Late summer 2006 I moved to just outside of Providence, Rhode Island where I'm busy writing, and, in my spare time, blacksmithing (yes, blacksmithing). I've also been teaching at Rhode Island College. This term, among other responsibilities there, I am teaching an elementary music theory course and a course on 20th-century music. I'm also leading Rhode Island College's contemporary chamber ensemble, New York System, which I recently formed. We did our first big concert in December, and have performances coming up in April and May (and possibly others). We've also commissioned two new works for our May 7th concert.
Early in 2007 I finished a big-ish new piano work for Vicki Ray (Cal Arts/EAR Unit/Xtet), as well as a tape piece based on Electronic Voice Phenomenon recordings. This EVP piece was released by Bohn Media as part of the CD Clairaudience last August (a purchase link is listed below under recordings). In the spring I wrote a miniature for tape based on my own overtone singing and Schubert's Symphony No. 8 (Musical Contraption #1), and another miniature for string quartet (which I'll just call 6 & 7 here for the sake of brevity--as the full title is longer than the piece itself). The big work for the fall was my collaboration with visual artist Brice Brown, Selling the sound of my voice, which was installed at VertexList gallery in Brooklyn October-November. You can still see a few more details at the gallery's blog: VertexList or at Brice's blog. Our second (even bigger!) collaboration (working title: Aviary/Apiary) will open in Boston in September 2008.
My 2006 tape miniature program note by Henry Cowell [Beta] was selected in the Vox Novus 60x60 Competition. This miniature of mine will be released on the 60x60 Project's new double CD in spring 2008.
Current projects include a new chamber ensemble work that I've just finished, ...to an unnamed beneficiary, (scored for clarinet, trumpet, and celesta) for James and David Bohn's Questions Project (written in response to Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question); a "Pierrot+percussion" piece setting a large fragment of a wonderful and hilarious poem by Denise Duhamel; and, hopefully, a work for solo organ. --However, much of my time these days is dedicated to work on my book on musical forms and techniques as used by several twentieth-century novelists. A bit more on that project is posted on my research page (or soon will be).
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| the night copies me in all its stars recorded by the Kiev Philharmonic, Robert Ian Winstin conductor [ERM 6708] Buy it! | cold springs branch, 10 p.m. recorded by Guy Livingston [Wergo WER 6649 2] Buy it! | little white house (underpass to the foundation), 1 p.m. for 9 electrofitted toy pianos recorded at the Klavier Nonette installation by Trimpin [available from Jack Straw Studios] Buy it! | four pieces from warm springs, georgia recorded by pianist Benjamin Binder [available from the Princeton Alumni Council] Buy it! |
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Recent and Upcoming Events
2008
Nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Vicki Ray, piano. (Fall)
As yet untitled. Interactive collaboration with artist Brice Brown. (September)
2007
Type I error [111306-011107].
For two-channel tape. Clairaudience Concert, Nazarian Center for
the Arts, Rhode Island College. (Spring)
the night copies me in all its stars. For orchestra. The Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Edward Markward, conductor. Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (March 17)
...to an unnamed beneficiary For clarinet, trumpet, and celesta. Ian Greitzer, clarinet; Joseph Foley, trumpet; Alan Shockley, celesta. Deborah Griffin Memorial Faculty Recital, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (April 3)
the night copies me in all its stars. For orchestra. The Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Edward Markward, conductor. Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (March 17)
...to an unnamed beneficiary For clarinet, trumpet, and celesta. Ian Greitzer, clarinet; Joseph Foley, trumpet; Alan Shockley, celesta. Deborah Griffin Memorial Faculty Recital, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (April 3)
candlepin·bowling·deadwood.
For flute, clarinet, violoncello, piano, drum set. New York
System. Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (May 7)
Nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Vicki Ray, piano. (Fall)
As yet untitled. Interactive collaboration with artist Brice Brown. (September)
2007
a foreign sound to your ear (what
else can you show me?). For two-channel tape.
