Academic Endeavors, Op. 19

Op. 19 ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS
(September 1, 1979) (790901)
For Keyboard and Speaker
(Text after Richard Loucks)
I. Work Out the Following Bass
(Check)
II. Harmonize the Following Melody
(When You Copy)
III. Work Out the Following Bass
(Classic Romantic Cadences Use the Third)
IV. Harmonize the Following Melody
(Mark, Your Work Gives)
V. Marginalia
(Please Make Sure)
VI. Work Out the Following Bass
(Check)
VII. Work Out the Following Bass
(Awkward Melody)
VIII. Work Out the Following Bass
(Check)
IX. Harmonize the Following Melody
(Below Cello Range)
X. Composition: Adagio
(Oh. If You Like Them)
XI. Composition: Allegro
(Mispelled)
XII. Augmented Sixths: Folk Song
(Check)
XIII. Correct the Notation
(It Depends)
XIV. Composition: Non-Dominant Sevenths
(The Most Common)
XV. Composition With German Augmented 6th
(Avoid These)
XVI. Composition: Beginning of a Fugue
(This Is Nice)


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Academic_Endeavors%2C_Op.19_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

September 12, 19, 21, 23, 2005
Mark Alburger, Voice and MIDI Keyboard
Music Technology Center, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

July 26, 2014

The Opus Project presents Opus 19: Sounds Good and Is Good for You

Mark Alburger, Video

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

CONTRARY COMOTION
(Complete Works, Volume 3) (New Music, 2005)


Video:

I. Work Out the Following Bass
(Check)
II. Harmonize the Following Melody
(When You Copy)
III. Work Out the Following Bass
(Classic Romantic Cadences Use the Third)
IV. Harmonize the Following Melody
(Mark, Your Work Gives)
V. Marginalia
(Please Make Sure)
VI. Work Out the Following Bass
(Check)
VII. Work Out the Following Bass
(Awkward Melody)
VIII. Work Out the Following Bass
(Check)
IX. Harmonize the Following Melody
(Below Cello Range)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6iVOyC6fis

X. Composition: Adagio
(Oh. If You Like Them)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ors2TeD8VU

XI. Composition: Allegro
(Mispelled)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RumQ86jLJ_I

XII. Augmented Sixths: Folk Song
(Check)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrG8---okec

XIII. Correct the Notation
(It Depends)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WeWFcOGkfQ

XIV. Composition: Non-Dominant Sevenths
(The Most Common)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNk7iCB-0Oo

XV. Composition With German Augmented 6th
(Avoid These)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzORwP36tDc

XVI. Composition: Beginning of a Fugue
(This Is Nice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIBWZGxE8SA

Yellow River Concerto II, Op. 18

Op. 18 YELLOW RIVER CONCERTO II
(May 1, 1979) (In co-operation with Chuck Kaplan) (790401)
Duel for Oboe (and Violin)


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Yellow_River_Concerto_II%2C_Op.18_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 4, 1979
Mark Alburger, Oboe; Chuck Kaplan, Violin
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

September 10, 2005
Mark Alburger, Oboe and MIDI Keyboard
Music Technology Center, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

June 28, 2014

The Opus Project presents Opus 18: Vote of Confidence

Mark Alburger, Video

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

CONTRARY COMOTION
(Complete Works, Volume 3) (New Music, 2005)


Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWO0ej3Yz0

Two and a Half Pieces, Op. 17

Op. 17 TWO AND A HALF PIECES
(March 15, 1979) (790301)
For Four Players (Flute, 2 Trombones, and Tuba [or Piano])
I. Mirror Music 
II. Requiem Invention 
III. Recapitulation  


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Pieces%2C_Op.17_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 4, 1979
Carol Shapley, Flute; Rich Giachetti, Trombone;
Bob Moreford, Trombone; Mark Alburger, Piano
Lang Concert Hall
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

August 26, June 12, 2005
Tritone Orchestra
Music Technology Center,
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

CONTRARY COMOTION
(Complete Works, Volume 3)
(New Music, 2005/2010)


Video:

I. Mirror Music 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxpQYfahmEQ

II. Requiem Invention 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNfB5WMx2HY

III. Recapitulation  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF3QPcbwNcQ

Some Stuff, Op. 16

Op. 16 SOME STUFF
(March 1, 1979, New Music, 1993) (HM 666)
Seven Delusions for Mixed Quintet
(Flute, Trombone [Tenor Sax], Bass [Cello, Bassoon], Piano, and Percussion)
I. Prelude
II. Urban Scherzo
III. The Angry Flutist
IV. Several Aborigines Dance and Dream in the Sun
V. The Lonely Trombonist [Saxophonist]
VI. Pastoral Adagio
VII. Postlude


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Some_Stuff%2C_Op.16_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 4, 1979
Ben Leeman, Flute; Rich Giachetti, Trombone; Ann Rosenthal, Cello;
Frank Sheed, Piano; Bruce Weinstein, Percussion
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

