High Cliff Camping

German Chatter

Bells of Beauvais

exploring the multifarious ways that humankind can interact with nature

for two saxophones (alto/tenor) and stereo fixed media // performed by Anna Petrenko and Lindsay Myers // mixing, engineering by yours truly // additional soundscapes recorded by and Connie Myres --
 www.conniemyres.com // photo credit John Jansen -- soundcloud.com/john-c-l-jansen-1 // more at www.nikodschroeder.com

wicked problems

Three Pictures for Tuba and Marimba (11'30") was written for Lukas and Makenzie. They have been long-time collaborators in jazz combos, wind bands, and our rock band, The Lake Effects, and we agreed that it would be fun to tackle a new genre. The piece was conceptualized and sketched during a stay in Missouri for a music conference and festival, at which I found myself with ample free time in a new and interesting environment.

i. Between a church and a highway in the foothills of the Missouri River
ii. Saying ‘I Love You,’ and then vomiting it drunkenly in an alley downtown
iii. Winston the dog chases monsters through a castle in San Jose

Three Pictures for Tuba and Marimba (live)

AJ Pratt, tenor saxophone; Hannah Creviston, piano; Niko Schroeder, composer

Live from the NASA Region 2 Conference 10 March 2019, Fred Fox School of Music, Tucson Arizona.

good cloud days - Excerpt

performed by invoke, live at the Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC

commissioned by the Beerthoven Concert Series, Austin TX and invoke

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My freshly-emigrated Pomeranian grandparents prospered in the new world, schlepping kegs for the greatest beer company of all time: Pabst Blue Ribbon. To this day, the Pabst courtyard is presided over by a German-American icon—King Gambrinus, the Patron Saint of Beer—depicted in cast aluminum as should be all great men.

Neither truly a saint nor a king, Gambrinus’s story was one of legend: a failed musician and scorned lover overcome by despair, captured in the plot of a disguised devil. Radically underappreciated (until now), his unquestionably true, absolutely provable journey is recounted by invoke in narrative song.

The Ballad of the Young King Gambrinus (live)

Creator of prepared and improvised sounds -- student, composer, and facilitator of new music

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