This is a track I composed in December 2020 and hadn't released yet. It's a shame I forgot about it, I thought it was pretty good.

The title is Italian, it translates to "I am breathing." It is a lyric in "Tu se' morta" from Claudio Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo.

io respiro

for electric guitar and electronics

Premiered on November 28, 2023 at the Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey

Kylan Hillman, electric guitar & electronics

para-site

This piece was inspired by something that occurred back in 2012 when me and my parents were driving home from Baltimore. We took the wrong highway and ended up driving through miles and miles of rural Maryland. It was very striking and the memory stuck with me. I hope you enjoy this piece!

I'd like to thank the following people for creating sounds that I used in the piece. These are all available to use under Creative Commons licenses:

dobroide: https://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/50929/
Dann93: https://freesound.org/people/Dann93/sounds/192035/
Astounded (Christopher J Astbury, Switzerland): https://freesound.org/people/Astounded/sounds/519272/
YleArkisto: https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/459742/

No sounds were modified aside from pitch-bending at the end.

somewhere in the realm of delmarva

I intend to do more with this, like building a live part to accompany the current tape file, but I like the way it sounds so far. Thought I'd share it with ya'll.

love is the vestige of a primitive mind (tape)

I'd like to thank Dr. Heather Buchanan for giving me permission to use her voice as part of this project. Headphones recommended. This project is in two parts:

1. I stared into them (0:00-28:32)
2. they stared into me (28:33-59:23)

To listen to just part 1, go here: https://soundcloud.com/jude-duane/i-stared-into-them
To listen to just part 2, go here: https://soundcloud.com/jude-duane/they-stared-into-me

The Abyss

The two tracks that make up The Abyss have been separated. You can view both of them here.

For the full unedited album, go here: https://soundcloud.com/jude-duane/the-abyss

I'd like to thank Dr. Heather Buchanan for giving me permission to use her voice as part of this project.

they stared into me

I stared into them

Coastway to the Heaven Zone

greasepaint ghost

stagger

premiered virtually on September 26th, 2020
Corrine Byrne, soprano
Spencer Myer, piano

uberlied

Jude Duane is a New Jersey-based composer and sound artist. A pianist since kindergarten and a trombonist since 4th grade, music has long been an integral part of his life. Music provided Jude, who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three, a means to comfortably communicate with his community, and this comfort eventually led him to composing. He began writing music during high school and is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Jude’s pieces have been performed by, among others, MSU’s New Music Ensemble, Electronic Music Ensemble, and Trombone Choir. His composition “S.S.T. (Song for Bitter People)” was recently featured in the 2019 Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP) in Boston, Massachusetts, and his piece “with true love” was premiered in the Osmose Intermezzo concert in Brussels in November 2019. 
Jude’s primary interest is in creating contemporary music. He is currently studying with Chris Opperman. In the past, Jude has studied under the tutelage of Dr. Marcos Balter and Dr. Phyllis Chen, both of whom he credits for his development as a composer. Other composers that Jude has studied with include Nathan Davis, Nick Vines, and Michael Finnissy.

Jude Duane

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