List of Works
Orchestral
Blue to Purple For orchestra. Premier pending. Duration 5 minutes. December, 2009.
Leaf Studies: for Alex Grimley. For orchestra. Premier pending. Duration 8 minutes. November, 2009.
Flute Concerto For flute and orchestra, commissioned by flutist Christine Lanza. Commissioned in two versions: Chamber version commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble, October 2008. Orchestral version commissioned by Michael Finckel and the Sage City Symphony, May 2009. Duration ca. 25 min.
Music For the Third Man Orchestral Film Score, recorded Spring 2005 by the Ithaca College Orchestra. Duration ca. 6 min.
I can hear the forest screaming. For orchestra. Premier pending. Recorded by the Ithaca College Orchestra, Spring 2005. Winner of the 2004 Orchestral Composition Competition for best orchestral work, the 2005 Smadbeck competition for best overall work composed that year at Ithaca College. Duration ca. 16 min.
Curwensville, PA For large orchestra. Premier pending. Duration ca. 35 min.
The Birds are asleep in the trees For orchestra. Recorded by the Duquesne University Symphony Orchestra, Spring 2002. Duration ca. 20 minutes.
Larger Ensemble
Waves For clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano. Recorded by the Standing Wave Ensemble, November, 2009. Duration ca. 8 minutes.
Long Black Veil For male voice, and chamber ensemble. October, 2009. Premier pending, duration ca. 10 minutes.
Sunrise and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains For very large chamber ensemble. Premier April 7, 2006. Commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble. Duration ca. 21 minutes.
Three Poems by William Carlos Williams For Soprano, Flute, and String Quintet. Commissioned by soprano Julia Chalfin. Premier April 7, 2006. Duration ca. 25 minutes.
Into October, Dancing For large mixed ensemble. Premier winter, 2002. Commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble. Duration ca. 18 minutes.
The Beginning of the End of the World For large chamber ensemble. Premier: February 2002. Commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble. Duration ca. 18 minutes.
Crystal Music in Ten Parts Chamber piece for string quintet, percussion, flute and piano. Premier: April 3rd, 2001. Duration ca. 10 minutes.
Smaller Ensemble
Cello Suite. For solo Cello. Written for Dane Johansen, August, 2010. Premier pending.
Dusk Landscape Paintings. For Flute, Piano, and Cello. August, 2010. Premier pending.
Sillhqey For flute and bassoon or cello; November 2009. Premier September, 2010.
Between the Winooski and Walloomsac Rivers for String Quartet. Commissioned by Vermont Music Teachers Associations’ “Composer of the Year” Commissioning program, 2009.
Quintet For Wind or Brass Quintet; premier pending.
Fog For Flute and Piano or Guitar, Commissioned by Flutist Christine Lanza and Pianist Heidi Gamble. Premiered July 27, 2008 in Putney, VT; second performance September 13, 2008 as part of the "Shemsa Union," 24 hour long meditation on the trajectory of the sun, Bennington, VT.
Folk Songs For Violin and Piano. Commissioned by Violinist Rebecca Hunter. Premier April 7, 2006. Honorable Mention in 2006 Society for New Music “Brian Israel Prize.” Duration ca. 12 min.
Three Songs From Western Pennsylvania For Chorus and Piano. Premier Pending. Duration ca. 14 min.
A Song for Solo Viola For Solo Viola and pre-recorded sound. Commissioned by John Glew. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 6 min.
Music for a film about the moon. For Viola, Piano, and video projections. Joint commission by John Glew and video artist Marie Valigorsky. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 16 min.
Three Questions For Oboe and Bassoon or Bass Clarinet. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 8 min.
Winter’s Comin’ On For Alto Flute and Piano. Premier Pending.
For Marie String Quartet. Premier summer 2003 by members of the National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge, CO. Duration ca. 22 min.
Works for Smaller Ensemble, Continued
If I’m going to say it, I’m going to say it quietly, and without words. Piano, Violin, Cello. Premier: Summer 2002 by members of the National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge, CO. Duration ca. 18 min.
Dinner Music Quintet for violin, oboe, bassoon, cello, and piano. Premier: February 2002. Duration ca. 13 min.
Circles Trio for cello, flute, and oboe. Premier: February 2002. Duration ca. 6 min.
Cells For String Quartet Premier: April 3rd, 2001. Duration ca. 18 min.
Electronic, Multimedia, and Film Work
I met a man from mars, video and music. September, 2010. Duration 32 min.
Uselessness, music for a video by Lemuel Huntington. Duration 10 min.
Moss Walls, virtual and real musical environmental shaping. Created in the spring of 2010. Duration 7.2 hr.
Music for a film about the moon For Viola, Piano, and video projections. Joint commission by John Glew and video artist Marie Valigorsky. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 16 min.
Music For the Third Man Orchestral Film Score, recorded Spring 2005 by the Ithaca College Orchestra. Duration ca. 6 minutes.
