DAVID T. LITTLE Composer / Performer
93 Clifton Terrace, Apartment No. 5 - Weehawken, NJ 07086 - (908)-642-1736 [email protected] www.DavidTLittle.com
EDUCATION
Princeton University (2006-2011) Doctor of Philosophy, Composition, Spring 2011 Primary Teachers: Paul Lansky, Steven Mackey, Dmitri Tymoczko Thesis Paper: The Critical Composer: Political Music During And After “The Revolution” Thesis Composition: Soldier Songs Thesis Advisor: Paul Lansky Naumberg Fellow (2006-2008)
The Princeton dissertation consists of two components, a written thesis, and a substantial composition. My paper is historical and analytic in nature. It explores the influence of leftist ideology and anti- communist political landscapes on activist-minded classical music throughout the 20th century. It further cites the emergence a new kind of composer/social-critic in the wake of the ended Cold War in the absence of said ideology. My composition was my first opera, Soldier Songs.
Princeton University (2004-2006) Master of Fine Arts, Composition Primary Teachers: Steven Mackey, Paul Lansky, Dmitri Tymoczko, Barbara White Naumberg Fellow (2004-2006)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2001-2002) Master of Music, Composition Recipient of the Christine Rinaldo Memorial Scholarship Primary Teachers: William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty Thesis Composition: Screamer! – a three-ring blur for orchestra
Susquehanna University (1997-2001) Bachelor of Music, Percussion Performance Music and Academic Scholarships magna cum laude, University Honors Primary Teachers: David Mattingly, Patrick Long
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute (2011) Studies with Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe Princeton University Summer Language Institute (2004) German Studies with Michael Jennings Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (2003) Composer/Conductor Institute; Studies with Michael Daugherty, Marin Alsop, Kevin Puts Osvaldo Golijov (Private Student, 2003-2004) Aspen Music Festival and School (2003) Schumann Composition Fellow; Studies with Christopher Rouse and Poul Ruders Tanglewood Music Center (2001) ASCAP/Leonard Bernstein Fellow in Composition Studies with Louis Andriessen, Osvaldo Golijov, Stefan Asbury and Michael Gandolfi Bowdoin Summer Music Festival (2000) Studies with Robert Beaser, Lee Hyla and Judith Weir Cincinnati College-Conservatory Music ’98 (1998)
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
Opera Philadelphia, Composer-in-Residence 2014-2017 HERE Arts Resident Artist, New York, NY 2012-2013 New York City Opera VOX Program (Vinkensport) 2010 New York City Opera VOX Program (Dog Days) 2009 Dilettante Music Digital Composer-in-Residence Competition Winner 2009 Carnegie Hall Musical Connections Fellow 2009 Carnegie Hall Teaching Artist Collaborative Fellow 2009 Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshop: Upshaw/Golijov 2008 Fellowship Recipient - Anna Sosenko Assist Trust 2008 Fellowship Recipient - New Jersey State Council on the Arts 2008 New York City Opera VOX Program (Soldier Songs) 2008 Opera Vista Opera Competition - Winner (Soldier Songs) 2007 ASCAP Morton Gould Award (Red Scare Sketchbook) 2006 American Music Center Composers Assistance Program Grant 2006 Harvey Gaul Prize, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble 2005 Naumberg Fellowship, Princeton University (annually) 2004-08 Meet the Composer, Global Connections Grant (ensemble-courage) 2004 BMI Student Composer Award for Piano Trio 2004 Jacob Druckman Prize for Screamer! - Aspen Festival and School 2004 Aspen Music Festival, Schumann Composition Fellowship 2003 American Academy of Arts and Letters, Charles Ives Scholarship 2003 Rinaldo Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2002 BMI Student Composer Award for hope in the proles. 2002 Tanglewood Music Center, Composition Fellow 2001 Susquehanna University, Stephen P. Freidler Award 2001
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
