SCORE EXCERPTS

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Selected moments from a handful of works. For a complete list of compositions, please see Works List.

To hear more, please Listen.

Spiral Bones

A lush harmony and it's photographic negative through a gestural, graphic score sieve. Ob/E gtr/ Pno/Vibr/Db/Tape or live Magnus Chord organ. Listen here.

Spine, Spleen and Shard String Duo Score Sample

Spine, Spleen & Shard

Turbulent and noisy with scordatura tunings. Might hold up to Schenkerian analysis. Vln/Vlc. Listen here.

Gravity Shuffle

Stormy swells and monuments juxtaposed with rough-edged field recordings from Buffalo's Hamlin Park neighborhood. Pno/tape. Listen here.

Duo for Cello and English Horn II Score excerpt

Duo for Cello and English Horn, Movement 2

Gesture augmented by extended techniques. Theme and variations of a sort, devolving back into harmony. Listen here.

Black Sound

A double bass solo odyssey in seven movements, kind of like a choose your own adventure. Recording coming soon.

Talon

Swells and swerves for electric guitar, with a lot of props. Recording pending.

Euphotic Zone

Wrought from a graphic score, this traditionally notated string quartet is a quick jaunt through texture, gesture, and sea-dark harmonies.

Meredith Gilna

Composer