Works

2024
As Safe As If It Were In The Fire
for solo violin, viola or cello and live electronics
Extras
for septet (clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola, cello)
Extras (Solo  Piano version)
for piano
IVR
for extended banjo and live electronics
Onoma River for banjo and fiddle
Pale Blue Dot Blues for banjo and fiddle
Peach Leaf Ice Cream for banjo and fiddle
Red Coreopsis for banjo and fiddle
Smoot’s Good Foot for banjo and fiddle
Stay Local for banjo and fiddle
Summerbird for banjo and fiddle
Tidal Pull for banjo and fiddle

2023
Brush Mind: Begin To
sound for video installation with Hank Lazer
Red at the Edges
for clawhammer electric guitar and live electronics
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled
for electronics

2022
A Long Line of Clouds Just Above the Trees
for violin duo and live electronics
A Record of the Air From the Middle of a Cloud
6-channel generative sound installation that sonifies air quality data
From the Middle of a Clearing
 text score
Half Premonitions of the Moon for solo bullroarer. Collaboration with book artist Sarah Bryant
River Rocks text score

2021
Birds of Passage in an Egg-Shaped World
for 6 or more performers and invented instruments
Four Folded Boxes archival ink on acid-free paper
Holding Up A Hollow Mountain
 for saxophone quartet (SATB)
Numbers Station (Cynthia) for two or more performers [download score]
Rated PG-13 For digital art on LCD monitor

2020
(((as reflected in the glimmer of the black pond)))
for percussion ensemble (4 or more performers) [download score]

2019
A Work of Art for Every Entry in Index—Subjects—Library of Congress
generative computer images
Carrier Hotel Victoria
for string quartet [download score]
Crow Chases Red-tailed Hawk for invented instruments (aerophones) and live electronics
Pink Noise sound art: computer animation with sound
Roving Gambler for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Snakeskin (verso) for cello and live electronics

2018
A Catalog of Imaginary Flags software-based artwork
Brush Mind: Second Hand
sound for video installation with Jane Cassidy and Hank Lazer
Hard Times
for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Mirror Trace and Tremble multimedia installation with Jane Cassidy and Tim Feeney
Slow Light From the Farthest Star for piano and live electronics

2017
4^4 on the Floor for computer
…about the size of a fist and located slightly to the left of… for computer
Brush Mind: At Hand sound for video installation with Jane Cassidy, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Aaron Dues, Michael Harp and Hank Lazer
Still Yet Already Again for violin duo and live electronics

Download a pdf score of Still Yet Already Again

Three to Seven Feet per Year for clawhammer electric guitar and live electronics
Tell a Gossip for clawhammer electric guitar and live electronics
Worldlines for 3 or more sustaining instruments [download score]

2016
Follows from Hummingbird
for 3 or more sustaining instruments

Listen to an mp3 of Follows from Hummingbird
Download a pdf score of Follows from Hummingbird

Laurel Cove for voice, clawhammer electric guitar and computer

Raise the Shades / Consider a Middle Distance for extended clawhammer banjo and computer
…then carefully unfolded and placed in… for 4 or more sustaining instruments

2015
Alap Catfish Impala
for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer
A History of Elevators in Film 
for 88-key controller and computer

Download a pdf score of A History of Elevators in Film

Color Coded Materials of the Artist for soprano, flute and harp
N27P51: Three Soundings for electronic media (with Hank Lazer)

2014
Glacial Erratics for 1 or 2 sustaining instruments and computer
Over Yonder’s Ocean for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Spin/Wind/Up/Down for live electronics
Steel Bearing Load for lap steel, magnetic ball and computer
Sudden Swan for voice and computer

Download a pdf score of Sudden Swan

2013
Cypher, a Circle for piano duo

Download a pdf score for Cypher, a Circle (Satellite)

Having Told the Hive the News for eight or more voices

Download a pdf score for Having Told the Hive the News

Purple Loosestrife (Satellite) for brass quintet

Download a pdf score for Purple Loosestrife (Satellite)

Static for extended clawhammer banjo and computer

2012
Curlew for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Music for Folding Chair for folding chair and computer
No Mule for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Pump Organ for live electronics
Windowed Pulses for live electronics

2011
Blackjack David for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer

Watch a video of Blackjack David

A Coincidence of Opposites for any sustaining instrument and computer
Das Lied von der Erdbeer
sound sculpture
Everyone Looks to the Sky for any sustaining instrument and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Everyone Looks to the Sky
Watch a video of Everyone Looks to the Sky

Six Chords Every Rock Guitarist Should Know for three or more electric guitars with electric bass and drums

