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“Music should have a profound relationship with nature.”
~Toru Takemitsu
Orchestra
Tree Ride 3.3.3.3 3.4.3.1 perc.(3) timp. hp. pno. cel. strings ca. 14’ premiered by San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, Scott Sandmeier, conductor
“the flute is the breath of the creator.
~Hovia Edwards
Farewell for Native American flute and orchestra 2.2.2.2 4.3. perc. timp. hp. strings ca. 5’ premiered by Idaho State Civic Symphony, Nell Flanders, conductor
Gamelan Variasi 3.3.3.3 3.4.2.1 perc. (3) + timp. hp. cel. strings ca. 12’
Visages of the Amazon string orchestra and percussion (4) ca. 8’ premiered by The Boston Conservatory Sinfonietta, Yohei Sato, conductor
Moon Learns to Sing Over the Waters of Death and New Creation solo trumpet, balinese gamelan, perc. strings ca. 8’ commissioned and premiered by Aaron Kahn and Pacific Rim Gamelan, feat. the vanishing soundscape, Dawn Chorus in Taman Negara, Malaysia. Soundscape recorded by Marc Anderson.
Water is Life 2.2.2.2 2 horns strings. ca. 8’ commissioned and premiered by Riverside Chamber Orchestra
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, Portland, OR. Inspiration and soundscape location for Anthrophony and Afield
hermit thrush; inspiration for Nightpsalm, Spirit-sign, Trail Songs, and featured in Two Yosemites: An Environmental Opera
North Cascades National Park
“landscapes move us in a manner more analogous to music…gradually and silently the charm overcomes us; we know not exactly where or how.”
~Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.
Chamber
Anthrophony flute, violin, cello, electric guitar, perc., pno. + prerecorded soundscape ca. 12’ Premiered by Third Angle New Music Ensemble
Afield flute, violin + prerecorded soundscape ca. 8’ commissioned and premiered by Third Angle New Music Ensemble
Of Wolves and Rivers flute, violin, cello, percussion + prerecorded soundscape ca. 12’ commissioned and premiered by Landscape Music and Cadillac Moon Ensemble, commemorating the centennial of the National Park Service
Geophony percussion quartet + prerecorded soundscape ca. 10’ soundscapes recorded by Justin Ralls in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, commissioned and premiered by University of Oregon Percussion Ensemble.
Tree Wavings string quartet ca. 5’ commissioned and premiered by Fear No Music
Aeolian Music eng. hn., cl., vln., vla., c.b., perc. 6’30” commissioned and premiered by Fairbanks Summer Festival, inaugural Composing in the Wilderness workshop, Denali National Park
Nightchorus flute quartet (opt. outdoor site specific performance) ca. 7’
Found Songs and Dances trumpet and percussion ca. 11’
Cymatica 1 pno. electric gtr. perc. string quintet (vln 1-2, vla, vc. 1-2) + fixed media track ca. 8’
Where Rivers & Mountains Sing saxophone quartet ca. 7’
Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, inspiration for Of Wolves and Rivers
Nightpsalm solo flute + prerecorded soundscape ca. 7’ (opt. outdoor site specific performance) commissioned and premiered by Molly Barth
Solo / Duo
Spirit-sign solo trumpet (+opt. prerecorded fixed media) ca. 8’ commissioned and premiered by Aaron Kahn
Olmsted 200: theme and variations flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion ca. 12’ commissioned and premiered by Landscape Music, Juventas Ensemble, American Wild Ensemble, Michigan Technical University, commemorating the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted
Serenade solo trombone ca. 5’
Cymatica 2 solo cello + fixed media track ca. 12’
Ishtar flute & perc. ca. 7’
Trail Songs (six movements) solo trumpet ca. 20’ (opt. outdoor site specific performance) commissioned and premiered by Aaron Kahn
Cymatica 3 solo clarinet (dbl bs. cl.) + fixed media whale song ca. 9’
Invocation solo flute ca. 4’
Infinite City Rosales organ ca. 10’ commissioned and premiered by American Guild of Organists
The Ecstasy of St. Theresa theremin and piano ca. 8’
Of Trails & Rivers solo piano ca. 11’ commissioned and premiered by Landscape Music, Jonathan Ensminger, piano, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Scenic Trails and Rivers Act
walking with nature, Tierra Del Mar, Oregon
you tides who ceaseless swell solo piano ca. 7’ commissioned and premiered by Hunter Noack, In a Landscape
Oregon coast
Algonquin Rag violin and piano ca. 5’ premiered by Rhea Fowler and Justin Ralls
Five Pieces for Violin and Piano violin and piano ca. 10’ commissioned and premiered by Rhea Fowler
“all the air is music.”
