for vocal sextet and toy noisemakers
performed by Ekmeles
recorded by David Adamcyk at Scholes Street Studio, New York
composed, mixed and mastered by Katherine Balch

forgetting

performed and recorded by L'Instant Donné

musica spolia (quartet version)

this version of Chamber music (2018, arr. 2021) was written for and premiered April 14 2021 by the IU New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, cond. at Auer Hall, IU Jacobs School of Music. This performance is by the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Mariano Chiacchiarini

1111+alto sax.1111.2 perc.hrp.pno.11111

originally commissioned and premiered by the Oregon Symphony Orchestra (3332.4221.timp_3 perc.hrp.pno.strings)

Chamber Music (arr. sinfonietta)

for soprano, 4 amplified dictaphones, and mixed ensemble

Performed by Nina Guo and Ensemble Modern
text by Alexandra Kleeman
Conducted by Sara Caneva
Recorded by Felix Dreher, mixed by Katherine Balch

waste knot

written for and performed by Robert Anemone

Iaspis, for solo violin (2013)

different gravities
mov. III of IV

written for & performed by Longleash
live recording from University of Louisville New Music Festival

different gravities, mov.III

different gravities
mov. II of IV

written for & performed by Longleash
recorded at the Loretto Motherhouse, Lebanon, KY

different gravities, mov. II

for SSAA unaccompanied choir

performed by the Yale Camerata

“Since our natural voices are inarticulate, words would have few articulations; a few interspersed consonants elimination the hiatus between vowels would suffice to make them fluid and easy to pronounce. On the other hand, its sounds would be extremely varied, and variety of accents would multiply the same voices; Quantity, rhythm would make possible still further combinations; so that since voices, sounds, accent, quantity, which are by nature, would leave little to be done by articulations, which are by convention, men would sing rather than speak…[this first language] would have many irregularities and anomalies, it would neglect grammatical analogy in favor of the euphony, variety, harmony, and beauty of sounds.” 
—J.J. Rousseau, Essay on the Origin of Languages (trans. Victor Gourevitch)


aeiou

Longleash Trio @ Time:Spans 2024
(Pala Garcia, vln; John Popham, vc, Alexa Stier, pno)

different gravities IV. Brisk, bells clanging

different gravities III.Jittery, mechanical

different gravities I. Agile, crisp

different gravities II. Fragile, sinking

Performed by the amazing Ensemble Intercontemporain!

New Geometry

Vidi l'angelo nel marmo e scolpii fino a liberarlo 
(Michelangelo)

Performed by Nina Guo and Eddie Kass (Departure Duo)

Vidi l'angelo nel marmo

commissioned and performed by the wonderful Zachary Sheets and Wei-Han Wu!

Live performance at Firehouse12, New Haven

Thread Unfurled

written for and performed by Michiko Theurer

II. Nets

III. Fractures

I. Chrysalis

New Geometry (arr. for Contemporanous)

performed by Departure Duo (Nina Guo & Eddie Kass), recorded, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Nick Tipp at Soniferous Studios

Phrases mov. IV

Phrases mov. II

Phrases mov. I

viola scordatura and electronics, performed by Christophe Desjardins (elec. realization by Monica Gil Geraldo, r.i.m.), commissioned by CIRM/ Festival MANCA

Off Hesperus

Zlatomir Fung, cello
Janice Carissa, piano

Recorded at Skillman Studios in Brooklyn, mixed by Ted Moore in Chicago

Program note: Prelude is a duo for cello and piano that was written to precede attacca into the Brahms e minor cello sonata without pause (though it may also be performed alone) and is affectionately written for and dedicated to Zlatomir Fung and Tengku Irfan.

Prelude

Live recording by Wavefield Ensemble @ National Sawdust

Una Corda

please listen with headphones — the beginning is very quiet!

performed by the Argus Quartet
May 6, 2019
Alice Tully Hall, New York

drip music

L'orchestre Philharmonic de Radio France, cond. Marc Desmons performs an excerpt from Leaf fabric (2017) as part of IRCAM's Manifeste 2019 orchestral workshop.

Originally commissioned by Georg Haas for the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, this excerpt is from the last four minutes of the piece. DM for perusal recording of complete work.

Leaf Fabric (excerpt)

for seven double basses & chopsticks

commissioned by Tanglewood Music Center, premiered by the 2019 fellows of TMC

Kalesa Ed Kaluca

for violin and tape, written for and performed by Robyn Bollinger

I. Apartment sounds

impromptu for Hanzhi

performed by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (2015)

speckled the green and blue (excerpt)

composer living in the woods // interested in tiny sounds, leaves, stacks of thirds, and music that jitters // Asst. Prof. of Composition, Yale School of Music

Katherine Balch

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