Recent and Upcoming Performances

• 1-26-12
  The Sense of an Ending, for string octet, commissioned by Hutchins East Consort. Premiere at The Tank, NYC
• 1-20-12; 1-21-12
  Plastic Facts (Les Sons Multiples), for saxophone quartet, featuring extended multiphonic textures. Commissioned by New Thread Saxophone Quartet. Premiere at the 35th International Saxophone Symposium at the George Mason University Center for the Arts in Fairfax, Va
• 6-19-11
  Portrait of Eva Hesse (palindrome), for 2 or more percussionists in unison contours, Performed by Iktus Percussion Ensemble, Proper Glue Percussion Ensemble, and Queens College Percussion Ensemble at the Bang on a Can Festival, Wintergarden, One Financial Center, NYC
• 5-31-11
  Lucky Dreams, for chamber ensemble, commissioned by Zeitgeist Ensemble, performed at Innova record label festival held in May at The Stone, NYC.
• 5-11-11
  Portrait of Eva Hesse (palindrome), for 2 or more percussionists in unison contours, performed by Queens College Percussion Ensemble, Kupferberg Center for the Arts, NYC
• 1-14-11; 1-15-11
  Monster, sound design for an evening-length dance theater work, commissioned Rebecca Pappas and Dancers, performance at M-1 Festival, Esplanade Theater Studio, Singapore
• 10-5-10
  Portrait of Eva Hesse (palindrome), for 2 or more percussionists in unison contours, premiere by Proper Glue Percussion Ensemble, Saint Peters Church, NYC
• 7-28-10 to 8-1-10
  Monster, sound design for an evening-length dance theater work, commissioned by Rebecca Pappas and Dancers: performances at Berkshire Fringe Festival, Great Barrington, VT
• 10-23-09 to 11-14-09
  Elijah’s Wake, music for puppet theater, evening-length sound design and compositions, commissioned by Minnesota-based playwright Michael Sommers and Open Eye Figure Theater. Performances run from October 23 to November 14, 2009
• 10-24-09; 10-25-09
  Monster, 50-minute sound design commissioned Rebecca Pappas and Dancers, performance at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, California.
• 5-1-09; 4-30-09
  Monster, 50-minute sound design commissioned Rebecca Pappas and Dancers, world premiere at Glorya Kaufman Hall at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
• 3-30-09
  Monster, 50-minute sound design commissioned Rebecca Pappas and Dancers, presented as part of Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC, NY.
• 3-28-09
  Monster, 50-minute sound design commissioned Rebecca Pappas and Dancers, workshop performance at Connecticut College, Martha Myers Dance Studio, New London, CT
• 2-15-09
  Black Dog/Lucky Dog for string quartet and electric guitar, performed by Michael Nicolella and the odeonquartet, Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WV
• 2-13-09
  Black Dog/Lucky Dog for string quartet and electric guitar, performed by Michael Nicolella and the odeonquartet, Q Café, Queen Anne, WA
• 2-8-09
  Black Dog/Lucky Dog for string quartet and electric guitar, performed by Michael Nicolella and the odeonquartet, Northgate Community Center, Seattle, WA
• 2-06-09
  Black Dog/Lucky Dog for string quartet and electric guitar, performed by Michael Nicolella and the odeonquartet, Good Shepherd Center, Wallingford, WA
• 12-12,13-08
  The Making of Americans, opera for six singers, eight players based on the novel by Gertrude Stein. world premiere at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
• 11-20,21,22-08
  The Making of Americans, opera for six singers, eight players based on the novel by Gertrude Stein. Workshop performances at Kresge Theater, MIT, Boston
• 10-08
  Lucky Dreams for bass clarinet, piano, two percussion: performed by Zeitgeist at the University of Minnesota/Minneapolis
• 7-14-08
  Black Dog/Lucky Dog for electric guitar and string quartet: Michael Nicolella and the odeonquartet. 7/14/08 Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, WA. Four additional performances planned for the Simple Measures Festival, Feb.6 -15 2009, Seattle, WA.
• 4-9-08
  String Quartet: movement III performed JACK string quartet, 4/908, Queensborough College (CUNY), New York City.
• 7-28-07
  Madmen and Horses, for solo trombone, sound design and media projection: performed by Patrick Crossland, Berlin.
• 5-07
  Sick: Sick of It All: compositions and sound design for theater work; in collaboration with writer/director Caleb Hammond. Premiere run at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC, May 2007; reprised at the UnderGround Zero Festival, The Tank, NYC, August 2007.
• 3-17-07
  The Emperor of Ice Cream, for percussion duo: performed by Janus Percussion, 3/17/2007, The Lakes Chamber Music Society, Minneapolis, MN; other regional performances.
• 2-16-06
  The Sheltering Sky, two movements for violin and piano: New York City premiere performance by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, NYC. 2/16/06.
• 9-06
  Lucky Dreams for bass clarinet, piano, two percussion: performed by Zeitgeist at University of Wisconsin/Madison; 10/08 at the University of Minnesota/Minneapolis;10/06 at Studio Z Art Crawl, Saint Paul; other regional locations.
• 12-05
  Lucky Dreams for bass clarinet, piano, two percussion: performed by Zeitgeist 12/05 Como Conservatory, St. Paul, MN;
• 3-19-05
  Unbreak My Heart, for four classical guitars: performed by The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Smith Center, Fremont, CA 3/19/05; other national performances.
• 2-27-05
  Black Dog/Lucky Dog for electric guitar and string quartet: Ethel performed a string quartet arrangement. Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA.
• 11-20-04
  Unbreak My Heart, for four classical guitars: world premiere performed by The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Unitarian Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 6-15-2003
  Black Dog/Lucky Dog for electric guitar and string quartet: Mark Stewart and Ethel, The Bang on a Can Marathon, Symphony Space, New York City.
• 11-03
  Elijah’s Wake, compositions and sound design for puppet theater. Developed in collaboration with puppeteer Michael Sommers and Open Eye Figure Theater. First run at the Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN.