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Orchestral / large ensemble
Chamber ensemble: Western instruments
Chamber ensemble: percussion only
Chamber ensemble: with Asian instruments
Ensemble works for improvisers
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Instrumental solo: Asian instruments
Instrumental solo: guitar
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highlighted works

Aeneas in the Underworld
(2008-18) chamber oratorio for guitar/orator with second guitar, string quartet, fixed media and video
description
| watch (complete) | book chapter in Music in the Apocalyptic Mode

Narye
(2023) for daegum, khaen, and jeongak gayageum

watch

Dance of Azure and Stone
(2023) for 9-string geomungo, violin, viola and cello

watch

Cowries
(2021) for khaen trio

description | listen

Science Fictions
(2021) for two pianos
description | watch | journal article: Finite self-similar sequences, permutation cycles, and music composition

Zaum Box
(2015-16) for speaking percussionist
description
| watch (complete) | Telephon no. 2B-12z stage version | interpreter's forum | journal article: Zaum Box: New Music for Speaking Percussionist

City Lights and Other Stories
(2013-18) for solo piano
description | listen (bandcamp) | watch (complete) | listen (vii. Khaen)

 

orchestral/large ensemble works

Violin Concerto
(2013) for chamber orchestra
description | PDF description | CD | listen

Lineamenta
(2000) for chamber orchestra and Thai instruments
description | listen

Pan-lom
(1998) for large ensemble of Thai and Western instruments
description | listen | watch (nnSF18)

 

ensemble works: chamber (Western instruments)

Science Fictions
(2021) for two pianos
description | watch | journal article: Finite self-similar sequences, permutation cycles, and music composition

Tempus Imperfectum
(2020) for guitar and harpsichord
description | watch (score-following video)

Sensations of Metals (Dynamic Construction after Kazimir Malevich)
(2019) for violin and percussion
description

Aeneas in the Underworld
(2008-18) chamber oratorio for guitar/orator with second guitar, string quartet, fixed media and video
description
| watch (complete)

Mastodon Rises
(2016) for baritone saxophone, electric guitar, piano and drums
description

The Toy Robot's Mechanical Heart
(2015) for toy piano and percussion
description | watch (nnSF '16) | watch (Passepartout Duo)
| interpreter's forum

Fold (A Postcard Piece)
(2013) for ensemble (variable instrumentation)
description

Once, in a grove of tamarisk
(2012) for mallet percussion trio or a trio of any combination of piano, guitar and percussion
description
| watch | CD | interpreter's forum

Mirror / Fall
(2011) for oboe and trombone
(substitutions of other instruments are possible)
description | watch
| watch (soprano sax/bassoon version)

In tall and tufted reeds
(2009) for alto flute, cello and accordion
description
| listen

In Daylight and Cool White (to Dan Flavin)
(2008) for flute ensemble
description

Petit Hommage à Jehan Alain
(2007) for alto flute and cello
description
| listen

Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze
(2005) originally for oboe, bassoon, acoustic guitar, eletric guitar, piano and percussion
(instrumentation is flexible, see description for details)
description | CD | watch (nnSF'14) | watch (NIU) | Interpreter's Forum

Iris
(2003) for flute, guitar, cello and marimba
description | CD | listen (Chamber Cartel)
| listen (NOISE)

Thao
(1997) for flute, oboe, marimba, vibraphone, violin, contrabss and ching (handbell)
description
| watch

After This, Nothing
(1997) for bass clarinet and viola
description

Ritual Music
(1995) for oboe, viola, bassoon and piano
description

String Quartet
(1995)
description | watch (Tesla Quartet)

 

ensemble works: percussion

Microlude in Three Primes
(2012) for percussion quartet
description

Once, in a grove of tamarisk
(2012) for mallet percussion trio
description
| watch | CD | interpreter's forum

Nongak
(2011) for mallet percussion duo
description
| listen

Pines Long Slept in Sunshine
(2009) for percussion ensemble
description | listen (studio recording by Nief-Norf)watch (UK) | watch (NIU)

Signals Intelligence
(ensemble version, 2002) for percussion ensemble
description | listen (red fish blue fish) | watch(UK)
| watch (NIU) | interpreter's forum | journal article: Mathematics, Automation and Intuition in Signals Intelligence for Percussion

 

ensemble works: with Asian instruments

Narye
(2023) for daegum, khaen, and jeongak gayageum

watch

Dance of Azure and Stone
(2023) for 9-string geomungo, violin, viola and cello

watch

The Memories that Drift from Mountain Peaks
(2022) for khaen and 25-string gayaguem

description | watch (USD) | watch (SDNM)

Cowries
(2021) for khaen trio

description | listen

A City in Amber
(2021/2024) for geomungo quartet

description | watch

The Serpent's Dance
(2021) for violin (or melody instrument) and khaen

description | watch | listen

Three Forest Characters
(2020) for shamisen, khaen, violin and cello

K's Crossing
(2019) for haegum (or melody instrument) and khaen
description
| watch (haegum) | watch (violin)

