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Updated 9 July 2024

ACTIONS [SHARESPACE V] (2018-2020)
Solo Piano, Real-time algorithmic transformation
First performance: 30 October 2023
Eric Huebner, pianist
Jacob Sundstrom, computer musician
Library of Congress, DC
Commissioned by Eric Huebner
ELECTROACOUSTIC and SERIES OF WORKS

For inquiries regarding ACTIONS, contact the composer directly: info@rogerreynolds.com.

TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS


Aether (1983) 22'
Violin, Piano
First performance: 29 October 1983
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
János Négyesy, Violin, Cecil Lytle, Piano
Commissioned by The McKim Fund in The Library of Congress
SOLO

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Again (originally titled Template series one) [rev. 1971-74] (1970) 30'
2 Sopranos, 2 Fl, 2 Tbn, 2 Perc, 2 Db,
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, amplification, optional lighting
First performance: 20 July 1970
American Festival, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, St-Paul-de-Vence
Evenings for New Music Ensemble, Lukas Foss, Conductor
ELECTROACOUSTIC

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Ambages (1965) 9.5'
Solo Flute
First performance: October 1965
Karen Reynolds, Flute
Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Gift to Karen
SOLO

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The Angel of Death (1998-2001) 34'
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra,
6-channel computer processed sound
Solo Piano, Fl (Picc), Picc (Fl), Cl, B-cl, Hn, 2 Trp, Tbn, 3 Perc, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 7 June 2001
2001 Agora Festival, Paris
Ensemble Court-circuit, Jean-Marie Cottet, Piano
Pierre-André Valade, Conductor
Commissioned by Ircam for the 2001 Agora Festival, Paris
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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AngelSpace (2010) 25’
Real-time interactive computer music
C.F. Peters’s TECHNICAL SCORE, Reynolds with Jacob Sudol, is the score.
First performance: 4 June 2010
Jacob Sudol, Computer Musician
ICMC 2010 New York and Long Island, USA
New York University at Stony Brook
New York
ELECTROACOUSTIC

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Archipelago (1982-83) 32.5'
Chamber Orchestra (32 players),
4- or 8-channel computer processed sound
2 Fl (2 Picc), 2 Ob (2 Ca), 2 Cl (Cl Eb, B-cl), 2 Bsn (2 Cbsn),
2 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 1 Tba, 3 Perc, Pf, Ampf Hpd, Hp, Str (3, 0, 2, 2, 2)
First Performance: 15 February 1983
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Péter Eötvös, Conductor
Commissioned by Mme Pierre Schlumberger for Ircam
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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Islands of Archipelago:

Summer Island (Islands from Archipelago: I) (1984) 11'30"
Solo Oboe, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
SOLO

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Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II) (1986) 13'
Solo Marimba
SOLO

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Ariadne's Thread (1994) 16'
String Quartet, Computer generated sound
(stereophonic and quadraphonic versions)
First performance: 2 December 1994
Messiaen Hall, Radio France, Paris, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by Radio France,
The Florence Gould Foundation, and Les Ateliers UPIC
STRINGS

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Aspiration (2004-2005) 30'
Solo Violin, Chamber Orchestra (14 players)
Solo Violin, Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Bsn (C-bsn), Hn, Trp, Tbn, Perc, Pf, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 5 October 2006
Norwegian Academy of Music
Ultima Festival, Oslo
Irvine Arditti, Violin, Oslo Sinfonietta,
Christian Eggen, Conductor
Written for Irvine Arditti
Commissioned by the Oslo Sinfonietta and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne of Montréal
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II) (1986) 13
Solo Marimba
First performance: 7 November 1986
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, Gordon Stout, Marimba
National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Award
SOLO

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...b.a...
3 Piccolos
First performance: 16 July 2004
Piccolos: Wolfgang Wendel, Jan Junker, and Georg Kapp Kammermusiksaal der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

For inquiries regarding ...b.a..., contact the composer directly: info@rogerreynolds.com


The Behavior of Mirrors (1985-1986) 6.5'
Solo Guitar
First performance: 9 February 1986
92nd Street Y, New York, David Starobin, Guitar
Commissioned by David Starobin
SOLO

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...between... (1968) 17'
2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Perc, Pf, Str,
Live electronic processing (ring modulator,
Sound distribution device, function generator)
First performance: 10 March 1970
Music Educators National Conference, Chicago
Hope College Symphonette, Harrison Ryker, Conductor
Commissioned by Hope College
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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Blind Men (1966) 16'
24-voice Mixed Chorus, Chamber Ensemble
3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 2 Perc, Pf
Text extracted from Journal Up the Straits by Herman Melville
First performance: 15 August 1966
Berkshire Music Festival, Lenox
Tanglewood Choir, Iva Dee Hiatt, Conductor
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation
VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)

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...brain ablaze...she howled aloud (2000-2003) 22', cf. SERIES OF WORKS as well as INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
One, two, or three Piccolos, Computer processed sound, Real-time computer spatialization
First performance with three piccolos and European premiere: 6 May 2003
Anne La Berge, Carin Levine, Jäckle Burkhard, Piccolos
Roger Reynolds, Computer spatialization and processing
Bavarian Radio/Musica Viva
Munich, Germany

First performance with two piccolos: 14 June 2000
John Fonville, Rachel Rudich, Piccolos,
Christopher Mercer, Computer spatialization and processing
June in Buffalo, New York
Commissioned by June in Buffalo
PROGRAM NOTE

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Chatter/Clatter (SANCTUARY Part I) (2007) 20'
Solo Percussion and Computer Musician
First performance: 7 June 2007
Steven Schick, Percussionist
Ian Saxton, Algorithmic computer sound
June in Buffalo Festival
University at Buffalo - SUNY
PERCUSSION

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Coconino...a shattered landscape [rev. 1993] (1985) 19'
String Quartet
First performance: 10 November 1985
Almeida Festival, London, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by the Arditti Quartet
STRINGS

