CURRICULUM VITAE
of
Joseph Waters
COMPOSER
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Oregon Composition & Computer Music (supporting
area) 2002
M.M. Yale University Composition 1982
B.A. University of Minnesota Composition & Theory 1980
Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa
Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut 1975/76
Theory Pedagogy
RECENT PERFORMANCE HISTORY
COMPOSITION LIST
PROGRAM NOTES
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Areas of Teaching Competency:
composition, European music theory (all levels), jazz theory, keyboard harmony, orchestration,
counterpoint, electro-acoustic music, scoring for film/video
Teaching History
2001 present San Diego State University Full Professor, Director of Electro-Acoustic and Media Composition
1993 - 2001 Lewis & Clark College Director of Electronic Music, Instructor,Visiting Assistant Professor
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
1983 - 1989 - Co-founder and Director Network for New Music - Philadelphia, PA
This is a support and service organization for composers. Duties included fund-raising,
concert presentation, membership services. Network for New Music continues as a vital
force for the presentation of new music in Philadelphia.1998 - Founder and Artistic Director New West Electro-Acoustic Music Organization (NWEAMO)
http://www.nweamo.org/
This is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization dedicated to presenting electronic and electro-acoustic works. To date NWEAMO has hosted five annual international festivals. The NWEAMO Festival takes place early in October on consecutive weekends in San Diego and Portland, OR. The goal is to present the widest possible spectrum of electro-acoustic music, from the experimental fringes of dance music and electronica to the esoteric reaches of the avant garde.
RECORDING STUDIO
1985 - 1997 Owner/Engineer Voice House (professional recording studio) Philadelphia, PA and Portland, OR
I designed and built professional recording studios in both Philadelphia and Portland. In addition to my own projects, I have engineered and/or produced hundreds of professional recordings in genres ranging from classical to rap. I have also engineered many works for National Public Radio, and contributed as writer and audio archivist to the Peabody award winning PBS series "The Miles Davis Radio Project".
AWARDS, GRANTS & DISTINCTIONS
COMMISSIONS
Year Commissioning Artist/Location Instrumentation
2007 Real Quiet (San Diego, NYC) piano, cello, violin, electronics and interactive video
2003 Trio Neos (Mexico City, Mexico) piano, bassoon, flute and electronics
2002 San Diego Arts Commission (San Diego, CA) composition for public arts project (with Roman DeSalvo, sculptor)
2001 Bakken Trio (Minneapolis, MN) violin, cello, piano and electronics
2002 Joel Bluestone (Portland, OR) percussion and electronics
2002 Fear No Music Ensemble (Portland, OR) mixed chamber ensemble with electronics
2001 Alejandro Escuer (Mexico City, Mexico) flute and electronics
2001 Joel Bluestone (Portland, OR) percussion and electronics
2001 Fear No Music Ensemble (Portland, OR) experimental film, mixed chamberwork and electronics
2000 Tongue and Groove Ensemble (Portland, OR) lyric soprano, flute, cello and piano
2000 Phil Hansen (Portland, OR) cello and electronics
2000 Fear No Music Ensemble (Portland, OR) performance artist, experimental animation, mixed chamber work and electronics
1991 Network for New Music (Philadelphia, PA) piano and three synthesizers
1982 Sforzando Ensemble (Minneapolis, MN) mixed chamber ensemble
GRANTS etc.
