2007

After The Rain -
"A study in digital editing"

Ah-Ha -
"A re-mix of No Fits Please from Vocalise"

Double Vision -
"A re-mix of Views 6 and 12"

2006

53 Ablon - voice
"Manu's address just south of Paris on the Seine... a great house.... of course this is dedicated to Manu, Christophe, Mathilde, Rafa¸le Theodora and Rita....the inhabitants."

Cote De Neigh for Pierrette - solo guitar
"We stay at her house all the time when we are in Montreal."

Elizabeth's Studio - string quartet
"There was a lot of building at the farm that year...so I wandered onto the studio"

Mix for Jonny Mann -
"I miss him......"

2005

Fantasia - solo piano
"Just "discovered it", as my student Julian would say, on my computer."

Out Of The Blue for Joe Riggio - solo piano
"A neighbor lost his wife suddenly...... after few years he was finally coming out of the blue....."

Praise Poem For Bob and Elizabeth - string quartet
"Two of my favorite people. They let us stay at their farm every year. In 2005 I was there alone and I was thinking of them a lot."

Rain Drops Music In My Ears -
"Stole this line from someone I met on line...thank you."

Song for my Father -
"We went to Genoa that summer. My father was born there."

Vocalise w/ Lise Vachon -
"Discovered ACID on my computer..."

2004

I Miss Her -
"My mom died in March.....I wrote this in November."

Nice Shirt w/ Steve Dalchinsky lyric -
"It's a nice poem"

2003

Birds In Flight for Jacob Burkhardt - string quartet
Jacob's movie Hebron Holiday has this as the opening

Crossing - full orchestra with narration

Death Beam Music from "Rebel Cafˇ" by Ed Sanders -
"Blame it all on Bob Holman... my first true "Performance" piece"

Don't Know Who I Am -
""

Don't Know Who I Am - string quartet
"I went to see my mom and she didn't recognize me."

Philosophies - piano / violin
""

2002

Cicada Music - electronics
"Steve Dalachinsky came back from Japan with a tape of cicada singing and a journal. This is the music including the cicada singing."
Available on the CD Cicada Music >>

Nature Morte #2 - voice
Lyric by Steve Dalachinsky... "...too far away..."

Soleil - voice
"the one word..." Poem by Yuko Otomo"

2001

Gun - voice
From a poem by Jackie Sheeler"

Harmotecknow - electronics
"…inspired by my study of Harmolodics with Ornette Coleman and techno electronics"
Available on the CD Ancient Music >>

Hebron Holiday (film by Jacob Burkhardt) - electronics
"This music, composed for a silent film by Jacob Burkhardt, was commissioned by the Sedgwick Theater in Philadelphia. It is scored for voice and electronics."

Help (An Electronic Chamber Opera) - electronics
"This opera, commissioned by the New York City Queens Council on the Arts, is scored for electronics, two turntables, two radios, voice, wrench guitar and narration. The narrative part is taken from interviews I transcribed from health care workers in Queens NY and the story of my mother deciding to enter a senior residence at age 88."

2000

Can't Write You Something - voice
This lyric was written by Maggie Balistreri.

1999

Aurelie w/ Lise Vachon Lyrics -
"It was Aurelie's christening "

Incomplete Direction - electronics
"With Steve Dalachinsky. 'It's easy to write eternity…'"
Available on the CD Ancient Music >>

Rafaele - string quartet
Rafaele was only two weeks old when I spent a whole afternoon with her... alone. wow!!!!

1997

Deep Felt Songs - electronics
I was bowing my guitar and Lise came down the stairs singing this beautiful melody. It's a wordless journey.

Memory Q - string quartet
A string quartet version of the music from The Memory Theater of Giulio Camillo

Postcards - voice
"Lyric by Lise Vachon... Lise sent me postcards from Montreal and Paris... they were all about... Tintin"

1996

A Portrait - string quartet
"Dedicated to Lise Vachon."

Nam - electronics
"An electronic portrait of Viet Nam"

1995

Canta (for Tom Chapin) - alto saxophone
"I met Tom when we were in Illuminati and he inspired me to write this piece."

Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter - piano
"Inspired by a photo show of Ann Hunt Currier. It was a series of photos taken out of the same window on different days at different times of day. It was never always the same. I tried to do that with music."
Available on the CD Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter >>

Harmolodic Habanera (for Relâche) - flute / clarinet / french horn / bass clarinet / viola / percussion / bass / piano

Indifferent Aim - voice
"Yuko Otomo wrote the words. She originally called it St. Valentine's Day. Lise Vachon collaborated on the music"
Available on the CD Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter >>

KPs (Dong, Ra, Deba, Mi and Papa San) - electronics
"Portraits of my friends in Viet Nam… with narration and choreography"
Available on the CD Ancient Music >>

Lost In Maspeth - voice
"Poem by Lise Vachon. I started writing the music; we finished it together. It's mostly her song."

1994

Appetite (video by Terry Ross) - electronics
Winner of a National Fine Arts Video Award of Excellence

Art of the Nimbus Indians (film by Anita Thatcher) - electronics

Cam Duck - electronics
"Beautiful Central Highlands… five days in a hole… with narration."
Available on the CD Ancient Music >>

Cryin's Too Easy - voice
"Only song I ever wrote by myself."

One Sided Conversation - cello
"The first movement comes from a Theater production. The piece was built around that... and my love for the cello."

1993

6/5 Quartet - string quartet
"Just inspired to write."

Harmolodic Q - string quartet
"Inspired by my studies with Ornette Coleman."

1992

Electronic Dances - electronics
"For the Neo Labos production 'Forged'. These pieces explore different tunings."
Available on the CD Whims >>

Montauk - voice
"Lyric by Ann Rower. Written for the Long Island tribe on the 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in north America"
Available on the CD Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter >>

Yuko Cycle - voice
"Inspired by Steve Dalachinsky's poems about Yuko Otomo."
Available on the CD Whims >>

Eclipse - electronics
"Composed for 'Ann's Eclipse (Total Eclipse of the Sun OOPS I Mean Moon)'; the theatrical version includes narration and soprano… with Ann Rower."
Available on the CD Musique d'Ameubliement >>

Three Bagatelles (Bag 11, 44, 55) - piano / violin
"My main inspiration was meeting people who could play this stuff: Martin Goldray and Kate Light."
Available on the CD Whims >>

1990

Meditation For Wrench Guitar - wrench guitar
Listen to Audio >>

Theme From An Imaginary Movie - electronics
The title says it all…
Available on the CD Whims >>

1989

Fire Dances - string quartet
"Cynthia Gehrig gave my name to Kronos Quartet in 1984. David Harrington wrote me and asked for a quartet. At this time I had only written a short movement for string quartet. Also Kronos were unknown especially in the East. So I picked up an album of theirs and they were in black leather jackets and I didn't think the music was particularly earth shattering. I remember thinking 'so this is how mainstream leather jackets have become'. Anyway, I sent them my single 'Love Makes You Vicious' (it was already three years old) and said something like 'Yeah... maybe we can collaborate...'. What a 'SNOT!'... Within a couple of years I was buying up their CD's and they were the most famous string quartet on the planet."
Available on the CD Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter >>

Montauk - piano / flute
"I've been going to Montauk since I was ten years old."

Way Blue - voice
"Ann Rower gave me the poem when she got back from L.A. after doing research about Uncle Leo Robin, the famous lyricist."
Available on the CD Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter >>

1988

Cemetary (for T. Sherwood) - string quartet
"A friend of mine was murdered in his house. This just came out of me."
Available on the CD Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter >>

January - voice
"Lyrics by Bob Holman"

New Hampshire - flute / clarinet / trumpet / french horn / bass clarinet / string section / piano

Partitas - string quartet
"A set of pieces originally written for Kronos Quartet. See my comments under Fire Dances."
Available on the CD Fourteen Views From My Window One Winter >>

Stillife - violin
"Commissioned by Neo Labos Dance Theater, and inspired by a 16th century painting."
Available on the CD Whims >>

1987

Above - voice
"…About flying from NY to LA with Ann Rower."

1985

Love Lake - voice
"Bob Holman wrote this poem when he met his wife Elizabeth."

The Bachelor Machine (video by Creation Co.) - electronics

1984

Cellular Phone - voice
"I'm never at home I'm never alone I'm on the cellular phone... with you. Words by Bob Holman"

Cross Court - electronics
"Noises and Beats from The Memory Theater of Giulio Camillo by Creation Co."

Ice - electronics
"Soundtrack for 'Ice Station Zebra', a play produced by Creation Co."
Available on the CD Musique d'Ameubliement >>

The King Believes In A Just War - prepared wrench guitar

The Ship Was Sailing - electronics
"Ambient music from The Memory Theater of Giulio Camillo by Creation Co."
Available on the CD Musique d'Ameubiement >>

1983

All I Want To Do - voice
"A dance song I wrote with lyrics by Ann Rower for Jon Mann's Jump Street label."

1982-1993

Whims - piano
"These pieces are like entries in a diary, musings on a particular mood in a reflective intimate fashion."
Available on the CD Whims >>

1982

Bad News Lullaby - voice
"Lyric by Ann Rower. Life in the post nuclear world..."

1981

Placebo - voice
"'I don't want you I don't want you to go what I want is...' Lyric by Ann Rower"

1980

Modern Love - voice / piano
"Lyric by Ann Rower. The title says it all..."

1979

French Customs - voice
Words by Ann Rower. "I've got nothing to declare."

Kickin' - voice
"Words by Ann Rower. A different take on drug addiction."

Love Crazy (Why are all the people I) - voice
"Lyrics by Ann Rower. The title says it all. My only sing-a-long."

Love Makes You Vicious - voice
"My first single... 'love makes you vicious, there's nothing to say'... Lyric by Ann Rower."

Made In Japan - voice
"'These days the matches are...'. Poetry Rap. With Ann Rower"

Rock 'n Roll Mythology - voice
"With Bob Holman... released as the B-side of 'Made In Japan'"

1978

12 Tone Violin - violin
"My only study of 12-tone music."

Dada Mama - voice
"Love is the revolution unless you're dead." Lyric by Ann Rower

1977

Guilty - voice
"Another collaboration with Ann Rower. Released as the B-side of 'Vicious'"