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FLiGHT (2012-2016)
I Imagining, II Preparing, III Experiencing, and IV Perspective
String Quartet, A Montage of Texts Assembled by the Composer (pre-recorded and spatialized), centering on human aspirations for flight which span centuries and culture,
Multiple projection surfaces, Real-time Algorithmic sound processing, Multichannel sound distribution
With recorded or live voices
JACK Quartet
Ross Karre, Visual design, Paul Hembree, Audio design
Recorded speakers: Eva Barnes, Lowell Gaspar, Carla Harting, Jack Mikesell
Robert Castro, Staging
First performance (complete): 30-31 October 2016
Park Avenue Armory, New York
FLiGHT is commissioned by the JACK Quartet with the National Gallery of Art.
Partners include the James Madison University, The Phillips Collection, Mount Tremper Arts,
the University of California, the Dean of Arts and Humanities at UCSD, the Department of
Music at UCSD, the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, Park Avenue
Armory, the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, the San Diego
Air and Space Museum, Caltech’s NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
MULTIMEDIA

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TECHNICAL MANUAL
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/flight-sheet-music/21450764 Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS


FLiGHT (2012-2016) STRING QUARTET VERSION
STRING QUARTET, in four movements
First complete performance (string quartet version): 30 November 2016
JACK Quartet
Boston University Concert Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
STRINGS

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Focus a beam, emptied of thinking, outward... (1989) 11'
Solo Cello
First performance: 27 February 1992
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, Rohan de Saram, Cello
SOLO

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...from behind the unreasoning mask (1974-75) 17'
Trombone, Percussion (+ Assistant),
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
First performance: 29 January 1975
Fifth Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Las Vegas
Ted Grove, Trombone, Jean-Charles François, Percussion,
Roger Reynolds, Assistant
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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Gathering (1965) 10'
Woodwind Quintet
First performance: 12 July 1966
Holland Festival, Amsterdam, Danzi Quintet
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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george WASHINGTON (2012-2013) 24'
Orchestra, 3 Narrators, Video projection,
Real-time sound processing and spatialization
2 Fl (Picc), Al-fl, 2 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, B-cl, Cbs-cl, 2 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 3 Perc, Pf, Hp,
Strings in traditional 5 sections
Ross Karre, Videographer; Jaime Oliver, Computer Cues; Josef Kucera, Sound Design
Text assembled by the composer from Washington’s dairies and correspondence
First performances: 3, 4, 5 October 2013
National Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Clark Young, Thomas Keegan, Philip Larson, Narrators
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
Co-commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra through
a grant from the John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund for
New Orchestral Works, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association,
and the University of California
ORCHESTRA and MULTIMEDIA

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TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS


Graffiti (1965) 9'
3 Fl (II, III = Picc), 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Bsn,
4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 3 Tbn, Tba, Timp, Perc, Pf, 2 Hp, Str
First performance: 2 May 1965
Seattle, Washington
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Milton Katims, Conductor
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation
ORCHESTRA

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Here and There (2018)
Percussion
Text from "Texts for Nothing IX" by Samuel Beckett
First performance: 27 February 2019
Steven Schick, Percussion
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
La Jolla, California
PERCUSSION and SOLO

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ILLUSION (2005-2006) 60'
2 Actors, Baritone, High Soprano
Solo Picc, Solo Cl, Solo Vc, Chamber Ensemble,
8-channel computer processed sound, Staging
Text: assembled by the composer from Aeschylus and Euripides
First performance: 9 May 2006
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
Hila Plitmann, Soprano, Troy Cook, Baritone,
Melinda Page Hamilton, Speaker, Tim Monsion, Speaker
Josef Kucera, Richard Bugg, Sound projection,
Pei Xiang, Musical assistant
with a real-time multichannel environment in the foyers preceding and following the performance
Sarah Jackson, Piccolo, Lorin Levee, Clarinet, David Garrett, Cello
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group and
The Koussevitzky Music Foundation,
and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation MAP Fund
and the University of California, San Diego
VOICE(S) and INSTRUMENT(S) and SERIES OF WORKS

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The Image Machine (2005) 25'
Real-time interactive computer music
Roger Reynolds, Computer, Pei Xiang, Musical assistant
First performance: 6 October 2005
Roger Reynolds, computer
Ultima Festival, Oslo
ELECTROACOUSTIC

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imagE/cello & imAge/cello (both 2007) 5' and 4'30"
Solo Cello
First performance [imagE/cello]: 3 March 2007
Alexis Descharmes, Cello
30 ans 30 créations
Cité de la musique, Paris

First performance [imAge/cello]: 14 May 2007
Alexis Descharmes, Cello
Rencontres d'Ensembles de Violoncelles
Beauvais, France

First performance of the pair: 2 March 2010
Alexis Descharmes, Cello
La Maison Française, Washington, DC
A part of the CHANGES: Seasons Festival in Washington, DC
May be performed separately.
STRINGS and SERIES OF WORKS

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imagE/contrabass (2008)
Solo Contrabass
First performance:: 23 November 2008
Solo Contrabass
Mark Dresser, Contrabass
The Stone, New York City
STRINGS and SERIES OF WORKS

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imAge/contrabass (2010)
Solo Contrabass
First performance of the pair: 24 March 2010
Mark Dresser, Contrabass
New Music for Contrabass
Mark Dresser, Marc Marder, Ensemble Terra Nova
Hawai'i Contrabass Festival
Fresh Café, 831 Queen Street
Honolulu, Hawai'i
STRINGS and SERIES OF WORKS

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imagE/flute (2009)
Solo Flute
First performance: 9 May 2012
Rachel Beetz, Flute
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
La Jolla, California
SOLO and SERIES OF WORKS

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imAge/flute (2014) 6'23"
Solo Flute
First performance:: 19 November 2014
Rachel Beetz, Flute
XI FESTIVAL Internacional de MÚSICA NUEVA Monterrey 2014
Teatro del Centro de las Artes
Monterrey, México
SOLO and SERIES OF WORKS

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imagE/piano & imAge/piano (2007-2008) 2' and 4'
Solo Piano
First performance [imagE/piano]: 8 December 2007
Eric Huebner, Piano
Chelsea Art Museum, New York City
First performance [imAge/piano]: 20 May 2008
Eric Huebner, Piano
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City
May be performed separately.
PIANO and SERIES OF WORKS

