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 (work-in-progress, 2025)
Duration: c. 25’
for piano and percussion
Commissioned by Marilyn Nonken
FP: April 24, 2025 | Paulson Center, NYU, New York, NY
Marilyn Nonken, piano; Jonathan Haas, percussion
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