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SOLOS AND DUOS

WINIK TE'
(MAN/WOOD)
[2006]

[Solo marimba]

 

Commissioned by SGM New Music Commissioning Fund for Makoto Nakura

Premiered October, 29, 2005. Matsukata Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Makoto Nakura, marimba.

DURATION: 8'

KIKAI NO MORI [...EX MACHINA II] [2009]

[Version for percussion and piano] [in seven movements]

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Commissioned by Makoto Nakura

Premiered Nov. 7, 2009. Hakuju Hall, Tokyo.

Makoto Nakura, percussion; Monica Ohuchi, piano.

DURATION: 17'

DE KOONING MOVEMENTS [2001]

[marimba, clarinet]

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Commissioned by the Kobe Shinbun Arts Foundation for Makoto Nakura

Premiered October 11, 2001. Matsukata Hall, Japan.

Makoto Nakura, marimba; Todd Palmer, clarinet.

DURATION: 8'

DE KOONING DUO [2007]

[Guitar, marimba]

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Premiered Nov. 13, 2007. Kilbourn Hall.  Rochester.

Makoto Nakura, Dieter Hennings.

DURATION: 7'

CHANCE FOREST INTERLUDES [2015]

[soprano solo] [may be performed with Kikai no Mori]
 

Premiered July 13, 2015 SoundSCAPE Festival. Maccagno, Italy.

Tony Arnold.

DURATION: 16 mins.

10 WEEKS, FOR SOLO CLARINET [2019]

Ten short pieces written for B-flat and Bass clarinet.
 

Commissioned by Fernando Domínguez

Premiered on March 29, 2019 at Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana.

Fernando Domínguez.

DURATION: 15'

COLD WAR RADIO [2018]

[electric five-string MIDI cello and electronic sounds]

(Can also be played on amplified acoustic cello)

Audio track provided as AIFF file upon request

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Commissioned by Iracema de Andrade

Premiered on August 10, 2018 at the Centro de Cultura Digital.  Mexico City.

Iracema de Andrade.

DURATION: 9'

TWITTERING MACHINES [2003]

[flute and piano]

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Commissioned by the U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture.

Premiered Nov. 19, 2003. Boston Conservatory. Asako Arai, fl, Frank Corliss, pf.

DURATION: 12'

ISHI NO MORI [STONE-FOREST] [2008]

[Ryuteki and percussion {with audience "stone choir"}]

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Commissioned by the Japan Society.

Premiere: October 10, 2008, Japan Society. New York.

Takeshi Sasamoto, ryuteki; Adam Sliwinski, percussion

DURATION: 8'

CALACAS Y PALOMAS [1991]

[piano duo]

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Premiered May 12, 1991. Sprague Hall, New Haven.

Lory Sims, Genevieve Lee, pianos

DURATION: 11'

MANO A MANO I, II, III, IV, V [1997/98 (I-III), 2005 (IV), 2007 (V)]

 [solo piano]

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Commissioned [II] by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA) and by Sara Laimon and Musicians Accord [I,III].

Premiered [II] April 26, 1997. Pinacoteca Virreinal. Mexico City. Alberto Cruz Prieto, piano.

Premiered [I,III] April 7, Miller Theatre. Sara Laimon, piano.

Premiere [I-IV]: April 3, 2005, Rochester, NY. Cristina Valdes, piano

DURATION: 16'

CINCO, CINCO AND SEIS [1987]

[solo fl] [in two movements]

 

Commissioned by Lory McConnell.

Premiered February 4, 1994. Americas Society, New York City.

Quintet of the Americas.

DURATION: 8'

THE LOON'S CHANT [1987]

[clarinet, piano]

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Premiered Nov. 26, 1989. Capitol City Playhouse, Austin.

ISIS New Music Ensemble.

DURATION: 18'

MACHINARY [2007]

[piano duo]

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Premiered November 13, 2007. Eastman School of Music. Rochester, NY.

Jung Sun Kang, Hae Yeun Jeun, pianos.

DURATION: 10'

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Program note:

I: Tinguely

II: Machine with Chinese Fan

III: Machine with Wishbone

IV: Child Watching Ball

V: Dododecapede

 

These pieces, five out of a growing collection of miniatures written for piano-duo, are part-homage, part-commentary on the awesome machines built by the American artist Arthur Ganson—a self-described cross between a mechanical engineer and a choreographer. Ganson’s machines are simple and profound, quiet and eloquent, high-tech and low-tech, finite and eternal.

This work is currently under revision
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