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imAge/guitar & imagE/guitar (2009)
Solo Guitar
First performance: 3 March 2011
Pablo Gómez Cano, Guitar
The Phillips Collection
Washington, DC
May be performed separately.
SOLO and SERIES OF WORKS

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imagE/viola (2012) 6'30"
Solo Viola
First performance: 6 December 2012
John Pickford Richards, Viola
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
Harvard University, Cambridge
STRINGS and SERIES OF WORKS

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imAge/viola (2014)
Solo Viola
First performance and first performance of the pair (imagE/viola & imAge/viola): 5 April 2015
Mark Menzies, Solo Viola
The Beast, California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
STRINGS and SERIES OF WORKS

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imagE/violin & imAge/violin (2015)
Solo Violin
First performance: 29 September 2015
Irvine Arditti, Solo Violin
REDCAT, CalArts Downtown
Los Angeles, California
STRINGS and SERIES OF WORKS

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I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers (1970) 35-70'
(Staged) 9 Female Voices, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl,
2 Technician/Performers, live electronic processing, projections
First performance: 24 January 1971
Encounters Series, Pasadena
Commissioned by the Pasadena Museum of Art and the
California Institute of Technology
MULTIMEDIA

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Irvine @ 50! (January 2003)
Violin, Viola, Cello

Irvine @ 50! is housed at the Sacher Foundation.
For information, contact the composer at info@rogerreynolds.com

Islands of Archipelago:

Summer Island (Islands from Archipelago: I) (1984) 11'30"
Solo Oboe, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
SOLO

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Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II) (1986) 13'
Solo Marimba
SOLO

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Music for Chekhov's Ivanov (1991) 50'
8-channel computer processed sound
First performance: 3 January 1992
Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
Tadashi Suzuki Theatre Company
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation MAP Fund and Art Tower Mito
MUSIC FOR THEATER

For inquiries regarding Ivanov, contact the composer directly: info@rogerreynolds.com


The Ivanov Suite (1991) 32:20'
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
(originally in an 8-channel format)
I. Trumpet Dream, II. The Scream, III. Religious Music,
IV. The Brides, V. Piccolo Dream,
VI. Monogatari ("Stories"), VII. Primitive Music
First performance: 5 July 1992
Computer Music Conference/Festival, Delphi, Greece
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation
ELECTROACOUSTIC

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JOURNEY (2020-2023) 18"
Solo Oboe and Chamber Orchestra [
with an optional addition of English horn], Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Bsn, Horn, Trp, Tbn, Perc, Pf (concert grand), Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 4 May 2023
Jacqueline Leclair, Solo Oboe
Ekkozone and Esbjerg , Mathias Reumert, Conductor
Offbeat Music Festival
Koncertkirken
Copenhagen, Denmark
Commissioned by Jacqueline Leclair
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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JUSTICE (1999-2001) 49'25"
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Multichannel computer sound,
Real-time spatialization, Staging
Text: assembled by the composer from Aeschylus and Euripides
First performance (revised version) [premiere]: 30 November 2001
Donnah Welby, Actress, Carmen Pelton, Soprano,
Steven Schick, Percussion, Josef Kucera, Robert Pitt, Peter Otto, Spatialization and dissemination,
Henry Fonte, Director, Martha Mountain, Lighting, K Williams, Manager,
Harvey Sollberger, Musical Advisor
The Great Hall of the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, DC
Commissioned by the Julian E. Berla and Freda Hauptman Berla Fund in the Library of Congress
for the celebration of the LOC's Bicentennial in 2000
First performances (first version): 21, 22 May 1999
Lauren Flanagan, Soprano; Ellen Lauren, Actress; Steven Schick, Percussion; Josef Kucera, Sound Engineering; Peter Otto and Timothy Labor, Real-time spatialization;
Tadashi Suzuki, Partial staging, Costumes, Lighting, Direction
AT THE EDGE, an evening at the 2nd Theatre Olympics, Shizuoka, Japan
MUSIC FOR THEATER and SERIES OF WORKS

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JUSTICE: The Arias
Tiffany DuMouchelle, Soprano, Steve Solook, Percussion,
Paul Hembree, Computer Musician
First performance The Arias: 24 March 2016
Slee Hall, University at Buffalo - SUNY
MUSIC FOR THEATER and SERIES OF WORKS

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KNOWING / NOT KNOWING (2022-2024)
Narrator, recorded voices, mixed chorus, 2 percussion, trombone, actor
8-channel sound and video projections
First performance: 17 March 2024
UC San Diego Park & Market
San Diego, California
Kyle Johnson, filmmaker and video design
Jacob Sundstrom, electronics and sound design
Robert Castro, stage director
Steven Schick, conductor
Juan Carlos Acosta, choir conductor
Leslie Ann Leytham, creative producer
Performances By
Aiyun Huang, percussion
Berk Schneider, trombone
Kosuke Matsuda, percussion
Jesse Perez, actor
SACRA / PROFANA, choir
INTERMEDIA

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Only Now, and Again (1977) 11'
Fl, 2 Picc, Ob, Cl Eb, Cb-cl, A-sax, Bsn, Cbsn,
Hn, 4 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 2 B-tbn, 2 Tba, 3 Perc, Pf
First performance: 6 May 1977
National Association of Wind Ensembles
NIU Wind Ensemble, Larry Livingston, conductor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard and the
Northern Illinois University Wind Ensemble
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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On the Balance of Things (1996-98) 24'
Solo Oboe, Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Trp, Perc, Vln, Vc,
Stereophonic computer processed sound, Dance component (optional)
Text: fragments from four poems by Elizabeth Bishop
I. A Summer's Day, II. Questions of Travel,
III. Anaphora, IV. The Monument
Recorded voice: Lucinda Childs
Text: fragments from four poems by Elizabeth Bishop
First performance DANCE VERSION: 16 January 1998
Cité de la Musique, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, László Hadady, Oboe,
Lucinda Childs, Dancer/Choreographer,
Anne Manson, Conductor
Commissioned by Meet The Composer
for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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'O'o (2018) 20'
Flute and String Quartet
Robert Aitken, Flute
Iris String Quartet
Yolanda Bruno, Mark Lee, Rory McLeod, Leana Rutt
First performance: 27 May 2018
New Music Concerts event on 21C Festival
The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada
Commissioned by New Music Concerts and the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, with the financial assistance of The Koerner Foundation; The Merryweather Fund; Austin and Beverly Clarkson; Camille Watts; Véronique Lacroix and Paul Taub.
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
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OPPOrTuniTy
Solo Piano
Text: "John"
First performance: 9 September 2012
Margaret Leng Tan, Pianist/Voice
National Gallery of Art, East Building Atrium
Washington, DC
Commissioned by the John Cage Centennial Festival Washington, DC
PIANO and SOLO