The Man Who Catapulted Off of the Earth. Film and film score, produced, directed, edited and scored by myself. Created spring 2002. Duration ca. 10 minutes.
Aspens Multimedia Installation, Presented April 3rd, 2001.
Home Film and Film Score. Produced, directed, edited and scored by myself. Created in fall, 2000. Duration ca. 5 minutes
Persona Tape piece. Composed in fall, 2000. Duration ca. 4 minutes
Listen to Yourself Now For sampling keyboards and looping devices. Premier spring 2001. Duration ca. 5 minutes
Music for an Alien Film Fully electronic film score. Created in spring, 2001. Duration ca. 3 minutes
On Leaving LA, Arriving Somewhat Furious For Prerecorded tape, videotape and Moog synthesizer. Premiere: Spring, 2000. Duration ca. 8 minutes
Vurt Malletkat percussion controller, guitar controller, wind controller, electric viola, and 3 synthesizers. Premier: Spring, 2000. Duration ca. 6 minutes
Io For solo electronic viola. Premier: Spring 1999. Duration ca. 5 minutes.
Solo and Collaborative Albums Released
The following recordings comprise more than 30 hours of music. Each of these albums has been publicly released on my online:
http://soundsthesongsofseabirds.bandcamp.com
The Last Two Days of Summer. September 2010.
Blakskyatnight: In Memoriam Rudy. September 2010.
Do I Not Resemble a Grasshopper. September 2010.
Syracuse Ramble. With Anastasia Clarke and Colin Leclair. August 2010.
Putney Improvisations. With Anastasia Clarke. August 2010.
West of the Bighorns. July, 2010.
Moss Walls v. 1-7. June, 2010.
Winter Scapes. March, 2010.
Three Nebular Scapes. March, 2010.
Three Days In March. March, 2010.
Noon Breakfast Point. March, 2010.
Another Organ Album, March, 2010
A Recession Organ Album (A Fundraiser). February 2010.
The Sandcliffs. With Anastasia Clarke. February 2010. Released at http://anastasiaclarke.bandcamp.com
Soorya Namaskaram or Salutation to the Sun. February 2010. Also available at: www.deepwhitesound.com
Sparassis Crispa. December 2009. Also available at: www.deepwhitesound.com
The Couver Maneuver. December 2009.
Alex Grimley’s Studio Party: Live with Summer Mummy at Bennington College. October 2009. Also available at: www.deepwhitesound.com
Concert Music: Between the Winooski and Walloomsac Rivers. May 2009.
Folk Songs. October, 2005.
Orchestral
Blue to Purple For orchestra. Premier pending. Duration 5 minutes. December, 2009.
Leaf Studies: for Alex Grimley. For orchestra. Premier pending. Duration 8 minutes. November, 2009.
Flute Concerto For flute and orchestra, commissioned by flutist Christine Lanza. Commissioned in two versions: Chamber version commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble, October 2008. Orchestral version commissioned by Michael Finckel and the Sage City Symphony, May 2009. Duration ca. 25 min.
Music For the Third Man Orchestral Film Score, recorded Spring 2005 by the Ithaca College Orchestra. Duration ca. 6 min.
I can hear the forest screaming. For orchestra. Premier pending. Recorded by the Ithaca College Orchestra, Spring 2005. Winner of the 2004 Orchestral Composition Competition for best orchestral work, the 2005 Smadbeck competition for best overall work composed that year at Ithaca College. Duration ca. 16 min.
Curwensville, PA For large orchestra. Premier pending. Duration ca. 35 min.
The Birds are asleep in the trees For orchestra. Recorded by the Duquesne University Symphony Orchestra, Spring 2002. Duration ca. 20 minutes.
Larger Ensemble
Waves For clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano. Recorded by the Standing Wave Ensemble, November, 2009. Duration ca. 8 minutes.
Long Black Veil For male voice, and chamber ensemble. October, 2009. Premier pending, duration ca. 10 minutes.
Sunrise and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains For very large chamber ensemble. Premier April 7, 2006. Commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble. Duration ca. 21 minutes.
Three Poems by William Carlos Williams For Soprano, Flute, and String Quintet. Commissioned by soprano Julia Chalfin. Premier April 7, 2006. Duration ca. 25 minutes.
Into October, Dancing For large mixed ensemble. Premier winter, 2002. Commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble. Duration ca. 18 minutes.
The Beginning of the End of the World For large chamber ensemble. Premier: February 2002. Commissioned by David Stock and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble. Duration ca. 18 minutes.
Crystal Music in Ten Parts Chamber piece for string quintet, percussion, flute and piano. Premier: April 3rd, 2001. Duration ca. 10 minutes.
Smaller Ensemble
Cello Suite. For solo Cello. Written for Dane Johansen, August, 2010. Premier pending.
Dusk Landscape Paintings. For Flute, Piano, and Cello. August, 2010. Premier pending.
Sillhqey For flute and bassoon or cello; November 2009. Premier September, 2010.
