T I N A   T A L L O N

COMPOSITIONS

solo

[new piece] (upcoming)
for solo cimbalom (?')
written for percussionist Nick Tolle

excision no. 2 (upcoming)
for solo viola and live electronics (10')
written for violist Kurt Rohde

excision no. 1 (2015)
for drumset and live electronics (6')
written for percussionist Joe Tucker and The Curiosity Cabinet

a silhouette of constrained motion, I (2015)
for solo trombone (4.5')
commissioned by Synchromy Music for trombonist Matt Barbier

Phantosmia (2012)
for solo clarinet (7')
written for Greg Oakes


chamber

how much more compelling is the sea (2015)
for soprano and mixed septet (fl, cl, vln, vc, guitar, pno, perc) (8')
commissioned by the 2015 soundSCAPE festival for Eastman BroadBand

πνευμα μηχανης (pneuma mekhanes) (2014, rev. 2015)
for accordion and chamber ensemble (fl/bfl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, vln, vla, vc, cb, hrpschd, 2 percussion) (11')
written for Isaac Schankler and Talea Ensemble

dirty water (2014, rev. 2015)
for bass clarinet and marimba (6')
written for Transient Canvas

press (2014)
for pierrot ensemble (12')
commissioned by the Oklahoma State University Frontiers New Music Ensemble

colluvium (2013)
for coloratura soprano, two flutes, and bass (10')
for Kirsten Wiest, soprano, Michael Matsuno, flute, Ine Vanoeveren, flute, Matthew Kline, bass

corpus, fractum (2013)
for saxophone quartet (7.5')

Sphinx (2013)
for soprano and clarinet (3.5')
written for Tony Arnold and Michael Norsworthy

Sontag Fragments, Book I (2013)
for mezzo, piano, two toy pianos, and superball mallets (5.5')
written for mezzo-soprano Jennifer Beattie

Rh NEGATIVE (2012)
for accordion, electric guitar, bari sax, and percussion (7.5')
written for the Genkin Philharmonic

umwelt (2012)
for amplified string quartet and live electronics (~16')

selective defrosting (2011, rev. 2012)
for string quartet (8')
written for the Lydian String Quartet
revised for the 2012 New Music on the Point Contemporary Chamber Music Program

heliotrope (2012)
for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, cello, and piano (10')
written for the 2012 Cortona Sessions for New Music

full fathom five (2012)
for mezzo and piano with superball mallets (4')
written for the 2012 New Music on the Point Contemporary Chamber Music Program

Songs For Insomniacs (2011)
song cycle for soprano and piano (8.5')

becoming (2011)
for pierrot ensemble and harmonica (7')


large ensemble

[new piece] (upcoming)
for trombone and sinfionetta (?')
commissioned by wildUP

studies on the intensification of light and shadow (2016)
for tenor saxophone and wind ensemble (9')
commissioned by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensmble

Unfinished Business (2011)
for orchestra (5')


electronic media

excision no. 2 (upcoming)
for solo viola and live electronics (10')
written for violist Kurt Rohde

excision no. 1 (2015) (in progress)
for drumset and live electronics (6')
written for percussionist Joe Tucker and The Curiosity Cabinet

controlled burn (2014)
for electronic playback (6.5')

X (2012)
for bassoon, cello, electric bass, and live electronics (8')
written for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts at Brandeis University

Markov Transients (2011)
for electronic playback (4')

Menagerie (2011)
for electronic playback (2')


installations and sound art

lux subaqueanus (2015)
for jellyfish, custom motion-tracking software, and live electronics
written for Springfest: Immersion at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps


sound design

Sound Cues for Dominic Argento's "A Water Bird Talk" (2012)
electronic playback (~45')
written for the Monadnock Music Festival


in progress

they didn't know we were seeds (in progress)
for solo piccolo and live electronics (7')
written for flutist Meerenai Shim