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/) for NMOP 2021.

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 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

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

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

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

performed live by Mivos Quartet at the Darmstadter Ferienkurse, Darmstadt, DE, August 15, 2023.

Olivia de Prato, violin
Maya Bennardo, violin
Victor Lowrie Tafoya, viola
T.J. Borden, cello

branches turned into kindling (live) // Mivos Quartet

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 and premiered by line upon line (Matt Teodori, Adam Bell, Cullen Faulk). live performance from Austin, TX, January 12, 2024.

dreamt in lock-groove waves (live) // line upon line

written for line upon line (Matt Teodori, Adam Bedell, Cullen Faulk). percussion trio with exciters and live electronics (machine learning-based live-generated electronic sound and instrument processing); studio recording at the University of Texas, Austin, January 17, 2024.

dreamt in lock-groove waves (studio) // line upon line

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) // 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) // HYPERCUBE

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

and a break in superflat tensile // 2024

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

isaac barzso

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