London Sinfonietta – New Work TBA The Metropolitan Opera / Lincoln Center Theater – New Work TBA Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – New Work* 2016 The Crossing / International Contemporary Ensemble – New Work* 2016 Fort Worth Opera – JFK 2013-16 Maya Beiser - Hellhound 2013 Christopher Lees - Haunted Topography (orchestral version) 2013 Kronos Quartet - AGENCY 2013 Peak Performances at Montclair - Dog Days (complete opera) 2012 Brooklyn Philharmonic / Brooklyn Youth Chorus - Am I Born 2012 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop - Charm 2011 Alarm Will Sound - haunted topography 2011 New World Symphony - Radiant Child 2011 Todd Reynolds - and the sky was still there 2010 Third Coast Percussion Quartet - Haunt of Last Nightfall 2010 Dawn Upshaw/Bard Conservatory - Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera 2010 Carnegie Hall - Scenes from Dog Days 2008 NOW Ensemble - Spalding Gray - for mixed quintet 2008 New World Symphony - 1986 for String Quartet 2008 Albany Symphony - Ashe for Amplified Ensemble 2007 University of Michigan - East Coast Attitude 2006 Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble - Soldier Songs 2005 New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble - shapeshifter 2005 ensemble-courage, Dresden - Valuable Natural Resources 2004
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SELECTED PERFORMANCES OF NOTE
The Holland Festival, Amsterdam 2014 Prototype Festival, NYC 2013 Bang on a Can Marathon, NYC 2012 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor; Baltimore 2010, 2011 London Sinfonietta at Wilton's Music Hall, London UK 2009 New World Symphony at the Lincoln Theatre, Miami, FL 2009 Formalist Quartet at the Redcat Lounge, LA 2009 New Millennium Ensemble, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Newspeak/Beth Morrison Projects at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC 2008 MATA Festival, NYC 2008 NOW Ensemble at the Chelsea Art Museum, NY 2008 New York City Opera VOX, New York, NY 2008 Todd Reynolds, violinist/conductor, New York, NY 2008-pres. Boston University Percussion Ensemble, Boston, MA 2007 Newspeak at Tonic, NYC 2007 Sam Z. Solomon, percussionist, Boston, MA (various) 2007-pres. Red Chicken Soup Duo, Gaudeamus Performers Competition 2007 Red Chicken Soup Duo, Ysbrekker, Amsterdam 2007 Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble at the City Theatre, Pittsburgh 2006 Eighth Blackbird at the Look and Listen Festival, NY 2006 So Percussion at the Look and Listen Festival, NY 2006 Grand Rapids Symphony, Grand Rapids, MI 2006 Newspeak at The Knitting Factory, NYC 2005 Dinosaur Annex, Boston MA 2005 Eileen Mack, clarinetist, New York, NY (various) 2005-pres. Brian Sacawa, saxophonist, Baltimore, MD (various) 2005-pres. Newspeak, New York, NY (various performances) 2005-pres. Cincinnati College Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Cincinnati, OH 2005 New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Boston, MA 2005 Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor; Santa Cruz, CA 2004 Aspen Concert Orchestra, Daniel Meyer conductor 2004 Ensemble Courage; Saxonian Academy of Arts and Science, Dresden 2004 Terpsichore's Kitchen Dance Theatre - Montreal Fringe 2004 Terpsichore's Kitchen Dance Theatre - Edinburgh Fringe 2003 Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center – Seiji Ozawa Hall 2001 Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center – Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2001
COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE / GUEST ARTIST
Opera Philadelphia, Composer-in-Residence 2014-2017 Opera America: Creators in Concert 2011 University of Michigan 2014 Bucknell University 2014 Susquehanna University 2014 Florida State University 2013 Classical:NEXT Vienna (lecture on the “indie-classical” scene) 2013 HERE Arts – Artist-in-Residence 2012-13 Carthage College (composition seminar; public lecture) 2012 Opera America: Salon Series 2011 New York University (composition seminar) 2011 Warsaw University, Poland (lecture on music and politics) 2011
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COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE / GUEST ARTIST (cont.)
