Conversations, Op. 234

Op. 234 CONVERSATIONS (November 15, 2014)
     For Sound Files
          I. Novato Toyota
          II. Concord Kitchen Table


     Score:

Fallen Angels, Op. 233

Op. 233 FALLEN ANGELS (October 8, 2014)
     Pictures at Rodie's Exhibition, Op. 230
     Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Ladies, Op. 231


Score: 

Performances:

July 10-11, 2015
Fresh Voices XV: Incarnate
Sopranos - Raina Parks, Paige Patrick, Jill Wagoner
Altos - Meghan Dibble, Alexis Lane Jensen
Tenor - Mark Alburger
Goat Hall Productions
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232

Op. 232 ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER GROPIUS WERFEL
     (August 24, 2014)
     An Opera in Three Husbands and Multiple Lovers (All Famous)
PROLOGUE - ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER
       I. 1879 - ANNA SOFIE BERGEN (Alma's Mother)
               II. 1880 - JULIUS VIKTOR BERGER
                    (Alma's Mother's First Lover)
               III. 1881 - MARGARETHE (GRETE) JULIE SCHINDLER
                     (Alma's Half Sister)
               IV. 1882 - GRANDMOTHER (Photograph I)
               V. 1883 - MANON AUGUSTE PAULINE SCHARMWEBER
                     GROPIUS (Gropius' Mother)
               VI. 1884 - EMIL JAKOB SCHINDLER (Alma's Father)
               VII. 1885 - GUSTAV MAHLER (Alma's First Husband)
               VIII. 1886 - OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Alma's Lover)
               IX. 1887 - PRINCE RUDOLF (Alma's Father's Employer)
               X. 1888 - ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER (Photograph II)
               XI. 1889 - CARL MOLL (Alma's Mother's Second Lover)
               XII. 1890 - FRANZ VIKTOR WERFEL
                    (Alma's Second Husband
               XIII. 1891 - GEZA ZICHY (Mahler's Rival)
               XIV. 1892 - SYLT
                    (Alma's First Compositonal Efforts and Father's Death)
          XV. 1893 - ALMA / SOPHIE / GRETE  (Photograph III)
               XVI. 1894 - SCHULE (Alma's Education)
               XVII. 1895 - MAX BURCKHARD / OTTO MAHLER
                    (Alma's First Kiss / Suicide of Otto Mahler / Br III)
               XVIII. 1895 - JOSEF LABOR (Alma's First Teacher)
               XIX. 1897 - GUSTAV KLIMT (Alma's Second Kiss)
               XX. 1898 - ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
                    (Alma's Artistic Associations)
               XXI. 1899 - MARIA MOLL (Photograph IV)
               XXII. 1900 - ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY
                    (Alma's Second Teacher / First Lover)
               XXIII. 1901 - GUSTAV MAHLER (Alma's First Husband)
          ACT I - ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER
               XXIV. 1902 - RICHARD STRAUSS / MARIA ANNA "PUTZI"
                    (Mahler's Friend / Alma's 1st Daughter)
               XXV. 1903 - HAUPTMAN /  PFITZNER / P. STRAUSS /
                    GOLDMARK / CHARPENTIER (Viennese Life)
               XXVI. 1904 - ANNA JUSTINE "GUCKI" / GABRILOWITSCH
                     (In the Country / Alma's 2nd Daughter)
               XXVII. 1905 - FELIX MUHR / GUSTAV MAHLER
                     (In the Theatre)
               XXVIII. 1906 - ALMA / GUSTAV (In the Home)
               XXIX.  1907 - NEW YORK / MARIA ANNA /STRAVINSKY /
                     SIBELIUS / CARUSO (In the City)
               XXX. 1908 - TOBLACH (Mahler's Premonitions of Death)
               XXXI. 1909 - RODIN / TOSCANINI (Mahler's Fame)
               XXXII. 1910 - WALTER GROPIUS / SIGMUND FREUD
                     (Alma's First Affair)
               XXXIII. 1911 - MAHLER / FRAENKEL / SCHREKER
                      (Mahler's Death / Bruckner Third)
               XXXIV. 1912 - PAUL KAMMERER / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
                       (Alma's Lovers)
               XXXV. 1913 - ALMA MAHLER / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
                     (Kokoschka's Paintings - Bride of the Wind)
               XXXVI. 1914 - OSKAR KOKOSCHKA / HANS PFITZNER
                      (World War I)
          ACT II - ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER GROPIUS
               XXXVII. 1915 - SIGFRIED OCHS / WALTER GROPIUS /
                    OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Alma's 2nd Husband)
               XXXVIII. 1916 - MANON GROPIUS (Alma's 3rd Daughter)
               XXXIX. 1917 - FRANZ WERFEL (Alma's 3rd Husband-To-Be)
               XL. 1918  - MARTIN WERFEL / HULDA RESERL /
                    HERMINE MOOS (Alma's Son)
               XLI. 1919 - THE PUPPET (Alma's Image)
               XLII. 1920 - GROPIUS / PROSTITUTE / FESTIVAL (
                    Alma's Divorce)
               XLIII. 1921 - SCHOENBERG / RAVEL / BERG / MILHAUD /
                     POULENC (Alma's Soirees)
               XLIV. 1922 - RUPERT KOLLER / ERNST KRENEK
                      (Alma's Sons-in-Law)
               XLV. 1923 - ERNST KRENEK / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
                     (Alma's Lover's Opera)
               XLVI. 1924 - SCHOENBERG / WEBERN / BERG / KRENEK /
                      SHOSTAKOVICH (Mahler's 10th)
               XLVII. 1925 - ALBAN BERG / HANNA FUCHS-ROBETTIN
                      (Alma's Courier Service)
               XLVIII. 1926 - RUPERT JOSEPH / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA /
                       PAUL KAMMERER (Alma's Inspiration)
                XLIX. 1927 - FRANZ WERFEL / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
                       (Alma's Indecision)
                L. 1928 - ALBAN BERG / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
                        (Kokoschka's Letters)
          ACT III - ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER GROPIUS
                WERFEL
                LI. 1929 - FRANZ WERFEL / MANON GROPIUS
                        (Alma's Third Marriage)
                LII. 1930 - ANNA MAHLER / PAUL VON ZSOLNAY 
                         (Anna's Third Marriage)
                LIII. 1931 - GEORGE BERNARD SHAW /
                         PAUL VON ZSOLNAY (Anna's Third Separation)
                LIV. 1932 - THEO JOHANNES HOLLNSTEINER
                      (Alma's Religious Affair)
                LV. 1933 - HEINRICH BRUENING / ADOLF HITLER
                       (Alma's World)
                LVI. 1934 - ELIAS CANETTI / MAID (Manon's polio)
                LVII. - 1935 MANON GROPIUS / ALBAN BERG
                       (Manon and Berg's Deaths)
                LVIII. 1936 - JOHANNES HOLLNSTEINER /
                       KURT SCHUSCHNIGG (Manon's Eulogy)
                LIX. 1937 - WERFEL / ZUCKMAYER / VON PAPEN /
                      KOKOSCHKA (Alma's Farewell Party)
                LX. 1938 - ANSCHLUSS (Alma's Departure)
                LXI. 1939 - GRETE / BRUCKNER
                       (Grete's Death / Bruckner's Third Negotiations)
                LXII. 1940 - PYRANEES (Alma's Escape)
                LXIII. 1941 - LOS ANGELES / HANDSOME AUGUST HESS /
                       ALBRECHT JOSEPH (Alma's Politics)
                LXIV. 1942 - ERICH MARIA REMARQUE /
                       ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY (Drinking Song)
                LXV. 1943 - SANTA BARBARA / FRANZ WERFEL
                       (Werfel's Heart Attacks)
                LXVI. 1944 - TORBERG / KOKOSCHKA / BEMELMANS
                      (Alma's Friends)
                LXVII. 1945 - MOLL / EBERSTALLER / MUSSOLINI /
                      HITLER / WERFEL (Alma's Deaths)
         EPILOGUE - THE GREAT WIDOW
               LXVIII. 1946 - THOMAS MANN / BRUNO WALTER /
                      CLAIRE GOLL (Alma's Prospects)
               LXIX. 1947 - ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / THOMAS MANN
                      (Schoenberg's Ire)
               LXX. 1948 - ANTON BRUCKNER / ANNA MAHLER
                       (Alma's Sale / Anna's Visit)
               LXXI. 1949 - STRAUSS / PFITZNER / SCHOENBERG /
                       MANN… (Alma's 70th Birthday)
               LXXII. 1950 - ANNA / MARINA (Anna's Move)
               LXXIII. 1951 - ARNOLD SCHOENBERG /
                    ANNA MAHLER (Schoenberg's Death / Anna's Mask)
               LXXIV. 1952 - YOU BET YOUR LIFE
                    (Alma's Move / Anna's Appearance)
               LXXV. 1953 - THORNTON WILDER / SAMUEL STEWARD
                     (Alma's Encounters)
               LXXVI. 1954 - VIENNA STATE OPERA / RODIN / MAHLER /
                     STRAUSS (Alma's Protestations)
               LXXVII. 1955 - BENEDIKT FRED DOLBIN /
                     LIGHT IN THE NIGHT (Photo VI)
               LXXVIII. 1956 - 120 EAST 73RD STREET /
                     BLISS IN THE WOODS (Photo VII)
               LXXIX. 1957 - LIBRARY / ONSLAUGHT (Photo VIII)
               LXXX. 1958 - AND THE BRIDGE IS LOVE (Alma's Biography)
               LXXXI. 1959 - MAHLER / PFITZNER / ZEMLINSKY /
                    SCHOENBERG / BERG / KORNGOLD / KRENEK /
                    BRITTEN (Alma's Dedicators)
               LXXXII. 1960 - WALTER GROPIUS / PAUL ZSOLNAY /
                    WILLY HAAS (Alma's Reactions)
               LXXXIII. 1961 - DERYCK COOKE (Mahler's 10th)
               LXXXIV . 1962 - BERNSTEIN / LA GRANGE / WOOD / CARR
                    (The Alma Problem)
               LXXXV. 1963 - IGOR STRAVINSKY / WALTER GROPIUS /
                     OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Photo IX)
               LXXXVI. 1964 - ELIAS CANETTI / AL[BRECHT] JOSEPH /
                    FRIEDRICH TORBERG (Alma's Death)


Score::

Performances

August 12-13; 26-27, 2016
Fresh Voices XVI: Memories and Desires
Kassidy Grace Mayernik - Alma Maria Schindler /
     Anna Justine "Gucki" Mahler / Hans Pfitzner /
     The Alma Doll / Darius Milhaud / Hanna Fuchs-Robettin /
     Brunner Arbeitzeitung II
Larissa Lorenz - Alma Maria Schindler Mahler / Julius Viktor Berger /
     Manon Gropius /  Hulda Reserl / Anton Webern / Rupert Koller /
     Gladwyn Kingsley Noble / Franz von Papen / Egon Friedell
Christa Durand - Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius / Carl Moll / 
     Manon Auguste Pauline Scharnweber /
     Marie Theienemann Hauptmann / Madame M / Igor Stravinsky /
     Franz Schreker / Kokoschka Doll-Party Police Officer I / Maid /
     Brunner Arbeitzeitung III / Carl Zuckmayer
Jill Wagonern - Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel /
      Anna Sophie Bergen Schindler / Otto Mahler / Pauline Strauss /
      Doctor / Kokoschka Doll-Party Attendee I / Gropius's Prostitute /
      Police Officer I / Maurice Ravel / Dmitri Shostakovich 
Mark Alburger - Gustav Mahler / Hermine Moos / Alban Berg /
     Adolf Hitler / Nazi II / Director / Music Director
Jamie Samantha Lee - Walter Gropius / Crown Prince Rudolf /
     Oman Bergen / Geza Zichy / Max Burckhard / Arnold Schoenberg /
     Bruno Walter / Richard Strauss / Felix Muhr / Jean Sibelius /
     Auguste Rodin / Paul Kammerere /
     Kokoschka Doll-Party Attendee II / Paul Zsolnay / 
     Johannes Hollnsteiner / Heinrich Bruening / 
     Brunner Arbeitzeitung IV / Nazi I
Jacqueline Goldgorin - Oskar Kokoschka / Gustav Klimt /
     Margarethe Julie Schindler / Maria Moll Eberstaller /
     Maria Anna "Putzi" Mahler / Sigmund Freud /
     Gropius's Prostitute / Francis Poulenc / Adolf von Zsolnay /
     Elias Canetti / Brunner Arbeitzeitung I 
Harriet March Page - Franz Werfel / Emil Jakob Schindler /
     Alexander von Zemlinsky / gerhart Hauptmann / Carl Goldmark /
     Gustave Charpentier / Enrico Caruso / Joseph Fraenkel /

     Siegfried Oches / Kokoschka Doll-Party Police Officer II / 
     Gropius's Prosititue Police Officer II / Ernst Krenek /
     Albrecht Joseph / Anna Sophie Bergen Schinder Moll /
     Artistic Director
Feona Lee Jones - Alma Doppelganger Pianist / Josef Labor /
     Ossip Gabrilowitsch / Piano
Alan Kingsley - Flute / Piccolo
Peter Brown - Clarinet
Michael Garvey - Bassoon
Michael Cox - Trumpet
Jonathan Ho - Violin
Robin Reynolds - Cello
Goat Hall Productions
Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

Portraits of ___ (Some Number of 3) Women, Op. 231

OP. 231 PORTRAITS OF ___ (SOME MULTIPLE OF 3) WOMEN (August 12, 2014)
I. Teacher in Red Glasses
II. (Study for) Arizona Diva
III. Eve
IV. Marlena
V. Jackie in the Southwest
VI. Tess
VII. "She" Who Must Be Obeyed   
VIII. Woman in the Window

IX. Olivia
X. Collette   
XI. Saint Joan
XII. Shara                         
XIII. Dance Girl Dance
XIV. Embrace   
XV. Two Sisters       
XVI. Margo (Woman from Paris)
XVII. Bridget
XVIII. Harlequin   
XIX. Janis
XX. Pandora         
XXI. Who Is She?