~John Muir
Veery vocal octet + prerecorded soundscape ca. 5’ commissioned and premiered by Roomful of Teeth
Vocal
Within you life begins again from Song of the Most Beautiful Bird of the Forest (text by composer) mezzo-soprano & piano ca. 5’
Your body is a great forest from Song of the Most Beautiful Bird of the Forest (text by composer) soprano & piano ca. 5’
The World is Waiting on the Sunrise (arr.) mezzo-soprano & clarinet ca. 7’
Dream within A Dream (Episode 3, digital mini opera) mezzo-soprano & ondes martinot ca. 4’
Three Songs soprano & piano (opt. version with clarinet) ca. 10’ Text by Susan Griffen, Val Malinson, Anonymous commissioned and premiered by Lisa Lipton and Camille Sherman
Nu Zhee-Zhee (My Child) from Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story (text by Rose Ann Abrahamson; music by Hovia Edwards and Justin Ralls) soprano, also flute & piano ca. 5’
Dummuh Gutawned (We are strong) from Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story (text by Rose Ann Abrahamson; music by Hovia Edwards and Justin Ralls) mezzo-soprano, piano and Native American flute ca. 6’
Farewell final scene and soliloquy from Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story (text by Rose Ann Abrahamson; music by Hovia Edwards and Justin Ralls) mezzo-soprano, piano and Native American flute ca. 10’
All the Air is Music SATB chorus 5’ (text by John Muir)
Three Songs by Walt Whitman baritone & piano ca. 12’ text by Walt Whitman
Ashes of Soldiers baritone & piano ca. 12’ text by Walt Whitman commissioned and premiered by Nicholas Meyer and Robert Ainsley
Drum Taps (Three Songs from the War by Walt Whitman) baritone & piano ca. 12’ text by Walt Whitman
Of Songs & Dreams solo soprano ca. 7’ (text by composer) commissioned and premiered by Esteli Gomez
The Riddle Song baritone & piano
The Merman (text from Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads 1932) baritone & piano
Two Poems from the War (text, Archibald MacLeish) soprano & piano
The Conqueror Worm (text, Edgar Alan Poe) tenor and bassoon
Three Songs from the Great War (arr.) baritone, tenor, mezzo-soprano, piano, fl/picc. bs. cl commissioned and premiered by Opera Theater Oregon 1. Over There 2. I Didn’t Raise My Boy to be a Soldier 3. Pack Up Your Troubles in an Old Kit Bag/ It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
Two Stephen Foster Songs (arr.) baritone and piano commissioned and premiered by Opera Theater Oregon 1. Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway’ 2. Voices that are Gone
Soundscape Composition
When Strange Birds Passing Meet fixed media electronics ca. 10’
Songs & Dreams fixed media electronics ca. 12’
Remembrance (w/ Hovia Edwards) fixed media and Native American flute ca. 8’
In memoriam Robert Tree Cody
Nu Neweh Daigwape: My Mother’s Language Rose Ann Abrahamson and Justin Ralls feat. Agai’dika elder, Rose Ann Abrahamson speaking Shoshone language lines and translations from Nuh Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story fixed media ca. 10’
Spirit-sign (fixed media version) fixed media ca. 6:30’
Kauai 'O'o (Dialogue with Extinction) trumpet and fixed media ca. 10’
Round Dance with Soundscape Hovia Edwards and Justin Ralls fixed media ca. 12’ feat. Hovia Edwards, Native American flute
Elk Camp, Olympic National Park