Between the Winooski and Walloomsac Rivers for String Quartet. Commissioned by Vermont Music Teachers Associations’ “Composer of the Year” Commissioning program, 2009.
Quintet For Wind or Brass Quintet; premier pending.
Fog For Flute and Piano or Guitar, Commissioned by Flutist Christine Lanza and Pianist Heidi Gamble. Premiered July 27, 2008 in Putney, VT; second performance September 13, 2008 as part of the "Shemsa Union," 24 hour long meditation on the trajectory of the sun, Bennington, VT.
Folk Songs For Violin and Piano. Commissioned by Violinist Rebecca Hunter. Premier April 7, 2006. Honorable Mention in 2006 Society for New Music “Brian Israel Prize.” Duration ca. 12 min.
Three Songs From Western Pennsylvania For Chorus and Piano. Premier Pending. Duration ca. 14 min.
A Song for Solo Viola For Solo Viola and pre-recorded sound. Commissioned by John Glew. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 6 min.
Music for a film about the moon. For Viola, Piano, and video projections. Joint commission by John Glew and video artist Marie Valigorsky. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 16 min.
Three Questions For Oboe and Bassoon or Bass Clarinet. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 8 min.
Winter’s Comin’ On For Alto Flute and Piano. Premier Pending.
For Marie String Quartet. Premier summer 2003 by members of the National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge, CO. Duration ca. 22 min.
Works for Smaller Ensemble, Continued
If I’m going to say it, I’m going to say it quietly, and without words. Piano, Violin, Cello. Premier: Summer 2002 by members of the National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge, CO. Duration ca. 18 min.
Dinner Music Quintet for violin, oboe, bassoon, cello, and piano. Premier: February 2002. Duration ca. 13 min.
Circles Trio for cello, flute, and oboe. Premier: February 2002. Duration ca. 6 min.
Cells For String Quartet Premier: April 3rd, 2001. Duration ca. 18 min.
Electronic, Multimedia, and Film Work
I met a man from mars, video and music. September, 2010. Duration 32 min.
Uselessness, music for a video by Lemuel Huntington. Duration 10 min.
Moss Walls, virtual and real musical environmental shaping. Created in the spring of 2010. Duration 7.2 hr.
Music for a film about the moon For Viola, Piano, and video projections. Joint commission by John Glew and video artist Marie Valigorsky. Premier March, 2005. Duration ca. 16 min.
Music For the Third Man Orchestral Film Score, recorded Spring 2005 by the Ithaca College Orchestra. Duration ca. 6 minutes.
The Man Who Catapulted Off of the Earth. Film and film score, produced, directed, edited and scored by myself. Created spring 2002. Duration ca. 10 minutes.
Aspens Multimedia Installation, Presented April 3rd, 2001.
Home Film and Film Score. Produced, directed, edited and scored by myself. Created in fall, 2000. Duration ca. 5 minutes
Persona Tape piece. Composed in fall, 2000. Duration ca. 4 minutes
Listen to Yourself Now For sampling keyboards and looping devices. Premier spring 2001. Duration ca. 5 minutes
Music for an Alien Film Fully electronic film score. Created in spring, 2001. Duration ca. 3 minutes
On Leaving LA, Arriving Somewhat Furious For Prerecorded tape, videotape and Moog synthesizer. Premiere: Spring, 2000. Duration ca. 8 minutes
Vurt Malletkat percussion controller, guitar controller, wind controller, electric viola, and 3 synthesizers. Premier: Spring, 2000. Duration ca. 6 minutes
Io For solo electronic viola. Premier: Spring 1999. Duration ca. 5 minutes.
Solo and Collaborative Albums Released
The following recordings comprise more than 30 hours of music. Each of these albums has been publicly released on my online:
http://soundsthesongsofseabirds.bandcamp.com
The Last Two Days of Summer. September 2010.
Blakskyatnight: In Memoriam Rudy. September 2010.
Do I Not Resemble a Grasshopper. September 2010.
Syracuse Ramble. With Anastasia Clarke and Colin Leclair. August 2010.
Putney Improvisations. With Anastasia Clarke. August 2010.
West of the Bighorns. July, 2010.
Moss Walls v. 1-7. June, 2010.
Winter Scapes. March, 2010.
Three Nebular Scapes. March, 2010.
Three Days In March. March, 2010.
Noon Breakfast Point. March, 2010.
Another Organ Album, March, 2010
A Recession Organ Album (A Fundraiser). February 2010.
The Sandcliffs. With Anastasia Clarke. February 2010. Released at http://anastasiaclarke.bandcamp.com
Soorya Namaskaram or Salutation to the Sun. February 2010. Also available at: www.deepwhitesound.com
Sparassis Crispa. December 2009. Also available at: www.deepwhitesound.com
The Couver Maneuver. December 2009.
Alex Grimley’s Studio Party: Live with Summer Mummy at Bennington College. October 2009. Also available at: www.deepwhitesound.com
Concert Music: Between the Winooski and Walloomsac Rivers. May 2009.
Folk Songs. October, 2005.
