Mantratronic (2015)
written for the Mantra Youth Percussion group’s inaugural season. Directed by Joe Bergen.
Public Transaction – Ian Williams (2015)
Mantra Percussion and Ian Williams perform the world premiere of his electro-acoustic work, Public Transaction, on the 2015 Ecstatic Music Festival in NYC.
Mantra @ So Studios (NYC)
Al Cerulo and Jude Traxler play a workshop version of Mantra’s new work with composer / guitarist Ian Williams.
CPU (Opera)
CPU (A post-apocalyptic electronic opera for the end of the world, in one act.)
Prologue:
‘Imagine the prison of repetition
A pitch-perfect perpetual misery
Awaiting each player ignition
Is a blanket of unusable memory’
Correlates – Joseph Van Hassel (2014)
Joey Van Hassel performs Stuart Saunders Smith’s glockenspiel solo, On: Empty, for his album, Correlates (2014). Recorded, mixed and mastered at Traxler Studios (NYC) for Soundest Recordings.
Little Did We Know (2014)
for violin and piano.
Written for Two Blind Mice (Anne Rainwater & Rick Shinozaki).
Elias Howe School – PS 51 Musicians (2014)
Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered at Traxler Studios (NYC) under the direction of PS51 music teacher, Katie Traxler.
The Paha Sapa Give-Back – Jerome Kitzke (2014)
Playing Jerome Kitzke’s powerful work, Paha Sapa Give-Back, with Mad Coyote at Kaleidoscope Studios (NJ) for Innova Records.
Scratchtracks – Brett William Dietz (2014)
Scratchtracks: The Music of Jude Traxler (2014)
Featuring Brett William Dietz with Chemorocket and futureCities
PASIC 2013 – Focus Day
Performing Links No. 4 (Monk), by Stuart Saunders Smith @ the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis – November 14, 2013.
F.I.Re. Ensemble @ Signature Theater
Future In Reverse Ensemble playing at a gala event honoring playwright Henry Hwang at Signature Theater. Flow, by Huang Ruo.
The Knells – The Knells (2013)
NYC new music supergroup, The Knells, releases Andrew McKenna Lee’s concept album of the same name on the New Amsterdam label.
The LINKS Series (Live)
I’m slowly making my way through the entire LINKS Series of Vibraphone Essays: a continuous masterpiece of 11 vibe solos by the legendary Stuart Saunders Smith. Keep an ear out – I’ll be performing the entire 2-hour throwdown (from memory) before it’s all over…
Nocturne – Brett William Dietz (2013)
Brett Dietz’s solo glockenspiel album that includes my solo, Revolver, for glockenspiel and 6-channel delay.
CPU (Overture)
From my original opera, CPU (2015)
Do You?
From my original opera, CPU (2015)
This Is Love
From my original opera, CPU (2015)
Out Of My Mind
From my original opera, CPU (2015)
Better Off
From my original opera, CPU (2015)
Revolver (SUITE)
A six-piece suite (in progress) for solo keyboard and 6-channel playback where the end of one piece begins the next. All tunes are based on transcriptions of some of the most influential songs in my life from the pop idiom.