Born in 1959. Earned B.M. and M.M. Music Composition, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Ph.D. Music Composition, Harvard University. Primary teachers were Stephen Dembski, Donald Martino, Earl Kim, Lucky Mosko, Milton Babbitt.
Taught at University at Buffalo Department of Music, 1993-2016.
Music written 1983-2021 |
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1983 Night of Nights [solo flute] o
1984 Variations [solo clarinet] o 1985 String Trio o 1987 Eros is Eros is Eros [piano solo] o 1988 Nidus [vln/vla/vc/clar] 1988 Sea Change [E.H./vc] o 1988 String Quartet no. 2 o 1988 Trine [fl/fl/harp] 1989 Seven Bagatelles [vln/vc/clar] o 1989 Steps (String Quartet no. 3) o 1990 Beatrice [mezzo-sop/vln/pf/clar] o 1990 No Two Alike [solo violin] o 1991 Friction Oracle [vln/pf] o 1992 Rus in Urbe [fl/b.c./perc/pf] o 1993 Crosslet Rove [12 players (4 trios)] o 1994 Form-Turba [two pianos] o 1994 Marxville Songbook [Pierrot + perc] o |
1994 Tombolo [vla/vc/db] o
1995 A Curtain Raiser [vc/pf/perc + tape] o 1995 Incidental Music [mixed sextet] o 1996 From Hegel's Eyes [sop/vc/mar/orch] o 1997 Four Rags [piano + tape] o 1998 Aerial [Pierrot + perc] o 1998 Monaural Text Studies [tape] o 1999 Eventyr [b.c./tbn/perc/vc/db] o 2000 Eastland [string quartet] o 2000 Allos [tape] 2001 Evans House [solo flute] o 2001 Starry Wisdom [chamber orch] o 2002 Kinderszenen [fl/tpt/pf/perc/vc] o 2002 House Taken Over [fl + computer] o 2003 Prostheseus [tape] o 2004 Mr. Natural [tpt/pf] o 2004 Facet Delay [tape, 8 channels] o The word "tape" used above refers to any audio file playback format.
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2005 Melodys- [tape]
2006 Pity Paid [vln solo/small orchestra] o 2007 Corals [aka Koral; ongoing, various] o 2008 Song of Itself [elec vc/computer] o 2009 Adagio [Bruckner arr., clar/pf] o 2010 wills & wonts [clar/perc] o 2011 Messenger [large orchestra] o 2011 Pretty Words [vln/pf] o 2013 Sunlit [Pierrot + perc] o 2015 Seraphita (Canons) [string quartet] o 2016 Enticement (Canons) [wind quintet] o 2017 Interval Signal [euphonium + clar/pf] o 2017 Ambient beats project [tape] o S'cloud o 2018 Old Sawtooth [oboe + tape] o 2021 Signaling [album of electronic music] o 2021 Paprika [solo 19-EDO trumpet in B-flat] 2021 Crystal Songs for High Voice [album] |
Text documents
Interview (2008) o
A Symmetry of Thought (1991) o
Translation of Helmut Lachenmann, "Open Letter to Hans Werner Henze" (1997) o
Review in JAMS of Joseph N. Straus, "The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger" (1999) o
"Leaps & Circuits to Trail [...]", an interview on the texts and music with Brian Ferneyhough (1993)
Three translations of articles by Mauricio Kagel (1996)
Translation of György Ligeti, "Meeting with Kurtág in Post-war Budapest" o
Interview (2021) o
A Symmetry of Thought (1991) o
Translation of Helmut Lachenmann, "Open Letter to Hans Werner Henze" (1997) o
Review in JAMS of Joseph N. Straus, "The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger" (1999) o
"Leaps & Circuits to Trail [...]", an interview on the texts and music with Brian Ferneyhough (1993)
Three translations of articles by Mauricio Kagel (1996)
Translation of György Ligeti, "Meeting with Kurtág in Post-war Budapest" o
Interview (2021) o