Coots and Rails (2014)
An experimental backwoods scramble for violin trio.
Miranda Cuckson
Ken Hamao
Marina Kifferstein
violins
New York Composers Circle
St. Peter's Church
New York City
December 2, 2014
Paganini Monotype (2018)
Violin-sourced Electroacoustic
"Paganini Monotype" is the second in a series of electroacoustic pieces. It is entirely sourced from recordings of the "24 Caprices for Solo Violin" by Niccolò Paganini.
The video is a playback of the score in Logic Pro X.
Dutch Angle (2013)
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Kallie Ciechomski, viola
Chris Gross, cello
Liam Kinson, bass clarinet
New York Composers Circle
St. Peter's Church
New York City
April 26, 2016
Paganini Liszt Distortion (2017)
Piano-sourced Electroacoustic
Apart from one brief interjection, "Paganini Liszt Distortion" is entirely sourced from recordings of the "Grande Étude de Paganini No. 3", by Franz Liszt.
The video is a playback of the score in Logic Pro X.
Mouth That Tears The Land (1988)
An electronic micro-opera for clarinet, organ, helicopter, air raid siren, and the voices of Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon. This 1988 polemic weaves public speech into a maze of saturation splicing, prejudicial editing and odd juxtapositions, musing on the power of the human voice as a political tool.
Polychrome Stride (2009)
New York Composers Circle Competition Winner
Mary Barto, flute
Allen Blustine, clarinet
Stanichka Dimitrova, violin
Peter Prosser, cello
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Carl Bettendorf, conductor
Thalia Theater, Symphony Space
New York City
June 4, 2011
Game with Sharp Knives (2015)
for Octet
TILTED HEAD ENSEMBLE
Laura Cocks, flute
Eileen Mack, clarinet
Ryan Muncy, saxophone
Jen Baker, trombone
Marina Kifferstein, violin
Meaghan Burke, cello
Tristan McKay, piano
Michael Lipsey, percussion
Carl Christian Bettendorf, conductor
The DiMenna Center
New York City
March 2, 2017
Pause = Pause (2010)
Blair McMilllen, piano
I. Prelude and Scrawl
II. Thug Dance
III. Inexactetude
New York Composers Circle
St. Marks Church in the Bowery
New York City
April 15, 2012
The Major Scale in Octaves (2016)
Craig Ketter, piano
New York Composers Circle
Scorca Hall, National Opera Center
New York City
March 19, 2018
Assassination of Angels (1986)
An electronic micro-opera for voice, organ, piano, percussion, turntables and manipulated motorcycle.
On Gianopoulos Video Score Library
Dutch Angle (2013)
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Kallie Ciechomski, viola
Chris Gross, cello
Liam Kinson, bass clarinet
New York Composers Circle
St. Peter's Church
New York City
April 26, 2016