Composition Catalog
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Nick Didkovsky/Punos Music 118 East 93rd Street, Apt 9C, NY NY 10128 Email: [email protected] http://www.doctornerve.org http://www.punosmusic.com Composition Catalog 2006 Piece for Ethel and Kevin Gallagher’s Electric Kompany In progress, commissioned with support from The Mary Flagler Charitable Trust. Pilferer’s Rat So Deceiving For violin and piano If Reptile’s Organs Thrive For violin and piano The Book of Yarastel Computer-generated suite in twelve parts for Cygnus Ensemble. 2005 Four new compositions for Doctor Nerve Composed for Didkovsky’s septet Doctor Nerve. Premiered November 2005 at Future Fest. Rain on a Frail Cutie Composed for California EAR Unit, premiered March 21, 2005 Alex and Kowalski Composed for Kalvos and Damien’s Komposer Kombat, premiered September 17, 2005 A Little More Hat A Little More Veil, Meta 04, and Meta 02 Three algorithmically generated compositions for Doctor Nerve. Premiered at The 1st Annual Future Fest of Experimental Rock, Nov 5, 2005 Riff 5 For Doctor Nerve. Premiered at The 1st Annual Future Fest of Experimental Rock, Nov 5, 2005 Stink Up! (PolyPrism 1), Stink Up! (PolyPrism 2), and Talea Three compositions for PRISM Saxophone Quartet, premiered May 20 2005 at Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space Music for Hotspots Interactive Java Applet that applies audio processing to a live audio input. Intended audience are people sitting in wireless hotspots with laptops and headphones, listening to an alteration of the ambient sound environment. http://www.punosmusic.com/pages/musicforhotspots/ Nick Didkovsky, composition catalog 2004 Guitarbot Following a residency with at Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute, Shadow Puppies (Didkovsky, Tammen, Ralkse) premiered a new work for LEMUR’s guitar robots, 2 electric guitars, software, and live video. Premiered October 22, 2004 at RPI. Birds by their Feet, Men by their Tongue – for chamber ensemble Commissioned by New Century Players, David Rosenboom, director. For eleven musicians. Premiered March 9, 2004 at the new Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre (REDCAT) in Los Angeles. Bloodier, Mean Son – for trumpet, electric guitar, electric bass, and drum set Composed for Daniel Rosenboom on trumpet and ensemble. Browless, Mere Knife – for ensemble Composed for Fireworks Ensemble. Premiered May 16, 2004 at Tenri Cultural Center. Devil Town, for fretless guitar and voice Algorithmic re-arrangement of Daniel Johnston’s Devil Town. Uses “intervallic magnets” to gradually conflate or expand intervals to tritone or unison. For Larry Polansky and Jody Diamond. Stink Up!, for solo drum set Three polyrhythmic studies in tempo modulation, for solo performer with four independent limbs. Composed for John Ferrari Stink Up! (Evolved Form), for brass band and drum set Composition based on polyrhythmic tempo modulations. Composed for TILT Brass Band Stink Up! (Polyprism 1 and 2), for saxophone quartet Composition based on polyrhythmic tempo modulations. For PRISM Saxophone Quartet. Premiered November 19, 2004, NYC Talea (hoping to somehow “know”), for saxophone quartet Composed for PRISM Saxophone Quartet. Premiered November 19, 2004, NYC. 2003 Rhythmicon Commissioned by Minnesota Public Radio. A software realization of an early electronic music instrument, The Rhythmicon (1930) designed by Henry Cowell and built by Leon Theremin. http://musicmavericks.org/rhythmicon In 2006, Innova Records releases CD of pieces composed with this software instrument. A Bright Moon Makes a Little Daytime, for solo guitar and electronics Commissioned by guitarist Marco Cappelli. Three movement work for Cappelli’s modified guitar. Premiered in Napoli in November 2003. Released on Extreme Guitar Project, Mode Records, Produced by Elliot Sharp. Nick Didkovsky, composition catalog HBLP for Larry Polansky on the occasion of his birthday Musical puzzle instrument. User attempts to decipher text messages about Larry Polansky. The software implements Polansky’s contour interval theory as means to encode and decipher text messages and melody. User hears melodic expression of the puzzle’s progress. See http://www.punosmusic.com/pages/HBLP Sabbath Bride - J. Diamond, arranged by N. Didkovsky, self-modifying computer score A process-driven software setting of Jody Diamond’s melody. See http://www.punosmusic.com/pages/sabbathbride/sabbathbride.html Ice Cream Time, for sax quartet, electric guitar, JMSL/JSyn software, and real-time sampling Commissioned by ARTE Quartett. Premiered April 11, 2003, Theater Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland. With Thomas Dimuzio, realtime sampling. See http://www.arte-quartett.com/ice_cream_time.pdf 2002 Tube Mouth Bow String, for string quartet and live electronics String quartet using four talkboxes and four harmonizer pedals. Commissioned for