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The Palace [Voicespace IV] (1978-80) 16'
(Modest staging) Bass Baritone, Quadraphonic
computer processed sound
Text: poem The Palace by Jorge Luis Borges
First performance: 28 February 1981
Contemporary Music Festival 1981, CalArts, Los Angeles
Philip Larson, Bass Baritone
Commissioned by a 1976 Bicentennial National Endowment for the Arts Award
SOLO and SERIES OF WORKS

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PASSAGE 1-13 PERFORMANCE SCORE for the following PASSAGES
INTERMEDIA and SERIES OF WORKS

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PASSAGE 1: "Responsibility, Alliances, Collaboration, Realization, Resource, Mastery, Reward, Futures, Chance, Serendipity, Loyalty" (referencing Takahashi and Xenakis, Carter, Arditti, Weisberg, and Takemitsu) (2009)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 1 December 2009
Mike Gao, Technical support
204 inFocus Seminar, Experimental Theater
Conrad Prebys Music Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California

For inquiries regarding Reynolds PASSAGE presentations, contact the composer


PASSAGE 2: "Benediction, Sharing, Legacy, Public Exposure, Seasons, The Sublime" (referencing Xenakis, Cage, Schick, Poetry, and Barnett Newman) (2010)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 20 May 2010
Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II) (Solo Marimba), Brian Archinal
Jaime Oliver, Technical Support
Calit2 Black Box Theater, Atkinson Hall
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California

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PASSAGE 3: "Going First Class, Perilous Consideration, Subconscious Craft, Anotherworldly Intersection, Unnatural Experience, The Source of Force, Memorability, Differences" (referencing Feldman, Varèse, Gerhard, Takemitsu, Xenakis, Carter, and Copland) (2010)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 3 June 2010
With Irvine Arditti and Lucas Fels
Jaime Oliver, Technical Support
June in Buffalo, 35th Anniversary
Baird Concert Hall, University at Buffalo - SUNY

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PASSAGE 4: "Alliances, Understanding the Context, Benediction, Sharing, Collaboration, Loyalty, Memorability, Mission" (referencing Takahashi and Xenakis, Cage, Takemitsu, Ashley, Mumma, Scavarda, Daugherty, and George Washington) (2010)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 3 November 2010
ONCE. MORE. Festival
Rackham Lecture Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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PASSAGE 5: "Theories and Experience, Alliances, Responsibility, What Is Needed, Intention, Loyalty, Memorability, The Sublime, Anotherworldly Intersection, Seasons" (referencing Form and Method, Takahashi and Xenakis, Takemitsu, Carter, and Barnett Newman) (2011)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 11 May 2011
Schoenberg Hall, University of California, Los Angeles

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PASSAGE 6: "Theories and Experience, The Source of Force, Collaboration, Alliances, Anotherworldly Intersection, Chance and Determinacy, The Right Amount, What Is Needed, Memorability, Context or Features?, Loyalty, Benediction" (referencing Mind Models, Takahashi and Xenakis, Takemitsu, Cage, Tiensuu, and Kandinsky) (2011)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 12 July 2011
First performance: 12 July 2011 of Toward Another World
Toward Another World, Solo Clarinet, Bill Kalinkos, Real-time algorithmic transformation, Jaime Oliver
Jaime Oliver, Technical support
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

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PASSAGE 7: "John Cage – incidents, texts, conversations, and music" (2012)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
ILLUMINATIONs 5, Intermedia Lecture Event, John Cage Centennial Festival Washington, DC
Performance date: 9 September 2012
Jenny Lin, Guest Pianist, SEASONS (excerpts), Quest (complete), and ONE (complete)
Jaime Oliver, Technical assistance
National Gallery of Art, East Building Auditorium
Washington, DC

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PASSAGE 8: "On Learning, Varèse, Cage, Ashley, Musical Experience, and Intermedia" (2012)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 6 December 2012
Paul Hembree, Technical support
imagE/viola, John Pickford Richards, Viola
Toward Another World Preliminary version, Bill Kalinkos, Clarinet, Paul Hembree, Real-time algorithmic transformation
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
Harvard University, Cambridge

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PASSAGE 9: "Alliances, Realization, Benediction, The Sublime, The Space of Silence, Sharing, The Inexplicable, Anotherworldly Intersection, What Was Needed, Context or Features, Cross-Modality, Obligation: A Meander" (2012-2013)
Intermedia Performance by Roger Reynolds
Texts: Roger Reynolds
Image preparation: Paul Hembree
Recording of texts: Paul Hembree
Tadashi Suzuki’s production of Chekhov’s Ivanov (excerpt), Music by Roger Reynolds

On screen:
[Tadashi Suzuki’s production of Chekhov’s Ivanov (NHK recorded excerpt), Music by Roger Reynolds],
[MARKed MUSIC (excerpt) performed by Mark Dresser (Contrabass) and
Paul Hembree (Real-time algorithmic sound processing)
Audio recording and editing: Michael Ricca
Editing: Ross Karre, Kyle Johnson, and Frankie Martin]

Performance date: 13 March 2013
Chatter/Clatter, Steven Schick (Percussion) and Paul Hembree (Computer Musician)
imagE/flute, Rachel Beetz, Flute
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, Conrad Prebys Music Center
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California

