Dan Lis, Composer [Address] [Phone number] [email protected] www.composerstoolbox.com

Compositions

Solo/Chamber: Guitar Concerto (2009): 11:23 Classical Guitar Soloist, String Quintet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) Premiere in April 2009

A Change in Weather (2009): 6:10 The Namaste Ensemble (Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Piano) Premiere in November 2009 (in Italy)

Hesitant Again (2011): 10:10 The Alturas Duo (Viola and Classical Guitar) Unperformed

Disciplined Lyricism (2011): 24:00 String Quartet All but one movement performed

NRG (2012): 11:00 016 New Music Ensemble (Alto Sax, Trombone, Percussion, Piano, String quartet) Premiere in November 2012 Second performance in December 2015

Impossible (for Vera Kushner) (2012): 7:30 Solo piano Unperformed

In Love and War (commissioned by the 016 New Music Ensemble) (2014): 12:30 Alto Saxophone, Trombone, Violin, and Cello Premiered in May 2016

Native Immigrants (Native American text, public domain) (2016): 13:15 Pierrot Ensemble Unperformed

A Lyrical Discipline (2016): 20:30 Saxophone Quartet Unperformed

The Response of Ktulu (Improvisational Structure No. 8) (2017): between 9:00-12:00 Electric Guitar and Max/MSP Patch Unperformed

Variations on Hartford (3 Preludes for Piano) (2017): 7:00 Piano Solo Unperformed Large Ensemble:

Shards (2010): 13:00 Orchestra Read in November 2010

Greed (2011): 10:15 Orchestra Unperformed

Symphony (2012): 30:00 Orchestra Unperformed

Pursued by the Nazgûl (commissioned by The Music School at Sound Crossing) (2012): 4:45 Chamber string orchestra Premiered in May 2013

Slumber (commissioned by The Music School at Sound Crossing) (2013): 6:00 Chamber string orchestra Premiered in March 2014

Of One, Strength (2014): 8:45 Orchestra Read in November 2014

The Places of the Past (commissioned by The Music School at Sound Crossing) (2015): 4:48 Orchestra and Fixed Media Premiered in June 2015 rain, in two dimensions, bent on itself, and reconnected (2016): 10:30 Wind Ensemble Unperformed

Beyond This Time We Share (commissioned by the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble) (2017): 12:00-15:00 Wind Ensemble Premiered in May 2017 a cold sorrow, a warm sorrow (2018): 3:00 Orchestra Unperformed; high-quality electronic realization created Chorus:

A Winter’s Tale (Text by D. H. Lawrence, Public Domain) (2011): 4:20 SATB Unperformed

Three Settings (Text by Emily Dickinson, Public Domain) (2012): 5:00 SATB Unperformed

Hate Song: A political farce that isn’t funny anymore (Text by composer) (2016): 9:00 SATB and Banjoist/Guitarist, with theatrical elements Unperformed

Nous (2016): 5:00 SATB Choir, a cappella Performed at the 2016 Lehigh University Summer Choral Composers Forum

There is a realm (2017): 6:15 SATB Choir, a cappella Unperformed

Healing for a divided nation (Kyrie Eleison) (2017): 1:45 SATB Choir, a cappella Unperformed

Songs: of nights in April (Text by Willa Cather, Public Domain) (2015): 3 songs, totaling 15:00 Soprano and Piano Unperformed

Silent and melancholy (Text by various authors, Public Domain) (2015): 4 songs, totaling 11:15 Soprano and Piano Unperformed

Renunciation (Sacred Text, Public Domain) (2016): 4 songs, totaling 20:14 Tenor and Fixed Media Unperformed Electroacoustic:

Abandoning Lucidity (for Erin Camp) (2012): 4:10 1 Flutist (Alto Flute, Piccolo, and Kick Drum) and Fixed Media Unperformed

Soul Refuge (2013): 6 tracks, ca. 29:00 total Fixed Media CD (Self-released) and featured in 2014 Hartford New Music Festival

Exercise Music (2014): 6 tracks, ca. 65:00 total Fixed Media CD (Self-released)

Bloomfield Yard in the Dark (2014): 10:18 Fixed Media Unperformed

The Places I Dream of Before I Visit (2015): 7:00 Fixed Media Premiere in March 2015

