ScherziMusic

mp3 files

Below you will find a number of mp3 files of some selected works. Click on the name of the mp3 file to play the sound file. Each mp3 sound file will open in a new browser window. Simply close the window when you are finished listening.

please note that some of these files are rather large, so they may take some time to load into your browser

Listed alphabetically, by title

Calico_Dances.mp3 (2002)	for viola and computer generated sounds John Graham, viola duration = 8:18
Colloquy.mp3 (2002)	for solo violin and chamber ensemble Eastman Musica Nova, Bradley Lubman, conducting duration = 11:17
Elegy.mp3 (2000)	for violin and piano duration = 7:09
Five Pieces for Organ (2003) (excerpts) Piece #1 Piece #2 Piece #3 Piece #4 Piece #5	for solo organ Christopher Marks, organ duration = 12:00
Fractured Mirrors.mp3 (2005)	for chamber ensemble (fl.,cl.,vln., vc.,pno.) l'ensemble Accroche Note duration = 9:32
immoral_minority.mp3 (2004)	for solo piano Adrienne Kim, Piano duration = 7:30
Mirage.mp3 (1999)	for alto saxophone and piano Julia Nolan, saxophone; Terence Dawson, piano duration = 9:19
Shadowed (2006)	for soprano sax and interactive computer (MaxMSP) Randall Hall, soprano sax duration = 11:38
Shimmer (2006)	for piano quintet (2 vln., vla., vc., pno.) Cassatt Quartet, and Adrienne Kim, piano duration = 10:44
so faint a stillness remembered (2005)	for wind ensemble Syracuse University Wind Ensemble, John Laverty, dir. duration = 11:29
Solitude.mp3 (2000)	for saxophone and electronics (CD playback) Randall Hall, saxophone duration = 13:03
Till i become accustomed to the dark song#1-mp3file song#2-mp3file song#3-mp3file song#4-mp3file	for soprano and guitar (4 songs) Janet Brown, soprano, Ken Meyer, Guitar duration = 18:00
Through a Winter Landscape.mp3 (2002)	for soprano saxophone and harp Julia Nolan, saxophone; Rita Costanzi, harp duration = 13:19
Twilight.mp3 (1997)	for chamber orchestra OSSIA, Nicolas Scherzinger, conducting duration = 10:14
Whisper.mp3 (2004)	for string quartet Cassatt String Quartet duration = 10:16

inter-sax-tive: improvisations for saxophone and interactive computer
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sax-improv1	an improvisation that involves a variety of granular synthesis techniques (utilizes Dan Trueman's munger~ object, with a bunch of delayed effects)
sax-bubbles	a bunch of chorus and flange effects applied in real-time to a "slap-happy-sax"
sax-minimalism	uses changing delays
thereminsax	an accelerometer (X and Y axis) attached to the base of the saxophone determines pitch and grain duration of a sampled sound (granular synthesis)