Threads of Mitoses - for two alto saxophones and computer (1993)

Live Recording - IU

Reflective Image - for oboe, sopr. saxophone, and computer (1989)

Live performance - FU

Protean Profile - for two pianos and computer (2006)

Stereo mix of surround sound master

In the Tube - music for fixed media (1992)

Live performance - Peabody

Free Shadows for piano, Disklavier, and computer (1994)

Four Interludes - music for fixed media (1998)

C74 CD

Double Concerto for viola, cello, chamber orchestra, and computer (1998)

Equipoise CD

Concerto for saxophone, chamber orchestra, and computer – J. Sampen (1997)

Available Instruments – D. Koppelman.mp3 (1998)

(HO)2 C6H3 • CHOH • CH2NHCH3 (Adrenaline) - for four trombones and computer (2000)

Live Recording - UNT

Wings of Daedalus - for chamber orchestra and computer (1993)

Composed in 2008. Recorded performance by Elizabeth McNutt at the University of North Texas.

Serotonin for piccolo and computer (2008)

Lisa Cella, alto flute, E. MIchael Richards, clarinet, Tom Goldstein, percussion.

Adagio (amore) was composed in 2009 for the Spiza composers collective in Athens, Greece and three composers in the US as part of an international joint commissioning project involving the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.  The genesis of the composition is a recasting of recorded flute and clarinet multiphonic counterpoint originally from a passage of the composer’s earlier composition entitled Smooth Wood, Flash that is folded, recombined, and layered upon itself after being time-stretched using phase-vocoding resynthesis.  Once this newly-composed textural music was complete, it was made the subject of spectral analyses to extract a skeletal frame from which counterpointed lines were composed for alto flute and clarinet and metallic percussion music so that the acoustic music is anchored to, and built upon, the prominent aspects that were spectrally extracted from the multiphonic texture layer.  Because the computer music is created from transformed and overlaid recordings of flute and clarinet multiphonics, the pitches of the computer music are not always aligned to Western twelve-note equal-tempered tuning.  The flute and clarinet music involves microtonal adjustments to move into and align with the computer music.  Despite this rather technical genesis for Adagio (amore), the music is primarily lyrical and expressive, with a shade of mystery, but essentially and consistently gracious and positive in tone reflecting the fact that Adagio (amore) is dedicated to the composer’s wife in celebration of their 25th anniversary in 2010.

Adagio_(amore) for alto flute, clarinet, metal percussion, and computer

William Kleinsasser's compositions range from acoustic chamber and orchestral pieces to interactive computer music. His work integrating electro-acoustic music with virtuoso instrumental performance has been widely recognized and supported by commissions and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, the American Music Center, Meet the Composer, the Argosy Foundation, and Towson University, among others.  Kleinsasser's compositions have received national and international recognition in concerts, competitions, conferences and festivals.  Kleinsasser's music is recorded on the Everglade, Innova, Mark, C74, and Ars Harmonica (ICMA) labels.  Kleinsasser holds DM and MM degrees in composition from Indiana University School of Music and BA and BM degrees from the University of Oregon. He is a professor of composition and related studies at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland where he is also the Director of the New Music Ensemble.

Website: wkleinsasser.net
Email: bill_at_wkleinsasser.net

William Kleinsasser

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