Ham is a space-face spaced out homage to the first great ape in Space, Ham, named after the Holloman Aeromedical Laboratory, who safely returned from Space in January 1961.

"he had a smile on his face -- 
but," said the experts,
"that's a sign of great distress,
that's a sign of great distress"

Dedicated to Laurence Crane on his Birthday. 

Live Recording at St Giles Cripplegate 18/10/21

Performers: 
Ben Smith - Piano 
Patrick Hegarty - Sampler
Matt Geer - Organ
Christian Drew - Guitar 
Darius Paymai - E. guitar

Manchester, December 2021.

Performed by Manchester Collective:
Beibei Wang - Percussion
Rakhi Singh - Violin
Julian Azkoul - Violin
Ruth Gibson - Viola
Stephanie Tress - Cello
Joe Reiser - Electronics

Score Follower: https://youtu.be/ufGRThgUtIQ

https://bennobuto.com/serenity-20

SERENITY 2.0

Jeux d'eau

For soprano, flute, oboe, double bass, percussion, & electronics.
 
Performed by Sharon Harms, Barry Crawford, Peggy Pearson, Greg Chudzik, Mike Truesdell, and Steve Beck. 

Conducted by Holly Druckman. 

Commissioned by the 2022 Brandeis Composers conference with support from the FROMM foundation.

hum house

Distrust, in Purple

A setting of the poem Insomnia 8, by Marina Tsvetayeva. This recording is of the premiere by EXAUDI on Monday 16th May 2022 in Milton Court Concert Hall.

Marina Tsvetayeva’s Insomnia 8 is a “hymn” to the Night, that home of contradictory associations, ranging from fear, skittish paranoia and tired hallucination, to stillness, peace and rest. Elaine Feinstein’s translation is used here with the kind permission of Carcanet Press. It is not a faithful translation in a traditional sense. Feinstein has translated many of Tsvetayeva’s poems, and these translations include a huge amount of her own character as a poet, often leaning towards prose whereas the Russian originals use more lyrical rhyming structures. My setting explores the wonderful sounds and phrasing of these words while playing with the quasi-religious nature of the poem.

© Sam Greening 2023

a shell where the ocean is still sounding

if I stepped into my body I would break / into blossom, performed by Dominic Stokes and Abigail Chen

6'15"
March 2023

if I stepped into my body I would break / into blossom (for viola and piano)

successful day playing around with delays + finding a balance with the flexibility/fragility of these dyads !

interlude i

red panel

clarinet: kevin kay
cello: eden lonsdale
electric guitar: levin zimmermann
clavichord: forrest moody

Common Ground (2024)

oct-dec ’17
written for Plus-Minus
ded. to Bryn Harrison, Amber Priestley, Sergei Zagny, Laurence Crane;
Matthew Shlomowitz & Plus-Minus

studio recording
Irine Røsnes (vln), Colin Frank (pc), me (kbd/guitar)

1. 0:00   2. 2:21   3. 7:41   4. 16:28

fp was given by Mark Knoop, Tom Pauwels, Serge Vuille & Kasia Ziminska @ City University

art (clockwise from top left): Joseph Albers — Study for Homage to the Square, 1967; Homage to the Square: SP–IV, 1967; Untitled (from Homage au Carré portfolio), 1965; Homage to the Square: Starting, 1968.