works

2006, 2008

Missa Beati Notkeri Balbuli Sancti Galli Monachi, Mass of the Blessed Notker the Stammerer, Monk of St. Gallen. Premiered April 12/13 in St Gallen and Jona, Switzerland, Hans Eberhard, director, Kimberly Brockman, soprano, Willibald Guggenmos, organ, Collegium Vocale der Kathedrale St. Gallen, Collegium Instrumentale der Kathedrale.

Section Score MP3
Kyrie pdf mp3
Gloria pdf mp3
Credo pdf mp3
Psalm 23 pdf mp3
Sanctus pdf mp3
Benedictus pdf mp3
Agnus Dei pdf mp3
Psalm 100 pdf mp3
Postlude pdf mp3

2007, 2008

Orchestral Suite from Mordake #1 and #2. Played by the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, September 2007 and March 2008.

Number MP3
1 mp3
2 mp3

2007

Waltz for Lynne for piano. Score here.

2007

Baron Ochs suite for orchestra. Orchestration of the original from 1985. Performed by San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, March 2007.

Scene MP3 Score
the night before the festival mp3 pdf
mohammed has a vision mp3 pdf
confusion mp3 pdf
a moment passes mp3 pdf
valzaccho returns to the forest mp3 pdf

2005

La Lunga Ombra (the long shadow), a film by Jon Jost.

listen
credits
walking
beach
sun
interview
story
church
ending credits

2005

Blinde Liebe (aka Brother/Sister) a dance opera with the Palindrome Dance Company. Performed in Nürnberg and San Francisco so far.

2004

Brightness exists in two versions, one for clarinet, piano and bass-baritone and an expanded score for orchestra. The text is a poem by Dan Bellm. The recording of the chamber version features Rachel Condry and Joe Kinyon (and myself). The orchestral version is played by the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra with Rachel Condry and Micah Epps as soloists.

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2004

Homecoming, a film by Jon Jost. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2004. Won first prize at Spirit Film Festival, 2005.

2004

Trio, for Deborah Slater Dance Theater with Thom Blum. Here's an mp3.

2003

Raheel, a set of songs, and poem to you written in whispers, a song, both on texts by Dima Hilal, piano-vocal and orchestral versions. The recordings below feature Dina Emerson, soprano, and the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra.

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refugee n/a pdf  
homecoming SFCCO pdf  
america n/a pdf  
whispers SFCCO pdf wmv

1994-2003

Sub Pontio Pilato, an opera about the suicide and historical recreation of Pontius Pilate to a libretto by James Bisso. Various scenes presented in San Francisco, Nürnberg and the Alternativa Festival in Prague. An orchestral version of some scenes was presented in Seattle with the Seattle Creative Orchestra, Laurie Amat, John Duykers, and the Ancora choir. A workshop production was done in Wels, Austria in December of 2002 and the piece premiered in San Francisco at the ODC Theater in April of 2003. Some production photos are here. Below are recordings of the premiere performance and the orchestral performances.

Scene ODC

Orchestral

Score
1: Impassivity mp3 mp3 pdf
2: Sortes Pilatianae mp3   pdf
3. Casus Primus mp3   pdf
4. Simon Cyrenensis mp3   pdf
5: Verum Eikon mp3 mp3 pdf
6: Casus Secundus mp3 mp3 pdf
6.5 First Entr'acte mp3   pdf
7: Visum Proculae mp3 mp3 pdf
8. Fixura Clavorum mp3   pdf
9: Nescio et Excrucior mp3   pdf
10. Daughters of Jerusalem mp3   pdf
11: Casus Tertius mp3 mp3 pdf
12. Mors Pilati mp3   pdf
13-15. Second Entr'acte mp3    
16. Rationale Judicii mp3   pdf
17. Pilatus Beatus Est mp3   pdf
18: Credo mp3 mp3 pdf
19. Martyrium Pilati mp3   pdf

2001

Veracity, an ongoing suite of pieces for piano solo written for Marja Mutru. The performance below is a live recording of a performance by Erling Wold on the Kalvos and Damien radio show

Title Score low res recording
Sincerity pdf mp3
Devotion pdf mp3
Truth pdf mp3

2001

Die Nacht wird kommen, German version of A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil. Premiered in Austria by the Klagenfurter Ensemble in July 2001. Performed in Brühl Germany in September of 2002.

