Music Publications

Published music compositions are listed in reverse chronological order (publication date).

Research articles are listed in a separate "Research" tab.

Stellar Nebulae

String orchestra.

I. Emergence

II. Contemplation

III. Expansion

Published on audio CD Prisma, Vol. 4. Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Michalis Economou, conductor. Navona Records (PARMA Recordings) NV6298, 2020.

Score published (open access & free for viewing) by the UCLA Music Library (Contemporary Music Score Collection), 2020.

REVIEW:

Stellar Nebulae ... is an example of how the composer tends to seek formal abstraction. Belet’s melodies are like paths of hope that pour us into the deep valleys of our thoughts.

-- Josep Bosch, Sonograma Magazine. September 29, 2020

Drei Kinderstücke

Piano.

I. Forest Path

II. Winter Stream Crossing

III. Unexpected Clearing

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

Drei Kinderstücke

Chroma CD cover, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano.

Published on CD Chroma: New Music for Piano, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano.

Capstone Records, CPS-8810, 2008.

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim: Three Piano Preludes

Three piano preludes:
I. Zephyr
II. Beyond the Curtain
III. Earth Dance
-- Published on audio CD Contemporary Eclectic Music for the Piano, Vol. 15, Jeffrey Jacob, piano.
New Ariel Recordings, 2019.

Sufficient Trouble

Audio CD containing ten B. Belet computer-music compositions. Ravello Records (PARMA Recordings)

RR7969, 2017.

Composition track list:

Lyra (2002)

Violin & Kyma

Patricia Strange, violin

Still Harmless [BASS]ically (2000)

Electric Bass & Kyma

Brian Belet, electric bass

Name Droppings (2008)

Voices & Kyma

difference (no doubt it queues) (1997)

Computer-processed Voice

an abstract (difference (queues)) (1997)

Computer-processed Voice

(Disturbed) Radiance (2003)

Piano & Kyma

Janis Mercer, piano

System of Shadows (2007)

Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Kyma

Stephen Ruppenthal, C trumpet & Bb flugelhorn

I. Aurora Borealis

II. Andromeda’s Dream

III. Zephyr Apparition

Sea Lion Mix (2009)

Sea Lions, Voices, & Kyma

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne (2011)

Piano & Kyma

Keith Kirchoff, piano

Remembering Allen (2008)

Voice & Kyma

Brian Belet, voice

System of Shadows

Trumpet & flugelhorn, and Kyma processing.

I. Aurora Borealis

II. Andromeda's Dream

III. Zephyr Apparition

-- Published on CD Flamethrower, Stephen Ruppenthal, trumpet & flugelhorn. Ravello Records, (PARMA Recordings) RR7954, 2017.

-- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above).

CD cover: Flamethrower, Stephen Ruppenthal, trumpet.

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

Piano and electronics (Kyma-processed piano sounds).

Published on CD Insomnia, Kai Schumacher, pianist.

SWR Music/Hänssler Classic 093.334.000, 2015.

Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above).

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

Commissioned by Jeri-Mae Astolfi.

Published on her CD Here (and there) - Innova 846, 2013.

Name Droppings

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 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008), 2008.

-- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above).

Earlier Publications

Lyra

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

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else

Violin and Kyma

-- Published on CD Ghost Strings, Patricia Strange, violin. IMG Media, CD-02-01, 2006.

-- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017

(see above).

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else

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

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else

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

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

Computer-processed voice (Chris Mann)
-- Published on The Frog Peak Collaborations Project, a double audio CD international compilation of 115 short compositions based on an audio reading by Australian sound poet Chris Mann,

Frog Peak Music, FP007, 1998.

-- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble,

2017 (see above).

[MUTE]ation

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

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

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.

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

Trombone Quartet, 1992.

Score published by the International Trombone Association Press (distributed by Warwick Music), 1997.

Four Proportional Preludes

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

CD cover: Society of Composers, Inc. compilation.

Piano.

-- 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.