Compositions

LittleBits Improvisation No. 1
Instrumentation: LittleBits modular synthesizer kit
Composition Date: June 14, 2014

Improvisation on “Pretty Boy Floyd”
Instrumentation: Electric guitar with interactive signal processing via Ableton Live and Max for Live
Composition Date: February-March 2014
Premier Date: March 2014, Easthampton Arts Treasury Event, Flywheel Music Hall, Easthampton, MA

System/Disperse
Instrumentation: 8-channel dynamically controlled audio-visual algorithmic composition via Max
Composition Date: November 2012-February 2013
Premier Date: April 2013, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, NY

Composition No. 1 for Laptop Ensemble
Instrumentation: Five laptops running custom software, Five Nintendo WiiRemotes controlling synthesis parameters
Composition Date: January-March 2012
Premier Date: April 2012, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Performed by the Ramapo Electronic Music Ensemble

Indeterminate Concrete Study No. 1
Instrumentation: Generative concrete acousmatic sound via Max
Composition Date: February-March 2011
Premier Date: April 2011, Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, New York, NY

Combined Structure No. 3
Instrumentation: Interactive acousmatic sound via Max
Composition Date: March-April 2011
Premier Date: April 2011, Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, New York, NY

Homage for Salinger
Instrumentation: Processed solo violin, interactive processing via Max
Composition Date: April 2010
Premier Date: —

Made Space
Collaborative composition with Wolfgang Gil, Nisi Jacobs, David Moscovich, Daniel Nuemann, Tamara Yadao
Instrumentation: Real-time octophonic routing (Gil), real-time rhythmic pattern creation from extracted vocal transients via performance (Houldcroft), video to sound conversion (Jacobs), microphone, fiction, vocalization (Moscovich), microphones, mixing board, 4-channel PA (Nuemann), generational speech synthesis (Yadao)
Composition Date: July 2010
Premier Date: September 2010, Diapason Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Microtonal Study No. 1
Instrumentation: Serialized microtonal patterns as acousmatic synthesized sound via Csound
Composition Date: April 2009
Premier Date: —

Self-Immolation
Instrumentation: Solo guitar and electronic processing
Composition Date: November – December 2009
Premier: December 2009

Granular Study No. 1
Instrumentation: Computer generated and manipulated sounds
Composition Date: April 2009
Premier: May 2009

26_1_NYC
Instrumentation: Computer generated sounds
Composition Date: October-December 2008
Premier: —

Disease
Instrumentation: Computer generated sounds, Turntable
Composition Date: January-April 2007
Premier: April 2007

Electronic Study No. 1
Instrumentation: Electronic work
Composition Date: September-November 2006
Premier: April 2007

Concrete Study No. 1
Instrumentation: Electronic work
Composition Date: February 2007
Premier: —

Leaving
Instrumentation: Flute, Bb Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizer/Electronics, Violin, Viola, Cello
Composition Date: January-May 2006
Premier: October 2006

Abu Ghraib
Instrumentation: Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Composition Date: October-December 2005
Premier: December 2005

Piano Trio No. 1
Instrumentation: Piano, Violin, Cello
Composition Date: September-October 2005
Premier: October 2005

This Is New To Me
Instrumentation: Electric Guitar, Violin, Cello, Contrabass
Composition Date: April 2005
Premier: May 2005

Sometimes I Just Don’t Know
Instrumentation: Bb Clarinet, Electric Guitar, Violin
Composition Date: February 2005
Premier: March 2005