List of Compositions

If you are a performer or group of performers interested in learning one of these works, please do drop me an e-mail at chris atdt music dottt columbia doughtt edu (the address is a bit obscured here to block spam. . but you'll figure it out). Note that a few of the works are still in progress, to one degree or another.

orchestral:

title	instrumentation	duration
Dream Mornings	3333 / 4331 / t 3 prc pno hp str	12'
Castrovalva (score, demo)	strings 44332	8'
Meditation by the Lake (live perf, score)	strings 44332	7'
Movement for String Orchestra (score, demo)	strings 44332	15'
She	2222, 2221, 2, harp, strings (66664)	50'
Traumen-Symphonie	4444, 4431, 8, harp, 2 pianos, strings (large complement)	60'

choral:

title	instrumentation	duration
Lost and Found Things (score, live performance)	SATB	30'
Aurora	12 soprani, 12 altos, 6 tenors, 6 basses, 12 speaking voices, harp, 2 tubas, 2 trumpets, 2 marimbas, 2 vibes, jazz band, (el-guitar, el-bass, traps, 2 trumpets (also in main ensemble)	30'
Motet for 6 Alti/mezzi (score, demo)	6 alti or mezzi-soprani. All with more or less equal ranges.	7'

chamber-music:

title	instrumentation	duration
Mask of Mandragora - setup	percussion trio	12'
Mergurs Ehd Ffleweh Bq Nsoslt	vocalist/performance artist	9'
Out Of	piano and recorded electronics	12'
Arc of Infinity	guitar and electronics	15'
Ditty	2 pianos tuned to 19-TET	4'
Walking Down the Hillside at Cortona, and Seeing its Towers Rise Before Me	2 pianos tuned to 19-TET	10'
Mozsdtream (or try the transposed score).	clarinet and bassoon	7'
State of Emergency: MaKe Contact with 372 Myriad Galaxies	viola "obbligato", flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello, bass, trombone, interactive electronics	45'
Timelash	violin, clarinet, cello, piano	7'
Quiet Play of Pipes	violin, cello, flute, clarinet or guitar, piano, percussion, live electronics (MAX/MSP)	15'
Can't Sleep	19-tone equal-tempered trumpet and recorded electronics	3'
Waltz in 17 tone Equal Temperament	2 pianos	2'
Quiet Play of Lights on My Grandmother's Bedroom Ceiling	violin, cello, piano	20'
Piano Piece for 4 Players	4 performers and a piano	7'
8 Terrains	2 electric guitars, 2 saxophones, 2 pianos, bass, live electronics.	8'
SL III: Trio (Intro, Part I, Part II)	clarinet, cello, piano	42'
Sands	piano, bass trombone, violin	20'
6 Songs on Poems of John Monroe	soprano, oboe, trombone, guitar	25'
Orgasm a.k.a. Act	2 'celli	8'
Abstractions
1	violin	2'
2	piano & violin	8'
3	flute	5'
4	piano	5'
5	viola	6'
6	saxophone	7'
Improvisations, I and II	varying combinations, 5-10 players	varies
The Selfish Giant
Version 0	flute, synthesizer or ondes, viola, trumpet, 2 harps	16'
Version 1	flute, oboe, viola, trumpet, 2 harps	16'
Version 2	flute, clarinet, viola, trumpet, percussion, guitar	16'
Enchanted Quaaludes	flute, clarinet, percussion	4'
12 Angry Notes	'cello	3'
Duet Suite	oboe & bassoon	13'
After the "Just Friends Speech"	oboe	3'
Miniatures	bassoon	4'
Miniature	Mandolin, Harp, Vibraphone	3'
Meditation	Violin & Piano	6'

vocal (all for female voice):

title	accompaniment	duration
The Sacremento Mornings	piano	60'
Array of Songs Peach-Picking Scene: California Grandmother Grandad Mom & Dad Aunt Jane Scene:Princeton	piano	10'
Arrangement of Bob Dylan's "John Wesley Harding"	piano	3'
6 Songs on Poems of John Monroe	oboe, guitar, trombone	25'
Winds	piano	6'
3 Haiku	piano	8'
2 Songs About Children	piano	7'
4 Love Songs	piano	20'
Grandad's Orchard	piano (tuned in Just Intonation, if possible	6'

solo piano:

title	duration
Out Of	12'
Meditation 4	6'
To Those Who Would Crush My Will	10'
Meditation 3	10'
Leo's Music - for toy piano	4'
Balladei (excerpt)	24'
Untitled 1994/6	8'
Abstraction 4	4'
Sonata: I, II, III, IV (excerpts)	40'
Going Out of Whack (suite of 4 pieces)	10'
58 Pieces for Children	30'

electronic/computer-music on CD:

title	duration
Harvest Kitchen written at Harvestworks	17'30"
Sand	25'
Nanosymph	1'
Ooogaaah: Dungeony Specimen Spaceship (excerpt)	11'
Ow, My Head. (excerpt)	8'
Duude (excerpt)	11'
SLI: Conceptual Study (excerpt)	9'
Aftermath	11'
The Stuffed Ones
1 Goopy	1.5'
2 Ellie	1'
3 Ziggy	1'
4 Towelbear	1'
Terabyte Breakfast	7'
audio from Urban-Fountain	3-?'
Little Tetrachordal Piece for Lou Harrison	1'

Dance Collaborations:

title	duration	choreographer
Ooogaaah: Dungeony Specimen Spaceship (excerpt)	11'	choreographed twice: Ania Majewska Julie Grinfeld

Multimedia/Interactive Installations:

title	description
Columbus Day	MAX/MSP patches. Audio.
Thanksgiving	Application for MAC. Audio for others.
Urban Fountain	for MAX/MSP and Quicktime Movies. Made in collaboration with Kiichiro Muto. Read about it here.
An Interactive L-systems-based Computer Improvisor	for php, LISP, and RTCMIX. Currently not available (in development).
Sand	for MAX/MSP. Music with explorable architecture.

the SL series :

title	instrumentation	duration
SLI: Conceptual Study (excerpt)	computer-music	9'
Ooogaaah: Dungeony Specimen Spaceship (excerpt)	computer-music	12'
SL III: Trio (Intro, Part I, Part II)	clarinet, cello, piano	42'
Prelude to Southside	ambient computer-music	65'

Constrained Improvisation Scores: (indeterminate instrumentation and duration)
- Improvisation I: Dein Küß
- Improvisation II: Kiss of the Gamelan Goddess
- 8 Terrains
- Piano Piece for 4 Performers

Abstractions:

number	instrumentation
1	violin
2	violin & piano
3	flute (& drone)
4	piano
5	viola
6	alto saxophone

"ambient" music:
- Thanksgiving (app or audio)
- Prelude to Southside (from SL series )
also: a Baroque fugue that I'm slightly proud of.

and don't forget to check out the Dorkbot theme song!! as well as the Artbots theme song.

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