Las Ranas de Katanchel - a tone poem for orchestra.  Premiered by the Rogue Valley Symphony, Martin Majkut, director, November 5, 2010 in Ashland, Oregon.  This performance November 7, 2010 in Grants Pass Oregon.

Las Ranas de Katanchel 20101108 Grants Pass 256kbps

Emerald Moon

Another Game of Pairs

Floating in the Current by Beth B. Martin

Another Game of Pairs by Mark Eliot Jacobs

Beauty ... Beckons by I'lana Cotton

Lento by Melissa Orr

Tilting at Windmills

Harlequin

Powers of Ten 1.2

Bouncy Omnis 1

Composed in 1985 using a stochastic algorithm based on the voice-leading in the kyrie of the chant mass "orbis factor".

v1.1 was realized with a Karplus-Strong ssynthesis algorthm. v1.2 - v1,4 were realized through midi control of a Yamaha DX-7

the Orbis factor: v1.3

the Orbis factor: v1.2

the Orbis factor: v1.1

I'm the Joker and I Must Scream

for Horn and electronics plus computer-generated audio.

Recorded live at the Southern Oregon Arts and Research Festival, May 18, 2017, Ashland, Oregon

Cynthia Hutton, horn and electronics

Forest Nocturne

Oh Brave New Bolero with such noises in it.

Brave New Bolero

Main concourse of the Colombian Exposition of 1898. 

5 Midway Plaisance (1898 World's Fair)

Realized in 1988 at the HSU Electronic Music studio in Arcata, CA. A simple midi sequence gets twisted. The Pretzel People either eat pretzels, are themselves pretzels (or both).

Pretzel People

The Orchard City: Medford, Oregon 1913 was commissioned by the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon for the celebration of its 25th anniversary in 2013. The YSSO is the premier instrumental music performance organization for musicians ages 6 to 23 in its region. This includes the Oregon communities of Medford, Grants Pass, and Ashland, among others. The Orchard City is a symphonic fantasy on Medford in the year 1913, just after the peak of its “orchard boom”.

Live recording by the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon, Dr. Cynthia Hutton, music director. Southern Oregon University Recital Hall, Ashland Oregon. March 3, 2013

The Orchard City: Medford, Oregon 1913 (live YSSO recording)

performed by the SyZyGy Ensemble, Ashland Oregon.

The title of Obstacles of Ganesha for oboe, clarinet, viola, and piano refers to the principle attribute of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha: the ability to place obstacles in the way and to remove them. The traditional story of the birth of Ganesha has it that the goddess Parvati created Ganesha, a living human boy, out of sandalwood to guard her privacy while she bathed. Ganesha proved to be so good at his job that Parvati’s husband Vishnu could not gain access to their house. Enraged, Vishnu cut off the boy’s head. Parvati insisted that Shiva restore the boy to life. As the boy’s head could not be found, the head of a dying elephant was used in its place. 

Apogee describes Ganesha’s race around the globe with his brother Murugan. Genesha’s vehicle, a little mouse, was no match for his brother’s vehicle, a peacock. As the race got underway, Ganesha realized that his divine parents Parvati and Vishnu were indeed the whole world incarnate. Ganesha was declared the winner after he made the circuit around his parents while Murugan was still just getting started. Elephantine Circus Parade is Ganesha’s triumphal dance after the race.


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