Sirius String Quartet with support from Meet the Composer, Commissioning Music USA. Premiered June 25, 2002 at Pace University, Alliance for Downtown New York and Delta Present: The Lunch Box Series 2002 Slim in Beaten Dreamers, for brass quintet and percussion Suite in 15 parts. Commissioned for Meridian Arts Ensemble with support from The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. Premiered June 6, 2002 at June In Buffalo Festival. Zero Waste, for piano and computer-generated score Composed for Kathleen Supove, Zero Waste continuously transcribes live piano performance, generating a score to be sight-read. Premiered November 11, 2002, Frederick Lowe Theatre, New York University MachineCore, for electric guitar and computer Develops software to manipulate electric guitar sound in real-time. Premiered Oct 5, 2002, at The GuitarEvolution Festival, Maison de la Culture, Montreal 2001 The Monkey Farm, for Doctor Nerve, narrator, and computer controlled audio processing A Music Theatre piece based on stories by CW Vrtacek. Premiered May 4, 2001 at Roulette, NYC With Valeria Vasilevski (voice) and Bill Moody (ASL interpreter) Sara’s Wrist Grab, for guitar quartet, electric bass, and drum set Composed for Sara Hook Dance. To be released in 2003 on CD: Bone, Uses Wrist Grab (Cuneiform Records, Rune 196). With Hugh Hopper on bass and John Roulat on Drums. Two Healthy Legs For guitar ensemble, electric bass, and drum set. Premiered at Musique Action Festival, Nancy, France Foster Wives, Trophy Hair For guitar ensemble, electric bass, and drum set. See Bone, Sues Wrist Grab for CD release. To Laugh Uncleanly At The Nurse Originally for Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, arranged for guitar quartet, electric bass, and drum set. See Bone, Sues Wrist Grab for CD release. 2000 Nick Didkovsky, composition catalog Rama Broom, for piano and voice Commissioned for piano virtuoso Kathleen Supové. Premiered Nov 20, 2000 at NYU, New York City. Scratch (computer generated CD’s and live flute with processing) Premiered by Anne La Berge Aug 19, 2000 Columbus, OH Composed and programmed in JMSL/JSyn by Nick Didkovsky 1998 Overlife (electric guitar and percussion) Premiered by Nick Didkovsky and Steven Schick and Malashock Dance Company, at Old Globe Theatre, Balboa Park, San Diego, on Jan 16, 1999 Commissioned by Malashock Dance Company. No Meat No Belfry (guitar quartet) Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet at Bang On A Can Festival, NYC, May 5, 1999 Orion (solo electric guitar) Premiered at Alvin Ailey School, August 20, 1998 Commissioned by choreographer Sara Hook. 1997 Ereia (string quartet, guitar, bass, drum set, piano, sop. sax, flute, trumpet, bass clarinet) Premiered by Doctor Nerve and Sirius String Quartet, FIMAV Festival, Victoriaville, QC, May 19, 1997 Commissioned by Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust and The Jerome Foundation with support from Harvestworks and Minnesota Composers Forum Caught By The Sky With Wire (cello, percussion) Premiered by Steven Schick/Maya Beiser Project at Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC, on April 14, 1997 Commissioned by Steven Schick and Maya Beiser. “Schubert’s Impromptu in Eb Maj, Opus 90 (arr Minsky Popolov)” (MIDI-controlled piano, Java) Premiered by Nick Didkovsky at The Alternative Schubertiade, American Opera Projects / Downtown Arts Festival, September 12, 1997 Recursive Systems: Pascal’s Triangle (2 trumpet arrangement) Premiered by Dave Douglas and Rob Henke at The Cooler, 1997 1996 Egil the Skald (guitar quartet) Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1996 We’ll Ask the Questions Around Here (parts 1 & 2) (guitar quartet) Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1996 Moab (guitar quartet) Recorded on Binky Boy CD Bubenwagen (guitar quartet) Recorded on Binky Boy CD Out To Bomb Fresh Kings (guitar quartet) Nick Didkovsky, composition catalog Premiered by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet during European tour, 1996 We’ll Ask The Questions Around Here (arr. guitar and two percussionists) Premiered by Nick Didkovsky, James Pugliese, and Kevin Norton, Gowanus Arts, Oct 6, 1996 I Kick My Hand (gtr, bass, drums) Premiered by Doctor Nerve during European Tour, 1996 I Kick My Hand (two guitar arrangement) Premiered by Nick Didkovsky and Mark Stewart, Gowanus Arts, 1996 1995 Their Eyes Bulged With Sparkling Pockets (for chamber orchestra) Premiered by Crosstown Ensemble at Tribeca Hall, NYC, March 25, 1995 Commissioned by Crosstown Ensemble Our Soldiers Are Soft Pianos (piano ensemble) For theatre piece, premiered at Nuyorikan Poets. Commissioned by Tena Cohen Ironwood (drum set) Premiered by Leo Ciesa during Doctor Nerve European tour, 1995 1994 Amalia’s Secret (piano, clarinet, drum set, guitar, bass, cello), 1994 Premiered by Bang On A Can All-Stars, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln