David Reeder

[Classical] [Electro-Acoustic]

[Resume] [Stuff]

Works

Classical

• (hibernation) ::: alto sax, classical guitar, double bass and Sprechstimme
• Seasons Change ::: string trio
• Lunar Magic ::: flute, cello and mixed percussion
• Devotion ::: soprano and piano
• Songs to Joannes, Poem XV ::: contralto, clarinet, cello and piano
• Time Off ::: percussion sextet

Electro-Acoustic

• Q.E.D. ::: manipulated voice (found sound)
• Voicewalk ::: text manipulation by dancers and movement ..... (video instrument)
• Animistic Dreamscape ::: synthesized bells and biological phenomena ..... (4-channel instrument)
• Led Ohm Roll ::: thunderstorms and train yards ..... (found sound)
• Sorrugis ::: melodic frequency modulation and white noise ambient pad ..... (sound instrument)
• Air Space ::: pulsed airplane cabin environment ..... (6-channel installation)

Background

• Resume (PDF)
• Catalog of Works + Performance History
• Biography

• quiet -- solo violin or viola
• (hibernation) -- alto sax, classical guitar, double bass and Sprechstimme
• Seasons Change -- string trio
• Lunar Magic -- flute, cello and mixed percussion
• Devotion -- soprano and piano
• Songs to Joannes, Poem XV -- contralto, clarinet, cello and piano
• Time Off -- percussion sextet

Solo violin or viola -- September 2008; ~2'30"

Clairvoyance obscures obfuscation.


Score: Violin or Viola

Alto sax, classical guitar, double bass and Sprechstimme -- May 2005; 6'30"

Meditation on global environmental change. Incorporates silence within phrases in order to polarize stasis and movement. Some reliance on extended technique, primarily in saxophone. Spoken word parts for all players.


MP3: [performance]
Score: Conductor (C, E-flat) -- Alto Sax -- Guitar -- Double Bass

*** Special instructions for all players. ***


Performance history: Oregon Bach Festival (commission); Seattle Composers' Salon

String trio -- February 2004; 6'30"

Nostalgic reflections at the cusp between seasons.


MP3: [performance]
Score: Conductor -- Violin -- Viola -- Cello

Performance history: Renee Weiler Recital Hall, NYC; Brooklyn College

Flute, cello and mixed percussion -- March 2003; 45"

A brief musical representation of magical realism.


MP3: [live performance] [rendered]
Score: Full score

*** Special instructions for all players. ***


Performance history: accepted to Darmstadt; Brooklyn College

Soprano and piano -- February 2003; 4'30"

An occasional poem in honor of my parents' fortieth anniversary.
Text by Lauren Gudath.


MP3: [live performance]
Score: Full score

Performance history: private performance

Contralto, clarinet, cello and piano -- November 2002; 1'30"

Musical realization of Poem XV from "Songs to Joannes" by Mina Loy.


MP3: [live performance] [rendered]
Score: Conductor -- Contralto -- Clarinet -- Cello -- Piano

Performance history: Carrol Music, NYC

Percussion sextet -- October 2002; 3'15"

Scored for timpani, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, chimes, gong, triangle, crash cymbals, suspended cymbals, and splashes.


MP3: [rendered]
Score: Conductor -- Timpani -- Chimes -- Cymbals -- Triangle -- Tambourine -- Snare Drum

*** Special instructions for conductor and all players. ***

• Q.E.D. -- manipulated voice, found sound
• Voicewalk -- for dancers and movement (video instrument)
• Animistic Dreamscape -- synthesized bells and biological phenomena (4-channel instrument)
• Led Ohm Roll -- thunderstorms and train yards (found sound)
• Sorrugis -- melodic frequency modulation and white noise ambient pad (instrument)
• Air Space -- pulsed airplane cabin environment (6-channel installation)

Manipulated voice, found sound -- March 2008, 58"

Audio samples taken from discarded material generated by another project: a wealth of speech events, not intended for performance. Voice of Elizabeth Wyatt.


MP3: Q.E.D.

Performance history: 60x60

Video controlled instrument for dancers -- March 2004; variable duration

Interactive performance instrument relying upon movement to manipulate text processed by digital effects. Built from Max/MSP and SoftVNS.

Text from "Ash Wednesday", section V by T.S. Eliot.


Video: [16M] [6M]
MP3: [version 1]

Performance history: Darmstadt, Germany; Cathedral Arts Festival; Brooklyn College; Galapagos,

4-channel Max/MSP instrument -- May 2004; 10'15"

Synthesized bells and biological phenomena. Instrument species based upon customized forms of Risset's algorithms for additive synthesis, parameterized for live performance.


MP3: [live performance]

Performance history: Darmstadt, Germany; Galapagos, New York; UC Irvine

Found sound -- September 2003; 3'

Journey through elevators, thunderstorms and haunted train yards. All sound material collected by hand -- minimal reliance on audio effects.


MP3: [ProTools composition]

Performance history: Cathedral Arts Festival; Brooklyn College

Max/MSP instrument -- November 2003; variable duration

Tunable sine wave and modulator pairs, real-time programmable sequencer and underlying white noise pad.


MP3: [live performance] [short demo]
Download: instrument for Macintosh OS9

Performance history: Brooklyn College

6-channel Max/MSP installation -- December 2003; variable duration

Airplane cabin environment manipulated by delays and gain envelopes.


MP3: [live performance]

Performance history: Brooklyn College

Resources

Ear training program for chord types and qualities. Download for Mac OSX: version 1.3

Learn modes with this cheet sheet.

Promotional Use License for Non-Commercial Recording. (from American Music Center)




Other projects

Article about Notion, a next generation software solution for music notation and performance.
Written for Seattle Composers' Alliance. November 2006.

PIMA group performance at Blackbox Theater, December 2003. [5M] (interactivearts.com)

Composition, Electronica, Interactive Performance (PDF)

Catalog of Works and Performance History

Biography



Computer Science (PDF) - Internet Architecture and Network Security

PGP public-key

[Classical] [Electro-Acoustic]

[Resume] [Stuff]