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Passage 10: "Musings on “Good Lives”: Relationships, Sustenance, Aspirations –
Truth, Secrets, Boundaries, Purpose, Flight" (2013-2014) 58'53'
Narrated by Roger Reynolds
"In this series, eight of UC San Diego's finest teachers and scholars share their pursuit of 'The Good Life'."
Performance date: 3 March 2014
Montaged words of Reynolds, Lucretius, John Ashbery, Milan Kundera, Richard Wilbur, Emily Dickinson, Roberto Bolaño
Text reading: Roger Reynolds
Paul Hembree, Technical support, image preparation, text recording, spatialization
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Conrad Prebys Music Center
University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California

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PASSAGE 11: "Collaboration, Cage, Takemitsu, Xenakis, the Sublime, and Obligation" (2016)
Intermedia Performance
Narrated by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 3 August 2016
Johannes Regnier and Paul Hembree, Technical support
With the Arditti String Quartet (performing three movements from not forgotten, and
Irvine Arditti performing the 3^rd cadenza from Aspiration)
Darmstadt, Germany, 70^th Anniversary Celebration

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PASSAGE 12: "ALLIANCES, SHARING, UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT, ANOTHERWORLDLY INTERSECTION, BENEDICTION, THE SPACE OF SILENCE, CONTEXT OR FEATURES?"
(concerning Xenakis, Takahashi, Takemitsu, Arditti, Cage, Czernowin. and Tiensuu) (2023)
Intermedia Performance
Narrated by Roger Reynolds
Performance date: 17 April 2023
Jacob Sundstrom, Computer Musician
April in Santa Cruz Festival
Department of Music, UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

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PASSAGE 13: (2024)
Roger Reynolds, Narrator
Jacob Sundstrom, Computer Musician
Performance date: 10 March 2024
Meyer/Pearson Theatre, 3pm
University of California Berkeley

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PERSISTENCE [SHARESPACE VI] (2019-2023)
Cello and Computer Musician
First performance: 30 March 2023
Peter Ko, cellist
Jacob Sundstrom, computer musician
IDEAS Event in the Auditorium for California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
La Jolla, California

For inquiries regarding PERSISTENCE, contact the composer directly: info@rogerreynolds.com.

TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS
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Personae (1989-1990) 26'
Solo Violin, Chamber Ensemble,
Stereophonic or Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Hn, B-tbn, Perc, Pf, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 28 March 1991
Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, New York
János Négyesy, Violin, Sonor Ensemble, Rand Steiger, Conductor
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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Piano Études, Book I, complete (2010-11)
1. Barrages
2. Alternation
3. Web
4. Mercurial
5. Persistence
6. Fixities
Solo Piano
First Performance: 11 April 2014
Eric Huebner, Stephen Gosling, Steven Beck, Pianists
(multiple performances of individual etudes)
Barge Music/Talea
New York City
Commissioned by Fromm Music Foundation
PIANO

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Piano Études, Book II: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (complete) (2016-17)
7. Migration
8. Insistence
9. Rips
10. Concatenation
11. Calligraphy
12. Fields
Solo Piano
First performance Book II (complete): 26 March 2024
Reynolds 90th Birthday Concert
Eric Huebner, Pianist
Slee Hall
University at Buffalo
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Ping (1968) 22'
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf,
35mm slide projections by Karen Reynolds,
16mm film by the composer (1968) as restored by Ross Karre (2011),
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Live electronic processing
Text: the short story Ping by Samuel Beckett
First performance: 5 June 1968
Orchestral Space '68, Tokyo
Samuel Beckett, Text
Roger Reynolds, Music and Film
Karen Reynolds, Projections
Roger Reynolds, Piano, Karen Reynolds, Flute
Hiroshi Kumagai, Percussion
Seikiji Maro , Film Actor
Kazuo Kato, Actor
Dedicated to: Robert Ashley, Junosuke Okuyama, Michael Von Biel
Originally published in SOURCE Magazine, No. 6
MULTIMEDIA

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A Portrait of Vanzetti (1962-63) 21'
Narrator, 2 Fl (2 Picc), Cl, 2 Hn, Tpt, Tbn, 2 Perc,
4-channel electroacoustic sound
Text edited by the composer from the letters of Bartolomeo Vanzetti
First performance: 16 February 1963
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
Jack O'Brien, Narrator, Donald Scavarda, Conductor
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Positings (2013) 25'
Flute/Piccolo, French horn, Violin, Cello, Piano, Real-time sound spatialization
First performance: 2 March 2013
Southwest Chamber Music
Jeff von der Schmidt, Artistic Director
Larry Kaplan, Flute/Piccolo, Andrew Pelletier, French horn,
Lorenz Gamma, Violin, Peter Jacobson, Cello,
Ming Tsu, Piano, Paul Hembree, Computer
Ambassador Auditorium, The Colburn School, Los Angeles
Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of Southwest Chamber Music
by The James Irvine Foundation and the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS


Process and Passion (2002) 22'
Violin, Cello, Computer musician
Computer processed sound, Real-time computer spatialization (optional)
First Performance: 15 November 2002
Nicolas Miribel, Violin, Alexis Descharmes, Cello,
Frédéric Voisin, Technical support
Festival Why Note?
Dijon, France
Commissioned by Festival Why Note?
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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The Promises of Darkness (1975) 22'
Fl, Cl, Bsn, Tpt, Hn, Tbn, Perc, Pf, Vln, Vc, Db
First performance: 8 January 1976
Lincoln Center, New York City
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Conductor
Commissioned by Arthur Weisberg
INSTRUMENTAL

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Quick Are the Mouths of Earth (1964-65) 19'
3 Fl (3 Picc), Ob, Tpt, Tbn, B-tbn, 2 Perc, Pf, 3 Vc
First performance: 24 November 1965
Lincoln Center, New York City
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Conductor
INSTRUMENTAL

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The Red Act Arias (1997) 47'
Orchestra, Chorus, Narrator, 8-channel computer processed and spatialized
vocal, instrumental, and environmental sound
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 3 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, Cl Eb (Cl), B-cl, 3 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Cel, Hp, Str
Text edited by the composer from Richmond Lattimore's translation of Agamemnon, by Aeschylus
First performance: 4 August 1997
Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers,
Harriet Walker, Narrator, Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Promenade Concerts
ORCHESTRA and SERIES

