Music Composition List

List of Major Music Compositions

- All compositions licensed through Broadcast Music, Inc. [BMI]
- Compositions listed in reverse chronological order, with more significant performances cited in chronological order.

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Conference/Festival abbreviations used:

CMS = College Music Society, National Conference

EMM = Electronic Music Midwest Festival

FEMF = Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival

ICMC = International Computer Music Conference

KISS = Kyma International Sound Symposium

NYCEMF = New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival

SCI = Society of Composers, Inc. Conference (national or regional)

SEAMUS = Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, National Conference

SJSU = San Jose State University

WAC = Web Audio (International) Conference

Stellar Nebulae

Stellar Nebulae, 2018

String Orchestra
    I. Emergence
   II. Contemplation
  III. Expansion

World premiere: November 1, 2019
Bainbridge Performing Arts Center, Bainbridge Island, WA.
Accepted for publication by PARMA Recordings for a 2020 CD release of orchestral music (Prisma, Vol. 4, Navona imprint label) recorded by the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Greece.

Bridges performing Stellar Nebulae, Bainbridge Island, WA, Nov. 1, 2019. (Photo by S. Ruppenthal)

A Strange Diversion

A Strange Diversion, 2017 (co-composed with Stephen Ruppenthal)

Buchla analog synthesizer and Kyma digital sound system.

Premiere: Don Buchla Memorial Concert, Gray Area / Grand Theater, San Francisco, CA, April 23, 2017.
VU 2 festival, Park City, Utah, July 18, 2017.
EM | 3 concert, Muncie, IN, February 6, 2018.
SEAMUS 2018, Eugene, OR, March 29, 2018.
KISS 2018, Santa Cruz, CA, September 9, 2018.
--> Live performance YouTube video, KISS 2018.
EMS60 Festival, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, November 17, 2018.

B. Belet & Stephen Ruppenthal performing A Strange Diversion at KISS 2018, September 8, 2018.

Three by Five (brass quintet), 2016

Three by Five

     I. Two Short Fugues
   II. More Questions (Still Unanswered)
  III. Fugal Reflections

Hammer Theater, San Jose, CA, April 10, 2018. (world premiere)

<-- Brass Act Quintet performing the premiere. (Photo by Belinda Carr)

Ion Trails (Cloud Chamber Storms), 2012

Percussion (large battery, one performer) and Kyma

EMM 2012, Andrew Spencer,
percussion, Romeoville, IL, October 2012.
SJSU, Guest Artist concert, Andrew Spencer, percussion,
November 2015.
NYCEMF 2016, Daniel Pate, percussion, New York, NY,
June 2016.

Tessellation Rag (co-composed with Stephen Ruppenthal), 2012 (rev. 2017)

Two voices and Kyma

SoundProof repertoire (Fall 2012 concert tour).
KISS 2012, St. Cloud State University, September 2012.
NYCEMF 2017, June 2017.

Distant Dream of Chapada Diamantina 2012

Alto flute

Composed for Maria Carolina Cavalcanti (15 Minutes of Fame concert set)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2012.
Composers Voice concert, New York, NY, February 10, 2013.
--> Concert Video: Time 5:44

Summer Phantoms

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne, 2011

Piano and electronics (Kyma processed piano sounds - fixed)
Commissioned by Jeri-Mae Astolfi.

   -- Published on her CD Here (and there) - Innova 846, 2013.
  -- Published on Kai Schumacher's CD Insomnia - SWR Music/Hänssler Classic (093.334.000), 2015.
  -- Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, Keith Kirchoff, piano. Ravello Records, 2017.

SCI 2013 National Conference, Columbus, OH, February 2013.
Keith Kirchoff concert tours (UK and US), February & April 2013.
SEAMUS 2013, St. Paul, MN (Keith Kirchoff, piano), April 2013.
NYCEMF New York, NY (Andrea Lodge, piano), April 2013.
--> Live performance YouTube video, NYCEMF 2013.
EMM 2013, Kansas City (Kari Johnson, piano), KS, October 2013.
Jeri-Mae Astolfi Midwest concert tours, January-February 2013 & April 2014.
ICMC 2014, Athens, Greece, September 2014.
Zeiss Planetarium, Bochum, Germany (Kai Schumacher, piano), February 20, 25, & 28, and March 3, & 6, 2016.
"The Electroacoustic Piano" concert (Keith Kirchoff, piano), San Jose State University, CA, February 14, 2017.

Published reviews of Summer Phantoms: Nocturne:

'Brian Belet’s Summer Phantoms: Nocturne is a refreshing change of pace on the album. A blend of heavily-processed and synthetic sounds create a dynamic, surprising environment that sounds fresh. The varieties of texture and timbre, and the structural design are highly successful and sonically arresting. The work fully orchestrates the space, the spectrum, and the piano, and Astolfi aggressively makes the work her own.'
- Tom Dempster, ‘Recording Reviews’ SEAMUS Newsletter, May/June 2013

'Summer Phantoms: Nocturne completely lives up to its name. The piece opens with deep, scary sounds, like the throwing of a knife in the dark or a large blade cutting through the air. Piano notes, often dissonant, add to the tenseness. The electronics here are particularly effective and atmospheric. The effects are genuinely chilling and not artificial or overly analytical. The piano weaves its line skillfully in and out between the electronics and the balance between the two sustains the tension.'
- Paul Muller, November 2013, Sequenza 21

Insomnia CD cover. Kai Schumacher, piano.

Insomnia, Kai Schumacher, 2015.

Sea lions basking at Santa Cruz Wharf, 2009.

Sea Lion Mix, 2009

Computer processed sea lion & human sounds
Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, Ravello Records, 2017.

