Actuate/Resonate (2018)
large ensemble with electronics
Lines on Black (2018)
for voice, flute, violin, saxophone, piano, percussion, and electronics
binary/momentary iii (2018)
cello and electronics
for Delia Derbyshire (2018)
bass, guitar, and electronics
Matrix for George Lewis (2017)
2 electronic silent brass trombones
Seven Systems (2015)
2 piano, 2 percussion quartet with electronic playback and actuated snares
binary/momentary logics: flow state/joy state (2016)
String quartet
binary/momentary ii: flow state/joy state (2017)
Trumpet, 2 trombones, piano, and percussion
delay/line (2016)
Flute and delay line
Points Against Fields (2015)
Bassoon and playback
Broken Symmetries (2012)
Violin soloist, feedback electronics, flute, tenor saxophone, piano, and percussion
Chain Reactions/Five Events (2013)
String quartet and live electronics
Machine Language (2012)
Percussion soloist, 2 percussion, 2 violins, 2 bass clarinets, accordion, and fixed sine tones
MODULES (2014)
Brass quartet, percussion, analog synthesizer, and live electronics
hydra (2015)
Violin, piano, fixed media, and live electronics
Four Sixes (2014)
Percussion Sextet
Sixty Cycles (2013)
Sopranino saxophone soloist, feedback televisions, violin, and cello
Portraits/Self Portraits (2011)
Violin soloist with large ensemble
ATD V (2010)
Saxophone and electronics soloists with small ensemble
Tile Mosaic (after Chagall) (2010)
Two pianos, two percussion, and resonant pails
Standing Waves (2009)
Medium sized ensemble and electronics
Matrices (2009)
Percussion trio and electronics
7:6 (2006, rev. 2010)
Distorted, amplified cello
Lyra (2007 rev. 2010)
Amplified string quartet
Signal Flow (2009)
Percussion quartet and electronics
SWITCHES (2007)
Distorted, amplified cello and drumset
American Tokyo Daydream IV (data structures/monoliths) (2007)
Saxophones, electric guitar, and accordion
A Circle of 8 in a Prime of Primes for Sara (31), by Sam (29)
Sheng, pipa, suona, handbell choir, and live electronics
American Tokyo Daydream III (The Surprise) (2006)
Piano, string quaret, and live electronics
noise + mobile (2005)
Piano and electronic playback
Standing Waves
Standing Waves was the first piece I composed for Wet Ink Ensemble. When I wrote the piece I had been making many recordings of ensembles. A sonic element that came to the fore for me was the size and acoustic of sonic spaces. I imagined a piece were the size and shape of the room was in constant flux, expanding and contracting. Standing Waves is an orchestration of this idea.
Wet Ink Ensemble:
Erin Lesser, flute
Meighan Stoops, bass clarinet
Alex Mincek, saxophone
Matt Hough, electric guitar
Eric Wubbels, accordion
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Sam Pluta, electronics
Carl C Bettendorf, conductor
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