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The Red Act Arias Suite 2001 (1997-2001) 15'
Multichannel computer processed sound
First performance: 8 May 2001
Warren Lecture Halls – Studio A, University of California, San Diego
First performance (1st version, 1997): 4 May 1998
Programa Musicistas,
Instituto de Artes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,
Porto Alegre, Brazil
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SANCTUARY I (20'), II (32'), III (20') (2003-2007) 75'
Percussion Quartet, Real-time computer processed and spatialized sound, Lighting design
First performance of full work [including SANCTUARY Part III: Song]: 18 November 2007
I.M. Pei's East Wing Atrium, National Gallery of Art
Steven Schick and red fish blue fish ensemble,
Justin DeHart, Ross Karre, Fabio Oliveira, Greg Stuart, Percussionists
Josef Kucera, Peter Otto, Jacob David Sudol, Sound projection
Ian Saxton, Musical assistant,
Gordon Anson and Robert Johnson, Lighting design of the National Gallery of Art,
John Conway, Sound systems at the National Gallery of Art
Presented by Contemporary Music Forum, Steven Antosca, Artistic Director and
Concert Producer (logistical planning and consulting)
at the National Gallery of Art, East Wing Atrium, Washington, DC
     A special program associated with the exhibition "Let the World In:
     Prints by Robert Rauschenberg from the National Gallery of Art and Related Collections"
     at the National Gallery of Art, and made possible by Lockheed Martin Corporation.
SANCTUARY is co-commissioned by red fish blue fish percussion ensemble,
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Contemporary Music Forum,
and the Randy Hostetler Living Room Fund.
Pre-premiere performance full work: 16 November 2007 National Gallery of Art]
PERCUSSION
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SANCTUARY Part I: Chatter/Clatter (2007) 20'
First performance: 7 June 2007
Steven Schick, Percussionist
Ian Saxton, Algorithmic computer sound
June in Buffalo Festival
University at Buffalo - SUNY
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SANCTUARY Part II: Oracle (2003-2004) 32'
First performance: 4 June 2004
red fish blue fish: Gustavo Aguilar, Rob Esler, Don Nichols, Mathias Reumert, Percussion,
Pei Xiang, David Camargo, Joseph Sarlo, Computer processing,
Chris Parry, Lighting design
Warren Lecture Halls, Studio A
UCSD, La Jolla
PERCUSSION

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SANCTUARY Part III: Song
First performance: 18 November 2007
Steven Schick, percussion
National Gallery of Art
PERCUSSION

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SEASONS: Cycle I (2009-2010) 50'
Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance complete Cycle 1: 7 March 2010
Lisa Cella, Flute, Alexis Descharmes, Cello, Ross Karre, Percussion,
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
National Gallery of Art, DC
SEASONS: Cycle 1 is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hofstetler Living Room Fund,
National Gallery of Art
Movements may be performed separately.
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS


SEASONS: Cycle I a: Of Life and Spring 16'30"
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance [Of Life and Spring]: 7 May 2009
John Fonville, Flute, Gabrielle Athayle, Cello, Steven Schick, Percussion,
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
Conrad Prebys Music Center, La Jolla
SEASONS: Cycle 1 is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hofstetler Living Room Fund,
National Gallery of Art
Movements may be performed separately.
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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SEASONS: Cycle I b: Understand: Nothing 9'30"
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance [Understanding Nothing]: 7 March 2010
Lina Bahn, Violin, Bill Kalinkos, Bass Clarinet, Ross Karre, Percussion,
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
SEASONS: Cycle I is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hofstetler Living Room Fund,
National Gallery of Art
Movements may be performed separately.
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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SEASONS: Cycle I c: With Awe And Tenderness 6'45"
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First Performance [With Awe and Tenderness]: 7 March 2010
Lina Bahn, Violin, Bill Kalinkos, Bass Clarinet, Ross Karre, Percussion,
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
National Gallery of Art, DC
SEASONS: Cycle I is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hofstetler Living Room Fund,
National Gallery of Art
Movements may be performed separately.
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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SEASONS: Cycle I d: A Mind of Winter 16'
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance: 29 March 2009
New Music Concerts Ensemble
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
"Roger Reynolds and His Protégés"
Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto, Canada
SEASONS: Cycle I is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hofstetler Living Room Fund,
National Gallery of Art
Movements may be performed separately.
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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SEASONS: Cycle II (2010-2012) 30'
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf, Vl
Text assembled by the composer from works by Borges, Joyce, Miłosz, Stevens, Strand
First performance [premiere]: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts
Movements may be performed separately.
VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)

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SEASONS: Cycle II a: What's To Come 7'
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
Text assembled by the composer from works by Borges, Joyce, Miłosz, Stevens, Strand
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)

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SEASONS: Cycle II b: Surprised Accords 7'30"
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
Text assembled by the composer from works by Borges, Joyce, Miłosz, Stevens, Strand
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)

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SEASONS: Cycle II c: Something Resides... 5'30"
Soprano, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf
Text assembled by the composer from works by Borges, Joyce, Miłosz, Stevens, Strand
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)

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SEASONS: Cycle II d: When They Were Gone 8'30"
Soprano, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf
Text assembled by the composer from works by Borges, Joyce, Milosz, Stevens, Strand
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)

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SUMMARY:
SEASONS: Cycle I & II (2009-2012)
Cycle I a: Of Life and Spring
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
Cycle I b: Understand: Nothing
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
Cycle I c: With Awe and Tenderness
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
Cycle I d: A Mind of Winter
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS

Cycle II a: What's To Come
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
Cycle II b: Surprised Accords
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
Cycle II c: Something Resides...
Soprano, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf
Cycle II d: When They Were Gone
Soprano, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf
VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)

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...the serpent-snapping eye... (1978) 20'
Tpt, Perc, Pf, Quadraphonic computer synthesized sound
First performance: 31 January 1979
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla, Sonor Ensemble,
Edwin Harkins, Trumpet, Jean-Charles François, Percussion, Cecil Lytle, Piano
National Endowment for the Arts Award
ELECTROACOUSTIC