April 15, 1991
Trio Con Brio (Bonnie Lockett, Flute; Robert Fields, Tenor Saxophone; Maggie Poole, Bassoon); Mark Alburger, Piano and Percussion
Angelico Concert Hall, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

November, 1996
Composers Performance Ensemble
National Association of Composers, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

August 26, 2005
Mark Alburger, MIDI
Music Technology Center, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 20, 2007
Bruce Salvisberg, Flute; Mike Garvey, Bassoon; Alexis Alrich, Piano
Victor Flaviani and Anne Szabla, Percussion; John Beeman, Bass
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

April 26, 2014

The Opus Project presents Opus 16: How Suite It Is

The Opus Project Mixed Quintet

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

CONTRARY COMOTION (Complete Works, Volume 3) .(New Music, 2005)


Video:

I. Prelude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzpQqiLNdl8

II. Urban Scherzo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsaeO9Ot40A&t=3s

III. The Angry Flutist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BSKmk2Fk2I

IV. Several Aborigines Dance and Dream in the Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgB_abO73Xs

V. The Lonely Trombonist [Saxophonist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RKSz-hVXSw

VI. Pastoral Adagio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoIdkeawsWQ

VII. Postlude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JtneTlbwsk

Book (Prehistoric Atlas), Op. 15

Op. 15 BOOK (PREHISTORIC ATLAS)
(January 1, 1979) (790101)
For Piano (or Keyboard)
I. Antartica (Pangeia Preface Prelude on Ice)
II. Asia (Mumbai Multani Collision)
III. Africa (Oldavai Clockwork Invention)
IV. Australia (Olga Walkabout)
V. Europe (Morton Homestead)
VI. North America (Requiem for the Teays River)
VII. South America (Inca Inquisition)


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Book_'Prehistoric_Atlas'%2C_Op.15_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

August 19, 2005
Mark Alburger, MIDI
Music Technology Center, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

March 29, 2014

The Opus Project presents Opus 15: Riots of Spring

Mark Alburger, Piano

Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

Recording:

INSTRUMENTS OF DECONSTRUCTION
(Complete Works, Volume 2) (New Music, 2005)


Video:

I. Antartica (Pangeia Preface Prelude on Ice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5zew4CSZM

II. Asia (Mumbai Multani Collision)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36wVuOSvLFw&t=27s

III. Africa (Oldavai Clockwork Invention)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX_gQf0INPE

IV. Australia (Olga Walkabout)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k9aYeCQry0

V. Europe (Morton Homestead)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP92fDnUVK4

VI. North America (Requiem for the Teays River)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVoN8Nn3tU4

VII. South America (Inca Inquisition)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l-1A7HMltE&t=20s

Seasons' Eves, Op. 14

Op. 14 SEASONS' EVES
(December 24, 1978, New Music, 2005) (781224)
For Oboe and English Horn (or French Horn)
I. Spring (Maundy Thursday)
II. Summer (Fireworks)
III. Fall (Halloween)
IV. Winter (Music on Christmas Eve)


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Seasons'_Eves%2C_Op.14_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 4, 1979
Mark Alburger, Oboe; Scott Alburger, French Horn
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

July 19, 2005
Mark Alburger, MIDI
Music Technology Center, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

February 22, 2013

Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, English Horn / The Opus Project Orchestra

Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

Recording:

INSTRUMENTS OF DECONSTRUCTION
(Complete Works, Volume 2) (New Music, 2005)


Video:

I. Spring (Maundy Thursday)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zc18vfSZng&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=48

II. Summer (Fireworks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCYdmm1emk&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=49

III. Fall (Halloween)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2wGrOEA_KA&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=50

IV. Winter (Music on Christmas Eve)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HLS3u3Dqh4&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=51

Three Places in America, Op. 13

Op. 13 THREE PLACES IN AMERICA [FOR FOUR]
(July 1, 1978, New Music, 2005) (780801)
For Four Oboes
For Four Trombones
For Four-Hands
I. Colorado Springs, Colorado
II. Lexington, Kentucky
III. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Places_in_America%2C_Op.13_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

October 20, 1978
Kathy Pearson, Oboe I; Yopie Prins, Oboe II; Kate Rittenhouse, Oboe III; Janet Bentley, Oboe IV
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

May 4, 1979
Harold Smoliar, Oboe I; Yopie Prins, Oboe II; Kate Rittenhouse, Oboe III;
Mark Alburger, Oboe IV
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

July 18, 2005
Mark Alburger, MIDI
Music Technology Center, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 20, 2007
Alexis Alrich and Lisa Scola Prosek, Piano 4-Hands
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

January 25, 2013

The Opus Project presents Opus 13

The Opus Project Orchestra

Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

Recording:

INSTRUMENTS OF DECONSTRUCTION
(Complete Works, Volume 2) (New Music, 2005)


Video:

I. Colorado Springs, Colorado

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0UH3t62DQk&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=45

II. Lexington, Kentucky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQdEtez-LZk&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=46

III. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibr-TV3mOt4&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=47