Performances since 2015 can be found here.
songs only as sad as their listener Weston Olencki, trombone (Fonema Consort). Canvas Theater, Chicago, Illinois. November 21, 2014.Â
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. Palácio da Justiça, Manaus, Brazil. September 2, 2014.
Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking Weston Olencki, trombone. Constellation, Chicago, Illinois. July 27, 2014.
Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking Weston Olencki, trombone. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. June 8, 2014.
The Crutch of Memory Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass (Fonema Consort). Berger Park Cultural Center, Chicago. June 5, 2014.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Tectonics Festival, Issue Project Room, New York, NY. May 25, 2014.
Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking Ben Marks, trombone (ELISION). CCRMA, Stanford University. May 24, 2014.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Leo Birtwhistle, voice. Rymer Auditorium, University of York, UK. May 23, 2014.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. West Virginia University. April 16, 2014.
The Crutch of Memory Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass. Coup d’Oeil Art Consortium, New Orleans. April 12, 2014.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. Boston Conservatory. March 26, 2014.
And the scream, Bacon’s scream, is the operation through which the entire body escapes through the mouth (or, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) ELISION (Carl Rosman, cond.) and memento/memorial (Peter Veale, oboe). Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia. March 18, 2014. Broadcast on ABC Classic FM.
Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking (or Second Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)Â Ben Marks, trombone. Queensland Conservatorium South Bank, Brisbane, Australia. March 5, 2014.
APOFIR-REDUXÂ Electric Spring Festival, Huddersfield, UK, February 2014.
What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile Paul Hübner, trumpet (mam.manufaktur), Schönes Wochenende Festival für Modernes Hören, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany, February 2, 2014.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Mabel Kwan, piano. MATA, Interval 7.1, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY. December 20, 2013.
A painter of figures in rooms ekmeles. Benzaquen Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, NY. November 15, 2013.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. Constellation, Chicago. September 22, 2013.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Resonant Bodies Festival, Brooklyn, NY. September 7, 2013.
What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)Â Peter Yarde Martin, trumpet. London Contemporary Music Festival, UK. August 2, 2013.
songs only as sad as their listener David Roode, trombone. London Contemporary Music Festival, UK. August 2, 2013.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. SALT Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada. June 1, 2013.
A painter of figures in rooms EXAUDI. Only Connect Theatre, London, UK. May 4, 2013.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Framingham State University, Massachusetts. April 29, 2013.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. OpenSound, Boston. April 27, 2013.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Carl Rosman, voice. University of Huddersfield. April 15, 2013.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Southern Illinois University. April 5, 2013.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. University of Huddersfield. March 11, 2013.
songs only as sad as their listener szene instrumental. Ljubljana Radio-Station, Slovenia. February 6, 2013.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Roulette, Brooklyn, New York. January 24, 2013.
songs only as sad as their listener  szene instrumental. Kunstuniversität Graz, Austria. November 29, 2012.
songs only as sad as their listener  William Lang, trombone. I-beam, Brooklyn, New York. October 20, 2012.
The Crutch of Memory  Emma Lloyd, violin. Nexus Art Café, Manchester, UK. July 23, 2012.
A painter of figures in rooms EXAUDI. South Bank Centre, London. July 14-15, 2012. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, August 2012
Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking (or Second Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)  Kevin Fairbairn, trombone. Wooster Center, Bowling Green State University. April 14, 2012.
l.d._ p.c. (t.c.h.)   Ermis Theodorakis, piano. University of Huddersfield, March 1, 2012.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice. Greenwich House, New York, USA. November 10, 2011.
Being itself a catastrophe, the diagram must not create a catastrophe (or, Third Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)Â ELISION (Richard Haynes, Peter Veale). Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, Germany. October 23, 2011.
Second String Quartet  JACK Quartet. SONiC Festival, Miller Theatre, New York, USA. October 16, 2011.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Natacha Diels, voice. The Wulf, Los Angeles, USA. May 1, 2011.