Scene MP3 Score
title pdf
0: Opening mp3 pdf
1: die Akademie der Wissenschaften pdf
2: die Finsternis mp3 pdf
3: die Stunde des Verbands mp3 pdf
4: die Finsternis 2 pdf
5: die Haarpracht mp3 pdf
6: wortlosen Gebetes mp3 pdf
7: Schlafen 2 mp3 pdf
8: das Messer mp3 pdf
9: das Messer 2 mp3 pdf
10: der himmlische Verlobte mp3 pdf

2000

queer, a chamber opera based on the William Burroughs novel. Premiered in San Francisco, April 2001. The libretto is here.

queer (CD), released by Spooky Pooch Records.

Scene MP3 Score
0: Overture mp3 pdf
1: Carl Steinberg mp3 pdf
2: K C Steak House mp3 pdf
3: Talking with Joe mp3 pdf
4: Lee Meets Allerton mp3 pdf
5/6: Several Days Later/That Afternoon mp3 pdf
7: Later that Evening pdf
8: Queer Hints mp3 pdf
9: First Date mp3 pdf
10: Pat's Steak House mp3 pdf
11: Walking mp3 pdf
12: Pawn Shop mp3 pdf
13: Chess Game mp3 pdf
14: Mentioning the Trip mp3 pdf
15: Allerton Agrees To Go mp3 pdf
16: Starting the Trip mp3 pdf
17: Quito mp3 pdf
18: The Doctor mp3 pdf
19: Manta pdf
20: Guayaquil mp3 pdf
21: Yage mp3 pdf
22/23: Puyo mp3 pdf
24: Cotter mp3 pdf
25: Hunting mp3 pdf
26: Epilogue mp3 pdf

2000

Harvest of Rage, a set of songs for tenor and orchestra.

1998

I brought my hips to the table, collaboration with Cid Pearlman for the ACF Composer/Choreographer award. Based on Bearing the Names by Michelle Murphy. Presented at ODC, San Francisco, December 1998.

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1998

Hushed Piece, song to a poem by Amy Trachtenberg. Score is here.

1997

London Brief, soundtrack for a film by Jon Jost. Premiered at the Yamagata and Rotterdam film festivals. DVD release on OtherShore.

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4.Arcade mp3
5.Virtuality mp3
6.Museum mp3
7.Homeless mp3
8.Spinning mp3
9.Train mp3

1997

Close/Minotaur, a dance choreographed by Cid Pearlman of The Nesting Dolls (San Francisco) as well as Robert Wechsler of Palindrome Dance (Nürnberg). Both versions were premiered in 1997. An MP3 recording of a performance by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble is here and a score is here. It has also been performed in Philadelphia by Relâche.

1996

13 Versions of Surrender, song cycle for piano, bassoon, cello and voice based on the poem by Michelle Murphy. Premiered by Laurie Amat in several concerts in San Francisco, including Footwork. The libretto is here. Lauren Elder did a painting based on the piece.

13 versions cd 13 Versions of Surrender (CD), released by Spooky Pooch Records.

# MP3 Score
1 mp3 pdf
2 mp3 pdf
3 mp3 pdf
4 mp3 pdf
5 mp3 pdf
6 mp3 pdf
7 mp3 pdf
8 mp3 pdf
9 mp3 pdf
10 mp3 pdf
11 mp3 pdf
12 mp3 pdf
13 mp3 pdf
14 mp3 pdf

1995

Abstände, Duet, etc, several pieces for dancer-interactive computer system, computer-controlled pipe organ and electronics, performed at Tafelhalle, Nürnberg, and Gasteig theatre, Munich, with the Palindrome Dance Company. There are some approximations to possible realizations of the pieces in piano reductions here and here.