Score:

Performances:

July 10-11, 2015
Fresh Voices XV: Incarnate
Sopranos - Raina Parks, Paige Patrick, Jill Wagoner
Altos - Meghan Dibble, Alexis Lane Jensen
Tenor - Mark Alburger
Goat Hall Productions
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

Pictures at Rodie's Exhibition, Op. 230

Op. 230 PICTURES AT RODIE'S EXHIBITION (August 10, 2014)
Hailstorm I
I. Three Cool Cats and a Dog
Hailstorm II
II. El Brujo
Hailstorm III
III. Ghost Ranch
IV. Persistance of Memory in Arizona
Hailstorm IV
V. Dolly's Boots
VI. Tao
VII. South Shore (Miami Beach)
VIII. Back to Basics
IX. Pink Yellow (Dancing Up a Storm)
X. Great Hanging Sculpture of Rodie


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Sex and the Species, 229

Op. 229 SEX AND THE SPECIES (July 12, 2014)
     Chamber Opera - Oratorietta
          I. Before
          II. Evolution
          III. Sexual Reproduction
               A. Animals
               B. Plants
               C. Fungi
          IV. Sex Determination
                A. Genetic
                B. Non-Genetic
          V.  Sexual Dimorphism


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Cristobal Colon, Op. 228

Op. 228 CRISTOBAL COLON (May 26, 2014)

    For Voices and Orchestra
          First Voyage
          Second Voyage
          Third Voyage
          Fourth Voyage


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Academic Endeavors II, Op. 227

 Op. 227 ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS II (May 6, 2014)
     For Ensemble
          I. Blake Songs
          II. Scherzo and Trio
          III. Sonata
          IV. Theme and Variations


Score:

Gravity and Comedy, Op. 226

Op. 226 GRAVITY AND COMEDY (April 26, 2014)
     For Performers
          I. Gravity Tonight
          II. Comedy Tomorrow


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Histrionics, Op. 225

 Op. 225 HISTRIONICS (April 4, 2014)
     For Sound Files
          Beckett - Waiting for Godot
          Cleese - Dead Parrot


          Score:

         Performance:

               September 29, 2018
                    The Opus Project presents Opus 69: Moondance
                    Diablo Valley College Music, Pleasant Hill, CA

Water Music, Op. 224

 Op. 224 WATER MUSIC (March 18, 2014)
     Dance-Oratorio for Players and Singers
          I. Overture - "If It Behaved"
          II. Andante e Staccato - "Most Related"
          III. Boogie - "Total Supply"
          IV. Air - "Drops"
          V. Scherzo - "Some of This Untouched"
          VI. Ground - "It Might Take One Hundred Years"
          VII. Scherzo - "Rainfall"
          VIII. Eroded Bouree - "Certain Signs"
          IX. Hornpipe - "Life Rose"
          X. Blues-Stride - "Protoplasm"


          Score:

          Performance:

               March 13, 2020
                    The Opus Project presents Opus 87: Angles and Divots
                     Zoom Everywhere!

          Recording / Video:

                Water Music
                New Music, 2020

371 Chorale Cadences, Op. 223

Op. 223 371 CHORALE CADENCES
(March 3, 2014)
For Keyboard or Orchestra


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Abducted by Aliens, Op. 222

Op. 222 ABDUCTED BY ALIENS (January 22, 2014)
Opera for Voices and Orchestra
  I. 1965 Gemini VII Bogey
  II. 214 BC Livy / 74 BC Plutarch
  III. 1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg
  IV. 1897 Aurora, TX, UFO Incident
  V. 1944 Foo Fighters / 1947 Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting /
          Roswell UFO Crash
  VI. 1948 Thomas Mantell / Gorman Dogfight
  VII. 1955 Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
  VIII. 1957 Gordon Cooper / Antonio Villas-Boas /
          1961 Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
  IX. 1966 Portage County UFO Chase
  X. 1973 Pascagoula Abduction / 1976 Tehran UFO Incident /
          1986 Japan Air Lines


     Score:

  Performances:

July 11-12, 2014
Fresh Voices XIV: Taken
Gemini VII / Livy / Nuremberg / Foo Fighters / Kenneth Arnold / Thomas Mantell
Antonio Vila-Boas / Barny Hill / Portage County Police - Mark Alburger
Houston / Plutarch / Aurora / Roswell / Kelly-Hopkinsville / Gordon Cooper / Betty Hill
Pascagoula / Tehran / Japan Air - Harriet March Page
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

October 4, 2014
Music of Air, Earth, Fire, and Water
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA