NBComp

composition should be as free as home cooking

Note – all pieces marked with (*) belong to an ongoing or complete series (Wax Lyrical, Wax Poetic etc.), and all pieces in bold are Princeton Application materials, with additional information, perusal scores, excerpts, and media in blog posts on the homepage

Solo music (& solo+accompaniement, solo+ensemble)

TitleDurationInstrumentation
ljubav izmedu zvijezda
(love between stars)
(2023)
10 minViolin, Flute, and Double Bass obbligati

Reduced String Orchestra
a Poorly Guided Meditation
(2022)
8 minsAccordion solo + Percussion Ensemble and Woodblock Array
Wax Eloquent
(2022)
*
8 minPiano solo
climbing the corporate ladder
(2022)
7 minPiano solo
P is for Piano
(2022)
5 minPiano solo
Forward Escape
(2021)
5 minViolin solo
An Inkling, a Drone, a Sinking Feeling
(2020)
7 minViolin + Piano
Choronzon v.191.c
(2019 – from Crossing the Abyss)
*
11 minElectronics
DigitalFiddler
(2019)
7 minViolin solo

Fixed Media
Neon
(2019)
7 minViolin + Piano

Chamber Music

TitleDurationInstrumentation
Konstrukcija no. 1
(2024)
*
2-20 minString Quartet
Icaro no. 1
(2024)
*
15-30 minFlute+Soprano Sax, Alto Sax+Tenor Sax, Violin, Cello, Piano

Polytempo click-tracks
The Thunder: Perfect Mind
(2024)
40-45 minClarinet+Bass Clarinet, Violin, Piano, Cello+Voice

Electronic mix
to be an effervescent
(2024)
10 minFlute+Soprano Sax, Alto Sax+Tenor Sax, Violin, Cello, Piano

Polytempo click-tracks
Best Breakfast for Mind and Body
(2023)
8 minBb Clarinet Quartet

Fixed Media
Sanchin
(2023)
20 min18 Violins in a circle
De Materia Medica
(2023)
2-5 minBass Clarinet, Cello; players on the ground on their backs, facing East and West

Fixed Media
Diptych
(2023)
10-12 minClarinet+Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano
En Route (to an installation in Brooklyn)
(2023)
7-8 minClarinet, Violin, Piano, Cello

Pre-recorded Fixed Media (creates electronic “Messiaen Octet”)
Wax Lyrical
(2023, rev. 2024)
*
45 mintwo Alto Sax, Bass Clarinet, Violin + Spoken Word dialogue, Piano

Cowboy Hat
I need to get in contact with my internet service provider
(2023)
8 minTenor+Bari Sax, Electric Guitar, Piano, Mixed Percussion

Fixed Media (optional)
Black Dahlia
(2023)
12 minSolo Dance (with demon+angel masks), Live Electronics, Fixed Media, and Generative Video
live breathe die
(2022)
8 minString Quartet
Saturnalia
(2022)
10 minClarinet+Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano
PUNK
(2021)
8 minWind Quintet
Facile
(2021)
6 minViolin, Viola duo
a Substitute for Understanding
(2021)
8 minViolin obbligato, Cello Quartet (installation)

Live Electronics (requires the construction of an enclosed, soundproof room for the audience to enter, wherein sound is projected through the vibration of the walls)
Crossing the Abyss
(2020, rev 2021)
45 minFlute, Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Marimba, Multi-Instrument Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Violin Solo

Fixed Media and Acousmatic interludes (instrumentation reduces on each movement until the Violin Solo + electronics)
Phlöe
(2020, rev 2021)
6-8 minFlute, Trumpet, Clarinet Bb, Violin, Viola, Cello
RootFeelings (2019, rev 2020)10 minViolin, Piano, Timpani
Anomalous Magnetic Dipole Moment (AMDM Quartet)
(2019)
6 minString Quartet

Large Ensemble

TitleDurationInstrumentation
Wax Wroth
(2023, rev. 2024)
*
8 minFlute+Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet(Bb)+Bass Clarinet(Bb), Bassoon,
French Horn

3 multi-instrument percussion: Soundproof boxes, Paper, Cup and Straw, Milkshakes, Electric Toothbrushes on Floor Toms, Voyager Golden Records soundbites, Radios, Backpack Zipper, Tuner, Kazoos, upside down Bicycle

Accordion Obbligato

Piano, Harp, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
Wax Poetic
(2022)
*
8 minWind Symphony
Pluralities: M3
(2022)
*
5 minSymphony Orchestra
Laniakea
(2021)
8 min“Quasi-String Quintetestra”
Pluralities: M2
(2020)
*
3-5 minSymphony Orchestra
Pluralities: M1
(2020)
*
8-10 minSymphony Orchestra

Works in Progress (misc.)

TitleDurationInstrumentation
The Major Symphony45-50 minSymphony Orchestra

Polytempo click-tracks
The Minor Symphony20-30 minSymphony Orchestra

Polytempo click-tracks, Generative Video projection
Concerto for Two Violins45 minViolin duo + Symphony Orchestra
Icaro no. 5+1 hourtbd
Icaro no. 4tbdPiano Duo
Icaro no. 3tbdPercussion Quartet
Icaro no. 210 mintbd
Terence
(opera)
tbdConventional Opera forces, miked Arbrasson, and Electronics

Tenor Lead – as Terence

Polytempo click-tracks

*Story of an Ethnobotanist in celestial combat with psychic entities, and prelude to the birth of the Archaic Revival, and Timewave Zero*
Prelude to the Book of the LawtbdString Quartet^2
(String Octet, separated on stage)

Polytempo click-tracks (tbd), Generative Video projection
Konstrukcija no. 2tbdPiano and four performers
Public Address!5-7 minFor Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass voice

Spoken word dialogue, wherein four speeches are delivered simultaneously. “Filler text” in alignment across ensemble, but content text completely unique to each performer.

Unified structure, distorted content
A Thousand Plateaus20 minMixed Chamber Ensemble

Polytempo click-tracks, Fixed Media

Operates as Wax Wroth #2