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Shadowed Narrative (1978-81) 30'
Cl, Pf, Vln, Vc
First performance: 29 March 1982
Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City
The Da Capo Chamber Players
National Endowment for the Arts Award
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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Shifting/Drifting [SHARESPACE IV] (2015) 23'37"
Solo Violin, Real-time algorithmic transformation
First performance: 25 September 2015
Irvine Arditti, Violin, Paul Hembree, Computer Musician
ArtPower
Experimental Theater
Conrad Prebys Music Center
La Jolla, California
ELECTROACOUSTIC and SERIES OF WORKS

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TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS


SKETCHBOOK (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being) (1985) 30'
Low female voice accompanying herself at the piano,
electronic processing
Text drawn from the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
First performance: 14 May 1985
Symphony Space, New York, Joan La Barbara
PROGRAM NOTE
SOLO

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String Quartet 1961 13' [also referred to as String Quartet No. 2]
First Performance: 31 July 1961
Tanglewood Music Festival
Lenox String Quartet
STRINGS

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Still [Voicespace I] (1975) 21'35"
Electroacoustic vocal work
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
Text from The Wanderings of Cain by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
First performance: 27 October 1976
Sixth Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Las Vegas
Commissioned by a 1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award ELECTROACOUSTIC and SERIES OF WORKS

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Submerged Memories (2005-2006) 22'
Narrator, B-cl, Vln, Elect Gtr, Perc,
Electroacoustic processing
Text: from W. G. Sebald's Vertigo and The Rings of Saturn as translated from the German by Michael Hulse
First performance: 31 March 2006
The Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band with Tenor/Narrator John Duykers
Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation for The Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band

Visual projections: Leonardo de Vinci's The Annuciation and Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci and Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson
First performance with visual components: 20 April 2013
Philip Larson, Narrator, Leah Asher, Violin, Curt Miller, Bass Clarinet, Pablo Gómez Cano,
Electric Guitar, Dustin Donahue, Percussion
Image and sonic montages, Paul Hembree
Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts & Sciences
Calit2 Theater, Atkinson Hall
La Jolla, California
INTERMEDIA

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Summer Island (Islands from Archipelago: I) (1984) 11'30"
Solo Oboe, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 7 November 1984
Interlink Festival, Tokyo, James Ostryniec, Oboe
Commissioned by Randolph S. Rothschild
SOLO

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Symphony[Myths] (1990) 21'
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 4 Ob (IV = Ca), 3 Cl (III = Cl Eb), B-cl,
4 Bsn (IV = Cbsn), 4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Hp, Str
First performance: 25 October 1990
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kotaro Sato, Conductor
Commissioned by Suntory Hall
ORCHESTRA

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Symphony[The Stages of Life] (1991-92) 28'
3 Fl (II = A-fl, III = Picc), Picc, 3 Ob, Ca, Cl Eb, 2 Cl, B-cl,
3 Bsn, Cbsn, 4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Hp, Pf, Str
First performance: 29 April 1993
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Commissioned by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in
Library of Congress for Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
ORCHESTRA

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Symphony[Vertigo] (1987) 22'
Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), A-fl, 2 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl (II = Cl Eb), B-cl, 2 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Hp, Str
First performance: 9 December 1987
Davies Hall, San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony, Andrew Massey, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
ORCHESTRA

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Music for Shakespeare's The Tempest (1980) 40'
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
First performance: 30 July 1980
Lenox, Massachusetts Shakespeare & Company
Tina Packer, Director
MUSIC FOR THEATER

Music for Shakespeare’s The Tempest is in the Reynolds Archive.

Thoughts, Places, Dreams (2013) 24'
Solo Cello, Chamber Orchestra
Fl, Cl, Hn, Tbn, Perc, Pf, Vln
First performance: 13 October 2013
Alexis Descharmes, Solo Cello
Ensemble Court-circuit, Jean Deroyer, Conductor
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
Venice Biennale
Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE
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Toward Another World: LAMENT [SHARESPACE III] (2010-2017) 25'07"
Solo Clarinet, Real-time algorithmic transformatio
First performance: 31 July 2017
Anthony Burr, Solo Clarinet, Jacob Sundstrom, Real-time algorithmic transformation
Society for Music Perception and Cognition Conference
Calit2 Auditorium
University of California, San Diego
ELECTROACOUSTIC and SERIES OF WORKS

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TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS


Traces (1968) 23'30"
Piano, Fl, Vc, Multichannel electroacoustic sound, (6-channel [3 stereo pairs]), Real-time signal processing
First performance: 15 December 1968
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Yuji Takahashi, Piano, Robert Cram, Flute, Marijke Verbene, Cello
(Center for Creative and Performing Arts, University at Buffalo - SUNY)
PIANO

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Transfigured Wind I/IV (1984) 9'
Solo Flute
First performance: 19 May 2003
Reiko Manabe, Flute
Mandeville Center for the Arts, University of California, San Diego
SOLO

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[TW I and TW IV are the same flute part]


Transfigured Wind II (1984) 35.5'
Solo Flute, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, 2 Perc, Pf, Str
First performance: 4 June 1984
Horizons '84, New York City, American Composers Orchestra,
Harvey Sollberger, Flute, Charles Wuorinen, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
ORCHESTRA

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[Electronics for TW II are the same as for TW III]


Transfigured Wind III (1984) 35.5'
Solo Flute, Chamber Orchestra (14 players),
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Ob, 2 Cl (I = Cl Eb, II = B-cl), Bsn (Cbsn),
Hn, Tpt, Tbn, 2 Perc, Pf, Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 21 June 1984
Olympic Arts Festival, Los Angeles
CalArts New Music Ensemble,
Harvey Sollberger, Flute, Jean-Charles François, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundatio
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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[Electronics for TW III are the same as for TW II]


Transfigured Wind I/IV (1985) 18'
Solo Flute, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 10 February 1985
Lincoln Center, New York City, Robert Aitken, Flute
Commissioned by Robert Aitken
SOLO

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[TW I and TW IV are the same flute part]
[Electronics for TW IV are different from II and III]


Threshold (1967-1968) 18'
4 fl (I-IV = Picc), 2 Ob (II = Ca), 3 Cl (III = B-cl), 3 Bsn (III = Cbsn),
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 4 Tbn (III, IV = B-tbn), 2 Tba, Perc, Pf, Hpd, Hp, Mand, Str
First performance: 7 June 1968
Orchestral Space '68, Tokyo
Japan Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa, Conductor
ORCHESTRA Wise Music Classical Hire



