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Chiyoko Szlavnics : scores & recordings

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SELECTED WORKS. FOR A MORE COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS, PLEASE DOWNLOAD CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLOS WITH/WITHOUT ELECTRONICS top chamber ensemble chamber orchestra ...with text articles

Eva Hesse (with CN) (2007) 8 channel sound installation stereo performance possible with live solo flute	14'08"
Structures in the Mind's Eye (2005-2006) solo viola, sine tones	30'
Her Teeth Were White (1999) solo percussion dedicated to Christian Wolff	4' - variable
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE top solos chamber orchestra ...with text articles
Autonomous Gardens I (2008) flute, violin, violoncello, piano, sine tones	18'43"
Different Lights Fall (2007) clarinet (& bass clarinet), accordion, electric guitar, sine tones	20'
Wildflowers (2007) chamber ensemble (11 instruments)	16'
Reservoir (2006) chamber ensemble (8 instruments), sine tones	26'20"

CILIA TREMBLE (2006) (a series of short pieces composed for Haus 19)
For Eva Hesse sine tones	15'
For Agnes Martin 2 violins, accordion	ca. 3'
Tryptich for AS 2 violins, accordion, sine tones	10'
For JT 2 violins, accordion	3'10"
For TN 2 violins, accordion	4'
For BN sine tones	5'
For CN sine tones	1'30"
Acclines 2 violins, accordion	10'

Gradients of Detail (2005-6) string quartet	21'30"
The Spaces Between Them (2005) chamber ensemble (7 instruments), sine tones	34'40"
(a)long lines; we'll draw our own lines (2004) chamber ensemble (7 instruments)	30'
Partial Response (2000) mezzosoprano, 2 alto saxophone mouthpieces/necks	13'30"
instil / in silence (1997) clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, contrabass	1'30"
Papyrus Bending (1994) saxophone quartet	9'50"
Mercator's Projection (1994) violin, clarinet (d. bass cl.), trumpet, percussion	8'
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA top solos chamber ensemble ...with text articles
Heliotrope (for Frank O'Hara) (2007) chamber orchestra, sine tones	11'16"
Wind in the Ceiling (2004-05) chamber orchestra	5'
...WITH TEXT top solos chamber ensemble chamber orchestra articles
Narrow Road: Travelling Songs (2000) mezzosoprano, viola, piano (d. melodica), percussion (d. bass melodica) text: poems by Gerry Shikatani	12'
1. buildings/stores
2. the street
3. green growth
4. in air	3'24"
5. green moss

Expansion (1998) male speaking voice, flute (d. sop sax), piano text by Christophe Marchand-Kiss	10'
ARTICLES top solos chamber ensemble chamber orchestra ...with text
Verknüpfung der Vergangenheit mit der Zukunft MusikTexte 112, pp. 63-65, February 2007. Cologne. Translation into German of "Reflections on James Tenney" by Gisela Gronemeyer. MusikTexte - Zeitschrift für Neue Musik ed. G. Gronemeyer and R. Oehlschlägel
Reflections on James Tenney Musicworks #97, pp.17-19, Spring 2007. Toronto, Canada. Article describing Tenney as an influential teacher and composer. Musicworks
"Opening Ears: The Intimacy of the Detail of Sound" Filigrane: Nouvelles Sensibilités, No. 4, pp. 37-57, Éditions Delatour France, Paris. Article describing own composition process, the use of drawings as the basis for compositions Just Intonation ratios, and the influence of James Tenney, including his notion of Lattice of Harmony. Revuefiligrane Revuefiligrane revue4
Redefining an Instrument an interview with Robin Hayward, Musicworks #89, pp. 30-39, Summer 2004. Toronto. Hayward discusses his approach to the tuba, using it in innovative ways to produce noise improvisations and compositions, and retuning the instrument for Just Intonation. Musicworks
City Sites as Performance Settings Musicworks #69, pp. 22-27, December 1997. Toronto. Article describing the site-specific performance series, "Art in Open Spaces", which the author co-curated with choreographer Bill James in Toronto, and how the outdoor environment affects performances and audiences. Musicworks

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