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Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

Hive (2007) clarinet quartet - 2 clarinets, 2 bass clarinets (17 minutes)

Big Grenadilla (2006) concerto for bass clarinet and chamber orchestra (15 minutes)

Drill concerto for solo bass clarinet with wind ensemble (2002) - premiered by EZ and MIT Wind Ensemble, Fred Harris, director (10 minutes)

Four Impersonations (1999) solo clarinet (18 minute)

Honshirabe (4:00)
Bindu Semara (5:30)
Thum Nyatiti (2:30)
Pengrangrang Gede (5:30)

Partial Truths for solo bass clarinet (1997) (17 minutes)

Tsmindao Ghmerto for solo bass clarinet and wind ensemble (1995) - commissioned and premiered by Nederlands Blazers, New Years Day 1996 (7 minutes)

Tsmindao Ghmerto for bass clarinet (1992) (5 minutes)

Walk the Dog for bass clarinet and electronics (1992) (25 minutes)

Be-In for bass clarinet and string quartet (1991) (11 minutes)

What She Saw There for bass clarinet (or cello) and 2 marimbas (1988) (15 minutes)

Waiting By The Phone for solo clarinet (1986) (15 minutes)

Two Obsessions for solo clarinet (1980) (15 minutes)

Gamelan

Bayu Sabda Idep (2007) for Just Intonation slendro chamber gamelan and chamber string orchestra. For I Wayan Loceng. (27 minutes)

CuBaliBre (2007) for gender wayang duo. For Brad Endicott. (3.5 minutes)

Sabar Gong for Balinese gamalen with Senegalese Sabar drummers, lead by Lamine Toure (2005) (5 minutes)

Aradhana for Balinese gamelan with Pipa'st Wu Man (2004) (15 minutes)

Ngaben (for Sari Club) for Balinese gamelan & orchestra (2003) - commissioned by the New England Conservatory; world premiere Jordan Hall, Boston, March 12, 2003 by Gamelan Galak Tika and the NEC Symphony, Dante Anzolini, conductor (15 minutes)

Kebyar Kebyar for Balinese gamelan (2002) (6 minutes)

Amok! six movements for Balinese gamelan, double bass, sampler (1996); commissioned by Readers Digest/Meet the Composer, for Gamelan Galak Tika and Basso Bongo (Robert Black, bass, and Amy Knoles, percussion) (32 minutes)

Tire Fire for Balinese gamelan, two electric guitars, electric bass, and keyboard (1994); commissioned by Rockefeller Multi-Arts Program, premiered (25 minutes)

Aneh Tapi Nyata for chamber ensemble and Balinese percussion (1992); commissioned by Rockefeller Multi-Arts Program for Gamelan Sekar Jaya; premiered at the Bali Arts Festival, 1992 (14 minutes)

Kekembangan for saxophone quartet and Balinese gamelan (in collaboration with I Nyoman Windha) (1990) (16 minutes)

Night Bus for Sundanese gamelan (1990) commisioned by the Toronto Border Crossings Festival for the Evergreen Club (12 minutes)


Theater

Oedipus Rex Greek choruses and onstage incidental music the American Repertory Theater production of the original Sophocles tragedy. Directed by Robert Woodruff, Loeb Theater, Cambridge, MA (90 minutes)

ShadowBang full-length theater work for Balinese dalang (shadow puppeteer) and Bang on a Can Allstars. Commissioned by Rockefeller Multi-Arts Program for I Wayan Wija and Bang on a Can Allstars; premiered October 2001 at MIT Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, and MassMOCA, North Adams, MA (90 minutes)


Orchestra

Hard Drive (2007) 18 minutes

Bayu Sabda Idep (2007) with gamelan

Big Grenadilla (2006)

War Chant (2004) - commissioned by Boston Modern Orchestra Project, to be premiered May, 2004, Jordan Hall, Boston, Gil Rose, director (15 minutes)

