WORKS

CHRONOLOGICAL

Current

SONGS (from interbeing)
for TAK Ensemble


Second Nature
(flutes, percussion, keyboards)
for Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio





Previous


2025


Plectra
solo piano


biawak_raksasa.zip
(baritone saxophone, piano, percussion)
for Trio Accanto


Second Nature Part IV
(flute, percussion, keyboards)
for Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio



2024


SYMPOSIUM (from interbeing)
historical research/activism (x) theatrical scene with music 
collaboratively written with TAK Ensemble


Auditory Distortion Products in Equal Temperament
Spiral Labyrinth
(from Diagrams of the Ear)
for yarn/wire


𐀏𐀙𐀒 // chlorophyll (Second Nature Part I )
(alto flute, wooden percussion, cymbal/transducer/Manta-interface)
for Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio


Altarpiece H. af K.
(three amplified bassoons)
for Dana Jessen, Ben Roidl-Ward, and Katherine Young


Diagrams of the Ear (Auditory Scene Analysis IV)
for yarn/wire



2023

ROOT AND VEIN (from interbeing)
for TAK Ensemble


Ode to Man (from interbeing)
(reciter and four electronics performers)
for TAK Ensemble


CARTOUCHES: Action at a Distance; Empathy (from interbeing)
for TAK Ensemble


Chimeric Form
(violin, horn, piano)
commissioned by Kylwyria


WEER, PFOSCH, GLEINS, STAMS, from Axamer Folio
(saxophone and drumset)
for Ingrid Laubrock and Ian Antonio


EGGE, from Axamer Folio
(saxophone and drumset)
for Sascha Armbruster and João Pacheco
2022

Ageing Study (Fermented Sound)
(solo string instrument and documentation)
for Austin Wullimann


phrēn
(string quartet)
for the JACK Quartet


INSTRUMENTS (from interbeing)
for TAK Ensemble


Beings (I.X.)
(five brass and piano)



2021


BREAD (from interbeing)
for TAK Ensemble


A Drop of Water (László Krasznahorkai)
(solo prepared piano)
2020

Intermezzo
(prepared piano)
for Kris Davis


 Field of Action
[Duos with Piano VII]
(voice+microphones, piano+synth)
for and with Charmaine Lee



2019


BIRGITZ, from Axamer Folio
(saxophone, drumset)
for Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Dennis Sullivan


Action, Choice, Thought
(flute, saxophone, voice, violin, piano, percussion, elec.)
for the Wet Ink Ensemble


if and only if
(violin, cello, prepared piano)



2018

 Voided Cross (for Michael Heizer)
(saxophone, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion)

Helix
(solo piano)

acoustic quanta
(solo piano)



2017

life–still
(clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, keyboard/piano)

ZIRL, from Axamer Folio
(saxophone, drumset)

radian
(solo trombone)



2016

gretchen am spinnrade
(cello, piano)

Auditory Scene Analysis II 
(oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon)

contraposition
(trombone, prepared piano) 


2015

being-time
(string quartet, electronic sound)

Axamer Folio
(saxophone, drumset)


2014

Points of Focus
(six percussionists)

doxa
(prepared vibraphone, prepared piano)

Auditory Scene Analysis
(18 players, narrator, electronic sound)


2013

Levitated Mass
(two electric guitars)

Psychomechanochronometer
(solo prepared piano)


2012

Tautology and Translation
(clarinet, cello, piano, percussion)

"the children of fire come looking for fire"
(violin, prepared piano)


2011

katachi
(flute, tenor sax/bass cl., voice, violin, piano,
percussion, live electronics)

epoché
(alto flute, violin, piano)

Being-Time
(string orchestra)


2010

This is This is This is 
(1 or 2 alto saxophones, prepared piano)

alphabeta
(piano four-hands, two percussionists)



early/student

"Ertrinken, versinken"
(violin, viola, cello, bass, piano)

beata viscera
(flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, percussion)

Shiverer
(flute, piano)

Viola Quartet ("IJVER")
(four violas)

Euphony
(solo tenor saxophone and 14 instruments)

Consolation
(solo piano)




By SERIES


Duos with Piano [2007- ]
I. Shiverer (2007)
flute, piano
[7']

II. This is This is This is (2009-10)
one or two alto saxophones, prepared piano
[21']

III. "the children of fire come looking for fire" (2012)
violin, prepared piano
for Josh Modney
[25']

IV. doxa (2012-14)
prepared vibraphone, prepared piano
for Ian Antonio
[16']

V. contraposition (2015-16)
trombone and prepared piano
for Weston Olencki
[25']

VI. gretchen am spinnrade (2016)
cello and piano
for Mariel Roberts
[17']

VII. Field of Action (2018-20)
voice/microphones, piano/synth
for and with Charmaine Lee
[28']



Auditory Scene Analysis [2014- ]

I. [2014]
18 instruments, narrator, and electronic sound
for Wet Ink Large Ensemble
(16')

II. [2016]
oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon
for Splinter Reeds
(10')

III. phrēn [2022]
string quartet
for JACK Quartet
(20")

IV. Diagrams of the Ear [2024]
two keyboard players, two percussion
for yarn/wire
(45')



 By INSTRUMENTATION


Piano

A Drop of Water (László Krasznahorkai) [2019-21]
solo prepared piano
(13')


Helix [2018]
solo piano
(9')


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Psychomechanochronometer [2013]
solo prepared piano
(14')


Consolation [2002-4]
solo piano
(20')



