List of First Performances

"Sonata for Trumpet and Piano". Ill. Wesleyan University - 1959. Ed Harkins, Trumpet; Elizabeth Vogel, Piano.

 

"Three Pieces for Piano". Illinois Welseyan University - 5/1960. James Macrae, Piano.

 

"Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and 'Cello". Illinois Welseyan University - 5/1960. M. Mancinelli, R. Kreiger, J. Mcgrosso.

 

"Song Cycle On Poems of Wm. Blake". KPFA Radio Awards Concert - 1/12/62San Francisco Museum of Art. Carole Bogard, Sopr.; James Standard, W. Subke, Flute; J. Russell, Clar.; R. Pelos, Violin; Sally Kell, 'Cello. Gerhard Samuel, Conductor.

 

"Sound Study One", for Stereo Tape.(Musique Concrete) - 1/19/61San Francisco Tape Music Center Debut Concert, San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

 

"Quartet for Piano and Percussion" - 1/4/64. KPFA Radio Performers' Choice SeriesSan Francisco, California. Harry Bartlett, John Chowning,Stephen Schermerhorn, Percussion; Dwight Peltzer, Piano.

 

"Sound Study II" for Stereo Tape. (Musique Concrete) - 6/8/64. Nuove Musiche Strumentali ed Ellectroniche Series, U.S.I.A., Milan, Italy.

 

"Conflations for Chamber Orchestra". Radio Italy Rome Symphony - 7/13/67. Rome, Italy. Ferruccio Scaglia, Conductor.

 

"Piano Schema" Nuove Musiche Strumentali ed Elettroniche Series - 6/8/64. United States Information Agency, Milan, Italy.  Niccolo Castiglioni, Piano.

 

"Sound Study III" for Stereo Tape. Chamber Music Concert Series - 7/13/66 Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood.

"Coronation", for four amplified trumpets. Composers Forum - 8/1/66.  Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood. P. Chapman, R. Mcgregor, A. Briggs, J. Simpson, Trumpets; Phil Winsor, Conductor

 

"Melted Ears" for two pianos. Contemporary Directions Series - 8/12/67. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. William Albright, Thomas Wharburton, Pianists.

 

"Gumbo for Julia" - for Soprano, Alto, and Tape Delay System - 4/30/70. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Karen Knudstrop, Sopr., Dianna Haskell, Alto.

 

"Orgel I", for pipe organ and pre-recorded tape. 5/17/68. Symposium of Contemporary Music, Moorhead, Minnesota State University.  William Albright, Organist.

 

"Orgel II, for pipe organ and pre-recorded tape. Contemporary Directions Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - 7/20/68. William Albright, Organist

 

"Missa Brevis", for Stereo Tape, Slides, Dancer, and Percussionists. Electronic Music Performance Series, University of California at San Diego. Judith Mullen, Dancer; Bonnie Barnett, Jon Dutton, John Grimes, Percussionists - 5/29/69

 

"Variations for Piano". The St. Louis New Music Circle Series, St. Louis, Missouri.  Dwight Peltzer, Pianist - 11/15/68New York Premiere: 5/4/71, Carnegie Recital Hall, Dwight Peltzer, Pianist.

 

"The Bride Stripped Bare", for Stereo Tape, 16Mm Film (Palazzolo), and 35Mm Slides. The Cleveland Institute of Music - 5/10/70

 

"Gorge", for five doublebasses (or solo db. and pre-recorded tape). Radio Poland Experimental Music Studio, Warsaw.  Burtram Turetzky, Soloist - 3/25/74

 

"Asleep in the Deep", for five tubas or solo tuba and tape. Solo Version Premiere: Raymond Scott Weisling, Tubist; University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee - 2/7/71.  Ensemble Version Premiere: Contemporary Directions Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; Sydney Hodkinson, Conductor - 10/9/71.

 

"Flos Harmonicus I" for string quartet. Northwestern University. Contemporary Music Ensemble; B. Wade and J. Fishman, Violins, N. Hunt, Viola, M.hildebrandt, 'Cello.  11/22/71.

 

"Nothing Is the Thing To Fear", Electronic Tape Music for the Dance by Choreographer Maggie Kast. Chicago Illini Arts Union. Chicago Contemporary Dance Theater.  10/15/71.

 

"Lullaby", Electronic Music for the Dance Entitled: "Ecstacy - Standing Outside Oneself", by Choreographer Maggie Kast. Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble - 10/6/72.

 

"Circus", for Stereo Tape, Slides, and 16Mm Film (Palazzolo). St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Explorations Concert Series, St. Paul, Minn. Sydney Hodkinson, Conductor - 6/3/72.

 

"Actions", for trumpet, trombone, or tuba; four dancers, actor, and stereo tape. Arts Festival, Purdue University, Chicago. Contemporary Dance Theatre - 4/13/73.

