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Beda III (Differences)	2003 Javanese gamelan, viola, flute, and interactive electronics Version 3 of Beda Performed by Gamelan Son of Lion, New York
Omong-Omong	2003 Javanese gamelan, voices, and interactive electronics Based on Javanese vocal texts and melodic patterns with mixed pelog, slendro, and 12-tone equal tempered tunings. Composed for instruments built by Lou Harrison and William Colvig. Center for Contemporary Music Composer Residency Mills College, Oakland, California
Beda II (Differences)	2002 Javanese gamelan, viola, alto flute, and interactive electronics Version 2 of Beda Presented at the New England Gamelan Weekend Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Beda I (Differences)	2001 Javanese gamelan, violin, flute, and interactive electronics Explores performance configurations and use of traditional and experimental Javanese and Western structures Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Project Cornell University Society for the Humanities
Among Twenty Snowy Mountains...	2000 Soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion Includes interchangeable parts for 4 of the 6 performers, and optional gamelan instruments. Text: Wallace Stevens's Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Berubah	1999 Javanese gender, rebab, interactive electronics Berubah("change" in Indonesian) engages performers with an almost unpredictable interactive system.
Eye of the Day	1999 2-channel tape and string quartet Acoustical beats between tape and players are shaped during performance. Commissioned by Scott A. Wyatt for the 40th Anniversary of the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Seamus2000
Autumn Song The Thousand Sounds	1991/1998 Soprano and tape Insect sounds created in the studio replaced all but one live insect's sound in this revision of the 1991 version of Autumn Song. The 1998 version of the tape alone is The Thousand Sounds.
Helios	1997 String quartet Algorithmically generated score using Lisp and Common Music ICMC98
Aurelia	1997 Organ Multiple chance-based techniques and juxtaposed organ timbres applied to a hymn tune Written for the Womenspirit/Sisterspirit Conference, Unitarian-Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Ammalagammala	1996 Javanese gamelan ensemble Re-assignment of garap (traditional playing styles) to different instruments
Circus	1996 Tape Makes use of speed changes, and voltage-controlled gating/sampling on a Buchla Series 200 analog synthesizer
Magnolias in Rain	1996 Javanese gamelan ensemble Traditional Javanese pathetan music appears from a “cloud” of sound
Flewmb	1995 Flute and marimba South Indian tala and chance procedures functioned as structuring devices for the composition For Kesatuan
No Net	1995 Piccolo, flute, alto flute, violin, viola, cello, clarinet, horn, bass clarinet Investigation of extended timbral ranges of specific instrument families
Drumming	1995 Yamaha Disklavier and performer (or piano soloist) 4 pitches evoke the South Indian mrdangam (drum).
Staring	1993/1994 Piano Follows Look! The piano is retuned while it is played.
The Composer	1993 Piano Imitation and improvisation referring to the composer and pianist Lowndes Maury University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Cloud	1992 Javanese gender panerus, Lightning Midi Motion Sensor, Roland JV-30 synthesizer, and Atari ST computer Motion of performer generates causes acoustical beats between acoustically and electronically generated sound
Look!	1992 Piano Follows A Glimpse
Clusters	1992 Amplified piano Extension of piano sounds through amplification Forum junger komponisten, West Deutsche Rundfunk, Cologne, Germany
Autumn Song	1991 Soprano and 2-channel tape of insect sounds recorded at Alexander Lake, CT (revised 1998)
Light	1990 SATB chorus
Chromosonics: Alexander Lake The Lady That's Known as Lou	1990 Videotapes Computer system constructed by the composer links image color with sound playback speed
Silliness	1988 Voices and instruments including accordian, guitar, banjo, piano Children's theater production
A Pearl	1988 Javanese gender and South Indian mridangam Links beating frequencies and tala
Aural Enchantment	1987 Cello, flute, piano and tape Acoustic imitations of recorded sounds Western NY Institute for the Arts in Education, Buffalo, NY
Envelope	1987 Audiotapes mixed in real time Environmental recordings mixed indeterminately Halwalls Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Imitator Radiator	1987 Flute and piano Imitation of radiator sounds by acoustic instruments
At Home With Sound	1986 A program of compositions for piano, flute, tape, home electronics Structure based on timing of daily activities Performed by New and Used Music Katherine Cornell Theatre, SUNY Buffalo Partially funded by Meet the Composer, Inc.
Magnifications	1986 5-section work for piano, flute, and electronics Environmental sounds recorded over a period of time in the performance space are incorporated into the composition Performed by New and Used Music Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY
A Glimpse	1985 Piano "Cloud" of sound Bang on a Can Festival, NYC
Music for Electronic Devices	1984 Computer control of an analog synthesizer, within an improvisational setup of tape, synthesizers, and processing equipment Computer control within an unpredictable situation
The Line Theater	1984 A large black vertical screen upon which white strings and ropes are manipulated to form changing patterns of lines in performance Visual movement as music
Eight Cellos: Close Together/ Far Apart	1984 Cello ensemble Graphic notation: sound follows shape
Moving Shapes	1983 2-channel electronic tape for dance Electronic sounds as control voltages
Inside Lines	1982 Piano keyboard and bowed piano strings Visible lines as sound
Outside Lines	1982 For dancers among trees Human movement as music
Music for Two Horns	1979 Investigation of acoustical beats

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