Ensemble
Any minute, now (2021-23)
Duration: 10’
for seventeen players
fl.bcl–tpt.trbn–hp–2elec.gtr–vib–elec.pft–elec.org–2vln.2vla.2vlc.cb
FP: September 17, 2023 | Numinous conducted by Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.
Moorings (1982)
Duration: 25’
for eight players
fl.2cl.bn–pft–prep.pft–vln.vlc
FP: August 29, 1982 | Katherine Cornell Theater, University at Buffalo
Ensemble conducted by the composer
Chamber
10 Narrow Trees for Small Gardens (2021)
Duration: 10’
for flute with optional electronics and prepared piano
FP: July 5, 2022 | Joe’s Pub, NYC
RighteousGIRLS (Gina Izzo, flute; Erika Dohi, piano)
Aerial (1981)
Duration: 11’ 30”
for two clarinets and piano
FP: February 14, 1981 | Baird Recital Hall, University at Buffalo
James Perone + Kyle Peterson, clarinets; Charles Clifton, piano
Alignment (1983)
Duration: 40’
for string quartet
FP: May 20, 2016 | Spectrum, NYC
Momenta Quartet
Cold Spring (1981)
Duration: 8’ 30”
for two violins and percussion (vibraphone, glockenspiel)
FP: May 18, 1983 | Hallwalls, Buffalo
Arne Almquist + Jeff Perry, violins; Bruce Penner, percussion
“Steven Swartz’ ‘Cold Spring’... inspired by [Christian] Wolff’s 1950 violin duo, is a slowed-down chamber group meditation, drawing on Wolff’s inquisitive and explorative approach to sound through a series of mysterious hums that float and dissipate, knocking into each other and falling apart like magnets in motion. ”
Convergence (1980)
Duration: 15’ 30”
for four players
bcl–perc–prep.pft–vln
FP: April 11, 1980 | Baird Recital Hall, University at Buffalo
Ensemble conducted by Vincent Fuerst
Corduroy (2020)
Duration: 15’
for classical guitar and piano
FP: October 1, 2020 | Mis-en Place, Brooklyn
Sorce/Lodge Duo (Jay Sorce, guitar; Andrea Lodge, piano)
Local Vertical (1986)
Duration: 5’
for percussion trio
vibraphone–marimba–congas
FP: May 21, 1986 | BACA Downtown, Brooklyn
New Music Consort conducted by Claire Heldrich
merger (2024)
Duration: 11’
for violin and viola
Commissioned by Aperture Duo (Adrianne Pope, violin; Linnea Powell, viola)
FP: April 14, 2024 | Solarc, Los Angeles
Aperture Duo
When the horizon has a mind of its own (2025)
Duration: 23’
for piano and 1 or 2 percussionists
piano–vibraphone–almglocken–bass drum–suspended “sizzle” cymbal
Commissioned by Marilyn Nonken
FP: April 24, 2025 | Paulson Center, NYU, New York, NY
Marilyn Nonken, piano; Jonathan Haas, percussion
“I was absolutely mesmerized by the fragments of sound that emerged just to trail off again, reminding me of light refracted through glass... I also felt an all-encompassing sense of serenity in the moments of silence between the notes, especially in the silences after the deep rumble of the bass drum or passages in the very lowest register of the piano... [This] is certainly one of those pieces that I want to listen to over and over again!”
Solo
Draw Straws (1979)
Duration: 11’
for piano
FP: November 8, 1979 | Baird Recital Hall, University at Buffalo
Kathryn Kane, piano
Instruction piece (2019)
Duration: unspecified
for one percussionist, drumkit
SCORE
I Think So (1990)
Duration: 5’
for toy piano
FP: June 22, 1990 | The Knitting Factory, NYC
Wendy Chambers, toy piano
“A study in arching sevenths that climbed about the range of the instrument, while maintaining a continuity that was simultaneously disjunct and lyrical.”
Loom (1984)
Duration: 8’
for cello with two bows
FP: September 30, 1984 | De IJSbreker, Amsterdam
Frances-Marie Uitti, cello
Open Flame (1994)
Duration: 8’
for toy piano
FP: April 18, 1994 | Bloomingdale House of Music, NYC
Margaret Leng-Tan, toy piano
Signature (1982)
Duration: 5’
for piano left hand
FP: April 17, 1983 | Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo
Yvar Mikhashoff, piano
Speaking of Dust (1979)
Duration: 5’
for cello
FP: April 23, 1982 | Hallwalls, Buffalo
Frances-Marie Uitti, cello