Written with Longleash for the 2021 Loretto Project; developed in collaboration with Pala Garcia, John Popham, Renate Rohlfing, and Vicky Chow.

Recorded at the Loretto Motherhouse, August 2021. Recording, engineering, and mixing by Chris Kincaid.
Pala Garcia, violin; John Popham, cello; Vicky Chow, piano + harmonium.

fractures with grain, dust on the window-sill // Longleash

BRIGHTER SUNS (2022) - for solo electric guitar and electronics

*IMPORTANT: you can listen to an improved version of this work following this link: juliozuniga.info/works/brighter_suns.html *


Nico Couck, electric guitar (Nadar Ensemble)
Live recording, May 21, 2022

BRIGHTER SUNS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelwVNqsN7M

dedicated to Tortoise (http://www.trts.com/)

Constance Volk, flute
Hanna Hurwitz, violin
Ammie Brod, viola
Juan Horie, cello
Christopher Jones, conductor

Written for the Dal Niente and DePaul Summer Residency for New Music 2022.

(almost always is nearly enough) [live]  // Ensemble Dal Niente

Performance of "(almost always is nearly enough)" by earspace on November 5, 2022.

Ledah Finck, violin
Lena Vidulich, viola
Erin Murphy Snedecor, cello
Philip Snyder, flute

(almost always is nearly enough) [live] // earspace

This is a collection of unedited field recordings taken during protests and demonstrations on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus between Schenley Plaza and the west-facing entrance to the Cathedral of Learning on Bigelow Boulevard. I collected all recordings between September and October 2023.

Pitt Protest Sounds

12/3/2023 Pitt Composer/Performer Collective

Yacht Society Combat Club

in memory of Sheryl Mooney.

tenor saxophone, electric guitar, piano, percussion, exciters, and vibrating motors. written for HYPERCUBE and the 2024 RED NOTE New Music Festival.

premiered march 26, 2024, illinois state university.

wrenched through electrolite suspending (live) // HYPERCUBE

for alto saxophone, electric guitar, percussion, and accordion 

March 26, 2024 - Illinois State University

Black Ice

Black Ice - Performed by HYPERCUBE

Performed by Ensemble Dal Niente in RED NOTE New Music Workshop 2024

March 26, 2024
Illinois State University Kemp Recital Hall

Andrew Nogal, Oboe
Ammie Brod, Viola
Ben Melsky, Harp

[Program Notes]
Writing this piece, I've explored my own heterotopia—it could be my hometown, school, room, or park. These places hold specific meanings intertwined with memories, transforming into spaces that exist as both real and alternative realities. Coined by French philosopher Michel Foucault, the term ‘heterotopia’ suggests ‘worlds within worlds,’ merging time and space within a single location, mirroring and challenging external realities. Despite its introduction in Foucault's essay Of Other Spaces: Utopias and Heterotopias, the concept's precise definition remains elusive.

Heterotopia for Oboe, Viola and Harp (2024)

Trē Abalos – flute
Jay Rauch – bassoon
devon osamu tipp – shakuhachi 
Danny Fratina - trumpet
Jason Belcher – baritone horn 
Ethan Isaac – tenor and seaboard 
Hannah Standiford – soprano and banjo 
J. Juwon Adenuga – melodica 
David Adepegba – drum set
Emmanuel Berrido – conducting

Performed December 3, 2023, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh

Big Band Music

Cómo Resquebrajar un torso- How to break a torso: 
This piece explores the profound journey of transformation from nature to a musical expression by speculating on the narrative behind the construction of a guitar. Inspired by the Argentinian Guitarist Atahualpa Yupanki and his phrase: " The guitar before being an instrument, already knew about music as they were trees that listened to the birds and learned it".

Interpretation by counter)induction, January 2024, University of Pittsburgh.

Big Band Music

DannyFratina

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