1995

Song of Songs for soprano and piano. MP3 here and score here.

1995

Albrechts Flügel, four pieces for piano solo. Marja Mutru plays them here.

# MP3 Score
1 mp3 pdf
2 mp3 pdf
3 mp3 pdf
4 mp3 pdf

1995

Yoga Garden for a yoga dance performance by Gay White. An MP3 file is here.

1993-4

A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, chamber opera based on the collage novel by Max Ernst. Scored for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, horn, cello, keyboard, percussion. 50 minutes. Performed at Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, January-February 1995. Produced by the Paul Dresher Ensemble at ODC Theater, San Francisco, March 2000. Some production photographs of the ODC performance are here.

A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil (CD), released by MinMax Records.

Section Studio 2000 Intersection1995 Score
title     pdf
introduction mp3 mp3 pdf
academy of science mp3 mp3 pdf
tenebreuse and dance mp3 mp3 pdf
first prayer mp3 mp3 pdf
tenebreuse 2 and sleep pdf
the hair mp3 mp3 pdf
second prayer mp3 mp3 pdf
second sleep mp3 mp3 pdf
the knife mp3 mp3 pdf
the knife 2 mp3 mp3 pdf
the celestial bridegroom mp3 mp3 pdf

1993

The Bed You Sleep In, soundtrack for a film by Jon Jost, produced by Complex Corporation. Film invited to film festivals in Berlin, London, Vienna, Iceland, Istanbul, Sundance, San Francisco, etc. Scored for saxophone, oboe, flute, clarinet, piano, drums, cello, viola.

CD released by The Table of the Elements in December 1993.

Section MP3 Score
The Bed You Sleep In mp3 pdf
The Comfort of Solitude mp3 n/a
Out Here, Somewhere mp3 pdf
Why Didn't You Tell Me You Knew My Daughter? mp3 n/a
People with Happy Lives mp3 pdf
Their Lives are Such Misery pdf
A Warning mp3 pdf
I Won't Tell a Soul mp3 pdf
Sadness mp3 pdf
I Just Thought You Should Know mp3 pdf
Did You Tell Her Mother? mp3 n/a
Jean Is Dead mp3 pdf
Every Violation of Truth mp3 pdf

1992

Modules and Loops, electronic music for a dance by Robert Wechsler, performed in Germany and Czechoslovakia. MP3 file is here.

1991

Table for One, electroacoustic music for dance by Ann di Fruscia, performed in San Francisco.

1990

Sure Fire, music for film directed by Jon Jost, who asked me to write country music that wasn't country music. Oh, and it had to be in Just Intonation.. Released theatrically in France, USA, UK, Germany. Winner of Caligari Prize, Berlin Film Festival 1991. First place in Athens Film Festival 1992. Scored for pedal steel, electronics and drums.

Cue MP3
conversation mp3
credits mp3
driving mp3
story mp3
landscape 1 mp3
road mp3
landscape 2 mp3
landscape 3 mp3
talk mp3
ending mp3

1990

I Weep (CD), released by Spooky Pooch Records.

Track Title MP3
1 It was in the summer that i first noticed your hair, your face, your eyelids mp3
2 Duncan's long day mp3
3 Mo mp3
4 Center-mother and boss-puss mp3
5 Seven days ago mp3
6 As we got into it a little bit mp3
7 A little girl dreams of taking the veil mp3
8 The whistling note mp3
9 Egg mp3
10 Piano Concerto #4 by Vsyayukh Minyetchik: The new age comes to illinois mp3
11 2nd movement: But now they feel more at home mp3
12 3rd movement: Could this be the last we see of it? mp3
13 I feel a little worse today than yesterday mp3
14 Chin ho mp3
15 318 45th Street mp3
16 Bird chirp (Duncan) mp3

1989

Seven Days Ago for organ, flute, horns and orchestral vibraphone. Included on I Weep. Score here and MP3 here.

