Chiyoko Szlavnics 



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SOLOS / ELECTRONICS
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The First Place: At the Entrance (2011-2)
solo percussion
ca. 9'
Constellations I (2011)
piano and sinewaves
10'
Interior Landscapes IIA (2010)
sinewaves
45'
Interior Landscapes IIB (2010)
sinewaves
45'
For 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, sinewaves
30'
Her Teeth Were White (1999)
solo percussion
ca. 4'


DUOS
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A Steadfast Duo (2010 - in progress)
2 violins & sinewaves
45'
This is only here. This is only now. (2010)
2 violins
10-11'
3 Strands (2010)
2 violins (with live recording & playback)
15'
Quick Figure (for Marc Sabat) (2010)
2 violins
3'
HC 91 (2010)
2 violins
5'


CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
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Inner Voicings I-III (2014)
chamber ensemble (13 instruments), sinewaves
ca. 20'
Constellations IV I (2013-4)
chamber ensemble (6 instruments), sinewaves
4' 30"
Openings I (2013-4)
chamber ensemble (6 instruments), sinewaves
6' 15"
Second Partial Response (2011)
2 voices or instruments that can play glissandi, 1 sustaining instrument
ca. 6'30"
Gardens of Contemplation (2008)
flute, violin, cello, piano, sinewaves
18'43"-19'
Freehand Poitras (2008)
2 violins, cello 
9'
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 )
   For Eva Hesse
   sinewaves
15'
   For Agnes Martin
   2 violins, accordion
ca. 3'
   Triptych for AS
   2 violins, accordion, sinewaves
10'
   For JT
   2 violins, accordion
3'10"
   For TN
   2 violins, accordion
4'
   For BN
   sinewaves
5'
   For CN
   sinewaves
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), sinewaves
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 / ORCHESTRA
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Reservoir (symphonic)  (2013)
orchestra, sinewaves
ca. 21'30"
Materia / Immateria  (2013)
orchestra, sinewaves
ca. 19'
Heliotrope  (2007)
chamber orchestra, sinewaves
ca. 11'
Wind in the Ceiling (2004-05)
chamber orchestra 
ca. 5'-6'


...WITH TEXT
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Narrow Road: Travelling Songs (2000)
mezzosoprano, viola, piano (d. melodica), percussion (d. bass melodica)
poems by Gerry Shikatani
12'
   1. buildings/stores
   2. the street
   3. green growth
   4. in air 3'24"
   5. green moss
Un Coup de Dés, (1998)
male speaking voice, chamber ensemble, with 4 channel playback
text by Stephane Mallarmé
10'45"
Expansion (1998)
male speaking voice, flute (& sop sax), piano 
text by Christophe Marchand-Kiss
10'


ARTICLES
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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.
Reflections on James Tenney 
Musicworks #97, pp.17-19,  Spring 2007. Toronto, Canada. 
Article describing Tenney as an influential composer for future generations.
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 a "Lattice
of Harmony".

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.
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, Canada.


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