Music Composition List

Three by Five

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

 - Published on Brass Tacks. Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Brass Quintet. Navona Records (PARMA Recordings: NV 6428), 2022. 

 - Score selected for publication in SCI Journal of Scores (forthcoming).

• Brass Act Quintet, Hammer Theater, San Jose, CA, April 10, 2018. (world premiere)

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

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.

Two voices and Kyma

   Performances by S. Ruppenthal & B. Belet:

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

Alto flute

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

   Performances by M. C. Cavalcanti:

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

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.
• SEAMUS 2021 (virtual), April 2021.

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

• SJSU, 2008.
• ICMC 2010, New York City and Stony Brook, NY.
• Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, 2010.
• Taipei Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010.
• Contemporanea 2010 – Festival di Nuova Musica, Udine, Italy, 2010.
• EMM 2010, Romeoville, IL.
• Bits and Pieces of Electro-Acoustic Music from Everywhere concert, DeKalb, IL, 2010.
• Music Farmers performance space, Wollongong, Australia, 2010.
• The Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010.
• Three Walls performance space, Chicago, IL, 2010.
• Interferencias Encuentro Internacional de Arte Performatico, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2010.
• Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2011.

Computer processed voices
Commissioned by the University of Illinois to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Electronic Music Studios at UIUC.  Marianne Bickett, Gordon Haramaki, Janis Mercer, Erie Mills, Stephen Ruppenthal, Jeffrey Stolet, and B. Belet, voices.
 -- Published on In Celebration of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008), 2008.

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

• Delta State Juke Joint Festival, Cleveland, MS (premiere), 2008.
• SJSU, 2008.
• Santa Fe International Electroacoustic Music Festival (in conjunction with SCI 2009 National Conference), Santa Fe, NM, 2009.
• Stone Griffin Gallery, Campbell, CA, 2009.
• EMM 2009, Kansas City, KS.
• Channel Noise III: Electronic Music festival, Georgia Southern University, GA, 2010.
• SEAMUS 2010, St. Cloud, MN., 2010.
• Getting Nowhere festival, York, UK, 2012.
• Kaleidoscope concert, Hammer Theatre, San Jose, CA, 2016.
• EM | 3 concert, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 2021.
• NYCEMF 2021 (virtual), June 2021.

Published Review:

We had a healthily self-reflexive laugh as a result of Brian Belet’s Name Droppings, which incorporated text snippets from bios of various academic composers. Belet’s piece focused on the ubiquitous, easily-mocked phrases: “has been recognized by,” “studied with,” “commissioned by.” This was a clever choice, because it points out the short connecting units, leaving out that which, in reality, represents the vast majority of the word count in our bios: not these verbs, but the nouns that follow them. Too often, we’re guilty of ignoring the verbs – the work that we do – in favor of nouns – the people and organizations that have publicly approved of said work.

- Luke Gullickson, “Review of 2009 SCI National Conference,” SCI Newsletter, 39/3, May-June 2009.

Piano

   I. Forest Path

  II. Winter Stream Crossing

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

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

• Almost All-Webern, Almost All-Piano, Janis Mercer, piano, Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA, 2005.
• SJSU, Janis Mercer, piano, 2005 & 2009.
• Mostly Webern concerts, Janis Mercer, piano, Spokane, WA, 2005.
• Henderson State University, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano, Henderson, AR, 2007.
• Vántus István Kortárszenei Napok festival, Maczelka Noémi, piano, Szeged, Hungary, 2007.
• SCI 2008 National Conference, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano, Atlanta, GA.
• J. Astolfi concert tour, 2008.
• SCI 2008 Region VIII Conference, Janis Mercer, piano, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA.
• J. Astolfi concert tour, 2009.
• Composer’s Voice concert, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano, New York, NY, 2009.
• San Francisco Center for New Music, Janis Mercer, piano, San Francisco, CA, 2020.

Published Review:

[RE: Janis Mercer 2020 CD]

   The three movements of Brian Belet’s Klavierstücke each have a title from Nature, reflecting Webern’s love of the great outdoors. Belet’s writing is wonderfully rarefied, and Mercer is superb in finding just the right tone.

 - Colin Clarke, Fanfare, November/December 2020

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

   Performances by Janis Mercer (unless otherwise indicated):

• SJSU (premiere, 2003; 2010).
• Variations on Political and Other Themes, San Francisco Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA, 2003.
• New Music Circle, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2003.
• SCI Region VII conference, CSU – Northridge, CA, 2004.
• Sound One (Open New Ears) Festival, UIUC, 2004.
• EMM 2005, Hyunjoo Jung, piano, Kansas City, KS; University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2005.
• SEAMUS 2006, Keith Kirchoff, piano, Eugene, OR.
• Mountain Computer Music Festival, Christopher Hahn, piano, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2007.
• Convergence 2022, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, 2022. 