1989

Egg Dance, electroacoustic music for a dance by Gay White and Leigh Evans, performed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Included on I Weep.

1989

Mo for piano. Included on I Weep.

1989

Center Mother and Boss-puss, setting of the Antonin Artaud poem for keyboard and two solo instruments and soprano or tenor. Score here and MP3 here.

1988

It was in the summer that I first noticed your hair, your face, your eyelids. Scored for flute, clarinet, oboe, bells, retuned piano and electric bass. Included on I Weep. Included on Numbers Racket, Just Intonation Network, 1991.

1988

Piano Concerto #4 by V.M. Included on I Weep.

Movement Title MP3
1 The new age comes to illinois mp3
2 But now they feel more at home mp3
3 Could this be the last we see of it? mp3

1988

Music of Love (CD), released by Spooky Pooch Records.

Track Title MP3
1 Dance of the Testifiers mp3
2 Ten Tan Girls for Every Boy mp3
3 Dance of the Polygamists mp3
4 Canned Demon mp3
5 For Lynn Murdock: #1 for 11 strings and percussion mp3
6 For Lynn Murdock: #2 for harp, organ, stick and drums mp3
7 The story of Play-Do mp3
8 Hagalaz mp3
9 Ara Hemat mp3
10 Anus Dentata mp3
11 Marriage mp3
12 Heaven for Girls mp3
13 Crash mp3

1987

Duncan's Long Day for synthesizer. Included on I Weep.

1987

Incidental music for the play The Islamic Republic of Las Vegas: Dance of the Testifiers, for retuned flute, vibraphone and drums. Included on Music of Love. Included on Rational Music for an Irrational World, Just Intonation Network, 1989. Dance of the Polygamists for piano. Ten Tan Girls for Every Boy for organ, saxophone, bass, synthesizer.

1987

Suite for music box: Heaven for Girls, Ara Hemat, The Story of Play-Do, Canned Demon, etc. Included on Music of Love.

1987

318th 45th Street for string orchestra, included on I Weep.

1987

Quintet, music for a dance by Robert Wechsler, performed in New York and Germany. MP3 here.

1986

Tune for Lynn Murdock #2, included in Tellus #14, special issue on just intonation.

1986

Crash, music for a dance by Gay White, performed at New Langston Arts in San Francisco, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley and Lhasa Gallery, Los Angeles. Included on Music of Love. Included in premiere issue of Leonardo Music Journal CD, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1991.

1986

Baron Ochs (LP) released by Spooky Pooch.

1985

Marriage for two trumpets and bass or slide guitar and bass.

1985

Hawaii Five-O for 3 keyboards. Two included on Baron Ochs, one on I Weep.

1985

Baron Ochs, music for a recitation. Text by Everett Shock and Erling Wold. Scored for two keyboards and solo instrument. 25 minutes. Included on Baron Ochs. Performances in San Francisco, 1985 and Berkeley, 1991.

Scene MP3
the night before the festival mp3
mohammed has a vision mp3
confusion mp3
a moment passes mp3
valzaccho returns to the forest mp3

1985

Sunup on I-5.

1982

Tune for Lynn Murdock #1, for 11 amplified strings and percussion. Included on Music of Love (CD), 1988.

1979

Concerto for String bass and Chorus in quarter-tones and sixth-tones.

1978

The Waste Land, setting of the T.S. Eliot poem. Scored for piccolo, flute, violin, vibraphone, percussion, piano/celesta and soprano. Eleanor Remick Warren music composition award from Occidental College.

1978

Sonata for clarinet and piano in two tempi.