Ngaben (for Sari Club) for Balinese gamelan & orchestra (2003) - commissioned by the New England Conservatory; world premiere Jordan Hall, Boston, March 12, 2003 by Gamelan Galak Tika and the NEC Symphony, Dante Anzolini, conductor (15 minutes)

Frog's Eye (2002) commissioned and premiered by Boston Pro Arte Orchestra, Isiaiah Jackson, conductor, October 2002 (13 minutes)

Filling Station (1986) - premiered by UC Berkeley Symphony, EZ conductor, October 1986 (12 minutes)

Pleasureville, Pain City (1985) - premiered by UC Berkeley Symphony, John Sackett, conductor, February 1985 (6 minutes)


Wind Ensemble

The Ornate Zither and the Nomad Flute for solo soprano and wind ensemble (2005) - premiered March 2005 by Anne Harley with MIT Wind Ensemble, Fred Harris, director (15 minutes)
Commissioned by Richard Nordlof.

Drill concerto for solo bass clarinet with wind ensemble (2002) - premiered by EZ and MIT Wind Ensemble, Fred Harris, director (10 minutes)

Tsmindao Ghmerto for solo bass clarinet and wind ensemble (1995) - commissioned and premiered by Nederlands Blazers, New Years Day 1996 (7 minutes)

Houtman's Men in Buleleng (1996) for Orkest de Volharding, premiered at Ijsbreker, Amsterdam (15 minutes)
 

Chamber Music

Standard Ensembles

Where Was I? (2008) – cello, piano, percussion (25 minutes)

Hive (2007) clarinet quartet

Speak, At-man! (2006) - alto flute and piano

Breathing Space (2003) - three movements for string quartet, commissioned and premiered by Ethel, Miller Theater, New York, April 2003 (20 minutes)

Typical Music (2000) three movements for piano trio; commisioned by Readers Digest/Meet the Composer and the Sun Valley Center for the Arts for the Arden Trio, premiered Ketchum, ID, January 2001 (30 minutes)

Melody Competition for percussion sextet (1999, rev. 2000) - commissioned and premiered by red fish blue fish, Steven Schick, director; UCSD, La Jolla, CA, May 1999 (21 minutes)

Dreams of a Dominant Culture for flute, clarinet, percussion, electric piano, violin, cello (1997); commissioned and premiered by Boston Musica Viva, Richard Pittman, conductor; Longy School, Cambridge, October 1997 (20 minutes)

Eel Bone for string quartet (1996); commissioned and premiered by Kronos Quartet, San Francisco, May 1996 (13 minutes)

Kebyar Maya for cello octet (1995); commissioned by Rockefeller Multi-Arts Program for Maya Beiser (14 minutes)

Be-In for string quintet (1991) (11 minutes)

Bossa Nova for brass quintet (1991); commissioned by MIT for the inauguration of President Charles Vest (3 minutes)

Dog Dream for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello, electric guitar (1990); commssioned and premiered by California EAR Unit, LA County Museum (12 minutes)

Ten String Quartets (1979) (10 minutes)

 

Non-standard Ensembles

Sulvasutra (2006) for string quartet, pipa, and tabla. Commissioned by the Silk Road Project (18 minutes)

Belle Labs (2006) for violin, clarinet, and robotic xylophone (Heliphon); commissioned by Ensemble Robot and Boston Museum of Science, to be premiered January 25, 2005 by Evan Ziporyn and Todd Reynolds (20 minutes)

Thread (2005) clarinet, alto and bass flute, violin, cello; commissioned and premiered by Dinosaur Annex, Cambridge, MA June 2005 (25 minutes)

No Return (2002) 4 movements for violin, clarinet, and sounds of the Salmon River; commissioned by Sun Valley Center for the Arts and premiered by Todd Reynolds and Evan Ziporyn, Ketchum, ID, January 2003 (30 minutes)

More Songs About Telephones and Dogs (2002) 4 movements for mixed ensemble - 'Iris in Furs' 'Jubilee of Indifference' '...no messages...' 'Dog Heaven'; commissioned by The Kitchen for Kitchen House Blend, premiered December 2002 (20 minutes)