Installation as part of the Weisman Art Museum's exhibit, "Bob Dylan's
American Journey, 1956-1966" and in conjunction with the 2007 Spark
Festival, University of Minnesota. (February 3-April 29)
after Idumea. For solo melodica. Griffin Memorial Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (February 11)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, CEMI, University of North Texas, Denton. (February 26)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. University of Nebraska New Music Festival. (April 3)
program note by Henry Cowell. For two-channel tape. Rhode Island College Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (April 18)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio. (April 21)
Type I error [111306-011107]. For two-channel tape. Rhode Island College Composers Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (May 20)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. RIC Percussion Ensemble, Rhode Island College Composers Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (May 20)
"Playing the Square Circle: Musical Form and Polyphony in the Wake." Paper for the 2007 North American James Joyce Conference, University of Texas at Austin. (June 16--Bloomsday!)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Theatersaal, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. (June 7)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. San Francisco Community Music Center, San Francisco (June 9)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Amadeus Centre, London, UK. (June 10)
"Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Voices." Paper for the International Anthony Burgess Symposium, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK. (July 28)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Adelphi University, Long Island, New York. (July 30)
Type I error [111306-011107]. For two-channel tape. Released on the CD, Clairaudience, Bohn Media. (August 1)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Stress!! (nightclub), Galway City, Ireland. (August 22)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Dance Collaboration with Jeramy Zimmerman. Jan Hus Church, New York City. (August 26)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, Australian Centre for Applied Research in Music Performance, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney. (Fall)
Type I error [111306-011107]. For two-channel tape. Clairaudience concert, Nazarian Center for the Arts, Rhode Island College. (Fall)
after Idumea. For solo melodica. Griffin Memorial Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (February 11)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, CEMI, University of North Texas, Denton. (February 26)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. University of Nebraska New Music Festival. (April 3)
program note by Henry Cowell. For two-channel tape. Rhode Island College Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (April 18)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio. (April 21)
Type I error [111306-011107]. For two-channel tape. Rhode Island College Composers Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (May 20)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. RIC Percussion Ensemble, Rhode Island College Composers Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (May 20)
"Playing the Square Circle: Musical Form and Polyphony in the Wake." Paper for the 2007 North American James Joyce Conference, University of Texas at Austin. (June 16--Bloomsday!)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Theatersaal, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. (June 7)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. San Francisco Community Music Center, San Francisco (June 9)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Amadeus Centre, London, UK. (June 10)
"Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Voices." Paper for the International Anthony Burgess Symposium, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK. (July 28)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Adelphi University, Long Island, New York. (July 30)
Type I error [111306-011107]. For two-channel tape. Released on the CD, Clairaudience, Bohn Media. (August 1)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert. Stress!! (nightclub), Galway City, Ireland. (August 22)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Dance Collaboration with Jeramy Zimmerman. Jan Hus Church, New York City. (August 26)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, Australian Centre for Applied Research in Music Performance, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney. (Fall)
Type I error [111306-011107]. For two-channel tape. Clairaudience concert, Nazarian Center for the Arts, Rhode Island College. (Fall)
Selling
the sound of my voice. For electronics (with optional live
melodica). Collaborative
installation
with visual artist Brice Brown.
vertexList Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (October - November)
wndhm. For clarinet, percussion, violin, and violoncello. New York System, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (December 5)
wndhm. For clarinet, percussion, violin, and violoncello. New York System, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (December 5)
2006
the
night copies me in all its stars. For orchestra.
Festival of New Music, Paris, France, Robert Ian Winstin, conductor.
(January)
chapman's homer. For solo violin. Premiere, Roger Zahab, Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (February 27)
Paper, "Music in the Words: Writing Counterpoint in the Modern Novel." For the Music Theory Southeast (MTSE) Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC. (March 3)
stone guest. Tar Heel Cylindricals. Hill Hall Auditorium, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (March 25)
chapman's homer. Richard Luby, violin. Hill Hall Auditorium, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (March 25)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. Brian Graiser, snare. Dancz Hall, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. (April 5)
stone guest. Tar Heel Cylindricals. Hill Hall Auditorium, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (April 21)
program note by Henry Cowell. For two-channel tape. The New York Miniaturist Ensemble's all electronics concert, 125 Maiden Lane, lower Manhattan. (May 3)
stone guest. Tar Heel Cylindricals. Person Hall, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (May 7)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. Brian Graiser, snare. Concert sponsored by the Student Composers Association, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. (May)
wndhm. For clarinet, percussion,violin, and viola. The New York Miniaturist Ensemble. Darmstadt presents the NYME, Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (May 31)
wndhm (1785). Alan Shockley, piano. Griffin Memorial Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (October 30)
program note by Henry Cowell. For two-channel tape. Griffin Memorial Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (October 30)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, Collective Unconscious, NYC. (November 10)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, California. (November 18)
Scores for chapman's homer and wndhm (1785) published in the premiere issue of the cross-discplinary arts journal, The Siennese Shredder (alongside some amazing poetry and works of visual art).
