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Chronology of Performances
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1977 – 1980

(Student Programs -Coming Soon)

1985 – 1988

KFAI FM Radio Show 'The Minnesota Composer's Gallery'

Broadcast:

1) Electronic theme music arrangement of 'Dawn' from 12 Fragments for piano.
2) Untitled #1 and #2 (early electronic studies)

The Minnesota Composer Forum

Private group gatherings: 1) 'Phonetic Cloud'
A 4-channel minimalist electronic composition 1994 - 1996

Mid 1990's

Andrew-Riverside Church (SE Mpls):

Performed:

1) 'The River'
A minimalist song setting of a sacred text.
Piano and voice.

2) 'From Within'
Short piano solo

3) 'Dawn'
from 12 Fragments for piano
A short mood piece.

Mighty Fine Cafe (NE Mpls):

Performed:

1) 'Symphony for Strings' (1st, 3rd, and 4th movements only)
A piano transcription for synthesized strings

Holland Senior High-rise (1717 Washington St. NE)
In conjunction with Tribe of Visions (African dance and drumming group)

Performed;

1) Kaleidoscopen on Bach's 1st prelude W.T.C.
2) Two polytonal Jazz compositions in background of poem reading
a. Sweet Dreams; b. Relax No. 2

Laughing Cup Cafe (S Mpls):

Performed:

1) Two polytonal Jazz compositions in background of poem reading
a. Sweet Dreams; b. Relax No. 2
2) Kaleidoscopen on Bach's 2-part Invention No. 1
Background for poem reading

The Front (NE Mpls):

Performed:

1) 'Music for Pitched Percussion' (2nd, 4th, and 5th movements)
7 Movement work)
2) Kaleidoscopen on Bach's 1st prelude W.T.

1997

Vail Place Music Fest (S Mpls):

Performed:

1) 'Dawn' (arranged electronically)
A short mood piece
2) Kaleidoscopen on bach's 1st prelude W.T.C.
3)'Introduction'; 'Melancholy'; and 'Song for Satie'from 12 Fragments for piano
4) 2nd movement from 'Music for Pitched Percussion'
5) Lullaby No. 8

1998

Mennonite Faith Churdh (S Mpls): 4/4/98 (Palm Sunday)
Performer: Elaine Klassen (On Pipe Organ)
Performed:

4th movement from Symphony for Strings (part of the service)

Loring Bar (Downtown): 4/25/98
Performer: Elaine Klassen (piano)
Performed:

Sonatina-Kaleidoscopen (?)

Loring Bar (Downtown): 5/16/98
Performer: Elaine Klassen (piano)
Performed:

Sonatina-Kaleidoscopen (?)

1999ish Perfformed at MN Composer Forum gathering at The Fox Fire Lounge
Good review in the 'Sounding Board' about the 4 compositions presented and the new musical compositional system I had developed and used to write them.

Chronology of Compositions
(Partial Listing)

1972

FROM WITHIN (short piano solo)

1975

JOY STEP for 3 alto saxophones (Isorythmic Motet)
DAWNING IS THE DAY (Speech Chorus 4-voices)

1976

FOCUSING ON JOHN CAGE (an aleatoric lecture for two voices)

1977

12 FRAGMENTS for piano (short mood pieces)

1979

UNTITLED NO.1 (electronic - Buchla- tape)
FLUTE SOLO
UNTITLED NO.2 (electronic - Buchla - tape)
PHONETIC CLOUD 1 (recorded phonemes on tape mixed into controlled feedback)
THE SIRENS (electronic - Buchla - tape)
PROCESS PIECE 1 (Documentation of a temporary sound-event)
PIANO TRIO (violin, 'cello, and piano)

1980

FROM LARRY'S KITCHEN (minimalist work for Jazz orchestra)
DOCUMENT 1 (Documentation of a temporary sound-sculpture built then left to sound in the woods during the piece)
THE STAR THROWER (electronic - Studio Arp - tape)
CLUSTER '80 (electronic - Studio Arp - tape)
FLUTE QUARTET (pointillist and Ordered Interval Succession generated material)
8 CHORALES FOR ORGAN (kaleidoscopic in progression yet tonal in harmony)

1981 - 85

(Researched & wrote 'KALEIDOSCOPIC MUSIC')
12 LULLABIES FOR JESSICA (solo piano)
MUSIC FOR PITCHED PERCUSSION 1st Movement
SILENT NIGHT (solo piano)

1985 - 88

(Promoted fellow composers' works on Radio Program The Minnesota Composers Gallery)
(readmitted and finished course work for BA)

1989

(Received BA from Grinnell College class of '81)

1990 - 95

MUSIC FOR PITCHED PERCUSSION Movements 2 – 7
Plus SIMPLE SONGS (Popular Styles)

1996

JAZZ COMPOSITIONS (Quartets and Quintets):
EVENING STAR
RELAX NO. 1 - 3
TIRED
WINDIN' DOWN
EVENING TALK
SWEET DREAMS
STARRY NIGHT
SWEET SLEEP
FAST ASLEEP
A LAZY BREAKFAST
MORNING COMMUTE
COFFEE BREAK
TAKE THE AFTERNOON OFF
WHAT TO DO
DAY DREAM
WAITIN' BY THE PHONE
ENCOURAGING SIGNS AGAIN
SO MANY YEARS AGO

AMBIENT COMPOSITIONS (QUARTETS & QUINTETS)
NIGHT STREETS
REMEMBERING (LOVE'S GONE)
PIANO TRIO (REVISED)
180 KALEIDOSCOPEN VARIATIONS AFTER BACH'S 15 2-PART INVENTIONS (COMPLETION DATE SET FOR 98)
4 MOVEMENTS FOR VIBES AND DRUMS
SYMPHONY FOR STRINGS (6 MOVEMENTS)
TRANCE MUSIC NO. 1 & 2 (PIANO DUOS)
288 KALEIDOSCOPEN VARIATIONS AFTER BACH'S W.T.C. VOL.1 (COMPLETION DATE SET FOR 99)
144 KALEIDOSCOPEN VARIATIONS AFTER CLEMENTI'S OP 36 (COMPLETION DATE SET FOR 6/98); (VOL1 DONE JAN/98; VOL2 DONE FEB/98)
AVALON SUITE (ELECTRONIC)

2000

Over 500 Meditations for 20 different solo Instruments
Over 100 Relections for various combinations of duo Instrunments (duets)

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