Tight Fitting Garments for violin and clarinet: "It Is And It Isn't," "Illusions of Purity," "Jubilee of Indifference" (15 minutes)

Serenity Now for wind nonet (1998); commissioned by Chamber Music Conference of the East, Bennington, VT (5 minutes)

Pay Phone (1993) for violin, viola, electric guitar, bass clarinet, keyboard; for the Michael Gordon Philharmonic (10 minutes)

Esto House (1993) for violin, viola, electric guitar, bass clarinet, keyboard; for the Michael Gordon Philharmonic (10 minutes)

Tree Frog (1990) for bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, trombone, percussion, keyboard, violin; commissioned by Toronto Border Crossings Festival for Sound Pressure, premiered at the Music Gallery, Toronto, May 1990 (25 minutes)

Twine (1985), three movements for soprano, two saxophones, bass clarinet, violin, viola, percussion (12 minutes)

LUVTime (1984), three movements for bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, trombone, percussion, piano (15 minutes)

Works for One

Solo Piano

In Bounds (2004) - solo piano

Pondok (2000) - four movements - 'Fragrant Forest' (4:30), 'Tree Trunk' (3:45), 'Ginoman' (2:00), 'Gebyog (Husk)' (10:00), commissioned and premiered by Sarah Cahill (21 minutes)

Fractal-Head (1987) (15 minutes)

Some Coal, ten movements (1985) (30 minutes)

The Water's Fine (1983); premiered by Michael Orland (30 minutes)

Weltscenen (1981); premiered by Christopher Oldfather (20 minutes)


Solo Pieces for Other Instruments

Hval (2007) - solo bass, commissioned by Robert Black

Current Rate (1999) for solo Chinese pipa and pre-recorded CD(or two pipa); commissioned and premiered by Wu Man at Bang on a Can Women and Music, Henry Street Settlement (15 minutes)

Kebyar Maya (1995) for solo cello and prerecorded CD; commissioned by Rockefeller Multi-Arts Program for Maya Beiser (14 minutes)

Studies in Normative Behaviour, Vol 1 (1991) for solo percussionist;commissioned and premiered by Daniel J. Tunick (10 minutes)

The Motions (1990) for solo viola (or viola and CD); premiered by John Lad (9 minutes)

China Spring for oboe and piano (1991); commisioned and premiered by Peter Cooper and Evan Ziporyn (15 minutes)

Arrangements (all for Bang On A Can All-stars - clarinet, cello, doublebass, e-guitar, piano/keyboard, percussion) except when otherwise noted

B-52s: "Dead Beat Club" for solo piano (2008)

Conlon Nancarrow: Four Studies (2a, 3a, 3c, 11) (2002) - premiered at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, October 2002 (15 minutes)

Kurt Cobain: "Lithium" (1995)

Brian Eno: "Music for Airports 2/2"

Brian Eno: "Burning Airlines Gives You So Much More"

Brian Eno: "Everything Merges Into Night"

Hermeto Pascoal: " Arapua"

Hermeto Pascoal: "Ilha das Gavotas"

Hermeto Pascoal: "Quiabo"

Robert Schumann: "Canon"

 

Transcriptions ( please write for more specific information about transcriptions)

Jazz Piano
various works by Thelonious Monk (originals and standards), Lennie Tristano (E. 32nd and Line Up), Hampton Hawes, and Keith Jarrett

Saxophone and Clarinet
various works by Buddy DeFranco, Steve Lacy,and Sonny Rollins

Balinese gamelan

Gender Wayang
complete repertoire from Sukawati Village (as taught by I Wayan Loceng), various pieces from Kayu Mas Denpasar (as taught by I Wayan Suweca and I Wayan Konolan)

Gong Kebyar
various works, including Taruna Jaya (ISI and Perean versions), Oleg Tambulilingan, Kebyar Duduk, Kebyar Ding, Panyembrama, Jagra Parwata, Liar Samas, Sekar Gendot, Simbar, Kapi Raja, Panji Semarang, etc.


 

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