MULTIMEDIA
22 (2004-2005) 30'
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, source recordings:
Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and Steven Schick (percussion),
Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system,
digital graphics, and dancer Bill T. Jones
First Performance: 9 April 2005
Arizona State University, ISA/AME motione project
Bill T. Jones, Dancer/Choreographer, Paul Kaiser, Shelly Eshkar,
Marc Downie, Digital Imagery, Pei Xiang, Musical Assistant
Commissioned by Arizona State University
ame.asu.edu/motione
Compass, cf. VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)
Tenor, Bass, Vc, Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound,
35mm slide projections
Eclipse (1979) 16:48'
Quadraphonic computer generated and processed sound,
Electroacoustically processed voices,
Video images by Ed Emshwiller
Text fragments by Issa, Melville, Stevens,
Borges, Joyce, García Márquez
Voices: Carol Plantamura, Philip Larson
First performance with video, slides, film: 31 January 1980 [25']
First Intermedia Art Festival, Guggenheim Museum, New York
Commissioned by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
EP67010a
Electroacoustic version, cf. ELECTROACOUSTIC
The Emperor of Ice Cream, cf. MUSIC FOR THEATER
(Staged) 8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db
I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers (1970) 35-70'
(Staged) 9 Female Voices, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl,
2 Technician/Performers, live electronic processing, projections
First performance: 24 January 1971
Encounter Series, Pasadena
Commissioned by the Pasadena Museum of Art and the
California Institute of Technology
EP66424
last things, I think, to think about, cf. VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)
Bass-Baritone, Piano, Stereophonic
computer processed sound, optional 35mm slides of text
The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)
(Staged) Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic
computer processed sound, modest staging
Ping (1968) 22'
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf,
35mm slide projections by Karen Reynolds,
16mm film by the composer (1968) as restored by Ross Karre (2011),
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, live electronic processing
Text: the short story by Samuel Beckett
First performance: 5 June 1968
Orchestral Space '68, Tokyo
Roger Reynolds, Piano, Karen Reynolds, Flute,
Hiroshi Kumagai, Percussion
Akaji Maro, Film Actor
Originally published in SOURCE Magazine, No. 6
EP67806
Vertigo (1985) 16:50' +
Quadraphonic computer processed sound,
Video by Ed Emshwiller
First performance: 3 May 1986
The Pacific Ring Festival, La Jolla
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
EP67809a
Electroacoustic version, cf. ELECTROACOUSTIC
Questions? info@rogerreynolds.com