DateAward
2005 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon
for presentation of international festival of electro-acoustic music (NWEAMO);
2004 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon
for presentation of international festival of electro-acoustic music (NWEAMO);
2003 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon
for presentation of international festival of electro-acoustic music (NWEAMO);
2003 Featured Visiting Artist
ACMC 2003 (Australasian Computer Music Conference), Perth, Australia;
2002 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon
for presentation of international festival of electro-acoustic music (NWEAMO);
2001 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon,
for presentation of international festival of electro-acoustic music (NWEAMO);
2000 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon,
for composition of an experimental film score;
2000 Technical Assistance Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon,
for travel to attend world premier in Mexico City, Mexico;
2000 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon,
for presentation of international festival of electro-acoustic music (NWEAMO);
2000 Adjudicator
Oregon Music Teachers Association Composition Competition
1998 Finalist
1998 Professor of the Year Award, Lewis & Clark College
1998 Project Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon,
for presentation of a complete evening performance of original works;
1998 Technical Assistance Grant RACC (Regional Arts and Culture), Portland, Oregon,
for travel to attend world premier in Sarvar, Hungary;
1998 Finalist, Greater Boston Choral Consortium Composition Competition, Boston, MA
for composition of an original work;
1990 Artists Fellowship Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
for composition of an original work, Philadelphia, PA;
1987 Artists Fellowship Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
for composition of an original work, Philadelphia, PA;
1986 Artists Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts/ Rockefeller Foundation (administered by Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA)
for composition of an interdisciplinary work (Fractal Arts Project);
1985 Artists Fellowship Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
for composition of an original work, Philadelphia, PA;
1984 Artists Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts
for composition of an interdisciplinary work (East Coast Inter-Arts Collective), Philadelphia, PA;
1980s Mid-1980s assisted in production and designed music for CPB Radio Program Fund grant winning program, Kids Corner for WXPN radio station (Philadelphia);
1980s Mid-1980s assisted in production and composed theme music and supporting music for two Armstrong Award winning series: War in Space and Beyond the Cold War for Consider The Alternatives, a nationally syndicated radio program;
1980s Mid-1980s assisted with production and provided supporting music for Silver Award (Arts & Performance Category of CPB National Program Competition) winning series Poetry in the Air for WXPN and producer Steve Rowland;
1981 Scholarship Bradley Keeler Memorial Scholarship (Yale University School of Music, New Haven, CT) for promising majors in composition;
1980 Scholarship Emil Oberhoffer Memorial Fund (University of Minnesota)
1980 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
1980 Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society
1979 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
PUBICATIONS
Offshore, CD, Albany Records, January, 2006
Joseph Waters, CD, NorthPacific Music, April, 2000
COMPOSITION LIST - INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES:
Flame Head (10/01) percussion & electronics, Joel Bluestone, vibraphone & Chinese gongs & Joseph Waters, electronics
Performance:
07/05/02 Melbourne, Australia, ACMA (Australasian Computer Music Association) 10th anniversary
conference: Form, Space, Time: Music, Architecture and DesignDream in Aqua and Scarlet (02/01) electronics & flute
Performance:
07/06/01 commissioned by flutist, Alejandro Escuer who performed in Mexico City - recorded in Mexico for international CD
distribution (funded by the Mexican government)
COMPOSITION/PERFORMANCE LIST COMPLETEKanashibari (10/00) electronics & cello, Phil Hansen
Performances:
07/25/02 ISMEAM 2002 (International Summer Meeting of Electro-Acoustic Music), Nadasdy Castle, Sarvar, Hungary.
09/18/01 ICMA 2001 (International Computer Music Association Conference), Listening Room Concerts (electronic version), Havanna, Cuba.
09/20/01 ICMA 2001 (International Computer Music Association Conference), Listening Room Concerts (electronic version), Havanna, Cuba.
Quiet Music Early Morning (06/98) string trio
Performance:
07/23/00 Rosario, Argentina, Ensemble Rosario
When the Clouds so Boldly Painted on the Sky . . . zheng (10/00) and live electronics
Performances:
11/10/99 & 11/11/99 Hong Kong Cultural Center, Hong Kong, FESTIVAL OF CHINESE ARTS, Chinese Virtuosi Ensemble, Li Meng, zheng & Joseph
Waters, electronics
10/25/99 Tsinghua University Auditorium, Beijing, China, ICMC99 (International Computer Music Assoc. annual conference), Chinese Virtuosi Ensemble, Li Meng, zheng & Joseph Waters, electronics
When the Clouds so Boldly Painted on the Sky . . . harp (07/98) and live electronics
Performances:
07/23/00 Rosario, Argentina, Ensemble Rosario, Joseph Waters, electronics
