WORKS FOR ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONICS+VIDEO
Sanctuary (2008) multi-channel sound environment/installation based on bird calls catalogued and studied by Messian.
- Duration: User set length; minimum 10 minutes
- Electronic/Computer Requirements: Mac computer + audio interface + 4 speaker sound system.
- Program Notes
- On-Line Performance Recording: Sanctuary (mp3) Example of textures reduced to stereo
- Electronics: Electronic File (MAX/Msp format)
The Weight of Light (2006) Work for dancer(s), video, and electronic sound. Collaboration with choreographer Mary Fitzgerald and video artist Natalia Jaeger Massieu.
WORKS FOR INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONICS (CD OR AUDIO FILE PLAYBACK)
Low End (omaggio: cm) (2007, rev. 2008) for tuba and electronic sounds (CD). Written for Sam Pilafian. Commissioned by the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios in commemoration of its 50th anniversary celebration.
Passage (1991) for piano, percussion, and tape. Commissioned for Caio Pagano and J.B. Smith.
WORKS FOR INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONICS (INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM)
Flux (2010) for two clarinets and electronic sounds. Written for Robert Spring and Jana Starling. (Also playable by two soprano
saxophones or by clarinet and soprano saxophone.)
Spiked (omaggio:berio:joyce) (2005) for solo percussion and electronic sounds. Written for Doug Nottingham.
Shadow Boxing (2001) for clarinet and electronic sounds. Written for Robert Spring.
- Duration: Approximately 7 minutes
- Electronic/Computer Requirements: Macintosh computer + audio interface with footpedal triggering capability.
- Program Notes
- Music: Performance Score
- On-Line Performance Recording: Shadow Boxing (aiff)
- Electronics: Electronic Files (MAX/Msp format)
What I've Been Missing (1998) for bass, MIDI percussion, and computer controlled live electronics. Written for Amy Knoles and Robert Black (Basso Bongo). Sponsored by the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona State University.
- Duration: approximately 10 minutes.
- Special Requirements: MalletKat. Macintosh computer controlling Kurzweil K2000 via MAX programming. Standard MIDI interface. Amplification of bass preferred.
- Publisher: MS
- Recording: DAT
- Score Images
- Sound Files
Light Arcing Into Darkness (1997) for flute, MIDI percussion, dancer, and computer controlled live electronics. Written as part of the Interact project sponsored by the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona State University. Dancer's movements are monitored by the motion sensing system of the Institute's Intelligent Stage.
- Duration: approximately 12 minutes.
- Special Requirements: Dancer motion tracking system, IVL Pitchrider to track flute, MalletKat.
- Publisher: MS
- Recording: ISA archive videotape and DAT
- Score Images
- Sound Files
Viper (1996) for flute, MIDI percussion, dancer, and computer controlled live electronics. Written as part of the Interact project sponsored by the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona State University. Dancer's movements are monitored by the motion sensing system of the Institute's Intelligent Stage.
- Duration: approximately 8 minutes.
- Special Requirements: Dancer motion tracking system, IVL Pitchrider to track flute, TrapKat.
- Publisher: MS
- Recording: ISA archive videotape
Points In The Sky (1993) for clarinet, percussion, and computer controlled live electronics. Commissioned for Robert Spring and J.B. Smith.
OLDER INSTRUMENTAL WORKS
Metropolis (1979) for solo saxophone and chamber ensemble. Commissioned for Joseph Wytko.
- Duration: approximately 19 minutes
- Performance Score
- Commercial Recording: Orion Master Recordings (ORS 84492)