COMPOSITIONS (Chronological Order)

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All works except “Patty Hearst” are published by Emotomat Music (ASCAP). All inquiries regarding sheet music (and performance audio tracks, where applicable) may be directed to the composer. Some early pieces have not been transferred to notation software, and other pieces require technological updates. This work will be ongoing, so please inquire about the current status of any particular piece.

Click on titles for additional information and audio excerpts.

Stalking Horse (2007) 12.00
chamber orchestra, solo electric guitar

Pact (2006) 29.00 << audio >>
In For The Ride
Love And Display
Anthem Hunt
How It’s Done
Job To Do
cello, e. guitar, piano, db. bass/e. bass, sampled speech

Up And Back (2005) 16.00 << audio >>
Wind On The Mountain
Breath In My Throat
shamisen, electric guitar, cello, piano

Bowery Haunt (2005) 9.00 << audio >>
2 electric guitars

Gone (2004) 10.00
electric or acoustic guitar

Americans (2003) 20.30 << audio >>
Universal Phenomenon
Your Host
Continental Divide
clar/b.clar, sop/tenor sax, viola, e. guitar, e. bass, piano, drumset, sampled speech

The Pietist And The Hedonist (2000-2) 15.30
The Pietist
The Hedonist
flute, clar/bass clar, violin, cello, piano, percussion

The Illusion Of Guidance (2002) 10.00 << audio >>
clar, cello, double bass, e. guitar, piano, marimba/perc.

The Value Of People And Things (1997-9) 23.30
Worth Having
Maybe You
violin, cello, e. guitar, piano, sampled speech

Jet Lag Lounge (1998) 10.30
Piano

Convertible Debts (1994-6) 17.00 << audio >>
Listen
Tickets
Air Compressor
Bounce
violin, cello, e. guitar, piano, MIDI percussion, sampled speech

Rent Party (1994) 22.00 << audio >>
June
July
August
violin, cello

How It Happens (says I.F. Stone) (1991-3) 67.00 << audio >>
The Clouds 4.00
It Raged 8.00
Signals 10.00
Soliloquy 13.10
Cold War Suite 11.30
Lawless Things
Movies
Light
Perfect Weapon
What Would Have Happened
Rainfall 20.00
string quartet, sampled speech, with MIDI-controlled percussion and synthesizers on some sections

I Am New York City (Confetti Of Flesh) (1990) 10.30 << audio >>
soprano, viola, piano/synthesizer, percussion (marimba/drumset)

Rock/Paper/Scissors (1989-94) 40.00 << audio >>
Rock
Paper
Scissors
Glass House
Stone
violin, cello, electric guitar, synthesizer

Patty Hearst (1988) 42.00 << audio >>
Mom/Dad
Persistence Of Vision
Motel TV
Closet
My Real Crime
Rest Home
Pistol/Rope
Young Once
Cinque’s Vision
Pen Chorale
Dad/Mom
Blindfold
violin, cello, electric guitar, synthesizers, percussion -- MIDI-controlled sampled speech, percussion, and synthesizers

Practical Music (1988, revised 2001) 11.45 << audio >>
Original version: clar/synthesizer wind controller, piano
Revised version: clar/bass clar, violin, cello, piano

3 Notes And Change (1987)
4 sax, 2 trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, 6 percussion

Khaibit B (1987) 4.30 << audio >>
flute, sop sax, bass clar, 2 e. guitar, e. bass, marimba, drumset

U79 (1987) 13.10
solo electric guitar, tape (e. guitar quartet, e. bass, electronically manipulated speech)

Simple Engines (1986) 9.00 << audio >>
flute/alto sax, sop/bari sax, b.clar/tenor sax, 2 e. guitars, e. bass, e. keyboard, marimba/drumset

Bird In The Domes (1986) 26.00
Absent Rooms
Khu
Khaibit
string quartet

Alibi (1985) 9.30
solo electric guitar, MIDI-controlled synthesizers and sampled percussion

Before Winter (1984-5) 26.00
Before Winter I
Before Winter II
flute/alto sax, sop/bari sax, b.clar/tenor sax, 2 e. guitars, e. bass, marimba/perc, drumset

Interrupt (1983) 13.00
Alto, tenor, and baritone sax, 2 electric guitars, electric bass, drumset

No Memory (1983) 11.30
solo electric guitar, tape (e. guitar quartet, e. bass, electronically manipulated speech)

Five Movements (1980-82) 36.00 << audio >>
Steel Shower
Ghost Blues
Epiphany Machine
Four Witnesses
Juggernaut
solo electric guitar, live electronics

John Somebody (1980-82) 28.00 << audio >>
Part I
Part II
But, uh
Involuntary Songs I-IV
Reprise
solo electric guitar, tape (taped speech, electronics, e. guitars, winds, percussion)

Natural Postures (1980)
tape (taped speech, altered telephone sounds, electric guitars)

Home And Variations (1979)
tape (taped speech)