COMPOSITION WORK-LIST WITH FIRST PERFORMANCES
[Discography and published articles at end]
Multi-Media and Electro-acoustic compositions
Jesus Moonwalks the Miss’ssippi
music for theatre, Patricia Ybarra, director
Brown University
· April 10-20, 2008
European Images
.Swedish Water
.Franfurt Window
.Holland Train
(video with tape and solo cello) in three movements [2007, 12min]
· Michael Finckel, Scarsdale, New York, January 12, 2007
Solidarity
(clarinet, string quartet, percussion) [2005]
music for a film by Nancy Kiang
The Gold Medal for Excellence at the Park City Film Music Festival 2007, and The Mayor's Award of the Heart of Gold International Film Festival 2006, AUSTRALIA
Cosmicomics
(narrator, fl, ob, b.clar, vn, va, vc, tbne, perc, electronics, multiple video)
Italo Calvino-text, Peter Nigrini-video. four movements and three interludes
[2005, 26 min]
· Sequitur Ensemble, NYC, January 12, 2005
Pianos
(solo piano with two prerecorded piano tracks on CD) [2002, 9 min]
· March 2002 - Carrick, pno, Banff Centre for the Arts, CANADA
The Fall
(tpt, tbn, pno, perc, ob, 2vns, va, vc, db, fl, b.clar, organ, video projection, three conductors) [2001, 15 min]
· February 2001-SONOR Ensemble, San Diego
Phosphéne
(Violin duo, video, pre-recorded electronic sounds) [2001, 9 min]
· April 2001 - János Négyesy and Päivikki Nykter, San Diego
Linear Intersections
(video and six improvisers) [1996, 11 min]
· May 1996 - Korzo Theatre, Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS
"Ruby, My Dear"
(piano and three TV monitors with prerecorded video and audio) [1997, 8 min]
· April 1997 - Richard Carrick, MATA festival, NYC
Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra (Acoustic)
Follow the Devil’s Lead
(soprano and ten players) [2008, 14 min]
· May 3, 2008, Wet Ink Ensemble, St. Peters Church, Chelsea, NYC
Two Moments for Orchestra
(2222 2200 2perc, strings) [2005, 9 min.]
The Veins of Marble
(fl, ob, clar, pno, mandolin, guitar, hp, perc, vn., va, vc, db) [2000, 10 min]
· January 2000 - Nieuw Ensemble, Grand Theatre, Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS
Identities...Graduals 2332 3212
(fl, ob, clar, bsn, tpt, hn, tbn,db) [1996, rev. 1999, 7min]
· July 1999 - Wellesley Composer’s Conference, Massachusetts
Two Circles
(fl, clar, ob, bsn, tpt, hn, 2 vn, va, vc, perc) [1994, 17 min]
· September 1994 - UCSD Ensemble, Harvey Sollberger, conductor
Chamber and Solo Music
FLOW CYCLE [complete]
(string trio) [50 min]
· three solos, one duo, and one trio. Individual pieces listed below. First performance tba.
New Work
String Quartet and offstage Trumpet [2008, 8 min]
· Contemporary Music Festival, Hoff Barthelson, May 4, 2008
Towards Qualia [sextet version]
(flute, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, percussion) [2008, 16 min]
· MATA Festival, NYC April 4, 2008
Moroccan Flow (unfolding from unity)
(solo cello) [2008, 10 min]
· Alex Waterman, February 20, 2008 Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC.
Duo Flow
(violin and cello) [2007, 13 min]
· Andrea Schultz and Alex Waterman, November 9, 2007, NYC.
Nezilat ha Balagan
(violin, doublebass) [2007, 12 min] with improvisation
· Mary Oliver-vn, Rozemarie Heggen-db, CD recording Fall 2007.
Shadow flow
(solo viola) [2007, 10 min]
· Petra Ackermann, September 19, 2007 Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC
Balagan
(saxophone, electric guitar, accordion) [2007, 15 min]
· RIOT - Michael Ibrahim saxophone, Oren Fader guitar, Eric Wubbles accordion
NYC July 13, 2007
Towards Qualia
(violin, cello, piano, percussion) [2007, 16 min]
· Either/Or Spring Festival, NYC April 7, 2007
· Jennifer Choi (vn), Alex Waterman (vc), Richard Carrick (pno), David Shively (vibs).
