Improvisation Works

Fate (2007)

This score is an open form 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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Waves (1982)

Any number of improvisers can perform this work which includes a "backdrop" of vintage FM synthesis sounds created at CCRMA in 1982. In a recent performance at The Stone in NYC the following musicians participated in a group improvisation: Demetrius Spaneas, winds; Jacquelyn Familant, vocals; Quintet Tabor; William Susman, piano

This recording excerpt is by Quintet Tabor live at S.U.N.Y. Stoney Brook

The computer-generated sound background is included on an audio CD along with performance instructions.

Instrumentation: computer-generated sound and improvisers (11:00)
First Performance: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1983.
William Susman, piano
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