1983 . . . soprano, guitar (7:50 min.) . . . words by Robert Nosow
Robert Nosow was a graduate student in musicology at North Texas when the poem was written. David Lynn Kennedy was a grad student in guitar killed by Denton police in a tragic incident in 1983. Soprano Jing Tam was a doctoral student who also knew Kennedy, one of many NTSU/UNT music students who died during my 28 years there.
1984 . . . piano and recorded computer music . . . duration: 8:30 . . . . . . . . . . published by Borik Press (NC)
Glacially-etched shorelines inspired sonic imagery for a series of pieces culminating in PENINSULA. Mappings of the natural contours of the Leelanau Peninsula provided richly varied patterns as basic coordinate numbers for sculpting sound patterns. The piano explores some of the endless possibilities for articulating a spectrum of sonorities. A surrounding environment of synthetic sounds was made by digitally analyzing timbral qualities of acoustic instruments, mostly with percussive articulations (metaphorically the rocky shore). The timbres were modified and resynthesized into a pointillistic sound texture. The density of the sound events rises and falls in waves according to changing values derived from the basic mappings. Larger confluences of waves are located in time by map points of special significance on the graph.
The coexistence of piano sonorities and synthetic sounds is a metaphorical meeting of seascape and landscape, both animated in time.
1981 recorded Synclavier-generated sounds duration: 5:15
Homage to Schoenberg winds and percussion
duration: 5 minutes Denton, Texas 1985
soprano, flute, alto sax, cello, guitar, marimba, piano
duration: 10 minutes Denton, Texas August 1983
sea breeze searching shore line brushing sunshine sparkled surfaces rusting reedy shore grass combing for secrets tossing seagulls skyward drying driftwood in salty sand.
seek the slowly settling sun search still the blackened waters discover sounds of crashing breakers touch smooth shapes of sleeping shores.
soprano, guitar Denton, Texas 1983
words from a poem by Robert Nosow
Facets of Color and Time. 1987. chamber orchestra (picc, fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hn, trp, perc, strings) duration: 9 minutes
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 clar, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 trp, perc, piano, harp, strings duration: 9 minutes
1984/1994 . . . Music for dance, fountains, or light show piano, pitched percussion, other keyboards, guitar duration: 9 minutes
Thomas Clark - composer / digital artist 