Improvisational Structure No. 7: obstinacy (2015): 5:13 Amplified Viola and Fixed Media Premiered in March 2016 fraternity with all those good and beautiful things: a requiem (2015): 50:00 SATB Soloists, Saxophone Quartet, Rock Band, Interactive Audiovisual Media, Fixed Audio Media Premiered in March 2016

Bleak Friday (2015): 6:30 Marimba and Fixed Media Premiered in May 2016 Featured in University of Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival XVI (2017) variations on a city (2016): 27:30 Fixed Media Featured in SEAMUS National Conference (2017) pixelated obsidian (2016): 5:00 Fixed Media Premiered in November 2016 Incidental:

Henry V (Theatre Incidental Music) (2011): Various cues and short pieces of various lengths Trumpet, Percussion, Viola, Classical Guitars Premiered in spring 2011

Billy’s Cap (Documentary Film Incidental Music) (2012): Various cues and pieces of various lengths Fixed Media Documentary (DVD released March 2014)

Pedagogical:

Sight Reading Exercises for Guitarists (2015) Guitar instructor and student (method book)

Open Form:

Improvisational Structure No. 1: A Trip Through Interdimensional Normalcy (2015): indeterminate duration or ca. 10:00 Jazz ensemble, fixed media, open instrumentation Premiered in November 2015

Improvisational Structure No. 2: Walking on Reich’s Beach (2015): indeterminate duration or ca. 10:00 Electric Guitar Quartet or Looping Guitarist, Improvising Percussionist(s), fixed media and video Unperformed Fixed Media version published on YouTube in 2015

Improvisational Structure No. 3: Joyful Noise (2015): 5:30 Open instrumentation, fixed media and video Premiered in November 2015

Albums:

Soul Refuge (September 2013) Ambient/spacious/nature-inspired

Exercise Music (April 2014) Music for exercising/music for listening/rhythmic fraternity with all those good and beautiful things (July 2016) Live performance of Master’s thesis/rock/early music

Videos:

Lifegiver (Published on YouTube in December 2016) Sound design and video, commentary on climate change

When the Feelings Are the Facts (Published on YouTube in December 2016) Guitar improvisation and video, commentary on fake news and the interaction of facts and feelings

No (Published on YouTube in January 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video, commentary on what the word “No” means in our society

Highway to Hell (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video, focus on illusion and perception

In Memoriam Bright Eyes (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video tribute to deceased friend

The Land America Forgot (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, sound design, and video, commentary on politics and division

Hallowed Ground (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Music composition, performance, sound design, and video, depiction of Yellowstone National Park

Marco Polo (Published on YouTube in September 2017) Spectral imaging video of fixed media composition, via Max/MSP does water kill (Published on YouTube in January 2018) Spoken word, sound art, and musical fusion with original video and mathematic formula animations. Meditation on Zoroastrian text.

Articles/Prose:

Over 250 posts, articles, reviews, and other content on website Composer’s Toolbox (2011-present) Includes organizing two score calls for analysis: one professional-composer and one young-composer

Album reviews for ContactMusic.com (2017): • The Stage, Avenged Sevenfold • All These Countless Nights, Deaf Havana • Dream Underground, Piano Wire • No Home of the Mind, Bing & Ruth Arrangements:

For student ensemble “Sound and Silence” (classically trained student ensemble playing popular music): 2012 arrangements (all performed): Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson) Holiday (Green Day) The Ocean (Led Zeppelin) 2013 arrangements (all performed): Good Riddance (Green Day) Otherside (Red Hot Chili Peppers) We Are The Champions (Queen) Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) Send Me On My Way (Rusted Root) Learn to Fly (Foo Fighters) About a Girl (Nirvana) Holy Diver (Dio) I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley and The Wailers) Not Your Fault (AWOLNATION) 2014 arrangements (all performed): Along for the Ride (Dream Theater) crushcrushcrush (Paramore) Still Into You (Paramore) Broken ft. Amy Lee (Seether) Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan) The Impression That I Get (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg) Bewitched (Hart/Rodgers) Sail (AWOLNATION) On a Plain (Nirvana) Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) Wish You Were Here (Incubus) Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) Welcome to Paradise (Green Day) Thunderstruck (AC/DC) Parallel Universe (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Iron Man (Black Sabbath) Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) 2015 Arrangements (all performed): All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) Subdivisions (Rush) Simple Man (Shinedown) 2015 Arrangements (“Creep” and “Right Here” performed): Breaking the Law (Judas Priest) Creep (Radiohead) Right Here (Staind)