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Music, Moving Images, Double Bass
List of Compositions
Here is a list of the compositions available, with parts, scores, and any necessary audiovisual files for live performances (Max patch and/or fixed media with click track). If you are interested in performing any of these pieces, please reach out here.
Collisions
Commissioned by Mantra Percussion with help from the French-American Culture Exchange Foundation
Percussion sextet and video
2025
21'
in progress
Huit-Clos
Commissioned by the Missouri Chamber Music F estival
F or the Calyx Piano Trio
Piano trio and video
2024
21'
Huit-Clos is an audiovisual and systematic exploration of the objects and sounds within a St. Louisian apartment. Essentially, it’s an examination of the mundane objects surrounding us, or an object-based "étude for the apartment." This systematic approach to listening to everyday objects and focusing on their audiovisual potential originated in part from the composer’s natural inclination but was also further reinforced by the presence of a chronic disease that forced necessary isolation.
Same Face
for Owen Weaver
Solo drum kit, glockenspiel, and fixed media (audio + video)
2021
25'
Same Face is a piece for solo percussionist (drum set and glockenspiel), live audio, and video, in 5 movements. It uses the inherent glitches of audio analysis and pitch detection to generate musical material and real-time video.
RYB
for Bang on a Can
Solo drum kit, tuned pipe, and fixed media (audio file)
2021
12'
RYB is a commission by Bang on a Can with support from Dave Lake & Linda Wright and written for David Cossin
November Foxtrot
Commissioned by New Morse Code
Percussion, cello, and fixed media (audio + video)
2020
20'
November Foxtrot is a multimedia collaboration between New Morse Code and me, developed at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Its four movements explore language, alphabet, transmission, Morse Code, and other means of communication. Cello and percussion converse with an interactive video application consisting of digital duplicates of New Morse Code and other historical and found footage.
The Four Suburban Seasons
Installation for 4 videos
2020
11'
The Four Suburban Seasons are a series of four short videos filmed in front of my house on Wiggins street in Princeton, NJ. They all use big machines such as lawn mower and a snow blower and use a technique of skipping ion the video file to create rhythmic and fun musical patterns.
Hello, I like cheese
for So Percussion Summer Institute
Percussion quartet and double bass
2019
6'
Hello I like Cheese is a fun algorithmic piece using several complex isorhythms and written for vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, drumset, and an optional double bass part.
USA
Installation for player piano and video
2019
17'
USA is an installation and process-based piece for player piano (Yamaha Disklavier) and video in which each one of the stripes and stars play a different note at a different tempo.
Big Dada
for So Percussion
Percussion quartet + real-time audio and video
2019
6'
Big Dada is for percussion quartet and videos of singers, trucks, trains, tennis players, and kittens. It is based on multiple isorhythms along with 708 short videos stolen from Youtube. These videos are treated as an integral instrumental part using the timbres of different singers, trains, trucks, tennis players, and kittens as a visual klangfarbenmelodie.
Il va pleuvoir en fin d'après-midi
for NakedEye Ensemble
Flute, clarinet, electric guitar, electric bass, piano, glockenspiel, cello, alto saxophone, and video
2018
11'
Il va pleuvoir en fin d'après-midi is an homage to the piece "It's gonna rain" by Steve Reich which expands on the idea of phase by using 4 groups of musicians with 4 different tempi and video.
4 Bucolic Machines
for Now Hear Ensemble
Double bass, viola, clarinet, flute, percussion and video
2018
14'
4 Bucolic Machines is a piece in 4 movements: Woods, Basse, Robots, and Cabine. Each movement explores interactions of images and sounds and need to be synchronize with a fixed media (audio and video)
Des Mots Superficiels
for Bearthoven
Piano, electric bass, percussion (drum kit + glockenspiel) and video
2018
10'
Des Mots Superficiels is a double homage to the to the piece Idle Chatter by Paul Lansky and Alone: Life Wastes Andy Hardy by Martin Arnold. It uses algorithmic processes to go through each syllable of the 1964 terrible movie "Santa Claus conquers the Martians”.
