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Compositions

Dr. Brian Belet


Selected List of Compositions (updated September 2009)

 

ReV40

Piano, 2009. Composed to celebrate the 40th birthday of Robert Voisey, 60x60 Project Director.

 

Sea Lion Mix

Computer processed sea lion & human sounds, 2009.

Performances: art gallery and concert in California.

 

Ekphrasis 1: Inner Landscape

Voice and computer processing, 2009

Performances: art gallery and concert in California.

 

Right On, Write On

Piano, right hand, 2008

 

Space Chickens

Computer music, 2008

Performances: concerts in California.

 

Remembering Allen

Computer processed voice, 2008

Composed for the 60x60 project, included on the 'Pacific Rim 2008 Mix'

Performances: concerts in California.

 

Name Droppings

Computer processed voices, 2008

Commissioned by the University of Illinois to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Electronic Music Studios at UIUC

Published on UIUC CD: In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008), 2008. 

Performances: Radio performances on Radio France and Oberlin, OH public radio. Concert performances in California, Kansas (EMM 2009), Mississippi, and New Mexico (SCI 2009 / Santa Fe International Festival of Electroacoustic Music).

 

System of Shadows

Multiple trumpets and Kyma processing, 2007

Performances: California, Illinois (EMM 2008), Indiana (SEAMUS 2009), Missouri, and Washington.

 

Pacific Rim: Three Preludes 

Piano, 2006

Composed for Dr. Gwendolyn Mok, SJSU

Performances: concerts in California and Hong Kong.

 

Lobby Reforms 

Audience and Kyma processing, 2006

Pre-concert installations: Montana and California.

 

Drei Kinderstücke 

Piano, 2004

Published: Chroma: New Music for Piano, Jeri-Mae Astolfi. Capstone Records (CPS-8810), 2008.

Performances: Radio performances on NPR. Concert performances in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia (CMS 2008), Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, and Hungary (“Vántus István Kortárszenei Napok” music festival, Szeged, 2007).

 

(Disturbed) Radiance

Piano and Kyma, 2005

Performances: Radio broadcast in Massachusetts. Concerts in California, Illinois, Kansas (EMM 2005), Montana, Missouri, and Oregon (SEAMUS 2006).


 Lyra 

Violin and Kyma computer system, 2002

Published: Ghost Strings, Patricia Strange, violin. IMG Media, CD-02-01, 2006. CD available from the Island Music Guild, CDBaby, and other outlets.

Performances: Concerts in Arizona (SEAMUS 2003), California, Florida (FEMF 2003), Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri (EMM 2003), New Mexico, Oregon, England, Australia, and Singapore (ICMC 2003).

 

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else

Percussion ensemble (9 performers), 2000

Score published: Warner Brothers Publications / Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., 2002.

Performances: California.

 

  Still Harmless [BASS]ically  

Electric bass and Kyma, 2000

Published review in Journal SEAMUS.

Performances: Radio broadcast in Massachusetts. Concerts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida (FEMF 2001), Illinois (EMM 2002), Montana, Oregon, Virginia, and England.

 

difference (no doubt it queues)  -and- 

an abstract (difference (queues))

computer, 1997

Published: The Frog Peak Collaborations Project, a double audio CD international compilation of 115 short compositions on a sound text by Australian sound poet Chris Mann, Frog Peak Music, FP007 (1998).

Performances: numerous radio and web concerts (SEAMUS Web-Clip 1997 & 1998), plus live concerts in California, Georgia, New Mexico, New York, Argentina, and Finland.

 

 [MUTE]ation

computer-generated tape, 1994 (revised 1999)

Published: Music from the Center for Research in Electro-Acoustic Music, Consortium to Distribute Computer Music CD series, Volume 26, Centaur Records, CRC 2404 (1998).    Reviewed in Computer Music Journal.

Performances: radio performances and live concerts in California, Florida (FEMF 1999), Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong (ICMC 1996), and Luxembourg.

 

  Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections 

trombone quartet, 1992

Score published by International Trombone Association Press (distributed by Southern Music Company).

Performances: concerts in California, Massachusetts, Minnesota (CMS 1993), Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

 

   Four Proportional Preludes

piano, 1991

Published: SCI CD No. 11: Chamber Works , Janis Mercer, piano. Capstone Records, CPS-8651 (1998). 

Score published in SCI Journal of Music Scores, Vol. 24, European American Music/C.F. Peters, (1998).

Performances: concerts in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Japan.