“the green is either” Talea Ensemble (Scott Voyles, cond.). Merkin Concert Hall, New York, USA. March 24, 2011.
Creative Development Residency with ELISION, not yet it’s difficult (David Pledger, artistic director), and Wuturi at Hellerau Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden, March 9-15 2011.
Second String Quartet  JACK Quartet. University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. February 24, 2011.
Second String Quartet  JACK Quartet. Oberlin Conservatory, February 22, 2011.
Second String Quartet  JACK Quartet. Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, February 20, 2011.
String Quartet and Second String Quartet  JACK Quartet.  Monday Evening Concerts, Zipper Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA. February 14, 2011.
Second String Quartet  JACK Quartet. Ultraschall Festival, Radialsystem V, Berlin, January 24, 2011.
l.d._ p.c. (t.c.h.)   Benjamin Binder, piano. Boston University, October 26, 2010.
Second String Quartet  JACK Quartet.  Donaueschinger Musiktage, October, 2010.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Jeffrey Gavett, voice, New York, USA. September 24, 2010.
String Quartet  JACK Quartet, Darmstadt Summer Courses, Germany. July 23, 2010.
What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) Tristram Williams, trumpet, Center for Advanced Musical Studies Trumpet Seminar, Chosen Vale, New Hamshire, USA. June 15, 2010.
What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) Paul Hübner, trumpet (oh-ton ensemble), Sendesaal Bremen, Bremen, Germany. June 15, 2010.
memento / memorial  Peter Veale, oboe (ELISION), Kings Place, London. June 7, 2010.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, saxophone. The Tank, NY, New York. May 20, 2010.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone. Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. April 24, 2010.
And the scream, Bacon’s scream, is the operation through which the entire body escapes through the mouth (or, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)  ELISION, Kings Place, London, UK. March 15, 2010.
memento / memorial Peter Veale, oboe, Ensemble SurPlus Hommage à James Avery, E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany. February 28, 2010.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips MusikFabrik soloists (Carl Rosman, voice), Alter Wartesaal, Köln, Germany. February 18, 2010.
String Quartet JACK Quartet, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA. January 23, 2010.
What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)  [ukp] ELISION, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK. November 26, 2009.
Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking (or Second Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion[wp] ELISION, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK. November 26, 2009.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips ELISION (Carl Rosman, voice), Kings Place, London, UK, November 2, 2009.
String Quartet JACK Quartet, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. October 16, 2009.
String Quartet JACK Quartet, Center for 21st Century Music, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY. October 13, 2009.
String Quartet  JACK Quartet. Le Poisson Rouge, September 14, 2009.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. July 15, 2009.
asphyxia Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone. XV World Saxophone Congress, Madihol University, Bangkok, Thailand. July 9, 2009.
What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or, First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) Paul Hübner, trumpet.  Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Leipzig, Germany. June 15, 2009. [European premiere]
Being itself a catastrophe, the diagram must not create a catastrophe (or, Third Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) and The Crutch of Memory ELISION (Richard Haynes, clarinet / Peter Veale, oboe; Graeme Jennings, violin). Kings Place, London, April 28, 2009.
asphyxia dal niente (Ryan Muncy, soprano saxophone). The Spot, Chicago, Illinois. April 18, 2009.
String Quartet  JACK Quartet. University of Huddersfield, March 26, 2009.
“the green is or” Christopher Redgate, oboe. University of Huddersfield, February 19, 2009.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips Philipp Blume, voice. University of Illinois, Urbana, USA, January 30, 2009.
“the green is or” Christopher Redgate, oboe. Durham University, January 29, 2009.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist  Ian Pace, University of Huddersfield, November 18, 2008.
String Quartet JACK Quartet, Festival Internacional Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, September 28, 2008.
PORTRAIT CONCERT  ELISION. ABC Ferry Road, Brisbane, Australia, July 27, 2008. Broadcast by ABC Classic FM, 28 February, 2009.
