for SATB, synth, electric guitar, cello, trombones, clarinet, percussion
Premiere: May 16, 2006. CSU, Hayward

VASALLO - The Vertigo Series II. Necromantic Dances (2006)

for SA, trombones, electric guitars, bass guitar, synth, percussion
Premiere: March 7, 2006. CSU, Hayward

VASALLO - The Vertigo Series I. Monolith (2005)

for SATB
Premiere: April 26, 2009. University of California, Santa Cruz
Commissioned by Ariose Chamber Singers

VASALLO - Sunset (2008)

for SATB
Premiere: June 13, 2009. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco
2009 San Francisco Choral Artists New Voices Competition winner

VASALLO - De civitatibus (2007)

for baritone, piano
Premiere: June 2, 2007. CSU East Bay, Hayward

VASALLO - Without A Dream (2007)

for SATB
Premiere: March 18, 2007. Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA
2007 CSUEB Choral Competition winner

VASALLO - Lumen et Tenebras (2007)

for haegum, violin, cello 
Premiere: April 22, 2010. University of California, Santa Cruz 
Pacific Rim Festival 2010 official selection

VASALLO - Collapsing Obsidian Sun (2009) excerpt

for horn, piano, violin, viola, cello 
Premiere: April 19, 2009. University of California, Santa Cruz 
April in Santa Cruz 2009 official selection

VASALLO - Explosions in the Sky (2009) excerpt

VASALLO - Omnes Perituri (2011) excerpt

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"When the War Began" composed by Nick Vasallo
I. The Enduring Moments Before Disaster
II. Falling from the Sky
III. Into the Storm

Performed by REDSHIFT ensemble
Jeff Anderle - clarinet, bass clarinet
Andie Springer - violin
Kate Campbell - piano
Michelle Kwon - cello

May 23, 2013 at Cal State University, East Bay in Hayward, CA.

Program Notes
Composed from January 26th to February 15th 2013. The three movements (I. The Enduring Moments Before Disaster, II. Falling from the Sky, III. Into the Storm) all represent events and images that are associated with the horrors of war. I gave myself a simple narrative akin to a movie script and used this as a model for form. For example, in the first movement a small family waits as they hear the impending sound of war as it nears their door. There is nothing they can do to escape the terror. The handful of simple musical ideas and instruments become complex and surprising characters that can exist in reality or imagination. Extended techniques are used to emulate the sounds of electronic music and sound effects.

VASALLO - When the War Began (2013)

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