11/17/98 Szinhaz Studioszinpadan, Budapest, Hungary, Reprise (Best of Sarvar concert), EAR Ensemble, Eva Maros, harp, Joseph Waters, electronics
07/29/98 Sarvar, Hungary, 2nd International Conference on Electro-Acoustical Music, EAR Ensemble, Eva Maros, harp & Joseph Waters, electronics
When the Clouds so Boldly Painted on the Sky . . . (9/97) koto and live electronics
Performances:
04/24/01 Moscow, Russia, Rakhmaninov Hall, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory , MOSCOW
FORUM, the 8th International Festival of Contemporary Music, Dmitry Kalinin, kotoist10/06/98 Composers Union Concert Hall, Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia, ALTERNATIVA Festival, Dmitry Kalinin, kotoist &
Joseph Waters, electronics
10/05/98 radio broadcast (Liz Falconer): Londrina,Brazil (MUSICA NOVA)
Sarajevo Chamber Ensemble (04/99) violin concerto, mixed chamber ensemble (version 2)
Performances:
07/25/99 Nadasdy Castle, Sarvar, Hungary, 3rd International Conference on Electro-Acoustical Music, Ear Ensemble
05/05/99 (premier) violin concerto, mixed chamber ensemble version: Hungarian Radio broadcast studio/concert hall, Budapest, Hungary, Music of Our Century Festival (simultaneously broadcast nationally on Hungarian Radio), EAR Ensemble
Drum Ride electronic version (1/92) electronic version:
Performances:
10/30/98 Aula Magna Filosofia Auditorium, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain,
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA DE CADIZ 1998
The 2nd Coming (collaborative work w/Gil Seeley 1996) mixed chorus & electronics
Performances:
Summer 1998 16 locations throughout Europe
Night Visions (05/02) for Large Orchestra and Electronics (prelude and two movements)
Heart of Mephisto (09/02) version 1, for 2 channel diffused electronics
Heart of Mephisto (10/02) version 2, for percussion & electronics (vibraphone, timpani, glockenspiel, crotales, tubular bells)
Performances:
10/05/02 Portland, OR, NWEAMO 2002 (New West Electro-Acoustic Music Organization) at b-complex, performed by Joel Bluestone
10/12/02 San Diego, CA, NWEAMO 2002 at SDSU (San Diego State University, performed by Joel Bluestone
Flame Head (10/01)-- percussion & electronics, Joel Bluestone, vibraphone
Performances:
07/05/02 Melbourne, Australia, ACMA (Australasian Computer Music Association) 10th anniversary
conference: Form, Space, Time: Music, Architecture and Design11/14/01 Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, TN
11/09/01 - FEAR NO MUSIC Ensemble, First Christian Church, Portland, OR,.
10/05/01 (premier) -Northwest Electro-Acoustic Music Organization 3rd International Festival, B-Complex, Portland, OR
02/08/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
02/09/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
BOB 2 pianos, violin, cello, percussion & film by Matt Smith (commissioned by FEAR NO MUSIC)
Performances:
03/07/01 (premier) Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR, Fear No Music
02/08/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
02/09/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
Dream in Aqua and Scarlet (11/00) electronics & flute
Performance:
07/06/01 commissioned by flutist, Alejandro Escuer who performed in Mexico City - to be recorded in Mexico for international CD
distribution (funded by the Mexican government)
Kanashibari (10/00) 'cello & electronics, Phil Hanson, cello
Performance:
11/17/00 Eliott Chapel, Reed College, Portland, Phil Hansen, FEAR NO MUSIC
03/11/01 Beall Auditorium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
05/30/01 Marylhurst College, Portland, OR
06/13/01 The Old Church, Portland OR
09/18/01 International Computer Music Association Conference 2001, Listening Room Concerts (electronic version), Havanna, Cuba.
02/08/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
02/09/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
Kali Yuga (3/00) 2 pianos, violin, cello, percussion, electronics & animated film by JoAnna Priestly
Performances:
09/22/00 Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, FEAR NO MUSIC
04/11/00 Beall Auditorium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, FEAR NO MUSIC
03/10/00 (premier) Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR, FEAR NO MUSIC
02/08/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
02/09/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
Arabesque (11/98) piano solo
Performances:
09/22/00 Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland (score for slide show)
03/15/00 - Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, 2000-2001 concert series, Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
11/07/98 (premier) Beall Concert Hall, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Dave Viscoli, piano
02/08/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
02/09/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
Ocean Eyes (7/99) clarinet, violin, cello, piano (version 2)
Performance:
July/00 (premier) Rosario, Argentina, Ensemble Rosario
Witches of the Unconscious (2/00) lyric soprano, flute, cello & piano (commissioned by the Tongue n Groove Quartet)
Performance:
05/01/00 Berbatis Pan, Portland, OR, Tongue n Groove Quartet
04/11/00 (premier) Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Tongue n Groove Quartet
Ocean Eyes (4/99) oboe & piano (version 1)
Performance:
04/11/00 Beall Auditorium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Karen Wagner, oboe, Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
