a harmony of many ears following the line, close to the ground or from a distance, barely hearing a vigorous buffeting of grasses and the laying of petals, one at a time, in the midst of it all

five scores for ensemble written in 2019

a quintet - january 2019
for a group of five people, singing together in a circle (Tzepotzlan, Mexico)

a septet - january 2019
for a group of seven people, playing across several keyboard instruments (Newark, NJ and Brooklyn, NY)

a sextet - july 2019
for six musicians - a trio, a solo, and a duo (Newark, NJ and Heerlen, Netherlands)

a duet - august 2019
for two musicians, playing instruments from different families, or that have different modes of producing sound (Wilkinsburg, PA)

a quartet - december 2019
for four musicians (Newark, NJ)

garden pieces 2021 & 2022

two pieces written for garden concerts organized by Teodora Stepancic in August 2020 and August 2021 respectively, expansions of ‘many ears following the line…’

A GARDEN SEPTET - August 2020

for a group of seven people, playing pitched instruments capable of indefinite or periodic sustain, together covering a wide register. to be performed outdoors, or in a space open to the outdoors.

first realized by Lester St. Louis (cello), Rachel Mangold (bass), Jesse Greenberg (glockenspiel), Assaf Gidron (casio keyboard), Douglas Farrand (trumpet & cassette tapes), Teodora Stepančić (casio keyboard), and Naeemah Z. Maddox (flute) in a garden in Bedstuy, August 20th 2020.

a double trio - August 2021/March 2022

“What there was trailed off into/nothing we could be clear about,/a pipe song we cocked our heads/listening to it seemed.” - Nathaniel Mackey

for two trios, to be performed outdoors, or in a space open to the outdoors.

first realized by Lester St. Louis (synthesizer), Jesse Greenberg (glockenspiel, voice, tambourine, musical saw, whistle etc.), Assaf Gidron (cello, voice), Rahul Nair (drumset, voice), Teodora Stepančić (casio keyboard, voice), and Naeemah Z. Maddox (flute, prayer bowl, voice) in a garden in Bedstuy, August 31st 2021.

second realized by Ryan Packard (percussion), Assaf Gidron (guitar), Jesse Greenberg (percussion, glockenspiel, voice, musical saw), Teodora Stepančić (casio keyboard, voice), Douglas Farrand (trumpet, cassette tapes), and Maya Bennardo (violin) at SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, March 25th 2022