Peabody Conservatory (composition seminar) 2011 Peabody Conservatory (lecture on music and politics) 2011 Opera America: Making Connections Seminar 2011 University of Miami (composition seminar) 2011 City University of New York Guest Lecture (composition seminar) 2010 Bard Conservatory Guest Lecture 2010 DilettanteMusic.com Digital Composer-in-Residence 2009-2010 New World Symphony, Composer-in-Residence 2009 University of Michigan Guest Lecture (composition seminar) 2009 Albany Symphony, Guest Artist 2007 Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Guest Artist 2006 Susquehanna University 2006 Philadelphia University 2004, 2005 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Composer-in-Residence 2004 Aspen Music Festival and School, Guest Artist 2004 Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble/Community Music Center of Boston 2004 Atlantic Center for the Arts, Associate Artist-in-Residence 2002
WRITING
New Sounds, New Models, New York – Classical:NEXT, Vienna 2013 The Critical Composer Reconsidered - IAMIC Conference, Warsaw 2011 The Critical Composer - NYTimes.com "The Score" Composer Blog 2011 The Critical Composer - PhD Thesis 2010 DilettanteMusic.com "Composer's Corner" Blog 2009-10 The Closed Mouth Speaks - New York City Opera website 2008 Memories are Better Off Sung - New Music Box 2007 Variable Angels of Peace - The Importance of Flexibility in Harold J. Rome’s Pins and Needles. (ms) 2007 “Knowing Better”- the Politico-Personal Struggles of Charles Seeger (ms) 2007
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Newspeak New Music Ensemble (2006-present) Founding Artistic Director and drummer for this successful not-for-profit arts organization. Half-rock band, half new music ensemble, Newspeak performs contemporary political music— broadly defined—and encourages younger composers to consider and create works that define their own view of social-engagement.
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) (2009-2010) Drummer with ICE for Corey Dargel’s 13 Near Death Experiences, which was premiered at PS 122 in New York, later toured to Chicago, and was recorded for New Amsterdam Records.
ARTS ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE
Shenandoah New Music (2012 - present) Founder and Artistic Director of Shenandoah New Music, the Capital Region’s most exciting new music series. Launching in 2013, Shenandoah New Music brought an unprecedented number of events to the region and the school, featuring appearances by some of the biggest names in the field--including Philip Glass, Louis Andriessen, Kevin Puts, Phil Kline, Todd David T. Little – C.V. Page 4
Reynolds and more—and high visibility to Shenandoah Conservatory, through press in the Washington Post, as well as local and industry periodicals.
ARTS ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE (cont.)
Music At The Anthology, Inc (MATA) (2010-2012) Executive Director of this international new music service organization founded in 1996 by Philip Glass, Lisa Bielawa and Eleonor Sandresky. MATA produces a 4-day festival of new music each spring in New York City featuring some of the nation’s best performers, and offering commissions to young composers from around the world.
New Music Bake Sale (2009-present – project manager 2009-2011) Co-founder, project manager of a collective fundraiser, community event and concert for the New York City do-it-yourself new music community. The first event in 2009 was an enormous success, doubling the organizers investment and welcoming over 200 attendees. The 2010 edition took place on September 25th at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, welcoming nearly 400. The New Music Bake Sale continues under different management, though I am still involved as an advisor.
Newspeak New Music Ensemble (2004-present) Founding Artistic Director and drummer for this successful 501(c)3 not-for-profit ensemble. Half-rock band, half new music ensemble, Newspeak performs contemporary political music— broadly defined—and encourages younger composers to consider and create works that define their own view of social-engagement. Performing approximately 10 shows annually, Newspeak has been presented by organizations like MATA, Wordless Music, Bang on a Can, and others. They are a New Amsterdam Records artist and have commissioned approximately 40 new works from young composers.
Free Speech Zone Productions (2004-2008) Co-Founder and Co-Director with composers Missy Mazzoli and Judd Greenstein, and filmmaker Stephen Taylor of this inter-disciplinary production company that presents original works as well as the works of other composers, all dealing with issues of social justice or protest.
