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2023

Zange-suru Pierogi 懺悔するピロギー 

for flute, clarinet, and 1 bowed string instrument (10 minutes)

flute and shakuhachi duo version (8 minutes)

Upcoming premiere, May 2023

 

2022

Cricket Dreams 鈴の夢 for theorbo - 5 minutes

Premiered by Asako Ueda, Oct 16 2022 Chiyoda-kyu, Tokyo 2022 at Seiryo Hall

Still Life at a Purple Window- for two shakuhachi and two violins - ca. 15 min

Premiered, Sept 22, 8pm NYC w/ Adam Robinson and String Noise Duo

Still Life - for sho, piano & toy piano, and shakuhachi - ca. 15 minutes

Premiered, August 28 with Chatori Shimizu and Suzueri

Ftarri, Bunkyo-ku Hongo 1-4-11 Okano Building Basement 1, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan

Traces - for 2.1 shakuhachi and sho - 5 minutes

https://devonosamutipp.bandcamp.com/album/traces-ep-after-etsuko-ichikawa

31 Ways of Looking at a Vending Machine - flute, clarinet in Bb (db. bs clar.), piano, percussion, violin, violoncello - 10 min

commissioned by Thin Edge New Music Collective

Upcoming premiere, June 22, 2023 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, and Media, Toronto Canada

a murder of cranes - a siege of crows - for two kingma flutes and fixed media - 12 min

Written for Gavin Stewart

Upcoming premiere, fall 2023

2021

PIckling Mud II - four guitarists - 8 minutes

         Written for Charles Corey

Lung Slag - string quartet - 8 minutes

         Written for JACK Quartet

Blissful Ignorance - for saxophone and guitar - 9 minutes

         Written for SANS;Duo

         Premiered Remotely April 19, 2022 by Brian Ellis and Patrick J. Breiner

Stone Stomach - for string quartet - 12 minutes

         Written for the Partch Quartet

         Premiered by Partch Quartet, May 27, 2021

The Death of Cleopatra - flutes, clarients, soprano, violin, cello - 12 minutes

         Written for/commissioned by Kamraton

Horses of Tralfamadore, or that Horse from Dresden - woodwind quintet - 5 minutes

          Written for the Wild Prairie Winds

蟹原楽を考えたら。。。When I think of the Crab Fields... for ensemble of traditional Japanese instruments - 22 minutes

          Written for Columbia University's Gagaku Ensemble

          Poetry by suzueri

Pickling Mud - for multi tracking clarinetist(s) - 10 minutes

          Written for and dedicated to Julia Lougheed

          Upcoming premiere at 8th Oh My Ears Festival 

2020

Niku Niwa 肉庭 - for four multi tracking performers - 12 minutes

         Written for and dedicated to Paul V. Miller

 

5 Woodblock Print Cats – ryūteki, shakuhachi, and shō – 8 minutes

Commissioned by TrioBamboo, upcoming premiere Winter 2023

Ignis Fatuus - for three mutli tracking performers - 9 minutes

          Written for and dedicated to Roger Zahab

How Things are Unmade - for two multi tracking performers - 6 minutes

           Written for and dedicated to Hypercube

Tokyo Shift Response - for flute, clarinet, soprano, violin, and cello - 13 minutes

          Written for and dedicated to Kamraton

          Poetry by suzueri 

          Upcoming premiere, November 8, 2020; 7pm

Sonic Cartography - for any number of multi tracked performers - 7 minutes

Clepsydra - for any number of performers - in 1 to 3 movements - 7-22 minutes

Cloning a Mountain - for any number of performers - 7 minutes

          Premiered July 25, 2020  So Percussion Summer Institute

Nod to Fellow Travelers - solo shakuhachi - 8 minutes

           Premiered July 23, 2020 by the composer

           2020 So Percussion Summer Institute

Hyakkiyagyo 百鬼夜行 - for solo bass - 12 minutes

          written for Will Yager

Braids - for piri and shakuhachi; or solo piri; or solo shakuhachi - 5-15 minutes

          written for and dedicated to Adam Robinson and gamin

Hymn/Frost - for mezzo soprano or 2.1 shakuhachi and fixed media - 4 minutes

The Echo Over the Voice - for bassoon duo - 7 min

         written for Rachel Elliott and Lynn Hileman

2019

Cheat Sadness, Enjoy Suffering - for flute, clarinet, guitar, quartertone piano, quartertone accordion, violin, cello (December 2019) - 10 minutes

            Written for MikroEnsemble

            Upcoming Premiere at Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival at University of Pittsburgh, Feb. 29 2020

Tokyo Shift Responses: Shards (flutes, clarinets, percussion, soprano, violin) – 6 minutes

          Written for TAK Ensemble

          Upcoming Premiere at Bellefield Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, PA Jan., 25th 2020

