Mason Bates / Masonic

LIQUID INTERFACE orchestra & electronica (2006; 25'00")

commissioned by The National Symphony under Leonard Slatkin; scheduled for 2008 performance at Carnegie Hall

RUSTY AIR IN CAROLINA orchestra & electronica (2006; 12'00")

commissioned by The Winston-Salem Symphony under Robert Moody; subsequent performances at Eastern Music Festival, Cabrillo Music Festival, and by the University Orchestra at UC Berkeley

OVERTURE TO CALIFORNIA FICTIONS orchestra (2006; 6'00")

commissioned by The Mobile Symphony under Scott Speck

OMNIVOROUS FURNITURE sinfonietta & electronica (2004; 17'00")

commissioned by The Los Angeles Philharmonic; subsequent performances scheduled by The American Composers Orchestra, The Oakland Symphony, and the Modesto Electroacoustic Ensemble

ODE orchestra (2001; 10'00")

commissioned by The Phoenix Symphony; subsequent performances by The Spoleto USA Festival & members of The Los Angeles Philharmonic

ICARIAN RHAPSODY string orchestra (1999-2001;12'00")

premiered by The Oakland Symphony

SOUNDS FOR HIS ANIMATION synthesizer & chamber orchestra (1998;15'00")

commissioned by The New Juilliard Ensemble; subsequent performances by The Atlanta Symphony and The Phoenix Symphony

EVERYWHERE WEST fanfare orchestra (1994; 7'00")

premiered by The Evansville Youth Orchestra under Robert Moody; subsequent performances by The Annapolis Symphony, The Oklahoma City Philharmonic, The Louisville Symphony, The Mobile Philharmonic, The Greenville Symphony, The Phoenix Symphony

WHITE LIES FORLOMAX piano solo (2007; 6'00")

commissioned by Tanglewood Music Center

RED RIVER violin, clarinet, cello, piano, electronics (2007; 17'00")

commissioned by Greenwich Music Festival

DIGITAL LOOM organ & electronica (2005; 17'00")

commissioned by The Juilliard School for its 100th Anniversary

FROM AMBER FROZEN string quartet (2004; 15'00")

commissioned by The Naumburg Foundation for The Biava Quartet

STRING BAND prepared piano trio (2002; 11'00")

commissioned by Young Concert Artists for The Claremont Trio

MERCURY SOUL clarinet & piano (2002; 15'00")

commissioned by The Koussevitsky Foundation for Alexander Fitterstein

ELEMENTS flute & piano (2000; 15'00")

commissiond by Young Concert Artists, Inc.

SONATA NO. 2 FOR PIANO (1995-1996; 30'00")

CALIFORNIA FICTIONS opera with electronica in one act

featured on the 2006 New York City Opera VOX Showcase

SONGS FROM THE PLAYS high voice & piano (1999-2001; 30'00")

song cycle for high voice & piano on poems of Kenneth Koch

TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA music drama for one actor & five musicians, adapted from the book by Richard Brautigan (1997; 1 hr 20 min)

produced at The Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, by Juilliard Interarts; directed by Bradon MacDonald

IN BED for tenor/speaker & mixed ensemble, adapted from the poem by Kenneth Koch (1996; 15'00")

premiered by The Aspen Contempoary Ensemble (Randy Lacy, tenor; George Tsontakis, cond.); subsequent performances at Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, and Lincoln Center

THREE AMERICAN POEMS song cycle for tenor, flute, oboe, & piano (1995; 20'00")

OMNIVOROUS FURNITURE sinfonietta & electronica (2004; 17'00")

commissioned by The Los Angeles Philharmonic; subsequent performances by The American Composers Orchestra & The Oakland Symphony

RODEOPTERYX accordion & electronics (2000; 4'20")

produced at The Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, by Juilliard Interarts; directed by Jeffery Fleischhacker

SOUNDS FOR HIS ANIMATION synthesizer & chamber orchestra (1998;15'00")

commissioned by The New Juilliard Ensemble; subsequent performances by The Atlanta Symphony and The Phoenix Symphony

 

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