National Insecurity Festival of Political Music (2004-2005) Ran a successful two-year mini-festival of contemporary political music in Boston. Free Event co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with composer Curtis Hughes.
Aspen Underground (2004) Organized a successful concert of outsider music while in residence at the Aspen Summer Music Festival.
Susquehanna University New Music Ensemble (SUNME) (1999-2001) Founder, Artistic Director and Principle Conductor of this student-led new music ensemble, founded at Susquehanna University in 1999.
BOARD SERVICE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Chamber Music America – Board of Directors (2011-present) Music At The Anthology, Inc. – Board of Directors, (ex-officio 2010-12, elected 2012-present) Newspeak New Music Ensemble – Board of Directors, ex-officio (2007-present)
SELECTED NON-MUSICAL COLLABORATORS
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Robert Woodruff director Yuval Sharon director Nanine Linning choreographer Aimee McDonald choreographer Eliza Miller choreographer Adele Meyers choreographer Jessica Fogel choreographer Anita Cheng choreographer Timothy Hutchings artist Royce Vavrek librettist Alex Rose writer
SELECTED PRESS APPEARANCES
The New Yorker (Alex Ross article on young composers), The New York Times (various reviews, feature on The End of New Music), NY Observer; Time Out New York (feature); The Star Ledger (feature), The New Jersey Herald (feature); Telegraph (UK); Gig Magazine (UK); New York Magazine; The New York Post; BBC Music (UK); Bloomberg Media; MUSO (UK); The Brooklyn Eagle; The Berkshire Eagle; The American Record Guide; The Pittsburgh Tribune- Review; The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Santa Cruz Metro; Santa Cruz Sentinel; ClassicalTV.com; Volume (feature); Tempo; NewMusicBox.org; Sequenza21.com; TheRestIsNoise.com; Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (Germany); Boston Globe; The Stage (UK); www.hour.ca (Canada); Ann Arbor News; Princeton Alumni Weekly; The A.V. Club (The Onion); Brooklyn Vegan; SPIN
SELECTED RADIO BROADCASTS AND INTERVIEWS
WNYC (regular play) 2011-present WQXR/Q2 (regular play) 2010-present BBC Radio 3 – “Music Matters” on DilettanteMusic.com competition 2009 WRIU Kingston, RI – Episode of “Music for Internets” on my music 2009 KUHF Houston, TX – Episode of “The Front Row” on Soldier Songs 2009 WKCR New York, NY (Interview) 2008 WNYC.org (video, co-interview with Frederic Rzewski) 2008 WITF, 89.5 in Harrisburg FM – Interview for “Composing Thoughts” 2007 Classical FM (UK) – Broadcast of Shapeshifter 2004 WQED, 89.3 in Pittsburgh, PA – Interview 2004 WITF, 89.5 in Harrisburg, PA - Interview 2004 WMBR, 88.9, Cambridge, MA - Interview 2004 WHRB, Cambridge, MA - Guest on “Alive and Well” 2003 KUSP, Monterey Bay, CA, 88.9 Broadcast of SCREAMER 2003 KBDH, San Ardo, CA, 91.7 - Broadcast of SCREAMER 2003 WQSU - Selinsgrove, PA 2001
SELECTED OTHER MEDIA
New York City Opera VOX Introduction Video by Greg Emetaz 2008, 2010 This Moment in Opera (#6) from New York City Opera 2008 The End of New Music, Documentary by Stephen Taylor 2007
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COMPOSITIONS
LARGE ENSEMBLE (10 or more players)
