Andrew Watts

Date completed: spring 2013

Duration: 7'30"

Instrumentation: bass clarinet (dbl Bb clarinet), harp, violin, and cello

Recording: East Coast Contemporary Ensemble (ECCE) at the 2013 Etchings Festival in Auvillar, France

Vacuum of the Mind (2013)

Date completed: winter 2013

Duration: 7'15"

Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

Recording: 
SONAR New Music Ensemble conducted by Lee Mills in Baltimore, MD

Man With A Black Bag (2013)

Date completed: November 2013

Duration: 9'40"

Instrumentation: electric guitar and 1/4" jack

Recording: 
Andrew Watts in New Freedom, PA

Ipseity / Disturbance (2013)

Date completed: April 2014

Duration: 8'30"

Recording: 
Wellesley Composers Conference 
Tony Arnold, soprano
Barry Crawford, flute
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Pablo Rieppi, percussion
Chris Oldfather, piano
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Chris Gross, cello

Conducted by James Baker

Negative Seven Degrees (2014)

Andrew A. Watts is a composer of chamber, symphonic, multimedia, and electro-acoustic works performed worldwide. His compositions have premiered at venues like Burning Man, Ravinia, Jordan Hall, and Holywell Music Room, featuring collaborations with top new music groups such as Dal Niente, Ekmeles, Proton Bern, Distractfold, and Line Upon Line. His recent work, Silicon Valley Requiem, premiered in May 2022.

Watts earned his doctorate from Stanford, master's from Oxford, and bachelor's from the New England Conservatory. His music explores technology, post-human themes, and language desemanticization, often using invented instruments. His treatment of microtonality focuses on evolving material under tight constraints, creating precise surface gestures as impetus for his compositions.

Currently a Lecturer at UC Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies, Watts also teaches a summer workshop on Algorithmic Composition at Stanford's CCRMA.