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• now our grief is put away

  now our grief is put away uses the poem titled Khao Lak Paradise Resort by Anne Shaw in her book, Undertow. I found Anne after searching for poets I wanted to set for a different project. This poem leapt off the page with its vivid imagery and haunting descriptions of the tsunami that occurred on December 24, 2004 in the Southeast Pacific which included Thailand, the setting for this poem. Due to its length and singularity of subject, I decided to not include this poem in what would eventually become Transit for soprano, vibraphone, and double bass but rather set the work as its own piece. The poem is filled with Anne’s own description of her experience in the relief efforts, sayings from Thai culture, and descriptions from survivors of the tsunami. Shaw writes, “Thai culture allows a mourning period of 100 days, after which the soul of the departed - and the lives of the living - must move on,” as a description for the line, now our grief is put away.

• Homologic

• Flown

• The Lightning Field

  The Lightning Field for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet, bass trombone, and computer was written for the loadbang ensemble with text by poet, Anne Shaw. The Lightning Field is a land-art work in the western high desert of New Mexico by Walter De Maria. The work consists of 400 stainless steel poles sticking out of the earth in the shape of a grid. The poetry was written during a trip to view the work.  The overriding concepts at play during the compositional process were isolation and introspection. This work is the fifth collaboration between myself and Anne Shaw.

  The four seamless movements track various emotional states that Anne encountered while walking through the field and writing. The third movement exhibits a numerical connection with the original land-art. The first 400 unique words of the poetry were recorded and are played at random creating a murmuring texture above the ensemble. The harmonic material likewise was put through process of my own design, which involves pitch set evolution as opposed to variation. The final movement features Anne’s own voice reading a letter about her time spent at the field while viewing the piece.

• IRIVISKIA

  Violin-Horn duo with computer-realized surround sound

• Die Herrlichkeit Loch in den Bundling Bord

  in collaboration with Paul Botelho

• N'air sur le lit

• Scene Unobserved

  A black and white film by Jon Appleton, Wayne Wadhams, Pierre Payne, John Mellquist (poetry) made to the music.

• Sonaria for Choir and Synclavier

  Performed live at the 1978 Dartmouth College Glee Club’s Winter Carnival Concert, Spaulding Auditorium, Paul Zeller, director.

• 'Ofa atu Tonga

  Bregman Electronic Music Studio. Work using real and fabricated source material from the Kingdom of Tonga.