Paper, "Failing as a Writer: Musical Techniques in Napoleon Symphony and 'K. 550.'" Invited presentation at the Third International Symposium on Anthony Burgess, Université d'Angers, France. (December 8)
chapman's homer. For solo violin. Premiere, Roger Zahab, Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (February 27)
Paper, "Music in the Words: Writing Counterpoint in the Modern Novel." For the Music Theory Southeast (MTSE) Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC. (March 3)
stone guest. Tar Heel Cylindricals. Hill Hall Auditorium, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (March 25)
chapman's homer. Richard Luby, violin. Hill Hall Auditorium, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (March 25)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. Brian Graiser, snare. Dancz Hall, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. (April 5)
stone guest. Tar Heel Cylindricals. Hill Hall Auditorium, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (April 21)
program note by Henry Cowell. For two-channel tape. The New York Miniaturist Ensemble's all electronics concert, 125 Maiden Lane, lower Manhattan. (May 3)
stone guest. Tar Heel Cylindricals. Person Hall, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (May 7)
pipers' noise. For one or more snare drum(s) and stereo tape. Brian Graiser, snare. Concert sponsored by the Student Composers Association, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. (May)
wndhm. For clarinet, percussion,violin, and viola. The New York Miniaturist Ensemble. Darmstadt presents the NYME, Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (May 31)
wndhm (1785). Alan Shockley, piano. Griffin Memorial Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (October 30)
program note by Henry Cowell. For two-channel tape. Griffin Memorial Faculty Concert, Sapinsley Hall, Rhode Island College. (October 30)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, Collective Unconscious, NYC. (November 10)
program note by Henry Cowell [Beta]. For two-channel tape. Vox Novus 60x60 Concert, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, California. (November 18)
Scores for chapman's homer and wndhm (1785) published in the premiere issue of the cross-discplinary arts journal, The Siennese Shredder (alongside some amazing poetry and works of visual art).
Paper, "Failing as a Writer: Musical Techniques in Napoleon Symphony and 'K. 550.'" Invited presentation at the Third International Symposium on Anthony Burgess, Université d'Angers, France. (December 8)
2005
cold
springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano.
University of Cape Town, South African College of Music. (March 2)
morgenstreich. (Extended version with electronics.) Carnegie Mellon Contermporary Ensemble, Walter Morales, conductor, U3 Festival, Kresge Concert Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (March 17)
wndhm (1785). Alan Shockley, piano. Savidge Memorial Library, the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire. (May 18)
the night copies me in all its stars. For orchestra. Released on the CD, Masterworks of the New Era, Vol. 6, in a performance by the Kiev Philharmonic and distributed by ERM Media. (August)
candlepin·bowling·deadwood. The California EAR Unit, Soleri Music Center, Arcosanti Architectural Ecology, Arizona. (August 13)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. RüneKerk, Bergen, the Netherlands. (November 18)
"Form and Groove." Presentation of some recent compositions for the Duke University Colloquium Series. (December 2)
morgenstreich. (Extended version with electronics.) Carnegie Mellon Contermporary Ensemble, Walter Morales, conductor, U3 Festival, Kresge Concert Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (March 17)
wndhm (1785). Alan Shockley, piano. Savidge Memorial Library, the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire. (May 18)
the night copies me in all its stars. For orchestra. Released on the CD, Masterworks of the New Era, Vol. 6, in a performance by the Kiev Philharmonic and distributed by ERM Media. (August)
candlepin·bowling·deadwood. The California EAR Unit, Soleri Music Center, Arcosanti Architectural Ecology, Arizona. (August 13)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. RüneKerk, Bergen, the Netherlands. (November 18)
"Form and Groove." Presentation of some recent compositions for the Duke University Colloquium Series. (December 2)
2004
Abschrift
von unbekannter Hand. David Russell, violoncello.
Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. (February 15)
excerpts from stone guest. Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (March 29)
excerpts from stone guest. Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (April 14)
Mein' Augen sind schon zu. University of Pittsburgh Orchestra. Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (November 3)
excerpts from stone guest. Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (March 29)
excerpts from stone guest. Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (April 14)
Mein' Augen sind schon zu. University of Pittsburgh Orchestra. Bellefield Hall, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (November 3)
2003
little
white house (underpass to the foundation), 1 p.m. 9
electrofitted player toy pianos as part of Trimpin's Klavier Nonette
installation. Jack Straw Productions New Media Gallery, Seattle,
Washington. (January 16-April 27)
Abschrift von unbekannter Hand. Zoë Martlew, violoncello. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (February 11)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. As part of the Solo Flights series of the Composers Collaborative, West Park Presbyterian Church, New York City. (February 14)
morgenstreich. (Extended version with added electronics.) The Azure Ensemble. Merkin Hall, New York City. (April 10)
Komm süsser Tod. Coro Nuevo Professional Choir, Harry Johansen, conductor. The Heartland Festival, University of Wisconsin-Platteville. (June 5)
Abschrift von unbekannter Hand. Zoë Martlew, violoncello. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (February 11)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. As part of the Solo Flights series of the Composers Collaborative, West Park Presbyterian Church, New York City. (February 14)
morgenstreich. (Extended version with added electronics.) The Azure Ensemble. Merkin Hall, New York City. (April 10)
Komm süsser Tod. Coro Nuevo Professional Choir, Harry Johansen, conductor. The Heartland Festival, University of Wisconsin-Platteville. (June 5)
2002
cold
springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. L.A.
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. (February 4)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (February 17)
[peje iesus je]. Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, conductor. University Chapel, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (March 1)
break the levee. For prepared piano and four percussionists. Alan Shockley, piano with the Tallujon Percussion Quartet. Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. (March 22)
"Quod oculus non vidit" and "nec auris audivit" from Quod oculus non vidit. (Arrangement for two percussionists and melodica). Tallujon Percussion Quartet, Alan Shockley, melodica. Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. (March 23)
little white house (underpass to the foundation), 1 p.m. Jenny Undercofler, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 9)
Tulkinghorn. Jenny Undercofler, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 9)
the night copies me in all its stars. Jenny Undercofler, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 9)
Quod oculus non vidit. Susan Narucki, soprano; Enikö Ginzery, cimbalom. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 21)
Northport. Shalom Presbyterian Church choir and soloists, Alan Shockley, conductor. Shalom Presbyterian Church, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. (October 20)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. Neues Museum (Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design), Näurnberg, Germany. (December 15)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (February 17)
[peje iesus je]. Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, conductor. University Chapel, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (March 1)
break the levee. For prepared piano and four percussionists. Alan Shockley, piano with the Tallujon Percussion Quartet. Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. (March 22)
"Quod oculus non vidit" and "nec auris audivit" from Quod oculus non vidit. (Arrangement for two percussionists and melodica). Tallujon Percussion Quartet, Alan Shockley, melodica. Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. (March 23)
little white house (underpass to the foundation), 1 p.m. Jenny Undercofler, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 9)
Tulkinghorn. Jenny Undercofler, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 9)
the night copies me in all its stars. Jenny Undercofler, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 9)
Quod oculus non vidit. Susan Narucki, soprano; Enikö Ginzery, cimbalom. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. (April 21)
Northport. Shalom Presbyterian Church choir and soloists, Alan Shockley, conductor. Shalom Presbyterian Church, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. (October 20)
cold springs branch, 10 p.m. Guy Livingston, piano. Neues Museum (Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design), Näurnberg, Germany. (December 15)