Haunted Topography (orchestral version) – 8’ 2013 AM I BORN – for soloist, choir and orchestra – 32’ 2012 CHARM for Orchestra - 11' 2011 haunted topography for sinfonietta - 9' 2011 RADIANT CHiLD for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra - 11' 2010 Scenes from Dog Days - for five singers and amplified ensemble - 25' 2009 The Closed Mouth Speaks - for Bass Baritone and Orchestra - 30' 2008 Ashé - for Amplified Chamber Orchestra - 8' 2008 East Coast Attitude for Symphonic Band - 7' 2006 Valuable Natural Resources for twelve players - 12' 2004 East Coast Attitude for Orchestra - 6' 2003 Immolation for Orchestra - 8' 2003 how we got here (fourth evolution) for thirteen player - 7' 2003 Screamer! - a three-ring blur for orchestra – 6’ 2002 And The Spirits Speak (Memento Mori) - for Chamber Orchestra - 10' 2001 Effigy for Orchestra - 9' 2000
MUSIC THEATRE / OPERA
JFK (forthcoming 2016) – 145’ 2016 Dog Days - for five singers and ensemble - 127' 2009-12 Haunt of Last Nightfall for percussion quartet and electronics -32’ 2010 Vinkensport for seven voices and ensemble 40’ 2010 Soldier Songs for baritone, sextet and film - 60' 2005-06
SMALL ENSEMBLE (1 to 9 players)
AGENCY for string quartet and electronics -32’ 2013 Haunt of Last Nightfall for percussion quartet and electronics -32’ 2010 Spalding Gray - for NOW Ensemble - 6' 2008 1986 - for string quartet - 6' 2008 Tricky Bits - for rock band- 4' 2008 Shock Doctrine - for solo snare drum - 3' 2008 sweet light crude for amplified octet - 8' 2007 Three Sams (etudes) - for solo percussion 10' 2006 oh Gott, es regent - for electric guitar quartet and tape - 10' 2006 Electric Proletariat for amplified septet - 20' 2005 Red Scare Sketchbook for Saxophone and Percussion - 16' 2005 descanso (waiting) for quintet 11' 2005 shapeshifter for six percussionists - 7' 2004 Songs of Love, Death, Friends and Government for sopr., cl. vln. - 20' 2004 Speak Softly for 4 percussionists playing sticks of varying bigness - 5' 2004 for Amos for piano trio - 7' 2004 descanso (after omega) - for sextet - 12' 2004 Piano Trio - 20' 2004 Sunday Morning Trepanation for quartet and electronics 12' 2002 hope in the proles. for sextet - 20' 2001
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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Derek Bermel, Artist-in-Residence Institute for Advanced Study Einstein Drive Princeton, New Jersey 08540 [email protected]
Michael Daugherty, Composer 810 South Seventh Street Ann Arbor, MI 48013 734-764-5594 [email protected]
Marin Alsop, Music Director Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 1212 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201
Steven Mackey, Composer Woolworth Center for Musical Study Princeton University Princeton NJ 08540 [email protected]
Osvaldo Golijov, Composer 663 Boylston St. Newton, MA 02459 617-739-0313 [email protected]
William E. Bolcom, Composer 3080 Whitmore Lake Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105-9649 734-769-1041 [email protected]
Ralph N. Jackson, President BMI Foundation, Inc. 320 W. 57th Street New York, NY 10019 212-830-2537 http://www.bmifoundation.org/
Paul Lansky, Composer Woolworth Center for Musical Study Princeton University Princeton NJ 08540 [email protected]
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TEACHING AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Shenandoah Conservatory (2012-present) Director of Composition and New Music Coordinator, teaching private lessons, overseeing departmental activities and faculty, redesigned curriculum and overseeing program restructuring, growth and evolution.
Carnegie Hall Musical Connections and Teaching Artist Collaborative (2009-2011) Teaching choral composition to adults at the Valley Lodge Homeless Shelter and observing other innovative community education programs under the direction of master educator Tom Cabaniss and the Weill Music Institute. Through this program, I have also become involved with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s “Too Hot To Handel” project.