EMM 2010, Romeoville, IL .
New Horizons Music Festival, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, October 2014.
Earth Day Art Model telematic festival, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, April 2020.

Remembering Allen, 2008

Computer processed voice
Composed for the Vox Novus '60x60' project, included on the 'Crimson Mix' (360 degrees of 60x60).
Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, B. Belet, voice. Ravello Records, 2017.

2010 International Computer Music Conference [ICMC 2010], New York NY & Stony Brook, NY.
EMM 2010, Romeoville, IL.
Interferencias Encuentro Internacional de Arte Performatico, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2010.
Additional performances in Massachusetts, Illinois (Chicago & DeKalb), Ohio (Cincinnati), Australia, Canada, and Taiwan.

Name Droppings, 2008

Computer processed voices
Commissioned by the University of Illinois to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Electronic Music Studios at UIUC.
-- Published on UIUC CD: In Celebration of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008), 2008.

-- Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, Ravello Records, 2017.

Delta State Juke Joint Festival, Mississippi, 2008.
SCI 2009 (in conjunction with the 2009 Santa Fe International Festival of Electroacoustic Music)
EMM 2009, Kansas City, KS.
SEAMUS 2010, St. Cloud, MN.
Getting Nowhere Festival, York, UK, November 2012
Kaleidoscope concert, Hammer Theatre, San Jose, CA, October 2016

System of Shadows

System of Shadows, 2007

Trumpet & Flugelhorn and Kyma processing.

I. Aurora Borealis

II. Andromeda's Dream

III. Zephyr Apparition

-- Published on Flamethrower CD, Stephen Ruppenthal, trumpet & flugelhorn. Ravelo Records (RR7954), 2017.
-- Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, S. Ruppenthal, trumpet & flugelhorn. Ravello Records, 2017.

“Wired 4 Sound” concert, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2008.
EMM 2008, Romeoville, Illinois.
SEAMUS 2009, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
KISS 2010, Vienna, Austria.
ICMC 2010, Stony Brook, New York.
SoundProof concert tours, 2011 & 2012
SCI (Region VIII Conferencer), Tacoma, WA, 2014

Stephen Ruppenthal recording System of Shadows.

Earlier Compositions

Drei Kinderstücke, 2004

Piano

I. Forest Path

II. Winter Stream Crossing

III. Unexpected Clearing
- Published on CD Chroma: New Music for Piano, Jeri-Mae Astolfi. Capstone Records (CPS-8810), 2008.

- Published on CD Anton Webern: Complete Piano Music and works inspired by them, Janis Mercer, piano. Centaur Records (CRC 3771), 2020.

“Mostly Webern” concerts, Spokane, WA, 2005.
Vántus István Kortárszenei Napok music festival, Szeged, Hungary, November 2007.
CMS 2008, Atlanta, GA.
SCI 2008 - Region VIII Conference, Turlock, CA.

(Disturbed) Radiance, 2003

Piano and Kyma
Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, Janis Mercer, piano. Ravello Records, 2017.

EMM 2005, Kansas City, KS.
SEAMUS 2006, Eugene, OR.
“Mountain Computer Music Festival,” University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2007.

Lyra, 2002

Violin and Kyma

-- Published on CD Ghost Strings, Patricia Strange, violin. IMG Media, CD-02-01, 2006.
-- Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, P. Strange, violin. Ravello Records, 2017.

ICMC 2003, Singapore, September 2003.
EMM 2003, Kansas City, KS.
FEMF 2003, Gainesville, FL.
SEAMUS 2003, Tempe, AZ.
SoundProof concert tours, 2011 & 2012.

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else, 2000

Percussion ensemble (9 performers)
-- Score published by Warner Brothers Publications / Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., 2002.

SJSU concerts, 2001 & 2012.
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2010.

Still Harmless [BASS]ically, 2000

Electric bass and Kyma
-- Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, B. Belet, elec. bass. Ravello Records, 2017.

FEMF 2001, Gainesville, FL.
EMM 2002, Romeoville, IL.
“Mountain Computer Music Festival,” Missoula, MT, 2007.
Electroacoustic Barn Dance festival, University of Mary Washington, Virginia, 2011.
SoundProof concert tours, 2011 & 2012

difference (no doubt it queues) -and- an abstract (difference (queues)), 1997

Computer-processed voice
-- Published on The Frog Peak Collaborations Project, a double audio CD international compilation of 115 short compositions on a sound text by Australian sound poet Chris Mann, Frog Peak Music, FP007 (1998).

-- Published on Sufficient Trouble CD, Ravello Records, 2017.

Radio and live concerts in the US, Argentina, and Finland.

[MUTE]ation, 1994

Computer-processed trombone mute sounds
-- Published on CD Music from the Center for Research in Electro-Acoustic Music, Consortium to Distribute Computer Music CD series, Volume 26, Centaur Records, CRC 2404 (1998).

ICMC 1996, Hong Kong, August 1996.
FEMF 1999., Gainesville, FL.
Beijing, China, 2005.

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections, 1992

Trombone Quartet, 1992

I. Molten Convection

II. Temporal Proportions

III. Distant Memory

-- Score published by International Trombone Association Press (1997).

Boston & Worcester, MA, 1993.
CMS 1993, Minneapolis, MN.
“2006 LaCrosse New Music Festival,” University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse, WI.
SJSU, 2008 & 2015.

Four Proportional Preludes, 1991

Piano, 1991

I. Reflection

II. Metallica

III. Modulated Cosine

IV. Resonance

-- Published on SCI CD No. 11: Chamber Works, Janis Mercer, piano. Capstone Records, CPS-8651 (1998). Score published in SCI Journal of Music Scores, Vol. 24, European American Music/C.F. Peters, (1998).

Numerous performances in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Japan.