Three Palimpsests - for flute and accordion - 3 minutes

Two Animal Postcards - woodwind quintet - 2 minutes

           Written for the District 5 Quintet

           Upcoming Premiere Winter 2020

31 Ways of Looking at a Truffle - solo flute  - 6 minutes

           Written for Kayla Hanvey

           Upcoming Premiere, April 2020 - Budapset, Hungary

Breadcrumbs - prepared piano solo (May 2019) - 8 minutes

Pale Blue Dot - 1.8 shakuhachi and fixed media (February 2019) - 8 minutes 

           Premiered by Elizabeth Brown at Astrophysics/Cosmology Artist In Residence Showcase April 12, 2019, Pittsburgh PA

           Dedicated to Carles Badenes

2018

Siege of Cranes - three 1.8 shakuhachi (November 2018) - 8 minutes

           Upcoming Premiere July 2021, Tokyo Japan

Wild Human - solo shakuhachi (October 2018) - 6 minutes

           Premiered by the composer, October 21st, 2018 - Irma Freeman Center - Pittsburgh, PA

Tokeru Reibo - for four flutes (all doubling piccolo) (July 2018) - ca. 15 minutes

           Dedicated to Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer

           Premiered at Oh My Ears! 6th Festival - February 3, 2019 - Phoenix, AZ

Nameless Sands  - solo ichigenkin (July 2018) - ca. 6 minutes

          Written for Issui Minegishi

Letters Chased in Lead - String Quartet (June 2018) - ca. 7 minutes

          Written for the Mivos String Quartet

          Premiered at Valencia International Performance Academy, July 2018

Lead Postcards - contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet, contrabassoon (May 2018) ca. 5 minutes

        Written for Carla Rees and Rarescale

         Premiered by Carla Rees (contrabass flute), Sarah Watts (contrabass clarinet), and Ashley Myall (contrabassoon) on June 21, 2018, St. Paddington’s Church,                                   Paddington, UK

Solo - cello and bass (March 2018) - ca. 11-12 minutes

          Written for Cecilia Caughman (cello) and Jeff Weston (bass) as part of the Artist in Residence Program, Hosted by the Astrophysics and Cosmology                          Department at the University of Pittsburgh

          Premiered 13 April 2018 - Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh

Blood on the Pavement 1984 (January 2018) - Bb clarinet (double bass clarinet), grand piano, violin, viola, cello - 10 min

         Premiered, 9 February 2018 - performed by NAT28 - Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

2017

Heila (November 2017)  - solo baroque flute - 6 min

         Written for Carla Rees - Premiered 7 June 2018, Iklectik Art Lab, 

         20 Carlisle Lane, SE1 7LG, London England

Kezuroukai (September 2017) - amplified shô - 6 min

         Written for Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium, University of Pittsburgh, PA

         Premiered by Chatori Shimizu – University of Pittsburgh – Jan. 13, 2018

Splintered Ringing - solo shakuhachi (July 2017) - ca. 6 min

Splintered Ringing  – two shakuhachi (June 2017) – ca. 6 min

         Written for Elizabeth Brown and Ralph Samuelson “Shakuhachi and Ichigenkin: Discovery in a Single Tone” 2017 Tour

         Premiered by Elizabeth Brown and Ralph Samuelson – Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ – Sept. 28, 2017

Kintsugi (May 2017) - 1.8 shakuhachi and clarinet (any key) - 35-45 min

         Upcoming Premiere Winter 2021

Fünf Träumen (March 2017) - Prepared 13 string Koto - ca. 8 min

        Premiered 2 May 2017, Katherine Whaley (koto), Columbia University, New York, NY

2016

Self Portrait (October 2016) - solo 1.8 shakuhachi, string piano, prepared string trio - ca. 9-10min

        Premiered 4 November 2016, Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn NY

        Adam Robinson (Shakuhachi), Humay Gasimzade (piano), Allyson Clare (viola), Brian Sanders (violoncello), Emilio Guarino (contrabass)

       

Entropic Orbit (September 2016) - clarinet in Bb and harpsichord, or Bb bass clarinet and harpsichord, or bassoon and accordion - 6 min

        Premiered by Michiyo Honma (harpsichord) and Thomas Piercy (clarinet) , Feb. 20, 2017, Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo, Japan       

Ozymandias (August 2016) - gagaku shô (A=430) and accordion - ca. 7 minutes

       Co-commissioned by Zak Hap Seligman, Marika Terao, and Henry Liang

       Premiered July 2017, Zak Hap Seligman and Robert Young MacMahon, Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC

Reasoning with Windmills (February 2016) - eight string microtonal guitar - 4 min

         Written for Tolgahan Çoğulu

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZThnNCqlcc

 

Murmurs (February 2016) - Clarinet and Muted Trombone - 9 minutes

         Premiered by Julia Lougheed (clarinet) and Ryan Flint (trombone) May 20, 2016 – Marcy Chapel at FUMC, Winter Park, Florid

Maelström (January 2016) - Fixed Media - processed piano sounds - 7 minutes

 

2015

Augury (Dec. 2015) – oboe, clarinet, or bassoon + tape – 9 min

         Commissioned by Alison Lowell (oboist)

         Premiered by Alison Lowell, March 3, 2016, University Maryland College Park

Sisyphus (Sept. 2015) - Quartertone accordion and accordion (or organ) - 9 minutes

