Improvisations I have recorded live or in the studio

Improvisations

"Cera Alba" for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, cello, and piano

Hong-Da Chin, flute/piccolo
Gunnar Hirthe, clarinet/bass clarinet
Kalindi Bellach, viola
Aleks Tengesdal, cello
Sephanie Titus, piano

Composed and recorded Spring 2016.

The fundamental concept for Cera Alba was derived from a Gabriel Orozco sculpture I saw at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. The sculpture, Roiseau 5, is an airy mobile of bamboo and feathers alluding to the Greek myth of Icarus and his disassembled wings. While the music eventually evolved from my initial thoughts, it retained moments of delicacy and moments of weightlessness as a result of the Orozco sculpture. The title, Cera Alba, is another name for beeswax, the substance that held the feathers of Icarus’s wings and melted when he flew too close to the sun.

Cera Alba

I ran my clarinet through a Microbrute filter and improvised on some new sounds

Improvisation for clarinet and synthesizer No. 1

Improvisation

Tyler Neidermayer live at Spectrum in Brooklyn, NYC
Tuesday, April 23rd 2019

Improvisation

Improvisation for clarinet and synthesizer No. 2

transformations

Improvisation #1

intangible landscapes (2019-2020)
for flute, bass clarinet, violin & piano

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premiered by apply triangle + me at the 2020 pulsing & shaking macro festival held at frederick loewe theatre in nyc.

lil bit of mixing by me~

yoshi weinberg, flute
tyler neidermeyer, bass clarinet
yaz lancaster, violin
jixue yang, piano

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program notes:

intangible landscapes deals with the growing feelings of ennui & isolation i encounter[ed] living in nyc for the past 6 years, & how perceived landscapes of memory shift, breathe & transform over periods of time. many people i love no longer live here. is 'home' a real place? or does it exist in the quiet intimacy of remembering/experiences & ephemerality?

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artwork by will farris

intangible landscapes

fairy ring is a natural phenomenon that occur when a circle of mushrooms begin to grow. a thin web of branch-like mycelium bubble under the surface. in folklore, fairies are said to sit on the mushrooms and use them as dinnertables, dance around the fairy ring, or as one welch woman claims, "use them as parasols and umbrellas". this is a piece inside of that circle.

fairy ring (2020) by yaz lancaster for lucy yao

fairy ring | yaz lancaster

I wrote this piece for friend and colleague Wes Fowler in May 2020 for a concert of premieres/commissions by and for members of the CCMP program at Boston Conservatory.

Hypnagogia

|| ur friendly neighborhood new music quintet ||
Flute - Francesca Leo
Oboe - Thomas Morris
Bass Clarinet - Tyler Neidermayer
Violin/Steel Pan - Yaz Lancaster
Cello - Gramm Drennen

Bass clarinetist, improviser, composer and electronic musician based in New York City

Improvisation #1

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