Compositions

Solo Works
Chamber Works
Orchestral Works

Found Object Percussion Works        
The found objects works are mostly time scores, improvisation structures, or a combination of both. These works grow directly from an amateur found object percussion project I have directed over the last 6 years. The work with this ensemble influenced not only my work with found object improvised music, but also other pieces composed for traditional instruments. Visit the Walden Percussion Orchestra Project for more information on the ideas and ensemble.
Solo Works                                                                                                                             top
   
New Work for Piano - in progress         (2007)           Fall 07    Germany
                                                                                                 Martin van der Heydt - piano

 Fading Drift - cello solo, perc.                (2004)           10.03.07  Bent Frequency Ensemble
                                                                                                 Atlanta, GA     

                                                                                   02.12.05  New Music Brandeis, Waltham, MA
                                                                                                 David Russell-Cello; Tim Feeney-Perc.

                                                                                   07.13.04  Warebrook Music Festival, Irasburg, VT
                                                                                                 David Russell-Cello; Tim Feeney-Perc.

 3 Short Pieces for Piano                   (1998)                          Boston University

 early morning, near the coast            (1996)                         University Pittsburgh New Music Series
                                                                                                David Keberlee, Clarinet


      
Chamber Works                                                                                                                     top

Duos for Guitar and Guqin                  (2005)                       IN PROGRESS         


Time Relfection                                     (2005)         04.01.06 Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University
      4 amplified classical guitars                                                   William Anderson with members
      electric guitar (doubling)                                                         of Cygnus Ensemble
      Chinese guqin (live or pre-recorded)                                        Jeff Roberts, guqin
      program note 

Wandering (in the footsteps of Li Po)  (2004)         01.25.04 First and Second Church, Boston, MA
     fl,2cl,2vln,vla,2vc,pno,perc,                                                     Commissioned and Premiered by
     separate vln ensemble, 3 amateur perc.                                  Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble
     program note
                                                                                           
Skimming - fl,cl,vln,vc,pno,perc                 (2003)       09.09.03 Italienisches Kulturinisitut,Koln, Germany
      program note                                                                          Commissioned and Premiered by
                                                                                                Ensemble E-mex

                                                                                  08.01.04  Wellesley Composer Conference
                                                                                                 Wellesley, MA

                                                                                  10.22.04  Contemporanena 2004 Festival
                                                                                                Udine, Italy
                                                                                                Ensemble Mikrokosmos
Scattered Stillness - fl,cl,vln,vc,pno,perc    (2002)      03.27.03 New Music Brandeis, Waltham, MA
                                                                                                Premiered by Non Sequitur
                                                                                               
Distant, Not Blurred                                 (2001)     07.27.01 l'ecole d'art americane  
      string quartet, ,pno, 6 amateur percussion                              Salle de Cologne, Fontanbleau France


Two Movements for Violin and Piano    (1998)                   Tsai Performance Center
                                                                                                Boston University

Reflections on a Painting by Miyamoto Musashi   (1998)  Tsai Performance Center
     clarinet, horn, violin, cello                                                       Boston University
November 15, 1996                                (1996)      04.02.97 New Music Series
     clarinet, cello, piano                                                             University of Pittsburgh 

      
Orchestral Works                                                                                                                   top

New Work for Orchestra with                (2006-07)               IN PROGRESS
Found Object Orchestra 
    

Glimmer                                                   (2003)      02.27.04  Wellesley College Chapel, Wellesley, MA
    3-3-3-2, 4-3-3-1, 12-12-6-5-3, hp,cel.,2 perc.                             Written for and Premiered by
    8 person amateur percussion ensemble                                   Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
    program note                                                                           Neal Hampton, Conductor

                                                                                 02.28.04  Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University
                                                                                                Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
                                                                                                Neal Hampton, Conductor

Wind Shifting                                            (2001) 
    3-3-3-2, 4-3-3-1, 12-12-6-5-3, hp,cel.,2 perc.
    20 person amateur found object percussion ensemble

Emerging Plain                                         (2000)    11.17.00   First and Second Church, Boston, MA
       Clarinet, String Orchestra                                                     Commissioned and Premiered by
                                                                                                 Boston Chamber Orchestra
                                                                                                 Brenda Leach, Conductor

 Dialogue for Clarinet, Percussion and Orchestra (1997)   University of Pittsburgh Orchestra
                                                                                                Roger Zahab, Conductor

Found Object Percussion Works                                                                                       top
  
Southern Excursions                            (2007)    6.07.2007    D-22 Club 
      12 amateur percussionists                                                     Wudaokou, Beijing, China
    Recorded Sound from Ethic Minority
    Villages in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi
    Southwestern China

                                                                              7.06.07      Recorded
                                                                                               Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
                                                                                               Recording Studio. Beijing, China

Abstractions in Falling                           (2007)    6.07.2007    D-22 Club 
      12 amateur percussionists                                                     Wudaokou, Beijing, China
    Recorded Sound natural Environments
    in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Macau
    Hong Kong, China  

Drop                                                         (2004)    2.28.2004 Rose Art Museum  
      4 amateur percussionists                                                      Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
   
     
Turning Tides                                           (2001)     10.19.01 Slosberg Hall  
      flute, clarinet                                                                        Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
    6 amateur percussionists              
     program note                                              (2006)     02.03.06 Columbia University, New York, NY
                                                                                              Columbia Music Scholarship Conference
                                                                                              Wet Ink Ensemble
                                                                        
Distant, Not Blurred                                 (2001)     07.27.01 l'ecole d'art americane  
      string quartet, piano,                                                            Salle de Cologne, Fontanbleau France
    6 amateur percussion                              

Reflection of Tress I                                  (1999)    04.27.00 Boston Improvisation Collective Concert 
      cello, 3 amateur percussionists                                              Andover Chapel, Harvard University
                                                                                               Cambridge, MA

Reflection of Tress II                                 (2000)     03.15.00 Boston Improv Theatre  
     20 person amateur found object                                              Cambridge, MA
    percussion ensemble                            

Air and Resonance                                  (1999)     12.10.99  Grape Society Concert  
     12 person amateur found object                                              Wheaton College Library
    percussion ensemble                                                             Groton, MA

Other Works Listed in Categories above involving amateur found object percussion

Wandering (in the footsteps of Li Po)                  Chamber 
Scattered Stillness                                                 Chamber 
Glimmer                                                                   Orchestral 
Wind Shifting                                                           Orchestral