11/15/99 (premier) Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & ClarkCollege, Portland, OR, Christina Fitzgerald, oboe & Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
Wake the Dead (04/98) percussion quartet
Performances:
04/11/00 Beall Auditorium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, University of Oregon Percussion Ensemble
03/04/00 Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, James Rogers Concert, Lewis & Clark Percussion Ensemble
02/15/00 Beall Auditorium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, University of Oregon Percussion Ensemble
10/30/99 Athletic Center, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, Pool Concert, Lewis & Clark Percussion Ensemble
04/18/99 Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, World Music Concert, Lewis & Clark Percussion Ensemble
Quiet Music Early Morning (06/98) string trio
Performances:
07/23/00 Rosario, Argentina, Ensemble Rosario
05/05/99 Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Vanguard Series
01/30/99 Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
07/07/98 (premier) Beall Concert Hall, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
OREGON BACH FESTIVAL, Third Angle Ensemble
Sarajevo (1/99) electric violin, electric string quintet, wind symphony & electronics (version 1)
Performance:
01/30/99 (premier) Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, Lewis & Clark Wind Symphony with Andrew Ehrlich, violinist
04/17/99 OPB radio broadcast of 1/30/99 Portland performance
Sarajevo Chamber Ensemble (04/99) violin concerto, mixed chamber ensemble (version 2)
Performances:
04/11/00 Beall Auditorium, University of Oregon;
07/25/99 Nadasdy Castle, Sarvar, Hungary, 3rd International Conference on Electro-Acoustical Music, EAR Ensemble
05/05/99 (premier) violin concerto, mixed chamber ensemble version: Hungarian Radio broadcast studio/concert hall, Budapest, Hungary, Music of Our Century Festival (simultaneously broadcast nationally on Hungarian Radio), EAR Ensemble
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos Wind Sextet (01/98) wind sextet alone version
Performance:
02/12/00 Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, SCI Region III Conference
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos (01/98) vocal quartet SATB w/wind sextet
Performance:
04/11/00 Beall Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene , OR
01/30/99 (premier) Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos (01/98) choir SATB
Performances:
09/16 Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, Washington, The Esoterics:
09/17 - Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, Washington. The Esoterics:
09/22 & 09/23 Pilgrim Congregational Church, Seattle, Washington, The Esoterics:
Insect Garden (03/99) Balinese Gamelan
Performance:
05/03/99 (premier) Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Pacific Gamelan.
When the Clouds so Boldly Painted on the Sky . . . (9/97) koto and live electronics
Performances:
01/31/99 radio broadcast (Liz Falconer): Oregon Public Broadcasting
01/30/99 Lewis & Clark College, Liz Falconer, kotoist
10/06/98 Composers Union Concert Hall, Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia, ALTERNATIVA Festival, Dmitry Kalinin, kotoist &
Joseph Waters, electronics
10/05/98 radio broadcast (Liz Falconer): Londrina,Brazil (MUSICA NOVA)
01/98 radio broadcast (Liz Falconer): Seattle
10/23, 10/24 & 10/25/97 (premier) Seventh Species Series tourLiz Falconer, kotoist:
10/12/97 Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
10/24/97 Old Church, Eugene, OR
10/25/97 University of Western Oregon, Monmouth, OR
When the Clouds so Boldly Painted on the Sky . . . zheng and live electronics
Performances:
11/10/99 & 11/11/99 Hong Kong Cultural Center, Hong Kong, FESTIVAL OF CHINESE ARTS, Chinese Virtuosi Ensemble, Li Meng, zheng & Joseph
Waters, electronics
10/25/99 Tsinghua University Auditorium, Beijing, China, ICMC99 (International Computer Music Assoc. annual conference), Chinese Virtuosi Ensemble, Li Meng, zheng & Joseph Waters, electronicsWhen the Clouds So Boldly Painted on the Sky . . . harp and live electronics
Performances:
03/11/01 Beal Auditorium, Univeristy of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Denise Fujitawa, harp & Joseph Waters, electronics.
03/09/00 University of North Texas College of Music, Denton, Texas, SEAMUS (Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States) 2000
11/17/98 Szinhaz Studioszinpadan, Budapest, Hungary, Reprise (Best of Sarvar concert), EAR Ensemble, Eva Maros, harp, Joseph Waters, electronics
07/29/98 Sarvar, Hungary, 2nd International Conference on Electro-Acoustical Music, EAR Ensemble, Eva Maros, harp & Joseph Waters, electronics
Populist Manifesto (text by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) up-dated version 01/99 mezzo soprano, accordion, saxophone, cello, percussion
Performances:
01/30/99 Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Manifesto (text by L, Ferlinghetti) commissioned by Relache (1984) mezzo-soprano, free bassaccordion and saxophone, text by L. Ferlinghetti
Performance:
1984 Drexel University, Relache Ensemble
Drum Ride (version for ensemble with electronics 07/00) commissioned by FEAR NOMUSIC ENSEMBLE 2 pianos, violin, cello, percussion, and electronics
Performance:
10/06/00 The Old Church, Portland, OR, Fear No Music
09/22/00 Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR,Fear No Music
08/13/00 Millennium Plaza, "Moonlight & Music Concert Series", Lake Oswego, Oregon, Fear No Music Ensemble.