Other Solo

Ageing Study (Fermented Sound) [2022]
solo string instrument and documentation
(open duration)


radian  [2017]
solo trombone
(11')



Duo/Trio


Second Nature [2022- ]
flutes, percussion, keyboards, and video
(~120')

   I. 𐀏𐀙𐀒 // chlorophyll  [2024]
   (alto flute, wooden percussion+pedals, cymbal/transducer/Manta-interface)
   (21')

 
  IV. [2025]
  (flute/bass flute, vibraphone/metal pipes/crotales, piano/keyboard)
  (35')


  Video Interludes

    - 𐁇𐀩𐀷 (Fermented Sound) [2025-6]
      (upright piano and video)

   


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Chimeric Form [2023]
violin, horn, piano
(32')


Altarpiece H. af K. [2021/24]
three amplified bassoons
(25')


Field of Action [2020]
[Duos with Piano VII]
for Charmaine Lee (voice/microphones) and piano/synth
(28')


if and only if [2018-19]
violin, cello, piano
(60')


gretchen am spinnrade [2016]
[Duos with Piano VI]
cello, piano
(17')


contraposition [2015-16]
[Duos with Piano V]
trombone, prepared piano
(25')


Axamer Folio [2015]
saxophone, drumset
(7-25'); modular, variable duration


doxa [2012-14]
[Duos with Piano IV]
prepared vibraphone, prepared piano
(16')


Levitated Mass [2013]
two electric guitars
(4')


"the children of fire come looking for fire" [2012]
[Duos with Piano III]
amplified violin, prepared piano
(25')


This is This is This is [2010]
[Duos with Piano II]
1 or 2 alto saxophones, prepared piano
(20')

Shiverer [2007]
[Duos with Piano I]
flute, piano
(7')



Chamber (4-8 players)


Diagrams of the Ear (Auditory Scene Analysis IV) [2024]
two keyboard players, two percussionists
(45')



interbeing [2017-  ]
(for instruments, bodies, text, images, food)
open-form music-theater with extractable chamber pieces
(concert version generally 45-80'; each version numbered and site-specific)

created in collaboration with TAK Ensemble

Versions to date:

interbeing (I) [V.21.2022] New York
interbeing (II) [X.7.2023] New York
interbeing (III) [X.21.2023] Santa Cruz
interbeing (IV) [X.26.2024] Salon Doré, Washington D.C.


 QUINTETS / Extractable Chamber Pieces:

    ROOT AND VEIN (from interbeing) [2023]
    for flutes (c, picc), clarinets (bcl, cl), voice (w/ vocoder and tambourine), violin, percussion
    (15-25'+)


    INSTRUMENTS (from interbeing) [2022]
    for flutes (bs, c, picc), clarinets (cbcl, bcl, cl), violin, voice, percussion
    (+ amplification and auxiliary objects/instruments)
    (12')


    BREAD (from interbeing) [2021]
    for alto flute, clarinet, violin, soprano voice/objects, percussion
    (10')


 CARTOUCHES / "Sculptural" Pieces for Performers:

    |.........| ("Action at a Distance") [2023]
    for three or more performers
    (open duration)

    =||=     ("Back to Back") [2017, rev. 2022]
    for four or five performers
    (2-5', or as an installation)

    |><|    ("Empathy") [2020]
    for two performers
    (~3-5')

    .|. .|.   ("Ellery and Madison are Making Tea") [2020-21]
    for two or more performers
    (open duration)

 
 VIDEO Pieces:

    life [2023 (v.1)]
    process documentation
    (3.5')

    Ellery and Madison are Making Tea [2021]
    fixed video version
    (4'33")


  TEXT Pieces:

SYMPOSIUM
historical research/activism (x) theatrical scene with music 
collaboratively written with TAK Ensemble
(~35')



 INSTANTIATED RELATIONS / Social Pieces:

   "Every Partial of 12.2 Hz G-natural and 15 Hz B-quarter flat
    that lies between 180-405 Hz, simultaneously"
    crowdsourced audio collage / fixed media
    (1.5')

    For (Rirkrit Tiravanija, Mama Ayesha Abraham, ...)
    post- or pre-concert meal or reception, prepared by the composer and performers


  
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Beings (I.X.) [2021-22]
five brass and piano
(65')


Action, Choice, Thought [2019]
(originally titled modules / relationships)
(flute, saxophone, voice, violin, piano, percussion, elec.)
(12'-40')


Voided Cross (for Michael Heizer) [2018]
(saxophone, electric guitar, piano/accordion/synth, percussion)
(45')


life–still  [2017]
clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, keyboard/piano
(21')


 Auditory Scene Analysis II  [2016]
oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon
(11')


Points of Focus [2014]
six percussionists
(11')


Tautology and Translation [2012] 
clarinet, cello, piano, percussion
(17')


katachi  [2010-12]
flute, tenor sax/bass cl., voice, violin, piano, percussion, live electronics
(20')


alphabeta [2010]
piano four-hands and two percussion
(8')


"Ertrinken, versinken" [2009]
violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
(18')


beata viscera [2008]
flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
(18')



String Quartet

phrēn [2022]
(20')


being-time [2013-17]
string quartet and electronic sound
(55')


Viola Quartet ("IJVER") [2006-7]
four violas
(15')



Large Ensemble / Orchestra (10 or more players)


Auditory Scene Analysis [2014]
18 players, narrator, and electronic sound
(17')


Being-Time [2011]
string orchestra and percussion
(27')


Euphony [2004-6]
solo tenor saxophone and 14 instruments
(15')