Crème Brûlée
for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
2017
7'
Crème Brûlée morphs slowly between the world of Gérard Grisey with spectral bursts created with IRCAM's Orchids and the one of Steve Reich with steady and repetitive patterns.
Seven Pocket Études
for So Percussion Summer Institute
Percussion quartet
2017
9'
Bell tree, prepared wind chimes, melodica, wood blocks, triangle, whispered solfège, low tom
Lacrimosa
for Shattered Glass
String orchestra (4, 4, 3, 3, 1)
2016
15'
Lacrimosa is in two main movements in which all the instrument are divisi, i.e. 14 individual parts. String orchestra (4, 4, 3, 3, 1).
Global Groove on a Superhighway
for Escher Quartet
String quartet and fixed media (audio + video)
2016
10'
Global Groove on a Superhighway uses more than 300 weather report samples from all over the world in this intense "speech-melody" counterpoint where each instrument is following a specific voice.
My feet to the Sun
for Echo Chamber
Violin, cello, bass, clarinet, piano, percussion, and fixed media (video)
2016
8'
My feet to the Sun has an inverted V shape and uses a synchronized video shot with an old Hi8 video camera.
Étude for 11 Faces
for Trio Chimera
Piano, violin, cello and video
2015
9'
Étude for 11 Faces uses a synchronized video with some of my friends' faces doing noises, singing notes and telling a story.
Voyages Extraordinaires
for the Lincoln Center
Piano quintet
2015
5'
Voyages Extraordinaires was commissioned by Holland America Line in collaboration with Lincoln Center. For piano quintet.
Petits Artéfacts
for Nick Photinos
Solo cello, real-time electronics and video
2015
15'
Petits Artéfacts is a piece for solo cello in 6 short movements. Its total duration is around 15 minutes. Each movement uses a different way to interact with the video.
Click Farm
for Princeton Sound Kitchen
Cimbalom, vibraphone, violin, double bass, and soprano voice
2015
6'
Premiered at Princeton Sound Kitchen with Courtney Orlando (violin), Nick Tolle (cimbalom), Mark Eichenberger (vibraphone), Rosalie Kaplan (voice), and Florent Ghys (bass).
Punk-Rock Cheerleaders Do Exist
for So Percussion
Percussion quartet: vibraphone, steelpan, marimba, and drum kit
2015
8'
Punk-Rock Cheerleaders do exist is a hocket for percussion quartet composed for So Percussion.
Drum set plays crotales in the final movement. Steel Pans are double tenor.
Soleil
for So Percussion Summer Institute
Percussion trio
2015
8'
Marimba/tom, 2 vibraphones/2 toms.
Soleil is a sunny piece for percussion trio. Very simple and catchy patterns are in motion, but somehow everything is wrong. This piece is published by Long Echo.
Brandi Loves Todd
Double bass, drum kit, vibraphone, electric guitar, cello, tenor voice and fixed media (video)
2014
4'
Brandi Loves Todd is a piece for chamber ensemble and a video from the TV show Maury Povich.
It uses the "speech-melody" technique where each instrument is assigned to a different character in the show.
Poor Margie
for Vicky Chow
Solo piano and fixed media (video)
2014
7'
Poor Margie uses the "speech-melody" technique with a video from the 1950s called "Cooking: Terms and what they mean" from the Prelinger archives.
0556022088
for the NYU contemporary ensemble
Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, vibraphone, percussion
2013
10'
0556022088 was composed for the NYU contemporary ensemble in 2013 and was an attempt to explore things I've never done before.
Bouquet Garni
for Kathleen Supove and James Moore
Piano and electric guitar
2013
20'
Bouquet Garni is a 20-minute piece in a A-B-A form that includes many musical ideas I was working on between 2011 and 2012. It is dedicated to James Moore and Kathleen Supove.