Diomedea
(2017) for khaen and harp
description | watch

Serpent of Five Tongues
(2009) for guanzi and sheng (Chinese oboe and Chinese mouth organ)
description
| listen

Music for a Royal Palace
(2006) for sheng (Chinese mouth organ), viola, marimba and percussion
description
| listen

Three Body Problem
(1999) for khaen and cello
description

Pan-lom
(1998) for large ensemble of Thai and Western instruments
description | listen
| watch (nnSF18)

Three Lai
(1996) for khaen, violin and viola
description | listen | watch

 

ensemble works for improvisers

K's Crossing
(2019) for haegum (or melody instrument) and khaen
description | watch (haegum) | watch (violin)

Cleopatra
(2010) for tenor saxophone, guitar and piano
description

Serpent of Five Tongues
(2009) for guanzi and sheng (Chinese oboe and Chinese mouth organ)
description
| listen

Mastodon
(2009) for bass clarinet, guitar and piano
description

Repudiation and Sacrifice (Music in Service of Revolution)
(2004) for voice, woodwinds, percussion, computer and electronics
description
| watch

I Want to Believe
(2002-04) for soprano saxophone and piano or trio with vibraphone
description | CD

 

instrumental solo works: percussion

CYPHER
(2022) for vibraphone

Zaum Box
(2015-16) for speaking percussionist
description | watch (complete) | Telephon no. 2B-12z stage version | interpreter's forum | journal article: Zaum Box: New Music for Speaking Percussionist

Air
(2014) for glockenspiel
description | listen

Strata
(2011) for extended range glockenspiel (c-f''' or c-e''') or celesta
description | studio recording by Sean Dowgray, with score | live performance

Plenum Vortices
(2009) for percussion
description
| interpreter's forum | LP | listen | watch | conference presentation: The Calculated Groove of Postminimal Percussion

Motetus
(1995/2009) version for extended range glockenspiel (c-f''' or c-e''')
description | interpreter's forum | watch

Signals Intelligence
(solo version, 2002) for percussion
(virtuoso version, 2009) for percussion
description | CD | listen (studio recording by Robert Dillon) | watch | interpreter's forum
| journal article: Mathematics, Automation and Intuition in Signals Intelligence for Percussion

 

instrumental solo works: keyboard

For Erika
(2022) for piano

description

The Clockmaker's Torment
(2020) for toy piano

description

City Lights and Other Stories
(2013-18) for solo piano
description
| listen (bandcamp) | watch (complete) | listen (vii. Khaen) | CD (selected movements played by Jeffrey Jacob)

Construct: for organ
(2016) for pipe organ

description | watch (premiere performance)

Strata
(2011) for extended range glockenspiel (c-f''' or c-e''') or celesta
description | studio recording by Sean Dowgray, with score | live performance

11 Sequences for Tom Johnson
(2010) for pipe organ
description
| listen

Bear Woman Dances
(2001) for piano solo
description
| listen

things that flow
(1996) for harpsichord solo
description | watch (2021 video) | listen (1997 performance)

Motetus
(1995) for carillon
description

Four Piano Sketches
(1992-1995) for piano solo
description

Carillon | listen
Untitled (1992) | listen
Homophonic Construction on Notes by O. Messiaen | listen
Pohn | listen

 

instrumental solo works: Asian instruments

Sirens of the Pack Ice
(2022) for khaen with electronics
description | listen

Clarion over the dreaming earth
(2015) for 37-pipe chromatic sheng
description

Five Cycles
(2002) for khaen solo
description | watch | listen

Epilogue for a Dark Day
(2001) for khaen solo
description | listen

Telemetry Lock
(1999) for khaen solo
description | listen

Tashi Delek
(1998) for khaen solo
description | listen

the wind blows inside
(1997) for khaen solo
description | listen | watch

wind-chime
(1997) for sheng (Chinese mouth organ)
description

 

instrumental solo works: guitar

Spines
(2016) for solo guitar
description
| watch

Aeneas in the Underworld, Act I
(2011) for guitar/orator
description
| watch (complete)

Liber Pulveris
(2005) for acoustic guitar
description | CD | video with score

 

instrumental solo works: winds, strings

Message to a Distant Star
(2022) for alto flute

description | watch (Lisa Cella)

The Ash-Throated Flycatcher
(2019) for bassoon

description | watch (Sean Barela)

010 machine states
(2012) for flute
description
| listen (Maria Johnson) | listen (CD by Lisa Cella)

Jolie Sphinx
(2009) for violin
description | watch

Telemetry Lock II
(2006) for 5-string electric violin
description

First Spectrum of the Contrabass
(2002) for contrabass
description

Song for a Form Carved by Water
(2001) for soprano saxophone with drone accompaniment
description | listen

 

vocal works

Madrigal: Epitaphium Poliae
(2012) for choir SSAATTBB
description

Song for a Glacial Boulder
(2002) for soprano or tenor and saxophone quartet
description
| listen

 

electronic works

Piano Field
(2012) 2-channel audio
description | video (excerpt)

Hector Mine
(2004) 2-channel audio
description

Truisms
(1995) for reader and computer
description


compositions published by Liber Pulveris Press and licensed by ASCAP

 

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