NOTE: Complete audio and PDF/score source materials linked below can also be accessed in one place HERE. A Cue Sheet for audio CD tracks can also be found HERE
Featured works:
1) Palimpsest for string quartet and live electronics (2014) — direct audio download (Parts 1, 2, 3)
Palimpsest was composed for the JACK Quartet, the result of a 2011 Fromm Music Foundation Commission, and is dedicated to composer Hans Abrahamsen. It’s three parts can be performed separately or together as a set.
Further details, performance information, and a program note are available here.
– Score for Palimpsest, complete (PDF)
2) Nisi for horn and live electronics (2012) — direct audio download
Nisi was composed for hornist Adam Unsworth, motivated by his highly personal approach to the horn, derived from his experiences with jazz. It is dedicated to composer Iannis Xenakis to commemorate his 90th birthday (May 29th, 2012), inspired by Xenakis’s singular spirit, his totally unique sonic palette, and the uncompromisingness of his ideas.
Additional information, a complete program note, and downloadable software can be found here.
– Score for Nisi, complete (PDF)
3) Numina for flute, viola, harp and live electronics (2010) — direct video or audio download
The word numina (plural of “numen”) is a Latin term meaning “noddings”, referring in the old Roman religion to the physical gesture of a divine decree, the will of the gods passed down. As successive Roman leaders took on the status of gods on earth, the term became personified in them, more generally translatable as “presence” or “authority”.
Numina was composed for the Janus Trio in 2010 as an allegory for the authoritative abuses of Rome’s current divine authority, the Vatican.
Further details , images, notes, and video can be found here.
– Score for Numina, complete (PDF)
The piece has since had a studio recording, which awaits release. A preview (beginning through the top of page 5 in the score) can also be heard here:
As the work contains a visual drama, I have included a video excerpt of the piece from its premiere performance .
Video excerpt from Part II:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4gKE6UaHCg&hd=1