Metallic Dust (1999)
The Crutch of Memory (2004)
asphyxia (2000)
songs only as sad as their listener (2006) [wp]
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips (2006)
a/grammatical study for three (quasi-)independent instruments (2002) [wp, alternate version]
What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or, First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)(2008) [wp]
asphyxia (Richard Haynes, soprano saxophone) ELISION ensemble, Government House, Sydney, Australia, July 13, 2008.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist  Roger Admiral, Edmonton, Alberta, April 7, 2008.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist  Roger Admiral. Camrose, Alberta, Canada. February 2008.
asphyxia  William Street, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, February 29, 2008.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Roger Admiral, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 27, 2007.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Roger Admiral, UW-Milwaukee, October 25, 2007.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips (Carl Rosman, voice) ELISION ensemble, Warsaw Autumn Festival. Warsaw, Poland. September 22, 2007.
asphyxia (Richard Haynes, soprano saxophone) ELISION ensemble, Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne, Australia, May 26, 2007. Broadcast live on ABC Classic FM.
I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips (Carl Rosman, voice) ELISION ensemble, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia, May 24, 2007.
asphyxia  175 East (Richard Haynes, soprano saxophone). Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland, New Zealand. May 6, 2007.
asphyxia 175 East (Richard Haynes, soprano saxophone). St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand, May 4, 2007.
String Quartet JACK Quartet. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. May 4, 2007.
String Quartet JACK Quartet, Northwestern University, May 2, 2007.
String Quartet JACK Quartet, the tank, NYC, April 20, 2007.
The Crutch of Memory Mieko Kanno, violin. O Ciclo de Conferências e Concertos Momentum, Auditório do Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. March 22, 2007.
The Crutch of Memory Mieko Kanno, violin. Durham University, UK, March 1, 2007.
The Crutch of Memory Mieko Kanno, violin. York University, UK, February 27, 2007.
The Crutch of Memory Mieko Kanno, violin. Samtida Musik Series, Konstakademiens Hörsal, Stockholm, Sweden. January 21, 2006.
The Crutch of Memory Mieko Kanno, violin. Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK. November 18, 2005. Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (Hear & Now), January 28, 2006.
String Quartet  Quatuor Diotima. June in Buffalo 2005.
“the green is or” Christopher Redgate, oboe. The Warehouse, London. May 14, 2005.
Metallic Dust Ratko Vojtek, bass clarinet.  ISCM World Music Days 2005/23rd Music Biennale Zagreb 2005. Matica Hrvatska, Zagreb, Croatia. April 18, 2005.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Nora Mulder, piano.Gaudeamus International Music Week 2004, Amsterdam, September 8, 2004.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Ian Pace, piano. Bienal Internacional de Musica Y Tecnologia, Anfiteatro Simón Bolivar, Mexico City, Mexico. August 21, 2004.
“the green is either” Ensemble SurPlus. Bludenzer tage zeitgemäßser musik, Bludenz, Austria, November 2003.
a/grammatical study for three (quasi-)independent players, from “the green is either” Ensemble SurPlus. Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, August 2003. As part of the Schloss Solitude Sommerakadmie. World Premiere.
“the green is or”, from “the green is either” Jaime González, solo oboe (ensemble recherche). Bludenzer tage zeitgemäßser musik, Bludenz, Austria, November 2002.
Metallic Dust Carl Rosman, bass clarinet. Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, October 17, 2002.
Metallic Dust Carl Rosman, bass clarinet. St. Cyprian’s Church, London (presented by the British Music Information Center), October 2002.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist, Ian Pace, piano. St. Cyprian’s Church, London (presented by the British Music Information Center), October 2002.
The Misprision of Transparency Garth Knox, viola d’amore. International Gaudeamus Music Week 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2002. European premiere of completed version.
ten monophonic miniatures for solo pianist Ian Pace. June in Buffalo 2002.
String Quartet Kairos Quartett. Kesselhaus of the Kulturbrauerei Berlin, Germany, May 13, 2002.