Two Voices – an allegory (1996) 15.5'
Orchestra, Stereophonic computer processed sound
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 3 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, Cl Eb, B-cl, 3 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Cel, Hp, Str
First performance: 17 October 1997
The Academy of Music, Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Luis Biava, Conductor
Commissioned by The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Association,
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Conductor
ORCHESTRA Wise Music Classical Hire



The Vanity of Words [Voicespace V] (1986) 20'12"
Electroacoustic vocal work
Stereophonic computer processed sound
Text drawn from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
First performance: 6 June 1987
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
ELECTROACOUSTIC and SERIES OF WORKS Wise Music Classical Hire


Variation (1988) 22'
Solo Piano

First performance: 3 December 1991
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, Aleck Karis, Piano
Written under the auspices of The Banff Centre for the Arts
PIANO Purchase


Versions/Stages I-V (1986-91) 25'
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
I. Cello Dream, II. Dionysus (Text: Tadashi Suzuki's
adaptation of Euripides's The Bacchae), III. Waterfall,
IV. Farewell Cult (Text: Tadashi Suzuki's
"The Farewell Cult"), V. Ocean
First presentation: 29 March 1994
Intercambio/Exchange Concerts, CRCA, La Jolla
ELECTROACOUSTIC and SERIES OF WORKS

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Vertigo (1985) 19'30"
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 25 April 1987
New and Unusual Music, San Francisco
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
ELECTROACOUSTIC

Vertigo VIDEO VERSION (1985) 16'50" +
Quadraphonic computer processed sound,
Video by Ed Emshwiller
First performance: 3 May 1986
The Pacific Ring Festival, La Jolla
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
MULTIMEDIA

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Visions (1990-1991) 32'
String Quartet
First performance: 27 May 1992
Music Today, Tokyo, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Arditti Quartet
STRINGS Wise Music Classical Purchase


SUMMARY:
VOICESPACE I - V (1975-1986), cf. SERIES OF WORKS

Voicespace I, Still, Quadraphonic electroacoustic work using voices
Written with support from a 1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award
There is no score. Digital sound files available on rental.

Voicespace II, A Merciful Coincidence, Quadraphonic dissemination
Written with support from a 1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award.
ELECTROACOUSTIC version.
There is a THEATRICAL version for 3 vocalists with electroacoustic sound.
VOICESPACE II HAS 2 VERSIONS).
The Score for the THEATRICAL version is forthcoming.

Voicespace III, Eclipse, Quadraphonic electroacoustic work using voices and computer-synthesized sound
Written with support from a 1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award
There is no score. Digital sound files available on rental.

(VOICESPACE III, Eclipse, HAS 2 VERSIONS, one with VIDEO by Ed Emshwiller.) cf. MULTIMEDIA
The VERSION with VIDEO was commissioned by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Digital files available on rental.

Voicepace IV, The Palace, (Modest lighting and staging), Bass Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Written with support from a 1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award
Required digital sound files available on rental. Score available.

Voicespace V, The Vanity of Words, Stereo computer-processed sound
[Voicespace I-IV were written with the assistance of a 1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award.
The multimedia version of Voicespace III, Eclipse, was commissioned by
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Voicespace V, The Vanity of Words, computer sound, was not a commission.]


Watershed I (1995) 27.5'
Solo Percussion
First performance: 1 December 1995
Manhattan School of Music, New York, Steven Schick, Percussion
SOLO and PERCUSSION

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Sheet Music Plus Watershed I & IV Purchase


Watershed III (1995) 31'
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra,
Optional real-time computer sound spatialization
Fl (Picc), Ob, Cl, B-cl, Hn, Tpt, B-tbn, Pf, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 30 October 1995
Loeb Centre, New York
Music Mobile Ensemble, Steven Schick, Percussion,
Bruno Ferrandis, Conductor Peter Otto, Spatialization
TECHNICAL SCORE by Roger Reynolds
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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Watershed IV (1995) 29'
Solo Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization
First performance: 11 April 1996
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla
Steven Schick, Percussion, Peter Otto, Spatialization
TECHNICAL SCORE by Roger Reynolds
ELECTROACOUSTIC

Wise Music Classical Purchase
Sheet Music Plus Watershed I & IV Purchase


Watershed V (2020)
Solo Percussion, Stereophonic, algorithmically generated "Shimmer"
First performance: 1 September 2020
Mathias Reumert, Percussion
Copenhagen, Denmark
TECHNICAL SCORE by Roger Reynolds
ELECTROACOUSTIC

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Wedge (1961) 9.5'
2 Fl (2 Picc), 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Db
First performance: 10 February 1962
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
ONCE Chamber Ensemble, David Sutherland, Conductor
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

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Whispers Out of Time (1988) 26.5'
String Orchestra
First performance: 11 December 1988
Amherst College, Harvey Sollberger, Conductor
Commissioned by the Amherst College Friends of Music
Pulitzer Prize for Music 1989 STRINGS

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Sheet Music Plus Purchase


Will you answer if I call? (1997-1998) 8'
Solo Harpsichord, Fl, Cl, B-cl, Bsn, Hn, Vln I, Vln II, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 13 January 1998
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Jukka Tiensuu, Harpsichord, John Storgårds, Conductor
Järvenpää, Finland
60th Birthday Celebration for Paavo Heininen
SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE

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WISDOM's Sources (2022-2024)
Violin, Viola
in process

For inquiries regarding WISDOM's Sources, contact the composer directly: info@rogerreynolds.com


22 (2004-2005) 30'
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, source recordings:
Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and Steven Schick (percussion),
Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system,
digital graphics, and dancer Bill T. Jones
First Performance: 9 April 2005
Arizona State University, ISA/AME motione project
Bill T. Jones, Dancer/Choreographer, Paul Kaiser, Shelly Eshkar,
Marc Downie, Digital Imagery, Pei Xiang, Musical Assistant
Commissioned by Arizona State University
MULTIMEDIA

ASU School of Arts, Media, and Engineering