solo


...the laughter of the mutilated..., RE: Bukowski (2018) – snare drum, Shona mbira, elephant bell, chain, vibrator

System No. 2 (2018) – snare drum, 22" China Cymbal, 2 clock coils, bass bow, metal rod

Areas 1: voices...a dead person's things (2016) – 2 snare drums, 3 mini amps with microphones

JOY! (of the beautiful ones) (2016) – snare drum, 2 plastic cards

Meditation on Living (2016) – doumbek, clam shell, 2 ebows, 4-6 metal wires, feedback, almglocken & live electronics

Dark True Center (2016) – Manhasset metal music stand, kalimba & live electronics

Disappointment in the smallness of humanity. (2015) – vibraphone & electronics

Beautiful Waste (2015) – 5 brake drums & electronics

Zzzerrrrrangatang! (2015) – 4 elephant bells, snare drum

Seven Thoughts for Glockenspiel (2015) – glockenspiel, 2 rin, 3 elephant bells, 2 magic wands, 9 telephone bells

System No. 1 (2015) – snare drum, almglocken, pot lid, clamshell, clock coil, mini-radio, 2 chains, rosined bamboo skewer

The Inside of Everything (2014) – 5 rice bowls, 2 broken rice bowls, 5 crotales, aluminum pot lid, jing cymbal, 2 elephant bells & whistle tube

Anchored Ridged (2012) – vibraphone & voice (text by Sam West)

Electric Chainsaw (2011) – solo tuba

Persistent Reflection on Opportunity Lost (2011) – bowed vibraphone

RE: the destruction of a life by a precious little flower (2009) – vibraphone

2 Metronomes (2008) – 2 metronomes and 3 Line 6 processors

Boxes of Music (2008) – 11 music boxes, tam-tam, splash cyms, tin cans & electronics

7_4-Simplex (2008) – solo marimba

SOLO_MBIRA&Elktrnixxx (2008) – Mbira Dzavadzimu & live processing

Vibolet (2008) – bowed vibraphone

7/4 Melody (2008) – cello

Jam Box: Cajon Trio for Nate #1 and Nate #2 (2007-08)

What I Is.? (2007) – wind chimes, music box & voice

Opportunity Lost (2006) – solo vibraphone

Dear John... (2005) – voice & Boss RC-20 Loop Station


chamber


...the tiny rooms of starvation and madness. (2018) – 8 percussionists Looking into a faded life burning out. (2007–2018) – vibraphone, 2+ marimbas & crotales

LOST (2016) – bass clarinet, lion’s roars, and resonant percussion instruments

The day you find out Santa isn’t real…and what people really are. (2016) – music boxes, coffee cans, splash cymbals & tam tams

Chirp Chirp (99 bottles) (2015) – claves quintet (multiples of five performers)

Gentle Pain (2015) – 6 to 12 Turkish cymbals

For Johanna Beyer (2015) – voice, woodblock, large tam tam, 3 lion’s roars, 4-16+ triangles

The Placid Hindering Myth (2015) – duet for marimba (5 octave) and vibraphone

The Bleak, Disconsolate Pulchritude (2014) – quartet/quintet for 16 roto-tom frames and optional feedback

Wind Chime Peace #1 (2014/2011) – one or more wind chimes and breath

Wind Chime Peace #2 (2014) – wind chime and whistling

60 Hits (2014) – any number of sound creators

Ivory Tower Hipsters (2013) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

5-Dollar Sc(h)am(nd) Job (2013) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

Superfacial Façade (on empty container) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

Small Town Alcoholism (2013) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

Liberal Sellouts (bus toss) (2013) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

Saluki Drone Program P&T (2013) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

The Ugliness is You (2013) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

Cdale Lethargy (odius cloud) (2013) – bass clarinet, electric guitar, prepared drum set & electronics

GLOCK9 (2013) – 9 almglocken

Sonic Event on the Significance of John Cage (2011/2012) – vox & environmental sounds

Persistent Reflection on Opportunity Lost (2011) – bowed vibraphone

S P H E R E S (2011) – 16 tam tams & prepared piano interior

Concertina Musik (2008) – amplified voice, amplified concertina, harmonica & bowed vibraphone

Tablet Sales Trio (2008) – Bb clarinet, piano & vibraphone

Marimba Trio No. 1 (amadinda meditation) (2007-08)

Voice Control (2007) – any number of readers

Repose for Two Marimbas (2007)

Community No. 2 "action abstract in miniature w/SounD" (2007) – any # of players using found instruments

Marimba Peace (2006) – marimba quintet

Rock Etudes 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (2006) – any number of rocks

French 1, 3, 7, 8 (2005) – laptop & female voice

BerimBell (2002) – duet for berimbau & various bells

Gesundes Erz, Loud & Medium (versions A, B, C) (2002) – percussion quartet

Duet for Vibes (contemplation) (2001, rev. 2005)

Repression (2001) – percussion quartet

Trio for Woodblocks (2000)

Los Seis Manos (1999) – hand drum trio


electro-acoustic


twynn (2018)

The 80s was a lost decade for music (2018)

treebasing (2018)

Quantum Trace (text 2) (2017)

Mashville Nbira (2017)

A Dead Person’s Things (2015)

The End of Hope: July 29, 2015 in a Hays, Kansas Hotel, $70.64 (2015)

Patience (2014)

Remote Field Recording (2014)

my(s)Place Jam (2014)

ARTifakts Kassette (2014)

ARTifakts (2014)

Slow Downer (2014)

Printerference (2014)

Ground (2014)

Po Drummin' fo Sixe (2014)

MoneyK RuDm v2 (2014)

Numbira 1 (2013)

Numbira 2 (2012)

Ea(i)r Test (2012)

Miso Soup 2012 (2012)

First Date (2011)

2011 Try (2011)

This Will Kill You (2010)

Portrait of Todd Birdsong (2010)

Inside Sounds (2010)

Prepared Destruction (2010)

viole(n)t burn (2009)

C-dale SounDs (2009)

Saying Nothing Is Breathing (2008)

60 sekund kowntdown (2008)

Mbira Improvisation (2008)

Vibolet versions 1-20 (2008)

2800 Reality3-2-07 (2007)

Thaw (2007)

V-Train (2007)

Artificial Nature (2006)

Beat Bounce (2005)

Dr. Q Intro (2005)

Dr. Q Intro #2 (2005)

Futurist Manifesto/Kidd Glove Mixxx (2005)

Gloria Steinem Remixxx "Address to the Women of America" (2005)

Harry Partch Memento Mori (2005)

LaMonte Young Remixxx (2005)

Rage Against the Machine REMIXXX (2005)

Unprepared Piano Mixxx (2005)

Word Phase (2005) for two channel digital audio with live triggering

Varese Elektro Remixxx (2005)

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