~Please play at a very soft volume, with quality headphones. Most sounds should be on the threshold of audibility.
~Please note that the piece begins with 15 seconds of silence.
Performed by ensemble dal niente, live at Northwestern University New Music Conference, Pick-Staiger Hall, Evanston, IL, USA, April 2014. Players: Constance Volk (flute/piccolo), Ryan Muncy (soprano saxophone), J. Austin Wulliman (violin), Ammie Brod (viola), Chris Wild (cello), Michael Lewanski (conductor).


engulfed, constrained in a widening gap (2013)

~Please play at a very soft volume, with quality headphones. Most sounds should be on the threshold of audibility.
Performed by ensemble soundinitiative, live, at the Cité Universitaire, Paris, May 19, 2014. Players: Paolo Vignaroli (bass flute), Szymon Kaca (bass clarinet), Joshua Hyde (alto and baritone saxophones), Franco Venturini (piano), Benjamin Soistier (percussion), Fabienne Seveillac (mezzo-soprano), Winnie Huang (violin), Emma Richards (viola), Louise Leverd (cello), Caleb Salgado (double-bass), and Leonhard Garms (conductor).

not this (2014)

from MAPS OF DISINTEGRATION AND FORGETFULNESS
realized by five double-basses
rehearsal recording
preview of https://www.facebook.com/events/1036237743102217/


clinamen (2010) (preview)

for 4-10 players
from MAPS OF DISINTEGRATION AND FORGETFULNESS
Will McEvoy, John Hammonds, Maggie Hasspacher, Megan McDevitt, and Ben Willis, double-bass
Performed live at Trinosophes, Detroit, MI, January 22, 2016
Recorded by Colin Tucker and Joel Peterson
Score and program note available here: https://colintucker.wordpress.com/works/maps/

morass (2010)

for 2-5 players
from MAPS OF DISINTEGRATION AND FORGETFULNESS
Will McEvoy, John Hammonds, Maggie Hasspacher, Megan McDevitt, and Ben Willis, double-bass
Performed live at Trinosophes, Detroit, MI, January 22, 2016
Recorded by Colin Tucker and Joel Peterson
Score and program note available here: https://colintucker.wordpress.com/works/maps/

simulacrum (2010)

for 4-8 players
from MAPS OF DISINTEGRATION AND FORGETFULNESS
Will McEvoy, John Hammonds, Maggie Hasspacher, Megan McDevitt, and Ben Willis, double-bass
Performed live at Trinosophes, Detroit, MI, January 22, 2016
Recorded by Colin Tucker and Joel Peterson
Score and program note available here: https://colintucker.wordpress.com/works/maps/

clinamen (2010)

Ensemble Uusinta:
Maria Puusaari, violin
Max Savikangas, viola
Pinja Laine, cello
Performed live at June in Buffalo Festival, June 10, 2016
Score and program note available here: https://colintucker.wordpress.com/works/threshold/

Photo by Irene Haupt

threshold (excerpt)

for three to ten acoustic instruments in an indoor concert music venue
Katie Porter (bass clarinet), Nomi Epstein (piano), Erik Carlson (violin), and Colin Tucker (cello)
World premiere performance, live at Experimental Listening and Music Sessions (ELMS) (https://elmsession.tumblr.com/), Third Life, Boston, MA, August 6, 2017
Score and program note available here: https://colintucker.wordpress.com/works/this-is/

this is a performance about you, not its maker (excerpt) (2017)

for solo soprano saxophone
Performed live by David Wegehaupt on Null Point Series, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, July 1, 2016
Score and program note available here: https://colintucker.wordpress.com/works/futures-unmade-in-the-boundlessness-of-the-instant/
Recorded by Bill Sack.
Audio editing by Bill Sack and Colin Tucker.

futures unmade in the boundlessness of the instant (2011, rev. 2016)

for three to ten acoustic instruments in an indoor concert music venue
Performed live by Null Point at the Cass Project, Buffalo, Sept. 23, 2017:
Jessie Downs (clarinet), Ethan Hayden (prepared trombone), Bob Fullex (prepared almglocken), Megan Kyle (violin), Colin Tucker (cello), Katie Weissman (cello), and Megan McDevitt (double bass).
Photo (of dress rehearsal) by Tina Dillman.
Recorded by Ethan Hayden.
Audio editing and mixing by Colin Tucker and Ethan Hayden.

Note: ambient "nonmusical" sound plays an integral role in this piece and as such has not been suppressed from this recording.

Score and program note available here: colintucker.wordpress.com/works/this-is/

this is a performance about you, not its maker (2017)

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