Violin and Kyma

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

   Performances by Patricia Strange (unless otherwise indicated):

• SJSU, 2002 & 2006.
• Kyma Concert, Justin Jones, violin, The City Gallery, Leicester, UK, 2002.
• 2002 Festival of New American Music, CSU-Sacramento, CA.
• Music for Violin and Electronics, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, 2002.
• SCI Region V conference, Zack Kline, violin, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, 2003.
• SEAMUS 2003, Tempe, AZ.
• ICMC 2003, Chan Yoong Han, violin, Singapore.
• FEMF 2003.
• EMM 2003, Kansas City, KS.
• Vanessa Chipps, violin, Australia, 2004.
• John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium (in conjunction with SCI Region VII national conference), Carmelo de los Santos, violin, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2006.
• SoundProof tours (2011 & 2012).

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

•  SJSU Percussion Ensemble, SJSU concerts, 2001 & 2012.
• OSU Percussion Ensemble, Oklahoma State University,  Stillwater, OK, 2010.

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

   Performances by B. Belet:

• FEMF 2001.
• EMM 2002, Romeoville, IL.
• Now Music Festival, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA, 2003.
• SJSU, 2005 & 2010.
• Mountain Computer Music Festival. University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2007.
• Bay Area Computer Music Technology meeting, UC Berkeley, CA, 2007.
• Re-Imagine Media Conference, Modesto, CA, 2008.
• SoundProof ensemble 2011 tour.
• Electroacoustic Barn Dance festival, University of Mary Washington, Virginia, 2011.

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, Ravello Records, 2017.

• SJSU, 1996 & 2005.
• 2nd Annual Santa Fe International Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music, The College of Santa Fe, NM, 1998.
• Pulse Field International Exhibition of Sound Art, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA, 2003.
• 3èmes Rencontres Musiques Nouvelles, Lunel, France, 2004.
• ...plus radio broadcasts in the US, Argentina, and Finland.

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

• Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1994.
• FEMF 1994.
• 2nd Bates Festival of New American Music, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 1994.
• Technology and the Composer conference, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg & Univ. of Maryland, MD, 1994.
• Music From Hear and Thear, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 1995.
• SJSU, 1995 & 2005.
• SCI Region V conference, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 1995.
• Musica Electroacoustica… CREAM. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1996.
• International New Music Festival, Dresden, Germany, 1996.
• ICMC 1996, Hong Kong.
• 2nd Annual Santa Fe International Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music, The College of Santa Fe, NM, 1998.
• SCI Region VIII conference, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 1998.
• 1999 New Music Festival, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL.
• FEMF 1999.
• Future Music Oregon, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2000.
• Pulse Field International Exhibition of Sound Art, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2003.
• Electric Rainbow Coalition, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2003.
• Beijing, China, 2005.

Trombone Quartet, 1992

   I. Molten Convection

  II. Temporal Proportions

 III. Distant Memory

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

• New England Conservatory Honors Trombone Quartet, Boston, MA, 1992 (world premiere).
• New England Conservatory Honors Trombone Quartet, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1993.
• CMS 1993, University of Minnesota Graduate Trombone Quartet, Minneapolis, MN.
• 2006 LaCrosse New Music Festival,  The LaCrosse Trombone Quartet, University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse, WI. 
• SJSU Trombone Quartet, SJSU, 2008 & 2015.

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).

• Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1991. (world premiere, Catherine Fuller, piano)
• Catherine Fuller, piano, French Library, Boston, MA, 1991.
• Janeen Larsen, piano, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD, 1991.
• Janeen Larsen, piano, Rapid City, SD, 1991.
• Fifth New Hampshire Music Festival Composers Conference, Sarah McNeeley-Kyder, piano, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, 1992.
• Kobe International Modern Music Festival ’93, Kobe, Japan, 1993.
• Christina Eide, piano, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1994.
• SCI Region VII conference, Christina Eide, piano, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1994.
• SCI Region III conference, Michael Sheadel, piano, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1994.
• GMTA 1996 Piano Festival, Janeen Larsen, piano, Gillette, WY, 1996.
• SCI Region VIII conference, Janis Mercer, piano, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, 1999.
• Janis Mercer, piano, Holy Names College, Oakland, CA, 2000.
• Janis Mercer, piano, SJSU, 2001, 2003, 2007.
• Three Centuries of Piano Music, Janis Mercer, piano, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA, 2003.