The Juilliard School (2009) Music Advancement Program - Substitute Teaching beginner music theory to under-privileged NYC kids
Princeton University (2008-2009) Music 105/106 - Music Theory Through Performance and Composition - Preceptor Ear Training Coordinator for Prof. Dmitri Tymoczko and Prof. Barbara White
Princeton University (2006-2007) Music 105/106 – Music Theory Through Performance and Composition - Preceptor For Prof. Dmitri Tymoczko
Princeton University (2005) Composition Colloquia Coordinator Organized the visits of composers and scholars, including Phil Kline, Vivian Perlis, Steven Stucky, Dominic Frasca, Dean Drummond, Cor Fuhler, and Shelley Hirsch
Princeton University (2004) Music 104 - When Music is Made - Preceptor For Prof. Paul Lansky
COURSES I WOULD LIKE TO TEACH
Music and Memory Music and memory interact uniquely throughout the 20th century. This graduate level course discusses issues of collective memory, counter-memory, nostalgia, meta- nostalgia and others through the exploration of seminal 20th century compositions. Syllabus furnished upon request.
Music Entrepreneurship This course is designed to offer students of all levels essential survival tools for the increasingly tough, and ever-changing job market. I will call upon my broad experiences in concert promotion, PR, performance and general career management to teach students the essential (and rarely mentioned) “tricks of the trade.”
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COURSES I WOULD LIKE TO TEACH (cont.)
Between the Notes: Rock Music Analysis This advanced rock music seminar will operate on the assumption that what a listener responds to in rock music is often the inflection of musical performance, rather than the musical materials themselves. This course will seek to identify these elements and create a context for useful future analysis toward the codification of a “rock performance practice.”
Unspoken Revolution: The Unknown Politics of Heavy Metal This graduate level course will explore the political aspects of heavy metal, a topic often omitted from scholarship on the genre in favor of sociological and/or gender- based narratives. The goal of the course will be to reconsider this music (and these narratives) as part of a broader socio-political, working class movement, through readings, analysis, and original scholarship.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
German (reading), Spanish (basic reading)
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
ProTools LE / HD, Sibelius, Finale, Ableton Live
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Broadcast Music, Inc. American Composers Forum Opera America
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DAVID T. LITTLE: DETAILED WORK LIST
MUSIC FOR LARGE ENSEMBLE [10+ players]
AM I BORN [2012]
duration: 32 min. soprano soloist, choir and orchestra (2222 – 2220- 2 perc. piano harp – strings) Commissioned by the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus
haunted topography [2011]
duration : 9 min. (1111 – 1110 – 2 perc piano strings (111111) Commissioned by Alarm Will Sound
CHARM – for orchestra [2011]
duration : 11 min. (3333 - 4331 - timp. - 3 perc. - strings) Commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
RADIANT CHiLD - concerto for percussion quartet [2011]
duration : 15-25 min for four percussion soloists and chamber orchestra Commissioned by the New World Symphony
Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera [2010]
duration : 25 min for six singers and chamber orchestra (2020 2000 – piano – perc - strings) commissioned Dawn Upshaw through the Bard Conservatory of Music
Scenes from Dog Days [2009]
duration : 25 min for five singers, e-gtr, cl, vln, vla, vcl, cb, 2 perc, piano commissioned by Carnegie Hall through The Weill Music Institute
The Closed Mouth Speaks (Seven Soldier Songs) [2008]
duration: 25 min. for baritone voice and orchestra (2222 - 2220 - piano - timp. - 3 perc. - strings) composed for the New York City Opera
Ashé – in memoriam Babatunde Olatunji [2007]
duration: 8 min. for 2 voices and amplified chamber orchestra commissioned by Albany Symphony (1111 – A Sax, T Sax 1110 – synth - drumset – strings (11110), electric bass)
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East Coast Attitude [2006]
duration: 7 min. for symphonic band commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Band
Valuable Natural Resources [2004]
duration: 12 min. for sinfonietta commissioned by ensemble-courage (1111 - 1110 - 2 perc. - strings)
Immolation [2003]
duration: 7 min. for chamber orchestra (2222 - 2220 - harp - timp. - 1(2) perc. - strings)
Screamer! - a three-ring blur for orchestra [2002]
duration: 6 min. for orchestra (3333 - 4331 - synth. - timp. - 3 perc. - strings) Winner of the 2004 Jacob Druckman Prize
MUSIC FOR SMALL ENSEMBLE [1-9 players]
Last Nightfall [2011]
duration: 8 min. for soprano, e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth commissioned by Newspeak
Haunt of Last Nightfall [2010]
duration: 32 min. for amplified percussion quartet commissioned by Third Coast Percussion Quartet
1986 [2008]
duration: 5 min. for string quartet commissioned by the New World Symphony
Shock Doctrine [2008]
duration: 3 min. for solo snare drum commissioned by the Percussive Arts Society / Sam Solomon
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Spalding Gray [2008]
duration: 10 min. for flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, bass commissioned by NOW Ensemble
Three Sams (etudes) [2007]
duration: 12 min. for solo percussion commissioned by Sam Solomon shapeshifter (a machine tries to be beautiful) [2004/7]
duration: 11 min. for six percussionists commissioned by the New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble sweet light crude [2007]
duration: 8 min. for voice, e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth composed for Newspeak.