Pièce Montée
for Jack quartet
String quartet
2012
7'
A "pièce montée" is a French decorative layered wedding cake in an architectural form made of cream puffs, nougat, marzipan and spun sugar.
Literally, it means "assembled piece". The adjective "montée" refers to an upward direction.
This piece is in two sections and contains elements of simple improvisation.
An Open Cage
for the Bang on a Can All-Stars
Clarinet, cello, piano, double bass, drum kit
2012
4'
An Open Cage uses excerpts from an archival lecture of Diary: How to improve the world (You will only make matters worse) by John Cage. This material was provided courtesy of Laura Kuhn and the John Cage Trust.
This piece involves a click track. Piano, cello, clarinet and electric guitar are asked to sing at the end.
Hommage à Baligh Hamdi
for Wild Rumpus
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, harp, electric guitar, 2 soprano singers
2012
8'
Baligh Hamdi was an Egyptian composer who wrote many of Egypt's most fantastic songs. Hommage à Baligh Hamdi is in three parts and requires the 2 singers to remain seated for the first half while holding a white handkerchief, mimicking Oum Kalthoum's stage presence.
0x571B7e
for the NYU contemporary ensemble
Clarinet, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, and tenor voice
2012
4'
0x571B7e is the hexadecimal color code for the purple, NYU's color
Phase Parisienne
for Mark Dresser's double bass class
Double bass sextet
2011
7’
Phase Parisienne was originally composed for multi-track double basses for my album Baroque Tardif in 2011. This arrangement for 6 double basses was commissioned by Mark Dresser for his double bass class at UCSD.
Coma Carus
3 pianos and real-time audio effects
2010
5’
Coma Carus is the French name for the third step in a coma: it is when the person doesn't react to any external stimuli.
This piece was originally recorded with multi-track pianos on my album Baroque Tardif. This is an arrangement for three pianos and digital delay.
100
for Dither Quartet
Electric guitar quartet
2009
6’
100 is a piece in 2 movements for electric guitar quartet. It uses a loop pedal and an octave pedal.
Hommage à Jacob Ter Veldhuis
for Mikael Kurdoka's guitar class
Guitar quartet, electric bass, tenor voice and fixed media (audio + video)
2008
4'
Hommage à Jacob Ter Veldhuis was composed in 2006 with a weather forecast by the famous Evelyne Dhéliat.
This version was arranged in 2008 for 4 guitars, electric bass and voice.
Rose
Open instrumentation: 12, 8, or 4 instruments
2008
6'
Rose21 is an experimental piece in 2 parts exploring the idea of phase invented by Steve Reich. Each of the four instruments group has its own tempo. It has to be played with four phasing click tracks sent from a Max patch.
The instrumentation of this piece is open, i.e. can be played by any instrument as long as they can play the notes. The recorded version presented here is for 8 alto saxophones and 4 double basses.
Concierge
Alto sax, double bass, percussion, and fixed media (audio)
2007
3'
Concierge is a short piece for jazz trio (bass, drums, tenor sax) doubled with another trio in the tape.
Patatra
for Abigail Fischer
Solo soprano, hair dryer, and fixed media (audio)
2007
7'
Patatra uses a hair dryer, solfège, and another soprano in the electronics.
Crocodile
for Eleonore Oppenheim
Solo double bass and fixed media (audio)
2007
6’
Crocodile uses an excerpt from the French documentary "La fabrique de l'homme occidental" (Idéal Audience - Arte 1996) by film maker Gérard Caillat and psychoanalyst Pierre Legendre.
available on the album Home by Eleonore Oppenheim on Innova Recordings.
L’air du baobab
Violin, viola, cello, double bass
2004
8'
L'air du baobab is written for the perfect string quartet: bass, cello, viola, and violin. This piece has been used in the soundtrack for the movie "Miss Hill".
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