Download a pdf score for Six Chords Every Rock Guitarist Should Know

2 out of 3 for 3 or 4 performers on any instrument

2010
Swallowtail for three or more electric guitars with electric bass and drums

Listen to an mp3 of Swallowtail performed by Matthew Ernst, Tara Fracalossi, Eric Hardiman, Ray Hare, Holland Hopson, Thomas Lail, Patrick Wecklar and Matt Weston.
Download a pdf score for Swallowtail

2009
Fencepost for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Spring Dissent (Bubbling) for electric 6-string banjo and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Spring Dissent (Bubbling)

Wichita Mind Control – Estate Capital for bent-electronics and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Wichita Mind Control – Estate Capital

2008
Choctaw Mind Control for extended clawhammer banjo, GuitarBot, XyloBot, ModBots and computer
Nine Tas for 4 voices (1994, revised/recomposed 2008)

Listen to an mp3 of Nine Tas performed by Ashley Gaar, Kathy Hatch, Wendi Olinger, Brandon Young
Download a pdf score for Nine Tas

Old Alabama arr. for voice, extended clawhammer banjo, GuitarBot, XyloBot, ModBots, and computer
Telephone Temple for extended clawhammer banjo, GuitarBot, XyloBot, ModBots, and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Telephone Temple performed in a version without the LEMURbots

Turnover for voice, extended clawhammer banjo and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Turnover

Wichita Mind Control for any multiple-stringed instrument and computer

2007
Born in the Desert for extended clawhammer banjo and computer

Download a pdf score or a LilyPond score with banjo tablature

Comes and Goes for four or more performers using electronic or acoustic instruments

Download a pdf score

Ice Age for extended clawhammer banjo and computer
My Old True Love for extended clawhammer banjo and computer

2006
For James (Rising or Falling) for any instrument and computer

Listen to an mp3 of For James (Rising or Falling). Peformed by Holland Hopson, soprano saxophone and computer,

Kickstand Quicksand for jazz ensemble
We would like to take this opportunity for cello soloist and any three string instruments or string quartet

2005
But You Could for jazz ensemble

But You Could lead sheet in C or
But You Could lead sheet in Bb

Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down for extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Eggplant Pie (with Shawn Feeney) for electric guitar, soprano saxophone and computer
One Single File Line for soprano saxophone and computer
x seconds of crackling / x seconds of lapping for 4 intonarumori or any 4 like instruments capable of sustained tones and glissandi

2004
Chords, Clouds, Masses, Continents, Tutti-Frutti #1 open instrumentation

Listen to an mp3 of Chords, Clouds, Masses, Continents, Tutti-Frutti #1. Peformed by the Austin Cobra Players at the Church of the Friendly Ghost on Sept. 26, 2004.
Download a pdf file of the score.

New Distributor for tentet
Old Alabama for 2 or more instruments or voice
Ordinary Cardinal, Sudden for six sustaining instruments

2003
Chorale for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Delay Pitch Season Opener for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Double Blue for 2 melodic instruments (with or without rhythm section)

Double Blue lead sheet in C or
Double Blue lead sheet in Bb

East Virginia for extended clawhammer banjo and computer
Life on (Planet) for a pair of rocks and computer
sun drum moon rock dust dusk interactive sound installation
Swaps for 2 melodic instruments

Swaps lead sheet in C or
Swaps lead sheet in Bb

Trux 4×4 for extended clawhammer banjo and computer
With Hidden Noises four-channel, interactive sound installation

2002
Batak Batak for extended soprano saxophone and computer
bend, fold, spindle (with John J.A.Jannone) for custom electronics

Listen to an mp3 of bend, fold, spindle. Recorded live at the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture’s Good Coffeehouse Series on Feb. 8, 2002.

Bowling Green (arr.) for voice, extended clawhammer banjo, and computer
grckl for extended soprano saxophone and computer

Listen to an mp3 of grckl.

Kirghiz Light (with Jeffrey Schanzer) for electric guitar, soprano saxophone, and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Kirghiz Light. Recorded live at the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture’s Good Coffeehouse Series on Feb. 8, 2002.

Mbira Duo (with John J.A.Jannone) for 2 mbiras and ring modulator

Listen to an mp3 of Mbira Duo. Recorded live at the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture’s Good Coffeehouse Series on Feb. 8, 2002.

Sal Got a Meatskin for voice and electronics
Shady Grove Mechanic for extended clawhammer banjo and computer
West Fork Gillie for extended clawhammer banjo and computer
WHN for custom electronics

2001
Cascadece
(stereo soundtrack for Anney Bonney’s single channel video)
Lima (with John J.A.Jannone) for extended soprano saxophone, dataglove, dataviolin, 2 computers
Ninon (with Nicole Peyrafitte) for extended soprano saxophone and computer. more info
Tapeworm (with John J.A.Jannone) for extended soprano saxophone, dataglove, dataviolin, 2 computers

2000
Circul
for extended soprano saxophone and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Circul. Recorded live at Impulse/Response, Jan. 4, 2001, the Arts Center, Troy, NY.
Creative Commons License
This mp3 is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Destiny and Infinity (with John J.A.Jannone) for extended soprano saxophone, dataglove, dataviolin, 2 computers
Quodlibet (with Nicole Peyrafitte) for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Slap & Tickle for extended soprano saxophone and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Slap & Tickle. Recorded live at Impulse/Response, Jan. 4, 2001, the Arts Center, Troy, NY.
Creative Commons License
This mp3 is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Things Fall Where They Lie (with Nicole Peyrafitte) for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Tin for sipsi and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Tin. Recorded live at Impulse/Response, Jan. 4, 2001, the Arts Center, Troy, NY.
Creative Commons License
This mp3 is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

1999
Cuckoo
for extended soprano saxophone and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Cuckoo. Recorded live at Impulse/Response, Jan. 4, 2001, the Arts Center, Troy, NY.
Creative Commons License
This mp3 is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

MSQ for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Largemouth for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Skylark (Buick) for extended soprano saxophone and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Skylark (Buick). Recorded live at Impulse/Response, Jan. 4, 2001, the Arts Center, Troy, NY.
Creative Commons License
This mp3 is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

1998
Artifacts for cello and computer
Gone to Tuscaloosa for extended soprano saxophone and computer

Listen to an mp3 of Gone to Tuscaloosa. Recorded live at Impulse/Response, Jan. 4, 2001, the Arts Center, Troy, NY.
Creative Commons License
This mp3 is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Harmonics for extended soprano saxophone and computer
New Prospect for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Night Light (with John A.J. Jannone) music for the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company–for extended soprano saxophone, computer, and live electronics
Still Moving for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Trade Place (installation with Kathleen Brandt) for video projection and 2 channel audio
Yellow Mama for extended soprano saxophone and computer

1997
Alabama Rain theatrical music for banjo and electronics
The Ideal of Cinema (with James Keepnews) for alto and soprano saxophone, computer, and projected images
Kedron for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Keep the Changes for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Maximus, To Himself for extended soprano saxophone and computer
Ordinate and Abscissa for extended soprano saxophone, computer, and projected images

1996
Deep Breathing for harmonica and computer
Escargot (single channel video with stereo sound)
Footsteps for 12 performers and 12 boomboxes
Four Walls, Four Circles (installation) for 4 channel video, 2 channel audio
Mind the Gap, Please (installation) for metronome and 4-channel audio
Sound of Ney is Fire for 12 performers and 12 boomboxes

1995
Hey, the Na Na Song for 3 performers and 3 personal cassette players with headphones

download a .pdf of the score and example parts for Hey, the Na Na Song

Film Music for solo voice
Flute Song Has Returned to Bamboo Forest for 12 performers and 12 boomboxes
Kyrie for mixed chorus with treble soloist
Nine Tas for four voices
Three Kinds of Pleasures for tenor voice and viola

1994
Ayam Means Chicken, Enak Means Delicious for tape alone
Nine Islands, Nine Dialects for solo cello and speaking cellist

download a .pdf score for Nine Islands, Nine Dialects

Oral History for tape alone
Piano Journal for solo piano

1993
La Construccion Rationale de la Existencia Inestable for clarinet, violin, and piano
I Have Set the Lord Always Before Me for mixed chorus (commissioned by The Cathedral Church of the Advent Choir, Birmingham, AL)
Rules for the Determination of for flute, clarinet, bassoon
Stations of the Breath for flute and piano

1992
Blest Be the Tie for organ
Cynosure for solo kayagum
Emily Ann Faces Some Serious Problems for women’s chorus

download a .pdf score for Emily Ann Faces Some Serious Problems

Half-life for clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano, and piano
Poetics for solo piano
Three Siva Songs for bass voice and cello

download a .pdf score for Three Siva Songs

Souvenirs for trombone and tape

1991
All Good Things for solo vibraphone
Consonants for 4 voices
Delta for saxophone trio (alto, tenor, baritone)
Macbeth (with Kendrick Wells) theatrical music for homemade instruments
Millfire theatrical music for tenor saxophone
Psalm 22 for mixed chorus
Le Vertiges de Grande Profondeurs for big band

1990
The Harbor of Illusion for mezzo-soprano and piano
I Will Forget, You Will Become a Song for tape alone
Quartet 60x88x120x208 for one, two, or four performers and four metronomes

download a .pdf score for Quartet 60x88x120x208

Sound Cycle for at least seven bicyclists/singers

download a .pdf score for Sound Cycle

1989
A Proper Sense of Loss for saxophone quartet (alto, alto, tenor, baritone)
Backyard Wind for saxophone quartet (alto, alto, tenor, baritone)

One Reply to “Works”

Comments are closed.