Commissions

	photo by Andrew Horner		Great Spirit Song (2006)
			Time’s Graffiti: Lucky Calligraphy (2006)
			Tala Malika Jak (2005)
			Deep Structure of Chinese Culture (1996)
			The Sand Child
			Hot Breath of Wind (1988)

Great Spirit Song (2006)

for Treble Choir, optional Native American Flute and Soundscape (8:56 minutes) [setting of a native American prayer to the Great Spirit in pentatonic scales of four native American flutes; this piece has five short sections, honoring the Spirits of the North, East, South and West and concluding with the Earth and Sky together. The soundscapes include synthesized additional native American flutes and drums, and birds and animals from the locations in the sections; commissioned by the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild.] FW


Time’s Graffiti: Lucky Calligraphy (2006)

for Flute and Soundscape (5:10 minutes) [Petroglyphs, The Dancing Figure, Blue Rain, Raining on the Dancing Figure; multiphonics, middle eastern and blues; commissioned by The National Flute Association, Inc.] CN FW


Tala Malika Jak (2005)

Soundscape (6:40 minutes) [inspired by Indonesian kecak, uses cak samples in Indian and Middle Eastern rhythms; commissioned by South Indian Dancer Siri Rama; on Virtual Gamelan CD]


Deep Structure of Chinese Culture (1996)

installation version of Why Ask Questions - Soundscape (30:00 minutes) [microtonal; algorithmically composed adding multi-effect processing to Chinese voices and Chinese computer instrument designs for dizi, xiao, erhu, pipa and gong; commissioned by Danny Yung for a Zuni Icosahedron installation art exhibition in February 1996]


The Sand Child

solo opera for Mezzo-soprano Isabel Ganz and Soundscape (35 minutes) [adaptation of novel The Sand Child by Tahar ben Jelloun; microtonal, using Arabic tunings; commissioned by Isabel Ganz]


Hot Breath of Wind (1988)

Bassoon (20 minutes) [virtuosic; microtonal, using 11 Indian ragas and many multiphonics; commissioned by April Chapman; computer-generated version using Csound model of bassoon in 1997]