Tricky Bits [2007]
duration: 4 min. for electric guitar, electric bass, synth and drumset composed for the Newspeak Band and Electric Kompany oh Gott, es regent [2006]
duration: 10 min. for 3 electric guitars and electric bass composed for CATCH Electric Guitar Quartet
Musik für den Schultheiß [2006]
duration: 11 min. for string quartet composed for Tetras String Quartet
Electric Proletariat [2005]
duration: 20 min. for e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth composed for Newspeak.
Red Scare Sketchbook [2005]
duration: 15 min. for baritone saxophone and percussion commissioned by Non Zero (Brian Sacawa and Timothy Feeney) Winner of a 2006 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award
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duration: 10 min. for fl. cl. vln. vcl. perc. (each doubling percussion) composed for eighth blackbird
Songs of Love, Death, Friends and Government [2004]
duration: 20 min. for Soprano, Violin, Clarinet
Speak Softly – for four percussionists playing sticks of varying bigness [2004]
duration: 5 min. commissioned by the Original Skin Percussion Project
Piano Trio [2003-2004]
duration: 20 min. for violin, violoncello and piano commissioned by the Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music for Amelia Piano Trio Winner of a 2004 BMI Student Composer Award for Amos [2004]
duration: 5 min. for violin, violoncello and piano commissioned by Wanda Fleck for Amelia Piano Trio descanso (after omega) [2004]
duration: 10 min. for solo clarinet, piano, percussion and 6 crystal glasses commissioned by Lisa Raschiatore; sax. version commissioned by Brian Sacawa how we got here (fourth evolution) [2003]
duration: 7 min. for clarinet quartet, string quartet, percussion quartet and electric bass commissioned by Terpsichore’s Kitchen Dance Theatre for the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Fest hope in the proles. [2002]
duration: 16 min for fl. cl. pno. perc. vln. vcl. Winner of the 2002 BMI Student Composer Award
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MUSIC FOR THEATRE / MUSIC THEATRE / OPERA
Dog Days [2012]
anticipated duration : 120 min for five singers, e-gtr, cl, vln, vla, vcl, cb, 2 perc, piano Commissioned by Peak Performances at Montclair
Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera [2010]
duration : 25 min for six singers and chamber orchestra (2020 2000 – piano – perc - strings) commissioned Dawn Upshaw through the Bard Conservatory of Music
Music for The Musical Illusionist [2007]
duration : 15 min for string quartet commissioned by Alex Rose for the Formalist Quartet
Soldier Songs [2004-2006]
duration: 60 min for bass-baritone, fl. cl. pno. perc. vln. vcl. commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Four Tirades for Man and Electronic Tape [2001]
duration: 20 min for solo actor and tape
Incidental Music to: "Macbeth" [2001]
duration : 106 min for electronics, sampled percussion, soprano and oboe
Incidental Music to: "The Country Wife" [1999-2000]
duration : 35 min for baroque chamber orchestra Winner of an ACTF award for outstanding sound design/original music
"The State of Our Union is..." [1999]
duration : 10 min for winds, percussion, narrator and 10-30 actors
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