binaural ambisonic mix-down of 8-channel fixed media.
high and low frequencies are very prominent - headphones provide an optimal listening experience.
video version available at https://youtu.be/H5GHsMjZz7A

wire splinters and collapses

recorded by the JACK Quartet (https://jackquartet.com/).

Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violins
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, violoncello

audio recording by Brian Riordan (https://www.brianriordanmusic.com/).

branches turned into kindling || JACK Quartet

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

Recorded at the Loretto Motherhouse, 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

Prepared piano, harp, and transducers. Written with Laura Barger(piano) and Kathryn Sloat (harp) for the 2022 Yarn/Wire Institute; premiered at the DiMenna Centre for Classical Music on June 24, 2022.

phantom islands, saltwater superstructures (live) || Laura Barger, Kathryn Sloat

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

This piece is a custom-built Max/MSP application to control the acoustic Utopa and Sauer organs in the Orgelpark, Amsterdam, NL (https://www.orgelpark.nl/en/Instrumenten/Our-Instruments). Performed live by Isaac Barzso, November 26, 2022.

and then nothing turned itself inside-out (live) || Orgelpark Hyperorgan

live performance with percussion quartet, electronics, and video. all electronics derived from sonification of the installation file for Windows 98.

performed by Maria de la Calle, João Borralho, Ludovica Ballerina, and João Brito as part of KonStruct.23, December 8, 2022 (https://www.slagwerkdenhaag.nl/nl/producties/konstruct23). recorded by Gregor Connelly and Adam Roček, mixed by Gregor Connelly.

Untitled.exe (live, audio only) || KonStruct.23

an excerpt (last section) from the premiere of "pulled apart and yielding" on April 26, 2023, at De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. composed for We Three (Teresa Costa, Rita Proença, Dafne Paris).

as a note: this piece is under revision — I wouldn't normally post just an excerpt of a piece when I'm rewriting it, but Teresa, Rita, and Dafne gave such a wonderful performance that I felt I had to share at least part of it.

pulled apart and yielding (excerpt, live) || We Three

written for Sandbox Percussion (Ian Rosenbaum, Jonny Allen, Terry Sweeney, Victor Caccese). recorded at Brown University, February 23, 2024.

gentle cycles of great yearning (live) || percussion quartet [Sandbox Percussion]

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) || quartet [HYPERCUBE]

may 2024; constructed from computer improvisations, march - april.

and a break in superflat tensile || fixed media

2024. for percussion, machines, feedback systems, transducers, and acousmatic sound. Cullen Faulk and Matt Teodori: percussion and machines, Isaac Barzso: electronics. recorded at the University of Texas, 11.15.2024.

photo by James May (https://jamesmaycomposer.com)
score available at: https://issuu.com/isaacbarzso/docs/barzso_sandpaper-chalk-hungoutwet_full-score_2024

sandpaper, chalk, hung out wet ||  line upon line percussion + Isaac Barzso

music for string quartet and sine tones. intentionally quiet (mostly) — best listened to with headphones.

with the Telegraph Quartet (https://www.telegraphquartet.com/) at Brown University, 1.27.25. recording and mix by Jim Moses.

bones, false currents || string quartet [Telegraph Quartet]

Recording of a reading session by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, October 2024. Photo by James May (https://jamesmaycomposer.com/).

this body folds in on itself || orchestra [live, reading]

Rehearsal recording with Longleash (Pala Garcia, John Popham, and Mika Sasaki) at Brown University, November 6 2025.

drenched and beaming || piano trio + tape [Longleash]

Rehearsal recording with Jeffrey Zeigler, December 5 2025.

Ended still then (glacial erratic) || cello [Jeffrey Zeigler]

phd fellow in multimedia composition @ brown university
mm royal conservatory of the hague '23

Isaac Barzso

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