electric Organ; Vocal Duets and Electric Organ
NEEDLE-BRAIN LLOYD AND THE SYSTEMS KID, 150 Voices, Electric Organ, Guitar, Flute
 
JUICE: A THEATER CANTATA, 85 Voices, Jew's Harp, 2 Violins  
BLUEPRINT (3), (4)
CO-OP
 
CANDY BULLETS AND MOON, Voice, Electric Organ, Electric Bass, Drums, Collaboration with Don Preston
BLUEPRINT: OVERLOAD/BLUEPRINT 2, Solo Voice with Echoplex and Tape
DYING SWAN WITH SUNGLASSES
 
16 MILLIMETER EARRINGS, Voice, Guitar, Tapes  

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