Chamber Ensemble Works
Fate (2007)
This score is an open form one-page arrangement from the title track to the award-winning film score FATE OF THE LHAPA.
Instrumentation: 3 flutes, 1 bassoon, 2 percussion (gongs, hand drums), 1 piano, 1 accordion, Strings (4:00)
First Performance: Oakland, CA, Chapel of the Chimes, 2007
William Susman, cond.
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Native New Yorker (2005)
Ensemble version for live performance accompanying a screening of the film.
WINNER Best Documentary Short Tribeca Film Festival
An audio CD of the background track is included with the score
Instrumentation: one wind player triples on fl, cl, alto sax - string quartet and percussion. (13:00)
First Performance: Chicago, June 2007
Palomar Ensemble, Chris Ramaeker, Cond.
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Three Different Keyboards (2001)
Accordion, marimba, and piano all use keyboards but their sound and the way in which they are produced are vastly different. Watch the performance on YouTube.
This work is also available at Steve Weiss Music.
Instrumentation: accordion, marimba and piano (7:30)
First Performance: The Green Mill, Chicago, April, 2009
Presented by Accessible Contemporary Music: Stas Venglevski, Bayan Accordion; Matt Peters, marimba; Amy Wurtz, piano
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The Starry Dynamo (1994)
Recently performed in Rome, October 2009 by the ensemble Piccola Academia degli Specchi
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano (14:00)
First Performance: San Francisco, 1994
Alternate Currents Performance Ensemble.
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Exposé (1989)
The first performance used 2 xylophones in place of the violins creating a mallet percussion ensemble piece with piano.
This work is also available at Steve Weiss Music.
Instrumentation: 2 violins, 2 marimbas, piano (9:00)
First Performance: San Jose State University, 1990
Anthony Cirone, cond.
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Twisted Figures (1987)
Instrumentation: fl, cl, vn, vc, mallets, and piano (9:00)
First Performance: Boston University, 1988
ALEA III, Theodore Antoniou, cond.
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Streamlines (1984)
Quarter-tone work with glissandi textures in the winds instruments.
Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, hn and harp (14:00)
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For Three Trombones (1983)
Microtonal work written in quarter-tones with extended techniques such as glissandi, flutter-tongue and staccatissimo textures.
Instrumentation: 3 trombones (5:00)
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Exchanges (1982)
This work features the percussionist and in many ways is a percussion concerto for small ensemble.
Percussive Arts Society Award
This work is also available at Steve Weiss Music.
Instrumentation: fl, cl, trpt, tbn, btbn and percussion (8:00)
First Performance: San Jose State, 1987
Tom Rance, percussion soloist; William Susman, cond.
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