         Written for Veli Kujala and Susanne Kujala

         Premiered March 7th 2019, St. Martin, Kassel, Germany

Deconstructed (June 2015) - woodwind quintet - 11 min

         Written for the Imani Woodwinds Chamber Music Festival, Summer 2015

         Premiered by Delara Hashemi (flute), Kailin Eskander (oboe), John Antisz (clarinet), Bryn Coveney (horn), Anna Fitzgerald (bassoon), June 14, 2015, Mannes            College, NY

 

Recalling (May 2015) - Clarinet in Bb, Violoncello, and Contrabass – 13-14 minutes

         Commissioned by soundSCAPE Festival 2015

         Premiered by Gleb Kanasevich (clarinet), Felix Fan (violoncello), Matt Kline (contrabass), July 13, 2015 - soundSCAPE Festival, Maccagno, Italy

         Featured in “Impermenance”, a film by Ruan Suess, February 2016

180 in 3 for 5 (March 2015) for oboe, horn in F, violin, viola, cello – 4 min

         Premiered by Owen Davitt (oboe), Matt Searing (horn), Robert Radliff (violin), Ivan Mendoza (viola), Kevin High (cello),     May 10, 2015– Montclair State                    University, Montclair, NJ

2014

Krev//Sanglots (Nov. 2014) – bass clarinet, three percussionists, piano, violoncello, contrabass – 8 min

          Written for Gleb Kanasevich

          Premiered by Gleb Kanasevich (solo bass clarinet) and members of Montclair State University Orchestra and Devon Osamu Tipp (conductor), Feb. 28,                     2015, Montclair State University, NJ

Mutations (May 2014) – acoustic guitar trio – 6 min

         Commissioned by soundSCAPE Festival 2014

         Premiered by Sudbury Guitar Trio, July 3, 2014 – Vonderau Museum, Fulda, Germany

 

2013

Pleiades is a Pinball Machine (Dec. 2013) – quartertone marimba and quartertone vibraphone – 12 min

          Written for “Migrant in the New” NYC-NJ-Oslo Tour

          Premiered by Kjell Tore Innervik and Daniel Paulsen, October 3, 2014, Montclair State University, NJ

 

Aubade (Nov. 2013) – orchestra – 11 min

          Written for Ken Lam and the Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra

          Premiered by Ken Lam and the Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra, April 23, 2014 – Alexander Kasser Theatre, Montclair State University, NJ

 

Red Chant/Grey Note Quarrel (Sept. 2013) – bassoon – 5 min

          Premiered by Devon Osamu Tipp, Oct. 11, 2013, Alexander Kasser Theatre – Montclair, New Jersey

Dialogue for Three Bastards (May 2013) – oboe, clarinet in Bb, tenor saxophone – 6 min

         Commissioned by soundSCAPE Festival 2013

         Premiered by Katherine Woolsley (oboe), Yi-Wen Chen (clarinet), Tim Ruedeman (tenor saxophone), July 12, 2013, soundSCAPE Festival, Maccagno, Italy

 

Twenty Thousand Folds (May 2013) – alto flute, guitar – 5 min

         Winner of Rarescale’s 10th Anniversary Composition Competition, Student Category

         Premiere by Carla Rees (alto flute) and David Black (guitar), Jan. 15, 2014, Guildhall Arts Centre - Lincolnshire, UK

         Published by Tetractys Publishing; Ref: 201525/1

Lithium Daphnae (Sept. 2011, rev. May 2013) – Heckelphon/bass oboe/lupophone, viola, piano – 6 min

          Premiered by Sabine Kaselow (bass oboe), Christoph Stark (viola), Jenns Hoffmann (piano), Oct. 7, 2013, Kammermusiksaal der HMT Rostock, Rostock,                                           Germany

 

for Dean Drummond (April 2013) – any grand staff instrument, or cohort of related instruments – 4 min

           for any of the follow instruments: Cristal Baschet, glass harmonica, piano, marimba, accordion, organ, low flute choir, viol consort, or string quartet

           Premiered by Alan Buxbaum (marimba), April 26, 2013, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

2012

Chaos Theory (September 2012) – duo for quartertone marimba – 8 min

           Premiered by Daniel Paulsen and Petter Haukaas (marimbas), Nov. 22, 2012, Deichmenske hovedbibliotek, Oslo, Norway

 

Seven Bagatelles/Three Pieces for Quartertone Accordion (Aug. 2012/Sept. 2015) – quartertone accordion – 8 min

          Premiered by Veli Kujala, Sept. 23, 2013, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland

Burlesque (Aug. 2012) – clarinet in Bb, piano – 4 min

          Premiered by Gleb Kanasevich (clarinet), Joseph Ollson (piano), Aug. 2, 2012, Atlantic Music Festival

          Waterville, Maine

Fukushima Daiichi Tetraptych (Feb. 2012) – two harps – 5 min

          Premiered by Colleen Potter-Thorburn and Joseph Rebman, Aug. 2, 2012, Atlantic Music Festival, Waterville Maine

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