L'idée sans l'deal
(piano, violin, 'cello) four movements [2005, rev 2007, 20 min]
· January 2007– Andrea Schultz (vn), Michael Finckel (vc), Richard Carrick (pno), Scarsdale, NY
∞ + 1
(solo piano) [2006-7, 9min]
· November 2006 - Encinitas Festival of the Arts, California, Carrick-pno
· full premiere April 6, 2007, NYC
Shadow fragments
(solo viola) [2006. 6 min]
· November 2006, Chichi Lin-Bestmann-viola, New York
"in flow"
(solo violin) [2006. 8 min]
· April 2006 - Premiere at Either/Or, Andrea Schultz-vn. NYC
entre nous
(violin solo, with vocal sounds, one player) [2004, 2min]
· 2004 - Patricia Kopatchinskaja, SWITZERLAND
Notebook, Bedside
(soprano, percussion, piano) [2004, 13 min]
· March 2004 – Either/Or, NYC
Natural Behaviour
(percussion) [1998, rev. 2004, 11 min]
· March 1998 - David Shively, San Diego
· first performance of revised version: March 2004 - David Shively, NYC
Snow, Silence, Sleep
(piano, string quartet) [2002, 8 min]
· March 2002 – Flinders String Quartet and Carrick-pno, Banff, CANADA
Légèreté
(piano) [2002, 4 min]
· March 2002 – Luciane Cardassi-piano, Porte Allegre and Sao Paolo, BRAZIL
Containment - 8 Layered Piano Improvisations
(CD of pre-recorded piano tracks)
1. Slow Together 2. The Line, 3. Levity, 4. Lemon,
5. Stereo, 6. 2 and 4, 7. For, 8. Four
can be performed live as backing cd for piano and CD [2002, 14 min]
Richard Carrick-piano
Paralléle-Parallaxe
(oboe and harp soloists, violin, viola, cello) two movements [1999, 14 min]
Ernest Rombout (oboe) and Ernestine Stoop (harp)
· February 2000 - Tillberg, The Netherlands
FmlrSmblNcs
(oboe, piano, percussion) [1997, 8 min]
· September 1997 - Nouvelle Ensemble Modern, Royaumont, FRANCE
Sculpture Idle Ceremony
(violin, percussion) [1997, 8 min]
· April 1997 - Vanessa Tomlinson (perc) and Päivikki Nykter (vn), San Diego
Masculin-Feminin
(violin duo) [1996, 9min]
· February 1996 - János Négyesy and Päivikki Nykter, San Diego
Slowness and Tight
(piano) [1996, 4 min]
· 1997 - Guy Livingston, SOUTH AFRICA
A Slow Duet
(soprano, flute) [1995, 3min]
· May 1995 - Virginia Sublett (sop) and Elizabeth McNutt (fl), San Diego
String Quartet
[1995, 13 min]
· first reading: March 1995 - Arditti Quartet, San Diego
Le Guignon
(mezzo-sop, fl, b, clar, db, perc, harp) five movements [1993, 16 min]
· March 1994 - Voces Novae Festival, CSU Fullerton, California
Aristophanes
(flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano) [1992, 7 min]
· August 1991 - American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, FRANCE
Stretch
(flute, clarinet, violin, cello) [1992, 8 min]
· October 1992 - Miller Theater, New York, New York
DISCOGRAPHY
Cosmicomics DVD/CD
Richard Carrick and Peter Nigrini, based on a novella by Italo Calivno
Sequitur Ensemble, Paul Hostetter conductor, Richard Lalli narrator, 2005
Solidarity, music for film by Nancy Kiang
DVD release in Australia, 2007
Masculin-Feminin
Dedications to János Négyesy and Päivikki Nykter - Works for Two Violins
Aucourant Records, AUREC0010-1, released 2000
Slowness
Don’t Panic! 60 Seconds for Solo Piano - Guy Livingston
Wergo Records, WER 66492, released 2001
Containment - Layered Piano Improvisations
Extensive improvisations recorded over a 10 week residency at Banff Centre for the Arts. Each track of the CD is a multi-track layering of different, and sometimes unrelated, improvisations.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Featured composer in the magazine of Chamber Music America, December 2005,
"The Multi-Media Challenge" by Randy Nordschow, vol. 22, no. 6, p.28
Working with Video: A Primer, by Richard Carrick
published by NewMusicBox.org July 19, 2005
