COMPOSITIONS
 

Oracle Machines (2026)
large ensemble and electronics

Set the Sun (2025)
piano and electronics

Tectonics (2023)
ensemble and electronics

Seeker (2022)
orchestra and electronics

The Atens (2022)
reed quintet and electronics

Star Taker (2019)
saxophone, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and quadraphonic playback

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

binary/momentary ii: flow state/joy state (2017)
Trumpet, 2 trombones, piano, and percussion

binary/momentary logics: flow state/joy state (2016)
String quartet

delay/line (2016)
Flute and delay line

Seven Systems (2015)
2 piano, 2 percussion quartet with electronic playback and actuated snares

Points Against Fields (2015)
Bassoon and playback

hydra (2015)
Violin, piano, fixed media, and live electronics

MODULES (2014)
Brass quartet, percussion, analog synthesizer, and live electronics

Four Sixes (2014)
Percussion Sextet

Chain Reactions/Five Events (2013)
String quartet and live electronics

Sixty Cycles (2013)
Sopranino saxophone soloist, feedback televisions, violin, and cello

Broken Symmetries (2012)
Violin soloist, feedback electronics, flute, tenor saxophone, piano, and percussion

Machine Language (2012)
Percussion soloist, 2 percussion, 2 violins, 2 bass clarinets, accordion, and fixed sine tones

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

Signal Flow (2009)
Percussion quartet and electronics

Lyra (2007 rev. 2010)
Amplified string quartet

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

7:6 (2006, rev. 2010)
Distorted, amplified cello

American Tokyo Daydream III (The Surprise) (2006)
Piano, string quaret, and live electronics

noise + mobile (2005)
Piano and electronic playback

 
Spektral Quartet recording binary/momentary logics: flow state/joy state at The Logan Center at the University of Chicago

binary/momentary logics: flow state/joy state was commissioned by Spektral Quartet and the Cliff Dwellers Club, and was premiered at Constellation in Chicago in June 2016. This piece explores the joy of opening up the mind to improvisatory exploration. It is also an attempt at orchestrating for acoustic instruments with my electronic improvisational language. The movement titles should be informative about the nature of this piece:

i. ping pong
ii. interruption
iii. bela i
iv. freeze slide ping pong extension
v. slide
vi. altieri special
vii. rotation i
viii. rotation extension i (modulation i (sparse))
ix. interruption ii/bela ii
x. modulation ii (smooth)
xi. rotation extension ii (this one goes to xi)
xii. filter delays (for russell pinkston)
xiii. loose canon
xiv. cluster loop with eight delays (for josh modney)
xv. noise rotation memory space
xvi. mr. squiggly
xvii. mr. squiggly interrupt loop
xviii. big vib
xix. altieri unison special
xx. double duo
xxi. professor dr. squiggly, dma
xxii. universal consciousness
xxiii. bela iii
xxiv. rising/falling
xxv. a situation of unpredictability (homage to david tudor)

Spektral Quartet:
Clara Lyon, Maeve Feinberg, Doyle Armbrust, Russell Rolen


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This recording is from Spektral Quartet's incredible Experiments in Living album: