There are several recordings here, so you need to scroll down!
Some of these recordings go back to the early 1980s, when I was writing for and playing for Zeitgeist. You can check out their website at http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org Since 2000 I’ve been writing primarily for the Nebraska Chamber Players. Their website is http://nebraskachamberplayers.org
Scissors, Paper, Rock – 8’30” (2021)
This is a collage composition using recordings of instruments from my percussion library. Scissors is comprised of sounds of wood instruments, Paper is membranophones (something with a drumhead), and Rock is all metal sounds. None of the sounds have been modified. There’s not even reverb! The subtitle of this piece is “Farewell to Arms”, as my instrument library is being sold or donated.
5 Little Pipe Organ Pieces (2020)
These pieces are arrangements of well-known hymns. They are intended as Preludes/Meditations before Mass. Hymn to Joy as intended to be a Postlude romp. Each recording was made by a synthesizer. Some day I hope to replace these files with real pipe organ recordings. All were written in the Fall of 2020.
#1 – Attende Domine – 2’00”
This is a 10th C. Mozarabic chant melody harmonized by Fuentes.
#2 – Humbly We Adore Thee – 2’14”
This is an anonymous chant melody with Fuentes harmony.
#3 – Hymn to Joy – Beethoven – 2’12”
This is the melody that everybody knows. The harmonies are new.
#4 – My Shepherd Will Supply My Need – 2’02”
This is a traditional Southern Hymn. The new harmonies are influenced by Virgil Thomson.
#5 – The King of Love My Shepherd Is – 1’54”
This is Traditional Irish with modified harmonies that are new.
Rings of Saturn – 14’24” (2020)
Rings is a hybrid piece, a quintet for flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, and marimba, written for the Nebraska Chamber Players. The majority of the piece consists of sound files created in my studio, and about 1/3 of the piece uses ‘normal’ composition techniques. You will hear melodic fragments that sound familiar. They are my favorite licks in Beethoven symphonies 3, 5, 7, and 9.
Risas de los incas septet – 16’29” (2017)
This is a new version of my greatest hit made for the Nebraska Chamber Players. I had to cut off the first 2 minutes to make the file fit the 20G limitation of the server. Doing this project was so much fun! To hear the original quartet version I wrote for Zeitgeist in 1982, scroll down…
PELICAN FROLICS (2014)
This is a piece in 6 movements for the Nebraska Chamber Players and University of Nebraska – Lincoln student dance company.
#1 – Flute Pelican – 2’33” Becky Van de Bogart featured artist
#2 – Violin Pelican – 2’35” Clark Potter featured artist
#3 – English Horn Pelican – 3’13” Bobby Jenkins featured artist
#4 – Cello Pelican -2’39” Jessica Dussault featured artist
#5 – Piano Pelican – 2’47” no live performer – it’s a synthesizer 3-hands part
#6 – Clarinet Pelican – 3’07” Ed Love featured artist
Tyrannus Nix? – 15’58” – for multi-tracked soprano (Vena Alesio) and sound files. This file has been shortened by 3 min. to fit within the maximum size allowed (2011) The poetry is by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Dreams – 13’25” – for the Nebraska Chamber Players (2010)
Samba Loca -5’34” for the Nebraska Chamber Players (2012)
Conditor Alme Siderum – 7’39” for New Music Agency – Lincoln, NE (2003)
Berliner Kindl – 6’10” for solo marimba – David Pojar featured artist (2006)
Lund – 9’10” – a musique concrète piece comprised of found sounds in Lund, Sweden (2003)
Faust Cycle (1987) – a 5-part cycle on the great legend of Faust originally for Zeitgeist -live
Auerbach’s Keller – 15’25” this Leipzig restaurant is still in operation!
Hexenkueche – 13’53” the witch’s kitchen scene, wild and crazy stuff!
Prelude to Gretchen – 12’30”
Gretchen – 16’46” – this is a revised version of the original done for the Nebraska Chamber Players
Walpurgisnacht – 17’15” – forget about the tragedy, let’s party!
Bolero – 7’11” – an arrangement of Ravel’s classic for the Helios quartet featuring Troy Gardner, violin (1996)
Risas de los Incas – 16’27” – based on a tune from the Andes. A couple of variations have been cut to make the file fit the size limit. (1982)
Pan Am – 16’22” – a collage of tunes from Central and South America. It’s like pre-digital radio, by turning your radio dial, stations would fade in and out. Some chunks have been edited out, to make the file fit the maximum allowed (1983)
Spinngewebe – 5’42” – written for Zeitgeist, Jay Johnson is the featured artist on vibes (1981) To learn about the Zeitgeist new music ensemble recordings, you can visit their site at: http://zeitgeistnewmusiclibrary.com
La Paz – 8’15” – this is a collage of found sounds in La Paz, Bolivia (1996)
KaBoom – 0’16” – this is a piano-6-hands piece with percussion. it was written for Helios (1995)
Til Eulenspiegel – 9’04” – written for Zeitgeist, a series of very short pranks (1992)