 

"America: New and Used", for stereo tape and 16mm film. New Music Ensemble, University of Wisconsin, Conrad Dejong, Director. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn. - 11/14/74.

 

"Theorist Room", for stereo tape and 16mm film (Palazzolo).  Contemporary Music Series, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington - 11/7/74.

 

"Flos Harmonicus III", for woodwind quintet and pre-recorded tape, or three woodwind quintets. Sandra Morgan, Flute; Robert Morgan, Oboe; C. Zimmerman, Clarinet; Linda Nash, Bassoon; Paul Navarro, Horn. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois - 2/7/75.

 

"Honeycomb", for orchestra and electronic tape. Depaul University Symphony Orchestra; Leon Stein, Director; Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois - 5/13/75.

 

"City", environmental and electronic music for the dance.  Chicago Contemporary Dance Theatre, Maggie Kast, Choreographer. Moming Gallery - 1/5/75.

 

"Jamboree", for instrumental ensemble, dancers, and electronics. Chicago Contemporary Dance Theatre - 2/15/75.

 

"Concert", for orchestra and jazz/rock combo. Ohio University Symphony Orchestra, Athens, Ohio. John Ferritto, Conductor. - 2/7/78

 

"Kyrie, for double choir and electronic drone. Friends of Amherst College Grand Prize Winning Composition. Amherst College Choir, Bruce Mcinnes, Conductor - 4/12/80.  European Premieres: Paris, France; Eglise St. Merri - 7/6/80. Lucerne, Switzerland; Franzis Kamerkiche.  6/29/80.

 

"Rage, Rage, Against the Dying of the Light", for Chamber Ensemble. Northwestern University Third Annual Concert of Minimal And Conceptual Music, Peter Gena, Director. E. Smith, Flute; M. Skaggs, Clarinet; John Sampen, Alto Sax; K. Henniss, Trumpet; D. Caswell, Horn; K. Kielniarz, Tuba. - 7/19/80.

 

"Klaxon", for stereo tape. Northwestern University Electronic Music Studios Concert. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Ill. 2/8/79

 

"Rondelet Concertant" for full orchestra. Depaul University Symphony Orchestra, Henry Mazer, Conductor. Chicago, Illinois. 5/24/79.

 

"Cindy 633", for one or more amplified pianos. Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble; Peter Gena, and M. William Karlins, Directors. Kyle Gann, Mahlon Peterson, Pianists. 3/12/80.

 

"Planesong", for instrumental octet. Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble. Peter Gena, Director. 1/12/81.

 

"S(ame) T(ired) O(lde) C(hanges)", for winds, strings, electric organ, and traps. World Premiere, New Music America Festival, Chicago, Illinois - 7/10/82. Broadcast Live Via Satellite.

 

"String Gam", computer music, with 35mm multi-image projections, and dance. World Premiere, Museum of Science and Industry 50th Anniversary Concert "Music On the Edge of Technology". Chicago, Illinois. 7/15/83.

 

"Muzak", for mime, projections, and computer music NEA Cybernetic Arts Project, North Texas State University, 10/1/84.

 

"Ritual #2: Trance", for dancer, slide projections,and computer music; Del Mar College New Music Festival, Corpus Christi, Texas, 10/31/85.

 

"Les Chemins Des Nuages", for dancer, slide projections, and computer music; Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas, 11/1/86.

 

"Dulcimer Dream", for solo piano; North Texas State University, Adam Wodnicki - pianist,2/10/86.

 

"Fanfaronade", for eight trumpets; North Texas State University, Leonard Candelaria, Conductor, 4/22/86.

 

"Fantasy Transmutations", for doublebass; University of Illinois, 10/12/87.

 

"Rhetorics" for solo violin. North Texas State University.  4/28/88. Elizabeth Abbate, violinist.

 

"Kyrie II", for double choir and synthesizer. First Prize Winner in Festival of Contemporary Choral Music in America, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. 5/1/88. Linda Blanchard, Conductor.

 

"Anamorphoses" for trumpet choir. International Trumpet Guild Conference - 5/21/88.

 

"Passages" for piano and computer music. European Premiere: Neue Musik Festival, Stuttgart, Germany - 10/89.

 

"Passages" for piano and computer music  Asian Premiere: National Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan - 7/11/90.

 

"Five (or Maybe Six) Easy Pieces for Disklavier" NOVA Ensemble Concert, University of North Texas - April 17, 1993

 

"Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace", for chamber ensemble (version with saxes) NOVA Ensemble Concert, Joseph Klein, conductor. University of North Texas - October 16, 1995

 

"Mandarin Cycles: The Culture Palace", for chamber ensemble (version with brass). Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor. Cleveland, Ohio - February 12, 1996

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