02/08/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
02/09/02 Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, San Diego, Fear No Music
Drum Ride (piano and electronics version 12/98) solo piano and electronics
Performances:
03/11/01 Beall Auditorium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
02/16/99 Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Vanguard Series, Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
01/30/99 Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
Drum Ride (electronic version 1/92) electronics
Performances:
10/30/98 Aula Magna Filosofia Auditorium, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain, FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA DE CADIZ 1998
Drum Ride (1/91) piano and 3 synthesizers (commissioned by Network for New Music)
Performance:
1991 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Network for New Music
Counterpoint in F (1/95) piano
Performance:
11/07/98 (premier) Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Dave Viscoli, piano
The 2nd Coming (collaborative work w/Gil Seeley 96) mixed chorus & electronics
Performances:
10/96 (premier) 3 locations in Portland, OR 16 locations throughout Europe - Summer 98
Rites of Passage (1989) electronic experimental film score: Philadelphia, PA, commissioned by John Campbell.
Matrix (1989) electronic work for dance
Performance:
1989 (premier) Philadelphia, PA, commissioned & performed by South Street Dance Co., Painted Bride Arts Center
Chaparral (1988) electronic multi-media work collaboration w/Alan Code, commissioned by Claremont College
Performance:
1988 - Claremont College, Claremont, CA
Euclid at the Seashore (1988) electronic experimental film score, collaborative work: Fractal Arts Project
Performance:
1988 - Painted Bride Arts Center & International House, Philadelphia, PA
Dolly & Nel (1988) electronics for experimental dance, commissioned & performed by South St.Dance Company
Performance:
1988 - Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Old Italians Dying (1986) narrator & tape, text and narration by L. Ferlinghetti (Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant)
Performances:
1986 Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
1986 Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Padparadschah (1986) 2 pianos, 8 hands
Performances:
1986 Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
1986 McPhail College, Minneapolis, MN
Homage to Cezanne: Mont Ste-Victoire (1985) flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola and cello (commissioned by sfz ensemble )(Meet the Composer Grant)
Performances:
Walker Arts Center, sfz ensemble, Minneapolis, MN
Five Electronic Landscapes (1985) collaborative work for electronic music, sculpture, dance andvideo (NEA Grant East Coast Inter-Arts Collective))
Performance:
1985 Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Breaking Through (1984) electronics for experimental dance (commissioned by Agape Dancers)
Performance:
1984 - Agape Dancers, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Soaring (1983) synthesizer, flute, clarinet, 2 horns, violin, cello, harp, timpani, film score for Bailiwick Productions, Nyack, New York
Lullaby for a Lost Child (1982) flute, English horn, viola, piano, guitar, percussion, film score for Bailiwick Productions, Nyack New York
Rumanacion (1979) flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, timpani, trombone, (commissioned by Minneapolis Institute for the Arts Contemporary Music Project):
Performance:
1979 sfz ensemble , Walker Arts Center Minneapolis, MN
Apocalypse (1978) piano
Performance:
1978 Macalester College, St.Paul, MN
Assorted Solo Piano Compositions:
Tumbao of Sorrow (03/00)
Trochilidae (1997)
Variations on 12 Bar Be Bop Theme (1997)
Counterpoint in F (1995)
Counterpoint in E(1996)
Note in D (1994)
Commercial Works for Film, Television & Radio:
2000 - Documentary film score, Hand Game, Lawrence Johnson, Portland, OR (shown at Portland Art Museum's Northwest Film Center 10/19/00).
1994 Music for NPR series, Legacies, Portland, OR.
1992 Film score for State of Oregon film for Ombudsmen Program.
1990 Co-writer (show 5), Miles Davis Radio Project, Peabody Award Winning 6 hourradio documentary on the life and music of Miles Davis.
1989 Station identification and music for programming, WXPN, Philadelphia, PA.
1985 1990 - Theme music for radio program "Consider the Alternatives" (weekly news program on Pacifica & NPR) Philadelphia, PA.
1987 Film score for "The Energy Dream" (independent film), Philadelphia, PA.
1986 Score for UAW instructional film, Philadelphia, PA.
1985 Co-wrote music/poetry composition for NPR with Jamaladeen Tacuma and Sonja Sanchez.
1984 Film score for independent film on high school sports.
1984 IBM television commercial for Christopher Columbus special.
1983 IBM television Christmas commercial (choir & string quartet) aired internationally for 3 Christmas seasons.
1982-83 Film score for independent film for Bailiwick Productions (4 orchestral themes).
1981 IBM Space Shuttle commercial.