Media

The Necromancer

from ECCE’s Animae, Spring 2009

A Collaboration by composer Mark Knippel, and choreographer Dawn Urista, and myself on saxophone

Do I really have to wait 'till I'm dead? Mvmt: 2

by Mark Knippel
Movement 2: Denial and Acceptance
Performed at the Fall 2009 ECCE concert
directed by Sam Richards

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Ting! FMO

July 18th, 2010

Collaboration with my partner Mark Knippel.  A real-time performance for iPhone,
nintendo Wiiremote, a collection of sound makers, custom software and video.
Written in Max/MSP/Jitter, the initial idea was to explore how audio signals can affect the video domain in various ways.  Since then, the piece has undergone its own evolution, with additional elements being added to make it more of a piece and less of a machine.

Essentially, there are 3 different types of sounds occurring throughout this piece:  sounds derived from an array of acoustic sound makers, live manipulation of those sounds in real time, and the addition of various recalled and manipulated in real-time  meta-Tings!

The extension of the original acoustic instrument becomes transformed.  Their interaction with both each other and the video create a temporal space that oscillates between beautiful, humorous, and completely insane.

The video being used is entitled Hep Cat Symphony (1949), directed by Seymour Kneitel.

Ziller's Story

March 15th, 2010

This piece is performed using Symbolic Sound’s Kyma, a real-time digital synthesis environment and the Wacom tablet as the control surface.

Ziller’s story utilizes text, as read by Alonzo Moore, from Tom Robbins’ book Another Roadside Attraction. The text is a poem left by John Paul Ziller for his wife after she has experienced a devastating loss. One cannot lose what was never found, just as even when something is lost, it is never gone. This piece explores how text can be used as a background tapestry to influence the unconscious awareness of time and space. What we observe and accumulate through time always exists within us, becoming part of our foundation and part of our experience. One is meant to experience the full journey before the answer is revealed, traveling from the tips of the mountains to arrive right in front of you.

Future Music Oregon concert series

February 27th, 2010

Ichorus

For BlueAir infrared sensor and customized software.

Ting! OCF

July 24th, 2010

http://www.vimeo.com/13585658Ting!

Written and Performed by Mark and Jenifer Knippel

Performed at the Oregon Composers Forum, Spring 2010, University of Oregon

Hayashi

by Simon Hutchinson
for mixed large chamber ensemble
Spring 2008 OCF

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Zephyr

by Simon Hutchinson
for soprano saxophone, electric guitar, piano and acoustic bass

performed Fall 2008- OCF

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Occidental Voices

February 26th, 2010

TaiHei Winter Concert 2010

A concert of pieces inspired by East Asian musical traditions and performed on Western instruments.

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Aaron Pergram: “The Day of the Lotus Festival” for soprano saxophone and 4 percussionists

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Jenifer Jaseau: “Fireworks” a graphic event style score for 6 players and electronic conductor

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Joel Ford: “Three Lights” score with improvisation, for saxophone, trumpet, tuba, guitar, bass, marimba and vibraphone

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“Tsugaru Tanto Bushi”-Japanese Traditional, arranged for Shamisen and Flugel horn

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The Apocalaypse of Solomon

by __________________

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The Bumbling Fat Man Had His Day

by Mark Knippel
for Hulusi, Shamisen, and Percussion
TaiHei Fall 2009

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Shepard Moon

by Gina Scaccia
for flute and soprano saxophone

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performed April 2009 at Southern Oregon University

Bulgarska Tantsova Suita

by Jeremy Schropp
Mvmt 1: Ruchenitsa

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Mvmt 2: Pravo Horo

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Mvmt 3: Daichovo Horo

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Scherzo Tactics

by Jamie Keesecker

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SEVEN

A collaboration between sound and color By Gen G and Jen J
using cSound and a matrix system for creating the relationship between sound and color.